kick the number is believed to be ten people killed and nine people injured. these are the life pictures. teachers and students were ordered to lock themselves up. an absolute catastrophe, diplomats described the humanitarian situation in sudan following the suspension of aid work in some areas. let's return now to that breaking news — ten that breaking news — people have been killed after shooting ten people have been killed after a shooting in the university of prague. dozens more have been injured. we think that nine of them have been injured seriously. these are the latest figures coming into us from emergency services. police say that the gunmen who shot at people inside the university building has also been killed. we know that in the emergency services were called to the scene at around

half past three local time, that is half past three local time, that is half past three local time, that is half past one gmt, i believe it. we know little detail about the gunmen and the government has made motives. what we do know is that the gunmen opened fire on students and staff inside the university building. i heard earlierfrom a professor who was giving a lecture at that precise moment. he described to me the moment. he described to me the moment when police entered the lecture hall and told him and the students to close the door, lock the door, and barricade themselves inside the lecture theatre. in fact, if you now look at these pictures that have come into us on bbc news, they are not very stable pictures, but you can understand the person filming and was running from what they believed was their life. they show people running away from the university. this was around 330. people were told by the police to

vacate the area as soon as possible. police quickly reacted and locked down the area around the university building, the square, the jan palach square, and the bridge crossing the river, that is in the centre of the city. 0ther river, that is in the centre of the city. other witnesses were telling us how they saw people clinging on to the side of university buildings, literally clinging for their lives on the outside of the building several stories up. one news station in the czech republic reported that the gunmen was are seen brandishing his gun on the roof of the building. that, if it is confirmed, must have been very frightening indeed for those involved in the shooting. we are hearing from a number of witnesses who have talked to the bbc who are either living in prague all there on holiday. 0ne who are either living in prague all there on holiday. one such witness was an 18—year—old from truro in

cornwall. this witness was on holiday and was on a street near to the attack when shooting was heard. they said: we heard gunshots and ran for cover in the metro after the police shouted for everyone to run. it was very frightening. all of a sudden, people started running, we didn't know what was going on, we saw police going past, they were shouting: run. the witness is now safely back at his hotel, he rang his parents straightaway. it was his first holidayjust his parents straightaway. it was his first holiday just with his parents straightaway. it was his first holidayjust with the lads. that is a witness who we talked to at the bbc. live now to katerina vodvarkova, a foreign news reporter at tv nova who's near the site of the shooting. what more can you tell us about what happened? what more can you tell us about what ha--ened? . what more can you tell us about what ha ened? ., ., ., ., ., ., ., happened? hello good afternoon from prauue. i happened? hello good afternoon from prague- i live — happened? hello good afternoon from prague. i live approximately _ happened? hello good afternoon from prague. i live approximately one - prague. i live approximately one kilometre away from the shooting

site. i went a few minutes to what was going on. right now, you can hit the police sirens going all around the police sirens going all around the city. you know, it is already dark here. you can see the blue and red lights from all of the emergency services. everyone is pretty much in shock from what happened. people are going around and are trying to understand if what we are seeing is really happening, and if it is really happening, and if it is really as bad as we are hearing. the current situation right now, the latest information we have, they are saying that ten people are dead, the shooter is also dead, and there are nine people heavily injured. that is the latest information that i have. this must be a huge shock for the university, prague, and for the czech republic.— university, prague, and for the czech republic. yes, it is. for me, personally. — czech republic. yes, it is. for me, personally. i— czech republic. yes, it is. for me, personally, i have _ czech republic. yes, it is. for me, personally, i have never— czech republic. yes, it is. for me, l personally, i have never experienced anything like this in prague. new

here, from time to time, about terrible attacks around the world. but, you just hope it is never going to happen to your friends, to your family. you are hoping that it is somehow distant from you. when something like this happen so closely and so near, it is terrible. i was watching the pictures all afternoon, the students are being evacuated from the site, and they were just holding hands evacuated from the site, and they werejust holding hands in evacuated from the site, and they were just holding hands in front of them, walking from the area. i literally had tears in my eyes because i felt so sorry for them that they had to witness the terrible situation that happened there. , , ., ,, ., , ., there. this is happening only a few da s there. this is happening only a few days before _ there. this is happening only a few days before christmas. _ there. this is happening only a few days before christmas. i _ there. this is happening only a few days before christmas. i was - there. this is happening only a few. days before christmas. i was talking to a professor at the university, he said he was giving the final lecture of the term at his students. exactly, and also, the faculty a few

