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
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