this is bbc news. the headlines at eight o'clock: 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. the gunman — identified as a soldier who killed his commanding officer before going on the rampage — is believed to be still on the loose. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. gusts of 63 miles per hour already in stornoway and ba cancels dozens of flights tomorrow. there are severe weather warnings as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build

into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anything else anywhere else in the world that would do that. england reignite their six nations title hopes after beating scotland. earlier, ireland beat wales. after the caliphate was conquered, quentin sommerville tracks down is fighters. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. a soldier in thailand has gone on the rampage shooting dead at least 20 people. reports are that 31 people have been injured with 10

being treated in hospital. the gunman is believed to now be holed up in a shopping mall in the city of korat where gunshots have been heard in the last ten minutes. the sergeant—major began his attack by killing his commanding officer at an army barracks — before stealing guns, ammunition and a military vehicle. he opened fire at a buddhist temple and later at the shopping centre — where police continue to hunt him. the thai ministry of defence says, the attacker is this man — a low ranking officer named jakraphanth thomma. these pictures were taken from his facebook page — on which he posted updates on the rampage, as it happened. it has since been taken down.

let's have a look at the scene live from that shopping mall. it is in the city known as korat. forces in thailand are concentrating their effo rts thailand are concentrating their efforts on that shopping mall there. it is called terminal 21. we understand the soldier had in his possession an assault rifle at the time. at least 20 people have been killed, says special forces are currently based around the shopping centre, the terminal 21 shopping centre. we have had reports of automatic gunfire being heard from the shopping mall. there is a belief that he is holed up in the basement of the more. earlier on when this unfolded, police managed to evacuate hundreds of shoppers that have been hiding once they realised what was going on. there has been something

ofa going on. there has been something of a media blackout put in place, vertically after he started posting those updates on his facebook page. so, these are the latest shots we are getting from security forces. you can see there the personnel standing just at the forefront of your screen there, terminal 21 is where he is holed up. we believe most of the shoppers that were there at the time, it would have been very busy, have now been evacuated. effo rts busy, have now been evacuated. efforts are concentrated in the basement area of that shopping mall. so, let's get them latest. jonathan head has been covering the story, he is our southeast asia corresponding and he explained the death toll of 20 is likely to increase. panic in a provincial shopping mall. people realise there is a gunman

inside and they have to run. it is understood officials have gone into the shopping mall he shot a senior officer and shut other soldiers before reaching the shopping. at one point, one of his shots appear to ignite a gas cylinder. he has been a identified as sergeant major jakraphanth thomma. he live streamed part of his attack on facebook before it was taken down attack on facebook before it was ta ken down but attack on facebook before it was taken down but his motives are not yet known. gun crimes are not uncommon in thailand but a shooting on the scale by one man is something horribly new. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. more through the evening. we understand that five british people, including a child,

have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the french alps. they were all staying in the same chalet in a ski resort in the savoie region and caught the virus from a british man who'd recently returned from singapore. elsewhere, a british family are in hospital in majorca as a precaution after they reportedly came into contact with a coronavirus patient. more than 700 people have died from the virus in china since the outbreak started. andy moore reports. a picturesque ski resort in the french alps, the unlikely setting for this new cluster of coronavirus cases. french officials said a british man came to a chalet in contamines montjoie after visiting singapore. he then infected at least five other people, including a child. a total of 11 people are in hospital, but they're not said to be in a serious condition. some local schools will have to close. translation: we have been trying to trace where the 11 people from the chalet have been during their stay and who they have been in close contact with.

the british man who was the original source of the infection is being treated in hospital in london. he fell ill after returning to brighton. a child at a school is in city is in self—imposed quarantine. in a separate case in mallorca, a british family of four, including two girls, is in hospital as a precaution after one of them came in contact with a coronavirus case in france. samples have been sent to madrid for testing. translation: we will have to wait between 2a and 48 hours for the results, but there will be announced as soon as possible. on a cruise liner quarantined off the coast of japan, 64 people have now tested positive for coronavirus. they have been taken off the ship to hospital. one of them is british. alan steele from walsall was celebrating his honeymoon. he's said to be doing well, according to his friends, who are still on board

