♪ this is france 24, times now for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines. 26 people shot dead at a church and another 20 hurt in the worst mass shooting in texas history. donald trump says the shooting was due to a mental health problem and d "wasn't about gun" trump made those comments from his state visit to japan. he refused to rule out any

eventual military action saying the u.s. will not stand for the north threatening america or the asian allies. 1.5 years after the panama -- papers show how hundreds of the world's richest have been scaling back on their taxes including the queen. one ofming up for you, the highest business men does that meanhat for the money he has invested? we take a look in the business update. and one of france's top literary more, coming up. first, top stories from paris. ♪ a tiny we start first in

town of sutherland springs, texas. the site of the latest mass shooting to rock the united states. a lone gunmen stormed into a tiny church and shot dead 26 people. he was dressed in black tactical gear and armed with an assault rifle. himorities did not identify by name but media reports say he was a 26 euros white male who was later found dead in his car. the suspect had been given a bad conduct discharge from the air force for assaulting his spouse and child. the youngest among the victims was just five years old and the pastor's 14-year-old daughter was killed. town ofm the tiny sutherland springs. >> it is a town so small that everybody here invariably was

affected by this mass shooting. the worst mass shooting in a place before ship in history for the modern united states. here,hundred people live 26 people were killed. outside and inside of the first baptist church here in sutherland springs. the hind me, you can see the police car keeping us from the church and in the background is the church where local law enforcement and fbi are now trying to piece everything together. diedknow how many people and they know exactly what happened but what is missing here is the motive. and hiser was a man 20's from a suburb of san antonio who came here well prepared with a semiautomatic rifle and eight tacticacal vest and may be w with a clear idea f targeting this precisise church and congregation.

him and onepage by that comes just over a month after the worst mass shooting in the history of the modern united states in las vegas on october 1. another deadly day for the united states and for this rural community here. anchor: reporting there from texas. the massacre there came one month after the worst shooting in u.s. history in vegas, an attack that reignited the hot button issue of gun control. speaking today, donald trump says the issue was caused by a nottal h health" issue and about guns. >> this isn't about guns. it isis ao into i it but little soon n go into i it. fortunately someone else had anotheher gun in the o opposite

direction. it is a mental health problem at the highest level. it is a very sad event. a very sad event. that is the way i view it. donald trump reacting from japapan where he is in the midst of a 12 day trip to asia. he sat down with shshinzo abe today with the threat from north korea high on the agenda there. we bring in now our tokyo correspondent. talk us through the visit to japan so far? is coming to the engine out of a two-day visit. as i speak he is attending a banquet with the japanese prime minister. yesterday was easy-going. there was a game of golf and an address to troops at an aiairbae nearar t tokyo and a meal with e prime minister and t the first lala of japapan.

leadersy, i think the have finallyly gotten downwn to busisiness. trump did have harsh wordsds to say a about japanese trade poliy during a breakfast meeting with the u.s. and japanese business leadaders. only signas been the of friction between t the two leaders over t the last 48 hour. as you said, the latter half of today has been dominatated by ts convnversaon. that nowpmp and abe said is not the time to talk t to kim jong-un. it is a time for the national community to come together to ratchet up sanctions on north korea. and trump andnd a b bit refusedo rule out the use of military force if the u.s. or allies felt under direct threat under north korea. is one of several

stops that donald trump only making on the 12 day tour of the region. talk us through what is ahead? >> japan has been a nice and easy introduction to asia for trump. tomorrow morning, he will make a eul.t flight into so to be thehe same degree of personal warmth as there has been between trump and abe. hehe is a liberal and he hasas n disturbed d by the throng -- by the strong rhetotoric so i think all eyes will be on trump when he makes a speech to the national assembly on wednesday. then, again, and other potentiay y tricky visisit where in beijing he will be discussing north kororea andnd impressing n the chinese president the need for china to fofollow through wh

sanctions but also tricky talks on tradede. and the visit will end in vietnam and the philippines where, according to comments trump made yesterday, he could have a fairly inteteresting conversation with putin. donald trump's visit to japan. afterne point five years the panama papers, a new financial leak is showing how hundreds of the world's richest people have been cutting their taxes. this is known as the paradise papers which is 13 million documents reaches us far as the u.s. c commerce secretary and te queen. >> queen elizabeth portrait may be on british money but that doesn't mean all of her money is in british banks. the queen is among hundreds of people hit by the latest the paradisendal, papers. which shows how the ultra rich

