this is g w news live from berlin 2 mass shootings in the united states claim more lives as the president tells the nation to reject racial hatred. in one voice our nation must condemn racism bigotry and white supremacy the sinister ideologies must be defeated. can the country overcome deep divisions and prevent more massacres also coming up tonight india strips the disputed kashmir region of its special status raising fears of unrest critics call it

a dark day for democracy pakistan which also claims the territory has condemned the move calling it illegal and hong kong police fired tear gas at pro-democracy demonstrators amid a general strike record numbers of activists have been arrested the chief executive warning that this city is headed for a very dangerous place. it's good to have you with us tonight u.s. president donald trump is urging his country to condemn white supremacy in his 1st national address following 2 mass shootings over the weekend president described the acts as barbaric in crimes against humanity the number of victims in saturday's

racially motivated it's hack in el paso texas that has risen to 22 early on sunday 9 others lost their lives in a separate shooting in dayton ohio bringing the weekend's total death toll to $31.00. my fellowmen unemotional speech trump described to shoot his who carried out separate massacres in texas and ohio as mentally ill make the us president's call to speedy death penalties for hate crimes in to today i'm also directing the department of justice to propose legislation ensuring that those who commit hate crimes and mass 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 in his 1st public remarks in spite of attacks that we can't trump condemn the hatred in american society the

shooter in el paso posted 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 men women and children with gunned down as they shop to this will not stall in el paso texas people have paid tributes to the victims of a makeshift memorial overlooking the store's parking lot 13 hours later a young man in his twenty's opened fire in a knight's life district of dayton ohio one of the victims was the gunman sr 6 others were african-american tributes were also placed at the scene both

communities left united in grief as pressure for tighter gun controls mounts in the u.s. . and joining me now is our correspondent all over salad sees a list or force in washington good evening to you all over we know that pressure is melting for tighter gun controls in the united states did the president outlined today hell he plans to make that happen. well before his speech president trump proposed on twitter to pair 2 topics that do not have a lot in common with each other and those are tougher gun control and background checks in particular on the one hand side and tougher immigration law feel that he's been calling on for a long time 3 that raised many questions these fields don't belong to each other necessarily also the 2 suspects are american citizens one even targeted immigrants when he shot 22 people in the city of el paso so lots of questions remaining here

then later in his speech he did not mention any proposals any tougher gun legislation at all so it doesn't really look like he's going to. want to go down that road then and put it in contrast 3 focus on 2 individuals who was talking a lot about mental health issues talking about 1 computer games to individuals that can be held accountable he even blamed the media for these attacks and therefore really tried hard to move this topic as far as away as possible from the actual issue of gun control and democrats those democratic presidential hopefuls they have accused the u.s. president of the violence with his rhetoric but he didn't express any sense of responsibility for those in heat shield diatribes that he delivers at those campaign rallies do you think americans believe him or took him at his word today.

well some skepticism is surely appropriate here because that rhetoric is quite a new one it comes in stark contrast to his earlier appearances here this is the speech he delivered today can certainly be considered one of the most clearest and strongest condemnations of wide supremacy since he took office and that might have come also as a response to his earlier speeches and response responses he gave for instance after an attack in the city of child that's were right wing protesters took to the street and counter protesters and an attacker took his car into a group of people killing one person and president trump afterwards said that there are fine people on both sides of the politico i'll also take into consideration that this speech was read from a teleprompter and he definitely gave a very different impression 3 than if you would have listened to him on one of his

rallies or even on twitter droids were saying earlier teleprompter is very different from twitter trump as you said all over the u.s. president did condemn racism and white supremacy today do you think this represents a change of course for this rhetoric about migration and immigration that we've been hearing from. well you have to take into consideration that we're nearing the 2020 presidential elections and the democrats are ready to gain some political ground and they are they've been very vocal on the issue of gun control they're trying now really to make the point that they're the ones actually to get tougher legislation out and so the speaker of the democratic led house nancy pelosi earlier reminded the voters that the house in february already passed a bill allowing background checks 2 across the united states on all gun purchases

but that this bill was actually blocked by the republican led senate afterwards so what we're seeing here is a trump responding to that you might very likely see another donald trump when it comes to his next really or his next tweet is either it is very possible our correspondent oversell the story for us in washington oliver thank you well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world britain says it will join the u.s. navy in the mission to protect emergent ships in the persian gulf this fall was the seizure of vessels by iran in the strait of hormuz a key shipping route. by the u.k. defense ministry did not mention whether other western allies would take part in the mission germany has already said it will not in egypt an explosion near khan roads to rear square has killed at least 20 people and injured nearly 50 others the government initially said the incident was caused by a multiple vehicle car crash

a leader said a car bomb was involved the blast calls to fire at a nearby hospital which had to be evacuated. a series of explosions at an arms depo in siberia injured several people then led to the bank you ation of surrounding towns and villages russians defense ministry said the fire triggered the explosions which sent shrapnel flying through the air the death of stores gunpowder and tillery shells. in a move it described as the most significant change to the status of kashmir in more than. 70 years india has revoked the special status of its portion of the disputed region critics say the move by the hindu nationalist b j p government will inflame tensions in the country's only muslim majority province neighboring pakistan which also claims the territory as described the move as illegal the indian government says that the step is long overdue.

outrage in india's parliament india's government stunned opposition new make has by announcing its 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 cash misspell status on to rural since this special status of jammu and kashmir is going to be automatically nolen void. the heavily militarized kashmir region has long been a flashpoint with neighboring pakistan the 2 nuclear powers of $42.00 wars over its both india and pakistan claim the region in full but each control only a part china also claims 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. the. yes there were question of the authority of the articles there can be any indians fears are still going to be able to grab their hand in are quite kashmir they can be still going to. kashmir and secondly are the indian occupier don't want me to have been directly given by india and better and better through. and there is no is somebody no note for note here in this thread served up well we are protesting here for the reject indian grind up that. pakistan condemned india's move calling it illegal and following 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. for pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong have clashed with riot police for the 3rd day in a row security forces fired tear gas as activists stepped up their campaign of civil disobedience a general strike is taking place bringing parts of the city to a standstill the protests are part of an ongoing movement to challenge trying these authority in the territory. monday afternoon and it's anything but business as usual in downtown home. protesters tried to block a street but police fire off volley after volley of tear gas. day turns to night in the battle goes on there's a sense of the situation is escalating. why is this such a big things today is only because we never get as close to the response of the

government. the disruption went well beyond the financial center in other parts of the territory activists staged a peaceful assembly in a shopping mall near the border with mainland china. there's also been a general strike which included a blockade of one of the city's metro stations amid widespread disruption to public transport once again it is hong kong's young pleasing reaction the anger and frustration growing whoever participated in the movement are not criminals don't talk to people who are harmed by the charani hong kong government and all. the people republic of china in one part of hong kong a group of men attacked demonstrators with long sticks who they were nobody knows the demonstrators hit back with anything that came to have. acrimony is deepening between the protesters and the old fart says the city's leader has warned that hong kong is only edge the recent protests and marches have

seen escalated violence. and up pushing our city. the city we all know. and many of us helped to build. to the furch of a very dangerous situation lamb's warning was made before today's violence intensified the general strike in the increasingly violent protests seem only to have deepened the hong kong's crisis. well in a major signing in the english premier league manchester united have picked up star player gary maguire in a 6 year deal mcguire comes from leicester city and as a center back he helped england reach the 22 world cup semifinals british media are reporting that united will pay a transfer fee of nearly $100000000.00 euros which would make maguire the most expensive defender in the world you can say that again. you're watching the

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