A gunman has shot dead at least 11 children at a school in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Police say he killed himself when they arrived. Around 20 other people were wounded. Here's James Read of our America's desk.
The gunman has been identified as 24-year-old Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, a former pupil at the school. Police say he entered a classroom with two revolvers and a suicide note, and began shooting indiscriminately. Some wounded children
managed to
escape and alert the police. When they confronted the killer, he shot himself in the head. Most of the victims were between 9 and 14 years old. President Dilma Rousseff wept as she condemned the massacre - the first of its kind in Brazil.
Japan has lifted a fresh tsunami alert that was issued after an earthquake hit the northeast of the country. The 7.1-magnitude aftershock was the most powerful to have struck Japan since an earthquake triggered a huge tsunami last month. Rachel Harvey reports from Tokyo.
Once again a powerful earthquake, and once again it's the northeast coast of Japan that has
borne the brunt
. There are some reports of minor injuries caused when people tried to run to safety, but no news of more serious casualties. Officials have been quick to reassure the public that the crippled nuclear power plant at Fukushima appears not to have suffered any further damage, but some power sources at another nuclear plant in the affected region have been