all at once. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with news that s been breaking in the last few hours or so. police in the northern german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident, several others have been injured. hamburg police said a large scale operation was under way in the alsterdorf area. german media are reporting that the shooting took place at a jehovah s witnesses centre. ambulances are at the scene. police say they have no idea what might have motivated such a deadly act. earlier i spoke tojenny witt, a journalist based in hamburg, who gave us a sense of the situation on the ground. the details are still very scant. the police have said that several people have been injured and several people have been killed. they have not put a figure on the number of fatalities yet. what we do know from police and from reports at the scene is that when officers arrive
police in the german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident, and several others were injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah s witnesses where an event had apparently been under way. it s believed the attacker was among the dead. tim allman has more details. a quiet street in hamburg at around nine o clock in the evening local time. in the distance, a figure appears to have climbed up the outside of a building and is appearing inside. then, after a short pause, he raises what appears to be a handgun and opens fire. not long after, armed officers arrive and a storming the building. slowly, carefully they make their way upstairs, no idea if the government is waiting for them. this is kingdom hall, a place of worship for local jehovah s witnesses. it seems they were in the middle of a service when the attack took place. translation: did not realise what was happening, - translation: did not realise what was happening, i -
hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. police in the german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident, and several others were injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah s witnesses, where an event had apparently been under way. it s believed the attacker was among the dead. tim allman has more details. armed police storming this building in the north of the city after reports shots had been fired inside. slowly, carefully, they make their way upstairs, no idea if a gunman is waiting for them. this is kingdom hall, a place of worship for localjehovah witnesses. it seems they were in the middle of a service when the attack took place. translation: the attack took place. tuna/mom- the attack took place. translation: ~ ., , ., , translation: we heard gunshots. i know what translation: we heard gunshots. i know what gunshots translation: we heard gunshots. i know what gunshots sound - transl
at the same time, thousands of israelis took to the streets for a day of protest against a planned judicial overhaul. their president says the government should abandon its controversial plan. now on bbc news: it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. something extraordinary is happening in israel. military reservists, former security chiefs and politicians of different stripes have alljoint a mass protest movement aimed at thwarting the netanyahu plan to radically overall israel s judicial system. the critics say it threatens israel s stability. this as violence in the west bank raising questions over the strategic direction of netanyahu s nationalist government. my guest simcha rothman is an architect of those judicial reforms. it s israel plunging into chaos? simcha rothman injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. would it be fair to say that you have been preparing for years for this opportunity tha
into an unhygienic craze. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. police in the german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident, and several others were injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah s witnesses where an event had apparently been under way. it s believed the attacker was among the dead. tim allman has more details. a quiet street in hamburg at around nine o clock in the evening local time. in the distance, a figure appears to have climbed up the outside of a building and is peering inside. then, after a short pause, he raises what appears to be a handgun and opens fire. not long after, armed officers arrive and are storming the building. slowly, carefully they make their way upstairs, no idea if the gunman is waiting for them. this is kingdom hall, a place of worship for local jehovah s witnesses. it is believed they were in the middle of a service when the attack took place. translation: