bar and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. pro independent scotland defiant after sunday's referendum the president wants the e.u. to mediate to end the crisis. two women pleads not guilty as they go on trial in malaysia the airport murder of kim jong un's half brother. and the u.k. government acts to repatriate more than one hundred thousand stranded passengers after the airline mark goes past. a gunman has killed at least fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred others at a country music festival in las vegas it is the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history the country's two hundred seventy third this year alone president trump has called it an act of pure evil police say the man opened fire from the thirty second floor of the mandalay bay hotel that's on the other side of the las vegas strip from the las vegas village arena where the music festival was taking place that is a distance of several hundred meters. well the gunman was named a sixty four year old stephen paddick and shot himself dead as police closed in on had more weapons and ammunition were found during a search of his home in las vegas let's go live to los vegas has been talk or spawn of the rob runnels rob a horrific attack and those people trots in the news that crowds couldn't even tell where the bullets were coming from. felicity you're absolutely right it must have been a scene of sheer horror and today here in las vegas there's a very strange atmosphere in this city that i've been to so many times the city was life blood is parties and fun and gambling and shows and now there's such a somber feeling here and as you can see behind me police been blocking off the las vegas strip a flag flying at half staff of very very still a different scene from what it one normally expects to see in this city of las vegas now police say that they are undertaking the very laborious and painstaking task of removing human remains as well as a multitude of evidence from the crime scene at the vet and the country music venue and in a couple of hours they have asked relatives and friends of the deceased to come to a convention center at the mandalay bay hotel where they will receive counseling and help police to identify some of the victims kimberly halkett now has more on this event. americans woke up to learn of the deadly las vegas shooting that occurred while they slept. the final night of a three day country music festival in progress when the first bullets were fired. concert goers scattered for safety as the gunfire rained down on them from a hotel room thirty two floors above. all sun. and. i had my wife had dropped down to just kind of and i told her to get up and start with this is gone we went back to their room and as soon as we reached the room from the concert venue we just heard constant shootings at first we thought it was fireworks but then it was. las vegas police report they're working with state and federal investigators to determine what motivated sixty four year old stephen paddick to open fire on the crowd of thousands clued in children and this is an individual who is described as a lone wolf i don't know how it could have been prevented if we didn't have any prior knowledge to this individual it wasn't 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 an affair is was noticed the shooting reportedly went on for more than ten minutes it stopped when police breached the hotel room door the gunman then turned his weapon on himself at least ten rifles were found in paddocks room u.s. president donald trump offered grieving victims and their families sympathy and support it was an act of pure evil in moments of tragedy and harm america comes together as one and it always had this. emergency responders expect the number of casualties to continue to climb as police continue to investigate what motivated the gunman to act and what's now being labeled the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. what do we know about the man suspected to have carried out this attack. well stephen paddick was sixty four years old he. reportedly worked as an accountant or an assessor of sometime eat of some kind he was retired and lived not far from las vegas in a town hall muskeg nevada like to come here to gamble occasionally but no one. saw anything unusual in him in terms of any sort of mental disorders or psychological problems he had no criminal record and while i still had claimed earlier that he was acting on their behalf and had converted to islam some months ago an f.b.i. agent here in las vegas completely dismissed that saying that there was no links that they had found between paddick and any international group including eisel the gunman's the alleged gunman's family is also baffled here is some of what one of his brothers had to say. there's just nothing nice on the public record he did stuff he went to college he had a job. and you know we own some apartments we sold some apart we i mean there's nothing there was no. nothing that's what so. i mean. i mean i can't even make something up there's just. it's not. as you see there are the relatives of the gunman saying there's nothing that he can find in this man's background that would lead him to commit what president trump called an act of pure evil now stephen paddick dead by his own hand and it would seem that it may be a long time if ever before we finally get to the question of why this massacre took place felicity with a nice tie in las vegas for us to take of mr vegas to washington d.c. and speak live to our white house correspondent kimberly how has kennedy we know that the president has described as an axe of pure evil what sort of other reactions have that pain in the u.s. capitol. well certainly there has been an overwhelming response from members of congress certainly echoing the sentiments by the president here when he addressed the nation from the diplomatic room extending his support ordering that flags be held at half staff and also to applauding the first responders for being able to locate the gunman so quickly in terms of that congressional reaction the top republican in the house of representatives paul ryan calling this an evil tragic tragedy that horrifies us all we are united in our morning in our shock the top democrat nancy pelosi saying that americans will never allow fear and violence to break our spirits and certainly that is the sentiment that we are hearing from so many members of congress articulated by those two on both the right and the left we should point out to there has also been a statement from the homeland security acting secretary elaine duke just to echo what rob reynolds was reporting there in terms of motivation still unclear but