this is deja vu news line from berlin a school shooting in the u.s. leaves 2 students dead it happened at a high school near los angeles police say the shooter is among the injured after turning the gun on himself we'll get the latest from l.a. also coming up the phone call that led to an impeachment inquiry donald trump's talk with his ukrainian counterpart is the focus of hearings in the u.s. this week but what should people in ukraine think about the whole thing you'll take you to kiev to find out plus italy declares

a state of emergency after catastrophic flooding in venice the highest tides in half a century the government calling the floods quote a blow to the heart of the country. i'm called aspen welcome to the program we begin in the united states where once again children attending school have become the target of an armed shooter 2 people are reported dead and 4 others are in the hospital 2 of those in critical condition a male suspect reportedly open fire at tsongas high school in the city of santa clarita that's near los angeles police say he's in grave condition after turning his gun on himself. the story a sad one and an all too familiar one students file out of saugus high school and

ambulances bare away the victims. to school north of los angeles has seen the us is latest mass shooting. somebody just freaked. out the door they went to rush to the door. just put all the chairs in front of the door. everybody. just. in the immediate aftermath of the shooting police place the school and others nearby on lockdown relatives of the students swung to the area. desperate they remained glued to their phones trying to reach their loved ones. to wait. for many.

police have described the suspect as a 16 year old a student at the school who carried out the attack on his birthday. detectives have reviewed the video at the scene which clearly show the so subject in the quad withdraw a handgun from his backpack shoot 5 people and then shoot himself in the head. police are investigating the crime scene including the suspect's house for clues they're trying to figure out his motive answer the question of why he turned on his fellow students. for a short time ago i spoke with jason campbell donya he's the l.a. bureau chief with n.b.c. news radio he told me more about the suspected motive behind the shooting. well right now motive is still unclear but there's a couple of reports that are getting a lot of play one and today is his birthday and 2 there are some social media

posts where he might have made reference to today's events before they took place and on top of that there might be a relationship that might have gone sour which might have triggered that we're also learning that the gunman's father recently passed away so that might have sparked some anger far as officials are saying they're not saying anything except that they're doing a social media deep dive they're looking at everything from computers to fund phone drives to c.d.'s or d.v.d.'s that they found on his computer as does anything that they can get their hands on they're going to look at that digital footprint and jason this shooting is one of at least 30 u.s. schools this year that resulted in injuries or in death of course we know gun control is a divisive issue but is there any kind of plan in the works to make schools at least to make schools safer for students. oh of course and you know there's nothing definitive right now and it really depends on where you fall politically or which

side of that you you believe or which side of the you believe it the left take all the guns away you don't need you don't need them unless you know you're part of the military and even then there is question as on the right it's where you say can we have a right to own these firearms that a firearm that was used at 45 caliber pistol is not legally purchased by a 15 year old child you have to be 21 here in california and in california we have some of the strictest gun laws in the entire country i mean there are you know he shot 5 people in then i mean shot himself we're only allowed to have magazines that hold 10 rounds some states in the united states can hold you know 100 round magazines. jason campbell donya reporting with the latest in los angeles for us he's the bureau chief with n.b.c. newsradio thank you very much while staying in the u.s. and the secretary of state mike pompei oh has urged european countries to take back

their citizens who joined these so-called islamic states and ensure that they are prosecuted many former fighters are being held in northern syria guarded by kurdish troops on payment thursday with diplomats from 30 countries involved in the fight against the jihad is true yes said country should be should hold accountable the thousands of foreign nationals who fought in the name of i.a.s. for the atrocities that they committed in iraq and in syria turkey is also holding members of i.s.i. on thursday turkey says it deported 7 germans and one british nationals suspected of having links to so-called islamic state the germans are believed to be a family from the central town of hill this time which has been the focus of anti terror raids turkey is expected to deport 2 more suspected german militants on friday. the public impeachment hearings against donald trump

began this week with fresh revelations related to the u.s. president's phone call with his ukrainian counterpart and now the drama plays out song capitol hill thousands of kilometers away the man on the other end of that line to the white house is caught up in his side of the events flawed amir's alecky as much more attention from the u.s. now than he ever wanted we ask how ukraine gate looks from kiev and what's at stake . we had. i think good phone call it was normal we spoke about many things and they stood so i think when you are ready that nobody bullshit bullshit me yes no credit. no pressure on ukraine to launch an investigation into trump rival joe biden's son hunter that's a claim that since been challenged by numerous top u.s. officials testifying to congress irrespective of whether this ends in impeachment

