right. i. think people are now confirmed dead at the las vegas music festival in the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. sponsibility attack but the f.b.i. says that the shooter had no connection to any international terror group. exult. capacity to believe and suppose that's. spain's prime minister had to say after the independence referendum in catalonia in

which almost nine hundred voters were injured. by military police. actually joining us this evening my name's neil harvey this is our international. fifty eight people have now been confirmed dead more than five hundred others injured after a gunman went on the rampage at a las vegas music festival the incident has become the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history a warning you may very well find the following video disturbing. i.

i. i. i. i i. i. i i was shooting took place during an outdoor performance by country singer jason aldean at a three day music festival it was attended by around twenty two thousand people a gunman fired at crowds from the thirty second floor of a nearby hotel and casino there were multiple rounds of rapid fire witnesses say that it lasted between five and ten minutes it's now witnesses describe what they saw.

the next states has claimed responsibility for the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history however the f.b.i. says it has found no link to any international terrorist group and we can show you another video from the scene of people taking shelter in a tent at the festival as they heard multiple shots outside. i i. i. i i i i i. i pad. we spoke to an eyewitness called he told us how people were

scared but had to remain quietus no one youth a shooter was still around at the time i was actually working security at the. capitol as i walked away from my post which i'm glad that i did and where i was supposed to be standing was actually for me it was in front of the main stage where the jury of this stuff was happening and. i left my post and i remember walking towards my friends when i heard the first round of gunshots and i thought to myself that it was the music but when the second round of gunshots came it was clear that it was gunshots and it wasn't the music messing up still once i heard that i seen people started running i could do it we just dropped everything and just read. those police officers maturity is everywhere actually ran. a complex and just

remember going inside this guy's house and those of us people already in there and they had all the lights turned off and they were telling everyone to be quiet because he was still nearby and we didn't know just the shooters walking around or not. one nine hundred ninety six until june of this year the u.s. had seen one hundred thirty mass shootings almost nine hundred adults and one hundred forty five children have been killed but these numbers don't include the latest massacre in las vegas and there are question marks over what exactly is officially classed as a mass shooting. let's go to be on stage and speak so of course one of the. killer we've taken through some of the details just brings up today with anything new well the shooter has been identified as a sixty four year old man named steven craig patrick now he apparently had ten different rifles and weapons in his hotel room now he was found dead in the hotel room when the swat team broke in the was already dead leading many to the

conclusion that he killed himself after firing on the concert goers now at this point people are calling this yet another lone wolf the ice still terrorists have claimed responsibility however the federal bureau of investigation says that no links to any international terrorist organization can be established and that this this was not somebody connected with terrorist groups let's take a listen to the f.b.i. we have determined to this point no connection with an international terrorist group as this investigation continues we will continue to work with our partners to ensure that this is factually thoroughly and absolutely investigated. now the shooter apparently lived in a retirement community just outside of las vegas and when they did visit his home apparently there was quite a bit of ammunition in his house now the shooter's girlfriend her alleged girlfriend a sixty year old sixty two year old australian woman is still

a person of interest however she is out of the country at the moment now the suspect was not known to law enforcement there apparently was no profile on the person the person and not been flagged as a potential shooter now donald trump called the act he called the shooting which took place u.s. present trunks trump said that it was an act of pure evil and that he intends to visit las vegas on wednesday to meet with some of the victims and others now as as many will observe mass shootings in the united states are not exactly a rare occurrence and last few years there have been quite a few instances usually following a mass shooting there is debate about gun control about the accessibility of firearms in the united states let's take a look over some of the incidents that have taken place over the last few years in the united states.

thanks to our correspondent in the u.s. caleb maupin we are watching developments in las vegas we'll bring you any new information as soon as it comes in. in other news almost nine hundred cattle and voters were injured in a sole spine military police during the spanish region's independence referendum that occurred on sunday madrid deems the vote to be illegal despite its efforts to stop the referendum actually going ahead the cattle and government has already

published the results with ninety percent supporting catalonia break away from spain the spanish prime minister addressed his country just minutes before the end of the referendum which he denied that actually taken place or you don't. build that i mean if you think of them. we have been. one of those you would oppose that she would go the list of. yellow one of your people. in the simple but i don't. volunteer up to moments after the polling stations that opens well people standing in line waiting to vote is a recap of what happened on sunday. well

the way the civil guard officers try to disperse the crowd that's raise concern here you can see people holding up rubber bullets that were fired into the crowds the truth claims that the police response was professional they say and

