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president biden has promised federal aid after tornadoes devastated at least five us states, flattening whole towns. the worst hit state is kentucky, where the governor, andy beshear, says at least seventy people have been killed, many of them in a candle factory in the town of mayfield. there ve been reports of deaths too in arkansas, missouri, tennessee and illinois, where six amazon workers have been confirmed dead, after the roof of their warehouse collapsed. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the scale of the destruction has been extraordinary. in the dead of night, dark funnel clouds roared across six states in four hours at a speed of 220 mph, obliterating everything in their path. this small town of mayfield in kentucky has been hit hard. workers on christmas shifts at this candle factory were buried by several tornadoes that came hurtling in the dark. it is thought up to 110 people were inside. a0 have made it out. this has been the most devas ....
england. also tonight: the aftermath of storm arwen thousands of people spend a fifth day without power in parts of scotland and north east england. packing away the royal standard as barbados severs ties with the queen, becoming the world s newest republic. and why the american born french singer and activistjosephine baker has been honoured alongside the nation s heroes. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we ll catch up with all the home nations in women s world cup qualifying action with ellen white expected to break the england goal scoring record. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has vowed to offer a coronavirus booster to everyone in england who is eligible within the next two months, as he said it was time for another great british vaccination effort. the military will be brought in to help the nhs and volunteers, with vaccination centres being set up around the country. 22 cases of the o ....
for motor neurone disease. england thrash australia in the autumn internationals. and there s a sensational win for ireland, as they beat the world s top ranked side new zealand in dublin. more than 2.5 million raised by owain s children in need drumathon and a heartfelt thank you from the man himself. i v e i ve been trying. i ve had a bit of sleep. they can t get my head around it. thank you so much. weather wise it is a little cloudy and drizzly out there this morning for many. sunshine breaking through for many. sunshine breaking through for some of you. i will have the full forecast on this morning s edition of breakfast. it is just it isjust gone it is just gone six o clock. good morning to you. it s sunday 19th november. our main story: world leaders have struck a landmark climate change deal aimed at reducing global warming, after two weeks of intense negotiations. the glasgow climate pact is the most significant of its kind since 2015, but the pledges don t go far en ....
we got from the g20 leaders, let s hear from we got from the g20 leaders, let s hearfrom him. in fact, a lot of confusion. mark, are you there? you are. chaos reigns, but marked although in as they are. but mark low is there. what if we get from the communiqu ? some of the language was watered down. i some of the language was watered down. ~ ., ., some of the language was watered down. ~ . ., ., , ., down. i think that all leaders all western leaders, down. i think that all leaders all western leaders, who down. i think that all leaders all western leaders, who have - down. i think that all leaders all- western leaders, who have committed to net zero carbon emissions, that includesjoe biden, that includes the italian prime minister and boris johnson, will i suppose feel disappointment. the feeling here in rome was that italy particularly was very keen for the 2050 target date to be written in, not because russia who have, which have all mentioned 2060 as a potent ....
police in the us state of new mexico say criminal charges against the actor alec baldwin, who shot dead a cinematographer on a film set, have not been ruled out. investigators have recovered the bullet that killed 42 year old halyna hutchins. sophie long sent this report from santa fe. it is now nearly a week since 42 year old halyna hutchins was shot dead whilst she was doing herjob. these are the last pictures of the cinematographer alive on the set of rust. she s in the blue coat and headphones. you can see alec baldwin beyond the camera. he was holding the gun that fired the shot that killed halyna and severely injured directorjoel souza. we believe that we have in our possession the firearm that was fired by mr baldwin. the actual lead projectile that was fired has been recovered from the shoulder of mr souza. we regard this specific casing and recovered projectile to be the live round that was fired from the revolver by mr baldwin. when alec baldwin was handed the ....