we set welcome to bbc news. at least five people have been killed in a shooting in kentucky police have confirmed that the attack happened at a bank in louisville and the assailant is now dead. six more people have been injured and taken to hospitals, after the incident in east main street near slugger field stadium. in the last hour, police gave this update. at approximately 8:30am, local metro police received reports of shots fired and an active shooter at the national bank. shortly officers arrived on scene with metro fire and active police where they encountered gun shots being fired in the location at that time. the shooter was confirmed to be dead on the scene. we do not know exactly the circumstances of his death at this time. five people have been confirmed to have been killed inside. at least six were transported to university of louisville hospital. b, transported to university of louisville hospital.- transported to university of louisville hospital. a new news con
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However, its worth noting that there is no mention of an Israeli Military response, even though israeli officials have promised to retaliate against iran, after it launched a wave of missiles against israeli targets late on saturday. Only a handful of more than 300 missiles and drones got through the israeli air defences. Iran says it was responding to an air strike at the start of this month on the iranian consulate in the syrian capital, damascus which it blamed on israel, although israel has not acknowledged being behind it. Iran is calling for restraint, saying it doesnt want this to escalate into a wider war. We are going to look at the peril in this moment butjust to remind you that this tension takes place in the midst of the ongoing israel gaza war, is the i93rd day of war. Today there are reports of fighting in the gaza strip and particularly in the north east. There are also reports that more aid is now getting into gaza from the north. We are getting reports on the ground an