Im adrian for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up as a lady as government calls for International Mediation after the secession referendum in which more than nine hundred people were injured by spanish riot police. Ahead of president trumps visit to puerto rico on tuesday people continue to criticize the u. S. Relief effort after hurricane the area. And the strange story of a cargo ship bound for egypt and what it was really carrying from north korea. At least fifty nine people are dead more than five hundred injured in las vegas after the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History the gunman sixty four year old steven paddock was found dead by police in a hotel room from where he opened fire on a crowd of thousands of people attending a concert twenty three guns were found in the room a further nineteen at his home in the north of las vegas well brunells reports. This is the moment when a harmless sunday night out became a nightmare. Twenty thousand concert goers were enjoying a Country Music festival when suddenly death rained down from above terrified they scrambled for safety came down and then one after the other and we were lange on the floor i know to get up to ride and just to stay to done but it was didnt know if it was safe to move because just about everything that was going on is whats going on here at home im just shooting for people im dying in our pool now as we went through the Airport Parking lot thats up and down hill through the pot on the everywhere perched in a snipers nest on the thirty second floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel sixty four year old Stephen Paddick fired off hundreds of bullets from a fully automatic military style machine gun. The carnage lasted for ten minutes as police broke down the Hotel Room Door patrick killed himself police found ten guns in the room on monday morning the scale of the atrocity became heartbreakingly clear we are currently standing at five twenty seven for individuals injured and individuals that have died or passed away fifty nine Police Called patrick a lone wolf you apparently had no criminal record no history of Mental Illness and the f. B. I. Said he had no connection with any overseas groups such as eisel or al qaida it wasnt evident that he had weapons in his room we have determined that there has been employees going to and fro from his room and not in a nefarious was noticed at this point thats what we know now police hope paddocks female companion Marilou Danley might provide clues as to his motives friends say shes been out of the country a somber President Donald Trump addressed the nation. We pray for the entire nation to find unity and peace and we pray for the day when evil is banished and the innocent are safe from hatred and from fear trump plans to visit las vegas on wednesday among the many Unanswered Questions are how patrick got a hold of a fully automatic machine gun which even in the us with its permissive gun laws is not obtainable without a special license las vegas has always been known as a city where people from around the world come to gamble take in a show and generally have fun but from now on this citys history will forever be shadowed by one terrible night when music gave way to mass murder robbery and its Al Jazeera Las Vegas lets take you live now to las vegas ounces there is andy gallagher. With the latest and at least fifty nine people dead. When will we get an actual figure for the number of People Killed in this tragedy. I think its going to be a very long process we know that all the hospitals here are struggling to cope there is only one level one hospital and they can even deal with this kind of trying to do thats been fall to the rafters but i can update you with some other information the police are now saying they actually found twenty three weapons in the hotel room behind me the mandalay bay and it is home in misc eat where he was living they found another nineteen weapons plus explosives now the other thing i can tell you is the weapons inside the hotel room were modified so that semiautomatic rifles could become automatic rifles and we heard and weve all seen that terrible video of that ten minute barrels of weapons and those weapons were apparently modified to fire between four hundred to eight hundred rounds every minute so that gives you some idea of the scale of the tragedy as he fired down Stephen Paddick fire down on more than twenty thousand people who were celebrating a Country Music festival thats just off over to my left here at the moment las vegas is eerily quiet ive been here many times and ive never really felt that must feel like this the strip is somewhat busy because after all this is one of the biggest tourist capitals in this country so businesses are open but in this area where we are now its very quiet just blue lights flashing from police cars lots of media and ultimately lots of questions the biggest question being what was the motive behind this we know that Steven Patrick wasnt known to the police we know that he was an accountant someone who dealt in real estate but other than that the authorities here say he had no connection to any terrorist organizations he didnt even have any traffic stops no contact at all with any any police at all but we know that he checked into the hotel here days before so there are lots of questions as to how he managed to get so many weapons and so much ammunition into a very busy well known hotel and then obviously we know that he smashed through windows to give himself to vantage points with which to fire down upon more than twenty thousand helpless people and even a thanks did only get together reporting live from las vegas. Well more on the gunman now Mary Ellen Otoole is a former f. B. I. Profiler and director of Forensic