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In Belgium, a man who attacked two police officers with a machete has

The attack took place in the city of Charleroi.

TRANSLATION: One officer was critically wounded in the face.

The man was then shot by the police immediately.

do posts already have a medal and we have had a world record in this

winning goal. -- I am Chris Mitchell lived in Rio, we'll are the hosts

already have a medal. A local election shock

for South Africa's governing The party's worst results

since the end of apartheid. The baby kangaroo who found

a new family and celebrity We start in Belgium -

where a man armed with a machete has The Prime Minister, Charles Michel,

says the initial indications The machete attack happened

in the city of Charleroi. The man was shot by police

and died in hospital. He is reported to have shouted

God is Great in Arabic during the attack outside the city's

main police station. This is what a police spokesman had

to say. TRANSLATION: Two female police

officers were on duty, the individual took out the machete and

hit our colleagues several times, one officer critically wounded in

the face, the man was then shot by police immediately, dying shortly

after arriving at the hospital. His identity is not yet confirmed.

The attack comes at a sensitive time for Belgium.

In March, bombers killed 32 people in suicide attacks at Brussels

And now the Prime Minister said initial indications showed

With more, here is Brussels correspondent Damian grammatical is.

What we've heard is the Belgian Prime Minister,

who has broken off his holiday in the south of France to head

back here to Brussels for a security meeting tomorrow,

now he has said that the initial indications are that this

was terrorism related, but that's his initial assessment.

What we know of what happened was that this individual approached

this police station in the city of Charleroi.

It's about an hour or so's drive to the south of Brussels.

In the centre of town there, outside the police station,

they had erected already an extra security check,

so there was a wooden barrier, wooden hut there, where police

were screening people, because there have already been

threats against Belgian police in the past few months,

in the sort of spate of terror-related

Two police officers on duty there stopped the man.

He pulled out a machete and attacked them before he was shot dead.

So he certainly appears to have been trying to reach

Let's turn now to the Olympic Games in Rio, where medals are now

And the host nation have won their first medal -

silver in the 10-metre air pistol competition.