hundred metres, two minutes walking, from the old town square which is, at this time, crowded with people from the czech republic and terrorists. it is of the busiest season, probably, for terrorists in prague and our most famous christmas market. also, the area is really heavily visited these days. we also saw some pictures of people running across the charles bridge when the shooting started. it breaks my heart that people who come to visit the beautiful city during christmas have to witness something like that. yes. to witness something like that. yes, we have been _ to witness something like that. yes, we have been hearing _ to witness something like that. yes, we have been hearing from a british couple who were there on their honeymoon, they were having a drink nearby when police came and told them to get down as quickly as they could. a couple of newlyweds on honeymoon. prague is, as you said, a beautiful city. it is rightly very

popular with tourists around the world. , , ~ popular with tourists around the world. , , . ., ., , world. yes, it is. we have thousands of visitors. — world. yes, it is. we have thousands of visitors, millions, _ world. yes, it is. we have thousands of visitors, millions, even, _ world. yes, it is. we have thousands of visitors, millions, even, during i of visitors, millions, even, during the year. christmas is really, really famous. thousands of people travel around the world to prague because our christmas markets are supposedly one of the most beautiful in the whole world. we are really famous for that. and, you know, terrorists were running around and hiding. also, isaw terrorists were running around and hiding. also, i saw a terrorists were running around and hiding. also, isaw a picture terrorists were running around and hiding. also, i saw a picture that broke my heart, i do not know if you saw it, it was of students climbing outside the window of the faculty and were hiding on the roof to survive. , ., �* ~' and were hiding on the roof to survive. , ., �* ~ ., survive. yes, i don't think we have shown at those _ survive. yes, i don't think we have shown at those pictures _ survive. yes, i don't think we have shown at those pictures to - survive. yes, i don't think we have shown at those pictures to viewers yet but we have verified in those pictures and they are on x, formerly known as twitter. they are really shocking, aren't they? like something out of a horrible film.

students holding onto the building several stories high for dear life. yes, it is unreal. as you are saying, it probably wasn't the last election before christmas. perhaps these people were hoping to get to their families these people were hoping to get to theirfamilies soon. these people were hoping to get to their families soon. this and probably, no, definitely, they are going through the worst moments of their lives just before christmas, during the time and that was supposed to be the happiest time of the year for most of us. i supposed to be the happiest time of the year for most of us.— the year for most of us. i thank you once more — the year for most of us. i thank you once more for— the year for most of us. i thank you once more for taking _ the year for most of us. i thank you once more for taking the _ the year for most of us. i thank you once more for taking the time - the year for most of us. i thank you once more for taking the time to i once more for taking the time to speak to us. i can tell this has affected you. i am really sorry, and i hope that you manage at some point to get some rest today. thank you very much. to get some rest today. thank you very much-— we will stay with these life pictures. these are live pictures

coming into us from prague. they are of course showing that night—time has fallen on the city. there are huge areas of the city which are, i am sure, no—go areas. the police have cordoned off these areas and the street immediately in the vicinity of the charles university and the square in which the building is situated. i want to now cross live to our next guest. 0ndra soukup is a journalist on public radio. what can you tell us about this incident? i what can you tell us about this incident? ., ., ~ ., ., , incident? i do not know the latest numbers, incident? i do not know the latest numbers. but _ incident? i do not know the latest numbers, but at _ incident? i do not know the latest numbers, but at least _ incident? i do not know the latest numbers, but at least ten - incident? i do not know the latest| numbers, but at least ten victims, and the shooter instead, several are injured and are in critical situations. —— the shooter is dead.

the number of deaths will be higher than at the moment. tell the number of deaths will be higher than at the moment.— than at the moment. tell me more about the reaction _ than at the moment. tell me more about the reaction you _ than at the moment. tell me more about the reaction you have - than at the moment. tell me more about the reaction you have been l about the reaction you have been hearing from members of the public in prague and the czech republic and the media. what is the reaction been this evening? it is the media. what is the reaction been this evening?— this evening? it is a tremendous shock. this evening? it is a tremendous shock- the _ this evening? it is a tremendous shock. the czech _ this evening? it is a tremendous shock. the czech republic - this evening? it is a tremendous shock. the czech republic is - shock. the czech republic is considered one of the safest countries in the world. of course, it is personal for us as well because i was studying in this faculty as well 20 years ago. now, i am working and several of our colleagues are still studying there. everyone has some friends who are

