:00:07. > :00:13.America suffers its worst mass shooting.
:00:14. > :00:19.GUNFIRE. Oh, my God. They are all shooting back and forth.
:00:20. > :00:30.He's been identified as Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old US citizen.
:00:31. > :00:37.This was an act of terror and an act of hate, and as Americans we are
:00:38. > :00:41.united in grief and outrage and in resolve to defend our people.
:00:42. > :00:43.In other news, David Cameron's latest warning on the risks
:00:44. > :00:46.of leaving the EU - the value of our pensions
:00:47. > :00:50.And the sun shines for the Queen after rain puts a damper
:00:51. > :01:11.on the hampers at a street party on the Mall.
:01:12. > :01:17.At least 50 people have been killed and dozens injured in a nightclub
:01:18. > :01:20.in Florida in the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
:01:21. > :01:22.A man armed with an assault rifle opened fire at a gay club
:01:23. > :01:25.in Orlando and took hostages before being shot dead.
:01:26. > :01:28.He's been named as Omar Mateen, and reportedly pledged allegiance
:01:29. > :01:32.to so-called Islamic State after the attack began.
:01:33. > :01:35.Our Washington correspondent Laura Bicker has the latest.
:01:36. > :01:42.The shocking sound of rapid gunfire echoed through the Orlando streets.
:01:43. > :01:46.Recorded by witnesses, who feared the worst.
:01:47. > :01:53.Dozens managed to flee the popular gay nightclub, but still worried
:01:54. > :02:02.We were hearing the bullets just go constantly.
:02:03. > :02:05.All you can do is think of right now yourself, and then help others,
:02:06. > :02:10.When I knew I was safe, but the guns were still going
:02:11. > :02:12.and the police were like, go, go, go!
:02:13. > :02:15.I had no choice but to help the people that were shot.
:02:16. > :02:18.One mother got a text from her son pleading for help as
:02:19. > :02:23.He told her he loved her and feared he would die.
:02:24. > :02:25.Others were distraught, just desperate for news.
:02:26. > :02:30.I don't know where my son is, no one can tell me where my son is.
:02:31. > :02:33.If he has been shot, if he's dead, no one knows.
:02:34. > :02:39.But they told me there are fatalities.
:02:40. > :02:43.As police responded, the attacker held hostages for three hours.
:02:44. > :02:46.Police say he had an assault rifle, a handgun and some sort
:02:47. > :02:53.Special SWAT teams rescued 30 people, but inside, they found
:02:54. > :02:59.Just to look into the eyes of our officers, that
:03:00. > :03:05.You could tell that they were all shaken by what they
:03:06. > :03:10.They did an unbelievable job, courageous efforts, rescuing
:03:11. > :03:18.This is now being investigated as an act of terror.
:03:19. > :03:26.The suspect has been identified as Omar Mateen,
:03:27. > :03:28.the FBI says it's trying to establish if he had
:03:29. > :03:39.Although it is early in the investigation, we know enough to say
:03:40. > :03:45.that this was an act of terror and an active hate. As Americans, we are
:03:46. > :03:52.united in grief and outrage and resolve to defend our people. This
:03:53. > :04:01.is the deadliest shooting in America's history, at a place young
:04:02. > :04:05.people counterparty. -- came to party.
:04:06. > :04:08.A state of urgency has now been declared in Orlando,
:04:09. > :04:10.and as the investigation continues, the police are urging calm
:04:11. > :04:12.until they know more and are clear about a motive.
:04:13. > :04:16.And we can speak to Rajini Vaidyanathan in Orlando now.
:04:17. > :04:17.What more do we know about the suspect?
