What is the world coming to .....

I normally write about nice stuff .... but

This morning in the USA

A gunman has killed at least nine people in a series of shootings across two towns in the southern US state of Alabama before killing himself.

Officials say there were at least four separate shooting incidents.

The gunman fired on homes, a petrol station, shops and vehicles in Samson and Geneva near the Florida border.

Five people - including a child - were killed in one home. Several of the victims are believed to have been members of the gunman's family.

The bloodshed began when the suspect is thought to have burned down a house where he lived with his mother in Kinston, near Samson, local coroner Robert Preachers told the Associated Press news agency. This afternoon in Germany

Fifteen people have been killed after a teenage gunman went on a rampage in south-west Germany, officials say.

Most of the dead are thought to have been pupils at the Albertville secondary school in Winnenden, north of Stuttgart.

The gunman, a 17-year-old former pupil, is also dead, police say.

The teenager, who was said to have been wearing black combat gear, was chased by police after fleeing the school into the centre of town.