akbar hossein, bbc news, chittagong.ave opened fire during a church service, killing at least 25 people and injuring many more. the assault took place in the southern town of 0wo, in 0ndo state. officials say several people were abducted by the gunmen, whose identities are unknown. lea na hosea reports. sunday mass at this catholic church in 0ndo state was turned into a scene of carnage when gunmen attacked. people were shot down as they worshipped in the church pews, then explosives were set off. in the aftermath, people are trying to understand what happened, walking around the church in grief and shock. victims�* bloodied clothes and items still lying the ground. women and children are reportedly among the dead and injured. others, including a priest, were abducted by the attackers. president muhammadu buhari has been quick to condemn this attack as heinous, saying: pope francis has also said: there's panic across many communities in nigeria, especially in the south—west where the attack took place. until now, this pa

akbar hossein, bbc news, chittagong.as more disruption at airports today with easyjet among the airlines cancelling flights just as many passengers were trying to return after half term breaks. airlines had asked the government for special visas to recuit staff from overseas. that's been rejected, but the transport secretary says he'll work with the industry to ensure disruption doesn't continue into the summer. our business correspondent, ben king, reports. after enjoying the sun in southern turkey, the grangers were due to arrive back at gatwick in the small hours of this morning. but after three hours waiting at the airport in the middle of the night their flight was cancelled and they were taken back to another hotel. the only flight back out with easyjet is next thursday, so we have nowjust spent £3000 on a flight home tomorrow night. are you going to try and reclaim that money back from easyjet? i hope so, but that might be another story yet. theirs is one of 80 flights easyjet has had to cancel today. passengers r

as akbar hossein reports.ions continued throughout the night as the fire raged. it was the initial blast that was the most devastating. hundreds had arrived to tackle a fire at the storage depot when a number of containers, thought to contain chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide, exploded. survivors spoke of being blown off their feet and engulfed in flames. dozens are killed including firefighters. i can see a lot of ambulances are parked here to carry the dead bodies to the nearest hospital. more than 200 firefighters have been deployed to defuse the fire. the army has been called in to assist. hospitals are quickly overrun with the injured, many of them badly burnt and in a critical condition. as the day broke, firefighters continue to struggle with the blaze as the scale of the devastation became clear. it's likely the death toll here will rise in the coming hours and days. akbar hossein, bbc news, chittagong. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. pope francis has prayed for the victims

akbar hossein, bbc news, chittagong.it if western nations supply the country with longer—range missiles. he was speaking as the ukrainian capital, kyiv, came under russian missile attack, for the first time, since the end of april — with several locations in the city struck. 0ur ukraine correspondent, joe inwood, sent this report. explosion. multiple blasts shattering the peace of sunday morning in kyiv. for the first time in more than a month, ukraine's capital came under fire. now, this is one of two sites that was hit by russian missiles in the early hours of this morning. the russians say they were targeting t—72 tanks donated by eastern european countries. but ukrainians say this was actually a railway repairfacility, and they're quite keen to show the world's media that that is what the russians were hitting. in his nightly address delivered before this morning's strikes, president zelensky described the scale of the attacks from above. translation: as of this morning, the total number of various - russian missiles

akbar hossein, bbc news, chittagong. in the south west of the country. the attackers stormed saint francis�* catholic church in the town of 0wo in the southern 0ndo state. the attackers opened fire and detonated explosives while a service was taking place, killing at least 25 people. they also abducted people, including a priest. the attack comes a week after the head of the methodist church in nigeria was kidnapped and later released on the payment of a huge ransom. the bbc�*s chris ewokor gave this update from abuja. at the moment security agencies and emergency management agencies are at the scene of the attack and the police say they are carrying out investigations. no—one has claimed responsibility for it and no—one has been blamed at the moment. meanwhile, the nigerian president has actually condemned the attack, calling it heinous. at the moment also there is panic across many communities in nigeria, especially in the south—west where the incident occurred. many worshippers in churches are also feeling jittery fol

akbar hossein, bbc news, chittagong. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.ayed for the victims of an attack on a nigerian church, in which at least 25 worshippers were killed by gunmen. the assault took place in the southern town of 0wo, in 0ndo state. officials say several people were abducted by the gunmen, whose identities are unknown. the world health organization says that over a three week period, 780 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported in countries where the disease is not endemic. they say the figure is probably an underestimate and it expects the virus to spread. a volcano in the eastern philippines has spewed a huge, dark cloud, covering towns in ash. the eruption of the bulusan volcano in the rural sorsogon province lasted about 17 minutes, sending a grey plume shooting up at least one kilometre, according to the philippine institute of volcanology and seismology. no casualties were reported, but authorities warned of further possible eruptions. russia's president putin has said new targets in ukraine will be hit if western countries s

akbar hossein, bbc news, chittagong.aks. the company said "challenging operating conditions" were to blame. earlier, the transport secretary, grant shapps, said he'd work with airlines to make sure the disruption doesn't continue into the summer. our business correspondent ben king reports. after enjoying the sun in southern turkey, the graingers were due to arrive back at gatwick in the small hours of this morning. but after three hours waiting at the airport in the middle of the night, their flight was cancelled and they were taken back to another hotel. the only flight back out with easyjet is next thursday, so, we got to the point where we have nowjust spent £3000 on a flight home tomorrow night. are you going to try and reclaim that money back from easyjet? i hope so, ben, and hopefully, well, that might be another story, yeah? theirs is one of 80 flights easyjet has had to cancel today. passengers returning from spain, france and portugal are among those affected. gatwick has seen cancellations of ba and wizz air f

was heard several kilometres away and shattered the windows of nearby buildings. 0ur reporter, akbar hosseinittagong. what is the latest where you are? i what is the latest where you are? ., , what is the latest where you are? . , ., are? i am sitting at the chittagong _ are? i am sitting at the chittagong hospital, i are? i am sitting at the l chittagong hospital, the biggest hospital in this area where at this 200 injured people have gone for treatment, many have 60% burns. yesterday the fire broke out, i visited the fire broke out, i visited the area, the firefighters still trying to clear the rubble, they had managed to diffuse the fire up to 30 hours. so in the hospital where i am standing i can see hundreds of people are coming, in search of their relatives and to look after their relatives. many of them says the treatment here is not up to the treatment here is not up to the part because the hospital says they are overwhelmed, the hospital overrun very quickly, it has become very difficult for them to provide treatment to all the patients are, here, there are people to donate, people