The gun on himself following the slaughter President Trump addressed a nation in shock also on the program the next steps in spains catalonia crisis that would be breakaway region calls for International Mediation and its bad for independence from spain thats a day after Catalano Florence they say ninety percent of voters back secession in a referendum that was disrupted by police and dismissed by magick. The palestinians on the road to reconciliation the west bank fast said group visits its rival hamas in gaza for the first time in years he was there for the historic event and well hear from our callers from. The rhythms that rule our lives the three u. S. Researches share the nobel prize in medicine for that work in explaining how we take. On there a coke zero reopening environment to seven years and hundreds of millions of euros and motivations that could be set to rise again at the citys oldest rousey. Im phil gail welcome to the program. A gunman in the United States city of las vegas has killed at least fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred police have confirmed that the suspect a sixty eight year old a white man from nevada is also dead in an apparent suicide the shooting happened on the famous Las Vegas Strip nantucket had checked into the mountain late by her talent casino and began firing on an outdoor concert from the thirty second floor police of rolled out connections to international terror. This was the moment when music turned to gunfire. Moments before it was just another vegas evening the crowd had been enjoying a Country Music festival. Now they were running for their lives. As hysteria broke out the shooter continued his rampage. People at the scene described the horror they witnessed. We refused to believe it was the shooting until they just kept going and going and then. The stage and then everybody started firing and we started firing we had to have a gate to get out. It was crazy id never seen anything like that we kept shooting and shooting and shooting and we thought it was on the other side we just thought it was maybe played machine guns but it definitely wasnt our fire guns. And it sounded like at least thirty rounds or more donald trump offered his quote warmest condolences to the victims and their families my fellow americans. We are joined together today in sadness shock and grief. Last night a gunman opened fire on a large crowd at a Country Music concert in Las Vegas Nevada he brutally murdered more than fifty people and wounded hundreds more it was an act of pure evil. Police rushed to the scene of the attack at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and casino where the perpetrator had checked in as a guest from the thirty second floor he began shooting indiscriminately at concert goers outside an hour later Police Confirmed his death. We located numerous firearms within the room that he occupied and thats it like i stated earlier its going to be of long and tedious investigation now were bringing in all the resources of the f. B. I. To assist us in this investigation Authorities Say they believe the attacker a sixty four year old local white man was acting alone. The incident is now the worst mass shooting in modern u. S. History. Lets get more from. Us correspondent colleen chinmoy in washington welcome carolyn to tell us more about what President Trump has had to say. Before i Start Talking about president philip me talk about the reactions here in this sea and the responses that have been very human from all sides from both parties expressing condolences and victims to victims families but the comments coming from democrats are also getting more and more political democrat senator booker for example said it is not enough to ask how could someone do this we must also ask ourselves how can we prevent Something Like this from happening again thats what a book or set this comic clearly addresses to more regulation regarding the gun laws in nevada out so he will recreate it in a more political way saying that people should stand that the National Rifle association a powerful gun lobby. Theres a strong reaction a strong comment also from Gabrielle Giffords thats a democrat in the house of representatives for presenting arizona as she was shot in two thousand and eleven and get. A shot in the had by lone gunmen who killed six people in that year and since then she has become an advocate for anti gun violence causes on her tweet she says persian person should in view or the horror less vegas experienced last night the republicans on the other side are not showing political reactions on the massacre in last vegas in this sense we have also seen of course condo lances addressing the families and victims for example Vice President pence who wrote his condolences to the victims and families affected by this senseless violence act unless they guess but that this curse is quite different than the one coming from democrats now trump he has ordered flags to be flown at half staff staff he has expressed his condolences to but he had not said a word about the gun laws in the United States or in nevada it is very important to remark that republicans traditionally have a very good relation a very good link to the National Rifle association and their powerful lobby always telling the truth boy walking to thank you. So they shooting has rekindled memories of previous my shootings and reignited the debate about gun control when from a social media desk story welcome. Its