that is in a shopping mall in the north—east of thailand. security forces have moved in.lian state of new south wales is braced for more severe wet weather this weekend as downpours ease the bushfire crisis in the region. australia's bureau of meteorology warned of "dangerous conditions" on saturday and sunday. there has already been flooding in sydney and other areas along the coast. olivia crellin has more. first came the fires, then the floods. so far this year, australia has faced weather conditions of biblical proportions. after months of destructive wildfires razed millions of hectares of land and killed 33 people and billions of animals, australia has experienced severe hailstorms and flash floods. despite the country receiving the heaviest rainfall in almost 20 years, many of the fires in the east of the country are still burning. we actually have 723 firefighters still in the field of operations. they are dealing with 38 fires, i9 uncontained, but the rainfall is obviously providing some welcome relief to many of the bushfires that have been raging. a welcome rel

people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. the gunman — identified as a soldier who killed his commanding officer before going on the rampage — is believed to be still on the loose. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. gusts of 63 miles per hour already in stornoway and ba cancels dozens of flights tomorrow. there are severe weather warnings as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anything else anywhere else in the world that would do that. england reignite their six nations title hopes after beating scotland. earlier, ireland beat wales. after the caliphate was conquered, quentin sommerville tracks down is fighters. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. a soldier in thailand has gone on the rampage shooting

people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand — the situation is ongoing and the suspect — a soldier, is still at large. five british people including a child have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anywhere else in the world that would do that. officials working on boris johnson's pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers say that they'll actually need to take on more than 50,000 as many are set to leave. the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. preparations are underway for the england scotland in the six nations this afternoon. wales are currently playing ireland. good afternoon. reports from thailand say an armed soldier has killed 17 people, north—east of the capital bangkok. more than

people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailandjakraphanth thomma is a junior army officer, who killed his commanding officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. he is still at large. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 5g network. gusts of 63 miles per hour in stornoway — as the met office issues severe weather warnings for tomorrow as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me katie shanahan and katherine downes. the headlines this evening.... england take the honours in edinburgh — heavy rain, high winds — a battle against the elements in the calcutta cup. grand slam hopes still aflame for fired—up ireland — a six nations win for them, over wales. while in the premier league — the evertonian revival continues under carlo ancelotti. they're

people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. this is main suspect — a junior army officer, who killed his commanding officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. he is still at large. five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anything else in the world that would do that. the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. both desperate for a win — england are taking on scotland in the six nations. reports from thailand say an armed soldier has killed 20 people, northeast of the capital bangkok. more than a dozen others have been injured. the gunman is said to be holed up in a shopping mall in the city of korat. the thai defence ministry said the attacker shot

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more now on our top story the shootings at a shopping mall in north east thailand. 0ur reporter, aaronhad in the last few minutes is that there is a report this man has been killed by security forces. we have not had that confirmed but this is the report coming in from police and military and news sources and we send in the last 40 sources and we send in the last a0 minutes, quite a lot of activity around the shopping centre where the gunman had been. we were not really sure what that meant or what that was indicating, so it could be that was more a peril you need to another attempt to take this gunman ‘s life. —— previewed. just to summarise, security forces have killed the shooter jakrapha nth thomma, forces have killed the shooter jakraphanth thomma, according to police and military sources from reuters news agency. we will check that out but that possibly indicate as you can see the pictures we're looking now, that people have been able to get closer to the entrance and you and i were watching pictures earlier showing five oi’ pictures earlier showing five or six ambulances getting

more now on our top story, the shootings at a shopping mall in north—east thailand. 0ur reporter aaronw. it is 8:08am in thailand. what are you able to piece together? we are now in a stand—up situation in thailand. we believe the gunman is still inside the shopping mall. we are not sure how many other people are in there with him. we do not know if they are simply hiding out or if they are being held hostage with him. so the pictures that we have been seeing out of security forces surrounding the shopping centre. a few hours ago there seem to be another attempt by the security forces to break in and sort of flushing out. that appears to have been unsuccessful. the reports we have suggest that he might have been in there for 12,13,14 might have been in there for 12, 13, 1a hours now. that is a substantial time for a government to be held up in a place, if that is correct. it is, but bear in mind it is a multi—storey shopping centre. there are a lot of places where he could be hiding out. and we believe he is quite well armed, having helped himself to weapons and ammunition at an army b

people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailandpositive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government‘s decision to allow huawei to help build the uk‘s 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don‘t know of anything else in the world that would do that. the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. both desperate for a win — england are taking on scotland

this is the scene live in the north—east of thailand.er a series of explosions were heard from inside the mall, where the gunman is still believed to be hiding. our bangkok correspondent jonathan head reports. panicked shoppers scatter in a city centre shopping mall as they hear news that a gunman is inside, shooting people. outside, the sound of repeated shots stuns passing motorists. some of them are struck by the flying bullets. this is the start of what was to be a long and terrifying day in nakhon ratchasima. security cameras picked up the chilling image of a well—armed assailant, a serving soldier, walking calmly through the mall. the gunman has been identified as an army sergeant major. earlier, he had killed his commanding officer and stolen weapons and ammunition from an army base, before moving on to the mall. his motive for this attack is still unclear. police and army units surrounded the mall for five hours before officers from a special police squad moved in, allowing hundreds of trapped bystanders to run out to safety. gun