SciencesScience Program at George Mason University she says that Steven Patrick drew little attention because he didnt fit the profile of a mass killer because his age certainly sets him sets him apart as an outlier hes sixty four and at that point in life. Theres the assumption that hes able to live his life and deal with the frustrations and the anger in the disappointments in a very prosocial way and so it sixty four to act out like this is really a typical most of the shooters are in late teens early twentys or maybe early thirtys so thats really unusual but i will say this as i follow this case and i see his age and i see the information that we are not learning about him in addition to what we are learning about him my sense is this is a man who may have led a secret life and if thats so that may help to explain why were seeing this behavior at sixty four in other days catalin years government is calling for International Mediation to resolve the crisis sparked by those on succession from spain the regional president has called for the removal of more than ten thousand Spanish Police sent there in the lead up to the referendum riot Police Injured nearly nine hundred people in their attempts to stop the vote john hendren reports from us alone. Defiant catalans want to turn a disputed secession vote into an independent nation. Is a strong nation and i feel. Alone looking doing great things now younger spanish because of the by all means go to the press and i dont like spain because of all of that catalonia is leader asked the world to accept his regions vote for independence and broker a divorce from spain a woman of. The moment calls the mediation and has to be internationals used to be effective. Called for a formal independence vote from the Regions Parliament the response from the European Union was swift and to secessionist disappointing on their of the spanish constitution yesterdays vote to cut the lonia was not to go in madrid Prime Minister marianna real horror i met with his cabinet as his country faced a constitutional crisis catalonia might be on the verge of declaring itself an independent nation but the day after the referendum looks pretty much like the day before theres a healthy economy here and a booming fuhrers an industry and many people say thats just the point with or without spain is here to run pretty much the same your. In barcelona catalonia protested against the violent spanish crackdown. At the poles Spanish National police in riot gear descended on polling sites with but tons and rubber bullets injuring more than eight hundred cattle on. The tourists in barcelona crowded the sidewalk for a new spectacle a confrontation between demonstrators and Spanish National police who carried out the crackdown. By get out that i was defending the school and police kicks me to the ground and told me late now ople kill you as catalonia returned to Something Like normality a rift with spain. Wider than ever john hendren i would use your own horse of. Iran has deployed dozens of tanks along its border with iraq for thomas kurdish region following last weeks secession referendum the deployment as part of joint military drills with iraqi forces the referendum was held in the finance of the government in baghdad as well as neighboring iran and turkey baghdad has rejected any dialogue with Kurdish Regional government officials unless the referendum is an old well iraqs former leader Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons against the iraqi kurds of how lab province in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight and that attack is often cited as a reason for kurdish autonomy but despite the history the provinces turned out in last weeks a session referendum was low chance stratford. Almost thirty years ago during the final days of the iran iraq war the people of this town were victims of an atrocity that shocked the world. Almost sixteen thousand nine hundred eighty eight iranian soldiers were in the area when iraqi war planes dropped chemical weapons and around the kurdish town of junk. Its estimated that up to five thousand people were killed in the Chemical Attacks on how about just now you think that the people that have suffered such an appalling atrocity would be fully behind the referendum on eventual secession from iraq but the province of rajah had one of the lowest turnouts in the vote. There were no flags or signs celebrating the referendum here there was a less than fifty five percent turnout in her lap just sixteen percent of those who did vote said no to the eventual future independence from iraq. She recently lost eight members of his family in the Chemical Attacks three decades ago he says the Kurdish Regional government has lit a lamp it down that the people have little trust of the government because of corruption and there is fierce competition between parties to maximize their gains life for everyday people here is going backwards. In recent years theres been growing opposition in protests in this area over delays of government salaries. The federal government in baghdad stopped paying the seventeen percent from the budget in two thousand and fifteen because it accused the kurdish government of not sharing its oil revenue. People here say any old money the government a new bill has made has not been fairly distributed throughout the region. There is a difference between the rest of. Economically speaking the government and i bill has been neglecting the people of the services and infrastructure life is hard there is a lot of support for opposition more than ninety two percent of those who voted said yes in the referendum but there are a lot of people in this province even ones who suffered so horrifically under the saddam regime who disagree. That aljazeera northern iraq. Were going to