mark lowen, bbc news, kongsberg.ns. at the moment, overseas workers can only make two trips in a week but the government wants to relax the rules in a bid to prevent shortages. political correspondence jonathan prevent shortages. political correspondencejonathan blake correspondence jonathan blake reports. thousands of extra visas have been offered to hgv drivers from abroad in a bid to ease pressure on supply chains in the uk, but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now them have been issued. so now the government is going further and immediate hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. unlimited trips within a fortnight-— unlimited trips within a fortniuht. , , fortnight. this will bring, i think, some _ fortnight. this will bring, i think, some significant - think, some significant additional capacity to deliveries to the hgv fl

officers were called to kongsberg's west side at a quarter past six yesterday evening.bow and arrows. his victims were all aged between 50 and 70, some inside a supermarket when the attack started. one witness said he saw police firing a warning shot and the police have confirmed there was a warning shot fired during the apprehension. police told a norweigian news agency the attacker also used other weapons during the incident but did not give further details. his parents, they say, are danish and norwegian. there have been several lone individual attacks in norway in the last decade, but this is the most fatalities since far right extremists anders brevik murdered 77 people in 2011. the norwegian prime minister in his first day on the job said the country was in shock. translation: my thoughts go out to those relatives who have - been affected by this. i've been in touch with people in kongsberg who witnessed this utterly surreal incident. my thoughts are with them as well. also, to the police and emergency services who are doing what they can to reassure people. norwa

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mark lowen, bbc news, kongsberg. a medicalfirst. doctors there performed a double lung transplant. nothing new about that of course, but the organs were delivered to the hospital by a drone. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. alain hodak is 63 years old. two years ago, he was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease that made his life a misery. it was just close to unbearable, having no air. doctors told him he needed a transplant. when it comes to this kind of operation, every second counts. so this was how the donated organs would be transported to the hospital — an especially built drone travelling across the city with the most precious cargo imaginable. the clock was ticking. the journey beginning at the toronto western hospital, in a trip that lasted just six minutes, the drone travelled 1.5 kilometres to the toronto general hospital, where the medical team were waiting. if you could fly a drone into the city, then you could fly a drone anywhere, right? and that was what we set out to do here — to pro

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police say the danish muslim convert, who lives in the town of kongsberg where the attack took place,could last weeks or even months. thejudge will could last weeks or even months. the judge will decide whether or not to reman him in custody but if he is, it would likely be in the custody of health officials rather than in prison. that is because there were a lot of concerns, a lot of reports, particularly from his family and friends also, of his family and friends also, of his mental problems, there was a restraining order but had been issued against him for threatening to kill a relative. but then aside from that, there were fears over his radicalisation, he was a danish muslim convert, there were concerns about his radicalisation, police had had previous to the attack and that is where they will now be questions over whether police could have stopped him earlier. for example in 2017 he posted a video to facebook, saying "i come with a warning, bear witness that i am a muslim". he frequented the mosque here in kongsberg, and is said to have told the imam that he had a revelation, th

a 37—year—old is being held after a man went on the rampage last night in the town of kongsberg, fromapon of modern terror, piercing the calm of this once sleepy town. police were called after six o'clock last night when an attacker fired indiscriminately from his bow and arrow. when they tried to intervene, he unleashed more volleys. by the time they caught him half an hour later, he had killed four women and one man and injured three others. today, police identified him as 37—year—old espen andersen brathen, a local resident of danish nationality, who had converted to islam and had previously raised concerns over radicalisation. and they say he's confessed. the act itself looks like a terror act, but we do not know what is the motivation of the perpetrator here. the supermarket where the killing spree began bears the scars of the horror, and kongsberg, this town of 25,000 people, has been shattered. norway's new prime minister, on his first day in the job, takes over a country in mourning. translation: these are gruesome acts that have been _ committed, quite surreal. my thoughts go

the supermarket where the killing spree began bears the scars of the horror, and kongsberg, this townime minister, on his first day in the job, takes over a country in mourning. translation: these are gruesome acts that have been _ committed, quite surreal. my thoughts go to those who have been exposed to this, relatives, families and everybody who has been seriously frightened. tonight, they paid tribute to the victims. this close community in one of the world's most peaceful countries has been devastated. it's scary. beata was out shopping with her children when the rampage began. so we hid in the sport shop for, like, 45 minutes, i guess? it was dark outside and we were quite frightened. this is a small town and it's safe here. i've never been afraid to walk out in the dark before, since i was this age, but now it feels kind of unsafe. amidst the heartache, questions will linger over how a man flagged as a security risk seemingly slipped through the net. but for now, it's a time to remember and reflect on how this town's carefree spirit was crushed and how to rekindle it. that repo

