the shooter was active on twitter and he even live streamed his rampage on facebook how big of a role is social media playing in this in attacks like this. i think the social media is a vehicle as i've explained a hundred years ago hundred fifty years ago terrorists were aware of the power of the media actually outlining hypothetical headlines that could be used for terrorists to advance their cause and get published city. terrorists right from the the the munich olympic massacre in the one nine hundred eighty s. and ninety's where these events took place have been aware of the power of the media have been using t.v. radio and press and wall that we're seeing now with twitter live streaming is the very same elements being brought into the digital a. but the one thing i think that

we should be aware of and it's a sad thing to confront is that not only was this being real live stream but those groups and there will be many in germany in the u.k. and throughout the world they'll be dozens if not hundreds of people who will be watching this and being extremely happy they will really be enjoying this sort of stuff this is the sort of mindset these video links are intended to appeal to and one of the purposes of this individual was to inspire such attacks and this is where governments across the world should and i think already have responded because in germany in the u.k. and elsewhere we are very much more advanced than poor old new zealand in this instance we know exactly what it's like in our now to be attacks inspired by this

attack some young people somewhere thinking i could do this now the good thing is that certainly in the u.k. and to the large extent in germany develop automatic weapons is hugely restricted and so we do have to. advantages but we must not forget that the main purpose of this was to inspire similar attacks as he says it is manifest to divide the country between the whites and nonwhites in this case between muslims and non muslims in other cases between jews and jews in other cases the whole purpose is to divide and rule and i think is the greatest danger in these videos that have been put out professor thank you so much for taking time to talk with us today thank you for your insights. from the university of nottingham. on new zealand's prime minister just was quick to refer to the internet's role in

what she called an unprecedented attack she implored people not just spread footage of the shootings online we have undoubtedly experienced an attempted eye that is unprecedented i'm like anything that we have experienced before but as i say new zealand has been chosen because we are not a place where violent extremism exists we reject ours and our sins and we must continue to reject them this is not an enclave for that kind of behavior for that kind of ideology we will and must reject it this is a place where people should feel secure and will feel secure i am not going to let this change new zealand's profile none of us should we should all be condemning obviously what has happened here today in the peaceful nation of new zealand and all of us can at least it was ensure that we do not sheer sprayed or actively

engage in that message of height we have been given assurance that online. platforms we're some of those images have been she had are actively being removed but i just asked people down she had them. jacinda down there the prime minister of new zealand commenting on the shootings at those mosques that left forty nine people dead i'm joined now by my colleague t.v. journalist howard antony you're from australia it turns out that the main suspect in this shooting in new zealand is from australia how what are making this means that we're feeling the same shock and horror that new zealand but it's also added with the more than a tinge of embarrassment and outright shine one of ours could do this type of thing now we surrender in new zealand joined not just by political by geographical location we're close to each other just across the tasman across the ditches we

like to sigh but we've got a colonial past that's shared with guts with what was alongside each other on to the ends at banner of a stride in the new zealand. we have great sporting rivals we shake good with that shit with each other we try goods we tried bobs and jokes with each other that i was a nice. but we on like an extended family for all of those reasons inside the shame and embarrassment that we feel and the horror is that one of us could have gone there to do anything like this anthony a so much thank you so much for now anthony howard appreciate your insights. new zealand's police chief gave this account of what happened in christchurch calling the incident a terrorist attack. this unprecedented abhorrent event. is as you have heard the prime minister tonight now classified as a terrorist event i want to get some more clarity about the number of people who

have tragically lost a lot. at the danes they have a new. mosque we now know that forty one people have lost their lives. and at the lynwood mosque seven have lost their lives of the forty people who are being treated for christchurch hospital one has now passed. so the total number. of people have died in this horrendous event. forty nine so if one person a mile in his late twenty's has been charged with murder and should appear in the christchurch court tomorrow morning. three other people were apprehended we believe one of those persons. who was armed and was at the same

for may have had nothing to do with this incident. and the two other people that have been apprehended began imposition of firearms in the general garment we are working through to understand what their involvement is. and there was a chief of police in new zealand there giving a press briefing on the attacks at those mosques in christ church that left forty nine people dead we'll be bringing you more updates on this story as it becomes available you know polio is a virus that many if that if mainly affects children under the age of five pakistan is one of just three countries in the world it has yet to be declared polio free authorities there launched a fresh vaccination drive to fight a rise in cases but at least seventy health workers have been killed since december two thousand and twelve through a mixture of misinformation and militancy where this report on those at the forefront of the fight to eradicate polio. is the

woman on a mission. to read to karachi and to a country of a potentially deadly infectious disease. on the back of the motorbike shirazi travels from door to door to families to get their children vaccinated against polio. it should be a routine task for health. but in pakistan it's dangerous. he knows this all too well niece and her sister in law down when they were immunize in children and twenty ten you know. when i open my door i saw the dead bodies of my two relatives lying in front of me. they were shot dead you know my world was completely ruined at that moment cause i can't forget that incident and whenever i recall that moment those wounds are torn open again. this is.

relative when the only ones to suffer this fight dozens of polio workers have been killed since twenty eleven the rays and remus and suspicion partly caused by the actions of the c.i. . a in twenty eleven the agency orchestrated a vaccination program in pakistan to track down osama bin laden the campaign was much criticized and it still used by militants to fuel anti-vaccination sentiment. has been linked to the. store. it will be linking back to the. group was initially picked up by the failure to. go for. particular. group which. distrust of vaccines also has other reasons one is the belief that the polio jab

can cause infertility in young girls it tracks back to a claim by in nigeria and fundamentalist doctrine that the world health organization will at least spreading anti fertility drugs through its vaccines. the united nations and the nigerian government has dismissed the allegation but the remus persist. pakistan's government has recognised that polio workers are in need of protection. police officers are scorching polio workers in the field and we also have police personnel on call so they can respond quickly in an emergency situation. but police escorts have also come under attack in the past in the current climate there's simply no way to fully guarantee the safety of pakistan's polio workers nevertheless coolness shirazi is determined to carry on. the death of my

family members has given me courage. and i will continue working until pakistan is polio free. that i am a member of this team and i will remain a member in the future as well. she says she won't stop until every child under the age of ten has been immunized. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you here today on t.w. news forty nine people are dead and dozens more have been wounded in mass shootings at two mosques in the new zealand city of christchurch police a man in his late twenty's has been charged with murder and will appear in court on saturday he's reported to have posted a rightwing extremist manifest of all lawn before the attacks prime minister just ended up dead and described the shootings as a terrorist attack she condemned the quote unprecedented act of violence as one of

the country's darkest moments. i'm sorry martin will be staying with our top story that attack in new zealand after a short break stay with us. india

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frankfurt airport managed by from a bought. this is news coming to you live from berlin forty nine people are dead in twin attacks on mosques in christ church new zealand the prime minister condemns it as timers. it's one of the new zealand doc that's. clearly watches here it is an extraordinary. one man

in his late twenty's is charged with murder and two others are under investigation now from what authorities are calling him.