a horrible list when we when we when you look at those recent shootings charles in orlando somebody that when sandy hook too familiar in the us is becoming familiar with the debate surrounding the aftermath of these shootings is also familiar over gun control nothing really has changed already people on social media rehashing this debate about whether there should be stronger gun control in the u. S. Including as weve heard many politicians now taking to social media lets show you a few of those responses already coming in on line we can start off here with some strong words from chris murphy hes a senator representing connecticut where the Sandy Hook School shooting took place heres what he writes he says this must stop america is the only place where horrific Mass Shootings happen with this degree of regularity the thoughts and prayers of politicians ringing cruelly hollow if they are not paired with action its time for congress to get off its rear end and do something you know on the other side this is a passionate debate of the pro gun advocates and they say politicians shouldnt be using this massacre for political gains to advance legislation this is laura ingram shes a conservative com commentator and she says all victims bodies still not recovered and Hillary ClintonJoe Biden Elizabeth Warren kick into typical antigun stance its gross she writes the National Rifle association they are the biggest gun lobbying group in the world in the u. S. But theyve been quite silent today take a look this is their twitter page that actually have not updated it since last friday. Social media is increasingly important to tragedies like this we have so many people going to places like facebook for example for the news of breaking news after the sort of tragedy and today you know facebook just wasnt a very reliable source of news take a look at what we mean here this is their dedicated page for their socalled safety check where you can check in and let people know youre safe it also has a news feed there and its really bringing up some pretty dubious news sources for example this is just one obscure blog that came up its called all to rights news its pushing wild conspiracy theories this is really not the website that you want to turn up if youre looking for the latest news on the shooting and unfortunately see this really just too often with these sorts of incidents fake news spreading on social media including today trying to link the shooting already to islamic extremism this was a rumor that the shooter was a thirty two year old islam converts and that of course as we know is completely false someone stealing the image of a you tube comedian there are other rumors of multiple shooters at other casinos are also likely debunked by authorities in fact the Las Vegas Police department doing a great job today on twitter doing that so you have the good side and the bad side of social media after these sorts of incidents. Media coalesce with fact you. Have a second look at some of the other stories making news around the world the russian courts sentence the Opposition Leader and the valet to twenty days in jail for organizing illegal Public Meetings he was arrested on friday after this rally in the city of all of the valley intends to run for president against Vladimir Putin in next years election. At least sixteen people have been killed in a triple bombing at a Police Station in the syrian capital damascus a car bomb exploded and two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the building the countrys interior minister said another attack i got inside before being shot by police damascus has seen relatively little violence in syrias five years of meaning. Police in nairobi have used tear gas to Disperse Protesters who are calling for the monitoring of kenyas election board opposition supporters blame the u. Boat for the botched election in august president kenyatta blames the Supreme Court which voided the vote results citing irregularities service for the current tensions could boil over into ethnic violence. Catalonia as Regional Government is calling for International Mediation and its bad for independence from spain this after a disputed referendum on sunday was marred by violence as police tried to prevent voters from casting ballots regional leaders say ninety percent voted for independence but critics say the results cannot be representative since opponents refused to participate but read has also dismissed the referendum as illegal and invalid. Supporters of cattle and separatism were out in force again today providing a powerful backdrop for the demands of their regional leader. But despite the mood of defiance in barcelona he opened the door to deescalation. A woman can say you know my views you know what im now recommending is mediation. And that mediation requires the presence of a third party. I think that on this you know that party needs to be international for this to be an effective process this is important to restore the institutional normality which has been disturbed by disproportionate decisions from spain Central Government. Its also important to End Police Violence and the limitation of our liberty and also to create a climate of less tension for such a process of mediation that. Some days violence was splashed across the morning papers as people caught up with events that could change the makeup of the country some cattle lands are outraged by Police Tactics others expressing reservations about