BBC News with Julie Candler.
A gunman has opened fire inside the Jewish museum in the Belgium capital Brussels, killing three people and seriously injuring a fourth. The Belgium Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo says his country was united in the face of an evil attack in the Jewish cultural place. Ben Wright is in Brussels.
Security has been increased at Jewish-related sites across Belgium in response to this attack. Two women and one man were killed inside the Jewish museum in the fashionable Sablon District to the city, when the gunman opened fire in the middle of the afternoon. A fourth man was seriously wounded and is being treated in hospital.
Police have arrested one person they are treating as a suspect who drove away from the scene by car. Police are still searching for a second person who ran away from the museum after the shooting. The Interior Minister said everthing pointed to this being an anti-Semitic attack.
Pope Francisis has praised Jordan's leaders for welcoming Syrian refugees and for their efforts to seeking lasting peace in the region. The Pope was speaking in the Jordanian capital Amman at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East. Jeremy Bowen is travelling with the Pope.
The highlight of the day was open-air Mass among stadium only around two to three percent of Jordanian Christians, and they are mainly Orthodox, not Catholic. But there were Christians here from across the region. Arab Christians feel beleaguered and threatened by Islamist militancy and the papal visit is really important for them. The Pope insists his trip is about religion, not politics, but he is heading for Jerusalem where everything is political. It will take diplomatic skill to avoid controversy.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned a remark by the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, in which he is reported to have compared Russia to Nazi Germany about his severe action in Ukraine. Bridget Kendall reports from Moscow.
Three days since the storm broke and now a direct action from the Russian president to the idea that his actions over Ukraine may have prompted Prince Charles to compare him with Hitler. Speaking to international news Agencies at Russia's annual business conference. Mr. Putin asked them to pass on the message to both Prince Charles and the Prime Minister.
“didn't hear it myself", said Mr. Putin, "but if you did say that, then it's unacceptable, this is not royal behavior.”
The final of Europe's most prestigious football competition, the Champion's League is drawing to a close in Lisbon. For the first time, two teams from the same city, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid reach the final. Atletico led for much of the match of taking the lead of the 36 minutes but Real equalize in the last minute of added time, extra time is now being played with the latest score, still 1-1.
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The son of a Hollywood film director has been identified by his family as the gunman who killed 6 people in a series of drive-by shootings in the U.S. city of Santa Barbara. The suspect, Elliot Rodger, was found dead inside a car which earlier sped through a student neighbourhoods spreeing bullets at passersby. ** has more.
A lack of success with women was apparently his motive, and he wanted "retribution" as he put it. The killer's father is a British filmmaker, Peter Rodger.
The family's lawyer said Elliot had a history of mental illness and the police had been warned. Shootings at America are alarmingly frequent and often involve disillusion or mentally-ill young men in a country where there is easy access to guns.
Thailand's new military rulers have dissolved the country's senate in a further step to consolidate power following a coup on Thursday. The move gave full legislative power to the army which has already dissolved the lower house of parliament, suspended the Constitution and arrested senior politians. The military said the King had acknowledged a letter from the army chief, but there is no indication whether he had endorsed the coup.
The high court in Malawi has overruled an attempt by president Joyce Banda to annul the country's presidential and parliamentary elections. The court ordered the electoral commission to continue counting votes from this week's polls. Mr. Banda is in second place according to preliminary results, trailing Peter Mutharika, the brother of the late president Bingu Wa Mutharika.
The biggest prize at the Cannes film festival Palme d’Or has been awarded to the Turkish drama Winter Sleep. British actor Timothy Spall won the best actor prize as his role of the British painter J.M.W Turner. Critics hailed his performance as riveting in the biopic of Mr.Turner. The best actress award went to Julianne Moore for her role in the film Maps to the Stars. And the American director Bennett Miller won the best director award for Fox Catcher.