hello and welcome to bbc news. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes. at least 21 people are now known to have died as the storms ripped through the south and the midwest, leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. these pictures are of the storm passing a car in arkansas and, as you can see, the images speak for themselves. 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 homes with incredible force. the rate of pace and the volume of itjust seemed rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house, out of my front door which has steel bars in the front of it. several people have
at least 21 people are known to have died. these are two of three british men the uk foreign office says it is trying to get in touch with since being detained by secret police in afghanistan. the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants. we do need to increase how detention stay. we have several thousand places already and we have capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. more than 100,000 people take part in protests across israel for the 13th consecutive week againstjudicial reforms, despite the government s decision to pause the legislation. after becoming one of the first cities in the world to authorise e scooter rentals, paris holds a referendum on whether to ban them. pope francis has presided over palm sunday mass at the vatican just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing
pope francis has presided over palm sunday mass at the vatican just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. the pontiff s admission to hospital came ahead of the busiest week in the christian calendar. thousands of people gathered in st peter s square waving palm and olive branches as pope francis was driven into the huge esplanade, sitting in the back of a white, open topped vehicle. he then celebrated mass his initial blessing was made standing up, but he spent the rest of the service sitting down. in his homily, he called on people not to ignore those experiencing great suffering and solitude. the service ended with a procession in st peter s square. and the pontiff left waving to crowds of worshippers from his popemobile. our correspondentjenny hill sent us this update. the palm sunday mass hasjust the palm sunday mass has just ended and the atmosphere in this square is one of
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
for bronchitis. /pheul /treu resistance against the hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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, but in the last few minutes, the russian foreign ministry has paid tribute to victim. paid tribute to victims. sergei goryashko, a journalist at bbc russian, has been giving us the latest. we do know that among those who suffered in that blast in a cafe were 25 people, according to the local authorities. there are different leads about what actually caused the blasts. and according to one of them, he has been given a bust, a sculpture of himself, ac