council. politicians in iran react to the flouting of headscarf laws by women insisting the rules must be enforced rigorously . and a critical incident is declared at the port of dover causing gridlock for travellers hoping to get away for easter. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. at least 21 people are now known to have died as storms and tornados ripped through parts of the united states leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed in chicago. these are among the latest pictures we ve received showing the storm passing a car in arkansas and as you can see, the pictures speak for themselves. with all the latest, 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 h
if such a situation arose, i would refuse, even if they sent me to prison. in central mexico, emergency services tackle a huge blaze triggered by a fuel tanker crashing into a railway overpass. screams. and the japanese cartoon characters being recreated for the stage by the royal shakespeare company, breaking box office records in the process. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. the leader of the far right brothers of italy party giorgia meloni has been invited by the country s president to form a government after winning elections last month. she will be italy s first ever female pm and her cabinet will be sworn in on saturday. tom brada has this report. delivered to the presidential palace in a classic italian car. giorgia meloni has now formally accepted the job of forming italy s next government and, in doing so, she will preside over the country s most right wing administration since the second world war. translation: we agreed about
this is bbc news i m lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. devastating tornadoes tear through america s south and midwest at least 21 people are killed. another week another protest thousands of israelis once more demonstrate against a radical overhaul of thejudiciary. uproar as russia takes over the presidency of the un security council. ukraine calls it a slap in the face. there is no form of terror that russia hasn t already committed and there will be no reason that will stop the reform of global institutions, in particular, the un security
this is bbc news i m lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. devastating tornadoes tear through america s south and midwest at least 21 people are killed. another week another protest thousands of israelis once more demonstrate against a radical overhaul of thejudiciary. uproar as russia takes over the presidency of the un security council. ukraine calls it a slap in the face. there is no form of terror that russia hasn t already committed and there will be no reason that will stop the reform of global institutions, in particular, the un security council. politicians in iran
iranian kurdish woman, and the pictures that you are seeing are from the city of zahedan, south east of iran, where many people went on a protest after friday prayer and they were chanting, death to the dictator . so, we are now looking at five weeks of anti government protests in the country. an association of teachers union has called for a two day strike starting from today, the truck driver association has also called for a strike. we know that in many cities at night time, people go on their rooftops and their balconies, and they re chanting, death to the dictator and, more importantly, many iranians are now rushing to berlin to hold what is expected to be a large anti government protest thousands of people are planning to head there and we are expecting probably one of the largest anti iranian government protests in europe to be held later today. there s growing anger in russia over the forced mobilisation of men to fight in the war in ukraine. president putin had said