Condition in hospital. Police have arrested the suspected gunman, he is a 21 year old white male named patrick crusius, a resident of the dallas area. The massacre happened at a Walmart Store near the cielo vista mall in el paso, texas, a few miles from the us mexican border. The Walmart Store was full of shoppers at the time. Speaking at a News Conference in the past half hour, the police chief of el paso gave more details about what happened. An active shooter call went out this morning to 911 at 10 39am. Police response first officer on the scene was 10 45 am, a six minute response time. From this shooter, we have 20 confirmed fertility fatalities and we have 26 wounded. The ages and genders of all these people injured and killed are numerous in the age groups. Though. The situation, needless to say is a horrific one. The crime scene is being assisted by the fbi, various Law Enforcement agencies responding to this scene, the sheriffs department, dps, border patrol, everyone that carries a barge in this town pretty much showed up to that scene. The congresswoman who represents el paso in the us house of representatives was asked about a manifesto allegedly posted online by the suspected gunman. The manifesto narrative is fuelled by hate and its fuelled by racism and bigotry and division. And i want to say the National Media is watching, el paso has historically been a very safe community. We have been a very safe community. We have been saved for decades. We will continue to be safe, this is someone who came from outside of our community to do us harm. A community that has shown nothing but generosity and kindness to the least among us. Generosity and kindness to the least among us. Those people arriving at americas front door. And so we will wait to see what happens with this investigation, once we have a determination by Law Enforcement, i think you will see a lot of us coming together to make some very strong statements but one hour, we will let the investigation continue. 0ur north america correspondent has been following developments. Certainly in the wake of the News Conference, some of the detail that we heard that, one of the main focuses is looking at a potential motive. We had the police chief there talk about this and donna must White Nationalist manifesto which says that the essentially the motive here that it was a targeted attack on hispanics and we know that el pasois on hispanics and we know that el paso is a predominantly as panic town. If the further case, this would be determined to be a hate crime, and would be investigated by the fbi. The authorities are pointing out that it hasnt been confirmed that this note posted online was written by the suspect but they are looking into it very seriously. For now, the investigation is being led by the police in texas. The authorities in texas as a murder investigation. But mabel b that door is open to the possibility that it could be hate crime, and it would be investigated at the federal level. By the fbi. From kerriville texas we can now speak to larry arnold from pro gun organisation the texas concealed handgun association. Thank you very much for your time. Firstly its quite a terrible story that we are hearing. When you see events like this, do you think there needs to be a revision of gun control laws in the state . What we see nationwide is we have very different laws in different states. We just different laws in different states. Wejust had different laws in different states. We just had another Walmart Shooting in the state of california which already has all these good gun control laws and they didnt seem to have stopped it. Are you worried when you watch the scenes and he reports of this el paso shooting, does it concern you that things dont seem to be changing . think it does. Theres a lot of hatred seeming to be floating around, this is not a civil season politically, or through any of the social media, there is a lot of hatred out there and we need to stop it. We need to realise that hate is a lwa ys it. We need to realise that hate is always forward. Speaking in the past oui always forward. Speaking in the past our two gun control advocates, and the argument that they make is that nothing has really changed in the last 20 years, things are getting worse. And it is time for Something Different in the form of more effective gun control. Different in the form of more effective guncontrol. Well, actually something has changed. According to our Texas Association scoreboard, we now have about, one out of every five School District have allowed the teachers to carry guns. We are now seeing a reduction in the number of signs posted were those of us who have a valid license can carry guns. Im not familiar with the mall in question or the walmart in question, i know our local walmart allows us to carry it, and that to me is a huge change that has happened over the last ten or 15 yea rs. Has happened over the last ten or 15 years. Is that a positive change in your mind . I think it is. Years. Is that a positive change in your mind . Ithink it is. Ithink there is a recognition. That if you wa nt to there is a recognition. That if you want to stop one of these people, you have to stop him and what hes doing is harm. Larry arnold, thank you very much. Theres more on this story and the investigation as it develops on our website. You can log into bbc. Com news, or download our news app. More homes have had to be evacuated tonight, in a town close to a dam in derbyshire, thats in danger of collapse. With the forecast for more wet weather tomorrow, the Emergency Services have been working round the clock, trying to pump water out of the toddbrook reservoir, close to the town of whaley bridge. There are fears rising waters and damage to the dam, could cause serious flooding, endangering life. Charlotte gallagher reports. An raf chinook helicopter picks up bags of aggregate. This is the third day of operations to save a dam and the town of whaley bridge. Here, a crew member leans out to make sure the sandbags are dropped in exactly the right place. The chinook still a strange sight in this small town. These fire crews and pumps are working 2a hours a day to divert the 300 million gallons of water in the reservoir. We were here early hours on friday from west yorkshire. And if you