and a once in a decade flyby, as an asteroid passes between the earth and the moon. hello and welcome to bbc news. security forces in france remain on high alert, after legislation to raise the state pension age caused massive protests. the dispute, and outbreaks of violence, forced the authorities to postpone a planned state visit by the british monarch, king charles. separate demonstrations are expected on an unrelated issue in western france, linked to concerns about water usage by large scale agricultural producers. it s feared the disputes could converge at a time of growing tensions. our correspondent simonjones reports. sirens wail police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1,000 fires
his burst is strong for political vengeance and he wants to stop jordan from issuing a subpoena to a key attorney in the d.a. s office. the judge denied a request for the restraining order setting a hearing next week. in bragg s lawsuit he claims jordan is perpetrating an unconstitutional attempt to undermine the case against donald trump. chairman jim jordan says bragg is trying to obstruct the congressional investigation and it is getting personal. alvin bragg used federal funds to indict a former president for no crime and then when we ask questions about it and want to investigate he takes us to court. we want to talk to someone who left the d.a. s office a year ago who wrote a book on this very subject. did all kinds of interviews. we aren t allowed to talk to him to do our duty. they are obstructing our constitutional duty to do oversight. harris: bryan llenas on the story for us today. in the lawsuit bragg s office is asking a federal judge to issue a court order
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
green on the world stage. in front of a crowd of his many 3000 people in warsaw, poland, president joe biden renewed his steadfast commitment to the people of ukraine. well in moscow russian president vladimir putin delivered a defiant state of the nation address. his first since launching the invasion of ukraine nearly one year ago. putin repeated the lies that he has been spewing for a year, claiming that the west started the war, which he still refers to only as a, quote, special military operation. the russian president also announced he will stop participating in the new stark treaty which is the sole remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the united states and russia. and warsaw president biden responded to putin s threats to their claim that america and its allies will never back down. one year into this war, put a no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continuing to sup