, police police department. local police department. cognisant of the fact this is a suspect who after it is alleged they injured and killed at least 16 people, is now still at large and because of that, this is a city which essentially has been shut down and we await that press conference to learn more. it will also be a press conference which will be informing residents, some 37,000 people who live in that city about the steps in the days ahead, as they are on lockdown, as they are being told to shelter in place and lock their doors and as there are also been told not to take their kids to school while the investigation goes on us authorities respond to this mass casualty situation, also trying to apprehend the man we can see there in that photo.

lewiston is the second—largest in maine, it has a diverse economy, world—class health care facilities, manufacturing, financial institutions, technology, telecommunications, a relatively big city in terms of that north—eastern parts of the united states. we can have a look at the exact location, the state of maine, lewiston there, quite near the coast, just 35 miles north of portland. the residents of lewiston tonight sheltering in place as they have been told of an active gunman in the city. we are looking at pictures of the central maine medical centre in lewiston where some of those injured has been

brought. medical professionals waiting on others to arise as well. we are keeping a close eye on the city hall in lewiston where we are awaiting a press conference to get under way. we are told that the main department of public safety spokesperson will make an address to the media. members of the media getting organised there for that address, where there for that address, where the local authorities, shannon moss, and others, we understand, will bring us up to date on the latest situation. an active situation running for a couple of hours now. two, possibly three active scenes, one of them a bar and grill, recreational centre, and also a bowling alley. we see the image of the gunman entering one of those facilities. these are more images coming to us from

lewiston, maine, where residents has been told to stay at home and stay off the highways and roads, to make way for emergency vehicles and for their own safety. police earlier also circulating an image of a car that they believe is in some way attached to this incident. we don't have any information as to whether it is the gunman's car or another car, but it is one the police say is central to the investigation at this time, and once they are looking for information in relation to. do we know where this shooting is in terms of mass shootings in this country? as we know, unfortunately, they happen with relative frequency. the? unfortunately, they happen with relative frequency.— relative frequency. they do, and “ust relative frequency. they do, and just to _ relative frequency. they do, and just to give _ relative frequency. they do, and just to give you - relative frequency. they do, and just to give you some i and just to give you some context, in maine itself, if we are looking at homicides, we are looking at homicides, we

are looking at a number of 29 murders last year. so you can already see how serious this is in terms of an event, bearing in terms of an event, bearing in mind we have 16 deaths in this incident already, and just to give you some context in terms of mass shootings. we have sadly seen them in the united states. the worst mass shooting in recent history in this country was in las vegas, 58 people killed. but in terms of gun violence, again, in recent history, 2023 is a significant year. we have seen over 500 mass shootings in the us this year. not the highest number in the past five years or so, that was in 2021, when we saw over 600. but still on pace to be a very significant year, and coming at a time when president biden continues to call on congress to see more regulations when it comes to

assault style weapons. we don't specifically know the weapon used here, but nevertheless, we can see it is significant. that just gives you a bit of an idea about how serious this is, not to mention, we should say, the fact that medical authorities, first responders, saying we are looking at 50—60 people injured. looking at 50-60 people in'ured. ~ ., ., injured. we can go live to the city council — injured. we can go live to the city council in _ injured. we can go live to the city council in lewiston, - city council in lewiston, maine. there was a forum when this news broke. billy, thank you forjoining us. our condolences for what is unfolding in your city at the moment. you might tell us how you learned the news. i moment. you might tell us how you learned the news.— you learned the news. i was drivin: you learned the news. i was driving over _ you learned the news. i was driving over to _ you learned the news. i was driving over to the - you learned the news. i was driving over to the farm. - you learned the news. i was driving over to the farm. i i driving over to the farm. i noticed a large amount of emergency vehicles. but i didn't think much of it. i thought there was a fire or

something. we were sitting, waiting to get let into the room. i got a text message from the school that the school was on lockdown, because there were parent teacher conferences going on in the evening, and there was an act of shooting situations. then we started trying to find more information. —— an active shooting situations. the couege shooting situations. the college eventually went on lockdown. we left, and my ride home was inside. —— was insane. ambulances passing me... inaudible. it sounded like a silent... thank you for speaking to us at this time, we can hear your phone ringing there. no doubt it is an evening when you are

