we are all responding to agency reports coming from the south—west of france. works for a security company that is very much in anglo—french security company. he has been following events very closely from his base in to lose. thomas withington, welcome to bbc news. i don't have much information you are receiving, but this is clearly the sort of attack that will prompt an immediate and massive response from french security forces. how well prepared to you think they are for this sort of thing? firstly, i work think they are for this sort of thing? firstly, iwork for think they are for this sort of thing? firstly, i work for a defence analysis company. in terms of the preparation of the french forces and the law enforcement services, this is the kind of attack that people have been feeling for quite some time. france has been no stranger to terrorist activity over the last few years. this profile of hostagetaking and shooting regrettably does follow the pattern of previous incidents that we have seen around the country, particularly in paris in the wake of the at

west. >>> france has been rocked again by an act of terror. after a period of relative quiet and isis defeats on the battlefield, a lone attacker reportedly calling himself a soldier of the islamic state went on a bloody shooting rampage in southern france today before being cornered at a supermarket with hostages. tonight outside paris a minute of silence as 80,000 soccer fans in france's national stadium honor the three people killed and 16 wounded in the attack. a toll that might have been considerably higher if not for an incredibly brave act by a police officer. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has details. >> reporter: it's a scene france and the world know too well. a lone attacker pledging allegiance to isis unleashing terror. this time holding hostages in this supermarket. police identified him as redouane lakdim, a smalltime drug dealer, police say, seen walking his younger sister to school before the shooting spree. at 10:13 a.m., lakdim hijacks a car, killing a passenger. before 11:00, he drives past a group of police

a police officer who swapped himself for a hostage, being held at a supermarket in south—west franceithin the past few minutes, a french minister announced that the officer arnaud beltrame had died. the gunman, who said he'd been acting on behalf of the islamic state group, killed three people in separate attacks before he was shot dead. of course we heard earlier on but that police officer had been praised by the french president who described him as a hero. he was taken to hospital and in the last few minutes we have heard that he has since passed away. we will give you more on that as we receive it. the us attorney generaljeff sessions has announced that bump stocks — the devices that turn semi automatic rifles into machine guns — will be banned. it comes a month after the school shooting in florida that resulted in the deaths of at least 17 people and last year's massacre in las vegas when a gunman used bump stocks to open fire on a crowd of concert goers. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. for a nation that seemed so relu cta nt to for a nation that seemed so r

in west france to comments made world cup here as well quite a lot of linking this story to the world cup and that is in reference to comments made by the foreign secretary yesterday when he was answering an urgent question in the house of commons about it somehow while discussing sort of this as yet hypothetical thesis that the kremlin may have been behind it boris johnson managed to float the idea of britain potentially boycotting the world cup in the process that's obviously set to take place in russia in the summer and even though boris johnson yesterday when answering those questions conceded that no one knows the facts behind this case he also said that the u.k. will respond robustly if it ends up being linked back to the kremlin and while it would be wrong to prejudge the investigation i can reassure the house that should evidence emerged that implies state responsibility then the majesty's government will respond appropriately robustly even though there are few facts to speak of people have been told to respond to facts and not rumor but the reality is just like with many case

reports from south—west france say a number of people have been taken hostage at a supermarket in therebes. shots were fired and reports say at least two people have been killed. french specialforces are at the scene. prosecutors say the hostage—takers are at the scene. prosecutors say the hostage—ta kers claiming are at the scene. prosecutors say the hostage—takers claiming to be a member of the so—called islamic state group. the french by minister has said the situation is very serious. this is what we know so far about what has happened. in the nearby town of carcassonne, an armed man opened fire on several police officers who were outjogging at the time. one policeman was injured. we then had reports of a number of people being ta ken then had reports of a number of people being taken hostage at a supermarket. prosecutors say the hostage taker is claiming to be a member of the so—called islamic state group. our correspondent in paris has the latest on the situation. our correspondent in paris has the latest on the situationlj our correspondent in paris has the latest on the situat

breaking news this hour, please put an end to a hostage situation at a supermarket in south—west francear, killing one person. later he killed two more. translation: everything believes us to believe it is a terror act. i just spoke to the minister of the interior who is arriving on the spot. and the prime minister is back in paris. and i will be back in a couple of hours to coordinate all the necessary measures.

between france and its former colonies in west africa. and the french military remains a powerful player in the zone. french interests have been frequently targeted by jihadist groups in the past as westerners , but also french targets themselves. france has led military interventions in mali in 2013. there was a french-led military intervention to try to eradicate jihadist fighters from mali. it has been continuing those military efforts in liaison with other military forces in the zone. france has been a leader in trying to take the fight to jihadist groups and has made itself even more of a target for those groups. we had kidnappings of french nationals, the targeting of french interests. the history of france and its former colonies goes back a long way. also, for its role as a modern-day antiterrorist force. thank you for bringing us the latest on the evolving story on burkina faso with a potential terrorist attack. it could be an attempted coup d'État on the country after the attack on the capital. we will bring you more development

as police investigated the scene in the town of type in south west france and. clearer picture began to emerge of the man who had killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in a shooting rampage in three locations before he was killed by police the paris prosecutors said twenty six year old red to one locked him was born in morocco but lived locally and it become radicalized. literally if. the man went to the supermarket by shouting allah akbar and stated he was a soldier i saw and ready to die for syria he was asking for the break brothers before shooting a customer a member of staff they both died instantly in two thousand and seventeen he was under surveillance but there's no signs of indicating he would carry out a terrorist attack the attack took place in three stages first encounter on the gunman carjacked a white opel car wounding the driver and killing his passenger then stealing caucus on the gunman shot and wounded one of a group of four police officers who were out jogging in the street it was only then that the gunman drove eight kilome

breaking news this hour, please put an end to a hostage situation at a supermarket in south—west francee man had opened fire on police and had hijacked a car, killing one person. later he killed two more. translation: everything believes us to believe it is a terror act. i just spoke to the minister of the interior who is arriving on the spot. and the prime minister is back in paris. and i will be back in a couple of hours to coordinate all the necessary measures. welcome to this special coverage from bbc news, our breaking story this hour, three people have been killed by a gunman who took hostages ata killed by a gunman who took hostages at a supermarket near carcassonne in the south of france. the attacker who claimed allegiance to the islamic state group has been shot by police. he had reportedly demanded that the only surviving militant who carried out the attack at the bata cla n carried out the attack at the bataclan theatre in paris should be set free. we can bring you up—to—date with what we know so far. in the nearby city of carcassonne and armed man opened fire on several pol

it on fire then they started shooting french special forces were flown into the area france is fighting jihadism in west africa with the four thousand strong force. the attacks appear to have been coordinated at the same time as the embassy shooting and explosion occurred at the army headquarters a kilometer across town. is what if there was a car with a round for just six people they fired that there was an explosion but we saw a lot of shots fired up with it and a lot of smoke and then people started running. the. streets quickly emptied as plainclothes security forces hunted further attacked his people here are nervous this is the major attack in walker do go in three years. for more i'm joined by correspondent a drink krishna he joins us from la ghost in nigeria adrian another major attack in burke you know fast so what's the latest. well the government

a fast developing situation here down in the south west of france and it appears that two instance we can now link the both of them the first incident appears to have happened to. a group of police officers were out jogging and a man who was standing next to a car pulled out a weapon a gun and shot at those police officers wounding one of the police officers in the shoulder from the early accounts that we're getting from caucus on it appears that the gun man claimed to be a soldier. i still one saw one officer was wounded in the shoulder we understand then the incident then appears to move to a nearby town of treb a super supermarket there where we understand there have been two people shot we understand wounded although conflicting reports say they may be very seriously wounded and talk of a hostage situation ongoing that french counterterrorism investigators are now heading down to that area and are taking charge of the investigation for obvious reasons because of the reports about what the man said and it is a an ongoing and very fluid situation the details are kind of emerging as

