welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the governor of mississippi has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes ripped through the us state. at least 25 people were killed. the authorities say the storm left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. president biden has called the storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork where entire neighbourhoods were flattened to rubble. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, reports. this is all that remains of the mississippi town of rolling fork. heavy vehicles were picked up and tossed around like toys after the twister touched down, all but wiping this tight knit community off the map. we ve got a new scan coming in here as we speak. the storm struck at night, the warnings too late for the residents of rolling fork and nearby silver city. oh, man. he sighs. dearjesus, please help them. around 8:20 we heard the tornado sirens going, a war
it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the korean peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. the us secretary of state rex tillerson will attend a un security council meeting. the united states and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rain in kim jong un. speaking to the bbc, republican senatorjohn barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, that s what we want. we want north korea without nuclear weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. that s the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85% of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises they re interests are aligned with the united states with regard to a nuclear armed north korea because the question
london ambulance service has treated a64 london ambulance service has treated a 64 patients and taken to six hospitals across london including major trauma centres at king s couege major trauma centres at king s college and st mary ‘s and paddington. i can also confirm that a further ten patients have presented themselves to hospitals across london. our thoughts are clearly with everyone who has been affected by this tragic set of circumstances. we continue to have large members of staff including paramedics and advanced paramedics and specialist trauma teams from the london ambulance along with hazardous area response teams that are specially trained and carried specialist equipment such as the use of breathing apparatus to support oui’ of breathing apparatus to support our colleagues in london fire brigade and the ongoing management of the situation. as my colleague the commissionerfor the of the situation. as my colleague the commissioner for the london of the situatio
and it is horrible for me to hear they are missing or they are dead or they are in hospital or something. how did the fire start, and why did it engulf the entire building injust minutes? questions but as of yet no answers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has ordered a full public inquiry into what happened here, why the fire spread so happened here, why the fire spread so quickly, and with such deadly consequences. the death toll at the moment is 17, but that is expected to rise. we know, in terms of casualties, that 37 people are still in hospital, 17 of those in critical ca re in hospital, 17 of those in critical care at the moment. the prime minister, theresa may, was here earlier on today neighbours and, and jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour party, has also been here, he went to a nearby church currently and emergency centre, and he said that the truth must come out. he once and he wants answers. i m joined by deputy assistant commis
Nuclear missiles. we have already transferred to belarus our well known, very effective complex iskander. it can be a delivery vehicle as well. on april three, we will start training the ci’ews. 0njuly one, we will finish the construction of the special repository to store the tactical nuclear weapon in belarus. is it a significant development and how development and how is it seen in belarus? we spoke earlier to hanna liubakova, the atlantic council fellow from minsk. of course, the development is a significant one, but i think what russia wants to do. russia wants to blackmail the west. russia wants to scare the west. and i think it s another sign that belarus is becoming this really lawyer or this really controlled ally. because what putin said is that they don t really give this weapons to belarus. they will have deploy the weapons, but they would be controlled