trying to keep in contact with everyone. you were saying that parent teacher conferences were under way, so there would have been a lot of people out and about in lewiston at the time the alert came through. film. the alert came through. 0h, eah, it the alert came through. oh, yeah. it was _ the alert came through. oh, yeah, it was maybe - the alert came through. oh, yeah, it was maybe 7.3 - the alert came through. u yeah, it was maybe 7.3 zero, the alert came through. 01, yeah, it was maybe 7.3 zero, i don't know. it was just a normal evening. when the couege normal evening. when the college went on lockdown, and we left, the entire ride home was just we left, the entire ride home wasjust sirens, one we left, the entire ride home was just sirens, one after another, helicopters. i've never heard so much activity in my life in this city. fortunately, none of it was necessarily around me. unfortunately this is happening all over the city right now. we have 22 confirmed dead. many more injured. we have police

from all over the state, out of the state. the whole city's on lockdown. it's horrible. we always say, it's not a matter of when but if, you just don't think it's ever going to happen. and it did. our condolences _ happen. and it did. our condolences to - happen. and it did. our condolences to you. - happen. and it did. our condolences to you. as| happen. and it did. 0ur condolences to you. as you said, 22 people confirmed dead. to all of theirfamilies, said, 22 people confirmed dead. to all of their families, this is indeed, as you say, a terrible evening in lewiston there. can you talk to us a little bit about where we understand these shootings took place? we are told one of them was at a recreational bowling alley in the city?— alley in the city? yeah, it's on the outskirts _ alley in the city? yeah, it's on the outskirts of- alley in the city? yeah, it's on the outskirts of the - alley in the city? yeah, it's| on the outskirts of the city. the other shootings were a couple of miles away from that. i don't know... different news

outlets are reporting two locations. we keep hearing there is a third one, at the walmart distribution centre. but there's not a lot of detail coming out right now. we are getting bits and pieces from the police. obviously they are very busy. it insane, it's insane. i... i'm so sorry for you and your city, and thank you very much for talking to us. i know that it's not easy for you. we really appreciate you telling us what you know. we heard your phone ringing a moment ago. i'm sure everyone is in contact with each other this evening. what are you saying to each other? what can you say at this time? ~ .,, , other? what can you say at this time? .,_ �*, , , time? mostly it's “ust friends t in: to time? mostly it's “ust friends trying to check_ time? mostly it's “ust friends trying to check in _ time? mostly it's just friends trying to check in and - time? mostly it's just friends trying to check in and make i trying to check in and make sure you are safe. the irony

is, running in, and tonighti happened to be out when it was happening. yeah, we know about as much as everybody else in the world right now at this point. just know they are still looking for the gunman. haven't heard that it was more than one gunman. kind of surprised that one gunman can pull this off, but apparently they don't have this vehicle either, so it's possible he went in, shot up a place, got in his car, drove someplace else, shot up a place, drove someplace else... i don't know. everybody... everybody�*s in the dark as everybody else is in the world. dark as everybody else is in the world-— dark as everybody else is in the world. ., ., ., the world. you mentioned that ou run the world. you mentioned that you run an _ the world. you mentioned that you run an inn _ the world. you mentioned that you run an inn in _ the world. you mentioned that you run an inn in lewiston, - you run an inn in lewiston,

maine. we saw the order from the authorities to stay at home and lock the doors. what are you doing with your guests in the inn. what precautions can you take?— the inn. what precautions can ou take? ., , , you take? right now, the guests are in their _ you take? right now, the guests are in their rooms. _ you take? right now, the guests are in their rooms. i _ you take? right now, the guests are in their rooms. i didn't - are in their rooms. i didn't knock on anybody�*s door. anyone watching television is aware of it. we are locked up here. i don't know what else to say! it don't know what else to say! it must be quite scary. it's - don't know what else to say! it must be quite scary. it's more| must be quite scary. it's more confusing. _ must be quite scary. it's more confusing, honestly. - must be quite scary. it's more confusing, honestly. it's- must be quite scary. it's more confusing, honestly. it'sjustl confusing, honestly. it'sjust the shock. we hear about it all the shock. we hear about it all the time, we don't think it's going to happen to us. i don't know, it'sjust... there's going to be people that people know who died, who are injured... our community's not