the cruise liner. he was taken off the ship yesterday, late afternoon. he's in a hospital near tokyo. wendy is missing him a great deal, obviously, but they're in regular touch, and alan has been in touch with me a couple of times today. meanwhile the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak has opened a second new hospital to deal with the health emergency. it was built from scratch in wuhan in just two weeks. there have now be a total of 722 deaths in china and two in other countries. more than 311,000 people in china have been infected. tomorrow, the last of 150 british citizens are expected to arrive back in the uk on the final repatriation flight from wuhan. they will be taken to a training and conference venue on the outskirts of milton keynes. andy moore, bbc news. the third uk patient andy moore mentioned in his piece caught the coronavirus at a business

conference in singapore. the event was held over three days injanuary at the grand hyatt hotel and was organised by the british firm servomex. in a statement, the company has told the bbc: the chinese authorities have said that the rate of confirmed cases over the past four days appears to have eased. 0ur correspondent in geneva imogen foulkes says the world health organisation is still urging caution. i think the who is also heartened a

little bit by the apparent sign of stabilisation but, you know, they we re stabilisation but, you know, they were talking, the director—general said you do have to be cautious about this because viruses can slow down and then they can really accelerate again. we don't know yet with this one. but i think the more they see, the more they know. and what we do see is that the cases outside china are very, very low, there are 288, i think. and i think one of the things that the who is really focusing on, and medical experts in fact around the world, are these so—called clusters. that business meeting in cynical —— singapore, who was at it and who was infected there and who they infected after that, that is going to shed some really, really important light on the nature of this virus, how easily it is transmitted, and also as it spreads how severe its health

impact of how mild they actually are. well, just to update you then on this story, we've had a statement from the foreign office, a spokesman has said that our final flight from wuhan took off at 20 past three in the morning, that is local time, with over 200 passengers on board, including our staff, that is foreign 0ffice including our staff, that is foreign office staff, who have facilitated the flight and medics, alongside british nationals there are other nationalities on board this flight. so, the final flight has taken from wuhan, this is a british flight from the hand, took off early this morning at 320 local time, with over 200 local passengers on board, —— with over 200 passengers on board with over 200 passengers on board with foreign office staff and british nationals and of other nationals on board. more of this as

and when we get it. and, of course, we will be following how this story is being covered in tomorrow's front pages. 0ur guestsjoining me are the political commentator jo phillips and nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror. weather warnings have been issued across the uk, as storm ciara moves in from the atlantic. flights, trains and ferries will all be affected. with the details, our correspondent richard galpin joins me in the studio. so, first off, richard, we have had lots of warnings about this but in terms of disruption, what are we talking about, trevor weiss? quite serious disruption to transport. for example, flights, heathrow saying that at heathrow, gatwick, and london city airport, dozens of flights are going to be cancelled, for safety reasons. and this is the

tikki affecting short—haul flights, and essentially what they are doing is when you have got for example flights going to spain, there are several flights flights going to spain, there are severalflights going, flights going to spain, there are several flights going, they will cut the numbers of flights. it is still possible to fly but people will be pushed into a smaller number of planes. british airways is also offering the chance for people who have booked to change the date on which they fly so they can fly at a different time to escape the storm itself. edinburgh airport, they are saying at the moment they haven't got any disruption so far but they are, likea got any disruption so far but they are, like a lot of other airports around the country, keeping a very careful eye on what is happening. there is, we know that seven ferries have been cancelled, these are piano, and is on rates going across the irish sea, for example from liverpool to dublin, and trains also, there is some disruption there on the networks. speed reductions,

reductions of timetable. and actually on the west highlands in scotland, they are saying they have suspended their services because they are so worried. they are talking about winds which could be in excess of 80 mph that they are saying it is not safe to run. bridges also, humber bridge, for example, is probably going to be closed, not definitively yet, under the bridges in scotland. it is the weekend, people are out and about, how else is ciara effect in the uk? well, there will be some shutdowns. in this area, or the royal parks are going to be closed, that means hyde park and kensington park, richmond, bushy park, they are all going to be closed down. that hasn't happened for quite a few years now, going back about seven years or so. and in galway in ireland, it is the 2020

european capital of culture, they we re european capital of culture, they were going to have an 0pening ceremony tomorrow but that, as you can imagine, has been cancelled. thank you very much for the update. this is bbc news. the headlines. 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. gusts of 63 miles per hour already in stornoway and ba cancels dozens of flights tomorrow. there are severe weather warnings as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. an update on our developing story,

