pakistan the release of former prime minister, imran khan saying his arrest on tuesday was illegal. and eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take to the stage in liverpool later for the second semi final. welcome to bbc news we start with the war in ukraine and a significant development with confirmation from the british defence secretary, that storm shadow cruise missiles, pictured here, are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin. saying the decision would require an adequate response from our military . we ll get military analysis in a moment first though here s ben wallace with that announcement in the house of commons. here s the uk s defence secretary in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russia s continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is do
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
england, with some trust warning patients not to go to a&e, except for life threatening emergencies. the cop royal college of nursing says this is the biggest walk out so far. the union did agree to provide cover in some places, but in places like newcastle the system is hanging by a thread. the head of the rcn said unless the government a chance to talks, there will be more of this to talks, there will be more of this to come. ., , , ., ., to come. for the nurses that are losin: a to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay and to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay and standing l to come. for the nurses that are l losing a day s pay and standing on picket lines, should there be a further and standing on picket lines, should there be a further emergency that they are required to return to, i won t even have to ask them to do that. they will from pick
it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. he ll be charged in new york over alleged hush money given to a porn starjust before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who s running again for president, has repeated he s innocent and called the indictment political persecution and election interference . his son eric said it was the opportunistic targeting of a political opponent in a campaign year. the bbc s nada tawfik s outside the court in new york. we can speak to her now. it is late in the evening there, as i understand it, nada, and the press have been gathering, as you have pointed out. what has been the reaction of people who have been passing you by, talking to you about this? figs talking to you about this? as ou talking to you about this? sis you said, talking to you about this? is you said, a few moments ago, the district attorney was a