weather update next here on out zero zero then its the end of the line for thousands of workers at a toyota ninety factoring plant in a straight ahead well tell you why and after the flood that killed several resident rhinos indias skies and anger National Park is open once again. We got some rather disturbed weather pushing into central parts of north america over the next couple of days big clutch of storms moving across the plains here with this weather system further east its generally try we have got High Pressure in charge and further west again generally try not see bad along the the west coast eighteen celsius in seattle twenty two there for San Francisco but heres our western weather that we do have across the central pass easing over towards the midwest into the canadian prairies nudging further a switch and really peping up as we go on into websites some very heavy rain all the way from the midwest right down into northern parts of texas and beyond new mexico was a seeing some live east coast should stay dry some pleasant sunshine once again ought to be getting up to around twenty five degrees celsius meanwhile still a few showers there into southern areas of florida through miami that shabby rain well that extends across many central and western parts of the caribbean because the big downpours coming in here we still have some flooding in jamaica staying wet here showers there across a good part of cuba sharri rain to continue through much else Central America over the next couple was asked whether wettest weather is going to pay for the last around the small sunshine. With. Documentaries that open your eyes at this time on aljazeera. And again the top stories here on aljazeera the number of people dead following sunday nights shooting in las vegas has risen to at least fifty nine five hundred twenty seven people were injured in the shooting the deadliest in u. S. History police of a cover twenty three firearms from the hotel room the government fired from and a father nineteen from his home north of las vegas. Government is calling for International Mediation to resolve the crisis sparked by the vote on secession from spain the regions president has demanded the removal of the ten thousand Spanish Police sent there in the lead up to the referendum. The u. S. Government says progress is being made in Recovery Efforts in puerto rico almost three weeks after the island was hit by Hurricane Maria large parts of the u. S. Territory are still without Running Water or electricity and many are facing Food Shortages u. S. President donald trump is shuttled to visit puerto rico on tuesday his administration has been accused of not showing enough urgency in responding to the crisis compared to the recent hurrican in texas and florida. Truthfully i dont think will make much of a difference when he comes on not if it were up to me id tell him to stay where he is. Because in reality i see things really really stuck the ides really slow and reaching people. One hour from should have returned see whos in puerto ricos capitol sampan authorities very keen now to give us regular updates of indicators to show that they are making some progress in the aftermath of maria here are some of the latest figures we have forty five percent of the population here now has access to Running Water eleven percent of the cell phone towers are back on line five percent of the electrical grid is working seven hundred fifty nine of one thousand one hundred twenty petrol stations are accepting customers and hospitals and now either running on generator power all the electrical grid so there is some progress here however that also suggests theres a great deal to be done that means ninety five percent of the electric electrical grid still isnt working the fifty five percent of people in puerto rico have no access to Running Water what were hearing from a lot of Community Based groups is theyre the ones that are going out especially into the interior and elsewhere into areas where authorities have not reached and are supplying food and medical help really very much communities doing it for themselves which is one of the reasons why dollar drums to eat suggesting the Puerto Ricans are in great city are expecting the government to do do everything for them have gone particularly badly those those sorts of tweets of course donald trump will be visiting shortly. Ecuador Supreme Court has ordered that its Vice President be held in prison while hes investigated over corruption charges george glass accused of taking bribes from a Brazilian Construction Company last is the highest ranking official in ecuador to be investigated so far over links with the ota brecht construction giant he denies any wrongdoing. Bangladesh and man man have agreed in principle to set up a repair tree ation plan for more than half a million ranger who fled violence in may in moscow kind states the deal was made after a representative from in mass leader Aung San Suu Kyi travel to bangladesh for talks with its foreign minister. Has taken foreign diplomats and u. N. Representatives on a tour of northern Rakhine State the area from where most of the range of refugees have fled and while japan is one of the biggest donors to global refugee assistance programs its been criticized for accepting a very limited number of refugees out of thousands of applications last year only twenty six people were taken in by the Worlds Largest economy from tokyo scott hyla reports now on the struggle of a syrian refugee who was among the few who made it to japan use of jodi fled his home in syria in two thousand and twelve he got word Security Forces were after him hiring a broker he thought he was headed to the u. K. But instead the broker brought him to japan saying it was temporary that was five years ago he opened a restaurant