for what we are we're traveling i believe in. the is suddenly a phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d. w. . this is news coming to you live from berlin america grieves the terrible loss of life in las vegas vigils calls for prayer and calls for gun control after the worst mass shooting in recent u.s. history left fifty nine people dead they were gunned down at a country music festival we'll get the latest from los vegas also coming up

a day of disruption in catalonia as separatists strike march and block roads to protest police bought and storing sunday's independence referendum that's as cattle and leaders call on international mediators to resolve their worsening conflict with madrid. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us gunned down while enjoying their favorite music fifty nine people are dead and hundreds injured in a horrific attack on a country music festival in las vegas the man who murdered them opened fire from inside the high rise mandalay bay hotel spraying hundreds of bullets into the crowd of concert goers on the other side of the los vegas strip then he took his own life . the shooting has renewed the debate over gun control in the u.s.

and las vegas locals and survivors are rallying together in shock. the grief and horror of a city in shock a quiet candlelight vigil replacing the customer glitz of the last vegas strip tales of heroic bravery emerging from the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. or they were dead or alive radicals are possible. maybe two trips back and forth to try to repeat the one story. when you have been cleared of anybody who's alive. stayed with the police department for their church some comfort in coming together for young people caught up in the tragedy. get out my teammates by my side and just you know do we express the gratitude that you feel for people being was interesting was taking me to and if you have

a look at together for you. this is the killer sixty four year old stephen paddick a wealthy high stakes gambler he often got free rooms and meals from las vegas casinos in return for his big spending at patrick's home in the nevada town of mosquito police recovered nineteen guns in addition to the twenty three found at the las vegas hotel where the fatal shots were fired but well you're concerned as anybody would be and we were that somebody close to home would. do something like that but. today the seems to be happening all over the place and so you just don't know who your neighbor is they certainly never expected to see. it like this happen in our small community where everybody is just friendly loving police say it's still too early to speculate on patrick's motive i know that you are all very eager to find out exactly what his motive was or what was going through his head or

what he was doing up to two weeks ago i promise you the sheriff will provide that. from ation when we have confirmed it it doesn't make sense for us to put out information that is not accurate and isn't timely and reliable. with the investigation into the massacre in las vegas still in its early stages the debate on gun control which has divided america for decades can only intensify. let's go to our u.s. correspondent carson phenomena now who's standing by for us in las vegas cost and understand you've been speaking to witnesses and survivors of the shooting how are they dealing with what has happened well it's tough obviously even for those who escaped without physical harm but there is of course that most of us can't even imagine how that feels being at a concert listening to music and suddenly there's chaos this terror people falling

down blood everywhere just talked to some short while ago to a woman from texas who was at a concert and she described how she and her husband was the rights to cover under some chairs and some areas of the festival grounds and suddenly from that hotel the shooting started from the upper floors of the hotel and they were trying to cover and then they decided to try to run the way and they did but on the way also they. came across people who were injured that woman described how a hospital frights to a system man who had a bleeding wound in his chest and the voice broke when she talked about that so i guess this will take some time for people to really come to grips with what happened to them it's absolutely shocking cost and also the numbers more than fifty

killed hundreds injured this attack appears to have been meticulously planned doesn't it. absolutely and the police retrieved twenty three guns from that hotel room so there was definitely some planning some effort involved the police also said that apparently the shooter had smuggled the guns into the hotel in a total of ten suitcases over time you had been renting out that room for several days waiting for the right moment from his perspective and so he basically really planned this there were another nineteen guns ammunition explosives found in his home here last vegas but why he did it we don't know the police apparently also doesn't know the men and shots sheriff lombardo said on monday that he cannot get into the mind of a psychopath and the police to the knowledge least seems to have no clue why this

happens this man apparently was relatively wealthy it was not only an accountant it was also from a businessman he liked to gamble here in las vegas had a lot of money apparently according to his brother who spoke to the media and why he snapped at some point why he did this we don't know u.w.s. cost him phenomenon there reporting from las vegas let's catch up now and some of the other stories making news around the world today myanmar has told the u.n. refugee agency that its top priority is to bring back rohinton muslims who have fled to neighboring bangladesh the two countries have agreed to set up a working group to repatriate more than half a million run in just as an army crackdown in northern rock teen state facebook says around ten million people in the u.s. could have been exposed to political ads from russia in the weeks leading up to last year's presidential election on monday the company turned over three thousand