breaking news out of france on the other hostage situation in the south of the country french media saying that police have shot dead the man who took hostages at a supermarket in the south west of france three people are reported to have been killed in three separate incidents around the town of tab two of them died in the supermarket we're being told the hostage taker reportedly claimed allegiance to eisele france's president and prime minister both say that this was an act of terrorism and money on background the president addressed the media in brussels a short time ago here's what he had to say it to put the clock an iffy do not pick least everything leads us to believe that indeed it's a terror attack the police intervened in a very coordinated manner after what was first an attack against officers please allow me to express my utmost support to the police officers who support the life out of paris and of syria's paul brennan who can bring us up to speed with with the latest it appears that after a standoff lasting some hours paul this has been brought to a rather dramatic end. it certainly appears that way obviously the incident has evolved significantly from the three

in the south—west, another area of low pressure with france spilling around that low driving more wete south—west, wales, central and southern england. not particularly warm and some showers tomorrow. the cool theme continues for the easter weekend. there may even be some snow on the hills. fingers crossed for some sunny on the hills. fingers crossed for some sunny spells. you're watching beyond one hundred days. confirmation — the north korean leader did visit china — but what did the two leaders talk about? president trump thinks kim jung un will eventually do what is right for his people. but in the meantime there will be no let up in sanctions. it's kim's first foreign visit since becoming leader seven years ago — he told his chinese hosts he is ready to negotiate. no let up from the lawyer representing stormy daniels. he wants a court to compel donald trump to give sworn testimony on what he knows. also on the programme. starting her legal fight against charges of rebellion in spain — the catalan politician released on bail by a court in scotland. putting a price on plastics. sho

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will be retired bob what what we may see over the next day or two is actually the west's response begin to spiral into franceand germany and in the united states who may join that action coming from britain so we are nowhere near the end of this this. issue it will likely spiral and i you know it will ultimately undermine the bilateral relationship between britain and russia and also russia standing visibly the west for greece and if russia is behind the the souls replace what's going on here is putin testing alliances looking to test the west's resolve if the u.k. pushes back hard against russia's what extent is it is it merely giving president putin exactly what he wants when it gets to one point where you know i agree with the russian guest the steady gaze again here please. but it would seem to gain some points abroad to hide he's loss is a total and especially easy going to make situation but it's also a game that he prologues himself he chooses to be on the offensive and i can tell you having been inside the machine room at nato dream the ukraine conflict this is a great reluctance for the western alli

french special forces were flown into the area france is fighting jihadism in west africa with four thousand troops. the attacks appear to have been coordinated at the same time as the embassy shooting and explosion occurred at the army headquarters a comet or across town this thick black smoke the result of that witnesses said men with backpacks likely suicide bombs of course out of another car. there was a car with around four to six people fired there was an explosion we saw a lot of shots fired and a lot of smoke and then people started running. the. streets quickly emptied as plain clothes security forces hunted further attackers people here are nervous this is the third major attack and why do you go in three years. now to some of the other stories making news around the world britain's prime minister theresa may has confirmed her country's plans to leave the european union single market and customs union after it leaves the bloc in march next year a conference came in a long awaited speech on britain's ties with the e.u. after bret's mrs may ruled out using the currents trade deals as

it on fire then they started shooting french special forces were flown into the area france is fighting jihadism in west africa with four thousand troops. the attacks appear to have been coordinated at the same time as the embassy shooting and explosion occurred at the army headquarters a kilometer across town. this thick black smoke the results of that witnesses said men with backpacks likely suicide bombs of course out of another car. but if there was a car with a round for just six people fired there was an explosion we saw a lot of shots fired and a lot of smoke and then people started running. the. streets quickly emptied as plain clothes security forces hunted further attackers people here are nervous this is the third major attack and why do you go in three years. krishna's been monitoring this story for us from lagos. faso has widely been regarded as a peaceful and stable country and the volatile region up until two thousand and fourteen big then the long term ruler. who has already been in office for almost thirty years tried to change the constitution to stay in office even longer angry protes

michael caine is a senior political scientist at rand corporation that focuses on security in west africa and france joins me live now from washington thanks very much for taking the time to speak to us so we have to treat the information that we have so far with caution there hasn't been a great deal around the circumstances of the attack from any official sources but looking at the information we do have what are your thoughts on the perpetrators of the attacks we saw and like i do today. unfortunately i'm just going to. repeat your reservation about saying anything definitive about who did this it could be any of a number of suspects there's sort of a cast of usual suspects in the region it could have been groups based out of mali it could have been homegrown but at this point i think it's too early to tell that said i don't think it's actually been determined definitively who was responsible for the attack on the restaurant in august of two thousand and seventeen so it's actually possible that we won't know exactly who was responsible for today's attack why now. well there's sort of the one answ

