this is world one, live from london. our top stories u.s. president barack obama is meeting the british prime minister, david cameron, in london. they re talking about libya, afghanistan and a lot of other issues. later, mr. barack obama will speak to british lawmakers where he s expected to say the u.s. and europe must play a leading role in global security. a cloud of ash from a volcano in iceland is now affecting german air space, a day after hundreds of flights to and from scotland were grounded, all airports in berlin were due to closed for takeoffs and landings just a few minutes ago. hamburg international airport and bremen international airport were closed today and the cloud is expected to affect other parts of northern and eastern europe, including scandinavia, poland and russia. the uk s official weather center says the plume will cover all of british air space on wednesday, that does not necessarily mean that there will be masses of flights canceled.
grounded as volcanic ash clouds a continent. and nato keeps up the pressure on moammar gadhafi. tripoli comes in for more bombing. we begin in london where the u.s. president is kicking off day two of his state visit to britain. right now barack obama is at 10 downing street for talks with british prime minister david cameron. they ve got lot on their plates, the talks mark a shift in tone for the president. tuesday was mostly about pageantry, meeting the royal family and getting the vip treatment over at buckingham palace. today it is all about politics. and washington s close ties with the uk, that s really going to be at the heart of mr. obama s address to parliament today. he s expected to say american relations with the uk and nato are essential to global security. to number 10 downing street and to our white house correspondent, brianna keeler. what is president obama s message going to be to david cameron? we re just a short distance away from 10 downing street
rain of fire. more than a dozen bombs fall on tripoli as nato launches a massive air strike on moammar gadhafi s compound. look at this trail of destruction. the search for survivors after a deadly tornado flattens a town in the u.s. midwest. it s an unpredictable situation. changing by the hour. british authorities are saying, watch this space as a voluntarily cannish ice cloud from iceland creeps further south toward the uk and main land europe. uk s official weather service told cnn the plume of ash will spread into all of british air space within the next 24 hours. thousands of people are waiting to see if their travel plans are going to be disrupted. dozens of flights to and from airports in scotland are canceled. one airline is challenging advice not to fly.
wounding 150. president obama began a six-day trip to europe in ireland today. an estimated 25,000 people turned out for his speech in dublin s college green. he also visited the village of moneygall where one of his great, great, great grandfathers is believed to have been born. looked like he was having a lot of fun but he had to fly to london early because of iceland s ee rupping volcano. ash is spewing and could reach british air space tomorrow. iceland s most active volcano started erupting saturday after a seven-year lull. iceland closed its air face over the weekend. wnbc in new york is reporting a dna sample from former imf chief dominique strauss-khan has been matched to the material of the hotel maid he s accused of sexually assaulting. he s under house arrest in new york. his lawyers have denied the charges and they say there s no
larose, louisiana to evacuate. mandatory evacuations in butte larose that were put on hold are being reinstated right now. that order applies to included the media, as well. most of the residents have already evacuated, but still some insist on riding out the flood. analysis by a research firm estimates the amount needed to divert, could flood more than 20,000 homes and cost more than $2.2 billion in damage. airlines and travelers across europe are carefully watching an erupting volcano in iceland that began spewing ash on saturday. the resulting cloud of volcanic ash has forced airlines to cancel about 500 flights around the united kingdom. while the concentration of the ash at london s heathrow remains low, the cancellations are double the number expected earlier this morning. the ash cloud will effect the u.k. denmark and parts of scandinavia today and is forecast to cover all of british