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
Deadlock in washington. And in sport, a moment to reflect on the life of Cyrille Regis the former england player described as a trailblazer for black players in modern football at stadiums across the country. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Us National Government has officially shut down, a year to the day after Donald Trump Took Office as president. Senators had failed to agree a stop gap budget amid a bitter dispute President Trumps republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. The impasse will affect hundreds of thousands of federal workers, but essential Government Services will carry on. The recriminations have already begun. David willis reports from washington. The ayes 50, the nays are 49. The vote to keep funding the federal government was well short of the majority needed, the last hope of avoiding an embarrassing government shut down had failed. Three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative
One line of news coming into us. We are hearing a 54 year old man has been arrested after an eight Year Old Girl was stabbed to death in brownhill near walsall. This according to the West Midlands police, telling us they 54 year old man has been arrested after an eight Year Old Girl was stabbed. This happened in brownhill, near walsall. Let me see if i can find any more information coming in on fa ct. Any more information coming in on fact. The homicide unit saying they are treating it as a domestic incident. They are not looking in looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. They say their thoughts remain with the family. That is all the information we have. The 50 year old 54 year old man arrested after an eight Year Old Girl is stabbed to death. Police saying is a domestic incident. This is bbc news, 9 32am. Before the papers, sport. And for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres jj chalmers. Hello, good morning. Kyle edmund has powered into his first grand s
Thomas has the weather. Be prepared for a bit of snow this morning. Quite tricky on some of the roads. The snows will not be the same everywhere. More later. Good morning, first our main story. The authorities in afghanistan say a siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end, more than twelve hours after it was attacked by gunmen. An interior Ministry Spokesman said five civilians including one foreigner were killed at the Intercontinental Hotel, along with all three attackers. More than 100 people have been rescued. Andrew plant reports. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an 11 hour siege thats seen at least five People Killed and several more wounded. The shooting started after nightfall on saturday, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. Translation at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said that suicide attackers entered the hotel. Security
Some breaking news, the us has just topped 20 million cases of coronavirus. This come as Research Confirms the the new coronavirus variant discovered in the uk has a much quicker rate of transmission. If the new variant is now present, with this increase in the r number, all of a sudden instead of a decrease of 30 , we get a massive increase, the number of cases over the same period could triple. So, this is more or less the most serious change in the virus that weve seen. The us struggles to roll out the Covid Vaccine as it records over 20 million cases, according to thejohn hopkins university. A new era begins, as the brexit transition period ends and the uk completes its formal separation from the european union. Now on bbc news sportday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im sarah mulkerrins, coming up. 2021 is off to a flyer for bristol as the bears win to move second in the premiership and hand newcastle their first loss of the season. Amid rising coronavirus cases japans Prime Minis