Brazil's Felipe Almeida Wu denied gold by a pinpoint last shot

It is they are now's first ever gold medal. -- it is the first ever gold

medal for Vietnam. We can now go live to Chris

Mitchell. Fantastic for Vietnam! Yes, that was incredible but the

biggest cheers were for Felipe. No Brazilian has won a shooting medal

since 1920. He is 24 years old, the Brazilian, it was not unexpected but

he was not one of the favourites. If you consider Felipe does not have

professional practice as a ladies in Sao Paulo, having to borrow those

for shooting practice, -- he does not have professional practice areas

in Sao Paulo. It had not gone well for their football teams. The

Brazilian side were booed off against their French team. The judo

team was knocked out in round one. And organisational problems earlier,

use of two hours just to get into Olympic Park, and the local

organising committee having to issue a statement saying sorry. At last,

some sporting success for Brazil. Also, the men's cycling that came

past year a few hours ago, it was absolutely thrilling! What a

wonderful race to look for spectators, book ended by the hills

at both ends of the beaches, it was fast and thrilling and Greg van

Aberaman, the Belgian, won it, this was his last chance to win an

Olympic gold medal. All eyes had been on the Italian. I would he do,

the Giro d'Italia rider? He was about to make his move and he came

off the bike. -- high would he do? As did Geraint Thomas, the British

rider, he has went to hospital for precautionary check. But cycling

aficionados are saying this course was so thrilling that cycling or to

make it part of their annual programme. Gold medal for Belgium

from Greg Van Avermaet, which was not expected, especially since

Belgium did not win a single gold medal in 2012. And a world record in

the swimming pool, Adam Peaty in the heats of the 100 metres

breaststroke, breaking his own mark, 57.55 seconds, it was not so long

ago that no one could wreak the 58 second barrier, now this young Brit

at his first Olympics shows he means business. It is likely to be

head-to-head between him and the defending Olympic champion from

South African. And excitement in the pool. And the first medal from the

games that they had, which seems like a long time to go with the sun

going down on the speech, but that went to the junior Thrasher of the

United States in the air rifle ten metres

-- Virginia Thrasher. The Chinese expected to do well, and probably

had not even heard of Virginia Thrasher. She is 19 years old,

wanting to become an ice dancer, only taking shooting is up a few

years ago. She got on the team and came here with no expectations and

when is the first gold of the games, what I want. If her and the United

States of America. And we can have a brief look at the medals table. --

what a great story for her and the United States. And the first gold

for Vietnam. And of course the United States, who we expect with

the biggest team here, when all this ends in about two weeks' time, they

will be top of the medals table, with China chasing them. Perhaps

Great Britain, depending on how well they do in the swimming pool and

track, could be up there. So far with some problems with spectators

getting in, and that controlled explosion down at the finish line of

the cycling, it has been a good day for the Rio Olympics.

Exciting stuff coming out of the first day. Any more highlights to

look forward to? Well, yeah, the swimming tonight! It starts so late.

Ten local time. This is to help out the Americans. Shall we say? It fits

in with their televisions schedule back home. The likes of Ryan Lockley

in the old. My favourite tonight will be the men's 400 metres

freestyle, the young Australian, can he win gold after the disappointment

of their cycle is not doing well earlier, can he give the Australian

something to cheer? It would be a great story because earlier this

year he was involved in a traffic accident, driving his car off of the

cliff. He is OK, clearly, being at the Olympics, but can he beat the

enigmatic Chinese swimmer who at the last rock championships didn't even

turn up for the final and has served a doping ban before now. That is the

battle I will be looking forward to. Several medals to be won but a late

finish for the swimmers here in Rio. Lots to look forward to. Chris

Mitchell, for now from Rio, thank you very much.

And you can keep up to date with all our Olympics coverage

There you'll find a all the latest results from Day 1 and the latest

To South Africa now, where the final results

in the country's local elections have been announced.

In Johannesburg, the governing African National Congress

But it's small consolation, given they've suffered

their worst election result since the end of apartheid.

The opposition Democratic Alliance made huge gains, claiming victory

in many key regions, including the capital Pretoria.

ushered in democracy in 1994, after the fall of

It is also the first time that it has lost control

The opposition DA won 93 seats in Tshwane,

the metropolitan region under which Pretoria falls.

While the ANC came in second, with 89 seats,

South Africans still believe in a dream of

South Africa still wants our country to prosper.

President Jacob Zuma put up a brave face when he accepted the final

He could not secure victory for his party in his

Our democracy is maturing and we congratulate our people

for their participation in the consolidation of democracy.

The ANC also lost the historically important metropolitan region

But the ANC, with 54% of the national vote,

Observers say a whole host of corruption scandals,

and internal party squabbles, are to blame for its decline.

Milton Nkosi, BBC News, Johannesburg.

Rebel groups in Syria say they've made breakthroughs in fighting

against both government forces and the self-declared Islamic State.

Rebel factions say they've managed to link up with their comrades

in besieged eastern Aleppo, although sources close

to the government deny they've been pushed aside.

Further east, a combined force of Kurdish and Arab militias say

they're close to capturing the strategic city of Manbij

This report from the BBC's Middle East regional

Rebels advancing, fighting their way into southern Aleppo, they see this

film shows them storming a government military base. And it

seems they made some impressive progress. The army was driven back

at leaving behind its big guns. But the rebels wanted much more than

this. Their plan was to push beyond the base and reach the rebel held

neighbourhoods of eastern Aleppo. 250,000 people are besieged by the

government there. The attacking rebel force was trying to break that

stranglehold. And they say they have indeed managed to link up with their

comrades in the east. But other reports indicate they have so far

failed to establish a safe route that would end the blockade.

Meanwhile, the government side has thrown everything into this fight.

