Where at least six people have been killed after a ao year old man armed with a knife went on the rampage. Several people, including a nine month old baby, are critically injured and in hospital. It happened just a few minutes drive from bondi beach. Panicked shoppers inside the Westfield Centre fled the attacker s path, before he was shot dead by police. Officers said he was known to the authorities and the attack was likely not a terrorism incident. Katy watson reports now from the scene. Shouting fear and panic in bondi. Chaos in one of sydneys busiest Shopping Centres. Police were called after reports of multiple stabbings, and this is the scene they were met with. The attacker entered the Shopping Centre just after three in the afternoon, maiming people in his path. Outside, shoppers ran for their lives out of the mall. There was relief and terror. Everyone move back i was hiding in the back room just hearing gunshots. It wasjust like the worst thing ever. We saw these people runn
Nuclear deal. President obama called it our best bet yet chicago voters are ready to choose the next mayor. Chicago is one of the most violent cities in the country. Why . Broken promises. How the issue of gun violence my be critical to the race. Good evening, im antonio mora this is al jazeera america. Tonight, the fate of the accused Boston Marathon bomber is in the hands of the jury attorneys on both sides delivered their closing arts in front of a courtroom full of victims and the media. Erica pitzi has more on the statements from the prosecution and defense. Experts say a guilty verdict is pretty much a foregone conclusion. Both sides used their Closing Arguments to paint their own pictures of what happened. After the guilt phase comes the penalty phase and jurors will died whether this 2 yearold lives or dies. He wanted to terrorize the country, punish america for what it was doing to his people. Those are the words of the federal prosecutor as he delivered his Closing Argument t
In Northern Ireland, just a week after being allowed to reopen. The first minister of wales announces new covid restrictions will come into force next friday, as cases rise again following the firebreak lockdown. 13,000 jobs are at risk the arcadia group, which owns topshop and dorothy perkins, is on the brink of collapse. The eus chief negotiator proposes that eu fleets return some fish caught in british waters if a free trade deal is agreed, rte reports. His comments come ahead of brexit talks in london this weekend. A blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer is trialled by the nhs. The Prime Minister has been defending the decision to place large areas of england in high coronavirus tiers next week, after many of his own mps expressed anger that the restrictions arent more locally targeted. Some are now threatening to rebel in a vote in the commons on tuesday. Damian green is a former cabinet minister and mp for kent, which will face the most severe measures. Hes one
A worrying weekend for 13,000 workers at some of the uks biggest retail names, the group that owns topshop, Dorothy Perkins, and miss selfridge is on the brink of collapse. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. We start in iran where the countrys president claims the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist will not slow down Hassan Rouhani has blamed israel for the killing of mohsen fakhrizadeh. He was killed on friday in an ambush on his car by gunmen in the town of absard, east of the capital tehran. Speaking at a cabinet meeting, president rouhani accused israel of trying to create chaos but said his country would not fall into a trap. Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has promised retaliation for the killing, tweeting that the scientists nuclear work will continue. There have been demonstrations in tehran over the assassination, with protesters calling for reve
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Irans president rouhani blames israel for the assassination of a Top Nuclear Scientist, saying his country wont be deterred from its nuclear ambitions. A warning that hospitals in england could become overwhelmed with coronavirus cases, if mps dont back new restrictions. A worrying weekend for 13,000 workers at some of the uks biggest retail names. The group that owns top shop, Dorothy Perkins and miss selfridge is on the brink of collapse. The eus chief brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, and his uk counterpart are to resume face to face talks in an attempt to agree a post brexit trade deal. A surprise discovery a rare plant reappears, more than a century since its last confirmed sighting in the british isles. And coming up, as argentinians mark the third day of National Mourning for diego maradona, well be speaking to a football historian about the legacy of one of the greatest players of all time.