:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today with me, Geeta Guru-Murthy.
:00:08. > :00:11.The headlines: new information emerges about America's worst
:00:12. > :00:19.mass shooting and the man who carried it out.
:00:20. > :00:23.A survivor of the Orlando gay club attack who was shot many times has
:00:24. > :00:25.described how he came within an inch of being killed.
:00:26. > :00:31.I look over, and he shoots a guy next to me. I am thinking, I am
:00:32. > :00:37.next, I am dead. President Obama slams anti-Muslim
:00:38. > :00:39.rhetoric in the wake If we fall into the trap of painting
:00:40. > :00:45.all Muslims with a broad brush, and imply that we are at war with an
:00:46. > :01:01.entire religion, then we are doing France boost security after another
:01:02. > :01:06.terror attack that sees a policeman and his wife killed.
:01:07. > :01:09.Russian football hooligans are deported from France as Uefa
:01:10. > :01:12.tells Russia: any more trouble, you're out of the tournament.
:01:13. > :01:15.And we get an exclusive look at the sister ship of the Titanic
:01:16. > :01:31.in its final resting place at the bottom of the sea.
:01:32. > :01:34.Survivors of the massacre in Orlando and the doctors who treated them
:01:35. > :01:35.have been describing in powerful detail
:01:36. > :01:39.exactly what happened on that dreadful night.
:01:40. > :01:53.said he saw the gunman. who's still in hospital,
:01:54. > :01:56.The BBC's Michelle Fleury is in Orlando for us. Michelle.
:01:57. > :02:07.We heard from Micron. He spoke about the moment he was saying goodbye to
:02:08. > :02:11.friends after an evening of fun and laughter. That was when the gunman
:02:12. > :02:14.started shooting. He said he was shot in leg then he went on to
:02:15. > :02:19.describe the harrowing moment when the gunman opened fire inside the
:02:20. > :02:26.nightclub to make sure that people already on the ground where in fact
:02:27. > :02:30.dead. More now in this report from our North American editor, Jon
:02:31. > :02:34.Sopel. Stories of horror and survival don't
:02:35. > :02:36.come much more vivid than this. At the hospital news
:02:37. > :02:38.conference, Angel Colon, who was shot three times
:02:39. > :02:40.in the lead, was applauded from his wheelchair as he spoke
:02:41. > :02:43.about the nightmare that unfolded Everyone started running everywhere,
:02:44. > :02:50.I got trampled over. I shattered and broke my
:02:51. > :02:57.bones in my left leg. By this time, I could not
:02:58. > :03:00.walk at all, all I could do was lay down
:03:01. > :03:02.while everyone was running on top of me, trying
:03:03. > :03:06.to get to where they had to be. People screaming
:03:07. > :03:11.and yelling for help. He is shooting everyone
:03:12. > :03:15.that is already dead on the floor, making sure that they are
:03:16. > :03:17.dead. I was able to peek over
:03:18. > :03:20.and I can just see I can hear the shot,
:03:21. > :03:27.the shotgun is closer and I look over and he shoots
:03:28. > :03:30.the girl next to me. I'm just there, laying down
:03:31. > :03:37.thinking, "I'm next, I'm dead". So I don't know how but by the glory
:03:38. > :03:40.of God, he shoots towards my head
:03:41. > :03:43.but it hits my hands. Then he shoots me again
:03:44. > :03:48.and it hits the side of my hip. I had no reaction, I was prepared
:03:49. > :03:51.to just stay there, laying down, so he won't
:03:52. > :03:59.know that I'm alive. # Let it be, let it be #
:04:00. > :04:04.Let it be, let it be... # In Orlando last night,
:04:05. > :04:05.sombre reflection as people from all walks
:04:06. > :04:08.of life came together to express their revulsion
:04:09. > :04:10.at what had happened. Let us take a moment in
:04:11. > :04:12.silence as we prepare The vigil ended with a minute's
:04:13. > :04:20.silence but as the crowd dispersed,
:04:21. > :04:22.details were emerging about Omar Mateen that called
:04:23. > :04:24.into question whether this massacre was simply the act
:04:25. > :04:28.of an Islamic extremist. In the immediate aftermath
:04:29. > :04:31.of the shooting at the Pulse nightclub, a lot of people
:04:32. > :04:39.asked why here, why Orlando, when there were so many other,
:04:40. > :04:41.bigger, better known clubs closer But now it has emerged
:04:42. > :04:45.he was a regular patron here He used to come in
:04:46. > :04:49.the bar, on the weekends sometimes, so he would
:04:50. > :04:52.be there sometimes, he would miss a couple
:04:53. > :04:57.of weeks and then be in again. He was a regular.
:04:58. > :04:59.We consider that regular. Irrespective of the motive,
:05:00. > :05:05.nothing changes the maths. 49 people dead and many others
:05:06. > :05:20.with life-affecting injuries. President Obama launched a sustained
:05:21. > :05:24.attack against Donald Trump is short while ago, responding to his
:05:25. > :05:32.comments, criticising the president, and saying that to urge, to tar all
:05:33. > :05:44.Muslims with one brush would not help protect Americans.
:05:45. > :05:49.Are we going to start treating Muslim Americans differently? Are we
:05:50. > :05:56.going to start discriminating against them because of their faith?
:05:57. > :06:01.We have heard the suggestions during the course of this campaign. The
:06:02. > :06:14.Republican officials actually agree with this? In Orlando, questions
:06:15. > :06:21.still remain about the motives of the killer, Omar Mateen. There are
:06:22. > :06:28.questions surrounding his wife. What did she know? She apparently drove
:06:29. > :06:32.him to a Disney site. Was this a scouting opportunity or not? A lot
:06:33. > :06:38.of rumours at this time, and a lot of unanswered questions. We heard an
:06:39. > :06:45.impassioned and angry speech by President Obama, setting out his
:06:46. > :06:49.thoughts and taking on the Donald Trump speech of 24 hours ago, when
:06:50. > :06:58.he was talking about this phrase, radical Islam. Given what we know
:06:59. > :07:01.about the attacker, how much of the broader agenda is being played out
:07:02. > :07:06.through this attack 's looking at the initial response, most of the
:07:07. > :07:12.focus was on this being an act of terror, talking about extremism.
:07:13. > :07:18.Lots of the focus was the he had been radicalised. Whether he had
:07:19. > :07:23.been inspired or directed by ISIS, and less attention paid to the act
:07:24. > :07:30.of hate that President Obama first referred to in the aftermath. We
:07:31. > :07:37.will be discussing that more. The FBI want to investigate the claims
:07:38. > :07:43.by witnesses that he was, in fact, Omar Mateen was a frequent patron of
:07:44. > :07:49.the Pulse Nightclub which may explain why he targeted that
:07:50. > :07:53.particular venue. As for President Obama 's comments, at the end of a
:07:54. > :07:57.heated political debate in which Donald Trump came out and criticised
:07:58. > :08:01.the president for not using certain terms when referring to this attack,
:08:02. > :08:08.this was a strong rebuttal of that, and an emphasis that a religion or
:08:09. > :08:20.race should not be blamed for this, and that it was vital to refrain the
:08:21. > :08:24.debate. The White House has been in touch with French authorities after
:08:25. > :08:27.the killing of two members of the French police in their home. The
:08:28. > :08:33.attack was carried out in the name of the so-called Islamic State
:08:34. > :08:39.group. An anti-terrorist official in France has said that the attacker
:08:40. > :08:42.stabbed the victim to death and then posted the video online.
:08:43. > :08:45.Larossi Abballa was recording the film as he held the couple's
:08:46. > :08:47.three-year-old son hostage at their home near Paris.
:08:48. > :08:50.Nick Beake is in Paris for us and has been following the story.
:08:51. > :08:59.I don't know if you have looked at any of that video footage that has
:09:00. > :09:06.been posted. Take us through the events as you understand them.
:09:07. > :09:11.Various threats were made. It was apparently posted on Facebook after
:09:12. > :09:15.the murders had happened. In terms of what took place on the outskirts
:09:16. > :09:19.of Paris last night, the Paris prosecutor today has been outlining
:09:20. > :09:23.some of those events. An horrific picture was built up from what he
:09:24. > :09:29.said. It seems that the police commander, a 46-year-old man was
:09:30. > :09:33.attacked outside his home at night. His partner was taken hostage inside
:09:34. > :09:39.the property along with their three-year-old son. The police were
:09:40. > :09:44.called to the house. There was this time when there was negotiation
:09:45. > :09:48.going on but police said that did not get anywhere. The man was
:09:49. > :09:52.apparently threatening to blow up the house. The decision was made to
:09:53. > :09:55.storm the property about midnight. The police found that the woman, the
:09:56. > :10:01.mother of the young boy who, had been killed. The young boy was
:10:02. > :10:06.three-year-old and he was able to be taken to safety. Police say that
:10:07. > :10:16.during the course of the operation the assailant was shot dead by
:10:17. > :10:24.police marksman. To what degree was this directed or just inspired by
:10:25. > :10:28.IS. Do we know that? The so-called Islamic State said that they were in
:10:29. > :10:31.some ways responsible for this, saying that one of their soldiers
:10:32. > :10:36.had carried out this attack, and also, we know that this man who has
:10:37. > :10:42.been named as responsible for this, Larossi Abballa, had pledged his
:10:43. > :10:47.allegiance to the so-called Islamic State three weeks ago. Those are
:10:48. > :10:53.things we know, but the extent to which this was operated from Syria
:10:54. > :10:59.or Iraq, we don't know, but this gives the authorities here are real
:11:00. > :11:03.concern. In Paris, they have been in a state of emergency for the past
:11:04. > :11:07.six months after 120 people were murdered on the streets of Paris
:11:08. > :11:11.back in November. We have seen attacks in Brussels a few months ago
:11:12. > :11:18.when 30 B bullwhip killed. The concern is that not only can IS
:11:19. > :11:21.coordinate and orchestrate attacks in European cities, they can also
:11:22. > :11:28.inspire people to carry out their own smaller attacks which can be
:11:29. > :11:32.lone wolf operations or in a small cell. As we saw in the case of what
:11:33. > :11:38.happened last night, they can also be deadly and brutal.
:11:39. > :11:40.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:11:41. > :11:43.At least 11 people have been injured in Paris after protests over
:11:44. > :11:49.Thousands of demonstrators clashed with riot police in the city centre
:11:50. > :11:53.as the upper house of parliament debated changes to employment laws.
:11:54. > :11:56.The changes would make it easier for employers to hire and fire
:11:57. > :12:04.workers and relax the limit on working hours.
:12:05. > :12:06.The father of the murdered South African model, Reeva Steenkamp,
:12:07. > :12:09.has spoken in court for the first time, saying her killer,
:12:10. > :12:10.Oscar Pistorius, must pay for his crime.
:12:11. > :12:13.Barry Steenkamp told the judge at the athlete's sentencing hearing
:12:14. > :12:15.that his family was "devastated" by his daughter's death.
:12:16. > :12:19.Oscar Pistorius faces a jail term of at least 15 years
:12:20. > :12:22.for killing Ms Steenkamp in 2013, after his original
:12:23. > :12:31.conviction for manslaughter was upgraded to murder.
:12:32. > :12:39.Russian hackers have broken into the Democratic National party database
:12:40. > :12:45.and accessed its research on the Republican Party candidate Donald
:12:46. > :12:50.Trump, according to officials. E-mails and chat buddy thing to
:12:51. > :12:58.Donald Trump are among the information believed to have been
:12:59. > :13:05.taken. A legal battle has begun today over who came up with the
:13:06. > :13:10.iconic Tatar rift in the song, Stairway to Heaven.
:13:11. > :13:12.Led Zeppelin founders Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
:13:13. > :13:14.are facing a copyright claim by a representative of the band
:13:15. > :13:17.Spirit who claims the chords were taken from their song, Taurus.
:13:18. > :13:20.Thousands of extra police are being sent to the city of Lille
:13:21. > :13:22.in Northern France amid fears of renewed clashes
:13:23. > :13:23.between Russian and English football fans.
:13:24. > :13:26.Today, European football's governing body Uefa fined Russia and warned
:13:27. > :13:29.that their team will be disqualified from Euro 2016 if there's any repeat
:13:30. > :13:31.of the violence seen at Saturday's game against England.
:13:32. > :13:33.Our correspondent Danny Savage is in Lille.
:13:34. > :13:39.A warning, his report contains some violent scenes.
:13:40. > :13:43.This camera is strapped to a Russian football thug,
:13:44. > :13:51.In Marseille last weekend, on the hunt for victims.
:13:52. > :13:57.anybody who got in the way of them was given a kicking.
:13:58. > :14:04.This is believed to be him, the same distinctive shorts
:14:05. > :14:08.and you can see a camera strapped to his waist.
:14:09. > :14:11.He was also caught by a news crew at the same time,
:14:12. > :14:19.This man, Vladimir, claims he was involved.
:14:20. > :14:22.He says his gang have waited ten years for such a fight and the
:14:23. > :14:25.lack of intervention from the police meant they could do anything.
:14:26. > :14:30.A huge security operation is now under way in Lille
:14:31. > :14:32.where there are fears that Russian hooligans are heading for
:14:33. > :14:35.another fight with England supporters.
:14:36. > :14:37.The level of violence was absolutely unacceptable
:14:38. > :14:39.and they need to be brought to justice.
:14:40. > :14:41.How worried are you about them turning up here in Lille?
:14:42. > :14:43.We have got to be concerned, haven't we?
:14:44. > :14:46.Until they are dealt with and arrested and put before
:14:47. > :14:48.a court, they will remain a potential issue.
:14:49. > :14:50.Is there really people from Russia coming to cause trouble?
:14:51. > :14:59.We know that everybody is mainly good but is there ten bad people
:15:00. > :15:02.And because the hooligans are still at large,
:15:03. > :15:06.England fans are looking over their shoulders.
:15:07. > :15:09.These guys could jump out of nowhere and that is the single point
:15:10. > :15:14.I suppose in previous tournaments where I've been, I could walk
:15:15. > :15:16.along to a non-England game wearing my England flag.
:15:17. > :15:25.Mainstream Russian supporters believe the aggro isn't coming here.
:15:26. > :15:29.The way it was in Marseille, it was a competition with ultras.
:15:30. > :15:31.Here, it is just pure competition between the fans
:15:32. > :15:37.The ultras should be worried that the national team might be
:15:38. > :15:39.disqualified or lose some points maybe in this competition
:15:40. > :15:44.So I don't think there's any reason for further trouble.
:15:45. > :15:46.There has been trouble already here in Lille.
:15:47. > :15:51.These tables and chairs went flying on Sunday night.
:15:52. > :15:54.There is talk of an alcohol ban but bar owners here believe
:15:55. > :15:56.it will not apply to them in the city centre.
:15:57. > :16:01.Their only concession is to serve everything in plastic cups.
:16:02. > :16:05.Some bars will close, but not until midnight tomorrow.
:16:06. > :16:07.Russia will be out of this competition
:16:08. > :16:17.if their fans cause any more trouble in a stadium.
:16:18. > :16:20.The race is now on to stop some supporters from getting
:16:21. > :16:30.Here in Britain, politicians campaigning for a remain vote
:16:31. > :16:33.in next week's EU referendum have stepped up their campaign
:16:34. > :16:35.after several new polls suggested a majority
:16:36. > :16:40.We'll hear the latest from the campaign trail shortly
:16:41. > :16:45.but first, our reporter Nuala McGovern has been
:16:46. > :16:47.looking at the challenges the European Union is facing.
:16:48. > :16:49.Brussels has been home to the main European
:16:50. > :16:55.In that time, it has seen what began as the European
:16:56. > :16:57.Coal and Steel Community grow into the world's
:16:58. > :17:05.It has a single market, and also the free movement of goods,
:17:06. > :17:12.It has its own flag and its own currency and its own institutions.
:17:13. > :17:17.And a growing number of countries, the 28 member states by now,
:17:18. > :17:20.they agreed to pool aspects of their sovereign power
:17:21. > :17:25.with the goal of an ever-closer union.
:17:26. > :17:30.both here in Brussels of soul-searching going on,
:17:31. > :17:34.and in the capitals of the 28 member states.
:17:35. > :17:38.The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk,
:17:39. > :17:43.he even went as far as saying that the idea of one EU state,
:17:44. > :17:57.Well, the arrival of over 1 million migrants and refugees last year
:17:58. > :17:59.tested not only the EU's borders but also
:18:00. > :18:06.Italy and Greece, they were the two main points of entry
:18:07. > :18:09.for the people that were coming, the migrants and the refugees,
:18:10. > :18:11.but instead they were mainly resettled
:18:12. > :18:19.They would like a European system to share the burden.
:18:20. > :18:21.Elsewhere, particularly in Hungary and eastern European neighbours,
:18:22. > :18:28.they would like as few refugees as possible, preferably none.
:18:29. > :18:36.Growth across Europe is slow. abated but it's not over.
:18:37. > :18:38.Many countries have high youth unemployment
:18:39. > :18:41.and Greece remains in financial difficulty.
:18:42. > :18:46.New research suggests that Euroscepticism is on the rise.
:18:47. > :18:49.A new poll shows a slim majority across Europe that are now
:18:50. > :18:58.Partly due to that, populist parties are on the rise.
:18:59. > :19:01.They are often anti-EU, anti-immigrant and protectionist
:19:02. > :19:05.and in fact a third of the 751 MEPs that sit in the European Parliament
:19:06. > :19:15.Not enough people to block legislation, but a growing force.
:19:16. > :19:19.June 23rd, the UK will find out just how Eurosceptic the
:19:20. > :19:22.British electorate are, as they head to the polls to a referendum
:19:23. > :19:27.to vote whether to Leave or Remain within the EU.
:19:28. > :19:30.Both sides are presenting it as the most important decision
:19:31. > :19:35.that British voters will face in their lifetime.
:19:36. > :19:39.So, the makeup of the EU, also what it will be able
:19:40. > :19:50.to achieve or look like, is still very much up for debate.
:19:51. > :19:54.She was supposed to be even more unsinkable than the Titanic.
:19:55. > :19:58.But like her sister ship, she ended up at the bottom of the sea
:19:59. > :20:01.after she hit a mine during the First World War
:20:02. > :20:14.100 years later, our correspondent Andrew Bomford
:20:15. > :20:16.120 metres down on the Aegean seabed, a forgotten secret
:20:17. > :20:22.Looming in the dark-blue depths is the grave of the gigantic ship
:20:23. > :20:23.Britannic, Titanic's bigger and better sister,
:20:24. > :20:34.Up above, on the ship U-boat Navigator,
:20:35. > :20:38.At 400 feet down it is a challenging and dangerous dive.
:20:39. > :20:40.Two state-of-the-art submersibles will join them in the deep
:20:41. > :20:46.The divers call her the Everest of the dive world,
:20:47. > :20:49.the biggest ship to be sunk in the First World War.
:20:50. > :20:51.Can you imagine the ship crashing to the seabed,
:20:52. > :21:00.We are 120 metres deep. The thing was longer than that,
:21:01. > :21:03.so when it sank, the bow was hitting the seabed and the stern
:21:04. > :21:06.Poking your head inside to have a look,
:21:07. > :21:11.lots and lots of things, glassware intact, beautiful lamps inside,
:21:12. > :21:13.Keeping watch is the British owner of the wreck,
:21:14. > :21:15.who bought it from the UK Government.
:21:16. > :21:18.It's a very unusual thing to say that you own a shipwreck.
:21:19. > :21:23.It just draws people in and you are looking at
:21:24. > :21:27.a far better preserved version of the Olympic class liners
:21:28. > :21:31.Diving down in the submersible, the light slowly fades,
:21:32. > :21:33.turning everything the deepest blue and then, out of the dark,
:21:34. > :21:40.It's the most awe-inspiring sight I have ever seen.
