agreement at this time. this complicated case has taken many turns and faced difficult challenges. but there will be a hearing at westminster magistrates' court on january the 18th. dan johnson, bbc news. mps say big tech companies should be forced to take tougher action against a wide range of online crimes and abuse. a parliamentary committee reviewing the proposed online safety bill says the industry has failed in its plan to self—regulate. the government says the new legislation will hold big tech to account if they fail to act. we'll have in the future clear codes to say to the companies, "this is what the offence means, this is what you have to do. if you fail to do it, we'll audit you and you'll be liable for the mistakes that you've made." we don't have any of this at the moment, so this will be a big change. i think that's the key thing. i think of people in particular who've been victims of abuse, who felt they've had no—one to turn to, the companies weren't interested in helping them, they now have the law on their side. more than 88 people are now known to have been killed by the tornadoes that swept through six us states