cut their taxes by placing their money and assets in tax havens. $13 million of the queen's private money was placed in funds held in the cayman n islas and bermuda. those handling their finances reacted like others in the scandal. >> all of our investments are fully audited and legitimate. >> legal, maybe. that is trying to cut your taxes havensing them in tax appropriate? the journalists leading the investigation don't think so. >> just because something is legal doesn't make it legitimate or morally correct. we have taken a look at this and we see a disappearance of billions that should be going to taxes. >> among othther officials involved in the scandal, wilbur ross. he has interests in a shipping company which has earned millions of dollars a year

transporting oil and gas, delivered by a russian company whose shareholdersrs include vladimir putin's son-in-law and targeteds old friends, by u.s. sanctions. his response to the report? he wasn't involved in the decision to work with the russian firm and until the news came in, he wasn't aware of the shareholder connection. >> let's bring in orlando kraut croft who joins us on the line from london. mentionradise papers people like the u.s. commerce secretary but it doesn't mean they've done anything illegal? >> that's right. and the whole issue goes back a long time. it goes back to 2000 in europe. and 2008, you remember obama and the government of the u.k. announced this widespread crackdown i in offshore f finan.

and it was a huge thing at the time and they blacklisted some and they white listed and gray listed others. the whole issue has just been likeighted again by papers the panama papers. >> the question is, what can governments do with this information, now that they have it. given that there isn't anything illegal here? >> that is the thing. if you look at what they did, they insisted that countries agreement. everybody did that. most of the countries got off you can do,t so all really is make the regulations stricter and structure. which the european union could do. of the day, tax havens are sovereign nations so they can make their own tax policy and people can use them.

i guess the question is, at the end the day, will we get anything positive out of the new paradise papers questioned -- papers? >> it highlights the quality and how people are using these institutions to do what they are doing. so any form of light shined in this industry is a good they regardless of whether it changes anything. >> thank you. joining us there from london. literary awards season is in full swing. today, the oldest of the procedures look prizes was given out. this year's winner is an author of a book called -- we have more from a restaurant near paris as opera where the prize has been .warded >> is a lot of excitement here

in the heart of paris. this is the restaurant where the most prestigious award in french literature is awarded. oldest awardthe for french literature. around since 1903. the winner is the author of the agenda." this book takes you behind the scenes of history and in particular the events that led up to the annexation of austria i not see, germany. he takes a look at different screenshots of history. different scenes and how they lead to a. the book allowed him to win. 10 yearwin a symbolic check but he can expect a boost of four or five times his book

sales so it is the literary jackpot here in france. >> it is now time for the business update. i am joined onset. you will be telling us more about the saudi prince? one of the dozens of people arrested in saudi arabia's anticorruption crackdown? >> that's right. he is often called the warren buffett of the middle east. net worth estimated at $17 billion. released aent firm statement to reassure investors that it will meet responsibilities. as the stock plummeted, dragging the saudi stock exchange more ththan 1.5% down today. we take a look at the financial applications of the arrest. having am to be problem with that package there.

in the meantime, what else do you have? >> they market reaction. saudi markets aren't the only ones feeling the effects of the arrests. european stocks were in the red in early afternoon trading. -- the french hotel group was among the biggest losers. kingdom holders isis the groups third-largest investor. asia is a mixed picture in as trump makes the trip to the region. hong kong closed flat. and oil was up by .5% markets took kindly to the saudi crackdown. of wti was benchmark up around .5% a while ago.

