This is bbc news, the headlines. A tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi. Trees and power lines have been torn down and tens of thousands of Power Outages have been reported by residents. Tensions continue in france with demonstrators clashing with police in st solene, in the west of the country, during a protest against plans for a new water reservoir. The unrest follows weeks of protests over president macron s pension reforms. Vladimir putin says russia has struck a deal with neighbouring belarus to station Tactical Nuclear weapons on its territory. Putin told state television that belarusian president , alexander lukashenko, has long been raising the issue with him. A massive asteroid is expected to pass between the earth and the moon this evening. Experts say it will pass by safely and can be seen through binoculars and telescopes. Youre watching bbc news. Now its time for witness history Women Led Movements. Hello and welcome to witness history. Im
a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi, in the south of the country. the authorities said the storm left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. president biden has called the storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork where entire neighbourhoods were flattened to rubble. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. the extent of the devastation is truly extraordinary. entire communities reduced to piles of matchwood. heavy vehicles were picked up and tossed around like toys. dozens are still missing, but it is difficult to imagine anyone emerging from this sort of devastation alive. the tornado struck at night, leaving bewildered residents struggling to take in the impact of such a malevolent force of nature. around 820 we had the sirens on, warning people to take cover. it happened so fast. right now we ve got multiple homes damaged n the sioux city area, and also i
struck a deal with neighbouring belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. putin told state television that belarusian president, alexander lukashenko, has long been raising the issue with him. a massive asteroid is expected to pass between the earth and the moon this evening. experts say it will pass by safely and can be seen through binoculars and telescopes. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday the red roses run riot. the champions sink the scots in the six nations. there s a strong start for wales too, they are too strong for the irish in cardiff. and mctominay makes sure scotland start their euro qualifying campaign with a win. also coming up on sportsday. the wait goes on for a british medal at the world figure sakting championships, as gibson and fear just miss out injapan. from the bbc sports centre, this is sportsday. we ll start with rugby union because the women s six
this is bbc news, the headlines. a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi. trees and power lines have been torn down and tens of thousands of power outages have been reported by residents. tensions continue in france with demonstrators clashing with police in st solene, in the west of the country, during a protest against plans for a new water reservoir. the unrest follows weeks of protests over president macron s pension reforms. vladimir putin says russia has struck a deal with neighbouring belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. putin told state television that belarusian president, alexander lukashenko, has long been raising the issue with him. a massive asteroid is expected to pass between the earth and the moon this evening. experts say it will pass by safely and can be seen through binoculars and telescopes. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for witness history: women led movements. hello and welcome to witn
a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi, in the south of the country. the authorities said the storm left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. president biden has called the storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. map one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork our north america correspondent, david willis, reports.(vt dozens are still missing, but it is difficult to imagine anyone emerging from this sort of devastation alive. the tornado struck at night, leaving bewildered residents struggling to take in the impact of such a malevolent force of nature. around 820 we had the tofnado sirens on, warning people to take cover. it happened so fast. right now, we ve got multiple homes damaged in sioux city and also in other areas of the county. local residents say the first they knew of it was when the lights started flickering. many were left stranded after their vehicles were swept away. we had to get ourselves into the