21/09/2013 BBC Weekend News

Good evening. A huge security operation is

underway in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after masked gunmen stormed

a shopping centre. The interior ministry says 11 people have killed,

-- have been killed, other reports are many more have been killed. It

is through dozens of people are being held hostage by a gunman still

at large. The luxury mall is popular with wealthy Kenyans and foreigners

and was packed with shoppers when the attack began at lunchtime.

Midday in Kenya's capital. Suddenly, hundreds of people start running.

The gunfire is coming from one of Nairobi's most exclusive shopping

centres, a place wealthy Kenyans and foreigners visit. Witnesses said men

centres, a place wealthy Kenyans and dressed in black wearing masks and

carrying AK-47s came in and started firing. They fired 15 or 16 shots.

My first reaction was to jump on the floor. We were just sitting there

and all of sudden, we started hearing gunshots on the ground floor

on the first floor. People started running, you could hear people

screaming. People were crying around me. In a desperate panic, many

managed to escape, but some were killed. There was shooting on the

ground floor and they are going up and up. The situation is very bad

inside. Initial reports said it was a robbery and then police referred

to the gunman as terrorists. One witness described high the attackers

separated Muslims and non-Muslims. Another said they belonged to the

Somali militant group, Al Shabbat. -- Al Shabab. They put tear gas into

women and children. Later, Army marksmen joined in to help. The

women and children. Later, Army authorities have long feared a

high-profile terrorist attack. There worst nightmare may well have been

realised. -- their worst nightmare. Our correspondent is close to the

scene in Nairobi. Bring us up to date with the latest.

It has been quiet for about one are -- for about one hour and the

gunfire has moved further away from the scene of this siege. We

understand one of the attackers may have been shot dead inside the

shopping mall. We have received reports that one suspect has been

arrested in hospital. There are witnesses who say another attacker

changed his clothes and walk with civilians to freedom.

changed his clothes and walk with Our security correspondent is in

that studio -- in the studio. Has there been any response from the

Foreign Office? They have been quick to respond. The Foreign Secretary

says he is appalled by the attack. The Foreign Office are putting out

advice, saying they are monitoring the situation closely and urging

people to stay clear. At the moment there do not appear to have been any

British nationals caught up in it but it was so confused, it is

possible that they work, and they are standing by with conscious

advice. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility. Most suspicions are

falling on, possibly prematurely, Al Shabab. They have threatened to

attack this exact mall and it is a high-profile place frequented by

foreigners. They have a beef with high-profile place frequented by

the Kenya government. They are on the back foot in that country, so

they are the natural suspects. The Labour leader Ed Miliband has

set out plans to tackle what he calls the UK's cost-of-living prices

ahead of his party's conference in Brighton. He said his party will

strengthen the minimum wage, improve access to childcare and abolish the

so-called bedroom tax if it wins the next election.

Among the Saturday shoppers and Labour supporters this morning, a

party leader out to persuade his audience that he can make some of

them a bit better off. When we think about one of the big banks, do we

think they can't afford to pay their cleaners is a bit more? Do we think

think they can't afford to pay their they can't afford to play their --

pay their cleaners a bit more? I agree with you. Not everyone in

Labour has been cheering him. They have been demanding policies so,

now, some ideas, like a review of the minimum wage, asking if the

rules could change where sectors like finance will pay more. Labour

wants to guarantee primary schools will offer childcare from 8am to

6pm, but there is no extra money. The party would reverse the housing

benefit change it calls the bedroom tax, a promise that Labour says it

can fund but its opponents say will lead to more borrowing. It went down

well in the street. Ed Miliband's supporters know he is good at this

sort of thing but they know he will have to reach a bigger audience than

this at the end of the conference. People who aren't £-- people who

earn 50,000 to £60,000 should not expect tax breaks, so the party. Ed

Miliband has already got £1 million less for the party. Ed Miliband

needs to deliver this week with common-sense policies based in

people's realities. And reminders of old struggles as well, as Gordon 's

-- Gordon Brown's former spin doctor tells of that link Tony Blair's

team. Aware that this party conference means people are

watching, Ed Miliband was trying to show his tender side today. Things

will get much tougher than this before the conference is done.

Two men have appeared in court charged with the theft of £1.3

million from Barclays Bank. They were arrested yesterday and accused

of installing a device on a computer in north London, that allowed them

to transfer the money. Police have raided addresses across the city and

seized cash, jewellery, drugs and credit cards. Police in Birmingham

have become a murder investigation after an 18-year-old man was stabbed

to death. He was attacked in the Selly Oak

area last night and later died in hospital. West Midlands Police said

the motive for the attack is clear. The phone maker Blackberry has

confirmed it is to cut more than 4000 jobs worldwide, about 40% of

its workforce. It is not clear how many staff would be affected but its

European headquarters -- at its European headquarters in Slough. It

was once the market leader but the company is expected to announce

hundreds of millions of pounds of losses next week.

It used to be the must have device for business users and for those who

wanted their e-mails any time, anywhere. Demand has fallen off a

cliff and the company's share price is down 26% as the launch of the

iPhone in 2007. Now, Blackberry says it is cutting its workforce by 40%,

4500 jobs worldwide, some of whom will be in the UK. The company

warned of losses in the current will be in the UK. The company

quarter of over £600 million. Blackberry users use to find their

phones so addictive that they nicknamed it the CrackBerry. Lately,

they have gone for smartphones. It is to executive and for e-mails and

things like that. There's nothing interesting on it. You have a

BlackBerry? Yes, the key phones aren't the best. Do you know they

are shedding jobs? I do. Is that is aren't the best. Do you know they

a prize? They have lost a lot of market share. Blackberry still has

great handsets and technology and it will still focus on its enterprise

arm of the business. I think Blackberry will struggle but there

is a business left and the enterprise business has a chance. If

Blackberry is to survive by selling itself, it will have to do so

quickly, while the brand and patents are still worth something.

England's women have had a triumphant start to their World Cup

qualifying campaign, beating Belarus 6-0. Karen Carney opened the scoring

in Bournemouth in the first game under the caretaker manager, Brent

Hills. England dominated as currently grabbed a first-half

hat-trick to win player of the match.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. The Singapore Grand Prix in pole

position. He said the fastest lap under the lights in qualifying. He

watched as the rest of the field failed to match. Nico Rosberg for

Mercedes is second on the grid and Lewis Hamilton is fifth.

A huge security operation is underway in Kenya's capital,

Nairobi, after armed gunmen stormed an upmarket shopping mall. You can

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