hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm. nine people are killed when a suspected far right extremist in germany attacks two shisha smoking bars. he and his mother are later found shot dead. i heard a loud shooting. bang, bang, bang! everybody scream and much panic. oi, oi, oi! whoohoo! relief for passengers leaving the cruise ship hit by coronavrius. 70 britons are told they'll be flown home tomorrow. the heroes who rescued a woman stranded on the roof of a car in flood waters in south wales. coming up on afternoon live,

all the sport with olly foster. good afternoon. a bit of a concussion theme to today's sports news, the olympic hockey champion alex danson news, the olympic hockey champion alex da nson has news, the olympic hockey champion alex danson has been forced to retire, and dan biggar has been cleared to play for wales. nations this weekend. thanks. and chris fawkes has the weather. there are six severe flood warnings are still in force and another 99, more rain today, we will be taking a look at what is next coming to our river systems and looking at the forecast as there is a bit more rain on the way so the areas of flooding could move to different parts of the country. thanks chris. also coming up on afternoon live. tributes are paid to larry tesler, the computer scientist behind cut, copy and paste, who's died at the age of 7a. also coming up on afternoon live, tributes are paid to larry tesler, the computer scientist behind cut, copy and paste, who's died at the age of 7a.

hello, iam hello, i am simon mccoy. a suspected right wing extremist has shot dead nine people in germany. the 43—year—old, named by german media as tobias r, attacked people in two shisha smoking bars in the city of hanau. many of the victims are thought to be turkish. it's believed the attacker then shot dead his mother before killing himself. the authorities say he had expressed extreme xenophobic views in a manifesto and video. the attack comes amid growing conerns about far right violence in germany. paul adams reports. horror in the centre of hanau late last night. "there has just been a whole lot of shooting," this onlooker says. "some guy went in with a weapon

and started picking people off." i heard a loud shooting. bang, bang, bang! i heard this, everybody, the person run, scream. and much panic. minutes later, a mile away, and the police arrive at the scene of a second attack, on another shisha bar. once again, the victims mostly thought to be of turkish origin. translation: i got a call from a colleague that there had been a shooting attack here at the kiosk and so i came straight here. then i heard my father was affected and my little brother. they run the kiosk. but then i saw them both. they were horrified and they were crying and everything. amid rumours of more than one gunman, the police launched a seven—hour manhunt but witnesses led officers to a house near the second shooting. there they found a 43—year—old man

and his 72—year—old mother. both were dead. german media reports say the suspect was a german citizen named only as tobias r, and that ammunition and gun magazines were found in his car. the authorities are now examining a video he is thought to have posted in recent days in which he discusses conspiracy theories. translation: a lot of evidence points towards that the perpetrator acted out of far—right and racist motives that stemmed from a hatred towards people with different heritage, different beliefs, or a different look to him. racism is a poison. hatred is a poison. and this poison exists in our society and is responsible for far too many crimes. concerns about far—right violence in germany are on the rise. this appears to be the third such attack since last summer. paul adams, bbc news.

our security correspondent frank gardner is here. what is emerging about this man? quite a lot, from the manifesto that he published a few days before the attack. i think when angela merkel refers to evidence emerging, that's what the investigators are looking at. in this, in his published ma nifesto, at. in this, in his published manifesto, and the posthumous video that was believed to be put up online and has been taken down, a german —based paper had taken hold of it. he speaks very good german, university educated, 43, born in hanau, and yet his ramblings are unfathomable to make the —— to most of us. he is a far right racist, he believes in the elimination of some races, he is a conspiracy theorist, believing in bunkers in america where children are tortured and the

authorities are responsible, and he urges people to take action. despite all of this, he owned a legitimate hunting license. germany has quite strict controls, it's not that easy, not like america. you have become pa rt not like america. you have become part of the hunting community by passing exams, you have to learn a certain language and have certain clothes. he legitimately owned the weapon and the ammunition which were found in his car and that he used, apparently, to murder these people. but he targeted kurdish and turkish community people who are going to the late night she share bars. —— shisha bars. we have spoken about the concerns in germany about the far right extremism on the rise of it? it's notjust germany, recently police busted open a terror cell that was to attack mosques. they believe it was targeting, setting