concerns for americans about public spaces and whether or not there was a need to be concerned right now with the statement coming from the homeland security secretary is in fact that there is no connection to international terror no connection in terms of a specific or credible threat with regard to public venues although the united states still stepping up security in order to alleviate those concerns and can really whenever we have a mass shooting on this sort of a scale it reignites the debate doesn't it about america's gun laws and that is a fierce debate. it's a fierce debate that brings out very strong passions on either side well there are certainly those who will want to point out that that are in favor of oh the open carry gun laws that exist in some united states for example in tennessee where last week there was a shooting in a church and it was an usher who was carrying a gun who prevented a mass loss of life and that's certainly what gun advocates will point to there are those on the other side of the debate who say that there need to be stricter gun laws as we see in other countries this is something that was put to the president when he was here at the white house in the last hour greeting the thai prime minister who is now meeting with the president the reporters repeatedly asked those questions about whether there needs to be stricter gun laws whether or not this was domestic terrorism the president would not answer i can tell you however those questions will not go away there is a briefing to take place in about one hour's time with the white house press secretary sara sanders of course will be following that closely absolutely and we will be back to you can really for the thanks so much. now catalonia as president has called for international mediation to resolve the crisis over his region's attempt to break away from spain was nine hundred people were injured when riot police tried to stop sunday's referendum colace preached them all said the overwhelming yes vote meant catalonia had won the right to be an independent state but he softened his previous line saying he wants a new understanding with spain not a traumatic break for the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has been meeting the opposition leader to discuss his response spain's constitution gives him the power to dismiss catalonia as regional government and suspend its autonomy wisdom or was the e.u. to intervene but it considers it an internal matter for spain the european commission spokesman has called for all players to move from confrontation to dialogue let's take you live now to our reserves john hendren in barcelona for us with the latest and john has to be said that people across europe were shocked by the level of violence they saw in catalonia on sunday. that's true we've seen international reaction from several different countries where leaders have been condemning the violence or even those that like the e.u. who have been who have said that this was an illegal referendum and things have been moving fast here on the ground there have been protests for hours there are still about two hundred protesters last time i checked who were in front of the spanish national police headquarters protesting that violence it was the national police and the guardian civill this paramilitary group that. that has come in along with the police about fifteen thousand of them and they are accused of most of that violence and it's really against the spanish national police that a lot of that anger has been directed and you can see people here condemning the violence protesting all day long wearing. tape over their mouths in protest of what went on and other things have been moving quickly as well they european union has changed its agenda on wednesday so it can debate catalonian independence and meanwhile progress which demand that you mentioned earlier the president of catalonia says he wants to move forward with independence. defiant catalans want to turn a disputed secession vote into an independent nation. is a strong nation and i think. you can doing great things to spend is that goes to by all means go to the press and i don't like spain because of all of catalonia is leader asked the world to accept his regions vote for independence and broker a divorce from spain a woman can say yes the moment cools the mediation and that has to be internationals used to be effective. and called for a formal independence vote from the regions parliament the response from the european union was swift and to secessionists disappoint. under the spanish constitution yesterday's vote to cut the loan you know was not to go in madrid prime minister marianna real holy 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 there's a healthy economy here and a booming tourism industry and many people say that's just the point with or without spain things here will run pretty much the same. 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 and. 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 leave now opal kill you as catalonia return to something like normality a rift with spain seems wider than ever. now trade unions his scheduled a general strike for tomorrow on tuesday but they say that this strike is in protest of the violence that occurred during that referendum not necessarily in favor of secession though there are procession groups that have been involved in this as well and there's been a lot of talk about the turnout it was about forty two percent according to official figures and that's a bit lower than the catalan independence leaders had really hoped for they wanted a dramatic result in that falls somewhat short of it but they say that because of the extraordinary circumstances leading up to that event the arrests of officials electoral officials ahead of time they spanish police. crackdown the confiscation of an estimated seven hundred seventy thousand ballots which would have raised that amount and they say all of those things make that threshold satisfactory and they point out carla squeege demarc pointed out that under spanish law there is no minimum threshold for a vote and he says he is he's just abiding by the same rules that the spanish government is and therefore he plans to go forward calling for independence because he says that referendum has been decisive or i don't hundred. still ahead so on the program the palestinian prime minister makes a rare trip to gaza with a message of reconciliation to hamas. and offer the father killed a number of residents rhino's india's. national call create. i know there was a fair amount of rain over ticky at the moment it's showing up fairly clearly on the satellite picture you can see the cloud is gradually drifting its