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At least 27 people have died after a man has started shooting chaotically during Sunday's church service in the state of Texas, the BBC said.

The attack took place in the First Baptist Church in the town of Sutherland Springs, 65 km from San Antonio.

A total of 26 people were killed after a gunman walked into a church in a tiny rural community about 30 miles east of San Antonio, Texas, USA and opened fire on Sunday, an official said.

Experts from the University of Texas at Austin said they are starting to search for rare fish - a type of North American freshwater catfish that lives in the underground ponds in the state, reports the KSAT channel.

By the time Hurricane Harvey was downgraded to a Category 1 storm early Saturday, it had already delivered a 1-2 punch to the Gulf Coast of Texas, making landfall twice, with powerful wind gusts and the threat of catastrophic flooding.

It was still threatening to be the most powerful storm to hit the Lone Star State in more than a decade.

Bodies of eight people, including two children, were found in a car park near a Walmart supermarket in the US city of San Antonio, Texas, BBC reported on Sunday.

Eight people were found dead on July 23 inside a truck in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas in what police said appeared to be "human trafficking crime."

Another 28 people were injured - 20 of them severely - and were being treated at seven local hospitals, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus and Fire Chief Charles Hood told reporters.

The International Festival of Aegean sets the mood before its launch on Sunday, July 16, with some pre-festival events. On Friday, the island's capital, Ermoupoli, welcomes three American choirs from Berkley, Pocatello and San Antonio at the Church of Virgin Mary at 9 p.m. The following day, there will be a big Broadway Parade featuring music from American musicals, starting at 8 p.m.

Many European basketball players have a dream to make it big in arguably the greatest league in the world, the NBA. But it is not an easy transition, as there are a number of obstacles to overcome. Site fadeawayworld.com listed the top 10 European players who failed to leave their mark on the NBA.

The best Bulgarian female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova returned to the top 100 of the WTA ranking.

Pironkova occupies the 93th position with 722 points in the latest ranking released on Monday, climbing twelve places from her previous standing.

This progress is due to her performance at the San Antonio Open where the Bulgarian reached the semifinals.

The highest ranking Bulgarian female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova proceeded to the semifinals of the San Antonio Open.

In a match from the quarterfinals, Pironkova defeated Donna Vekic from Croatia with 6:2, 6:1 in less than an hour.