attack. las vegas the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. get down! get down! orlando three tense horrifying hours. hands up! it was unimaginable. all units. newtown 27 people lost their lives. 20 of them young children. a mass shooting at a fourth of july parade. a shooting in highland park, illinois. why? why? those horrific events and so many others like them have come to define the united states. the most recent figures show that every day on average more than 100 people are killed with a gun in america. in total, there were over 19,000 gun murders and 24,000 gun suicides in 2020. compared to other rich countries america s gun violence is on another planet. the united states has eight times as many gun homicides per 100,000 people as canada, 50 times as many as germany and 100 times as many as the uk. these countries all face the same challenges with mental health. they all have the violent video games. but other nations pale in comp
i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . the numbers are staggering. 19 children dead, 2 teachers dead. 17 others wounded at robb elementary in uvalde, 85 miles outside of san antonio, texas. what they are going through is beyond our comprehension but we are learning about the shooter. 18-year-old gunman entered the school reportedly through an unlocked door. he immediately went into a fourth grade classroom and opened fire. an elite border patrol agent who rushed into the school before police arrived exchanged gunfire with that teenage killer. that border patrol agent took the killer out. lieutenant chris olivarez with the texas department of public safety giving some details about the killer the border agent would have faced. once he made entry into the classroom. children and teachers inside the classroom and armed with a rifle with numerous rounds of ammunition. you have to give praise to the brave men and women of law enforcement that put their lives on
walk hand in hand with his new party and its leader. maybe you need a fresh faced approach sometimes. you need a fresh face and an optimistic message. we ve got one person who happens to be an mp who consistently privately and publicly challenges my leadership. the answer is very simple mr carswell put up or shut up. even the common purpose of the eu referendum campaign saw key ukip figures and douglas carswell taking different approaches to campaigning and whilst there was shared joy at the outcome, many in ukip saw their only mp as a source of division who should quit the party. he is now doing that. ukip says there should again bea doing that. ukip says there should again be a by election, but this time mr carswell disagrees. in his online blog he says, as he is not recrossing the house of commons floor, he doesn t need to put himself before voters once more. article 50, the membering chaen ym for leaving the eu is set to be trigger on wednesday and mr carswell is full
of article 50, we ll look at how scotland is coping with brexit and what it may mean for the future of the united kingdom. that s in europe: scotland s dilemma at 2.30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk independence party s only mp, douglas carswell, has announced he s leaving the party. in a statement on his website, mr carswell said that he was quitting ukip in the knowledge that his goal of leaving the european union had been achieved. he will now be sitting as an independent mp. a little earlier my colleague reeta chakra barti spoke to mr ca rswell and began by asking him why he made the decision to leave the party. on wednesday theresa may announces that she s triggering article 50, ukip, my party, we were set up 23 yea rs ukip, my party, we were set up 23 years ago to get us out of the european union, job done, we have won. is that the only reason for ukip‘s existence, many would say ukip‘s existence, many would say ukip isa ukip‘s existence, many w
whatsapp messages moments before he carried out the attack. also in the next hour, celebrating 60 years since the beginning of the european union. leaders from 27 eu countries gather to mark the anniversary as theresa may prepares to formally declare the uk s intention to leave the club. and, find out how google is turning india s163 year old railway into a fibre optic network. that s in click at 3.30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk independence party s only mp, douglas carswell, has announced he s leaving the party. in a statement on his website, mr carswell said that he was quitting ukip in the knowledge that his goal of leaving the european union had been achieved. he will now be sitting as an independent mp. ina in a statement ukip‘s leader said the party hasn t benefitted financially or organisationally from having douglas carswell as an mp while former leader nigel farage tweeted that douglas carswell had jumped before he was pushed. . in douglas car