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straight week protesting benjamin netanyahu s proposed changes to the law. from the suburbs of paris to the river thames, meat the was boat race. the governor of mississippi has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes ripped through the us state. at least 25 people were killed. the authorities say the storm left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. president biden has called the storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork, where entire neighbourhoods were flattened to rubble. our north america correspondent david willis reports. this is all that remains of the mississippi town of rolling fork. heavy vehicles were picked up and tossed around like toys after the twister touched down, all but wiping this tight knit community off the map. we ve got a new scan coming on as we speak. the storm struck at night, the warnings too late for the residents of rolling fork and nearby silver city. sighs. oh, man. sigh
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this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. president biden has ordered federal aid to be sent to mississippi, as emergency services work to help hundreds of people who ve been left homeless by a tornado. this is the moment on friday when the wind barrelled through a school in the area, captured by cctv cameras inside. and these are the latest drone pictures after the tornado struck carving a path of destruction 170 miles long. at least 25 people were killed in mississippi, and one person in alabama. dozens have been injured. our north america correspondent, sophie long, reports from rolling fork in the mississippi delta. this is rolling fork, a small, close community in mississippi. there is little left. they ve lost loved ones, their homes everything. we get storms, like bad rain, or, you know, probably high winds or something, but we never experienced nothing like this where you can wipe out a whole town you know, schools, children, parents, loved o