russia linked to the u.s. senate amid ongoing government probes into alleged russian interference in the election. a russian court has sentenced the opposition leader alexina vonnie to twenty days in jail for organizing illegal public meetings he was arrested on friday after this rally in the city of or in bor no bonnie intends to run for president against vladimir putin in next year's election. and the death toll in separatist violence in cameroon has risen to at least seventeen with dozens more people wounded clashes broke out on sunday between protesters and security forces in the country's english speaking regions english speaking activists are calling for independence from the prince majority. after the bile and surrounding sunday's independence referendum in catalonia people in the spanish region are holding a day of protest marches roadblocks and sit ins like this one in central barcelona

are under way across the province as part of a strike action against heavy handed police tactics cattle and authorities say twenty four different protests are blocking several roads and motorways creating queues of up to ten kilometers public transport is also suspended for most of the day. as tensions run high in the region let's see what people on the streets of barcelona are saying. but and i'm going way beyond that to me this was a turning point because i've always been cut the line but i never had strong feelings about independence until now. i've been more civic minded. but after yesterday my way of thinking really changed. you know that my son or your we don't have to talk about yes well no but a better human rights about what happened yesterday yeah i know i think europe does

something if you thought this. was god god god god god it was god so. feeling that nip and then talking about independence not be ok and that's a mistake made by usually one on one i feel i don't think a country own nation that claims to be a state could move forward without a deal with europe and all the western world something specific. that. it's to say if you don't. look at. what i think is really an forgivable yes is that there are these police actions but they do not allow a people to express itself and live in freedom in zero seven we don't live with this besides certainly didn't leave it at the end of this. see if that meant that if the government thought the referendum was unlawful it could have acted without violence everything could have happened peacefully and

they could have said we don't recognize the result of. the un joining us from barcelona as d.w. correspondent funny high funny unions and other groups there have called for a general strike in catalonia today what's the purpose of that strike and how is it supposed to help matters. well the official purpose area is to keep up the pressure on the government in madrid and make sure that the message comes across that the people who support independence here in catalonia want to take this all the way through they really want independence they really want a separation from the rest of the country but also there are a lot of people who will probably take to the streets today to condemn violence altogether all those images that you have seen playing out there on sunday when the police crackdown on the referendum or on the people who participated in that

referendum that is deemed illegal and invalid so it's a mixture of both both officially to condemn violence but at the same time to keep the pressure up so where will the standoff go from here bonnie we know about the strike today or come on authorities likely to declare independence on the basis of sunday's referendum. that's a really good question terry it really is a standoff and really everybody is waiting both margaret the capital city of spain as well as barcelona the capital city of catalonia the region what's next now the different could be for example that really the the regional problem in catalonia is calling out or declaring independence now when that happens what madrid could do is basically. use article one hundred fifty five of the constitution which would mean in danger of the unity of spain they could strip catalonia all together all of

their autonomy if that happens probably more violence is going to rot but as you hear already if you don't really know what's going to happen in the next hours what we knew we do know at this point of course is police is bracing for more protests and definitely that not only that x. few hours but the next few days are going to be full of tensions as so far there's no medication in sight bonnie thank you very much bonnie for char there on the streets of barcelona. well spanish football giants barcelona have thrown their weight behind a general strike in catalonia on tuesday the strike was called as we heard by labor unions in protest of police violence and barson has confirmed that it will cease all commercial activities in solidarity the club is synonymous with cattle and identity and president josep. bar to my own said it wanted to make its indignation known for the world to see. us going on the group the club

would like to express its solidarity with all citizens who on sunday defended democracy our most cherished possession and also we express our support to the eight hundred ninety three people who were victims of aggression we wish them a quick recovery and long lived and long lives cut to loony future that we. u.s. musician and songwriter tom petty has died after suffering a heart attack in california and he was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious at his melody home the sixty six year old is best known as the lead singer of the rock band tom petty and the heartbreakers which recorded a number of hits in the one nine hundred seventy s. and they said. and just before we go a reminder of the top stories we're following for you here today los vegas is mourning the fifty nine victims of a mass shooting yesterday that's after

a gunman opened fire on the concerts on the city's famous strip for killing himself it's the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. and cattle and separatists protest against police violence with a day of strikes and demonstrations the region's leaders have asked for international help resolving their conflict with madrid that's after voters in a referendum at the weekend backed breaking away from spain. so are you news for now sumi will be with you top of the next hour thanks for watching. stories that the world over information they provide opinions they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter.