Orlando club shooting

The last of the bodies were removed from an Orlando gay nightclub overnight as investigators dug into the background of the gunman, who called 911 to profess allegiance to the Islamic State during the attack that left 49 victims dead.

Shares in the security company G4S have fallen over 5 percent after it emerged that the shooter in the Orlando nightclub attack had worked for the firm.

The City of Orlando has released names and ages of victims of the nightclub shooting whose next of kin have been contacted.

Republican Donald Trump is asserting there are thousands of people in the United States "sick with hate" and capable of committing the kind of shooting rampage that killed at least 50 people in a Florida nightclub.

The deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history has people around the world wondering why mass violence keeps happening in America.

For Donald Trump, Sunday's mass shooting in Florida was a moment to redouble his call for tougher action against terrorism and to take credit for "being right" about the threat. For Hillary Clinton, it was a time to choose words carefully and reiterate her call for keeping "weapons of war" off America's streets

President Barack Obama says the nightclub shooting in Orlando was an "act of terror" and an "act of hate."