:04:18. > :04:24.Omar Mateen was, as we understand, in his late 20s, and was from a
:04:25. > :04:30.place called Port Saint Lucy, about a two-hour drive from here in
:04:31. > :04:34.Orlando. One congressman said his family were from Afghanistan and he
:04:35. > :04:38.was trained in the use of weapons, although that has not been confirmed
:04:39. > :04:41.by the FBI. There are other reports that we are just getting in that
:04:42. > :04:47.after the shooting began, Omar Mateen called 911, the emergency
:04:48. > :04:52.number here, to pledge allegiance to Islamic State. As people called for
:04:53. > :04:57.calm after this devastating attack, we have heard from Donald Trump, the
:04:58. > :05:01.presumptive Republican nominee for president, who said that this all
:05:02. > :05:06.proves that he was right about Islamic terrorism. Some people say
:05:07. > :05:11.that Mr Trump is just stoking fear and playing politics at a tense time
:05:12. > :05:14.in America. Others say that he has a point and that more needs to be done
:05:15. > :05:20.to contain the terror threat on home soil. But while the politics is also
:05:21. > :05:23.something people are talking about, right now here in Orlando, people
:05:24. > :05:27.are just focusing on the fact that 50 people lost their lives, and many
:05:28. > :05:32.victims still haven't been identified. And this attack, the
:05:33. > :05:36.worst mass shooting in American history, happened during Gay pride
:05:37. > :05:41.month. Now people here are in mourning. Thank you.
:05:42. > :05:43.David Cameron has warned that spending on pensions,
:05:44. > :05:46.the NHS and defence might not be protected from cuts in the longer
:05:47. > :05:48.term if the UK leaves the European Union.
:05:49. > :05:50.Vote Leave have called it a "baseless threat",
:05:51. > :05:53.but the Prime Minister said he had a duty to spell out the risks,
:05:54. > :05:58.as our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.
:05:59. > :06:02.From the cost of a flight to the price of buying food,
:06:03. > :06:04.the impact on jobs and wages and the effect on immigration.
:06:05. > :06:06.In this campaign, no issue is out of bounds.
:06:07. > :06:09.Today, the Prime Minister opened up a new front, warning again that
:06:10. > :06:12.leaving could damage the economy, but adding that could affect public
:06:13. > :06:23.He quoted economists who predict Brexit will hit public finances.
:06:24. > :06:26.They say there will be something like a ?20-40bn black hole.
:06:27. > :06:28.Of course, you could meet that by putting up taxes on ordinary
:06:29. > :06:31.hard-working people, or by going back to borrowing more
:06:32. > :06:38.Or it could be cuts, cuts in things like pensions
:06:39. > :06:41.or health or others, and my point is, we don't
:06:42. > :06:45.At the moment, the state pension is protected
:06:46. > :06:48.by what is called a triple lock, which means it always
:06:49. > :06:50.rises with earnings, inflation or by 2.5%,
:06:51. > :06:58.And pensioner benefits like free bus passes are protected.
:06:59. > :07:01.But the Prime Minister claims in the next parliament that
:07:02. > :07:08.NEWSREEL: If you are as old as him, you will have found a big increase
:07:09. > :07:11.Pensioners have long been key voters, particularly
:07:12. > :07:13.for Conservatives, and some Tories who want to leave the EU say
:07:14. > :07:16.the fact they are being targeted is a sign of desperation
:07:17. > :07:20.from a failing Remain campaign making baseless claims.
:07:21. > :07:25.We have had months of months of regular levels of fear, and now
:07:26. > :07:29.But what I don't understand with this is effectively
:07:30. > :07:31.the Prime Minister is undermining our own manifesto
:07:32. > :07:36.Today, the Ukip leader suggested any short-term economic shock
:07:37. > :07:40.from leaving would be outweighed by long-term benefits.
:07:41. > :07:42.Even if sterling were to fall a few percentage points
:07:43. > :07:47.The point is we have a floating currency, and it will
:07:48. > :07:53.But even those who believe claims on both sides have been exaggerated
:07:54. > :07:56.are keen to stress the economic risk of a Brexit, hammering home
:07:57. > :08:01.There is a real risk in terms of employment overall.
:08:02. > :08:07.I think there is a risk to the pound in the short term, and that
:08:08. > :08:09.will have consequences, no doubt about it.
