hello and welcome to bbc news. the latest series of tornadoes to have ripped through parts of the united states has left at least 11 people dead. they were killed in the states of arkansas and illinois. dozens have been injured and tens of thousands have lost power. some pictures coming through to us in the last couple of hours show the extent of the damage to homes in this residential area in the state of illinois. the picture is no better in arkansas, where you can see homes have been completely flattened and businesses forced to close after devastating damage. the governor there, sarah huckabee sanders, has declared a state of emergency. 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 d
communities flattened by deadly tornadoes. and now president biden approves a disaster declaration for the state of mississippi. donald trump rails against what he calls weaponization of the criminal investigation process will tell you what he s saying about the investigations he faces and look at where they stand and russian president vladimir putin planning a move we haven t seen since the end of the cold war details and a live report from moscow. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. and we begin in the southeastern us where millions are at risk today for severe storms, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. this new extreme weather threat coming after powerful storms spawned deadly tornadoes that barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, leaving buildings crumpled vehicles scattered like toys and trees and power lines, stripped bare and strewn about at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. just hours ago, president
damage. it is heartbreaking. horror and heartbreak gripping much of mississippi after deadly tornadoes ripped through the state will speak to a disaster relief organization about what s being done on the ground to help plus vladimir putin planning to put nuclear weapons closer to ukraine and right next door to a close u. s ally in the region for live in moscow and kiev with the latest and march madness like we ve never seen before massive upsets in both men s and women s matches. cnn sports ploy wire joining me live to break down the tournament. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hooper. we begin in the deep south of the us, where another round of severe storms could be heading their way in the coming hours. hopefully they won t be as destructive as the ones that pummeled mississippi and nearby states friday night into saturday, leaving images like these have a look. these used to be homes now mangled mass of crumbled buildings, vehicles scattered like
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