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Chad Pergram‏Verified account @ChadPergram · 3m3 minutes ago  More BREAKING Shooting at Congressional baseball practice. Scalise hit. Other staffers hit. Gunmen with rifle

Just breaking as polls closed.

Breaking now van attack and knife attack.

Tory candidate Craig Mackinlay has been charged as part of an investigation into spending at the 2015 general election.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., praised President Trump on Saturday as a leader who is "open-minded" and willing to reach out for help, even late at night. "What have I learned about our president? He's curious, he asks questions, and he knows no fear," Graham said, according to a video recording of his remarks at the South Carolina Republican convention. "And he's under siege unlike any president I've ever seen in my entire life … They don't believe he won; I do. Now Obama was somewhat hard for us, but I thought we were somewhat respectful."

The NHS has confirmed a cyberattack is causing major IT problems at a number of hospitals. NHS Digital said: "A number of NHS organisations have reported to NHS Digital that they have been affected by a ransomware attack which is affecting a number of different organisations. "The investigation is at an early stage but we believe the malware variant is Wanna Decryptor. "At this stage we do not have any evidence that patient data has been accessed. We will continue to work with affected organisations to confirm this. "NHS Digital is working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre, the...

A vehicle has been driven into people in the Swedish capital Stockholm, injuring several people - police

REPORTS OF LOUD BANGS AND GUNFIRE OUTSIDE UK PARLIAMENT

The US has agreed not to repeat claims the UK's communications intelligence agency wiretapped Donald Trump in the weeks after he won the US election. GCHQ denied allegations made by the White House that it spied on Mr Trump as president-elect. No 10 has been assured the allegations would not be repeated, a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said. He said it had been made clear to US authorities the claims were "ridiculous and should have been ignored".

Nigel Farage has backed Britain introducing “extreme vetting” measures as he defended Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. The former Ukip leader suggested the UK Government should adopt similar border policies as he insisted the US President was “entitled” to enforce his widely criticised immigration crackdown. Mr Farage told the BBC’s Sunday Politics he blamed the ban on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country's open-door policy towards those fleeing war-torn countries in the Middle East. He said: "I mean frankly since I made those comments we had the Merkel madness, and I think Trump's policy in many ways has been...

A truck has ploughed into a Christmas market in western Berlin injuring several people, local media reported, citing police. “Police confirm that a truck ploughed into a Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin-Charlottenburg,” local newspaper Berlin Zeitung stated.

MPs have voted in favour of the Government's timetable to trigger Article 50 by March 2017.

US President-elect Donald Trump has been named as Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2016. The property tycoon took the title after winning an unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in November's presidential election. Mr Trump told NBC's Today show shortly after the announcement it was a "great honour" which "meant a lot" to him. He was chosen from a shortlist that also included Mrs Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The four busy rush hour stations were shutdown this evening as people were evacuated from King's Cross and Euston Square. Emergency alarms sounded throughout the two London Underground stations with automated announcements informing people to get out. Large crowds gathered outside the station and commuters queued in the cold on streets of London. Passengers are understood to have been evacuated due to "overcrowding" and stations have remained closed due to "crowd control".

Trafalgar Group ‏@trfgrp 52m52 minutes ago Our Pennsylvania poll. Trump is up almost 2%. Larger Trump win with strong hidden vote likely in this state.

Donald Trump’s campaign released a new television ad on Friday titled, “Donald Trump’s Argument for America.” The two-minute ad will run on prime time national news and entertainment channels, including NFL, NASCAR, and NCAA programs. It’s a $4 million ad purchase aimed at major markets in key battleground states including: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nevada, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, North Carolina ,and New Mexico, according to the Trump campaign press release. “This is Mr. Trump’s positive closing message to American voters, and it comes at a time when Secretary Clinton has abandoned any positive message of her own. We believe voters...

"Registered Democrats are 0.1 percent behind their numbers from the same day in 2012, while registered Republicans are 12.5 percent ahead and registered unaffiliated voters are 43.3 percent ahead of their same day totals from four years ago."

Utah appears to have moved safely into Republican Donald Trump’s column with less than a week to go until Election Day. A new Heat Street/Rasmussen Reports telephone and online survey of Likely Utah Voters finds Trump with 42% support to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s 31%. Republican-turned-Independent candidate Evan McMullin has faded to 21%. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson earns three percent (3%) of the vote. Two percent (2%) like some other candidate in the race, and another two percent (2%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Michael McDonald @ElectProject North Carolina #earlyvote (mail & in-person) update 11/2 Dems almost claw their way back from week of poll closures. Change from same day in 2012: Dem -0.5% Rep +12.9% Unaffiliated +43.6%

Theresa May cannot trigger Brexit without putting it to an MPs' vote in the House of Commons, the High Court has ruled. In a landmark ruling, Lord Chief Justice Thomas said Mrs May did not have the right to set in motion Article 50, the official start of EU divorce proceedings, without consulting parliament. The Government instantly announced it would appeal the decision and the two sides will now prepare for another showdown at the Supreme Court in early December.