Attack that happened today 3 people have been killed what more can you tell us baronets. Information on this attack is still coming in it happened now just 3 hours ago local time happened at 9 oclock or just before 9 oclock in the local time when there tucker we understand and to church in the center of nice armed with a knife he attacked people in the Church Killing 3 people one woman was decapitated one of the victims according to the mayor christian strohs either says one of the teens appears to been the churchwarden the man says the attacker was shouting allah akbar during the attack and during the attempt by police to arrest him he was shot during that. Time by the police he survived and is being treated in hospital other people were also injured in the attack now we are being told that french president money or macron is heading down to nice to the scene of this attack the church in the center of nice on the southern french coast the area around it has been sealed off by armed po
2 she is in germany killing 9 people. Who knows what to do go i didnt know that qatar has the biggest population in the world im Stephanie Decker on the tars northwest coast walk of that story coming up. To france government is defending its handling of the coronavirus outbreak on the diamond princess cruise ship cruise ship yokohama vessels been in corinth seen since early this month and in that time the number of confirmed cases on board has continued to rise its now at more than 600 and they have been deaths 2 elderly passengers they died after being taken to hospital. Near truth you can think of as weve said before the governments measures to prevent the spread of infection on the cruise ship were appropriate the government has been holding briefings with the embassies of countries in japan and with the Foreign Press we will continue to explain our muses carefully to those in japan and outside through the embassies in china has now changed how it reports cases of the virus and that
But either the latest news and look back at the last 7 days you watch and we can hear an r. T. International. Attack on a synagogue on saturday night in new york state has left 5 people injured 2 of them in a Critical Condition. Properties were. The incident happened during a new capacity the attacker fled the scene by car before being caught by police a counterterrorism unit is monitoring the situation and commenting on the incident new yorks governor has said that there is 0 tolerance for acts of hate the attack does follow a spur a spike in hate crimes against the Jewish Community in the region less than a month ago a shooting at a kosher supermarket in jersey city left 4 dead and the worst 7 and the semitic instance reported in new york city this week alone so lets get some reaction now with mark shields a newsweek columnist and editor at history central dot com youre very welcome thanks for your time mark thanks for coming on we dont know the motives for this latest attack but we
Much worse from a civilian point of view on had to be simply targeted a Christmas Market using an automatic rifle we wouldnt be talking about 2 fatalities in the war 5 injuries would be talking multiple fatalities and perhaps dozens of injuries so its very telling that the attacker chose perhaps the most heavily guarded building the most heavily guarded area aside from the kremlin or the white house perhaps in moscow he very much knew what would happen and indeed the timing of this event how quickly it wrapped up how many lives were saved by the actions of the Security Service as well is something is one Silver Lining as you quite rightly say if you just look back through i mean russia had its fair share of terrorist attacks as. You know developed countries if you look back 2010 moscow metro bombings the least 40 dead over 100 injured 2011 domodedovo airport bombing 37 killed 2070. St petersburg metro bombing 15 died we were very sadly used to multiple fatalities when youre talking abo
Who works nearby. They show people running across the bridge in panic, as you might expect. Reuters, a reputable news agency, is saying that they understand somebody has been stabbed in the area and that police have, as andy moore, our correspondent was saying, have detained a suspect. Other reports say they have shot a suspect. Lets talk now to someone who is in the area. Thomas dunford. Thank you for joining us here on bbc news. What can you see at the moment . Well, we have just been moved. Can you see at the moment . Well, we havejust been moved. I am in william street, overlooking the bridge. I saw two bodies get dragged from the bridge. One guy was getting resuscitated. My understanding is he passed away. They put a sheet over him. We havejust been ushered down towards tower bridge. I have seen five territorial vans. I dont know what is going on. It is worth that they are for rewinding. We understand this incident started to u nfold understand this incident started to unfold just