way towards the east say heavy rain over the know the pulse of turkey then and also working its way over parts of azerbaijan as well and slowly that system is drifting its way towards kazakhstan without marty seeing a fair amount of snow over the mountains so that's the way things will continue as we head through the next few days you also see the winds are feeding down from the north so the temperatures here want it to be dropping away as we head through the next couple of days but further towards south and here in doha no major change for us over the next few days temperatures still hovering at around thirty eight to thirty nine degrees so still feeling hot but not quite as hot as it has been over the summer it does feel like things have changed finally inside all of that will get to around thirty one degrees and here is a little bit less more easter in the ass of the temperatures are getting that little bit higher the further towards the south you see plenty of cloud showing up on the satellite picture but it's progeny fizzling out now and it's looking more or less clear force as we head through the next few days so just the old cloud perhaps bubbling up but plenty of sunshine a barely any rain to talk to was the southwest you can see why do they have more in the way of gray weather working its way towards cape town we may see the or shower here. with. again undermining to the top stories here on al-jazeera a gunman in las vegas has killed at least sixty eight people and injured more than five hundred others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. u.s. president donald trump has called the attack an act of pure evil and says he will visit las vegas on wednesday. and caseloads leader has called for international mediation over his region's attempt to break away from spain almost nine hundred people were injured and want police trying to stop sunday's referendum. two women accused of assassinating the estranged half brother of the north korean leader kim jong un have pleaded not guilty at that trial in malaysia the charged with killing kim jong nam by smearing his face with a nerve agent at kuala impose international airports on the high court. reports. the two suspects accused of killing kim jong il arrived in court on monday morning under heavy security bulletproof vests and liked by police offices city from indonesia and dante huang from vietnam are led into the courthouse they're accused of swapping came the half brother of north korean leader kim jong un but the vx nerve agent a highly toxic substance that happened at kuala lumpur international airport earlier this year the two women have traded not guilty to murder american and south korean officials have said they believe north korea was behind the killing dawn's lawyer says he's confident he'll be able to prove her innocence read all the evidence from the prosecution. put them together. objective analysis and prove your innocence. the two women are not the only suspects in the case four of the men still at large have also been accused of the murder but the names have not been released they are thought to have planned the killing the lead prosecutor in his opening statement that the prosecution will present evidence to show what roles the four played in the murder police have said before are north koreans believed to have left malaysia hours after the murder defense lawyers have demanded the prosecution provide their names but the judge has overruled their request distortion is an important part of a fair trial. and we don't wish to feel that it may be unfair to day q. he should know which direction the process is moving so they be able to answer the charge the prosecution could take up to two months to present its case after which the judge will rule on whether there is a case for the defense to want to take used have said through lawyers and diplomats that they thought they were taking part in a prank for a television show and not an elaborate matter that has caught the world's attention florence. people in english speaking areas of cameroon say the government is continuing its crackdown on protests dependents demonstrators following sunday's process the french news agency a.f.p. says at least seventeen people have died in clashes between security forces and protesters in the country's in cliff speaking areas residents say gunshots have been heard throughout the night and the military is still using tear gas cameron was unified in one hundred sixty one but in this because accuse the french speaking majority of discrimination. at least eleven people have been killed in a series of suicide bombings at a police station in the syrian capital damascus the syrian observatory for human rights as a car bomb went off then t. suicide bombers blew themselves up police offices and civilians are among the dead nobody has claimed responsibility for the time and his time is monitoring that story from beirut in neighboring lebanon well this is a very significant attack in damascus in the elma done area which is in the south of the city a car laden with explosives went off causing considerable damage and we understand inflicting a number of casualties but shortly after that two suicide bombers also strapped with explosives detonated their devices causing even more destruction and devastation the syrian government has come out to say that they will continue to fight what they describe as terrorism but this is attack on this police station really begs a lot of questions about the state of security inside damascus this isn't the first time this police station has been targeted in a suicide attack in december of last year a nine year old girl wearing the suicide vest was able to get into that police station and detonate that device given the fact that we've now seen two major attacks on this very sensitive location in less than a year certainly will have many people in damascus certainly many people inside the government of syrian president bashar al assad questioning that sort of security that they have on the ground in this area and indeed around the capital but in the background of all of this we of course have seen major and considerable gains by the syrian regime elsewhere in syria damascus has always been seen as a safe spot a safe location for the regime given just how much security they have on the ground but yet here we are a police station now in the grips of its second major suicide attack in less than twelve months. afghanistan's defense ministry says an accidental airstrike by one of its bombers has killed at least ten of its soldiers the airstrike hit a checkpoint run by the afghan air force in southern helmand province the victims are from the afghan police and intelligence agency