leaving spain. Im of the opinion that this referendum wasnt managed the way it should have been there may have been other ways so that we all would be happier with the results part of us catalans i believe and not happy with the result of the referendum. That. Just. Yesterday was terrible people like me im seventy years old i experienced a dictatorship under franco and this is the same. There see you know i mean a lot of. Spanish police used heavy handed tactics on sunday to disrupt a vote the countrys Supremes Court has ruled unconstitutional Central Government in madrid has come under fire for its use of police force cattle an authority saying over eight hundred people were injured there now setting up a special commission to investigate claims of abuse. Has got the wider european view from data of your correspondent a bar of a souls and brussels a welcome the European Parliament to scald a special catalonia crisis debate why is it involving itself in spains domestic politics. Because of course after the pictures we saw yesterday from barcelona many members of parliament feel that there but there was too much violence that there was an overreaction by the government in madrid probably the totally wrong reaction and of course we have some left wing left wing parliamentarians who say this was really against democracy and human rights we just heard from the president of the European Council thats the governments in europe done to us that he talked to mommy i know how hard it is spanish Prime Minister and obviously voiced his concerns and he said that he shared the constitutional concerns are far higher about the legality of the referendum however he hoped that there would be no further escalation and no further violence and very similar things we heard earlier from the European Commission here in brussels their friend was and remains illegal however lets listen to what spokesman margaret does sheenas had to say to the violence we call on all relevant players to know move very swiftly from confrontation to dialogue. Violence can never be an instrument in politics. So beyond talking barbara votes or what can be a you do. Nothing simply because as opposed to popular opinion the European Union is not this Supra National organisation that can sort of interfere in the in the sort of inner affairs of its Member States it simply doesnt have that power it can offer itself as a mediator and it has behind the scenes obviously try to mediate it during the last weeks to no avail and there was some handwringing here in brussels about the course of mariano or why because many people thought that he played into the hands of the independent Independence Movement however it cant do much more than say we are concerned we are worried this is not going a good way and you should sort of take a different course Barbara Hazel in brussels thank you. Well if you politicians are spooked investors by the recent events in catalonia christophe code can tell us more that is right for all indeed stocks retreated and spanish borrowing costs went up as investors are trying to evaluate the political consequences of the Catalonian Independence vote after sundays brutal scenes confidence and Prime Minister mario government has certainly taken a hit and worries about europes fifth largest economy are growing. By the close of monday session on the Madrid Stock Exchange the countrys benchmark index had dropped one and a half percent wiping out gains made over the previous week many traders fear that uncertainty over the fate of catalonia will lead to further declines in this climate vestas buying Spanish Government bonds may want higher yields which up one point seven percent on ten year bonds the highest in many months the common european currency also fell slightly the euro has fallen below one dollar eighteen cents losing nearly a cent. From god weve just overcome the euro crisis so calls for independence are certainly not going over well with the e. U. Has a big task ahead of it it will have to mediate but its clear there were ninety percent of the people want freedom that cannot simply be ignored. If catalonia gained independence or spain would lose its industrial heartland the region accounts for a fifth of the countrys economic power say at casa g. The region is also important in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors without catalonia spain would slip to fifteenth place in the world ranking of the strongest economic countries behind mexico spain has been on a successful path to recovery following its debt crisis a few years ago but Catalonian Independence would knock spain off course. British authorities are calling it the biggest ever peacetime repatriation more than a hundred thousand travelers are looking for a way to return home after britains Monarch Airlines collapsed on monday the Civil Aviation authority said it has leased thirty aircraft to transport customers scattered around holiday destinations ranging from turkey to spain and sweden citing intense competition and a weaker pound monarch is the Third European airline making a financial crash landing this year. It was a familiar sight at british airports for fifty years but that changed overnight the demise of Monarch Airlines was announced in an Early Morning online message from britains Civil Aviation north already passengers were left without a flight home most of them stranded at destinations in the mediterranean the government is vowing to bring them home in what it call