that big, we are the second largest city in maine, but that doesn't mean much, we are still a small town. less than 40,000 people here. you just don't expect this to happen in maine. you don't expect it to happen anywhere, but this is like... this is crazy. it'sjust insane. this is crazy. it's “ust insane. ., ., , ., , , insane. what would usually be auoin insane. what would usually be going on. _ insane. what would usually be going on. on _ insane. what would usually be going on. on a _ insane. what would usually be going on, on a wednesday - going on, on a wednesday evening in lewiston in maine? it is 10.43, so most of the streets would be pretty quiet, you know? we would havejust had a little meet and greet, and it would havejust had a little meet and greet, and it would have just been a normal night, come home and take care of business for the night. that's about it. nothing exciting. night. that's about it. nothing excitina. ~ ., exciting. when you were at the candidate forum, _ exciting. when you were at the candidate forum, i _ exciting. when you were at the candidate forum, i presume . candidate forum, i presume everybodyjust candidate forum, i presume everybody just left, candidate forum, i presume everybodyjust left, did they? everyone just went home? we

everyone “ust went home? we never everyone just went home? we never even — everyone just went home? , never even got into it. we were at the meeting spot for the girl who was going to let us in, to take us to it, because of the safety precautions the couege of the safety precautions the college has. and eventually we got notification that the school was on lockdown. which, again, we were still trying to figure out what was going on. at that point, i walked across campus, got in my car, and i still didn't really get the gravity of the situation. it was the ride home that did it, i called one of my sons, talking to him on the car phone. the entire time, it was nothing but sirens and helicopters. when i finally got back here and told him i was home says, i got out of the car on speakerphone and i said, can you hear it? that's what the whole city sounds like. it's crazy. i can't process this, because itjust seems so

unimaginable. because it just seems so unimaginable.— because itjust seems so unimauinable. �* , , unimaginable. are those sirens are still so _ unimaginable. are those sirens are still so loud _ unimaginable. are those sirens are still so loud as _ unimaginable. are those sirens are still so loud as they - unimaginable. are those sirens are still so loud as they were i are still so loud as they were earlier? , ., , earlier? they have definitely calmed down. _ earlier? they have definitely calmed down. i— earlier? they have definitely calmed down. i haven't - earlier? they have definitely| calmed down. i haven't been outside it in about an hour, to really see, but they were definitely slowing down a lot from what i seem to be hearing. ambulances... we are very fortunate that we have two hospitals in our city, which is amazing, as small as we are. because we are one of the larger cities in the area, we are the place everybody can go for their medical needs. so, for their medical needs. so, for that, we are very fortunate. fortunate that we are a bus ride away from hospitals in boston. we have a lot of positive things going for us. this, i don't even know

how you plan for this.- how you plan for this. indeed. we do really _ how you plan for this. indeed. we do really appreciate - how you plan for this. indeed. we do really appreciate you i we do really appreciate you talking to us, thank you for bringing us all of that information. i will let you go now to check on your guests and try and relax yourself if you can. i know, as you said, it's a very confusing situation. but we do really, really appreciate you speaking to us from lewiston in maine. thank you and stay safe.— lewiston in maine. thank you and stay safe._ if. and stay safe. thank you. if ou and stay safe. thank you. if you are _ and stay safe. thank you. if you are just _ and stay safe. thank you. if you are just joining - and stay safe. thank you. if you are just joining us - and stay safe. thank you. if you are just joining us on i and stay safe. thank you. if. you arejust joining us on bbc you arejustjoining us on bbc news, police in the us city of lewiston in maine have warned that a gunman is at large, with reports that at least 16 people have been killed, as we heard there from our previous guest. she said 22 people have been confirmed killed. residents of

the city, the second largest in the city, the second largest in the state of maine, has been told to shelter in place. police are investigating an incidents at multiple locations and they released photos of a suspect, you are looking there at the moment. the white house said president biden had been briefed on the situation and would continue to receive updates. mr biden has spoken with the governor of maine and the various lawmakers, he has offered false federal support in the wake of this incident. the white house has called it a horrific attack. we are looking at an image of a vehicle that the police believed to be connected to the incident. they are looking for information on that. lewiston police said its officers had responded to two locations, a restaurant and a recreational bowling alley. the central maine medical centre said it was reacting to a mass

casualty, mass shooting event and was co—ordinating with other hospitals in the area to treat the injured. our correspondent helen humphrey still with us. we are awaiting a press conference at city hall. what do we know about the current situation? it’s hall. what do we know about the current situation?— current situation? it's a very fluid, dynamic _ current situation? it's a very fluid, dynamic situations. if| fluid, dynamic situations. if you look at the local media, i have just been scanning it right now... on every local newspaper, local website now in that community of lewiston in maine, the warning is, stay inside your home, keep the doors locked. that is according to state police. the message is, if you see any suspicious activity, suspicious individuals, please call 911. of course we know, we are potentially looking at a situation that took place at multiple different locations, one of the reasons law enforcement are circulating.