studying there. so, it is an enormous sense of disbelief. we all walked those corridors. tell enormous sense of disbelief. we all walked those corridors.— walked those corridors. tell me a little bit more _ walked those corridors. tell me a little bit more about _ walked those corridors. tell me a little bit more about what - walked those corridors. tell me a little bit more about what we - walked those corridors. tell me a| little bit more about what we have been hearing from authorities about the shooter. have we had any official information about the shooter until now? we official information about the shooter until now?— official information about the shooter until now? we do not have any official — shooter until now? we do not have any official confirmation, _ shooter until now? we do not have any official confirmation, but, - shooter until now? we do not have any official confirmation, but, we l any official confirmation, but, we do know that the shooter was a student of history. that was confirmed by several other students. we know that he was shouting when the shooting started that he killed his father in the morning. that he didn't care, that he was going to kill anyone else. through this, this

morning, there was a search warrant by police with his name and picture, looking just for the murder of some men. so, presumably,...— men. so, presumably,... these are all unofficial — men. so, presumably,... these are all unofficial bits _ men. so, presumably,... these are all unofficial bits of _ men. so, presumably,... these are all unofficial bits of information - all unofficial bits of information you are getting what more do we know about those who have been killed? i'm assuming that those ten people who were killed were either students or staff of the university? what have we heard from officials about them? and also about the condition of those injured. we have been told that at least nine people are very seriously injured.— seriously in'ured. yes, we do not have seriously injured. yes, we do not have official _ seriously injured. yes, we do not have official names, _ seriously injured. yes, we do not have official names, for - seriously injured. yes, we do not have official names, for obvious l have official names, for obvious reasons, because of course the families have to be contacted first.

and, yes, we do have some information. about several people, after nine people were involved in the situation, some unofficial information from hospitals... they are really in very serious conditions. lt are really in very serious conditions.— are really in very serious conditions. , ., , are really in very serious conditions. ., , conditions. it has been really good to talk to you- _ conditions. it has been really good to talk to you. thank _ conditions. it has been really good to talk to you. thank you - conditions. it has been really good to talk to you. thank you very - conditions. it has been really good. to talk to you. thank you very much for talking to us, i know it has been very difficult. thank you once again for talking to us. around the world and across uk, you are watching bbc news. we take you live now in the situation in prague. let me give you a one—minute update of everything we know: police in cheshire are saying ten people have been killed, dozens have been injured, nine are seriously injured, and the gun on himself has been killed in a shooting incident at

charles university in central prague. we know that at around 330 h gunmen opened fire on students and staff. it occurred inside the faculty of arts. university staff were told to barricade themselves inside rooms and turn off the light. that is occurring to reuters. all upcoming engagements have been cancelled by the president. we have also heard stories from people in the uk and around the world who have been on holiday and have been involved in the events. more in a moment. you're live with bbc news. i think that for a few seconds, we can remind you of what has happened in prague as we stay with these life

pictures. we have now confirmed with local authorities that ten people have been killed. this is the worst deadly shooting in modern czech history. the most recent gun attack seenin history. the most recent gun attack seen in the czech republic was in 2019 at a hospital when a man opened fire in a trauma clinic waiting room. since then, really, it has to be said that gun attacks in the czech republic are very rare indeed. hunting with guns is a popular thing to do, but owning guns in the way that you might see in some countries is not really as common. in fact, in 2019, the government tried in vain to overturn an eu ban on semiautomatic rifles for private use brought in after a series of deadly attacks across europe. so, just to reiterate what we have been hearing,

we now know 11 people, including the gunmen, have been killed. nine have been seriously injured, very seriously injured, and the event, although it is now over, the aftermath is still ongoing. a little bit earlier, i spoke to a professor inside the university at the time of the shooting, and he told me that he and his students who are going through theirfinal and his students who are going through their final lecture of the year before the christmas break are being held in a different building ineffective lockdown. they were essentially evacuated and could not re—enter the building. so, essentially evacuated and could not re—enterthe building. so, i essentially evacuated and could not re—enter the building. so, i think that what we can now do is leave the story in prague momentarily. we will go back to that very soon. we do want to bring you one more bit of news about the war in gaza. despite extensive diplomatic efforts over the past 2a hours, and talks continuing in egypt with the hamas leader