>> you mentioned trump's trip to asia. he had strong words about trade? text yes. he called the trade not fair or open. he slammed the trade deficit and you will recall that after his inauguration, trump told the u.s. out of the transpacific partnership, a trade deal that did include japan. he defended that decision today and finally, in a news conference with shinzo abe, he bragged about the u.s. superiority. take a listen. >> japanese people are thriving. your cities are vibrant and you build one of the worlds most powerful economieses. is as good asf it ours, i think not. ok? and we will try to keep it that way. but you can be second. >> we talked before about saudi arabia. the crackdown on different big

businessmen. -- man >> the most appropriate -- the most high profile of who has been arrested. he is considered the warrenen buffett of ararabia and has a lt of investments around the world. we take a look at where the money lies. >> he is the international face, considered the warren buffett of saudi arabia. he owns famous hotels. his investment firm is kingdom holdings. diverse portfolio with shares in citigroup, twitter.

shares plunged 10%. investors fell worldwide. >> this is both a reliable they see the world family's business interests. will be quite disconcerting for a lot of businesses. include money laundering, bribery and embezzlement. as acs see this purge preemptive measure by saudi removes crown prince to powerful figures. others say it is part of the kingdom's economic transformation plan. >> the kingdom is passing through financial difficulties with weak growth. thee is a soy change in economic model from an oil economy to an investment economy and for that, they need transparency and counter corruption. yesterdrday atiking

investing in projects such as a renewable energy sites. a new strategy to boost sales. but merchants might not be happy. >> amazon has announced they are cutting prices for third-party sellers on the website and discounts provided by amazon provides discounts from board games to technology. this is the latest scheme to outdo low-cost rivals. they could threaten to list their projects online. amazon has tried to appease the situation while saying that consumers will pay less. guess in the run-up to the holidays, people will do anything to get people to buy stuff. thank you for that look and now it is time for the press review.

let's take a look at what has been making headlines around the world. let's start with the paradise papers. documents exposing the ways that the rich and famous have perhaps been innovating taxes. >> that's right. over 13 million documents are coming from over this latest leak. 18 months after the panama papers. the latest revelations have been published by investigative journalists in conjunction with -- one of the media outlets is a french paper. another paper involved in revealing these leaks is the british daily, the guardian. no one has been spared. including the queen of england, herself. the papers reveal that millions of pounds have been stashed away in a cayman islands fund without being disclosed.

moneyrmore, the queen's has been invested in shady business dealings including a retailer called bright house which is believed to exploit disabled people. so not a good look for the royal family. the guardian explains that this information is so important because most of us don't understand the complexities of offshore taxes. which is why rich people have been able to get away with it for so long. the papers say that they now are shedding light on the secretive ways that the rich stay rich. beenlbur ross has also advocated? >> we are looking at the papers. one of the papers is at the forefront of revealing the leaks and they call wilbur ross the minister of his own business dealings. he reportedly failed to disclose to contest -- disclose to congress that he has ties to allies of the vladimir putin.

basically, he has been getting rich off the rush a link to business dealings as he served under donald trump in the white house. so this is definitely a serious conflict of interest. a belgian paper has written an interesting editorial saying you." the 1% we "salute the davids are fighting back .gainst the goliaths it accuses political leaders of waxing lyrical about fighting fiscal five and not doing enough to end it. >> these papers are reporting the arrest of several saudi princes. >> they seemed untouchable. that is what the washington post said in this article. the men were detained in a purge that swept up some of the most powerful and recognizable names

in the country, including the prince. if you look at the saudi paper, we know this will bring the country into a new era of transparency. shows aher saudi paper cartoon that gives approval. there is a flag of corruption chopped down on the paper. this is an attempt to root out corruption in the country. this has thrown lebanon into political crisis. >> this is thrown most of the arab world into a spin. because what happens now? paper calls for the resignation which is a house of cards like scenario.

will it thrown lebanon into a new proxy war? that is a question many people want to know. the dailyh paper, star, in lebanon says uncertainty has taken hold. and they are calling for calm reflection. reshuffled theas cards on the political scene. and they will address this -- calling forh calm. >> more than 50,000 people yesterday took part in the new york marathon. they're arguing that the health hazards of running a marathon might be worse than running a marathon? >> if anyone hates running, in general, this may come as good news. this article explains that running a marathon is really bad for your health. it dates back to greek mythology when the first endurance r runnr

drop dead at the end of his race. anduding all of the joints ligaments am in that occurs when you run a 42 kilometers, over stressing your muscles can cause your urine to discolor, your nickel's to fall off due to the friction caused by running with shoes on. >> good enough for me. thank you. the first american woman has won since 1977. we can get a closer look at that on our website at france 24.com. the u.n. climate conference gets underway today and it is being presided by a small island state -- fiji. we will talk to a member of the climate observer group after this.

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