the most serious warnings have now expired — apart from the amber warning in the south west of england. jane—francesst picture from across the uk. heavy snow made driving conditions treacherous on exmoor in north devon. strong east or north—easterly winds allowed snowdrifts to build up and the met office said the snow could strand some vehicles and passengers. an amber weather warning, meaning a possible risks to life, is in place for much of south—west england. forecasters say there is a good chance oral, opulent communities could be cut off. around exeter, there have been snowploughs to clear major routes, although there have been problems on the m5 and the reg duty stranded vehicles and the reg duty stranded vehicles and heavy snow. phil ivey have cancelled flights from exeter airport for the rest of the day. airports are warning people to check before travelling. bournemouth airport was closed during the morning so their runway could be cleared of snow. 0vernight conditions were treacherous further north. snowploughs had to be sent to clear the m 62. in halifax, a car overturned. in barnsley, dr

freezing his military budget russia is arming up russia is preparing in maneuvers full france or for against the west. hears that if the russian behavior doesn't match the proteins for story on the other hand this is kind of an informational pray she. reaches out without making any tangible concessions to whomever wants to pick up that. in europe you have the freedom party. governing in austria or no new italian government will think and they will want to have excuses to say why sanctions are norms wins and why we should sort of not reach out to these hand. sort of ignoring the fact that actually the hand is pretty well armed what do you think about what we're hearing now coming out of the united states with cambridge analytical and the facebook you know there's a controversy over facebook but there's also of course the controversy versity over russia being behind everything is there any way to hold putin in the grumbling to account for this. well that is stiff and cold first of all because it's not so clear cut on what the kremlin or does and does russia here is it's not such as putin is sort of the

just after a lot goes to west africa and algeria to harvest in france isn't good enough idea wheat from all over the world is flooding markets in africa. this is hard enough there's a genuine demand for it there. are a stabilizing factor if you consider that all of africa imports around forty four million tons were relatively small fish. but we can help stabilize the situation when harvest by the big suppliers like the u.s. or russia take it through its bad weather for example we can help to keep the supply constant. garden new fans are going to get. so your of his helping to fight hunger is that the idea. one quarter of germany's wheat exports went to africa in twenty sixteen this frank is jude to take thirty thousand tons of wheat to guinea in west africa. exports to this region have been steadily increasing. shipments to senegal for example of more than doubled over the last fifteen years. and with industrial countries eager to continue dismantling trains barry as the volume is set to rise further. i've come to senegal to find out what the european wheat is genuinely making up for a

even in the other countries of europe, if you go to the west, italy, france, germany, et cetera, there's examples there of same use of disinformation, social media, and those kinds of activities as well. >> i've only been over there a few weeks in the last couple of years but the perception that i had is that they are engaged in all of those, in basically they are going to start chaos wherever they can and when they see a weakness they would take advantage of it. and you answered this question earlier when asked but the question i ask is how long can they sustain that against all of the countries and how long do all the other countries go without at some point taking an action against russia to actually stop, stop this. i mean -- >> i can't answer how long they can go. i would say they are a resilient nation, and a culture. i think we have to take action in order to establish a deterrent effect. that is to respond, to demonstrate capability and demonstrate the will to use it if necessary. >> i worry, and i'll just make this as a statement with regard to turkey being on their border, i wo

we're getting breaking news here on this story, a deadly hostage-taking in the south west of france possiblylice, one were injured. he drove about 60 miles over to the small town of trebes. and that is where the damage happened. killing two, injuring 12, taking hostages, still as many as 10 hostages inside of the supermarket. what gives the story an eerie tinge, he shouted out according to witnesses "allahu akbar!," god is great, claimed allegiance to the isis terror group. now we're told releasing of a terror suspect on trial in paris. the supermarket is sure is rounded by police. anti-terror prosecutors are involved. helicopters in the air. according to the prime minister of france this looks like a terror attack. we've been hearing from president macron as well, interior of minister as wellheading to the scene. france is no, has been the scene of multiple terror attacks in the last couple years. two major ones in paris in 2015. that horrible attack in nice in 2016. looks like more bloodshed, more death in france. back to you folks. steve: greg palkot reporting from our european bureau. th

