After a quieter day yesterday, showers look like they will be back in force across the uk today. More details on areas likely to be affected coming up. Its sunday the 4th of august. Our top story at least 20 people have been killed in the latest mass shooting in the united states. The massacre happened in a mall in the city of el paso, where many families were out shopping. A 21 year old white man has been arrested and police are looking into whether he deliberately targeted the hispanic community. 0ur north america correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Oh, my god. Families were out shopping on a saturday morning when they were advised to run. Run, run, run. Inside the mall in el paso, armed officers moved in, responding to another report of an active shooter in america. The gunman walked into the packed walmart supermarket, firing indiscriminately. 20 people were killed and more than two dozen were injured. The estimates of the shoppers of the walmart were between one and 3,000, with e
Whaley bridge residents from returning to their homes as more heavy rain is expected in derbyshire amid the battle to prevent the towns dam from collapsing. Borisjohnson announces £1. 8 billion of extra funding for hospitals in england. Heathrow airport holds last minute talks with unions in an attempt to avert strikes next week, but they say airlines have started to contact passengers on affected flights. A daredevil french inventor has succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet powered hoverboard injust 20 minutes. And witness history hears from a survivor of cambodias killing fields, where more than a Million People were killed by the khmer rouge. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. There have been two Mass Shootings in the united states, just hours apart, in texas and ohio. In el paso, texas, 20 people were killed when a man opened fire on shoppers in a walmart supermarket in one of the worst Mass Shootings in modern us history. A 21 year old white man
Thousands of people when a gunman started firing indiscriminately. 20 people were killed, 26 others were hurt. Many, according to the governor of texas, sustained life threatening injuries. On a day that would have been a normal day for someone to leisurely go shopping, it turned into one of the most deadly days in the history of texas. Lives were taken who should still be with us today. One white man has been arrested and taken into custody. Hes been identified by local media as 21 year old patrick crusius. Police say theyre examining the possibility that this attack was a hate crime. Theyre investigating possible links with a White Nationalist manifesto that was published anonymously online, claiming the attack was targeted at the hispanic community. It has the nexus at this point in time to a hate crime. The fbi will be looking into that, with the other federal authorities. Right now, we are looking at potential capital murder charges for this individual. El paso sits on the border
A 17 year old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, after a six year old boy was thrown from a 10th floor viewing platform at the tate modern in london. Heathrow airport holds last minute talks with unions in an attempt to avert strikes next week, with travellers told to check with their airlines before leaving home. And coming up in sportsday in half an hour, well have the latest from edgbaston, where smith and wade make centuries, as australia lead past 350 in the ashes. Good evening. There have been two Mass Shootings in the United States, just hours apart in texas and ohio. In el paso, texas, 20 people were killed when a man opened fire on shoppers in a walmart supermarket, in one of the worst Mass Shootings in modern us history. A 21 year old white man has been arrested. Fbi investigators said that they were looking at whether to charge the suspect with domestic terrorism charges. The fbi continues to look at a number of different potential crimes to be charged. We h
Title, shes facing simona halep who is leading after winning the first set. The match attracts a royal audience the duchesses of cambridge and sussex are among the spectators. And in honour of the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, click visits nasa in florida. Thats coming up in half an hour. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have both defended the right ofjournalists to publish leaked government documents after police warned any further release of diplomatic cables could be a criminal matter. Yesterday Scotland Yard announced that it was launching an investigation into the leak of dispatches from Sir Kim Darroch. The British Ambassador in washington had been highly critical of the trump administration. The leak of sir kims comments led to his resignation. Andy moore reports. A man in washington, Sir Kim Darroch has resigned. But it is not the end of the matter. Now a Police Enquiry will try to get to the bottom of who lea ked will try to get to the bottom of w