pan across, you can see the brick level, all these stones. That was underwater when we arrived. So, as you can see, its quite visibly come down. Its a major incident, make no mistake. Whaley bridge would normally be packed on a Summer Holiday saturday, but today, its a ghost town. People who were forced to leave their homes are being allowed to return forjust 15 minutes to collect valuables, medication and even their grandchildrens toys. We were advised by the police we are going in at our own risk. And, yes, all right, its a calculated risk, really. We knew we needed to get things, we knew we had to do things, and as long as you moved quickly, and i would say listen all the time. Because they told us if we hear three blasts on a horn, we were to just run. I did have to walk up the road last night and just scream because i did face what i could lose. This family had to leave their home and the guesthouse they run, an adventure for the children, less so for their parents. I had some builders staying with me that had to get out quick when they started the evacuation. So theyre obviously losing as well. And yeah, just not really knowing when i can open back up and take bookings. Ive had to advise people that we are closed for the foreseeable future and i dont know when well be open. Engineers are constantly checking the dam and the repair work so far. To try and stengthen it further, they are pouring concrete onto the damaged section. Police are using patrols and a drone to monitor the evacuation zone, and the secretary of state for the environment visited today to give more reassurances. I want to thank the residents. It is imperative that we keep them safe. Thats the only reason why theyre out of their homes. And i would also reassure them that i know the police are taking very seriously the need to keep their homes secure. After two long days of flying chinook helicopters, raf crews inspect the work theyve done so far. This problem wont be fixed quickly but teams here are working around the clock until it is. Talks will resume on sunday, to try to avert strike action by thousands of workers at heathrow airport, in a dispute over pay. Discussions between management and unions ended today without agreement. More than 150 flights scheduled for monday and tuesday have already been cancelled. Heres our business correspondent, katy austin. At heathrow, its peak holiday getaway season but a possible strike by airport staff, such as security guards and engineers, has left some peoples plans up in the air. This is really stressful. Its a lot of money. Things like the taxi to the airport is costing me money. And i dont itsjust the stress of the unknown. I dont know whats going on and no ones giving me the answers. Its my first real holiday with my boyfriend. And whats meant to be a relaxing endeavour is becoming more and more stressful. If a strike does happen, passengers are being warned to expect long queues to get through security and are being told to allow extra time. But not everyone will be able to fly as planned. Heathrow has already taken the decision to cancel dozens of flights departing here on both monday and tuesday. Heathrow has said it can run the airport safely if the strikes go ahead, and that those affected by cancellations will be booked onto other services or get refunds from their airlines. Analysts say passengers are unlikely to get any other compensation. If there are delays that changes the game somewhat and they will be entitled to some compensation, like if they were stuck at the airport overnight they should get hotel compensation. But airlines are not liable for a circumstance beyond their control like this. Strikes early next week and later this month could be prevented if airport managers and unite can agree a pay deal. Union members have rejected heathrows latest offer. With time running out, theres no sign side is ready to back down. Katie austin, bbc news, at heathrow. This is bbc news. Our top story this hour at least 20 people have been killed after a shooting at a Shopping Centre in the texas city of el paso. One man is in custody. More on that now, earlier i spoke with ed scruggs who is president of anti gun Violence Organisation texas gun sense. I asked for his reaction to the events in el paso. Yes, i was so devastating, is more accurate. This is our third mass shooting in about two years. We had the church in sutherland springs, 26 killed, had Santa Fe High School near houston last year, with ten killed. A doubt this. And this is just particularly heinous and violent and as a deed as the details come out in the coming hours, i think it will be even more so. Hours, i think it will be even more so. This is a heartbreaking, but truthfully, i think for many of us in texas right now, the reaction is, been there, done that, too many times. It is inexcusable and like being in an echo chamber, you said the set you hear the same complaints over and over again and nothing ever happens. Its very disheartening. It was a very upsetting for a lot of people investigating details, it is still relatively early on in the investigation. But one of the points that the governor made at that News Conference that we just saw, was about gun control. He talked about legislation and debates that he felt that there ought to be more done with Mental Health issues. What do you say to that . Well, if your viewers saw the News Conference, with our governor, i hope they realise that he was not really being on the level with people. I was in those discussions he talked about, that happened after the stand up the santa fe shooting. We didnt talk about anything meaningful gun control. The doctor but putting more guns in schools and arming more teachers. And that is primarily the major legislation that passed this last session. Its putting more harmed more armed teachers in schools. The increased Mental Health services which was great but if you look at when the governor talks, gun violence has nothing to do with guns. Its pretty amazing, its all to do with Mental Health will stop it has nothing to do with guns, nothing to do with ammunition. And frankly, that is just something they refused to discuss what is really disheartening to me is that in that meeting, with me, and i sat right next to him, he voiced support for some very commonsense, very