the shooting rampage that has been taking place in thailand. the greatest —— latest we're hearing from writers is new —— two casualties have been brought out of the shopping mall, terminal 21 in the shopping mall, terminal 21 in the town of korat. this is early on in sunday morning local time, that is the light seen, the life shot, you can see there, of the mall, where the security forces are trying to storm the shopping mall, they are trying to rescue people that are trapped inside, and also to hand down a junior soldier who went on shooting rampage early run. the two casualties, we understand, were brought out after repeated bursts of automatic gunfire from inside the shopping mall. i had been a question over whether the soldier had hostages with him in there. a witness, a reuters witness, photographer said, i saw them carry

out to casualties. the identity is not immediately clear and no comment from police but we do know that at least 20 people have been killed and at least 31 people have been injured with ten seriously injured and being treated in hospital. sport now and let's get a full roundup from the bbc sport centre. the calcutta cup is back in english hands, after a 13 points to 6 win for eddiejones' side over scotland at murrayfield. really stormy conditions — torrential rain too — in edinburgh which resulted in a low scoring first half, the wind affecting the kickers, 0wen farrel finally got one over the posts, and adam hastings drew the scots level after the interval. but england edged their way into the lead with a try from ellis genge — driving his way over in the pouring rain,

and the prop had some interesting comments to make after the game. i was happy to win but there is more to come. i think that is what we are excited about, to be honest, we had a bump in the road last week and eve ryo ne a bump in the road last week and everyone was watching a soft saying we weren't good enough, the coach should be sacked and the boys were a different team from the world cup. did that sting? no, it's classic, you have got a lot of sausages saying things that come to their head, what are they on about? we went out in scotland in the rain and 110w went out in scotland in the rain and now everyone is singing our praises. next up for england will be ireland, who remain on course for the grand slam after they beat wales 24—14. jordan larmer with ireland's first try. // they added three more in the bonus point win — they added three more in the bonus point win — andrew conway sealing the victory with this effort late on.

there have been just two premier league games today because of the winter break. in the lunchtime game, everton beat crystal palace 3—1 to go up to seventh in the table and contiunue their revival under carlo ancelotti. lydia campbell has the details. everton were battling against relegation and two months on they are targeting a european spot. they had the lead in this game thanks to some brilliance from benard in an otherwise pure first half. before today, christian benteke hadn't scored since last april so you can imagine his release when he pulled palace level. he might have to thank jordan for this one later. palace's reprieve lasted less than eight minutes with charleston finishing off his own amazing run to restore the lead. and they are another with

just minutes remaining, dominic happy to make the point sit. the aim for everton now surely must be europe but as for palace, they face an uncomfortable winter break looking over their shoulders. in the late premier league game, it finished one—all between brighton and watford. watford took the lead midway through the first half, thanks to this strike from abdoulaye doucoure. but brighton equalised with 15 minutes to go — adrian mariappa with a moment to forget, as he put it in his own net. watford remain in the bottom three. brighton stay in 15th. rangers are through to the quarter—finals of the scottish cup after thrashing hamilton 4—1. a wave of second half goals quickly ended the tie, scot afield with his second of the game, this screamer from range in injury time as well

to secure their spot in the next round. great britain's fed cup team have lost their qualifier against slovakia. they started the day 2—nil down in the five rubber match. heather watson had got them off to a good start as she beat rebecca sramkova.that meant that harriet dart needed to beat anna scmidlova. but it wasn't to be. dart lost the first set on a tie—break and saved 2 match points in the second, but went long with a backhand. so slovakia are through to the inauguralfinals in budapest, for gb its back to a qualifier for next year's competition. great britain's hopes of qualifying a women's basketball team for this summer's olympic games look to be over, after they lost to south korea in serbia. victory for britain would have secured them a place in tokyo but they lost by 82 points to 79. they face spain tomorrow. that's all the sport.

bye for now. a group of senior conservatives is urging fellow tory mps to challenge borisjohnson's decision to give the chinese technology firm huawei a role in building the uk's 5g mobile networks. in a letter, severalformer cabinet ministers say there are alternative options which would not compromise national security. the government insists the decision was taken following a rigorous review and huawei's involvement in 5g would be limited. sir iain duncan smith explained why he's concerned about the decision. we are at a point where we need now to make a decision and the decision is a long—term decision, notjust on 5g but on 6g which is the big breakthrough, as to whether or not you have an organisation from a country that is an aggressor in terms of cyber warfare and a company that is clearly totally and utterly in the hands of the chinese government who demand absolute obedience on these matters.

