syrian forces. also irish prime minister leo varadkar fights for reelection but poll suggests walters a target him and the 2 dominant forcings. and in sports arena williams makes a winning return to bad cop action after a 5 year absence the american secures her 14th straight win if that. in. no ties soldier has shot at least 12 people dance and has now taken hostages inside a shopping mall northeast of bangkok. video posted on social media shows people running from the mall in the city correlates witnesses say the shooter has an assault rifle police and military units have long known the surrounding area let s get the latest now from wayne hay he joins us live from bangkok when just bring us up to speed on the latest developments what more can you tell us about this attack. either way to the south end doha average just seeing if you could bring us up to date it s on the latest is that situation still ongoing. where periods of lost our correspondent when he will come back to t
topic number one when african leaders meet in ethiopia. and start with an update on that breaking news out of thailand a soldier has shot and killed at least 20 people into 2nd hostages inside a shopping mall northeast of bangkok yes the video posted on social media shows people running from the mall in the city of korra witnesses say the shooter has an assault rifle police and military units of wachter in the surrounding area let s get the latest now from wade hay he joins us live from bangkok wayne just confirms this is that situation still ongoing and what more can you tell us about events up in that town. yes as far as we know at the moment the situation is still very much evolving inside that shopping mall in the city of koran to the northeast of the capital bangkok the gunman still believed to be inside that shopping mall police say that he does have some hostages inside the shopping mall with him it s not clear exactly how many we ve seen more footage similar to what y
a dominant parties. at 1st high security forces have stormed the mall to help hundreds of people escape a hostage situation a soldier had shot and killed 20 people before holding others in the shopping center in the city of caracas just northeast of the capital bangkok when the say the shooter has an assault rifle will circle life nights wayne he joins us from bangkok when just bring us up to speed on the latest in that situation as it might be brought circles. it hasn t according to the latest update we ve received from the police or so the defense ministry giving a regular updates at a location near the mall the shooter is still believed to be inside that shopping mall in the city of course where he has been for several hours in the police confirming that there are hostages they believe being kept by the gunman somewhere inside the mall they re not sure exactly how many hostages there are in there and it seems that there is also some confusion about exactly where he may be
a potential political shakeup in the opinion poll said the irish is shifting away from the 2 main parties towards shin fein so how might this affect the next government and could it redefine island s politics this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i m adrian finnegan islands governments of long been dominated by 2 center right posses phin a gale that s the posse of current prime minister leo veronica and finn a fall but this appears to be changing opinion polls show shin fein is now the most popular posse of arabica is in 3rd place it means he might not be able to secure a 3rd successive and saturday s general election could produce apollo s where neither of the main parties has a majority that opens the door to shin fein playing a major role in any future government al-jazeera slave baka reports from dublin. the past 9 years the government led by prime minister leo veronicas presided over a period of cultural change now abortion is legal and so is same sex marria
raising fears of a confrontation and voting still on the way in ireland but will the prime minister lose out as 3 forces enter the election in a dead heat. and sport less than a week after the super bowl of rival football league is underway in the united states the x. alan made its return nearly 2 decades on from 14 after its 1st season. all we can continue our coverage of a developing story from thailand security forces that have stormed a shopping center after a mass shooting which left at least 20 people dead more than 30 have been wounded after a soldier went on a gun rampage in the city of korra at the army sergeant then took people hostage in a shopping mall in the city center he is still thought to be inside but it s not known if there are more people in there trapped with him suspects when the 1st opening fire in a house and an army base or wayne has been following the story from bangkok and have been some developments with automatic gunfire being heard and then 2 peo