pope francis has presided over palm sunday mass at the vatican 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. thousands of people gathered in st peter s square waving palm and olive branches as pope francis was driven into the huge esplanade, sitting in the back of a white, open topped vehicle. he then celebrated mass his initial blessing was made standing up, but he spent the rest of the service sitting down. in his homily, he called on people not to ignore those experiencing great suffering and solitude. the service ended with a procession in st peter s square. and the pontiff left waving to crowds of worshippers from his popemobile. our correspondentjenny hill sent us this update. the palm sunday mass hasjust the palm sunday mass has just ended and the atmosphere in this square is one of
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 already that we use and we have capacity there, we are going to have capacity there, we are going to have to increase some of that detention capacity. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes. at least 26 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 in chicago. our reporter shelley phelps has more. two tornadoes left a trail of destruction in arkansas. this was the small town of wynne where at least four people were killed. homes and businesses lie flattened. the local high school torn apart, devastated teachers and students came to see the
the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government s looking at further places to house migrants. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes. at least 26 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 in chicago. our reporter shelley phelps has more. two tornadoes left a trail of destruction in arkansas. this was the small town of wynne where at least four people were killed. homes and businesses lie flattened. the local high school torn apart, devastated teachers and students came to see the extent of the damage for themselves. yeah, i taught here for 25 years. this is my classroom and when i walked out yesterday i didn t realise that would be the last time i would be teaching in this classroom. it s just. god protected this t
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they have seen an acute pressure of bookings, of coaches and journeys across the channel. it s a very busy time of year. there s been some bad weather, but they have been putting on extra journeys overnight. they are positive that this will be eased very soon. the port itself says french immigration checks following brexit have been an issue. it says it is deeply frustrated by the problems this weekend. pope francis has presided over palm sunday mass at the vatican 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. thousands of people gathered in st peter s square waving palm and olive branches as pope francis was driven into the huge esplanade, sitting in the back of a white, open topped vehicle. he then celebrated mass, his initial blessing was made standing up, but he spent the rest of the service sitti