joining me now from his home in buckinghamshire is adrian barnard, a telecoms and technology industry commentator. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. do you agree with what iain duncan smith has said? yes and no. i welcome the input from this group of mps dubbed the wolverines because britain is a part of the security alliance with australia, canada, new zealand and the united states, that is obviously important security lights for the whole of the western world but i fear the intervention, this letter, is actually too little too late. huawei are embedded in the mobile and fixed networks of this country and the prime minister was my decision, the government was my decision to allow them access to 235% of the five g network is really very pragmatic solution. allow them

access to 35%. well i haven't done anything by stealth, they have been in this country for over 15 years operating in the telecoms network so ifear it might operating in the telecoms network so i fear it might be too late. there is the allegation they are addresses, aggressors, cyber warfare, it is not the first time we have had this. a lot of this comes down to the ownership of the company. who actually owns huawei? they call themselves a private company that is owned by the shareholders but there is no doubt that huawei is one of many chinese enterprises that are at the forefront of chinese economic expansion and its stated national aims are to be imminent in the new industries of the century. this is a political decision, now, nota technical decision. president trump is make alleged remarks about

exploding down the phone apoplectic to mrjohnson show how sensitive the decision is. if any government is serious about its national infrastructure, one should be asking why isn't it providing that infrastructure itself with home—grown companies with companies and countries that it trusts. this issue highlights the fact that the uk's great capability in this area was given away too huawei about 15 yea rs was given away too huawei about 15 years ago, basically. you mentioned that a lot of this comes down to a tech war and there has been a lot of opposition to this decision from the united states, and many people are also saying that this is a war for tech supremacy between the us and china, and the us are saying, 0k, who do want to run your comes? do you want to come through the us i do wa nt to you want to come through the us i do want to come through china? is that it all it comes down to?” want to come through china? is that it all it comes down to? i think it

comes down to unfair trade practices. the industry is rife with allegations. in the political world is rife with allegations about chinese theft of intellectual property, what we call reverse engineering, so copying someone else's kit and producing it more cheaply. an enormous state subsidy. i read a report from iraq alleged over $50 billion has been given the last ten years to huawei. —— i read a report from the us. he said this isn't a tech decision, are you implying they're isn't a tech decision, are you implying they‘ re not isn't a tech decision, are you implying they're not really leading when it comes to 5g technology? we know there are alternatives out there, is it just know there are alternatives out there, is itjust the money, is that all it is? huawei's kit is cheap, and they are also embedded in the network. the cheerleaders are actually the mobile network operators. bt, and of ee, to their

credit from a uk perspective, committed to pull out huawei from their core network so having, removing huawei from this more sensitive data switching centres that provide the real security threat or vulnerability. so, that provide the real security threat orvulnerability. so, having huawei on the edge is something that all the network operators spent billions of pounds already doing so continuing that was a pragmatic decision, it wasn't a political one, the mobile network had already invested billions in huawei and they are already in the 4g core so it would be nice for the politicians to ta ke would be nice for the politicians to take a longer term view but i fear it is too late. the position of equity in this decision needs to be addressed and i think president trump will continue to apply pressure on the uk government and i think this pressure will increase. the camp —— 0k, adrian barnard,

thank you for that insight. let's find out how the all weather is looking. here is helen bits. that evening, storm ciara is a powerful and dangerous storm, it may even cause a threat to life. we are expecting severe gales across many parts of the uk and that makes it unusual and that is why there is an amber warning out from the met office, particularly england and wales, for damage and disruption, it will be very windy for northern ireland and scotland as well. it is also very wet, there is an amber warning because of concern of river flooding in scotland. elsewhere in the north, we could see flash flooding and the showers that follow will give heavy falls of rain in a small space of time. even in land we could get a of wind up to 80 mph that could cause roof tiles to fly

around and potential damage to power lines. this is a serious storm, the warnings, the details at least on the website. hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. the gunman — identified as a soldier who killed his commanding officer before going on the rampage — is believed to be still on the loose. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. gusts of 63 miles per hour already in stornoway and ba cancels dozens of flights tomorrow. there are severe weather warnings as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. now on bbc news. the so—called islamic state group may no longer control territory in syria

or iraq but it hasn't given up the fight. undeterred, some of its army of global jihadists survived, and have taken sanctuary in the most remote corners of the globe. so where has the islamic state group gone after the caliphate? in this bbc news exclusive quentin sommerville followed the trail of one attack, planned and executed despite the group's apparent collapse. this programme contains images which some viewers may find disturbing. vicious, fearless, the islamic state group was an army of global jihadists. hungry to die for their cause.