palestinian authority prime minister rami hamdullah has arrived in the gaza strip as part of reconciliation efforts between the west bank based p.a. and the hamas government in gaza is the new head of a unity government which will have administrative control over gaza but a mask will remain the dominant power in the region on his arrival hamdullah described the developments as a historic moment towards the unity of the palestinian people. we came with instructions from the post in the president to tell the world from the heart of garza that the palestinian state cannot and will not be established without a geographical and political unity between garza and the west bank the u.k. is trying to arrange flights for about one hundred ten thousand stranded passengers after the carrier monarch was placed into administration with around two thousand staff it is the biggest u.k. airline that is ever collapsed the park reports from gatwick airport in london. monex to mines is a major blow to britain's aviation industry the collapse has left one hundred ten thousand customers stranded overseas a further three hundred thousand future bookings have been cancelled and more than two and a half thousand people are expected to lose their jobs the british governments are the civil aviation authority to charter thirty aircraft and what's been described as the largest peacetime repatriation of british nationals this is a hugely difficult day for passengers for staff we've been working with other tour operators other airlines over the last twenty four hours to try and make sure that is the earliest possible opportunity for people here to rebook their holidays the collapse has been blamed on an increase in aviation fuel costs and a slump in the value of the pound following the u.k.'s breaks of vote monex also faced tough competition from other low cost carriers especially on mediterranean routes the company says recent attacks targeting tourists in tunisia egypt and turkey have led to a slump in travel and numbers to key destinations contributing to losses of four hundred million dollars last year terrorism probably has been the major the major cause of monarchs because there are two particular markets i read see results and remark was a really major player takeover talks with other airlines including norwegian air collapsed at the last minute leaving monaco unable to renew its air travel organizers license that protects customers from being stranded abroad monaco also has an engineering wing that could in theory continue to operate despite the collapse of the airline when it comes to its aviation assets though including lucrative a landing slots a busy airports like gatwick well they're expected now to be covered up between other airlines formed in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight mollett was the country's fifth largest carrier a pioneer in low cost travel and the largest yet to go out of business is one of several european airlines including air berlin and alitalia to enter administration the fear is other airlines by also find their wings clipped in this increasingly turbulent market al-jazeera at london's gatwick airport. the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to three u.s. scientists of their research on the biological clock by examining fruit flies jeffrey hall michael ross bash and michael young to show how genes help control the body's daily rhythm and eyeball committee says their findings help us understand sleeping patterns and their importance for human health. let us go world heritage site is reopened in india after a major flood it was forced to close its gates to tourists because of the deluge that killed some of its rhinos reports this is a sight to many people in india's province thought i would never see because you don't get national park reopens for tourists maybe it only partially so the floods over the summer submerge sheaves waves of the park forcing the most famous resident of the one hold 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 pot for income the tories seem equally excited to be back it was the first day of it it 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 hasn't 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. undermined at the top stories a gunman killed at least sixty eight people and injured more than five hundred all those in the deadliest mass shooting in malls and u.s. history most of the victims were attending a country music concert where gunman stephen public know him far from the thirty second floor of a nearby hotel offices say he'd killed himself off to security forces started firing by u.s. president donald trump says he'll visit las vegas on wednesday of this call to talk an act of pure evil like a sheriff says public had several guns at his hotel that appears to have accidentally. we do know that he brought the weapons in on his own original briefing we believe that he was in partnership or companionship of a female and we have determined the female was out of the country so he brought these weapons in on his own as far as method and i don't have the ability to give you an accurate picture this is an individual who is described as a long wolf i don't know how it could have been prevented if we didn't have any prior knowledge to this individual it was 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 enough areas was noticed at this point that's what we know now. catalonians leader has called for international mediation over his region's attempt to break away from spain almost nine hundred people were injured when riot police tried to stop sunday's referendum regional fishel say ninety percent of voters chose secession from space despite an unexpectedly known turnout two women accused of killing the half brother of north korean leader kim jong un have pleaded not guilty at their trial in a malaysian court that charged with attacking kim jong nam by smearing his face with a nerve agent but quantum in february the women say they thought they were playing a prank for t.v. show. people in english speaking areas of cameroon say the government is continuing its crackdown on pro independence demonstrators following sunday's protests at least seventeen people have died in violence between security forces and protesters in the country's english speaking areas. or most of the it has headlines here on al-jazeera i'm back with more for you in about twenty five minutes time so with us next it is inside story but why. a difference of languages in cameroon turns violent anguish because a demanding an end to what they say is discrimination by the french speaking majority some are even calling for independence so what does this mean for canada unity this is inside story. and welcome to.