off some civil or common strife in germany. there is a strong far right movements particularly in saxony and parts of eastern germany that is to be the east german communist regime —— used to be the communist regime, there is resentment there at the 1.5 million syrians who came to germany in 2015 when angela merkel opened the doors to germany as a merciful and humane thing to do. that has played into the hands of extremists who said, our culture has been ruined, we are being... etc. authorities will be checking that he acted alone, so they will be going through security cameras and other things at the moment? that's actually how they got him. germany has an aversion to cctv and surveillance, because of two things, because of nazism and of course the stasi, the east german secret police, angela merkel grew up under the stasi. they have rather

relu cta ntly the stasi. they have rather reluctantly started to use cctv and that's how they tracked down this quy that's how they tracked down this guy to his home. when they stormed it, german special police found two dead bodies, one was a suspect and the other his mother, he is believed to have killed his mother as well. so 11 bodies in the end. what sort of reaction has there been? we have had from the turkish prime minister? yes, turkey and germany have pretty bad relations these days. rather an aggressive statement from the turkish president saying, we expect germany to come clean about what happened. i don't think germany has got any interest in covering anything up, they want to get to the bottom of it as well. angela merkel has said that this is a poison, this is racism under poison that infects us we is racism under poison that infects us we should not be complacent about it in this country, because the security services, m15, are devoting more and more resources to tackling far right extremism. out of six terror plots intercepted in this

country last year, three were far right. it is still dwarfed by jihadist terrorism as a threat to british security, is the fastest growing element at the moment. an evacuation flight for about 70 british people stranded on the corona—virus hit cruise ship injapan will leave tokyo tomorrow. officials say they'll be placed in quarantine in a hospital on the wirral for 14 days. it comes as two japanese passengers on the diamond princess, both in their eighties, have died after contracting the virus. laura bicker reports from yokahama. after two weeks stuck in a cabin, this walk to freedom must feel glorious. exit, stage right! the diamond princess. goodbye! thank you for everything. just a few final health checks to go through before they make their way to the airport and home. many others were told that they too could leave, and they couldn't contain their glee. but, as one british passenger

explained, not everyone has received good news. some people have got to do another 14 days on the ship because their partner has been taken to hospital. but it is just a major inconvenience to us. and when i think of the other people, people on the inside cabins who have got no daylight coming in at all, it's horrific, really. worse was to come. word quickly spread that two elderly passengers had died. a sobering reminder of why this quarantine matters. for the hundreds of passengers left on the ship, including 70 brits, who have all tested negative for coronavirus, this is the last night that they have to spend in their cabins. but their ordeal isn't over. once they get home, they'll face another 14 days of quarantine. in china, at the epicentre of the outbreak, doctors told state media they would work to stamp

out the virus. and there was more positive publicity, as health officials reported a sharp decrease in new infections, although questions remain over china's official figures. elsewhere in east asia, they were reporting a dramatic increase in cases. in south korea, one church service has infected dozens, and one person has died. the mayor of the country's fourth largest city has ordered everyone to stay indoors. thousands of us forces at a nearby base have also been banned from leaving. the passengers aboard the diamond princess have felt the real impact of this epidemic. but while their nightmare journey nears its end, this virus continues to take its toll. laura bicker, bbc news, yokohama. more heavy rain is forecast for parts of the uk already hard hit by storm dennis, with many people anxiously watching to see whether flood defences will hold over the coming days. there are currently more than 250

flood warnings and alerts and six severe warnings in place across england, wales and scotland. meanwhile, details have emerged of a dramatic rescue of a 62—year—old woman stranded in the floods, clinging to the roof of her submerged car overnight. in the last half hour, the authorities have been holding a news briefing at west mercia police headquarters. we are now beginning to move from the emergency response phase, that's the rescuing and the evacuating, to the recovery phase, which is about fixing, clearing and returning to normal. and we wanted to provide reassurance to communities that have been affected in the flooding that you will not be forgotten. there are still areas that pose a risk to the public, and with further rainfall expected this weekend, this is likely to continue for some days to come. one of the key issues for us is we are asking people to remain vigilant. we still have flood warnings, and out there there's an awful lot of water still out on the ground. and so we ask people