Bombing and shelling. It insists the rebels have made no breakthrough. It

says they've been pushed back. Further north, another battlefield,

the city of Manbij, it's been held by the Islamic State group, but a US

backed force of Kurdish and Arab fighters has been advancing through

its streets. It says it is close to capturing the city, that it now

controls 90% of that, but the fighting is still raging on and, for

the people of Manbij, the suffering continues.

Alan Johnson, BBC News. Stay with us on BBC

World News, still to come... It is believed fire at a French barn

which killed 13 people was started by candles on a birthday cake. -- at

a French bar. Two British climbers who went

missing on Thursday have been found dead on the Matterhorn in the Alps,

on the Swiss-Italian border. Italian rescue workers launched

a search for the pair but the operation was hampered

by poor weather. Authorities say both bodies had been

found covered in snow, in a ravine. What we know is the bodies of these

two British climbers, both men, both believed to be aged 67,

were found at an altitude of 4,000 metres, covered in snow,

and I would say the weather looks lovely here at the moment,

but we've had torrential rain and high winds here in Switzerland

and Italy over the last 36 hours and of course what falls as rain

down here is snow up at 4,000 metres Temperatures we are told

were minus 10 Celsius. This is BBC World News Today, the

latest headlines... In Belgium, a man armed

with a machete attacks two police The attacker was then shot

and killed by police The very first gold of the Rio games

is won by the American Virginia Thrasher in the women's

ten-metre air rifle. A fire in a bar in France

which killed 13 people - many of them teenagers -

is believed to have been started The fire broke out during a party

in the basement of the bar Officials described the blaze

as "fast and intense". Police say the fire broke out around

midnight in the basement of the bar. It had been packed with young

people who'd come here Someone carrying the cake apparently

tripped down the stairs and fell. The candles and sparklers then set

off the deadliest fire there's been Neighbours heard the shattering

of glass and thought, at first, it was an explosion.

Another terrorist attack. TRANSLATION: There

was panic in the bar. But unfortunately, those

who were in the basement didn't I think some of those

downstairs didn't burn, Police say the ceiling

of the basement had been soundproofed with material

that is reported to have caught fire with terrifying speed,

releasing poisonous fumes. TRANSLATION: We're still shocked.

We can't believe it. We came here to have a good time

together. It's impossible to believe

that this has happened. 13 people in their late teens

and early 20s are dead, and one is fighting for their life,

in a city still mourning the death of an elderly priest murdered

by extremists last month. The investigation will focus

on whether the bar had Officials in Chicago in the US have

released video footage, showing the moments before

an unarmed black man was Paul O'Neal died after

a dramatic car chase. Our North America correspondent

Rajini Vaidyanathan reports. A warning, you may find some

of the images distressing. A police chase on the streets

of Chicago, as a teenager is suspected of driving

a stolen car. The driver Paul O'Neal refuses

to stop as bullets fly in his path. He crashes into a police car before

getting out and running As the pursuit continues,

officers can be heard shouting at him before

shots are fired. His bleeding body was captured

on tape, but the moment The officer's body

camera wasn't working. If you look at the video,

one of the body cameras But that officer supposedly turned

it on as he was Three officers have been

stripped of their powers, As the police tried to hold a press

conference on Friday, What if that was your son that

got shot in the back? At a time when tensions between law

enforcement and young black people in America remain high,

what makes this case different from many other police

shootings has been the speed Chicago's newly-created Independent

Police Review Authority is promising But the release of the videos has

been criticised by the head of Chicago's policing union,

who said it was unfair to officers Rajini Vaidyanathan,

BBC News, Washington. The man who tried to kill US

President Ronald Reagan in 1981 is expected to be released

from a psychiatric John Hinckley Jr was

25-years-old when he shot and wounded the Republican president

and three others in Washington DC. He was detained in a secure facility

after being found not guilty After his release,

Hinckley will move to live Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi,

