and landslides in its wake. a 15—year—old girl is identified as the suspect in a deadly school shooting in wisconsin. as the search for survivors continues, 3a people are now confirmed to have been killed by a cyclone that's hit the island of mayotte. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. sources in ukraine say the country's security services — the sbu — were behind a bomb attack in moscow which has killed a senior russian general in charge of the country's nuclear, chemicaland biological defence. this is the live scene where igor kirillov and his assistant were blown up as they left an apartment building around six kilometres south—east of the kremlin. this image — verified by the bbc — shows the remains of a scooter and matches the location of the explosion.

investigators say the scooter may have concealed the bomb, before it was remotely detonated. you can see the significant impact of the blast around the entrance of the apartment building. on monday, ukrainian prosecutors charged lieutenant general kirillov with using banned chemical weapons. an sbu source has described mr kirillov as "a legitimate target" and a "war criminal". kremlin officials have described the bombing as "a terrorist act". our russia editor steve rosenberg is following the story and gave this update from moscow. this from moscow. is what we know so far, this this is what we know so far, this is based on what russian investigators have said. they say that the bomb was hidden in a scooter by the entrance to an apartment block and detonated remotely. they say igor apartment block and detonated remotely. they say igor kirillov was killed along with kirillov was killed along with

his assistant. left at the his assistant. left at the general igor kirillov was head general igor kirillov was head of russia's nuclear chemical, of russia's nuclear chemical, biological protection forces, biological protection forces, so this is a senior figure so this is a senior figure killed in this attack. images killed in this attack. images that have been coming into us that have been coming into us show considerable damage to the show considerable damage to the entrance of that block of entrance of that block of flats. a lot of mum damage, flats. a lot of mum damage, police and investigators on the police and investigators on the scene. looking for clues. as scene. looking for clues. as you mentioned, yesterday you mentioned, what detonated ukraine's security service ukraine's security service actually charged the russian actually charged the russian general in absentia for allegedly using chemical in absentia for general in absentia for allegedly using was weapons in ukraine. he was sanctioned in october by the weapons in ukraine. he was sanctioned in october by the british authorities who accused british authorities who accused him, accused russia of flagrant him, accused russia of flagrant violation of the chemical violation of the chemical weapons convention. but weapons convention. but dramatic scene certainly in dramatic scene certainly in moscow today. typical block of moscow today. typical block of flats, apartment block, and flats, apartment block, and residents completely shocked by residents completely shocked by

what happened this morning. this significant, considerable blast. from this bomb that was hidden, as investigators say, in a scooter outside the entrance to this apartment block. which has killed a senior russian military figure. let's speak to hamish de bretton gordon — former britsh army colonel and an expert on chemical weapons. thank you forjoining us. the general and had an interesting career. he was once spoken of as having been a strong mouthpiece for kremlin disinformation but he was also an active individual when it came of chemical came to the use of chemical weapons. tell us more.

after his to putin, especially after his troops have had to flee from syria after assad fail. he is a key mouthpiece after the salisbury poisoning, he was saying that it was the british

secret service who were responsible. recently he has came to the use of chemical weapons. te recently a. came to the use of chemical weapons. te recently he “err; came to the use of chemical weapons. te recently he has responsible. recently he has been claiming that ukraine is been claiming that ukraine is 20 make a dirty bomb out of 20 make a dirty bomb out of nuclear material. —— trying to nuclear material. —— trying to make. as one of putin's closest make. as one of putin's closest assistance, this will be a assistance, this will be a severe blow to the kremlin. find severe blow to the kremlin. find severe blow to the kremlin. and a bold attack _ severe blow to the kremlin. and a bold attack _ severe blow to the kremlin. and a bold attack on _ severe blow to the kremlin. and a bold attack on russia's severe blow to the kremlin. and a bold attack on _ severe blow to the kremlin. and a bold attack on russia's doorstep. the kremlin�*s doorstep. the kremlin�*s doorstep. the kremlin�*s doorstep. the kremlin�*s doorstep. how did ukraine manage to carry this out? figs doorstep. how did ukraine manage to carry this out? figs manage to carry this out? as ou manage to carry this out? as manage to carry this out? as ou manage to carry this out? as you say. _ manage to carry this out? as you say. a — manage to carry this out? sis you say, a very manage to carry this out? is you say, a very bold and you say. _ manage to carry this out? as you say. a — manage to carry this out? is you say, a very bold and audacious move. it will audacious move. it will reverberate around the kremlin reverberate around the kremlin and moscow, if the most and moscow, if the most important generals are not important generals are not safe. we do know that the safe. we do know that the ukrainian secret service are ukrainian secret service are incredibly effective and have incredibly effective and have conducted a number of conducted a number of operations deep into russia. operations deep into but i think there's general, at an indicted war criminal, or would be, and has been conducting these horrendous

chemical attacks. the ukrainian

particularly some of their more deadly lines like novacek and no doubt they will fire more missiles and drones at ukraine's infrastructure. but this is i think another severe cut to putin who has really suffered very badly from the syrian events over the last couple of weeks. and also if putin cannot use his chemical weapons against ukraine, it is highly likely his forces will not be able to advance much further, and especially with president trump likely to be, he will be taking over in the white house fairly soon, i would say putin has a lot to think about and build very much be on the back foot, which i think we all applaud.- think we all applaud. thank ou. and a reminder — you can stay up to date on this developing story

