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
just how long the cold air is set to last so do keep tuned to the forecast. now, lyons is happening? the area of high pressure is moving towards the west allowing for a northerly wind and some cold fronts to sink southwards. introducing that really cold, acted feeling air mostly on sunday night and into the start of next week. let s backtrack to now and there is a bit of sunshine out towards the south coast. this is gosport. it is the exception rather than the rule this afternoon because for most of us it is rather cloudy and really very dull. there will be some brighter spells developing, mostly for north eastern areas of scotland, aberdeenshire, angus and east anglia, some brighter spells here. for most of us, cloud and drizzle. some showers across the northern ireland. elsewhere, dry. temperatures around the seasonal average. it is the wind that keeps going overnight tonight. it is feeding in all of the cloud from the north sea so always cloudier towards eastern areas. tem
and welcome to liverpool, eurovision arrives for its official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome. hundreds of thousands of workers here in the uk are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. more than 100,000 teachers in england, wales and parts of scotland are taking part in a dispute over pay. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted. university lecturers, train drivers, civil servants, bus drivers and security guards are also on strike. the government has described the walk outs as deeply disappointing. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more. it has been a familiar site got from the first time in seven years, teachers in england and teachers and support staff and whales arejoining the teachers and support staff and whales are joining the action. they want a pay rise that is above nation and is funded by the government, not school budgets. the gover
hello, i m 0lly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. human rights groups have slammed fifa for telling teams to just focus on the football in qatar. the red roses are fully focussed. we ll head live to new zealand ahead of their rugby world cup semi final. it s the first of the quarterfinals at the rugby league world cup. can lebanon stop the reigning champions? also coming up in the programme. good evening. welcome along. injust over a fortnight, the world cup in qatar will be under way. the tiny gulf state, the most controversial host in the history the tournament, says everyone is welcome . human rights groups have contested that for the last 12 years since they were named as hosts, and today, fifa has been criticised for a letter that has been sent to all 32 competing nations, telling them to concentrate on football and not get involved in any protests. joe lynskey reports. the world cup starts here in 16 days, the stadium in the north of qatar wh
after 12 years of a tory government, what have we got to show for it? people not being able to pay their bills, an nhs on its knees, and law and order completely broken down. and we ll be asking voters in peterborough for their take on yet another change at 10 downing street. she has got a lot of work ahead of her, and we really need her to prove to me what she will do to help keep the doors open on my business and the doors open on my business and the customer is in my local community. and coming up in sport later on the bbc news channel. cameron norrie is looking to extend his record run at the us open but can the british number one get past andrey rublev? good evening from number 10 downing street, which from tomorrow will be home to a new prime minister liz truss, who earlier today was elected leader of the conservative party to succeed borisjohnson. she will be the uk s fourth prime minister in the space of six years. ms truss, who s been foreign secretary for the pa