france. the kremlin has said it was good relations with the west despite the continuing row about the poisoningf a former spy in salisbury. 15 palestinians have been killed according to the gaza health ministry after a mass protest on the border with israel. a british soldier working in syria with american troops has been killed fighting the so—called islamic state group. all departures from stansted are cancelled after a fire broke out on a car park shuttle bus. passengers have been asked to leave the airport and contact the airline about we picking fights. the leader of the largest teachers union says parents are increasingly being asked to contribute towards classroom basics such as textbooks. the papers coming up shortly, first, sportsday. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes — the headlines tonight: jonny bairstow is on the verge of a century as england try to overcome another poor start in new zealand. li na that is humane enough? anthony joshua weighs in a lot lighter than the unification fight with joseph parker. —— leaner but is he mean enough? wolverhampton try to stay at the top of the champi

even in the other countries of if you go west, to italy, france, etc., there are examples there. rep. scott: the perception i have is that they are engaged and will start chaos wherever they can. if they see we can us, they will take advantage of it. the question i have is, how long can they sustain that, against all of the countries, and how can all of the other countries without taking action against russia, without stopping this? curtis m. scaparotti: i can't answer that. they are a resilient nation and a culture. we have to take action to effect,hed a deterrent to respond and demonstrate capability and demonstrate the will to use it if necessary. scott: with regard to turkey being on the border, we worry about them using their activities to create a disturbance in turkey, whereially a coup there, someone friendly to them could take over. with our acids in the country, the potential damage they could assets in the country, the potential damage they could do, that relationship with turkey is strong enough, we could have the ability to protect all of our assets in that country.

west. at that time our good artists went abroad to italy france. when they came back they were happy and proud to say they had studied says and picasso or monet as this they were proud to say they were impressionists that they could paint like impressionists. then came a time when iranian artists became aware of the issues in their country they wanted to express themselves through iranian thanks after the revolution many artists became revolutionaries. other than they were artists who took part in the revolution. and wanted to express things related to it you know. the money and a lot more bloodshed and society so. they were politically minded as you all see without a doubt he's. parviz tone of only is for milieu with the experiences of iranian artists in recent decades. he is one of the most prominent internationally as well. he wants to teach his students it is not the iranian in their work that makes them artists but the art they carry within themselves. as more yet one of the focuses less on trying to get an iranian artist out of us than on try

west. we saw it recently in france just a week ago. but nonetheless, that's a manageable threat.ould call what the united states is -- what donald trump is saying the united states wants to do less of a vacuum and more of an abdication. you're handing it to russia and syria. if what trump says is true that we are going to abdicate and hand over parts of -- parts of syria will be stabilized, but there will be isis fighters, where are they going. and of course the refugee problem. it's a problem for europe, but the radicalization issue is one that concerns all of us. >> now juliet, there are some people who are listening to this conversation about the inability or the -- i guess the rejection of what the president said, rejection to that. and wondering will the u.s. ever really then be able to withdraw from the region if this is going to be the result every time there is, you know, a discussion of retreat from -- for the u.s. >> it very well may be that donald trump's policy is accurate. in fact, members of the obama administration believe in that policy, that we had to begin to wi

our soldiers' thoughts were of new york and the middle west, of the cities and villages of france, oflls of india, of homes in cape town and the african belt, or among the snows of canada or in the christmas sunshine of new zealand and australia, and among the fog and rain of london and edinborough. they thought of their comrades who had already been killed, under the cause of which they'd been killed, the cause which brought them across the seas to fight, the cause of liberty and tolerance and dignity and peace. and of how the horizon was brightening a little as though a new day were being born. [ bells tolling ] ♪ ♪ >> a lot of us guys got packages at christmas. you know what was in mine? stuffed dates. stuffed dates in africa. can you beat that. one good thing about christmas, when you get home sick, and we did, but you also get christmas dinner. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> everybody fed well at christmas. including the pets. ♪ along about now, we began to take notice of the kids. first off, they were kind of shy, but arab kids are no different from the kids back home when it comes to candy. a lot of

