after k pop and k drama, k reality becomes the latest south korean cultural export to win a huge global fanbase. if these kind of shows can travel outside of korea, that means more funding coming in for that show, that gives them more funding to produce a bigger show. and in hollywood, everything everywhere all at once is the big winner at this year s screen actors guild awards. a very warm welcome to the programme. and we begin here in the uk. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, will meet the president of the european commission later for what s being described as final talks on a new brexit deal for northern ireland. mr sunak and ursula von der leyen will be trying to resolve the range of complex challenges around the protocol during the meeting. our political editor chris mason has more. here stands the ultimate prize in all of these negotiations. this is stormont, in belfast, the home of the northern ireland assembly. getting it and an executive here up and running ag
i m martine croxall in the studio in london. also in the headlines this morning. more than 60 people are now confirmed dead including 12 children after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern coast of italy. fresh calls for the uk government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator announces a new price cap. early results from the nigerian elections show support for the governing party is holding firm. observers say it s still too early to predict who ll win the presidency. and big wins ahead of the oscars for the fantasy adventure film everything everywhere all at once, at the screen actors guild awards in hollywood. hello and welcome to bbc news. we are in windsor, about an hour outside london, not in westminster, which has seen of course so much of the brexit drama, but we are here today because we are told that ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak will be here in a couple of hours time, also, in orderto will be here in a couple of hours time
just ahead, powerful storms sweeping across parts of the u.s. with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind and we will speak to a meteorologist on the ground. the u.s. is warning china it could face cost if it provides aid to russia for the war on ukraine and in-laws charged in murder with the gruesome chilling of model abby choi. thanks for being with us and we begin this hour with a crust storm system damaging oklahoma kansas and texas. at least nine tornadoes have been reported so far, 7 in oklahoma and two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage down power lines and did i bree blocking roads in norman, home to oklahoma s largest university. 10s of thousands of people statewide are without power. and wind gust of 114 miles per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 115 storms have been reported across the southern plains and more than 65 million people are under high wind alerts. on the phone is max unger meteo
covid-19 pandemic. that s according to a newly updated classified intelligence report from the u.s. energy department. according to two sources energy officials have low confidence in this latest assessment. that means the information is either not reliable enough or it s too fragmented to know for sure. it only adds to this big divide within the u.s. government over whether the pandemic began in china 2019, as a result of a lab leak, or whether it emerged naturally. president biden specifically requested that the national labs which are part of the department of energy be brought into this assessment. because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here. we need to do extensive hearings. i hope our democratic colleagues in the congress can support that. i know the republicans in the house are certainly supportive of that. but this is a country that has no problem coming out and lying to the world. steven jiang live from beijing with the
bianca is off for today, but just ahead on cnn newsroom i ve heard another tornado warning, it s like never ending today. this is an early wake -up cal for people living on the southern plains. everyone wants this constam nation gone from the community. the town is rallying around each other and i think we re all on the same page for the first time in two weeks. the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. i m not entirely surprised. the chinese have mishandled covid at every step of the way. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 27th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. where a powerful storm system is battering parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas with tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. at least nine tornadoes have been through so much, seven in oklahoma, two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage. downed power line and debris blocking