ismail haniyeh, there is no sign of a breakthrough to halt the fighting. hamas says palestinian groups have rejected the prospect of further hostage releases until israel agrees to end the war. a spokesman for hamas has said �*we cannot talk about negotiations while israel continues its aggression'. fighting in the gaza strip has escalated. people there have described the latest israeli bombardment as one of the most intense of the war. at the united nations security council, the wording of a ceasefire resolution is still being worked on, but a vote has been repeatedly delayed. the vote has a again been delayed. the hamas run health ministry says 20 thousand people have now died since the start of the conflict in gaza. 1,200 israelis died — and 240 hostages were taken hostasge,

1,200 israelis died — and 240 hostages were taken hostage, when hamas invaded israel on october 7th. 0ur correspondent in jerusalem shaima khalid gave me on update on the delicate ongoing negotiations for the ceasefire in gaza. let us start with the un. the wording of the resolution in the un is still under negotiation. we are still in that effect, if you will, of changing the wording from cessation of hostilities to suspension of hostilities. i think the sticking point, when it comes to the sticking point, when it comes to the un talks, is about the un control of the humanitarian aid or un oversight of the humanitarian aid. the us is still concerned about were the that will mean israel will not have control over it the inspection of the humanitarian aid. but, of course, we have the two sides, who are very solid within their stances. sides, who are very solid within theirstances. hamas sides, who are very solid within their stances. hamas and hamas's leader is still in cairo having talks with the intelligence who handles the gaza... 0ther

palestinian factions including islamic term had —— islamic she had said that there would be no release of hostages until there was a complete ceasefire. essentially, until the war ends. that is out of the question for the israeli government. we had benjamin netanyahu said yesterday that somebody who thinks the fighting. it's really disconnected with reality. in the middle of all of that, you have officials, hamas officials in cairo talking about how you budge, how you come to a deal that could then get into a negotiation, that could then get into an agreement, that could change the reality on the ground. from the hamas side and from the israeli side. i think that the talks are furious and desperate. they are ongoing. lord cameron is on a visit to cairo. the british foreign secretary. the diplomacy —— there is no shortage of the diplomacy. what we are lacking is how that

translates into the negotiations and leads to an agreement and steps forward. ., ., , ,, ., ., forward. that was shiner khalil, our correspondent _ forward. that was shiner khalil, our correspondent in _ forward. that was shiner khalil, our correspondent in jerusalem. - forward. that was shiner khalil, our correspondent in jerusalem. delays | correspondent injerusalem. delays caused by unexpected strikes in france have seen a statement released by eurostar. people have been struggling to get a france through the channel tunnel. eurostar released this statement : earlier, i spoke to our reporter simonjones at king's cross in central london. l simon jones at king's cross in central london.—

simon jones at king's cross in central london. i think it is fair to say there — central london. i think it is fair to say there is _ central london. i think it is fair to say there is some _ central london. i think it is fair - to say there is some cross-channel to say there is some cross—channel chaos this afternoon. it couldn't really come at a worse time, with many people trying to get across the channel to be reunited with family members for christmas. so, there are no eurostar services running at all from st pancras here. there are no eurotunnel services running at all from folkestone or from the other direction in calais. the worrying thing for passengers is that nobody seems to know how long this might go on for. it is actually caused by some members of eurotunnel staff, eurotunnel being at the cross—channel operator running the channel tunnel services. this morning, members of eurotunnel staff in the french side walked out in a row over pay. eurotunnel tellers that staff were given an end of year bonus of 1000 euros, but union members are demanding three times that amount. that is what behind

this behind this walk—out. in terms of passengers being affected, i have been inside the station here at st pancras. there are announcements from the eurostar saying that they have no idea how this is going to last. even if the trains do run it later today, they are all fully booked with people wanting to get away for the christmas break. a lot of people staring at their phones, speaking to staff, just trying to get some information. people being told: you are not going to get on the train today if you do not have a booking. the train today if you do not have a bookina. ., ., , ., ., ., booking. now, a plan for a new european _ booking. now, a plan for a new european football _ booking. now, a plan for a new european football competition l booking. now, a plan for a new. european football competition has been released after the european union's highest court ruled football's governing body were wrong to ban a uk or super league 2 years ago. the european court ofjustice said that the actions of uefa and fifa who run european and... they provided this statement:

