at least 18 people are now known to have died, as storms and tornadoes ripped through the united states, causing vast devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed over people who were listening to a heavy metal band. the storms came a week after a tornado devastated a town in mississippi. 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 volume of itjust seems 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 had steel bars in front of it. several people have been killed, dozens injured, in this state alone. the governor declared a state of emergency. today has been a very hard day for the state of arkansas. bu
hello and welcome to bbc world news. at least 18 people are now known to have died as storms and tornadoes ripped through the united states, leaving a trail of devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. the storms came a week after a tornado devastated a town in mississippi, killing 25. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touch downed 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 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 been killed, dozens injured, in this state alone. the governor declared a state of emergency. i think the real story here is
German police have arrested the driver of a car who ploughed into pedestrians killing four people one of them a baby. And an extraordinary story from brazil where a convoy of gunmen pull off a brazen bank robbery, leaving cash behind on the streets. Were keeping an eye on the house of commons. Mps are going to vote on the governments new coronavirus tier system which, if approved, will come into effect in england on wednesday. This is the scene live in the house of commons. Mps havejust wound up a long day of debate. More than 100 mps made their cases either for or against the tier system. The last of which was Health Secretary matt hancock. The mps are in the lobby now as the voting begins. This is whats theyre voting on. If the plans are approved there will be three tiers. 55 Million People will enter tier 2 or tier 3 the two stricter tiers. Most will be in tier 2 they will not be able to mix indoors with anyone outside their household or support bubbles. In tier 3 the strictest up t
This is bbc news welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, in the uk and around the globe. The votes will soon be coming in, the outcome all but certain. Donald trump looks set to go down in history as the only american president to be impeached twice. A week to the day even to the hour since rioters stormed the Capitol Building, lawmakers are close to making it official. These are live pictures of the House Chamber, where lawmakers are making their final statements before voting begins. Republicans have been attacking the timing of the process, coming just a week before the inauguration. Democrats say mr trump must go. We know that the president of the United States incited this insurrection, this armed rebellion against our country. He must go. He
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