it has a very strong military presence, because it is like a gateway to thailand's north—east. or nakhon ratchasima first. it is very heavily populated, like a modern city in thailand. thank you very much indeed. that is the bbc thai service in bangkok. now the weather. in the next 24 hours, storm ciara is heading towards the uk, there was a chance of disruption, a significant risk. at the moment, an amber warning has been issued for england and wales, but that might be extended into scotla nd but that might be extended into scotland and northern ireland. if you are in england and wales today, you are in england and wales today, you probably wonder what i am on about, with light winds and sun shane, but a weather front is already approaching scotland and northern ireland and the winds are picking up. there will be wet weather here through this evening, particularly as the front grinds to a halt in southern scotland and parts of cumbria. up to 40 millimetres of rain possible for some. rain in all parts first thing on sunday. you can see the rain swirling across the uk relentlessl

difficult operation a i have been to that mali's the best state of the art mall of the north east and thought of thailand it's a huge mall but you have 3 remember that this is say the soldier. started describing page. once a really really trained soldiers he was fully armed not just normally aa but fully armed by by robbing a nation development which 700 rounds of ammunition. at the same time when he went to that mall there were a 1000 people in there so i thought that the type of carefulness that that security force or they were concerned about bringing the those who were trapped and throughout the night and pick the right timing to essential lead to to deal with this this this this shooting but as a whole this really shocked by this. mass shooting is not blood this is the 1st time that it happened in our culture the government has decided that they were fastened to reacting by putting the team of psychologists to counsel those who were affected. so this is a a 1st for thailand but with a little different twist the shooter who will pretty much in wall with his boss return a colonel on a land dispute dec

reports from thailand say an armed officer has killed seventeen people, north—east of the capital bangkokothers have been injured. the gunman is said to be holed up in a shopping mall in the city of korat. the thai defence ministry said the attacker shot his boss and a relative and stole weapons from a military camp. he opened fire at a buddhist temple and later at the shopping centre, where police continue to hunt him. the thai ministry of defence says the attacker is a low ranking officer named jakraphanth thomma. these pictures were taken from his facebook page, on which he posted updates on the rampage as it happened. it has since been taken down. this is the man said to be responsible and disturbingly appearing to report his activities on facebook. the bbc‘s thanyarat doksone joins me live from bangkok. what do we know about this individual? any more details emerged about him? is he still in the army or had he left? he is still in the army. according to the defence ministry spokesman, he said this man, this government is a lower ranking, very junior officer who is based in the city o

program we begin with breaking news out of thailand where there's a mass shooting underway police there say a soldier opened fire in the city of core at north east of bangkok several people are reported to have been killed with more injured as unverified videotape. taken from twitter shows people running from an area with multiple miles shop bringing out the incident is ongoing. let's go to correspondent foreign news is standing by for us in bangkok flooring what do we know so far about the shooting. of the situation as of right now is still unclear as you said the deterioration is. still ongoing if you act with the police said that at least 12 people have been killed among these 12 is apparently the superior officer of this soldier that when on a shooting rampage. we have seen ahead in the doing live updates on his facebook profile we have seen and fools had to go gear apparently and stole on leads from his days in the core area. and then 1st she went on this shooting spree outside of a shopping mall then he. apparently also went inside continued this shopping spree the identity of this soldier is known to police least because this is his own t

we are getting reports from thailand that a soldier has killed a number of people in a mass shooting rampage in the north—easte saying the gunman used a machine gun and shot innocent victims, resulting in many injured and dead. local media says there are 12 fatalities. it is thought the gunman is still on release, but we are trying to confirm those details. women now hold a third of the board positions in the uk's 100 biggest public companies. the figure is up from just 12% a decade ago. but a government—backed hampton—alexander review, which had set this target, highlighted a lack of women in senior and executive roles. katy austin reports. my name is francesca ecsery. i sit on the boards of several companies, including air france, f&c investment trust. even with francesca's background as a successful business leader, getting her first boardroom position was tough. it's an area where often men still hugely outnumber women. change is painful. there's a huge value attributed to "chemistry" on the board, and, of course, "chemistry", you have mainly with people like you. she says boards who don't have enough wom

thailand. at least ten people are dead. this is after a shooting in the north easte northeastern part of the country. >> according to the policee gunman is a soldier from the second units command. the regional commander tells police that they believe the suspect is inside a shopping mall. and he says he cannot confirm that hostages would be taken. >> we just received this video, this sound from an eyewitness of when the shooting started. watch. >> you hear the repeated shots there. one every couple of seconds. we still do not know a motive why this is happening. >> yeah. a lot of things we don't know at this time. but obviously, a frightening situation. and, again, we don't know if any hostages have been taken. police are not confirming that. we will stay on this. and we will get back to you with any more updates on it. >>> when we come back, new information about the helicopter crash that killed nba legend kobe bryant. coming up, why investors say it is unlikely that engine trouble caused the helicopter to go down. when you're confident in your gut, you feel confident to take on anything. with benefiber, you'll feel the power

security forces in thailand have killed a soldier after he went on a shooting spree at a military base then held hostages in a shopping mall 26 people are confirmed dead in the north east city of course out and he suspects the soldiers motive may have been because of a property deal that went sour or hillah mohammed reports. late on a saturday afternoon a shopping mall in thailand came under attack a gunman opens fire at a time when it would have been at its busiest. here you can be seen firing multiple rounds towards people and passing cars. people found would have a cover they could after he entered the terminal $21.00 more in a con watch a sema also known as karate panic shoppers run out their day out coming to a terrifying and this was a heavily armed gunman seeming to walk casually through the mall identified by police as jakrapob tama a 32 year old soldier in the thai army he began his rampage i was earlier by killing a commanding officer on a military base outside the city as he continued his murderous attack he posted updates on social media including this one where he's complaining to his finger was sore from pulling the trigger so many times others remain tra