near his home an hour outside of tokyo but had to shut it down recently admitting Japanese Culture and language are difficult adjustments japan does not have refugee laws like European Countries i dont think japans decision regarding if you jesus for japan follows a very strict interpretation of the one nine hundred fifty one Un Refugee Convention with a heavy burden on proving persecution under fire from human Rights Groups japan only accept twenty to thirty refugees a year. Last year more than ten thousand applied for asylum and only a small number were from syria since the war started only around seventy syrians have applied while he waits for Refugee Status you said has been allowed to stay on humanitarian grounds his family joined him three years ago we have. Talkies our is a former Un Refugee Agency executive he feels japan should open its doors wider and take in two hundred to three hundred refugees a year and these people are already strong. Sources of inspiration and we have only twenty. First my dear. Neighbor soon he also feels that lack of exposure to refugees by japanese people contributes to their image of who refugees are and what they might be able to do for the country so if there are more refugees in japan so talk is our thanks stereotypes can be broken many people in the country want their government to do more good and there is no system in place for helping refugees and the government is not doing enough. No more if you g. s come to this country because the trouble they shouldnt be neglected i think its important to be willing to accept. While japans not accepting many refugees it has contributed billions of dollars in global refugee assistance last year one hundred sixty four Million Dollars alone went to the u. N. H. C. R. Yousif might not agree on its policies and ended up in japan by accident but its where he sees the future. How can i go to another country and start all over i cannot afford it i would love my children to be like the japanese people i want them to have a future to have rights to be japanese and with the new syrian Student Program ramping up in japan uses family might be welcoming more compatriots to their adopted homeland but in the hundreds not the thousands its got harder aljazeera tokyo. The two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of the north Korean Leader have pleaded not guilty at their trial in malaysia theyre charged with attacking kim jong nam by smearing his face with a nerve agent at kuala lumpur airport in february the women say they thought they were taking pass in a prank for a hidden t. V. Camera show aljazeera has learned that strained relations between washington and cairo stem from the discovery of a secret weapon shipment from north korea bound for egypt the United Nations reports obtained by our team details the connection between pyongyang and cairo pretty culhane reports from washington. Whenever u. S. President donald trump meets publicly with his egyptian counterpart its all smiles youre having me personality that is capable of doing the impossible but. I. Think hes got a bit frostier a few months later when the u. S. Delayed or frozen around two hundred ninety Million Dollars in military aid meant for egypt the Washington Post says that was in part because of what was on this ship in july of two thousand and sixteen u. S. Intelligence officials started tracking jay sean as it made its way from north korea to egypt a month later u. S. Officials told the egyptians they wanted it searched according to this u. N. Report they found this on board hidden under iron or seventy nine crates containing parts that could create twenty four thousand three hundred eighty four rocket propelled grenades and materials to build more than four thousand additional ones there are reports those are meant for the Egyptian Army who later blew them up under u. N. Supervision this report also indicates the u. N. Is also investigating whether north korea shipped spare parts for scud missiles to egypt that is likely to put a further strain on the u. S. Egyptian alliance because President Donald Trump has made isolating north korea a top priority experts say the u. S. Is going to keep a sharp focus on north koreas ports u. S. Intelligence agencies are doing. Tracking of all ships entering and leaving north korean ports they can also through satellite observation get the images of what is being loaded onto ships the North Koreans are believed to sell weapons cheap around the globe the Trump Administration believes that money fuels its Nuclear Program and they are reiterating that it needs to stop at the same time monday the white house seemed to contradict their own secretary of state who said the u. S. Was looking to talk to north korea theres a difference between talking and playing diplomatic pressure we still strongly support putting diplomat. Pressure on north korea which were continuing to do but now is not the time simply to have conversations with north korea we asked but didnt get any sort of response from the Egyptian Embassy here in washington d. C. But it is clear that trying to ministration is sending a message to egypt that when it comes to dealing with north korea that will come with its own set of costs. Aljazeera Washington France is presiding over the u. N. Security council this month this was the french ambassador this response to a question about egypt seeking to buy arms from north korea it on the face of. Its essential to implement fully one hundred plus in the sanctions that they have put in place and you know honestly ill be frank the i meet significant progress the sanctions committee is doing its work well thousands of workers at a toyota manufacturing plant in a straight up set to lose their jobs to the most a giant announced that its to stop production that Andrew