a 37—year—old is being held after a man went on the rampage last night in the town of kongsberg, frommediaeval weapon of modern terror, piercing the calm of this once sleepy town. police were called after six o'clock last night when an attacker fired after six o'clock last night when an attackerfired indiscriminately from his bow and arrow. when they tried to intervene, he unleashed more volleys. by the time they caught him half an hour later, he had killed four women and one man and injured three others. he was reportedly also armed with a knife. today, police identified him as a 37—year—old, a local resident of danish nationality, who had converted to islam and had previously raised concerns over radicalisation. and they say he has confessed. the act itself looks — they say he has confessed. the act itself looks like _ they say he has confessed. the act itself looks like a _ they say he has confessed. the act itself looks like a terror— they say he has confessed. the act itself looks like a terror act, - they say he has confessed. the act itself looks like a terror act, but i itself

a 37 year old is being held after a man went on the rampage last night in the town of kongsberg, from mark lowen sends this report. a mediaeval weapon of modern terror, piercing the calm of this once sleepy town. police were called after six o'clock last night, when an attacker fired indiscriminately from his bow and arrow. when they tried to intervene, he unleashed more volleys. by the time they caught him half an hour later, he had killed four women and one man and injured three others. he was reportedly also armed with a knife. today, police identified him as 37—year—old espen andersen brathen, a local resident of danish nationality, who had converted to islam and had previously raised concerns over radicalisation. and they say he's confessed. the act itself looks like a terror act, but we do not know what is the motivation of the perpetrator here. i think we have to wait for the investigation. the supermarket where the killing spree began bears the scars of the horror, and kongsberg, this town of 25,000 people, has been shattered. i'm shocked, i can't believe it has happened in a

officers were called to kongsberg's west side at a quarter past six yesterday evening. his victims were all aged between 50 and 70, some inside a supermarket when the attack started. 0ne witness said he saw police firing a warning shot and the police have confirmed there was a warning shot fired during the apprehension. police told a norwegian news agency the attacker also used other weapons during the incident but did not give further details. his parents, they say, are danish and norwegian. there have been several lone individual attacks in norway in the last decade, but this is the most fatalities since far right extremist anders brevik murdered 77 people in 2011. the norwegian prime minister in his first day on the job said the country was in shock. translation: my thoughts go out to those relatives who have - been affected by this. i've been in touch with people in kongsberg who witnessed this utterly surreal incident. my thoughts are with them as well. also, to the police and emergency services who are doing what they can to reassure people. norway's police are no

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i've been in touch with people i in kongsberg who witnessed this utterly surreal incident.gency services who are doing _ what they can to reassure people. norway's police are not routinely armed. after this attack, the police directorate has ordered all officers nationwide to carry firearms as an extra precaution. megan paterson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... gps in england are being told to see more patients face—to—face, as ministers unveil a £250 million winter rescue package. there's a warning the nhs in england is facing an "exceptionally difficult" winter, as the number of people waiting for routine hospital operations reaches a record high of 5.7 million. the north yorkshire police and crime commissioner, phillip allott, whose comments about the sarah everard case sparked outrage has resigned, after a no—confidence vote. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has told the bbc the government is doing "everything it can" to ease supply chain blockages. but businesses in industries from toys to construction to meat have warned that blockages at ports, caused by a shortag

the attack happened in the town of kongsberg. the man walked around the city randomly shooting people with arrows. police did confirm that the attacker was apprehended. the french army has started winding down its operatns in northern mali. that is where french troops have taken part in the fight against jihadists known as operation barkhane. france is reducing the number of troops from 3000 to 500. . >> a shakeup of france's military presence in mali. the process of handing over the base in caddell has started. the malian army will take over in a few days. 400 million soldiers was -- will maintain a presence at the base. the military is also planning to leave the other two bases. they are planning to start drawing down the operations. as part of that plan, the mission's french contingent will be reduced from 5000 soldiers today to 3000 by 2023. this comes amid worsening tensions between france and mali. the prime minister of mali accused paris of abandoning the country. that sparked a furious response in france with emmanuel mac

