And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in las vegas, where the girlfriend of the gunman, who killed 58 people and injured hundreds more at a music festival, says she had no idea he was planning an attack. Marilou danley flew back from the philippines and is being questioned by the fbi about Stephen Paddocks possible motives. Meanwhile, President Trump has been in las vegas meeting survivors, victims families and the Emergency Services who responded to the attack. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. Its just after itsjust after 10pm its just after 10pm and the first shots have been fired. Police body can images capture the panic that is starting to spread in the concert ground. Police are trying to identify the source of the firing. And to shepherd people to safety. Today the president and first lady arrived in las vegas to meet some of the survivors and first responders. At Police Headquarters he was briefed on the investigat
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