Thomas reports from sydney. Tried to started making cars in australia back in one thousand nine hundred sixty three and in the fifty four years since more than three million tires to cars have rolled off its production lines in this country the closure of a factory in melbourne was in the direct loss of two thousand jobs but about a three thousand people depended on the factory for their livelihood because they were in supply Chain Companies from the classic so its a model for brought back to the melbourne factory on tuesday for a ceremony to mark the closure of the factory last year ford closed its last car manufacturing plant in australia and in two weeks time. Brand name for General Motors cars look so. Far in the world it will close its last factory and that will mark the end all car manufacturing in australia costs are simply too high compared to manufacturing costs elsewhere in asia but some say the closure of the car industry in australia isnt necessarily. The transition of australias economy towards more insight. And it also suggests australian workers are getting jobs in. The strings of. Russian Opposition Leader alexina valley has been sentenced to twenty days in jail for organizing an unauthorised rally hes charged with violating laws on Public Meetings and rallies the valet says that he hopes to run for president against Vladimir Putin in elections in march russian electoral Authorities Say that hes barred from standing because of a suspended prison sentence. But overall prize for medicine has been awarded to three u. S. Scientists for their research on the biological clock by examining fruit flies jeffrey hall michael. And Michael Young were able to show how genes help control the bodys daily rhythms the Nobel Committee says that their findings help us understand sleeping patterns and how important they are for human health. A unesco World Heritage site has reopened in india after severe flooding there killed animals and caused major damage imran khan reports this is a sight to many people in indias ason province thought they would never see because you dont get National Park reopens for tourists albeit only partially severe floods over the summer submerge huge swathes of the park forcing the most famous resident of the one horned rhino to flee to Higher Ground the World Heritage site faces flooding every summer but this year severe floods forced record numbers of the rhino to move in the initial flooding seven rhinos died while floods caused deaths and damage the annual cycle is necessary to regenerate the grasslands essential for animals like rhinos elephants and wall buffaloes the floods also fill up four hundred bodies of water located inside the park the fact that they were able to open even partially is a relief to the director. Although the water levels reduced but due to rain we are still facing difficulties in repairing the entire tourist we hope to repair it as soon as possible. The return of tories has delighted local businessmen who rely on the park for income the tories seem equally excited to be back it was the first day the video was beautiful and we had a lovely sighting of the day knows they were there in their natural habitat and within the water had their babies so it was a wonderful experience but some of the park hasnt fully recovered from the floods they fear the park could take short cuts to accommodate tourism and that may have an Environmental Impact in the future. Which is of. It is good to have you with us Adrian Finnegan here in doha the top stories this hour on al jazeera the number of people dead following sunday nights mass shooting in mass biggest has risen to fifty nine five hundred twenty seven people were injured in whats the worst ever mass shooting in u. S. History police have recovered twenty three firearms from the whole hotel room that the gunman fired from i dont know the nineteen from his home north of las vegas well earlier the last vegas Sheriffs Department gave an update on the situation. These past twenty hours have been trying and we know we have a long way to go im proud of the courage and resiliency displayed by all our First Responders on this event i also want to appeal to you and the public and the media we know of no known threats in our Las Vegas Area if we did know of anything that could harm the safety and security of our citizens we would tell you that and our department would act upon that please allow our department the ability to do what they do the best. Investigate crime and keep you safe castle early as government is calling for International Mediation to resolve the crisis sparked by the vote on suspension from spain the regional president has demanded the removal of over ten thousand Spanish Police sent there in the lead up to the referendum iran has deployed dozens of tanks along its border with iraqs autonomous kurdish region following last weeks a session referendum the deployment as part of a joint military drill with iraqi forces the referendum was held in defiance of the government in baghdad as well as neighboring iran and turkey the Us Government says the progress is being made in rehabilitating puerto rico almost three weeks after the island was hit by Hurricane Maria large parts of the u. S. Territory are still without Running Water or electricity u. S. President donald trump is to use a visit to the island on tuesday ecuador Supreme Court has ordered the Vice President be held in prison while hes investigated over corruption charges george glass is accused of taking bribes from a brazilian construction giant as the headlines ill be back with more news for you here on aljazeera right after witness next. Understand the difference. And the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it down to zero well bring you the news and Current Events that matter to