there were injuries and fatalities the bizarre attacks happened in the town of kongsberg, 50 miles from the capital oslo. tonight norway's prime minister describing the attacks as horrifying saying i know people are afraid, but police have the situation under control. tonight police are not searching for more suspects. the motive for the attack still unclear. the method of bow and arrow stunning norwegians. reports say police believe the assailant simply walked around shooting people. lester >> keir simmons with that late update thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, u.s. diplomats suffering devastating brain injuries the growing mystery over havana syndrome three of the original victims speak out for the first time, exclusively to andrea mitchell >>> back now with our nbc news exclusive. five years after u.s diplomats and spies began suffering from so-called havana syndrome, the cause and the culprit behind the mystery illness remains unknown. now, however, for the first time on television, three of the original diplomats to be affected are breaking their silence about what they experienced wit

the attacks took place atjust after six in the evening around the town of kongsberg.ed around the town centre and began, at random, to shoot at shoppers. his motive is unclear, say police, but they believe he acted alone. translation: | want to | underline that if it's terror related, we don't know if it's a political attack that has taken place. the police will have to investigate that. we know that in many countries over a long time attacks have been struck by good police work, but the issue of lone perpetrators is difficult, but we need to know more to find out if this is one of those situations. some of the casualties were in a supermarket, including an off—duty police officer who's now being treated in hospital. as this person was on a rampage for between half—an—hour and an hour, it's not clear yet how long this was going on, but one witness said he saw a police firing warning shots, and police have confirmed that there was a warning shot was fired during the apprehension. images posted on social media show arrows stuck in the wooden walls of houses. the prime m

a vigil�*s been held for the victims in the town of kongsberg. a 37—year—old man is under arrest. police has arrested the husband of an olympic winning run out. she was a double world championship medallist and olympian. —— kenyan police. hundreds of abbatoir workers from abroad are to be given temporary visas to come to the uk. the government announced the move after industry leaders warned that staff shortages in abattoirs meant healthy pigs were having to be destroyed, rather than processed for food. our north of england correspondent danny savage reports from driffield in yorkshire. there were some tense moments waiting for the announcement today assisting pig farmers. when the proposal came to employ 800 foreign butchers and make inviolable more cold storage for carcasses, attention turned to relieve. that is a positive, definitely. hopefully this will help us. definitely a positive. the private storage is a good thing because at least then if the butchers do not come in as many as they want, we can still kill pigs and they will still be used for food.— used for food. are you

oeyvind aas of the south—eastern area, the region close to oslo where the attack took place in a kongsberg it was a terror attack. they have not yet interrogated the suspect although they do know his identity. they aren't giving any information about him, whether he is a norwegian citizen, whether or not he had a particular motivation, although they have said he is a male, that is the only information they are giving at this point. a report from the local area says there was a huge amount of confusion at the time and police say they were confused at the arrival on the scene, which is why it took half—an—hour for the half—an—hourfor the apprehension to take half—an—hour for the apprehension to take place. and after some warning shots were fired. is it fair to say the acts are extremely rare with police officers do not even carrying guns? it is extremely rare, gas extremely rare here in norway. the most memorable attack of any kind were several people were killed in norway is of course that perpetrated by anders brubeck ten years ago. this of course has not been confirmed or said to be a ter

the attacks took place atjust after 6:00 in the evening around the town of kongsberg.with a bow and arrows walked around the town centre and began, at random, to shoot at shoppers. his motive is unclear, say police, but they believe he acted alone. translation: | want to | underline that if it's terror related, we don't know if it's a political attack that has taken place. the police will have to investigate that. we know that in many countries over a long time, attacks have been prevented by good police work, but the issue of lone perpetrators is difficult. but we need to know more to find out if this is one of those situations. some of the casualties were in a supermarket, including an off—duty police officer who's now being treated in hospital. his colleagues were on the scene in minutes. as this person was on a rampage for between half—an—hour and an hour, it's not clear yet how long this was going on, but one witness said he saw police firing a warning shot, and police have confirmed that there was a warning shot fired during the apprehension. images posted on soc

police cordoned off large parts of the town of kongsberg, south—west of the capital oslo, after the incidentt and appears to have acted alone. the latest official coronavirus figures show there were 42,776 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period — the highest number since the middle ofjuly. the average number of cases per day in the past week now stands at 39,073. more than 7000 people were in hospital with covid yesterday. another 136 deaths have been recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test — which means on average there were 113 deaths per day in the past week. on vaccinations, 85.6% of the population aged 12 and over, have had their first dose of a vaccine, and 78.7 have been double jabbed. a shortage of care staff in the community is causing major problems for hospitals. nhs leaders in england are concerned about the number of elderly and vulnerable patients stuck in hospital, because of a lack of support at home and in care homes. currently there's a shortfall of more than 112,000 people working in care, and chief executives are describing the

the bizarre attacks happened in the town of kongsberg, 50 miles from the capital oslo. tonight norway's prime minister describing the attacks as horrifying saying i know people are afraid, but police have the situation under control. tonight police are not searching for more suspects. the motive for the attack still unclear. the method of bow and arrow stunning norwegians. reports say police believe the assailants simply walked around shooting people. lester? >> keir simmons with that late update. thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, u.s. diplomats suffering devastating brain injuries. the growing mystery over havana syndrome. three of the original victims speak out for the first time, exclusively to andrea mitchell. inflammation in your eye might be to blame. [inflammation] let's kick ken's ache and burn into gear! over the counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. those drops will probably pass right by me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. [inflammation] what's that? [inflammati

norway's prime minister, jonas gahr store, who took office a day after a deadly bow—and—arrow attack in kongsberging five people is being kept in a secure psychiatric institution for mental health checks. new zealand is holding a national day of action to encourage all remaining new zealanders who are not vaccinated to get jabbed. the vaxathon is being streamed live on television, including on a maori station, in an effort to raise vaccination rates across all communities. singer—songwriter adele has released her first song for six years. easy on me is from the forthcoming album 30, which reflects her life after going through a divorce. mark savage has this report. # there ain't no gold in this river... the wait is over. # i've been washing my hands... after six years, adele is back and she's singing about the end of her marriage in 2019. # i changed who i was to put you both first # but now i give up... there is something hopeful about it as well, as sad, but obviously, i bawled my eyes out when i was writing it and when i was singing it for the recording and stuff like that, but there's just an

norway's prime minister, jonas gahr store, who took office a day after a deadly bow—and—arrow attack in kongsbergure psychiatric institution for mental health checks. new zealand is holding a national day of action to encourage all remaining new zealanders who are not vaccinated to get jabbed. the vaxathon is being streamed live on television — including on a maori station — in an effort to raise vaccination rates across all communities. japanese motor giant toyota is slashing production by 15% next month. the group blamed the ongoing shortage of microchips. between 100 and 150 thousand fewer cars will roll off assembly lines in november, that follows similar cuts in september and october. but toyota insists it expects to boost production in the new year. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: it's her first song in six years — we'll hear adele's new release. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last he

norway's prime minister, jonas gahr stoere, who took office a day after the attacks in kongsberg, visitedman suspected of killing five people with a bow and arrows is being kept in a secure psychiatric institution for mental health checks. new zealand is holding a national day of action to encourage all remaining new zealanders who are not vaccinated to get jabbed. the vaxathon is being streamed live on television — including on a maori station — in an effort to raise vaccination rates across all communities. japanese motor giant toyota is slashing production by 15% next month. the group blamed the ongoing shortage of microchips. between 100 and 150 thousand fewer cars will roll off assembly lines in november, that follows similar cuts in september and october. but toyota insists it expects to boost production in the new year. the former us president, bill clinton, has been admitted to hospital in california with an infection. the 75—year—old is in an intensive care unit, but president biden has said his predecessor seems to be doing well, and that he believed mr clinton would be released

let's bring you an update on that bow and arrow attack in the norwegian city of kongsberg.been taken to a police station in the nearby town. but no details of how many casualties there have been, other than that some people have been killed and others injured in that bow and arrow attack in norway. no more details on that throughout the evening, but first let“s throughout the evening, but first let's get a look at the latest weather forecast, here is susan powell. good evening. if you have seen some decent lenses of the sun today, you have done pretty well. for much of the uk, the skies were cloudy and there is going to be plenty of that cloud sticking round tomorrow as well. one change in our story will be strengthening winds for scotland. the big area of high pressure stays to south to the uk, but the slow starts to squeeze into the north and that will mean our winds across scotland start to strengthen, even as we head into the small hours of thursday. some showers feeding into western scotland as well on the strengthening breeze. elsewhere light winds, especially to the

