reaches the third round of the world darts championship. good morning from the cotswolds. this is a reindeer herd, we are surrounded by christmas trees. today is less windy than yesterday, some rain in the forecast and some snow largely in the hills of the north east of scotland but at lower levels in the northern isles. all of the details throughout the programme. it s friday the 22nd of december. our main story. the czech republic has declared a national day of mourning tomorrow after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in prague. police say the gunman was a 24 year old student at charles university and was later found dead. police were already looking for the gunman, after they discovered his father s body hours earlier. our eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford reports. the centre of prague was suddenly transformed into a major crime scene. armed police rushed towards a university building as a gunman stalked the corridors there. at this poin
university in the centre of the city. now we are here being that many more have been injured, a number of people have been injured. now we re hearing. one of those who has died is apparently the shooter. police have confirmed that the shooter has been in their words are eliminated. this is the live scene in pride. night has fallen in the city but this happened a few hours earlier during the daytime hours earlier during the daytime hours inside the university s faculty of arts building. now, the charles university faculty of arts is very well known. this is the building. you can see the light still on inside a university building. it is a very well known building. it is a very well known building dating back to the university universe itself dates back to the 14th century and is one of the best universities in the country and we hearing that the shooter opened fire inside the building and people then barricaded themselves inside classrooms, people try to run away as quic
it s one of the deadliest attacks by a lone gunman in europe this century. police are still trying to establish a motive. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in prague. bells toll. a nation paused today, to remember the victims of an attack people here can t make sense of, that has brought pain and suffering. church bells rang out across the czech republic, to mark the moment. to honour those killed when a student attacked his own university, shooting in the corridors and classrooms. so far, we know three of the dead, including a teacher who was 49. here at the faculty attacks some have person #58 connections to the victims. a friend of these women survived by locking herself into a classroom to hide. she cowered done the table. i saw her yesterday, i felt sorry for her, she was still shaking. images from a bodycamera show the police hunt for the gunman, inside charles university. at this point the 24 year old was prowling the corridors above. we are told most of his victims
united states or wherever around the world, i m richard quest in london and this is the cnn newsroom. we ll tell you about the scale of israel s bombardment of gaza. new cnn analysis is putting this in greater context. the idf continues not to let up in its fight against hamas. the special counsel rejected. the u.s. supreme court denied a major request by jack smith in his presidential immunity dispute with donald trump. now the former president and what he says. join me in the kitchen, lord help us all, as i make holiday bri with the founder of the food blog half baked harvest . 4:00 in the morning on the east coast of the united states, 9:00 london, and 11:00 in gaza where israel s military said it s pressing ahead with operations in gaza despite pressure to scale back the offensive. an idf spokesperson said the campaign will widen to new areas with an emphasis on southern gaza. the united nations security council adopted a negotiated solution. the u.s. abstained b
the gunman identified, a student at the university. what police say he did before targeting victims at school. tom soufi burridge in prague tonight. here in the u.s., the major storm hitting the west at this hour. heavy rain, flooding, and possible landslides. rescuers pulling drivers from their cars. and following days of flooding in the northeast, crews now racing to clear roads, as the holiday travel rush kicks into high gear. rob marciano standing by. the race for the white house. donald trump s republican rivals running out of time to cut into his massive lead before the iowa caucuses. nikki haley stepping up her attacks against the former president. ron desantis claiming trump s indictments have distorted the primary. jonathan karl reporting. the israel-hamas war. the u.n. now warns the entire population of gaza is facing starvation. children lining up for soup, clutching pots and bowls. israel urged to agree to a new cease-fire to allow more humanitarian aid into