that picture, that photo we have been seeing of that white vehicle potentially in connection. because in local media we are also seeing, not only where we seeing an attack only where we seeing an attack on a bowling alley, also on a bar and grill restaurant, also potentially... this isn't confirmed yet but potentially an attack on a third location as well. other sources reporting in local media saying that there was potentially a youth night going on at the bowling alley. as your previous guest was saying, this is something that took place around 7.30. it is the second largest city in that area, but it is nevertheless a fairly quiet area. that community is in absolute shock, as we were hearing from your guests. the full force of _ hearing from your guests. the full force of the _ hearing from your guests. the full force of the federal, state and local law enforcement agencies here... presidentjoe

biden has been briefed and he has spoken individually to the governor of maine, janet mills, and to the senators in that state. and to the congressman. the president has spoken to them individually about what we are seeing happening in maine, in lewiston, tonight's. the president has offered false federal support in the wake of this horrific attack. the attorney general has been briefed. the department of justice put out a statement. the secretary of homeland security has been briefed as well. we can look at the statement the governor of maine circulated earlier. she said she was aware of the situation, she was aware of the situation, she had been briefed on it, and urging everyone to follow the direction of state and local law enforcement while she would continue to monitor the situation and stay in close contact. as we were saying, the

direction of local law enforcement and state—level law enforcement, as you can see beneath the governor's tweet on x, the advice from the state police in maine, asking people to stay at home with their doors locked. very much still an active situation. in lewiston in maine. the second biggest town in maine, a little north of portland. we were speaking earlier to a resident there who said, she describes there who said, she describes the state as being lucky they had the facility. we are looking now at the central maine medical centre, a large hospital. from what we are hearing, this is a very large scale event with a large number of casualties. aha, scale event with a large number of casualties.— of casualties. a large scale event, of casualties. a large scale event. and _ of casualties. a large scale event, and as _ of casualties. a large scale event, and as your - of casualties. a large scale event, and as your guest l event, and as your guest pointed out, she was saying it was fortunate that this area has two large hospitals to be able to deal with the number of

casualties that they are seeing right now. you can see the scenes outside the medical centre right now. first responders are still on the scene, waiting to very likely receive more of the injured, because we have that number of at least 16 people who have been killed at those multiple locations, but we also know, according to media reports, that we are looking at around 50 people who have been injured and who will need treatment. earlier we saw a statement put out by central maine medical centre, essentially saying that they are co—ordinating with hospitals in the area to take in patient?. not something that's been able to be dealt with with just one hospital, i think, showing the severity of the attacks. —— to take in patients. this has gone all the way up to the fbi very swiftly. the fbi boston division has

been saying they are co—ordinating with local, state and federal law enforcement partners in maine, and they are ready to assist multiple on fronts. evidence response, investigative and tactical support there as well. you can see that summarised on your screen, but they are underscoring that the situation is very fluid, saying they have no further comment at this time, referring people to the maine state police. the instructions for everyone in that area, to remain indoors, to lock their doors, and of course everyone will be awaiting that press conference. but in terms of the situation tomorrow, already that instruction has gone out that this is an area now under lockdown, and schools will be closed because of the situation that we continue to see developing.— that we continue to see developing. that we continue to see develoina. ~ ., ., ., developing. we also have a statement _ developing. we also have a statement from _ developing. we also have a statement from the - developing. we also have a - statement from the department of homeland security, a

spokesperson saying, the secretary has been briefed on the mass shooting in lewiston, maine, and is continuing to monitor the situation. the spokesperson said the entire department of homeland security grieves with the loved ones of those killed and injured, and stands with the brave law enforcement officers and first responders currently working to secure and safeguard the people of lewiston. the spokesperson said they are working closely with federal, state and local partners to support the lewiston community. we are awaiting further updates, awaiting further updates, awaiting a press conference there. we are told the spokesperson is on the maine department of public safety, shannon moss, is going to address the media, to tell us the latest situation as we understand it currently. this is still an active situation, a gunman is still at large. we will bring you this press conference as soon as it gets