proportionate but you think that if you look at some of the videos that have been sparking a public outcry here we can see peaceful protesters facing the police the demonstrators have their hands up that's a sign of nonviolence we're not going to do anything but the officers nonetheless started to hit them with their batons the incident occurred this one in jerome that's in northeastern catalonia another videos also sparked outrage i must warn you might find this one a little bit more distressing it appears to show one officer trying to remove a woman and twisting her wrist in the process she claims that her fingers were intentionally broken in that incident after a day of wide scale violence in catalonia protesters have been taking to the streets there decrying all violence that we've just seen the police brutality what is between a coach and her has been at one such rally in barcelona here's her report. this is not like at all leo where as you can see the protests continue here on the iconic sware of the barcelona says he hundreds of students had gathered behind my back to

pro. cast against the events that we saw here on sunday they're protesting for the independence of catalonia they're clapping they're shouting slogans including goodbye mr president good bye mariano and now there are trying to remain peaceful and they're also protesting against the violence unprecedented crackdown on polling stations that we saw on sunday and indeed there are a lot of unhappy people here on the streets of wasilla. we didn't deserve this kind of treatment i think our people deserve more freedom and not the oppression that madrid is putting us under we have seen a lot of repression against the people people who are just waiting in line ready to vote i have seen brutal scenes on the police on the side is right here this place children and now the only people in front of the potent stations. well some of my friends were in schools building barricades to defend the polling stations

from police forces my friend told me that he was grabbed by police and this one he wanted the floor he was also hit in the head but i think this fax should be made known to the public. we have been receiving more reaction coming out from the consul on a story to us this monday now the president of cancer line and said that the government has decided to create a special commission to investigate the events of sunday to create a special commission to investigate possible crimes against humanity that might have taken place here are over the weekend he also believes that in order to find a compromise between madrid and barcelona independent body is needed so as you can see the compound this situation here is so complicated that even authorities are ready to acknowledge that there are unable to find a way out without the house and no other independent side now the president of consular demands that the forces of national police will leave the region he says

that for many years and many times people of council long at work protesting and never there's been violence on the streets so it is really the biggest constitutional crisis spain has sent in decades and it really seems that it is time now for both parties to sit down and try to negotiate in order to avoid further escalation. the parties from the european union is now proposed holding a session over what happened in catalonia but european officials of largely remained silent previously stressing that the issue is an internal wall for spain. has been taking stock of the international response. well it's been quite a muted european reaction the european commission has finally come out with a statement today but it condemned the violence but backed up madrid in reiterating that the referendum in catalonia was illegal under the spanish constitution yesterday's vote. was not legal this is an internal matter for spain that

has to be dealt with in line with the constitutional order spain well essentially we can see the e.u. that is sticking to the same line it's had all along in the run up to the vote as well and journalists in brussels have had a lot of questions about the e.u.'s tongue tied response to the crisis in catalonia now will you have a double standard in the freedom of the special whilst found out for. another for. you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily would you stay silent when a member states starts playing with freedom of expression should prohibit websites if they start arresting jewelries how can you say this is cause additional that we don't have anything to say i mean this is presumably expression anything else that we're going to help you with today where you can see the spokes person squirming

there and there is a sense that collectively european leaders are squirming over this crisis as well there's a degree of discomfort it seems that few have come out and condemn the violence the belgian prime minister the slovenian one but critics say that overrule the response has been much milder than say it would have been if this crisis was unfolding in a new european member state say hungary or somewhere like vogue area now in terms of the media reaction sky news has worn a bit of attention to itself a for a tweet that many please. have said it was inappropriate you can see it up on your screens now it said the people of catalonia are finding out what happens when an illegal referendum is held the tweet was deleted soon after it was put up but not before quite a few people managed to screengrab it and express a lot of anger about it as well people on line have accused the news outlet of

supporting what they see as violent oppression in catalonia others have called it disgraceful some have called it fascist at the very least it does seem unfortunately word it carries sort of an air of i told you so about it there's a suggestion in it of some sort of political alignment to madrid side of the argument and probably a degree of insensitivity given that some nine hundred people in catalonia were injured in clashes with the spanish police yesterday. let's discuss this story now we jonathan shafi he's from the scotland radical independence campaign and i'm sure you've got plenty about this jonathan spain's prime minister when you use one of his quotes for the claimed madrid was such a good example for the world in how they've handled this referendum room because he doesn't recognize it so the police stealing ballot boxes hitting voters with batons

and forming rubber bullets are the more kind of an example do you think that is. well it's a very good opening question and it's very good opening quote because what we've been seeing is the polar opposite that actually we need to show the world that this kind of behavior won't be tolerated but of course he is right in a way because f. spain gets away with this type of behavior it does set a peace and it does set a benchmark that states can be allowed to behave in this manner against peaceful civilians taking part in a democratic process and that's why we've been so opposed to the behavior of the spanish state and standing in solidarity with the citizens of catalunya exercising their democratic rights well as you say if it is not a pose that could set a precedent you would expect some reaction from the a year that been a few for example nicholas sturgeon the first minister in scotland was appalled by events that unfolded as was the prime minister of belgium but largely it's been