u efa uefa does not agree with that: they released this statement. as for the clubs, the president of real madrid, which backed the original super league proposal, said that the ruling means clubs will be the master of their own destiny. manchester united were among the original 12 to back the super league, but they say that they remain fully committed to participating in uefa competitions. the chief executive of the german giants bayern munich are not part of the original proposals and have described the super league plans as an attack on our national leagues. i spoke to a german sports reporter and he gave me his analysis. imilieu spoke to a german sports reporter and he gave me his analysis. when it first came up — and he gave me his analysis. when it first came up that _ and he gave me his analysis. when it first came up that bayern _ and he gave me his analysis. when it first came up that bayern munich, i first came up that bayern munich, the biggest name in german football,

the biggest name in german football, the first team everybody wanted from germany to get into the super league, they said no. we don't want to do it. as you just quoted, germany, the national league, it is very strong. this is what everybody says. bayern munich say that the most important idol of the season is the national title. this is the most honest title. buy in munich, for example, they said that if people drop out of the bundesliga, then other teams might follow. we would have to save our own national league. the fans in germany are very traditional. wejust had league. the fans in germany are very traditional. we just had a league. the fans in germany are very traditional. wejust had a huge thing going on last week because the german football league just allowed an investor to buy some percent of the media outcome of the german football league. the fans, last weekend, they stopped singing for the first 12 minutes of each and every game in the first, second, and

third division, and after 12 minutes, they began their own golden chocolate money pieces, dollar bills, dollar bills made out of chocolate, onto the pitch. they wanted to show: we are against things which are only about money. that was a german sports reporter talking to me earlier. we will have more news for you in a few minutes pass time. stay with us for the continuation of verified live. i am a maryam moshiri. goodbye for now. hello there. storm pia has been bringing some very strong gusts of wind, particularly to the northern half of the uk. and those winds have been causing problems.

an overturned lorry here on the barton bridge, which is one of the higher bridges on the m60, manchester's ring road just by the trafford centre. there has been then some disruption. top gusts so far, 81 miles an hour across in shetland. but we have seen some very strong gusts of wind elsewhere, 76 in inverbervie, which is in aberdeenshire and over the tops of the pennines. the winds have been gusting quite close to 80 miles an hour across the very, very peaks. now the centre of storm pia is actually quite a long way to our east and it will be bringing some very, very strong winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. meanwhile, for us, those very strong winds will very gradually begin to fade away through the afternoon. but that said, we're still looking at gusts of wind well into the fifties or even sixties of miles an hour through the rest of the afternoon. so there still could be a few issues in terms of power cuts and a bit of transport disruption through the rest of today. then overnight, it stays quite windy. outbreaks of rain across the north and the west, starting to turn colder in shetland, where we are looking at some snowfall here.

could be a few centimetres, leading to some icy conditions. and for a time with those strong winds, blizzard conditions in shetland seem likely as well. 0n into friday's forecast, we've got some rain pushing in from the north and west. still quite a blustery kind of day. the coldest air still across parts of northern scotland, where temperatures not getting much above freezing. in lerwick, the mildest weather. further southwards for northern ireland, england, wales, where temperatures typically be around 11 or 12 degrees celsius. it continues to be relatively mild across most of the uk on saturday. the cold air really confined to northern scotland. but as the weather front bumps into that cold air, we probably will see a spell of snow friday night and into the first part of saturday across northern scotland, even potentially down to low levels. but, ultimately, the milder air will push its way in, so any snow will tend to turn back to rain as we go through the day on saturday across northern scotland. and we'll finish with these kind of temperatures —

12 or 13 degrees celsius. it will end up being pretty mild for most of us. staying mild, then, as we head into the weekend. for christmas day itself, might see the weather cold enough across northern scotland for some mountain flurries.

live from london, this is bbc news. czech police say a gunman has killed ten people and seriously injured nine at a university building in central prague. police then killed the attacker. this is the scene live in prague.

the press conference being held by the police. it's taking place right now we will bring you all the latest from it. hamas says there won't be any talks about prisoner swaps until the israeli offensive in gaza ends. christmas getaways are ruined for thousands as cross—channel rail services are suspended due to an unexpected strike in france. a top eu court rules that uefa's ban on a european super league is unlawful. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start with breaking news from the czech republic. authorities there say ten people have been killed after a shooting