:21:41. > :21:47.This truly titanic sleeping beauty lying here on her side
:21:48. > :21:55.But the detail - you can see everything, down here,
:21:56. > :22:00.It's amazing, it's interesting, it's cool, it's dangerous.
:22:01. > :22:06.Divers swim through a giant tear in the hull.
:22:07. > :22:08.Now the divers are working into the entrance
:22:09. > :22:16.Britannic was a luxury liner refitted as a hospital ship
:22:17. > :22:18.for the First World War Battle of Gallipoli, when disaster struck.
:22:19. > :22:22.But miraculously, unlike Titanic, only 30 people died.
:22:23. > :22:25.Still down here are the handrails, glass windows, floor tiles,
:22:26. > :22:42.Andrew Bomford, BBC News, Kea, in Greece.
:22:43. > :22:47.something livelier in the the Brexit campaign.
:22:48. > :22:50.For the very latest we can join our political correspondent Ben Wright
:22:51. > :22:58.I know that you cannot talk much about the polls but both sides are
:22:59. > :23:02.chucking everything they can add it with the Labour Party very much to
:23:03. > :23:09.the fore in the last they also. Why is that? It feels exceptionally
:23:10. > :23:14.close. Opinion polls have been badly unreliable and everyone is wary of
:23:15. > :23:18.them. It was very tight. What is certain as that this is not whether
:23:19. > :23:22.UK Government wanted to be this stage. They thought a week ago that
:23:23. > :23:25.they would have nailed the argument with warnings of the economic risks
:23:26. > :23:29.of leaving the EU, that it would have trumped everything else. That
:23:30. > :23:34.has clearly not happened. The momentum peels to be with the league
:23:35. > :23:39.campaign. The reason everyone is talking about Labour is that the
:23:40. > :23:43.feeling is that it is Labour supporters who hold the key to this
:23:44. > :23:46.referendum, traditional, blue-collar, working-class voters,
:23:47. > :23:52.many of them worried about immigration, and today, the Labour
:23:53. > :23:55.Party, which wants Britain to stay in, its senior members are making BR
:23:56. > :24:00.unit on immigration, saying that wraps in future more can be done to
:24:01. > :24:06.curb EU workers coming to the UK whilst also trying to sell the
:24:07. > :24:09.benefits of EU migration in British public services like the service. It
:24:10. > :24:13.is a complicated mess is to get across, but with a few days to go,
:24:14. > :24:18.they are trying to win supporters back to the remain campaign. Tom
:24:19. > :24:26.Watson, making that argument. Realistically given that David
:24:27. > :24:31.Cameron failed to get much movement, is that going to be seen as an empty
:24:32. > :24:35.promise? Immigration has been key to making people decide, in different
:24:36. > :24:40.ways. People might hear what Tom Watson is saying about a possible
:24:41. > :24:44.future effort to impose fresh restrictions on EU workers coming to
:24:45. > :24:49.the UK, with a hefty degree of scepticism. They will say, if David
:24:50. > :24:54.Cameron could not get that during this renegotiation, he got some
:24:55. > :24:59.small limits to the benefits that EU workers can get, but nothing that
:25:00. > :25:03.would slash the numbers. Given that, why should we believe that it can
:25:04. > :25:09.happen in the future? That is what some Labour voters may feel. It is a
:25:10. > :25:12.sign of panic within the remain campaign, the Labour Party, that
:25:13. > :25:16.they are having to get out on the stump to try and make the case. What
:25:17. > :25:23.is interesting about today is that with a few days to go, the Prime
:25:24. > :25:26.Minister, senior government figures from the Conservatives are not in
:25:27. > :25:31.evidence, they are leaving it to labour to make this case. We have to
:25:32. > :25:37.leave that now, thank you very much indeed. Much more online on the
:25:38. > :25:41.current Brexit campaign. Let me remind you of the main news.
:25:42. > :25:44.A survivor of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in the US has
:25:45. > :25:47.described how the gunman returned to people he had already shot
:25:48. > :25:59.in the head as he lay wounded. that Omaar Mateen tried to shoot him
:26:00. > :26:01.Well that's all from the programme. Next, the weather.