of course, the chief of police in the southeastern police district where kongsberg is located said theo islam, that they had received several reports of concerns about his radicalisation and that police had been in contact with him, the 37—year—old man, before. however, none of these reports of his radicalisation came in 2021. so perhaps there is a question of whether or not this should have been followed up on. it is at this point hard to say. qm. is at this point hard to say. ok, kroner is at this point hard to say. ok, kroger macro. _ is at this point hard to say. ok, kroger macro, thank _ is at this point hard to say. ok, kroger macro, thank you for bringing us up to date with the latest on that attack in norway —— johnjo devlin. the latest monthly nhs figures for hospital waiting times in england, which look at a&e attendance numbers and waiting times for cancer treatment, ambulance and elective surgery, have been released in the last half an hour. they show that a total of 5.7 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of august this year, the highest number since

>> reporter: well, we've headed out of oslo to kongsberg and this is the very supermarket where thatknow a great deal more about, a 37-year-old man, espen anderson. we know he is a danish national who grew up in norway, also that he had been known to police services for his radicalization before the events of yesterday. the attack began here. an unarmed police officer wounded and from here, he headed off for what lasted more than half an hour with that bow and arrow. five dead, as you say, in what the country's now saying was a terror attack. the very latest, allysonen, is that we've been hearing from the prosecutor. he was due at his first trial, his arraignment trial. in fact, we're hearing from the prosecutor that he may not appear at all since it is a psychiatric evaluation that is going on this evening in order to allow authorities to decide whether it is in hospital that he belongs, but here, for the time being, an extremely shocked community. i cannot tell you just how quiet and sleepy this very suburban town is. exactly the kind of place you really wouldn't expect this sort o

to the killings, which officials say were an act of terror. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is in kongsbergm threatening to kill a relative. i made the heartache of this small, peaceful town of 25,000 people, there are also the lingering question is now over whether the police could have done more to stop him earlier, before wednesday's attack, and indeed during the attack itself. when he took his bow and arrow to a supermarket, apparently firing indiscriminately, killing five people and killing three others, police confronted him within minutes but then he shot a volley of arrows towards them and then it took arrows towards them and then it took a further 34 minutes for them to be able to capture him. in those 84 minutes, he went on his killing spree and killed these five people. so this town very extremely shaken, people are still coming all through the day. also be getting now, i think, to ask questions over whether he should have been stopped earlier given the warning signs and fears, really, that things could have happened. it is a decade since norway's deadliest mass killing. 115—year

killed five people and wounded two others in southern norway it happened yesterday in the town of kongsberg danish citizen who lives in the town. officials say the suspect had previously been flagged over concerns over radicalization after converting to islam. >>> an important recall to tell you about this morning butterball is recalling some ground turkey products because they may be contaminated with blue plastic the recall effects more than 14,000 pounds of ground turkey for a full list of products, you can go to our website, today.com. >>> turning to new developments in the mysteries that surround a predominant south carolina attorney, murdaugh. >> we also sat down exclusively with curtis eddie smith and his lawyer he's charged with shooting murdaugh as part of what law enforcement says was a failed suicide for hire plot. smith now disputing that story entirely. >> alex murdaugh has been surrounded by a series of mysterious tragedies this year starting with the double murder of his wife and son this summer. new this morning, one of murdaugh's attorneys say that authorities consider him

then there was the search for him through kongsberg for the next 28, 29 minutes, _ kongsberg for then fact just five minutes from the _ it was in fact just five minutes from the first report to the police when _ from the first report to the police when we — from the first report to the police when we came in contact with him. 29 when we came in contact with him. minutes to when we came in contact with him. 29 minutes to actually arrest when we came in contact with him. 25 minutes to actually arrest him. what were the warning shots fired for? the warning shots were fired in relation — the warning shots were fired in relation to— the warning shots were fired in relation to the arrest. it was deemed _ relation to the arrest. it was deemed necessary at the time but it wasn't _ deemed necessary at the time but it wasn't deemed necessary to do anything — wasn't deemed necessary to do anything else. there was no physical harm _ anything else. there was no physical harm during — anything else. there was no physical harm during the arrest. the anything else. there was no physical harm during