of type everyone is on a five day four country trip in west africa turkey's interests in africa rival the ones of former colonial powers like france and the u.k. as well as china one of the countries everyone is visiting is senegal because hackers more on ankara's influence their repeat after me says ulema turkish teacher at the slavic institute of the car. i am sinegal and i speak turkish. it is a language many here now want to master. isabel is the world more than another country you must learn this long read or listen for and out you know university we just. learned. turkey is making it easier for cynically students to enter their country senegal is making it easier for turkish companies to invest in their country especially in this project senegal wants to turn this land into a residential city for hundreds of thousands of people construction of an international airport conference center and factories are complete next up a university government buildings a railway line luxury apartments and the state of the art basketball stadium almost all of the construction is done by turkish companies. since president has come to power tr

a lot more cloud across england and wales, the weather system across the south—west pushes into franceer that chilly start an average weekend in store and if you have outdoor plans there will be a good deal of dry and bright weather around. some of the dampest conditions on saturday in southern counties of england in particular. patchy, light rain and drizzle. it the rain may linger across east anglia and the south—east. isolated showers elsewhere for england and wales, the greatest chance of a showerfor northern wales, the greatest chance of a shower for northern ireland and western scotland through saturday afternoon, some of those heavy with thunder but temperatures creeping up relative to today. in the sunday, after a chilly start, a lot more sunshine around. the brighter day of the weekend, especially in the south. a few showers coming down on what will be a north—westerly breeze by this stage, the showers still heavy and thundery with hail across parts of scotland, turning to sleet and snow across higher ground. 10 degrees possible in glasgow and belfast, and maybe up a little bi

skies temperatures falling below freezing, except down into the south—west because there is another area of low pressure with francee sunshine looks likely to best of the sunshine looks likely to be further north and west but not particularly warm with it. it looks as though we keep that cool theme for the start of the easter weekend. there will be some rain at times, maybe even some snow on the hills, fingers crossed for some sunny spells. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. detectives investigating the attempted murders of a former spy and his daughter say they believe the russians first came into contact with the nerve agent at their home. a first foreign trip for north korea's leader — these pictures confirm he did visit beijing — china says kim jong—un is serious about giving up nuclear weapons. and we'll report from san francisco, where facebook announced changes to give its users more control over their own privacy. the australian cricket team captain and vice captain had been sent home having been even 12 months banned from

west portal. you have to go over it to get to the next ones near st. frances circle. we'll be adding crossovers between the forest hill and west portal stations that will give our operations folks much more flexibility to switch trains and move around, either disable trains or infrastructure that's problematic. so the good news is that infrastructure creates much greater flexibility for us to add flexibility to the scheduled service or unknown problems. the cautionary note is once the hard infrastructure is in, then there's work to add the software into the train control system so the train control system recognizes that crossover is there, and we can use the train control system to route trains that way. that is a project that we've started, but the implementation of the software can't really start until the physical crossover is in. and then that will take some time to prove out and test. so once that infrastructure is in, we'll be able to, on a manual basis, move trains from one side to the other, which is much slower and more labor intensive than the ultimate arran

this very cold spring as we all know could become an issue and even west you know there will be viewers watching in britain and france etc etc going on a minute a lot of. ukraine or the there's been a blip couple years by the said there was a blip in the. believe ukraine was siphoning off some of the little bit of it that i'm sitting ok because russia wants to be seen as a reliable partner doesn't it so to try and get this kind of the catalyst for where we are now was a recent call yeah well ukraine's nafta gas and russia's gas from have been settling their disputes and a stockholm arbitration court and in the last few years there have been so many issues and between these two but just a short while ago one stockholm tribunals decision forced the craney and for. to pay the russians a sum of about two billion us dollars that was basically a gas bill that they hadn't paid but then the latest decision was that russia's gas must pay ukraine's nafta gatt as more than four point six billion us dollars and that was for abusing their position as a monopoly and if you do that math then moscow and kiev more than two point five