We meet chinas medieval combat champion. Welcome to bbc news. A man armed with a shotgun has opened fire inside a church in texas. Two parishioners died in the attack. The gunman was then shot dead by members of the congregation. Police in fort worth say theyre still trying to determine the attackers motives. Gareth barlow has the latest. Grief grapes fort worth, texas. Two killed when the government began shooting at a church before parishioners returned fire. Today evil what boldly among us but let me remind you, good people raised up and stopped it before it got worse. Members of the congregation dived for cover as the government began shooting. In footage seen online, the Church Service was streamed on youtube. He got up from that position, pulled out a shotgun and fired it at a parishioner. That parishioner is deceased. There was a Security Team inside the church and they eliminated the threat. Tragically, there are two people who have been shot and they died at the local hospital
Hello and welcome to world news today. The British Parliament has given its backing by an overwhelming majority to Boris Johnsons eu Withdrawal Agreement. The vote makes it almost certain that brexit will happen by january 31st ending decades of uk membership of the European Union. The Prime Minister won with a majority of more than 100 votes including six from the opposition labour party. The Withdrawal Agreement now approved in principle by mps says. The uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and imposes a transition period until the end of 2020, during which britain will still abide by eu rules. It says we will pay the eu a divorce bill of around 33 billion pounds. And it sets out a plan for dealing with the Northern Irish border with a possible Customs Border down the irish sea. Our deputy Political Editor john pienaar has more. Were leaving. Were through the looking glass. Everything looks the same, but nothing will be the same again. The last lonely protester was there, figh
Will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. Coming up in half an hour. Us soccer star Megan Rapinoe speaks to bbc sport about winning the world cup and being an outspoken voice on equal pay, lgbt rights and politics. The mayor of sydney says the citys famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead, despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. More than 80 fires are still raging across large areas of new south wales. A warning this report from phil mercer in sydney contains flashing images. Its arguably the worlds most dazzling fireworks display, but thousands of people want sydney to scrap its new years eve spectacular. They say it would be an insult and could traumatise some of those affected by the bushfire crisis. Sydneys lord mayor, clov
Children, who drowned in a spanish resorts Swimming Pool say they are devastated by the news. Restoration work on big ben will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. The mayor of sydney says the city s famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. tx more than 80 fires are still raging across large areas of new south wales. Tens of thousands of people in the australian state of victoria have been told to evacuate amid worsening bushfire conditions. Officials are warning that temperatures of over a0 celsius, combined with strong winds, thunderstorms and a change of wind direction mean that the danger of fires will be particularly high tomorrow, with some areas facing a catastrophic risk. A warning
In scotland, despite a massive surge in support will be cold enough at times to see for the snp in the general election. Some of the show as fall as snow, journey times are being cut, more services and new routes added particularly in the northern heals. As part of major timetable changes more on that coming later in the on britains railways. Programme. And in sport, and christmas comes its saturday, 1ath december. Early for liverpool fans as managerjurgen klopp signs a contract extension, our top story keeping him at the club until 202a. Boris johnson will visit the north of england today after his party won a number of traditional labour heartland seats to secure a majority in parliament. Some areas voted conservative for the first time in thursdays election, helping to achieve and ahead of tonights strictly the largest conservative victory final well ask for more than 30 years. Our very own magic mike bushell there are flashing images in this which couple he thinks will waltz report