to understand their flood risk, and you can check that on gov.uk or on the environment agency's floodline. our reporter rory carson is in monmouth. anxious times, just looking at the skies? they look fine at the moment. it's a beautiful, beautiful day all ofa it's a beautiful, beautiful day all of a sudden. in the last 30 minutes, the rain has stopped and the sun is just starting to split through the clouds. if you look behind me, we've had some very heavy rain this morning. earlier in the week, the river wye burst its banks, the levels were at it all—time high. if you look across, you'll be able to see some of the houses, all of those houses suffered flooding. many of the residents had to leave. some of those have just been back into their properties in the last hour or so, just to have a look at the devastation. but the rain seems to

have passed here for now. as it has, we are starting to his extraordinary tales of heroism, firefighters in brecon rescued a woman who was clinging to a branch at the side of the hospital. she is now in hospital. and perhaps one of the most extraordinary ones, a woman not farfrom most extraordinary ones, a woman not far from where most extraordinary ones, a woman not farfrom where i am standing most extraordinary ones, a woman not far from where i am standing was trapped on top of her car. she was there for about 12 hours and two men, peter smith and graeme handley, waded into the water managed to rescue her. they have been speaking to the bbc. i went to the woods, as i was doing that, i was getting closer to whatever this black object was, i still couldn't work out what it was, i was taking photographs. and when i got 20 yards away, it was something in it moved. i got closer, and i could just about make out that it was a car completely submerged under lady was on top. the photographs i

was taking at about 7:50am and she had been there since about 8p a minute. it took me over half an hour to get through the woods, 200 —— 8pm it took me half an to get through to the woods to call to these guys and got back. we then came back in the water was up to here. we scrambled through the woods. it was a nightmare trying to get through the woods, it was on an angle like that and everything was slipping down. we got down tojeff, and everything was slipping down. we got down to jeff, asking what was going on, i can remember you and her shouting, help me. she was saying, don't leave me. so ijust automaticallyjustjump don't leave me. so ijust automatically just jump straight in, got on the roof of the car. she was half on the car, half in the water. he had his coat off, shut off, and he went straight in. —— shut off. that was bravery. it was cold, it

was freezing! quite an extraordinary story of courage and bravery. today at the moment the sun is splitting through, the west seems to have been passed here in monmouth but in north wales we are concerned , here in monmouth but in north wales we are concerned, we could see up to 24 hours, and months work of —— months worth of rain in a day. homes and businesses around this area have been hits with up to three feet of water. there is one flood warning in denbighshire, and it's a case of watching and waiting to see what this weather brings in the next 24 hours. thank you so much. our correspondent phil mackie

was at that news briefing. you're indoors, which is good. i've still got my wellies on! i'm sure you never take them off. but the messages, not out of the woods yet? absolutely right. i've just been in worcester, the flood levels are dropping a little bit but not much, and no bad weather has anywhere to go so the chances are that the levels might rise. money and help is being made available, we saw a news conference there recently, i've never seen on with so many people, because this is a joint operation over three counties of the police, environment agency and other services. you were just telling me, you've never seen anything like this and it has been absolutely an unprecedented weather event? that's exactly the case. this has been the

worst flooding in herefordshire for more than 200 years since records began. it has been a remarkable series of days, not least because of what you just said, the way that the different agencies have come together, working out of herefordshire council offices, in our emergency response centre, we have had a military police, health, the local authority, fire and local rescue all coming together to coordinate responses. it's been the fantastic response of our communities as well which has been truly wonderful in those areas where there have been 70 people impacted. we had of the order of 300 different houses that have been flooded. we think the number will grow, we think there will be more than that when we find out in due course. it has been unprecedented and one of the questions for us all means, what does unprecedented mean for the future? are does unprecedented mean for the future ? are we does unprecedented mean for the future? are we going to see more unprecedented weather in the future, where the systems as they come in?

