nursery school children have been attacked by a man with a knife in the east of the country. two children are thought to be in a critical condition. it appears they were playing in a park by a lake when they were attacked. it happened in the town of annecy, in the french alps. the interior minister says the suspect has been arrested. the french parliament held a minute s silence when news of the stabbings emerged, while the country s prime minister, elizabeth borne, is on her way to the scene. this is the scene in the french parliament a little earlier when news of that attack emerged. in the last few minutes, france s president has tweeted. emmanuel macron says: attack of absolute cowardice this morning in a park in annecy. children and an adult are between life and death. the nation is in shock. our thoughts are with them as well as their families and the emergency services mobilized. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, has the latest. we hear the detail, more about
7.4 earthquake. at least nine people have been killed and more than a thousand people are injured on the island. rupert wingfield hayes has the latest from the town of suao, around 25 miles north of the earthquake s epicentre, where over a hundred people remain trapped inside a tunnel, along a coastal highway. this is the moment the quake struck a taipei tv station in the middle of its morning news show. the shaking was intense and prolonged, even in the capital more than 100 miles from the quake s epicentre. this is what it did to morning traffic on an elevated highway. ..and to passengers on a metro train, who remained remarkably calm as the car was tossed around like a toy. elsewhere, people ran for their lives, abandoning their coffees and breakfast. most young people here have never experienced a quake like this and were badly shaken. translation: an earthquake | hasn t happened in a long time, so it felt really terrifying. close to the epicentre in the city of hualien
this is the moment the quake struck a taipei tv station in the middle of its morning news show. the shaking was intense and prolonged, even in the capital more than 100 miles from the quake s epicentre. this is what it did to morning traffic on an elevated highway, and to passengers on a metro train, who remained remarkably calm, as the car was tossed around like a toy. elsewhere, people ran for their lives, abandoning their coffees and breakfast. most young people here have never experienced a quake like this and were badly shaken. translation: an earthquake hasn t happened in a long time, so it felt really terrifying. close to the epicentre, in the city of hualien, the shaking was more intense and the damage much worse. you can see people running from their cars, as the building on the left begins to collapse. dozens of buildings have been badly damaged. some now lean over at absurd angles, as if ready to topple at any moment. the death toll is, so far, mercifully low, bu
hello. this is bbc news. i m anna foster live in southern israel. there are suggestions that the first foreign passport holders will be able to leave gaza through the rafah crossing, along with some badly injured people. let me show you these pictures you can see on your screen now. we know that the call went out just a few screen now. we know that the call went outjust a few hours ago that people were likely to be able to leave, and we are seeing, you can see the cameras in those pictures, the crowds of people in that internal area at the crossing point. potentially 500 or so foreign passport holders will be able to passport holders will be able to pass through. the afp news agency says that that has already happened. if you just look at these pictures and imagine this crossing point which has several stages, and what it is hard to tell right now is our people moving internally on the gaza side and whether or not they have actually crossed through to egypt. it will only be w