next to him, he voiced support for some very commonsense, very minor gun control measures. That he brought to the table, that he said would help reduce gun violence and whether session came, he abandoned every single one of them. And never mentioned them again. So i dont know how he could show his face today and say that because he had an opportunity to take a stand against gun violence and he bailed. He outright failed. Again, its the very early hours, of this investigation and this incident, but on the other side of the debate, im sure you are aware many gun advocates will say that the right thing in this situation in the context of the United States is for other people to have guns in order to stop these sorts of shootings. And you hear that argument time and again. Yes, and we will hear it again. Yes, and we will hear it again if we are not already hearing it again. But the issue with that is, you really couldnt do more to further gun right in texas, these three Mass Shootings have now happened at the state that has open carry of firearms that has concealed carry of firearms that has concealed carry of firearms that has concealed carry of firearms, that you can take firearms and directorates, in your car without a license, you can carry them practically everywhere. So they cant say that the shooting that took place today was a gun free zone, i dont believe it. I believe it started out in the parking lot. At some point you have to look at the connection between guns and gun violence. And i know theres a lot of political pressure on the other side and they have difficulty doing that but we have tried the same thing now for 20 years. And its not working. I would thing now for 20 years. And its not working. Iwould implore thing now for 20 years. And its not working. I would implore people to look at Something Different and to think out of the box, out of the box that they are in. And try to enact some very commonsense measures that can respect individual gun rights but also help perhaps keep guns out of the wrong hands and that is what were trying to do here. But you have to come to the field and you have to come to the field and you have to come to the field and you have to play on the whole field. You just cant play on half of the field. The half that you agree with. Im hoping this discussion could be open from this but we willjust have to see. Theres been more violence in hong kong after a day of rival protests between pro democracy and pro beijing supporters. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse the pro democracy crowd. Its the ninth consecutive weekend the territory has seen protests despite increasingly stern warnings from chinas Central Government about the unrest. Demonstrators used laser pointers to try to avoid identification by facial recognition technology. Nick beake has filed this report. Hong kong erupted again tonight. A summer of violence is getting worse. Another clash between protesters wanting more freedom in this former british colony and a police force supported by china. Theyre firing tear gas once again, theyre driving the protesters along this street. For the past two hours, this Police Headquarters has been surrounded. Police have had enough. Chanting. How do you deal with this sort of public anger . These officers couldnt. When the first protesters fled to a residential area, locals with no gas masks or protection came out to vent their fury. At a Police Department accused of using too much force during two long months of protest. This was the response. What was a political crisis over a despised proposed new law now threatens to fracture hong kongs society. The beijing backed police were forced into a rare, embarrassing retreat. But china has soldiers in this city waiting in the barracks. How much longer will they stay there . Nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. Russian Authorities Say theyve succeeded in slowing the wildfires raging in siberia and plan to extend their efforts into more remote regions today. Almost 40,000 Square Kilometres of forest land have been affected, and smoke from the blazes has drifted to alaska and parts of canada. Environmentalists say the situation is an ecological catastrophe. 0ur moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has travelled to the remote irkutsk region of siberia, and he sent this report. Siberia is burning and we went to see how. Forestry workers agreed to show us how theyre fighting the fires. With limited resources, theyre trying their best, struggling to make sure the threat here is contained. But thats almost impossible. In this siberian forest i saw new fires appearing out of nowhere. And the results can be devastating. Well, this is where the fairytale russian forest has been reduced to a wasteland. The fire has caused a lot of damage here. And as you can see, its still smouldering. And part of the problem is deadwood, dry wood like this, because even if you drop a0 tons of water from a military plane up there, if its still burning inside here, if theres still flames, then thats going to continue. Today, russia said that 10,000 people are fighting the siberian fires. The Emergency Services and the army are involved. And so is gennady, a forester i met here from a local village. Weve got to keep the situation under control, he says. Weve got to keep putting out these fires. Gennady told me that sometimes in siberia forest fires burn until the snow falls. Russia may have to let nature takes its course. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, siberia. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has laid the Foundation Stone for the First New Church to be built in turkey since it became a modern republic in 1923. The church will serve the seventeen thousand strong Syriac Christian Community of the country. President erdogan says he hopes the building will be completed in two years. Ramzan karmali has the details. President erdogan arriving for a Ground Breaking ceremony. He was here in an istanbul suburb to lay the Foundation Stone for the first ever church to be built in turkey in almost a century. Translation like with all other issues, it is the turkish republics duty to meet the need for space to worship for the syriac community, who are the ancient children of this geography. Syriac christians are part of the eastern christian tradition and pray in aramaic. Leaders from their community welcomed the building of the syriac 0rthodox mor efrem church. Translation our Syriac Orthodox Church dates back to 2,000 years. During its history, we the syriac orthodox have never faced such a gesture. It is the first time the president of a country has laid the Foundation Stone of church. Christians make up just 0. 