we are dealing with this one here and that is the focus, the next few days we will be moving into recovery mode. we are obviously vigilant because it's still raining outside. the forecasts are, the amount of water over the next few days will not be as significant in terms of volume so we hope we are able to move into full recovery mode in the days ahead. but there is some rain scheduled next week. there is financial help, there is money available for those affected ? financial help, there is money available for those affected? yes, i wasjust describing in the conference, we wasjust describing in the conference , we are wasjust describing in the conference, we are putting aside funds to put aside not only those people who have had to —— who have been impacted by flooding, but those businesses. we are also coordinating government funding and making itself available, so our website is

up—to—date with all that information for anybody who is looking to try and make any sort of acclaim. we are fitted into place immunity herbs for advice, where we can put advice and information centres, close to where people are so that they can find out practical advice, may be about how to claim insurance. thanks very much. in worcestershire, they have certainly similar stuff, and it worcestershire. —— and in other areas. there is £250,000 available in worcestershire for those affected by the floods. there is still a danger that things could return to the levels we have seen this week but i really hope that perhaps we have seen the back of things at least in the short—term. the rain that has come through today is quite heavy but not as bad as we expected so fingers crossed, things might slowly begin to return to normal. the trouble with that is, this is

the moment a lot of people going back to their homes for the first time and seeing what has been caused by the. -- by the floods. yes, some people can't get into their homes yet. there are some villages in herefordshire that got hit very badly and people had to be evacuated, i don't think they will get back into their properties again for a while. a street in worcestershire that i was in earlier today, and 92—year—old lady with living upstairs, water in the ground floor, her two sons in their 60s are happy to stay there to look after her. cannot do anything the river levels drop, they have to go in it wade is at the moment, it's ridiculous. —— in waders. the big rivers like the river severn, it ta kes a rivers like the river severn, it takes a long time to go back down again because there's so much water coming in from catchment areas. some of the water on the flood plains will be there for weeks and that has a big impact on farmers and ordinary

life, it just becomes a big impact on farmers and ordinary life, itjust becomes miserable. that's continuing, roads are still closed, you just want the sunshine to come out, the wind to blow and dry everything up but it's not going to happen quickly. thank you so much. we will have a full weather forecast in the next ten minutes. a man has been found guilty of murdering ricky leave. james watson of no fixed address field —— appeared in court in peterborough. there's a row in westminster over reports that home secretary priti patel tried to move the most senior civil servant in her department, sir philip rutnam. the bbc‘s been told by a source that there was what's been called "a genuine disagreement" between the pair and that downing street was asked to intervene and move sir philip to anotherjob. one report accused the home secretary of "bullying

and belittling" her officials. but the source strongly denied those claims. our home affairs correspondent danny shawjoins me now. what is the dispute, what is at the heart of it? it seems to be some fundamental disagreement between sir philip rachman, the senior civil servant in that department, and priti patel, the home secretary who has been there for seven months. sir philip rutnam was caught up in controversy when amber rudd was caught up in the scandal over the windrush inquiry. she accused senior civil servant like sir philip of not breaching her properly. priti patel and sir philip rutnam have not seen eye to eye, they have had rows, not blazing rows, but there is a fundamental disagreement between them and she has tried to get him

moved. she has gone to downing street to try and remove him from his post. it's common for ministers to wa nt his post. it's common for ministers to want to shuffle officials around, but to attempt to remove the most senior official and permanent secretary is quite a big step to take. so no rowling but claims of a very toxic culture? —— no rowing? there were claims in the times newspaper that retty patel was a bully and was politically officials in the department. —— priti patel. there are two pictures being painted here, depending on who you believe. one picture is a cabinet minister out of her depth, relatively inexperienced and because of that is struggling with the brief and the complexity of the problem is that she faces, and results to bullying and intemperate language and is rude to officials. and another picture painted of someone who is a demanding minister, certainly,