:08:10. > :08:12.The economic argument is so key to those who want
:08:13. > :08:15.the UK to stay in the EU, they are throwing everything at it,
:08:16. > :08:19.targeting individual groups on issues they think matter most.
:08:20. > :08:22.It's a sign of just how high they know the stakes are.
:08:23. > :08:37.The Justice Secretary Michael Gove, who is campaigning to leave the
:08:38. > :08:41.European Union, says that the government is working towards Turkey
:08:42. > :08:45.joining the U. With ten days to go before polling day, he talked to our
:08:46. > :08:50.political editor Laura Kuenssberg in his family home in Aberdeen.
:08:51. > :08:58.The personal is political. Growing up in the 70s, and Aberdeen
:08:59. > :09:02.schoolboy saw his dad's fish merchant business go to the wall.
:09:03. > :09:06.Now he is the Lord Chancellor, and Ernie and Christine Gove are long
:09:07. > :09:16.retired. The family blamed the EU then, and they blame it now. It just
:09:17. > :09:19.went downhill. I saw the pride that my father and grandfather had in
:09:20. > :09:22.their business, and obviously it was very difficult to cope with seeing
:09:23. > :09:27.everything they had built to disappear. I was just a schoolboy,
:09:28. > :09:30.at the time I didn't know what I was going to be doing in the future, but
:09:31. > :09:36.it stayed with me, and I remember when I was at university in the
:09:37. > :09:40.1980s, when there were debates about Europe, I remember feeling that some
:09:41. > :09:45.of the debates were not rooted in real people's experience. There was
:09:46. > :09:49.a lot of airy fairy series. But votes are about the future, and as
:09:50. > :09:54.we talk this afternoon, ten days away from the vote, you can't tell
:09:55. > :09:58.voters how our economy would work. You can't tell voters how we could
:09:59. > :10:02.continue to trade with the rest of the EU. You can't guarantee
:10:03. > :10:06.anything. All I want for the people of the United Kingdom is what people
:10:07. > :10:09.in Australia and Canada have, which is the chance to take back control
:10:10. > :10:14.of their own future. So in that sense, I am not suggesting that
:10:15. > :10:17.Britain boldly goes where no man has gone before. I'm suggesting that
:10:18. > :10:21.Britain becomes an independent software of running country. Taking
:10:22. > :10:25.on his friends in the Cabinet in the fight of their lives, he believes a
:10:26. > :10:30.leaked memo shows Turkey is on its way into the EU, despite what his
:10:31. > :10:33.colleagues say. I understand why there are some people who say that
:10:34. > :10:37.Turkey will not join the European Union any time soon, but the
:10:38. > :10:41.evidence is that the British government and the European Union
:10:42. > :10:44.are actively working towards Turkey joining the European Union, and
:10:45. > :10:51.Turkish citizens being able to travel throughout the EU. On home
:10:52. > :10:56.turf, fishing quotas mean that many trawlermen have had dislike of
:10:57. > :11:01.Brussels as well as the CNA blood. When I bought this ship, I was a big
:11:02. > :11:08.player, but now we are small. This decision is bigger than one
:11:09. > :11:10.politician, one industry. The people of this country have decided to use
:11:11. > :11:17.this debate as a and opportunities say that the submit assumptions the
:11:18. > :11:20.political establishment have had are wrong, and they are going to send a
:11:21. > :11:22.clear instruction to the establishment that they want a
:11:23. > :11:27.different course, a change in direction. Sounds suspiciously like
:11:28. > :11:31.a prediction the country will vote to leave. Both sides have ten days
:11:32. > :11:34.to persuade you. You have ten days left to decide. Laura Kuenssberg,
:11:35. > :11:37.BBC News, Peterhead. And we'll have a profile of a senior
:11:38. > :11:40.member of the Remain European football's governing body
:11:41. > :11:43.has warned the England and Russian teams that they could be expelled
:11:44. > :11:47.from Euro 2016 if their fans repeat the violence which marred the end
