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This is "world news now." good morning to you all on this friday. i'm t.j. holmes. >> i'm reena ninan. let's get to the top story. the vigilance and nervousness in europe about terrorism officials in belgium saying they have broken up a major plot to kill police with a series of raids. >> officers were greeted with gunfire at one location. this is near the german border. alex marquardt has the details. >> reporter: the crackle of gun fire. the glow of flames, piercing the darkness in this tiny belgium town of verviers, 80 miles southeast of brussels. >> this group was about to commit terrori...

Know more. this morning on "world news now," confronting terror. the takedown in europe involving belgium police and terrorists who just returned from syria. >> certain suspects immediately opened fire with automatic weapons at special forces of the police. >> gunfire and fear in the streets and concerns the crackdown is not over. >> homegrown radical. the fbi sting operation never seen before targeting a wannabe terrorist. it is an abc news exclusive. >> i'm going to put everything on my body. like a real place. maybe the capitol. >> as details emerge about the foiled terror plot in washing...

Accusations aimed at the academy awards. it is friday, january 16th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> it is friday. >> and? >> happy friday, everyone. saw you loosening your tie. i thought you were -- >> i was straightening. >> i thought it was going to come off for friday. >> i loosen it at the end of the show, the end of a hard day's work. i haven't worked hard yet. we'll get there. glad you could be here with rena ninan, of course. i'm t.j. holmes and it is friday but we have a nervous europe right now. we have to start with this terrorism news. france is hunting fo...

Belgium town, dozens of gunshots, flames filling the windows as police descended on this building in verviers. you can see the flash lights as they went in. the drama unfolding as police tried to serve warrants to terror suspects who recently returned from syria. >> suspects opened fire with automatic weapons at special forces of the police. >> reporter: by the end, two suspects were dead, a third arrested. that assault, one of at least ten anti-terror operations across belgium. officials said terrorists were preparing to carry out major and imminent attacks. brussels, less than two hours from...

A third wounded and captured. prosecutors say they were investigating extremists, some of whom had recently returned from fighting in syria. the gun battle is one of at least ten anti-terror operations carried out across belgium. officials say terrorists were preparing to carry out major and imminent attacks. this as europe recovers from last week's terror attacks in paris. the hunt for accomplices in those killings goes on. this operation is highlighting the growing fears of officials across europe and in the u.s. that this could be the beginning of a new wave of terror. alex marquardt, abc n...