has suffered two days of flooding that have killed

at least twelve people. of flooding that have

killed at least 12 people. More than half of them

died of electrocution. Others were killed when roofs

and walls collapsed. The newly-elected chief minister

of Sindh province has toured affected areas and says he's been

in touch with key officials to drain flooded roads and rectify

extensive power cuts. Away from the Olympics,

there's plenty of other sport. Hugh Woozencroft has details

of another defeat for Sri Lanka have won their

first series against After beating them in a Test match

for only the second time in their history last week,

Angelo Matthew's team made it two in a row on Saturday,

winning by 229 runs in Galle to take an unassailable 2-0 lead

in the three match series. With only one Test victory in

history over Australia, until last week, could Sri Lanka make it two in

a week? On the third day in Galle, the Australians led by Captain Steve

Smith and David Warner went on the offensive from the first over,

looking like good strategy with 36 runs scored, then that's all

changed. As soon as the Sri Lanka and spinners find there with them,

David Warner went first and he was furious. Then the skipper Smith on

review, faint touch on the glove, removing any touch of Australia

saving this match. Sri Lanka soon had Mitchell Marsh out, as well as

several of his colleagues. This the surface for the spinners and one of

the Australians could not content with. Six wickets in the second

innings making him the first Sri Lanka and to score 50 and get ten

wickets in the same match. And not even a last, at 229 run victory,

this is the first-ever series win against Australia and inside three

days too, cause for celebration. I mean, it feels great. We played in

the last two games, I thought we were brilliant, we were really

clinical in the second Test match especially. And pressure going in to

win the toss but I thought the toss was pretty vital. So winning the --

the first hurdle was winning the toss, then getting their score on

the board, because the wicket was getting worse and worse, so once

again, it was a pretty special performance by Mendes is getting us

to 281. And special mention for his first Test, coming back really hard,

backing this potential skill, and he was one bowler that the Australians

find it hard to score off, especially on this track.

Transfer news from the Premier League.

West Ham are set to pay $26 million for the Swansea forward, Andre Ayew.

The 26-year old Ghana international scored 12 goals in 34 Premier League

Ayew only joined Swansea on a free transfer 12 months ago.

New signing Sadio Mane scored one goal and made another as Liverpool

beat Barcelona 4-0 in a one-sided friendly match at Wembley on Sunday.

A $44.5 million capture from Southampton,

Mane struck a 15th-minute opener and then supplied the cross

from which ex-Liverpool player Javier Mascherano

Divock Origi and substitute Marko Grujic also scored.

But for all the information from Olympic Games,

Back to you. Absolutely it is. Thank you very

much. In Australia, thousands of people

have been following the story of a baby kangaroo,

called Cuejo, who is due He became a local celebrity

with his fight for life - Cuejo the joey receives

some last-minute love After five months of care

and two near-death experiences, he is now ready

to go back into the bush. The kangaroo joey was

rescued by local police in Australia's remote West

in a town called Cue. His mother was hit and killed

by a truck. Constable Scott Mason,

who is trained in animal husbandry, Cuejo became a local celebrity

and his growth was well-documented on social media, as was his next

greatest challenge. Three months ago, he was nursed back

to health again after being attacked He suffered wounds

to his face and chest. Now the healthy ten-month-old

will gradually be released The police have tweeted

that he is already Very cute story there. We can bring

you up to date from the Rio Olympics, with gold for Argentina in

the judo. Kazakhstan and Japan shared the bronze. We can leave you

with these live pictures from Rio on the first day of the Olympics.

And a reminder that the first gold medal has been won by America and

the women's ten metre air rifle, hosts Brazil taking their first is

medal in the air pistol. And the first one for Vietnam, with their

first-ever gold medal. That is all from me.

Good evening. A beautiful day for most, lots of blue sky, sunshine and

warm temperatures, such as here this afternoon, many seaside resorts

across England and Wales looking like this. More cloud in