:11:48. > :11:49.of last night's match. Let's speak to our sports editor
:11:50. > :11:52.Dan Roan in Chantilly this evening. How's this going down
:11:53. > :12:03.with the England team? They will be very concerned. In the
:12:04. > :12:09.last hour, the FA have issued a statement saying they will treat
:12:10. > :12:13.this Uefa threat Woody Austin most -- this Uefa threat with the utmost
:12:14. > :12:17.seriousness, and while they might, it would be unprecedented for any
:12:18. > :12:24.team to be kicked out of the European Championships. The England
:12:25. > :12:27.team are behind me here in this hotel in Chantilly, but they do so
:12:28. > :12:31.now with the threat of expulsion hanging over their heads. Uefa
:12:32. > :12:36.issued a statement say they were disgusted by the scenes over the
:12:37. > :12:42.last few days in Marseille, running battles with the police, clashes
:12:43. > :12:45.between rival sets of supporters, Russian fans behaving dreadfully
:12:46. > :12:49.inside the stadium last night, for which they now face separate
:12:50. > :12:51.disciplinary and by Uefa, and the next headache for the authorities
:12:52. > :12:58.comes later this week when England play Wales just down the road. The
:12:59. > :13:01.previous day, Russian fans will be gathering to play another game
:13:02. > :13:03.against Slovakia, and that potentially is another flash point
:13:04. > :13:07.for the organisers to deal with. Down, many thanks.
:13:08. > :13:09.Northern Ireland began their Euro 2016 campaign this afternoon.
:13:10. > :13:13.Their opening group match against Poland.
:13:14. > :13:21.It ended in defeat. The only goal was this second-half strike,
:13:22. > :13:22.Northern Ireland had few chances and must now regroup for their next
:13:23. > :13:27.match against Ukraine on Thursday. The Queen has said she's
:13:28. > :13:30.delighted by the support and encouragement from well-wishers
:13:31. > :13:32.after three days of celebrations Speaking to thousands
:13:33. > :13:37.of people in the Mall, how she'd be feeling
:13:38. > :13:41.if people were still singing Our royal correspondent
:13:42. > :13:48.Nicholas Witchell reports. When the mallard ducks
:13:49. > :13:58.from St James' Park look at home among the puddles on the mall,
:13:59. > :14:01.a local resident may well have gazed out and wondered if the British
:14:02. > :14:04.weather was going to spoil For hours, as the 10,000 guests
:14:05. > :14:07.arrived, it very nearly did. By the time the festivities
:14:08. > :14:13.were launched by the band of the Royal Marines,
:14:14. > :14:19.the rain was easy off. And by the time the Queen
:14:20. > :14:22.and the Duke of Edinburgh appeared, it had stopped, and the principal
:14:23. > :14:25.guests were clearly in the mood The Royal chauffeur received
:14:26. > :14:32.an unmistakable royal command, And so, in double-quick time,
:14:33. > :14:38.the Queen found herself on the podium listening to a tribute
:14:39. > :14:43.from her grandson William. I hope you won't mind if I say
:14:44. > :14:48.a personal thank you to the Queen, and to do so on behalf
:14:49. > :14:51.of all her grandchildren Granny, thank you for everything
:14:52. > :14:54.you have done for your family. We could not wish you a happy
:14:55. > :14:58.birthday. And then, from the Queen
:14:59. > :15:02.herself, this. To everyone here today,
:15:03. > :15:05.and to those holding street parties elsewhere,
:15:06. > :15:09.I would like to say thank you for the wonderful support
:15:10. > :15:12.and encouragement that you continue How I will feel if people
:15:13. > :15:22.are still singing happy birthday in December remains to
:15:23. > :15:26.be seen! There was a parade with
:15:27. > :15:37.reminders from her reign. This was a model of the Royal yacht
:15:38. > :15:39.Britannia. But above all, a day which had begun
:15:40. > :15:42.under grey skies which finished in sunshine had one overwhelming
:15:43. > :15:44.message of gratitude. Nicholas Witchell, BBC News,
:15:45. > :15:47.at Buckingham Palace. There's more throughout the evening
:15:48. > :15:48.on the BBC News Channel.