an asteroid, estimated to be between a0 and 90 metres wide passed harmlessly between the orbits of the earth and the moon this evening in what astronomers are calling a once in a decade event. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the days news. first, ourworld: facial recognition fighting crime? across america, police are increasingly using facial recognition technology to fight crime. speaks spanish. can you open the door? we want law enforcement to have more tools at our disposal, not less. images can be fed into a database to search for matches and track people down. but critics argue the use of this technology is opaque and could be inaccurate. if law enforcement knows how accurate that is, how come they are fighting so hard to keep that information from us when we ask for it? why won t they share it? i m james clayton, and i m investigating whether the police should be using this controversial tech. the technology itself is harmful. it is too danger
the governor of mississippi has declared a state of emergency. at least 23 people have been killed. president biden has called the storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork where entire neighborhoods were flattened to rubble. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. after the twister touchdown, all but wiping this tight knit community off the map. the storm struck at night. the warnings too late for the residents of rolling fork and nearby silver city. residents of rolling fork and nearby silver ci . . , ., g , , silver city. oh, man. dearjesus, lease silver city. oh, man. dearjesus, please help silver city. oh, man. dearjesus, please help them. right now we have multiple homes damaged in sioux city and other areas of the county. damaged in sioux city and other areas of the county. some survivors like in the sound areas of the county. some survivors like in the sound in areas of the county. so
this is bbc world news. at least 23 people have died as violent storms triggered by a tornado run through mississippi. we tornado run through mississippi. , could hear stuff it in the roof, a lot of trees down. could hear stuff it in the roof, a lot of trees down. following tension in france, riots lot of trees down. following tension in france, riots today lot of trees down. following tension in france, riots today on lot of trees down. following tension in france, riots today on the - lot of trees down. following tension in france, riots today on the west i in france, riots today on the west after unrest in the capital. vladimir putin says russia has struck a deal with neighbouring belarus to stage a tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. and a massive asteroid has passed harmlessly between the orbits of the earth and the moon. luckily for us, missing both.