to trump what does this mean for his visibly uncomfortable guest polygamous alinsky and the country elite. as worrying is ukraine gate is for ukraine's leaders in the streets of the capital kiev it's barely making waves most people are struggling to understand just what trump is accused of wanting insolence to. you'd have to ask trump what it is he wanted to be honest i don't have a clue on their noses and probably wanted to make ukraine join nato and the e.u. . has this to translate it for the 3 but it trump has his reelection to think about. and selenski really wants to be friends with world leaders that's why he caved in. the unpleasant little book of it you would have seen as far away as the so-called ukraine scandal might feel to ordinary ukrainians this is clearly about more than just making friends with world leaders $400000000.00 in military aid to

be precise dependent on presence alliance his willingness to launch an investigation into trump opponent joe biden's son hunter so the allegation goes in ukraine's 5 year conflict with russia u.s. military assistance and financial support being crucial until now aid for ukraine has enjoyed bipartisan support in washington but could that support now evaporate if ukraine was seen to be meddling in u.s. domestic politics well i think his strategy was to avoid taking sides because he understands that the american support the international support is crucial for for ukraine because ukraine is facing russian aggression imagine if you crane is loses american support that means that ukraine is left alone with russia and no country that is left alone with the can basically survives. just 6 months into the job and president selenski now faces an enviable choice please don't trump by investigating

hunter biden and face allegations of interference in u.s. affairs were dragged his feet and risk incurring the hostility of the man in charge of ukraine's most important ally it's a lose lose situation and with the impeachment inquiry gathering pace sitting tight and keeping quiet will prove more difficult by the day. all right here's a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world anti-government protesters have staged fresh rallies and she lay on thursday as thousands took to the streets against across the country protests began nearly a month ago because of a planned hike in subway fares demonstrators are now demanding wide ranging social reforms and that president sebastian pinera stepped down. bolivia's interim president on years says former president abel murali can not run as a candidate in new elections thousands of rally supporters marched through the political capital of the past on thursday saying that was forced out in a coup were always resigned on sunday and is currently in exile in mexico. media

outlets in lebanon are reporting that political parties have agreed are naming a new prime minister mohammad it's a foggy a former finance minister will take over after his predecessor resigned at the end of october following nationwide anti-corruption protests the demonstrations have thrown lebannon into political and economic turmoil. in baghdad fresh clashes between anti-government protesters and police have left at least 4 people dead and dozens more injured demonstrators are demanding political reforms amid government corruption and economic hardship more than 300 people have been killed since the protests erupted in early october. the european union has launched legal action against the u.k. for refusing to nominate a commissioner to the block on wednesday britain said it would not be putting forth a candidate to serve on the e.u. commission until after parliamentary elections on december 12th.

italy has declared a state of emergency after the catastrophic flooding of venice the government in rome has released 20000000 euros for immediate aid prime minister jets a big conte described the disaster as a blow to the heart of the country the mayor of venice of the very future of the city is at stake. the floodwaters recede and the people of venice salvage what they can. this city floods regularly and venetians take precautions the onus of this jewelry stool and normally prepared for one and a half metres of floodwaters but the high will trying to. day. 190 centimeters of salty sea water swelling into the city. this hotel's entrance is reinforced with metal barrier the water breached that there's a recession which i think we have 70000 years of damage more loss. obviously we're

still counting the level of damage and we're trying to fix parts of the electricity that. we threw away around a 1000 years of food because it was all in a large fridge and the fridge filled with salt water. were still out there prior to . italy's prime minister saw the damage for himself. but. i saw great distress. today i spoke to a newsstand owner mr gallagher who saw his kiosk collapse in the. he lost everything. you can imagine what it means versus someone who owns a business to see his world drowning in the water. as if you're going to need. an undersea barrier called the my uses is being constructed to protect venice from high water but it's not finished yet it is face constant delays since construction began in 2003 the bill for the current damage is expected to run into the hundreds

of millions of euros people hope that the 20000000 euros in immediate financial aid promised by the government will arrive soon and with more floods expected over the weekend finishes hope they won't be left hanging. next put your comic books down because on the shores of england a real wife iron man has soared into the brecker books on thursday a daredevil inventor richard browning alas the end of the skies above brighton inside his jet engine powered flight suit no joke there is the british rocket man smashed the previous world record for the fastest speed using a jet suiting 138 kilometers per hour that's more than double the speed of the previous record held by wells browning in 2017. you're watching news live from berlin coming up next how carmakers. i already

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