of our detention capacity. and after becoming one of the first cities in the world to authorise e scooter rentals, paris holds a referendum on whether to ban them. hello and welcome. ijust want hello and welcome. i just want to start straightaway with some breaking news that we are getting out of russia. this is via the reuters news agency. they are saying that one person has been killed, six injured, in an explosion at a cafe injured, in an explosion at a cafe in st petersburg in russia. reuters are getting it from tass news agency, who say they are getting it from the emergency services there. we are checking more details as we speak, but we know so far from reuters news agency is one person killed and six injured in an explosion in a cafe in st petersburg, and just as i was finishing that last sentence, one more detail. just bear with me as i bring that up. a well known russian military blogger is the person killed in the explosion in st petersburg. again, that is reuters
pope francis presides over palm sunday mass at the vatican, just a day after leaving hospital in rome for treatment for bronchitis. we start with the breaking news that russia says a leading pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say 16 others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line and was a vocal supporters of russia s war in ukraine. it is not clear at this time who s responsible for the blast. as you d expect, details of the explosion are still coming in and of course as we get more on this, we ll bring it to you. to the united states now, though. authorities there 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 o
we start with the developing news that russia says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say 16 others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line and was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. it is not clear at this time who s responsible for the blast. these are live pictures from the scene, where there is a security presence further down the street, as you can see. it has been cordoned off. but at the moment, the scene is pretty clear. let s get the latest on this. i m joined now by sergei goryashko, a journalist at bbc russian. welcome to you. tell us what more we know about this. we welcome to you. tell us what more we know about this. know about this. we already know that those who know about this. we already know that those who suffered
antarctica slowing down deep ocean currents which could have devastating impact for the world s climates. upset, angry, but not worried that s how donald trump s lawyer has described the former us president s reaction to his indictment by a new york court. he will appear there on tuesday, charged with falsifying business records. at least one felony offence is included that could result in a jail sentence. it s all linked to alleged hush money paid by mr trump to the former porn star stormy daniels. our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports now from new york. this manhattan courthouse doesn t normally look like this. but then, it s not every day a former president gets charged with a crime in fact, it s never happened before. and this is the man who s brought the charges against donald trump district attorney alvin bragg, a democrat and a prosecutor in america s highly politicised legal system. but if mr bragg was saying nothing, the former president was
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let s just bring you an update from the us state arkansas. we have been reporting on a tornado that ripped through the state. the governor, sarah huckabee sanders, says at least two people have been killed. at least 2a others have been injured and tens of thousands have lost power. governor sanders has declared a state of emergency. arkansas is close to mississippi, which has just suffered its own tornado disaster. our reporter shelley phelps has more. oh, my god! it s coming our way, y all! ripping away building tops, uprooting trees and flipping over vehicles, the catastrophic tornado started moving through little rock on friday afternoon. this was the moment a weather presenter spotted it while live on air, giving warnings to locals. here it is and could be a strong tornado, ef2 or stronger. this is exactly what we didn t want to happen today. over reservoir road at this time. over reservoir road. we re gonna k