Good evening. Demonstrations are taking place across the uk in protest at Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. The government insists its acting properly, but critics say its an attempt to by pass democracy. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets from sheffield to swansea, belfast to london. Heres our home editor, mark easton. We will shut down the streets calls for direct action from protesters outside downing street. Several thousand people gathered in whitehall, many to voice their opposition to borisjohnsons move to shut down parliament ahead of britains scheduled exit from the European Union on october 31. Stop brexit the crowds were diverse cutting across class, age, ethnicity and Traditional Party politics. Todays protest is a reminder of how arguments over brexit represent a reshaping of political discourse in britain. Bankers and corporations. Who get richer while the workers get poorer. As well as london, there were simila
Catastrophic damage. It could hit the islands within hours. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We start with breaking news from texas where police say that five people have been killed and at least 21 injured after a gunman was challenged at a traffic stop in the city of odessa. Its understood the gunman shot a number of Police Officers and randomly shot at cars as he tried to escape. We have Law Enforcement injured, we have the dps trooper in midland county, we have one npd officer and one opd officer all struck. As far as civilian casualties, we have at least 21 victims, 21 shooting the terms and at least five deceased at this point in time. Live now to our north america correspondent peter bowes. What is the latest you are hearing about this latest shooting . The latest information is that the Police Believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this government was acting alone. Since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Five people have been shot dead and 21 others injured after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle in the us state of texas. It happened on a road between the towns of midland and odessa. The gunman has been shot dead by the police. Our north america correspondent peter bowes has this update. The latest information is that the Police Believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this gunmam was acting alone. Since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of shooting. At one stage, there was concern, in fact, many reports that there could be a number of gunmen responsible for what was happening. It seemed like multiple shootings over quite a wide area. It seems now it may simply have been the work of this one gunman, and the police are stressing that this information that they are giving us could still change. Its a fluid situation, they are still checking out reports and making sure that the area is
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Five people have been shot dead and 21 others injured after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle in the us state of texas. It happened on a road between the towns of midland and odessa. The gunman has been shot dead by the police. Our north america correspondent peter bowes has this update. The latest information is that the Police Believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this gunmam was acting alone. Since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of shooting. At one stage, there was concern, in fact, many reports that there could be a number of gunmen responsible for what was happening. It seemed like multiple shootings over quite a wide area. It seems now it may simply have been the work of this one gunman, and the police are stressing that this information that they are giving us could still change. Its a fluid situation, they are still checking out reports and making sure that the area is
Commemorations within hours. Are under way in poland commemorations are under way in poland to mark the moment the Second World War began 80 years ago. We live from the first towns targeted by the german air force. French formula 2 driver, anthoine hubert, is killed in a high speed crash at the belgian grand prix. Five people have been shot dead and 21 others injured after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle in the us state of texas. It happened on a road between the towns of midland and 0dessa. The gunman has been shot dead by the police. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has this update. The latest information is that the Police Believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this gunmam was acting alone. Since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of shooting. At one stage, there was concern, in fact, many reports that there could be a number of gunmen responsible for what was happening. It seemed like multiple