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this is news coming in india makes a radical change the status off the disputed region of kashmir. causes an uproar in parliament with critics calling it the dockers to democracy but the government says it was a necessary step. also coming up more scenes of chaos in hong kong as
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a general strike takes place and police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters in the city a record number of activists are detained and the chief executive warns the territories of the barge of a dangerous situation. and american dreams for the victims all back to back mass shootings with president trying to address the nation for the 1st time over the. preaching the attack in texas as an act of domestic terrorism. walking into a war still in the east african a refugee stranded by the conflict in yemen. finally for about the horrors.
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u.s. president donald trump is due to speak from the white house office to mash shootings over the weekend 29 people were killed within a 13 hours on saturday and sunday 20 were gunned down at a wal-mart store in el paso texas 9 others were shot dead in dayton ohio the shooting in texas is being treated as an act of terrorism. core to no make us to tighten gun controls but did not address criticism that is anti immigrant rhetoric had contributed to the shootings. within this city i'm joined by the debit card is fine i mean s.f. welcome me now donald trump hasn't said much since most 2 shootings took place he made a few brief comments tell us what he said directly after the shootings he went to twitter and he offered his condolences with a couple of tweets actually and afterwards he made some comments about looking into
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the mental health of people who buy guns suggesting that the u.s. needs to boost its background checks for people who want to buy weapons then he tweeted again recently that the congress needs to make some legislation promoting background checks but he added it's wheat to that suggestion saying if they do make some kind of legislation like that they also need to make immigration reform so he connected immigration to these shootings of course when we're looking at the shooting in el paso one thing that really stands out is the suspected killer posted something on line before saying that immigration was the reason why he killed all those people in el paso texas border town texas so this really set off a bit and then this is also led to some u.s. and democrat politicians and as well as critics of donald trump to say that he's creating this toxic climate donald trump is creating a toxic climate with his rhetoric which is encouraging these sorts of crimes tell us more. what they've said that's exactly right it's come to
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a point now where democrats are not mincing words at all they're not saying that he tolerates racism and matter of fact better roark who is a democratic candidate. running for the primaries to become the democratic candidate for president also is from texas he said to reporters look he is not he is not tolerating racism violence used actively promoting it and directly connected him to these killings and i'm saving you up as a reason to. speak is going to make his comments in the white house the missile we got him let's take a look at this report looking back at the 2 shootings at the weekend. 9th of this one for each of the victims in dayton ohio was. a community in disbelief but one determined to get through it together people who
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never would have crossed paths opposed each other and are most painful moment. date has died when the best we take care of a child. was the shooter opened fire outside a bar surveillance footage shows people running for cover and then captures the moment police shot dead the gunman. among the victims his own sister and his motive so far unclear. scenes of mourning also in el paso texas here just hours before the shooting in dayton a gunman fired on shoppers in a wal-mart store killing 20 people. officers arrested a 21 year old man here the motive was clear for investigators found an anti migration manifesto posted online. the rest of this country projecting their
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fears on us. on immigrants on mexicans on those who do not look like the majority of the united states of america and yesterday we bore the absolute worst of it at the white house the flag flies a half maust president trump says it's time for action we have to get it stopped has been going on for years for years and years in our culture we have to get it stopped but this is also it meant don't know there's a problem if you look at both of these cases this is mental illness these are people really people that are very very seriously mentally ill. but for opponents of the president's he is the real problem they say he's and immigrants rhetorical stoking division and creating hate. the grief spilled over into anger and will be an action of a government not only on gun control but also on the growing divide in american
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society. so i mean as you're seeing grief is turning into public anger and people are demanding action now one of the crimes which was committed at the weekend has been described as an act of domestic terrorism how significant is that right that's the one in el paso texas and it is significant because it gives the federal government more powers to investigate the crime against allows and use other agencies actually to look at the person who committed the crime to see if he's connected to other terrorist networks and to examine this as as a as an ideology and not just an isolated crime don't forget that donald trump has often used islamic inspired terrorism to call for a ban on muslims coming into the country and it could change the rhetoric of around these white supremacist killings this one a suspected white supremacy killing because of the use of the word terrorism which also implies that the federal government has more powers investigated right we'll leave it for now i mean we're still expecting donald trump to make his comments his
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1st official comments on those shootings at the weekend but thank you very much for now. let me know when you have to admit some other stories making news on the violent search and rescue teams have deployed off in a flash flood struck a popular tourist site in central china 12 people are reported to have drowned and one is still missing the state broadcaster said visitors to the thinning dubai goals area was set to be about raising waters by heavy rains you just see it donald trump is arriving at the podium to make his 1st official comments on the shooting this weekend let's take a listen to what he had to say done it on the americans this morning our nation is overcome with shock aura and sorrow this weekend war than 80 people were killed or wounded in 2 evil attacks one saturday morning in el paso texas a wicked man went to
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a wal-mart store where families were shopping with their loved ones he shot and murdered 20 people and injured 26 others including precious little children then in the early hours of sunday morning dayton ohio another twisted monster opened fire on a crowded downtown street he murdered 9 people including his own sister and injured 27 others. the 1st lady and i join all americans in praying and grieving for the victims their families and the survivors. we will stand by their side for ever we will never forget. these barbaric slaughters are an assault upon our communities an attack upon our nation and a crime against all of humanity we are outraged and sickened. by this