under way. conference as soon as it gets underway. it conference as soon as it gets under way. it has been quite delayed, as you can appreciate, the authorities dealing with a very serious situation. multiple locations, multiple gunshot victims. at least 16, gunshot victims. at least16, our guest earlier saying possibly 22 people, have been confirmed as killed. this is the image of the gunman that the image of the gunman that the local police force have circulated. the individual they believe has carried out these shootings. you can see him there entering what we understand it is a bowling alley a little earlier. the image circulated by the police. they have also circulated an image of a vehicle that they believe is related to this incident. two if not three locations involved here. 50, 60 people injured. us media reporting up to 22 people

killed. we will keep you up—to—date on all of this. stay with us on bbc news. we are keeping an eye on that press conference, we will have all the details for you, thank you. hello there. let's take a look at the latest weather for the week ahead. on wednesday, we did have some sunshine around, but it was a very wet start to the day across southern counties of england, particularly through hampshire and the isle of wight. you can see flooded roads there in east cowes on the island, not far from the ferry terminal. and whilst we did have a met office amber warning out for that heavy rain, it was significant. some parts of the island, in knighton, for example, seeing three weeks' worth of october rainfall injust over 12 hours. looking to the next few days, we hold on to this static pattern, really, of low pressure systems after low pressure systems bringing outbreaks of rain and their associated weather fronts with the jet stream running to the south of us, directing them towards our shores.

here is thursday. we've got outbreaks of rain from the overnight period working their way northwards towards the north—east of england and across parts of scotland as well. elsewhere, through the midlands, in towards wales and the south, some sunshine but also a number of showers. same, too, across parts of northern ireland. temperatures in the south in the mid—teens, cooler further north. and then looking into thursday evening, you can see that rain still with us, tracking north in towards parts of the north—east of scotland and certainly across parts of the east and north—east, we could well see the rain totals mounting up as we head through the next few days. elsewhere, it's a little bit drier, but there will be some cloud and some outbreaks of rain. temperatures around 9—10 celsius as the overnight low. to friday, once again, low pressure situated towards the west, sending weather fronts our way. a brisk wind around the south—west through the channel there and across parts of the north—east coast of england and in towards eastern scotland as well, where that rain is set to continue. elsewhere, though, through much of england and wales, some sunshine, also a number

of showers, similar across parts of northern ireland. temperatures once again, 10—12 celsius across scotland, a little bit milderfurther south, in towards the mid—teens. so, saturday, it's a similar picture. we do have low pressure situated towards the west and outbreaks of rain and weather fronts working in from the south across parts of england, in towards wales and northern ireland. for scotland, we've got a wind coming in off the north sea, quite brisk at times, bringing some cloud and further outbreaks of rain. elsewhere on saturday, we've got some sunshine through parts of the east midlands, in towards east anglia as well, where we'll see temperatures in the mid—teens, perhaps 16 in the london area. on sunday, there's the jet stream once again just running to the south of us and directing areas of low pressure and rain our way. but just look where this weather front is here, because that is the dividing line between some colder air moving in from the north across parts of scotland, milder weather further south. exactly where that weather front is likely to sit could well pose a few issues because along it, the rain

could be heavy and persistent. and if that falls in areas where we've already seen some significant flooding, well, further impacts may well occur. further north, some sunshine, but a cool north wind. further south, it's milder temperatures once again, into the teens. and then, beyond that into next week, well, thejet stream is still with us, still feeding in this conveyor belt of areas of low pressure. certainly midweek, that deep area of low pressure could well cause a few issues. but you can see on the outlook there, it is an unsettled picture as we round out the end of october and start november. that's the forecast for now.

live from washington. this is bbc news. at least 16 people have been killed after a shooting in maine. we are waiting on a press conference for further details. president netanyahu says israel is preparing for a ground invasion of gaza but he won't say when it will happen. and after three weeks of in—fighting within the republican party — us congress elects a new house speaker. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. we start with a breaking story here in the us, and there are reports of a mass

shooting in lewiston, maine. reports said that at least 22 people have been killed. police in the city of lewiston released this photo. it shows the suspect armed with a rifle entering a bowling alley. authorities initially said there were two active shooter events, they had warned people to shelter in place. schools in the city will be closed on thursday in the wake of the shooting. us officials say president biden has been briefed on the situation. police also released a photo of this car and asked the public to call with any information they had about it. we are waiting in a police press conference to get updates on the story and we will bring that to you as soon as it gets under way and we will bring you all the details. with me now is helena humphrey. what is the situation has been known so far? ., , , situation has been known so

far? . , , ., ., far? the latest is that we now confirmed _