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We meet chinas medieval combat champion. Welcome to bbc news. A man armed with a shotgun has opened fire inside a church in texas. Two parishioners died in the attack. The gunman was then shot dead by members of the congregation. Police in fort worth say theyre still trying to determine the attackers motives. Gareth barlow has the latest. Grief grapes fort worth, texas. Two killed when the government began shooting at a church before parishioners returned fire. Today evil what boldly among us bu...

Hello and welcome to world news today. The British Parliament has given its backing by an overwhelming majority to Boris Johnsons eu Withdrawal Agreement. The vote makes it almost certain that brexit will happen by january 31st ending decades of uk membership of the European Union. The Prime Minister won with a majority of more than 100 votes including six from the opposition labour party. The Withdrawal Agreement now approved in principle by mps says. The uk will leave the eu on the 31st of jan...

Will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. Coming up in half an hour. Us soccer star Megan Rapinoe speaks to bbc sport about winning the world cup and being an outspoken voice on equal pay, lgbt rights and politics. The mayor of sydney says the citys famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead, despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People hav...

Children, who drowned in a spanish resorts Swimming Pool say they are devastated by the news. Restoration work on big ben will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. The mayor of sydney says the city s famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend...

In scotland, despite a massive surge in support will be cold enough at times to see for the snp in the general election. Some of the show as fall as snow, journey times are being cut, more services and new routes added particularly in the northern heals. As part of major timetable changes more on that coming later in the on britains railways. Programme. And in sport, and christmas comes its saturday, 1ath december. Early for liverpool fans as managerjurgen klopp signs a contract extension, our t...

Caves reopen to visitors. Hello and welcome to world news today. South africa are the Rugby World Cup champions for a third time in tournament history. The springboks have taken the title injapan, beating england 32 12 in the final. They overpowered the english in the second half of the game. Makazole mapimpi scored a try, putting south africa ahead 25 12. And with less than ten minutes left on the clock, winger Cheslin Kolbe sidestepped the England Defence to score another try, sealing the win ...

Well hear from the bbcs team there. The boss of mcdonalds has been fired for having a relationship with an employee. Mcdonalds said it was consensual, but violated company policy. Congress has published two transcripts of testimony given by former ambassadors about Donald Trumps phone call asking ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. This is all part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump for his part the president denies withholding military aid until ukraine began the investig...

Well report from the turkey syria border, and have analysis from our Turkish Service and washington. Also on outside source at least two people have been killed in whats being seen as an anti semitic attack in the german city of halle. It happened on yom kippur, the holiest day in the jewish calendar. And running street battles in ecuadors capital protestors are angry about the governments austerity policies, in particular a 100 increase in the cost of fuel turkey has begun an offensive in North...

Hello and welcome to bbc world news. South africa are the Rugby World Cup champions for a third time in tournament history. South africa are the Rugby World Cup champions for a third time in tournament history. The spring boks took the title injapan beating england 32 points to 12 in the final overpowering the english in the second half of the game. Makazole mapimpi scored a try, putting south africa ahead 25 points to 12. And with less than ten minutes left on the clock, winger Cheslin Kolbe si...

South africa are the Rugby World Cup champions for the third time in the tournaments history. The springboks took the title injapan beating england 32 points to 12 in the final overpowering the english in the second half of the game. It was a historic win for the rainbow nation and for many it was more than just a rugby match as Andrew Harding reports from johannesburg. The final whistle, and across south africa, the sense of a nation coming together, celebrating more than just a rugby match. It...