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monstrous evil the cruelty the hatred the malice the bloodshed and the terror our hearts are shattered for every family whose parents children husbands and wives were ripped from their arms and their lives america weeps for the fall and we are a loving nation and our children are entitled to grow up in a just peaceful and loving society together we lock arms to shoulder the grief we ask god in heaven to ease the anguish of those who suffer and we value to act with urgent reason. i want to thank the many law enforcement personnel who responded to these atrocities with the extraordinary grace and courage of american heroes i have spoken with texas governor greg abbott
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and ohio governor mike de wine as well as mer de margot of el paso texas and mayor nagin wally of dayton ohio to express our profound sadness and unfailing support. today we also send the condolences of our nation to president obrador of mexico and all the people of mexico for the loss of their citizens in the el paso shooting terrible terrible thing i have also been in close contact with attorney general barr and f.b.i. director ray federal authorities are on the ground and i have directed them to provide any and all assistance required whatever is needed the shooter in el paso posted
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a manifesto online consumed by racist hate. in one voice our nation must condemn racism bigotry and white supremacy these sinister ideologies must be defeated hate has no place in america hatred warps the mind ravages the heart and devours the soul we have asked the f.b.i. to identify all further resources they need to investigate and disrupt hate crimes and don't mistake terrorism whatever they need we must recognize that the internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts we must shine a light on the dark recesses of the internet and stop mass murders before they start. the internet like was is used for human trafficking illegal drug
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distribution and so many other heinous crimes the perils of the internet and social media can not be ignored and they will not be ignored in the 2 decades since columbine our nation has watched with rising hora and dread as one mass shooting has followed another over and over again decade after decade we cannot allow ourselves to feel powerless we can and will stop this evil contagion and that task we must honor the sacred memory of those we have lost by acting as one people open wounds cannot heal if we are divided we must seek real bipartisan solutions we have to do that in a partisan manner that will truly make america safer and better for all
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1st we must do a better job if identifying and acting on early warning signs i am directing the department of justice to work in parson partnership with local state and federal agencies as well as social media companies to develop tools that can detect mesh shooters before they strike as an example the monster in the parkland high school in florida had many red flags against him and yet nobody took decisive action nobody did anything why not 2nd we must stop the glorification of violence in our society. this includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace it is too easy today for troubled youth to surround themselves with a culture that celebrates violence we must stop or substantially reduce this
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and it has to begin immediately cultural change is hard but each of us can choose to build a culture that celebrates the inherent worth and dignity of every human life that's what we have to do. 3rd we must reform our mental health laws to the unnecessary involuntary confinement mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger not the gun 4th we must make sure that those judged to pose a grave risk to public safety do not have access to firearms and that if they do those firearms can be taken through rapid due process that is why i have called for red flag laws also known as extreme risk protection orders today i'm also directing the department of justice to propose legislation ensuring
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that those who commit hate crimes and mess murders face the death penalty and that this capital punishment be delivered quickly decisively and without years of needless to lay. these are just a few of the areas of cooperation that we can pursue i am open and ready to listen and discuss all ideas that will actually work and make a very big difference republicans and democrats have proven that we can join together in a bipartisan fashion to address this plague last year we enacted the stop school violence and fix nics acts into law providing grants to improve school safety and strengthening critical background checks for firearm purchases at my direction the department of justice banned bump stocks last year we prosecuted
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a record number of firearms offenses but there is so much more that we have to do now is the time to set destructive partisanship aside so destructive and find the courage to answer hatred with unity devotion and love. our future is in our control america will rise to the challenge we will always have and we always will when the choice is ours and ours alone it is not up to mentally ill monsters it is up to us if we are able to pass great legislation after all of these years we will ensure that those who were attacked will not have died in vain may god bless the memory of those who perished in toledo i may gut protect them may god protect all of those from texas
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to ohio may god bless the victims and their families may god bless america thank you very much thank you. so you've just been listening to donald trump it was making his 1st official statement after this a mass shootings at the weekend and he ended just a fan by saying that america will rise to the challenge and we will always vent and between these 2 do is a correspondent i mean if if i mean you know the country has been grieving the country has been in shock there because that he should been on the president to take a stronger stand do you think people would be happy with what he just said i think we saw a very subdued trump there a trump that was trying to be as political as he could trying to offer real
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condolences he didn't mince words in the beginning when he called the person a monster which something that everybody was looking for him attacking the shooters and not democrats and not the media calling the media fake news and so on and so forth but i think this is just another example of when trump's base the hard line supporters will see this as him offering condolences whereas the opposition will see it as a total failure in terms of leading the nation through a time of grievance because you did talk of certain measures that should be taken but none of them included gun reform control and you did throw a few bones he said he's done a lot. for. different small things and gun control the bumf stock which is a type of modification for an automatic weapon and he talks a lot about background checks figure who are trying to buy guns i mean it's hard to overstate how easy it is to get a gun in the u.s. and background checks something that people have been calling for but if you notice
