Combat champion. Welcome to bbc news. Police in texas have praised members of a Church Congregation, who shot dead a gunman after he opened fire during a service. The attacker killed two people. The authorities in fort worth say theyre still trying to determine the attackers motives. Gareth barlow has the latest. Grief grips fort worth, texas. Two of their own killed when a gunman began shooting at west Freeway Church of christ, before parishioners returned fire. Today evil walked 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 gunman began shooting. In footage seen online, as the Church Service was streamed on youtube, three shots ring out. He entered the church and sat down with parishioners. 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. Tragica
And emotional scenes at kiev airport as ukraine and pro russian separatists complete a long awaited prisoner exchange. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Tens of thousands of residents in the australian state of victoria have been told to evacuate amid worsening bushfire conditions. Officials are predicting a day of extreme danger with rising temperatures combined with thunderstorms and a change of wind direction. Worst affected is the area around gippsland where some roads have been closed. Abc australia correspondent nicole asher is there and describes the situation. So basically, its really, really hot, here, its about a0 degrees where im standing, if not more, and theres hot winds and theres a lot of bushfires. Authorities are most concerned that with these strong winds, theyre going to push bushfires into communities and theyjust cannot control them at the moment. They have evacuated thousands of people. This area that im standing in is a really popular holiday spot. Were leading into
Tremors and of course the risk of another eruption. People are voting across the country, in the first december general election since 1923. The disgraced Film Producer Harvey Weinstein agrees a settlement of possibly 25 million with dozens of women who accuse him of sexual assault. And, boxing clever the machine that can solve the problem of oversized packaging at the flick of a switch. And coming up on bbc news. Freddie ljungberg will take charge of his first european match, with arsenal all but through to the knockout stage. A former prisoner, who fought off the London Bridge attacker, has told bbc news he was prepared to die to protect others. John crilly used a fire extinguisher to tackle usman khan, even though he thought khan was wearing a suicide vest. Two people were killed in the attack two weeks ago, and three injured. John crilly has been speaking exclusively to our legal correspondent, clive coleman. John crilly, using a fire extinguisher to fight knife wielding attacker u
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Somalias president has pledged his country will not be demoralised after a massive bomb killed more than seventy people in the capital mogadishu. The explosion took place at a security checkpoint in the south west of the city. Its being reported that at least 16 of those killed were university students. No one has yet admitted carrying out the attack but its assumed the Al Shabaab Group a long time threat in somalia is to blame. Our africa correspondent Andrew Harding reports. Moments after the blast, an eyewitness films the scene. Smoke still billowing from a vehicle, the remains of what is thought to have been a massive car bomb. Shocked civilians move in to look for survivors. The attack was timed to catch the morning rush hour in mogadishu. Many students had been heading to classes. Dozens were killed when the bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the somali capital. Attacks like this are not unusual here, but they are seldom so deadly. This man sai
In to look for survivors. The attack was timed to catch the morning rush hour in mogadishu. Many students had been heading to classes. Dozens were killed when the bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the somali capital. Attacks like this are not unusual here, but they are seldom so deadly. This man said the blast caught him as he was getting out of a minibus heading to work, his leg injured. Within minutes, emergency workers were at the scene. Somalia, plagued by violence for decades, is still wrestling with extremism. The countrys president quickly blamed the Islamist Militant Group al shabaab. Mohamed farmajo said their aim was to instil terror and to prevent the country from rebuilding. They will never succeed, he said. Al shabaab, linked to alqaeda, is still a threat in a country plagued by drought, feuding clans, and the aftermath of a terrible civil war. But the group has lost ground in recent years, targeted by American Drones and African Union troops. Todays devastating atta