these protesters are centred around cathedral square. just explain to our viewers where cathedral square is in relation to the al noor and the linwood mosque —— mosques. the al noor and the linwood mosque -- mosques. i've seen the bbc graphic on screen there, and it is in the centre of those two points indicated on the map. cathedral square is the social and cultural heart of the city. in that case, if we understand, from several reports, that, in fact, the gunman went from one location to another, it is possible that the gunmen went near cathedral square where the children we re cathedral square where the children were holding their protest. that became apparent possibly 20—25 minutes after the announcement. the initial announcement and the approximate location given, it was taken as being serious by the crowd, but there have been incidences of, you know, a moderate nature in the recent past. and emergency services and police have attended those extremely efficiently and there hasn't been cause for alarm for a wider area. so people were

spread throughout the crowd and a number we re throughout the crowd and a number were moving from cathedral squarecouncil, some took refuge and were held within the members of parliament's offices that we re members of parliament's offices that were located nearby and that kind of thing. the central library as well is just opposite where the climate strike was being held. we are talking about climate change protesters but we're also talking about children here. exactly. we're talking about 2000 or so children and possibly about 500 adults that we re and possibly about 500 adults that were there supervising and attending with them, just to make sure that it was a safe space, that they could attend and to have their voice heard on such an important issue. how busy is the city in the middle of the day on a

have to remember the police were also looking out for the climate match which is happening in cathedral square in a city quite nearby while this was all while this all started unfolding. a huge police response all of last year which. the mere especially commute of this is . really three. rules you know that you know question hit a significant newspaper. you know responses to our quite. well practiced against but it's also another trauma for the residents but what can you tell us about christchurch is muslim community have they been the subject of attacks before today. nothing like this nothing at all like that and lots of people are very shocked that muslims are these how the stairs here in new zealand they have been or what's a. racist attack people but nothing on the scale and certainly it's very shocking the muslim population here in new zealand is roughly just over one percent of this particular action so it's not a very large community but it's it has cut into this community and the latest census daschle saying that about a quarter of people who list of themselves as muslim that new zeala

thousands of children, too, were at the time holding a rally for action on climate change in cathedral squarereports again, we cannot confirm, of a second mosque being evacuated. this quote from the police commissioner, mike bushell, "a serious and evolving situation is occurring in christchurch with an active shooter. the police have full capability to manage this situation, but the risk environment remains extremely high." all people are asked to stay indoors. the schools are lockdown until further notice. we can speak to our correspondence. what more do you have on this? as you said, it is a very fluid situation at the moment. bits of information coming in from everywhere. the statement from the police commissioner describing it as an active situation. schools and hospitals and council buildings are lockdown. we are expecting to hear from jacinda ardern, the new zealand prime minister, within the next hour. we understand she has cancelled all her engagements and has gone into an emergency meeting with cabinet meetings, clearing does make clearly trying to assess the scale of the emergency

cathedral square whether protest has been hell has been cleared. schools are in lockdown.d new zealand to shut their doors, to stay locked, and for people to stay away from visiting them until the situation is under control. in your experience, would there have been armed squads of police ready to act at almost no notice? we do have an armed offender squad, they are tactical police squad, and we see them responding to incidences where we have had one of hostages or firearm incidences in the past. certainly they would have been trained for a response like this. there has never been an incident like this that they would have practically had to respond to. we area practically had to respond to. we are a country of volcanoes and mountains and rivers, natural disasters, we have earthquakes. and certainly christchurch has seen enough of that in recent memory. but nothing like this. and you can tell from the witnesses we have spoken to today that nobody was prepared for an incident such as this. just to recap for people trying to catch up, my understanding is at the moment police

in cathedral square there were approximately 2000 stu d e nts square there were approximately 2000 studentst were about 500 adults helping chaperone and supervise these people, making sure that these students, who ranged in age from six to 18 years old, that they were in a safe and caring environment and they we re safe and caring environment and they were there for the right reasons and they were. they made a fantastic message, they relocated it beautifully. now we are in shock and disbelief at the horrific events that followed. it is just devastating for us as a city and as a nation. how aware are you all of what was going on at the point when the police said they had to shut it down? i would say we were unaware. when the police officer approached the stage and talked into the microphone, it was about 20 minutes after the start of the first incident, from what i can gather as far as incident, from what i can gather as faras i'm aware, incident, from what i can gather as far as i'm aware, it was not widely known what was happening, if anything at all. at that stage, the message was that ev

from the top, a bus connects with the funicular t d drops people ri the cathedral square.edestrian-frilanes make exploring the town a joy. inviting sho show off orvieto's famous and colorful ceramics. the cathedral -- or duomo, as they say in italian -- gets my vote for italy's liveliest facade. this gleaming mass of mosaics and sculpture is a circa-1330 class in world history, back when no one dared estion intelligent desig ea things start with on. eve is tempted by satan disguised as a snake, and so on, right up to judgment day. inside, the striped nave appears longer than it is. that's because the architect designed the nave wider at the back and narrower at e altar. windows of thin-sliced alabaster bathe the interior in a soft light. adjacent the altar, the chapel of st. brizio is orvieto's one mustee artistic sight. it features luca signorelli's frescoes of the apocalypse. the vivid scenes depict events at the end of the world, but they also reflect the turbulent political and religious atmosphere of italy in the la 1400s. the nearby city of florence had become a theo

cathedral. i really enjoy progs a lively atmosphere especially here on the old town square.statues that honor prox historic figures can be found throughout the city like this eleven meter tall tribute to the writer. franz kafka it has forty two moving parts they're constantly in motion so it's difficult to take photographs. my culture to is a museum dedicated to the czech artist alphonse mohawk he's best known for his stylized and decorative theatrical posters of french stage actress sarah bernhardt . all this walking around has made me quite hungry lumet v.q. restaurant is popular with tourists and locals it's even got its own microbrewery manager of latin america on show is proud of his country's beer tradition. i see you are with some like in germany oh ok that's quite a statement. for which each person on the chosen probably suits if you drink more use my own dishes how many types of your do you have here just moments and ten all right i certainly can't try all ten so i think i'll limit myself to just three. now it's time to try some of that hearty check cuisine the port

paths just as in prague where it goes from the old town square to the charles bridge to prague castle here it's just over the stone bridge to the cathedral to the old town hall to the left and right of this it's called i don't have to walk right through the crowd when it's busy i can also choose a side street and a survey to. tell me a bit about the organization you lead and your work there we kind of pushed it. you know i for one this is friends of the old town is a group that was founded in one thousand nine hundred sixty six and it has no political mandate and no direct power was one bottom up kind of model it's committed to raising the alarm whenever the old town is threatened with any danger you need to fall apart who gave a concrete example was in the early one nine hundred seventy s. when there were plans to build a major road along the danube from one end of the old town to the other under the window and longing for our name into the which we simply held a protest there and prevented it from happening to protest you or not it's just all for him down the impact you weren't born in reagan's are not you've lived here for a long time