on the bbc news app and website. we're running a live page with continuous updates from our teams in moscow, kyiv and here in london. steve kyiv and here in london. rosenberg is at the scene of steve rosenberg is at the scene of the attack in moscow with analysis but also news coming in from russian authorities and the investigators who are on the investigators who are on the ground. we will have more on that story here on bbc news as well. police in the us state of wisconsin have identified the attacker in a school shooting as a 15—year—old girl. a teacher and a student were killed, and six students were injured. the attacker was found dead at the scene. only 3% of mass shootings in the us have been carried out by women or girls. the police chief in the city of madison said the alarm was raised by a pupil who was just seven or eight years old. here's is cbs correspondent naomi ruchim.

this is another difficult morning in america as families mourn loved ones lost in yet another school shooting. this is what we know so far. police in madison, wisconsin, are searching for answers after a 15—year—old female student opened fire at a small private christian school yesterday morning. one student had one teacher were killed and half a dozen others were injured. the young woman also died after turning the gun on herself. the details are chilling, involving so many young lives, police arrived on scene at the school minutes after a second grader called to report an active shooterjust before iiam. called to report an active shooterjust before ”am. a shooter just before ”am. a sixth shooterjust before ”am. a sixth grader said he heard the gunshots while sitting in english class, the teacher who was killed was a substitute for another teacher who had called out sick. meanwhile police have identified the shooter now as 15—year—old student natalie who went by the name samantha, she

was pronounced dead on the way to hospital and police recovered a nine millimetre handgun from the scene. investigators have searched her home and see the family is cooperating with the investigation. —— say the family. a strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the pacific island nation of vanuatu, triggering landslides, crushing cars and flattening buildings. power and mobile networks across the country have been cut and the full extent of the damage remains unclear. several buildings were damaged in the capital, port vila. among them, one housing the american, uk, french and new zealand embassies. this drone footage filmed by a localjournalist in vanuatu shows the aftermath of a landslide on the edge of the island's international shipping terminal. for more on the situation on the ground in vanuatu, i've been speaking to dan mcgarry, a journalist living in port vila.

we get them on a regular basis, higher than six, but nobly i have spoken to here has experienced anything like it in their lives, so it was very close to the capital, that 7.3 i think we felt every bit of it. some of the older buildings in town were severely damaged, some of them collapsed entirely. damage was not as widespread as you might see in other countries that don't build such an exacting standard as we do here. that is a relief to many. however, iwent as we do here. that is a relief to many. however, i went to the hospital shortly after the initial shock and talked to police who confirmed one fatality. i spoke to please later and they said about multiple fatalities but they would not give me a number. it is clear from what we have seen at the triage centre outside that they set up outdoors,

outside of the emergency ward, there are dozens of people who have been injured, some severely command some not so much. we don't have a good assessment of the extent of the human toll right now. it appears a great deal of our basic infrastructure has been damaged. we have issues with the main road way to the centre of town. the road connecting us to the airport. i have heard unconfirmed reports that the runway at the airport may be damaged. if that happens, it may hinder the disaster response significantly. just tell us what _ response significantly. just tell us what the _ response significantly. just tell us what the situation is there for people right now, i understand their power cuts as well as communication challenges.— well as communication challenues. a , challenges. as you can see, i am talking — challenges. as you can see, i am talking to _ challenges. as you can see, i am talking to you _ challenges. as you can see, i am talking to you in - challenges. as you can see, i am talking to you in the - challenges. as you can see, i am talking to you in the dark| am talking to you in the dark with a torch and a generator, i am more fortunate than many people here. limitations are very slowly coming back, i was able to call my familyjust a little while ago. that wasn't

possible earlier today. we have seen power come back to the area surrounding the hospital, it is an obvious priority for officials. i expect we will see power restored fairly promptly but there was damage to one of our major water tanks in the hills overlooking the town. i don't know what the impact of thatis don't know what the impact of that is going to be on our urban water supply. i think we are in for a little more hardship before we come out of this. charlie damon, is head of program and partnerships at care australia which is helping coordinate intnerational relief efforts. i asked her how well prepared people are in vanuatu for natural disasters on this scale? disaster management is at the forefront of community awareness, so communities would have had that basic level awareness to know what to do when an earthquake strikes but of course there are no warnings for earthquakes which is not

similar to cyclones where you normally have the leader period to prepare for those. so this earthquake would have been a shockin earthquake would have been a shock in that sense. it is the run—up to christmas, people had been out shopping, lunchtime, getting ready for the festive season, working, so in that senseit season, working, so in that sense it is a token i don't think anybody can be prepared for it. ~ . . ., , for it. what are the key challenges _ for it. what are the key challenges when - for it. what are the key challenges when it - for it. what are the key i challenges when it comes for it. what are the key - challenges when it comes to any rescue efforts but also any kind of support that 1533 00:14:25,382 --> 00:14:2