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charges over indonesia s football stadium disaster we hear from survivors and families of those killed in the crash. piling on the pounds, why alaska s brown bears are big news. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it was a massacre that shocked the nation and the world. now, thailand s king is expected to visit the town of uthai sawan. it s where at least 38 people, mostly young children, were killed by an attacker at a nursery school. the man responsible was a former police officer who was facing a trial on drug charges. he carried out the attack with a gun and a knife and killed children and teachers before shooting himself dead. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head is at the scene. and a warning his report contains some very distressing images. this is a community now consumed by grief and shock. that children so young had been deliberately killed by a fellow parent. the children were taking a midday nap inside the nursery when t
nurses across the uk are balloted for strike action for the first time in the 106 year history of the royal couege in the 106 year history of the royal college of nursing. matilda the musical opens this year s london film festival. manchester united travel to cyprus tonight in the europa league. but after sitting out in their defeat to city, will ronaldo take to the pitch later? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. at least 38 people, including more than 20 children have been killed in a mass shooting at a pre school in north eastern thailand. the attacker, armed with a gun and knife, stormed into the childcare facility in nong bua lamphu province. 0ur correspondent anjana gadgil reports. thai police say the attacker shot and stabbed children and adults at the daycare centre in a rural district in the north east of the country. at least 22 children were among those killed, with some of the victims just two years old. more than a dozen people were injured. the