Hello and welcome. President trump has met emergency workers and survivors of the mass shooting in the texan city of el paso, where 22 people were killed at the weekend in an apparent hate crime. Its now being investigated as domestic terrorism. Earlier he was in dayton, ohio, where nine died in another mass shooting. He has received an uneasy welcome, the president himself is accused of fuelling violence and racism with his anti immigrant rhetoric. Our north america editor jon sopel is in el paso. President trump and first lady melania arrived in el paso, and its fair to say Civic Leaders arent hanging out the flags for him. A White Nationalist killed 22 people, targeting hispanics. Before leaving the white house, the president denied that his fiery rhetoric on immigration had contributed to the problem. I am concerned about the rise of any group of hate, i dont like it, any group of hate, i am. Whether its white supremacy, whether its any other kind of supremacy, whether its antifa,
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Clashes continue in hong kong of them, the government warns the citys to some real effect and consequence. Being pushed to the verge President Trump has condemned the shooting, of a very dangerous situation. Calling it tragic, hateful and cowardly. Hate has no place in our country. We have to get it stopped. Im mariko oi in hong kong who is on strike on monday and why . This has been going on for years, for years and years in our country and we have to get it stopped. Live from our studios as the authorities search in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. For evidence, america searches for answers. Its 8am in singapore, how can this have happened again 1am in london, and 6 00 in the afternoon in el paso texas, and what can be done to stop it . Where in the past hour police say sophie long, bbc news, el paso. Theyve charged the man suspected just hours after the attack in el paso, nine people were killed of killing 20 people in a gun attack at a Walmart Store with c
The Actor Richard Gere urges the Italian Government to help migrants stranded in the mediterranean for more than a week. The disgraced american financierJeffrey Epstein who once counted donald trump and Prince Andrew among his friends has been found dead in his cell while awaiting trial for child sex offences. It appears he managed to take his own life at a prison in new york considered one of the most secure in the us despite having made a previous Suicide Attempt there last month. With the latest from new york, heres nedda tawfik. The body ofJeffrey Epstein is taken away from a New York Hospital this evening. The multimillionaire sex offender was found dead in his prison cell as he awaited trial for sex trafficking. Once, epsteins extravagant lifestyle had seen him party with donald trump. The president had called him a terrific guy. He has since distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. Originally a math teacher in manhattan, the financier mysteriously accumulated a fortune
The us has been stunned by two Mass Shootings in less than 2a hours. A gun attack which left twenty people dead in the texas city of el paso on the border with mexico is being described as domestic terrorism by police. The 21 year old suspect has now been charged with murder offences. In a seperate shooting on sunday, nine people were killed by a gunman in dayton, ohio the motive behind that attack remains unclear. In a moment well hear from ohio but first, sophie long reports on the days events in el paso. A normally busy shopping mall, cordoned off. An investigation is under way, as people come to terms with what happened here hours ago. Oh, my god. A gunman opened fire in what was a packed walmart superstore, killing 20 people, injuring at least 26 others. People took cover wherever they could. Inside the mall, armed officers moved in in search of the attacker. But one man told me the gunman wasnt stopping so he hid in a side room. There was a door that one of the employees had, she