let's get more now on the investigation into the shooting in the belgian city of liege. three people were killed, including two female police officers. the gunman was shot dead. it's being treated as a terrorist attack. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in liege. hejoins us live. he joins us live. what is the latest? there have been reports in the past couple of hours that have been coming out. police investigators looking at the perpetrator of this attack. reports coming out that he may have been on some sort of a police watchlist for suspected contacts with radical figures. that has not been confirmed publicly. there have been reports quoting police sources. we cannot say that definitively, but what we do understand is that he had been imprisoned. he had been imprisoned for a year or imprisoned. he had been imprisoned fora yearorso, imprisoned. he had been imprisoned for a year or so, where he was

imprisoned for offences related to drugs, nothing related to radicalism or terrorism but police believe that when he was in prison if was possible that he was radicalised. the events that unfolded here in liege this morning, he appeared to have targeted two policewomen, on the street. he stabbed them and then shot them with their guns, came up the street here to the school where he was then shot dead when he ran out and confronted police outside. that all happened outside the school. we also understand that this man had been in prison, he was on temporary release for two days, released on monday, due to go back to prison tomorrow and that was preparing him for his future release but police appear to have had some suspicions about his contacts. no doubt hear that the police were the targets 7 doubt hear that the police were the targets? certainly. that is what the prosecutors were talking about, because of the way this unfolded.

the man approached two policewomen from behind on the street, armed with a knife, attack them, unprovoked, he simply came upon them, stabbed them, when they were on the ground, took their guns, shot them dead and the rest of the incident unfolded. i understand we are in the realms of conjecture, but this raises a lot of issues including, of course, where this man might have been radicalised. yes and thatis might have been radicalised. yes and that is certainly what the authorities are focusing on. first of all, i have to say, we have seen it visits here in liege from the belgian prime minister, the interior minister, the king, all of whom expressed their condolences and there is support for the police, particularly and belgian police have targeted multiple times now in the past couple of years. by attackers. radicalised attackers. certainly

belgian police have felt themselves to be the target. but now, the question is really looking more at the belgian prison service and we know this from before, remember those terror attacks in paris and brussels? attackers there, some of them believed to have been radicalised during their time in prison and contacts radicalised. now those same questions about the influences on people and prisoners inside the belgian penal system and whether they are exposed to radical influences there. that seems to be the suspicion at least in this case. you touched on it there, but tell us more about the wider situation and where this comes in the context of other attacks in belgium. well, what we have seen of course with this spate of attacks, going back a couple of years, 2016, two years ago, march, two years ago, we saw

the brussels attacks on the airport and the metro system. they were suicide attacks. those came following the paris attacks and it was believed it was an extended sale who aided the paris attackers, some of the planning of that was done in belgium. then when the belgian police and french police moved in to mop up the group, that triggered the brussels attacks, 32 people died there and that was the major attack but since then, we have had this highly elevated terror alert in belgium. several different attacks and attempted attacks on police have taken place in different cities. that had subsided and this one now fits that same pattern, a lone attacker, perhaps someone involved in petty crime, possibly radicalised imprisoned, carrying out an attack, particularly targeting police and authorities and, therefore, part of that same sort of pattern that seems to have emerged in belgium and some

are saying that at the minute, terror threats in belgium seems to be coming from these individuals radicalised, who were belgian citizens, who have grown up and lived here and that this again sits within that sort of spectrum but what we are seeing, the national terror level not elevated because there is no sense that this indicates a wider threat at the minute. thank you, damian. our europe correspondent there in liege. a campaign has been launched to honour conjoined twins who became international entertainment stars in the 1920s and 30s. violet and daisy hilton were born in brighton in 1908 — after being discovered as potential stars, they toured europe and the united states. now an east sussex historian is leading a drive for a plaque at the house where they were born. sara smith reports. this movie made their name. they had

been rejected by their mother and adopted by a midwife. she put them on display at the pub where she worked and then to them on tour around the world. they were very famous for their time. they burned thousands of pounds, drew huge crowds. they were big games. well, well, tomorrow night is the big night. my sister is getting married andl night. my sister is getting married and i am thrilled. but when life imitated art, things went wrong. their manager had an idea that file that should marry a gay actor and it was a big celebrity wedding. within a few days, it became clear it was a publicity stunt and the american publicity stunt and the american public having love them, felt they have been cheated and that was the

start of their decline, really. they ended their days in poverty, daisy dying from flu a few days before violette. the campaign is under way to get a plaque to mark the spot where they were born. it feels like they had a hard life and if there is something we can do to commemorate them in some way, then it would be great. they had been offered a chance to be surgically separated in the 1960s. they declined. sarah smith, bbc south east today, brighton. a clip of a daring skier performing a mountain top stunt is gaining popularity on social media after he descended a mountain — and ski—ed over a lake. benjamin forthun performed his stunt at a ski resort in norway. his friend filmed the stunt known as "pond skimming". it involves skiing from snow and on to water before finally ending up again on snow. with the speed from his descent of the hill, the skier skimmed the water for about 180 feet, topping it all off with a backflip. don't try this at home.

time for a look at the weather with chris. in the south, thundery rain. you can see a whole raft of thunderstorms developing across belgium, the netherlands, swinging west over the next few hours. there is a high chance of seeing heavy downpours overnight. affecting parts of east anglia, maybe the south midlands and southern counties of england. torrential falls of rain, as southern counties of england. torrentialfalls of rain, as much southern counties of england. torrential falls of rain, as much as 50 millimetres of rain in the wettest areas where there are storms. 0ne wettest areas where there are storms. one of those nights for me could be woken by thunder, a muggy night in the south, not quite so muddy in the north. here is the

weather picture through wednesday and the showers become widespread in england and wales. some hefty downpours, loud thunder. in the north, more cloud but for scotland and northern ireland, this is the best of the sunshine and this is where the highest temperatures are, up where the highest temperatures are, up to 26 degrees in some spots. not sure whether. you're watching beyond 100 days. the most senior north korean official to visit america in almost two decades is on his way to new york. but can pyongyang's intelligence officer help donald trump salvage the nuclear summit? kim yong—chol is a controversial figure — blamed for masterminding attacks on south korea and running the north's cyber warfare. belgium's police chief describes a nightmare — after a gunman kills two female officers and a civilian then enters a school and takes hostages before being shot dead. translation: i was walking along the street and i heard gunshots. i saw people walking, others running, and shouting, " leave, run, leave. " i did not understand what was happening.

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