focused on the war in sudan? the death toll is now well over 12,000, with reports tonight the rebels have overrun the country s second biggest city. and in colorado, the state supreme court strikes donald trump from the ballot, just weeks before the first presidential primary in iowa. good evening. counting the dead is a challenge in any war zone, and especially one in which journalists are locked out. and how can we possibly know what the true figure when so many bodies remain buried under the rubble? but tonight the death toll reached a grim new marker. according to the hamas led health ministry, 20,000 people have now been killed. 20,000 people have now been killed, and among them 8,000 children and 6,200 women. the us has in recent days raised the alarm over the extent of the killing, and urged greater restraint. at home, president biden is under pressure. but tonight, a vote on a humanitarian pause, which was expected this hour in the security council, has again been pos
hello and welcome to bbc news. the former us president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and has called on supporters to protest. and a post on his own social media platform he claimed to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorney s offers which is yet to comment. mr trump is accused of bank hush money to an alleged mistress. americans have been reacting to the latest development. imean i mean this isjust beyond ridiculous at this point. you can go after him and the outcome will all be the same, and it is only going to incite more people to come out and support, 0k? and that is what it is about, the more people we have two show everybody doesn t matter we re still going to support him and he is going to support him and he is going to support him and he is going to run and he is going to win. it has been going since january and it it has been going since january and it is it has been going since january and it isjust horrendous, our constit
hello and welcome to bbc news. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes. at least 21 people are now known to have died as the storms ripped through the south and the midwest, leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. these pictures are of the storm passing a car in arkansas and, as you can see, the images speak for themselves. the bbc s sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas. tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the rate of pace and the volume of itjust seemed rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house, out of my front door which has steel bars in the front of it. several people have
says it is trying to get in touch with since being detained by secret police in afghanistan. more than 100,000 people take part in protests across israel for the 13th consecutive week against judicial reforms despite the government s decision to pause the legislation. the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants. we do need to increase our detention. we have several thousand places that we use and we have capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. hello and welcome to bbc news. pope francis is presiding over palm sunday mass at the vatican shortly just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. the pontiff s admission to hospital came ahead of the busiest week in the christian calendar. these are live pictures coming to us now, of st peter s square where the pope is taking part in this week
And the hamas men beat me on the way. They didnt break my ribs, but hurt me very much. Like so many israelis, shes astounded by the failure of her countrys army and intelligence to protect them. Translation the army wasnt prepared. We were the government scapegoats. Hamas warned us three weeks ahead. They burned our fields, and the army somehow didnt take it seriously. And hamas s Detailed Planning extended to Hostage Taking too. Translation they seemed ready for this. They had prepared for a long time and had everything the hostages needed, even shampoo and conditioner. Running this war is getting complicated for the Israeli Government. The northern border with lebanon is heating up. Thousands of troops have been sent there and border towns evacuated, in case of war with irans lebanese ally, hezbollah. Prime minister netanyahu has visited the troops near gaza, but he hasnt ordered them to invade yet. So without a ground war in gaza to define the state of this crisis, other things are