this is bbc news. i m lucy grey. the headlines. president biden declares a major emergency in the us. state of mississippi after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. hundreds have been left homeless, whilst search and rescue efforts continue. early projections suggest that people in the berlin have voted against making the german capital climate neutral by 2030 after a referendum. nato has condemned russia for what it called dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric, a day after president putin said moscow would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus. nato says it remains vigilant, but hasn t seen changes in russia s nuclear posture that would lead it to adjust its own. the uk government is to criminalise the possession of nitrous oxide or laughing gas, as part of a crackdown, on anti social behaviour. two boats carrying migrants have sunk off the coast of tunisia, causing 29 people to die. it comes as italian media report that a record 2000 migrants arrived at the i
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. we begin with global markets in turmoil in the wake of the failure of two major commercial banks, svb and signature bank in the united states. global markets, asian shares closed down sharply as investors fear further bank collapses to come. european stocks have been climbing though in the last few hours, a mixed performance now, but trying to find some footing this europe. and look at u.s. futures, they are up slightly. we ll try to make sense of all of this for you in a moment. one place you don t want your investment dollars right now, regional bank stocks. first republic shares first more than 60%. western alliance bank corp down 47%. driving the u.s. market overall, extreme fear. according to cnn business fear and groeed index. clare sebastian is joining us now. explain why u.s. futures are up again. yes, and there has been five straight down sessions, basically a week of losses le
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that number could rise even higher as search and rescue crews work to reach cutoff areas, removing debris from destroyed homes and businesses along florida s southwest coastline and we re learning that miami-dade fire rescue crews are conducting helicopter evacuations on sanibel island. boris sanchez is there in fort myers, florida. boris, you just spoke with the lee county sheriff a few moments ago. what was said? reporter: fred, there have been a lot of questions today about the timing of when lee county ordered evacuations. we re in lee county right now in fort myers. what we ve learned is lee county ordered its first evacuations more than a day after forecasts met the county s criteria despite the fact the county has an emergency plan that suggests evacuations should have happened earlier. the county s comprehensive emergency ma or more of water would indicate the need for hurricane evacuations in the most vulnerable areas. a lot of lee county is a vulnerable area. one
landfall as a hurricane. ian is moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone. even though it s been downgraded, officials warn it could cause heavy rain, wind, and floods. in south carolina the storm flooded homes and vehicles along the shoreline. you can see in this video high winds pushed the storm surge even higher, and two piers, one in pawleys island and one in myrtle beach both partially collapsed. officials are warning residents to avoid leaving their homes, to steer clear of floodwaters that could pose hidden dangers. the obvious one of the water itself can isolate people, drown people. but it can also hide downed power lines, obstacles in the water, even contaminants in the water. so the waters themselves are the most dangerous. ian slammed into southwest florida as a severe category 4 hurricane on wednesday. it almost became a category 5, packing sustained winds at 150 miles an hour. the storm is now being blamed for at least 45 deaths, though, officials believe t