Fifty eight dead and five hundred fifty injured after a gunman attacks a las vegas Music Festival its the worst mass shooting in modern u. S. History. Defiance on the streets but in the political sphere the moves towards mediation between spain and catalonia over secession and the British Government launches a massive operation to repatch read tens of thousands of passengers stranded by the lapse of Monarch Airlines. Im joined again with your days sports news including barcelona is political football the company its playing behind closed doors had nothing to do with security in everything to do with the catalan referendum. A gunman has killed at least fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred others at a country Music Festival in las vegas its the worst mass shooting in modern u. S. History and the countrys at two hundred and seventy third this year alone President Trump has called it an act of pure evil police say sixty four year old Stephen Paddick opened fire from the thirty second floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel thats on the other side of the last vegas strip from the last vegas village arena where the Music Festival was taking place a distance of several hundred meters well the government shot himself bed as Police Closed in on him more weapons and ammunition were found to during a search of his home near las vegas with the latest here scheme believe it. 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 the concert goers scattered for safety as the gunfire rained down on them from a hotel room thirty two floors above. 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 patricks 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 has the flag over the white house is at half staff. The president leading a moment of silence on the lawn of the white house and his press secretary arguing its too early to discuss the need for new gun laws theres a time and place for a political debate but now is the time to unite as a country but former congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband mark kelly disagree giffords was shot along with eighteen others in twenty eleven does anybody actually believe that our gun laws are too strong give me a break gun control is a passionate debate that divides americans but what unites many for now is grief as Police Continue to investigate what motivated the gunman to act and whats being labeled the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History kimberly hellcat aljazeera Washington Well the gunmans brother has spoken to reporters and said he never had the slightest indication that his brother was capable of anything like the Las Vegas Shooting theres just nothing you know you saw on the Public Record he did stuff he went to college he had a job. And you know we own some apartments we sold him a park we i mean theres you theres nothing there was no indication. Nothing thats whats so. I mean. I mean i cant even make something up theres just. Theres nothing. We can cross live now to rob brown olds who is in the last vegas for us rob less vegas is usually known for being a bit of a party town obviously how is the city itself coping with the shock and also how is it helping the hundreds of people caught up in this and i guess the many more who are looking for loved ones who may still be missing. Thats right i mean of course nothing like this has ever happened in this city and youre right this is a city that really synonymous with people having fun enjoying themselves going on holiday and this the mood here is completely different today you can see Police Officers behind me in their cars or blocking off part of the famous Las Vegas Strip of flags are flying at half staff the electronic billboards on some of the casinos which are usually advertising the entertainment of the night or you know the slot machines and that sort of thing are now telling giving people a locations where they can go to donate blood and toll free numbers that they can call to locate loved ones just down the street behind me at this hour there are a large number of people who are gathering in the Convention Center at the monterey mandalay bay hes Mandalay Bay Hotel theyre receiving these are loved ones and friends of the of victims both of those who have died and who have been injured and theyre helping police going over any clues any any stories that they may have to contribute and also receiving a grief counseling and i think that many people here in this city are feeling a bit of a chill as well if it can happen here in las vegas if it can happen at something as innocent as a country Music Festival on a warm sunday night it can happen anywhere and i think people are very sobered and very stunned by that realize ation and rob i guess the people who havent been to vegas its hard to explain exactly just how big the hotels are on the strip and that you know their hotels their casinos their shopping malls their theater is its very huge is there any talk and it may be too soon but is there any talk of stepping up security at the individual hotels right now. I have not heard i think that that may be certainly a topic of discussion. The hotels and casinos are very well guarded by you know private detectives and private Security Officers thats mainly because theres gambling going on there and they want to prevent any kind of malfeasance. In the in the er cheating in the gambling arena but the fact that paddock could carry what we now know are more than ten rifles and guns loads of ammunition up to his room in a modern high class Expensive Hotel without anybody knowing it thats got to ring a lot of alarm bells and the fact also if i saw a moment is that he had a fully automatic machine gun now Everybody Knows that the laws in this country are very liberal as far as gun ownership but there are some limits and one of them is fully automatic machine guns you cannot own one of those unless you have a special license you cant buy it down at your neighborhood gun shop in any state in the United States so its a question of where did he get that did he obtain it illegally did someone make a kit to override the semiautomatic status of his machine guns and also for Police Officers. You know that you have to wonder how theyre feeling because there certainly are other ordinary Police Officers not the swat squads and the heavy weapons squad special tactics but the ordinary cops on the beat theyre heavily outgunned by this type of armament so i think that there are a lot of questions its a bit early now but i think that youre going to youre going to see a lot of those questions youre going to see city leaders wondering how they can make people feel safe again in visiting las vegas hospital a lot of enemies for the investigators said they are to follow for the moment right. Reynolds in less figures thank you and now lets go to the white house speak to our correspondent there kimberly how could we heard from the president spoke a few hours after the event he called it an act of pure evil and also he and his wife melania and other people the white house held a minute of silence in respect of the victims indeed i think what we can take from all of that is its not just a somber day at the white house its