2 of the population. But some have complained about the treatment they receive in muslim majority country. And despite the recent restoration and re opening of churches, the islamic rooted government has often been criticised for trying to turn what is officially a secular country into a religious one. Ramzan karmali, bbc news. The french inventor Franky Zapata is hoping to cross the English Channel on sunday using a jet powered hoverboa rd. The former jet skiing champion was unsuccessful in his first attempt late last month. He aims to fly from sangatte in france to dover in england. Tim allman reports. If at first you dont succeed. Try, try, and try again. Franky zapata testing his hoverboard before his second attempt to cross the English Channel. His first go ended when he failed to land on a refuelling platform and he fell into the sea. But that was then, this is now. Translation i feel confidence, just like the first time. I want to cross. Lets say that, oddly enough, im not stressed out, not really. Im more worried about the machine. It wont have any issues, especially for the take off. And like last time you have to be a little bit fatalistic. We did our work to the fullest and what happens in the air will or wont happen. Thats the way it is. Crossing the channel, however you do it, has always captured the imagination. Matthew webb was the first recorded person to swim between france and britain in 1875. Louis bleriot was the first to fly the channel in 1909. Franky zapata had hoped to match that feat by hoverboard exactly 110 years later, until his little accident midway. Translation we didnt really see it as a failure. It was half a victory, because we made it halfway. We messed up the landing on the platform, so we worked on the landing. It wasnt really a failure. Zapata had already caught the imagination of many with his appearance at this years bastille Day Celebrations in paris. But if he succeeds in crossing the channel he will make a little bit of hoverboard history. Tim allman, bbc news. The weather now with ben rich. Hello. There are more heavy downpours in the forecast, not only for the day ahead but actually for the next few days. Not good news for those parts of the uk already so badly affected by flooding. You can see on the satellite picture this area of cloud rotating. This is an area of low pressure. Ahead of it stripes of cloud bringing showery rain. Heres one for sunday morning for scotland. Still fringing into the eastern side of Northern Ireland for a time, down into wales in the south west. And we take that band of cloud and moisture, some showery rain, and we push it eastwards as the day wears on. And as that moisture works into Northern England and scotland it will kick off some hit and miss heavy downpours and thunderstorms. Could be the odd sharp shower for wales and the south west, particularly over high ground. Many spots here will be dry. East anglia and the south east staying predominantly dry through the day. And although it will be fairly cloudy, temperatures will get up to 25 or 26 with a few glimmers of brightness. But for Northern England, southern and central scotland, there is a met Office Yellow warning thats been issued. It covers the potential for some of those hit and miss thunderstorms which could dump 30 110 millimetres of rain in some places in the space ofjust a couple of hours. That could cause further travel disruption. Maybe some localised flash flooding. But as is the nature with showers, some places will fall between them and stay completely dry. Then through sunday night into monday another band of showery rain edges into western scotland, north west england, wales, and the south west. You can see these showers just keep on coming, rotating around that area of low pressure. Which, as we go into monday morning, will be sitting just about here, just to the north west of the british isles. Those various frontal systems rotating around it, taking showery rain across the country. So we start off monday with a band of cloud and some pretty heavy downpours edging eastwards. Now, much of that weather will clear away to the east through the day. So well be left with some dry conditions, some spells of sunshine. But those sunny conditions could spawn one or two further downpours and thunderstorms, its likely to stay quite wet across northern scotland. A breezy day on monday, a fresher today as well. We keep that fresher feel on tuesday and again there will be some showers and thunderstorms, particularly across the northern half of the uk, Northern England, Northern Ireland, scotland. Some of these could be pretty slow moving. So some places could see a lot of rain, not as many showers further the south. Highs of 18 22 degrees. The north of the uk bears the brunt of the showers through the middle of the week. Signs that it might dry up a little bit by thursday and friday. A similar story further south, not as many showers, but there will be some. Top temperatures of around 2a degrees. This is bbc news, the headlines the governor the us state of texas has confirmed that 20 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a Shopping Centre in the city of el paso. Greg abbott said it was one of the deadliest days in the history of the state. 26 other people were wounded. Theres been more violence in hong kong after a day of rival protests between pro democracy and pro beijing supporters. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse the pro democracy crowd. Its the ninth consecutive weekend the territory has seen protests despite increasingly stern warnings from chinas Central Government about the unrest. Here in the uk, thunderstorms are forecast for the area of derbyshire, where frantic efforts have been made to reduce the level of a reservoir which its feared could burst through a dam and onto the town of whaley bridge. 1500 people were told to leave their homes