asking lots of questions, demanding information, wants people to work ha rd information, wants people to work hard and achieve her goals but is not rude and is not demeaning or bullying to officials. those two contrasting pictures being presented. what did the civil serva nts presented. what did the civil servants union say about this? we have had quite a strongly worded statement from the union which represents senior civil servants stop the general secretary has said in response the reports in the times, putting undue pressure and demands on committed public servants who are already overstretched does not make a good government and will do this administration no favours. ministers have to recognise the consequences of their behaviour, an atmosphere of fear is not conducive to successful workplace. a strong statement there from the union that represents many of these officials who are apparently being caught up this rather difficult atmosphere at the home office. thank you so much. you might never heard of american

computing genius larry tesler, who's died at the age of 74, but you're likely to use his most famous time—saving invention almost every day. that's the cut, copy and paste commands. larry tesler spent more than 50 years working for silicon valley companies like xerox, apple and yahoo, and specialised in making computers more user—friendly. as well as "cut, copy and paste", he also created the "find and replace" command. paying tribute to him, xerox said "your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas". time for a look at the weather. the weather and its crew list, we have seen some bright —— the weather is at its most cruel, bright blue skies in some areas but other areas getting rain. yes, we have got some problems working in in north—west england.

this is the loom going through lancashire, there have been problems here, some disruption on the rails, and some of the rivers in the north—east have reached record levels. the main problem we have been focusing on over recent days are certain rivers. the river wye seems to have peaked in many cases, starting to ease down a little bit. problem is not far from starting to ease down a little bit. problem is not farfrom hereford as well, and as well as a severe flood warnings we have 99 flood warnings elsewhere across the uk. a lot of water sloshing around. so what is causing this at the moment? the flooding in the west midlands and wales has come through from the last stone we have had, —— storm we had, it is 150 millimetres

of rain. these rivers, like the river wye and the river severn, they basically drain that kind of area of wales. we had a large amount of rain falling on saturated ground already quite wet from the previous storm, the water has been running off the brecon beacons into these two big rivers which are slow to respond. the flood are very gradually going down the length of the catchment but it takes days. i never realised how close the source of those rivers are up close the source of those rivers are up there. and it is literally this pa rt up there. and it is literally this part where we have the largest falls of rain. the peak rainfall was about here in one of the reservoirs in the brecon beacons. that's why it's been particularly bad for those areas. so tell us what to expect in the next day or so. as well as the severe flood warnings that remain in force, 99 flood warnings elsewhere, and we have more rain in the forecast as

well. areas could see more flooding over the next few days. the big rivers, the river severn is probably going to continue to have flooding problems along the length of it up to and including sunday, and of the river trent has had problems. they will still be around today and tomorrow. the river wye seems to have peaked so things will hopefully get better there. but we have more rain on the way. wet weather on the way for northern ireland, says subsurface water issues building here. scotland over the weekend —— so some surface what she is building here. scotland over the weekend had a lot of rain, we could have problems over the weekend as well. more heavy rain going into the pennines, 80 millimetres ever higher ground, friday and saturday. we could start to see flooding increase across parts of northern england and northern wales. the areas that will see flooding over the next few days will possibly change. looking at the

picture in cumbria, one of the places that see lots of heavy rain today, from our weather front, places that see lots of heavy rain today, from our weatherfront, it continues to slide eastwards. heavy rain in london at the moment, showers falling as snow on higher ground, particularly in areas of 200 metres. with the high winds the snow will be blown around, with blizzard conditions on some roads. it will feel cooler through the afternoon as the winds turn around. overnight, showers thick and fast initially but then later on, we have a next weather system bringing more rain across scotland, northern ireland, turning wet over north—west england. three to 4 degrees for england and wales, milder in the north—west where winds will start to pick up again. for friday, wet and windy weather. a slow—moving weather front bringing fairly persistent heavy outbreaks of rain for much of the day. northern ireland, scotland and north—west england. the extra rate

could bring flooding and localised flooding conditions across parts of scotland, north wales and england, but not southern or midland. friday night, this band of rain goes southwards, we will eventually get the raid across southern counties, quite heavy in the south—west. the red front will loiter and linger for the rest of the day. further north—west, on saturday, we have showers back again and it will be cold enough to see some of those