silence i think erin for member gretna the u.k. response officially was leave it to spain it's their business what do you make of the international reaction. well i think the first thing to say about this is the reaction of the e.u. commission itself which is absolutely appalling it doesn't do anything to the puti the behavior of the spanish state in fact it seems to give a blank check to not take the behavior is worth reminding ourselves at this point as you have said in an introduction that nine hundred people approximately one hundred people actually injured in the course of the last twenty four forty overs purely for taking part in a democratic group i mean this is quite exceptional this is extraordinary and for there not to be an extraordinary level of solidarity taking place right across europe then i think that the question of the e.u. commission the question of the e.u. then has to be then has to be asked do you stand on the side of the more p.c. or do you know and that's why our demonstration that took place yesterday in

edinburgh made the decision to march in the spanish consulate symbolically to the e.u. commission to demand. the action is taken and to demand institutions right across europe and people across europe stand in solidarity with those democratic values why do you think things are so different for example from what we saw with the scottish referendum for independence and i wonder now do you face in here because spain in a way can say we're setting a precedent here that in fact that is what russia has said do you worry that the greater danger for violence if there's another scottish referendum. well i actually don't go with that line of thinking and i think that the question of violence a very important one because if you look at where the violence is coming from it's coming from the spanish the it is not coming from the people of cuts alone whose behavior by the way in who's who's deportment who's reaction to this really quite brutal violence of that we've been experiencing rubber bills and so on elderly

people dragged polling stations all of this conflict has been to meet this with an absolutely peaceful nonviolent response and i think that's something that the whole of europe and the whole of the world they should respect i mean when it comes to scotland we've been very careful to see that of course our campaign is very much in favor of scottish and dependence and i support and the pain is for counseling you but we do think that this is a broader question when it comes to the question of democracy is a broader topic that we need to explore and it's not just the states make over the question of independence movements it's that we make behave like this across shoot in response to any cain't of opposition movement that threatens a poet jonathan good to speak to appreciate your time jonathan shafi from the radical independence campaign is my guest. thanks stay with us can take a very short break please when you coming up after this. that's.

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interested always in the water. to. welcome back a top u.s. congressman claims that he was prevented from talking to president obama trump about a possible deal with julian songs let's get more on this story now from our correspondents the may recall who joins me on the line some may read this take us through the the main facts out of this story. well it has only recently emerged that republican congressman dana rohrabacher contacted the white house trying to negotiate a deal that would pardon julian assange in exchange for evidence that russia wasn't the source of the d.n.c. hacks and the congressman claims he's been trying to bring this to president trump's attention but was not allowed to by his staffers when asked about

a possible deal with the president trump told reporters he hadn't heard anything about it now julian a songe is the founder of wiki leaks the website that's been responsible for releasing tons of information much of it very embarrassing for the u.s. government has been hiding from extradition in the ecuadorian embassy in the u.k. for the last five years now a white house official confirmed that rohrabacher talked to white house chief of staff john kelly about his plan however kelly reportedly turned him down and said that the plan should be left up to the intelligence community. this would have to be a cooperative effort between his own stuff and the leadership in the intelligence communities to try to prevent the president from making the decision as to whether or not he wants to take the steps necessary to expose this horrendous lie that was shoved down the american people's throats so incredibly earlier this year congressman rohrbacher believes the president's aides are preventing president trump from learning about the possibility of a deal with

a songe. this would have to be a cooperative effort between his own stuff and the leadership in the intelligence communities to try to prevent the president from making the decision as to whether or not he wants to take the steps necessary to expose this horrendous lie that was shoved down the american people's throats so incredibly earlier this year by her and this lie the congressman is most likely referring to russian collusion speculation that russia was reserve sponsible for the d.n.c. hack a songe always insisted it was actually non-state actors who were at the d.n.c. files to wiki leaks now according to congressman rohrabacher assad is ready to tell the truth but it looks like washington doesn't want to hear it we bought the same road back twice but just teasing the view is you'll hear it i'm sure next what else he had to say many thanks american though correspondent live from washington d.c.

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and turns funding peacekeepers truly the magic medicine for today's numerous wars was the limit of what the blue helmets can do to ensure guns fall silent and what else is needed besides you in flag to bring peace to have your he's reached. out to you and know welcome to the show it's good to have you on our program one more time so both russia and ukraine have recently called for peacekeeping deployments in ukraine's conflict zone and the russians have proposed deployment mostly on the frontline between rebels and the government while cave once it on the russian ukraine border is terror compromise is working here or is it going to take another normal in his style negotiation around to work out a plan to everybody's liking for well i think it's good that both ukraine and russia. are now supporting the concept of a peacekeeping mission in ukraine i think it really opens a space for for the. full compromise.