Bar and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. Pro independent scotland defiant after sundays 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 uns 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 countrys 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 thats 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 lets 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 couldnt even tell where the bullets were coming from. Felicity youre absolutely right it must have been a scene of sheer horror and today here in las vegas theres a very strange atmosphere in this city that ive been to so many times the city was life blood is parties and fun and gambling and shows and now theres 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 theyre 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 dont know how it could have been prevented if we didnt have any prior knowledge to this individual it wasnt 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 whats 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 gunmans the alleged gunmans family is also baffled here is some of what one of his brothers had to say. Theres 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 theres nothing there was no. Nothing thats what so. I mean. I mean i cant even make something up theres just. Its not. As you see there are the relatives of the gunman saying theres nothing that he can find in this mans 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 doesnt it about americas gun laws and that is a fierce debate. Its 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 thats 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 hours 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 regions attempt to break away from spain was nine hundred people were injured when riot police tried to stop sundays 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 MinisterMariano Rajoy has been meeting the Opposition Leader to discuss his response spains 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 lets 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. Thats true weve 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 NationalPolice 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 its 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 dont 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 yesterdays 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 theres a healthy economy here and a booming Tourism Industry and many people say thats 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 theres been a lot of talk about the turnout it was about forty two percent according to official figures and thats 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 hes 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 dont 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 rhinos indias. National call create. I know there was a fair amount of rain over ticky at the moment its 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 thats 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 its progeny fizzling out now and its 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 aljazeera 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 regions attempt to break away from spain almost nine hundred people were injured and want police trying to stop sundays 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 kill