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what he's done here is he's talked about mental health and put this of the center of the the speech that he gave so a background check would focus on people who are designated as criminals or somebody who may be not a normal citizen even mentioned locking them up without their consent which is also a contentious issue in the u.s. and he ended his speech i think this is the only time he was off script it's in like where he said we need to stop. these mentally ill monsters and i know that the democrats will not take this as a as a unifying thing to go after mental illness here as the real problem and not white supremacy he said that it seemed like a really well scripted statement that he made and he said all the things which could possibly kind of you know asked ridge a nation which is grieving for the people who have died he also talked about columbine and you again describe the people treated as as even months and he talked about the death penalty he was very much in favor that people who were convicted of these crimes should very quickly be given the death penalty right now of course the
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supporters are going to see this as him really trying to do something here to prevent further attacks i think everybody in the u.s. this point is scared about it's not an issue that no one is scared about depending on what side of the political spectrum they're on but i think again democrats are going to see this rhetoric as very punitive if you talk about the death penalty you talk about background checks locking up mentally ill patients if they're suspected of criminal activity and the death penalty as you know is is a very dangerous condition i still have a zillion says he is so we have to wait and see how people react to that but he did seem to this seemed to be a shift in his rhetoric but how much how much of it will actually think you know was it just to respond now to the fact is that what he tweets after this that i mean if if thank you very much reaction to donald trump's 1st official comments off the mash of things this weekend. let's not turn to india and it's being called the most significant change the status of kashmir in more than 70 s. india has revoked the special status of its spot off the disputed region critics
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say the move by the hindu nationalist b.g.p. government will inflame tensions in the country's only muslim majority province navan pakistan has called the move illegal but the indian government says the staff was long over due. outrage in india's parliament india's government stands opposition lawmakers by announcing it is revoking what has been the basis of kashmir's complex relationship with india for decades delhi said it is scrapping article $370.00 which gave kashmir special status under rule 6 this special status of jammu and kashmir is going to be automatically knowledge void. the heavily militarized kashmir region has long been a flashpoint with neighboring pakistan the 2 nuclear powers of $42.00 wars over it both india and pakistan claim the region in full but each control only a part china also claims
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a section delis decision to remove the indian administered state of jammu and kashmir autonomy also includes lifting a ban on property purchases by nonresidents opening the way for indians to invest and settle there on twitter some criticized this decision by the hindu nationalist led government to take control of its only muslim majority region outside the indian embassy in the pakistani capital islamabad kashmiri refugees protested. yes through occasional beer to appear to articles there can be any indian steers are still going to be able to go read everywhere and in our right kashmir he can be still going to. kashmir and secondly are indian occupied don't want me to hebron directly they want but in the end better that or 3 and then. as somebody now. minister at all served up or we are protesting here or reject indian
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grind up back to pakistan condemned india's move calling it illegal and vowing counter measures hours before the announcement the indian government launched a security crackdown in indian administered kashmir arresting regional leaders and suspending telephone and internet services now comes the risk that political and legal battles may spill over into violence on the streets of kashmir. and true democracy protesters in hong kong have clashed with riot police for a 3rd day in a row security forces have fired tear gas as activists step up their campaign of civil disobedience a general strike is also taking place me part of the city to a standstill hundreds of flights have been canceled and many shops and businesses are closed earlier demonstrators disrupted train services by blocking doors honk on the media carry lunch accuses the protesters of jeopardizing the future of the territory. but what is in front of us is hong kong stability hong kong's future
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and escalating violence but we continue to allow these violent protesters to make use of the future to offenders bill and these demands to conceal their out here ia motors that is going to push hong kong through the verge of a very dangerous situation. that was hong kong's chief executive kerry lawn caches between the police and protesters ongoing our correspondent sean acho simple was in the crowd and spoke with some of the activists and sent us this many of the people who have been out on the streets since the early hours of the morning taking part in this unprecedented strike action then now taking a bit of a rest preparing for what we're expecting to be a very very long night ahead now one protest it is here mike says he's just come from an area that was take asked can you tell me about your day so far today. it
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was going great for sure we were over on average 3 weren't every 3 characters outside into the row into a lot of harmless protesters that are not quite prepared as they should be we have been really been very peaceful the whole time for the last 2 months so it's been pretty rough ok and what's the plan for tonight. we don't know as usual we're not sure about what we always are for the same thing again and again and we just hold our government to give us room replies and not only from over there after incredible thank you very much. liz i process is there are 8 such things and move on already they don't stick around a very long in the same place they're already moving to the next location where we're likely to see more demonstrations going on into the oh that was huge of this shot a chance and still to come a security clampdown in indian controlled kashmir takes effect off the engine government devotes a constitutional kulas that gave the region special status. and we have more in
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hong kong which remains intil mourners protest a school strike that destruct streams and services across the city. on the move coming up on do you have any news is your best for me on the touchy matter despite enough. the be. absolutely.
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