a somber day in washington as the reaction has come in not just from the president but also from members of congress who usually are very divided in their political views but very united in their shock in their grief the statements really continuing to pour out exemplified by the president has he not only tried to hit those notes in his address to the nation from the diplomatic room here at the white house but also that very somber moment in the mid afternoon here in washington where we saw the president the first lady malani a trump the Vice President second lady karen pence all not saying a word in front of the cameras and the staff that assembled for that moment of silence i think the president in his address really tried to push forward the message that america cannot be broken by violence and it is love that defines the United States but certainly theres still a lot of struggling going on in terms of how to understand this and as rob reynolds pointed out just the fact that if Something Like this can happen on a sunday evening a warm sunday evening at a Country Music concert it could really happen anywhere and theres a lot of course that we still dont know about the gunmen crucially how we managed to get those rifles a how we managed to get them be how you managed to get them into the hotel but i guess the lack of details hasnt really stopped the gun debate from being reignited by the events of sunday night. It certainly hasnt stopped the debate and certainly you know from covering these stories for some time barbara along with me that there is a very passionate argument in favor of keeping gun laws as they are that there are many here particularly in the conservative side of the political spectrum that believe that guns can often save lives as we saw a week ago in a Tennessee Church where the casualties could have been much worse not were not for an armed guard who happened to be working as an asher that day and was able to apprehend the suspect so youll hear those cases often less reported than the ones that obviously have this massive loss of life that is so painful those numbers still growing in terms of casualties what i can tell you is here at the white house the chief of staff general kelly is continuing to update the president because this on vesta geisha is ongoing and not just the local las vegas level but also by the f. B. I. And the department of Homeland Security and as well i can tell you that the president himself will be on the ground in las vegas on wednesday tuesday he will be visiting with the victims of hurricane damage in puerto rico before turning his attention to the latest tragedy now gun violence in the state of nevada as he speaks with First Responders and the victims families on wednesday can believe how crowded the white house can really thank you. All much more to come here and aljazeera including the palestinian Prime Minister makes a rare trip to gaza with a message of reconciliation for hamas cameroons government continues its crackdown on independence protestors after soldiers shot dead eight people on sunday and days after being fired by german giants fire in unit well tell you want to catalan to lock t. Is up to thats all coming up for joe in sports. But first catalonia as president has called for internet. Show mediation to resolve the crisis over his regions attempt to break away from spain catalysts appeared the month said the overwhelming yes vote catalonia had won the right to be an independent state but he says he wants a new understanding with spain and not a traumatic break spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy is mental position leaders to discuss a joint response as the power to dismiss catalonia as Regional Government and suspend its autonomy but once the e. U. To intervene but it continued considers it an internal matter for spain john hendren has more. Defiant catalans want to turn a disputed secession vote into an independent nation. Is a strong nation and i think. Doing great things and i dont respond its because of the by all means because of the repression and i dont like spain because of all of the catalonia as leader asked the world to accept his regions vote for independence and broker a divorce from spain a woman of. The moment calls for mediation and there 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 secessionist disappointing under the spanish constitution yesterdays vote to cut the lonia was not to go in madrid Prime MinisterMarianna Raho 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. And a violent spanish crackdown. At the poles Spanish National police in riot gear descended on polling sites with the tongs 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. I was defending the school and police kicks me to the ground and told me late now ople kill you as catalonia returned to Something Like normality a rift with spain seemed wider than ever john hendren aljazeera barcelona. People in English Speaking areas of cameroon say the government is continuing its crackdown on independence demonstrators after deadly protests on sunday at least seventeen people have died in clashes between protesters and the Security Forces ballasts reports. As you can hear gunshots serious gunshots. Camerons Unification Day was anything but unifies the country is split down linguistic lines french and english and English Speakers seized the anniversary to demand independence. To do with. Forces of law and order to stay. With you have a heavy hand the government banned gatherings of more than four people shot shops and disrupted social media but that didnt stop the English Speaking movement they use facebook life twitter and whatsapp to spread the news i must shut. It i think the level of damage. Is far too good to keep the subject of trust. Independence activists say five of the dead were prisoners escaping a jail that caught fire camerons president paul bia responded with a statement on facebook saying i strongly condemn all acts of violence regardless of their sources and their perpetrators let me make this very clear it is not forbidden to voice any concerns in the republic however nothing great can be achieved by using verbal excesses street violence and a final authority gunshots were heard throughout the night heavily armed military personnel patrolled English Speaking areas on monday and shot tear gas at residents on the street. Fired tear gas canisters. So i had to scramble for safety just to show you how tense and how. The situation is the roots of this crisis began after the First World War when cameroon was divided between the french and the british and its independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty one English Speakers from british areas joined French Cameroon instead of neighboring nigeria they complain the french have always stifled their language and culture french speakers disagree and supported a unified cameron on sunday and some English Speakers agree with them the separatists wanted a crisis to. Try to. Change the constitution. For a vote power has been cast in southern areas of cameroon and when phones die so are the ability to find out more about what is going on shall it ballasts. 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