tornado outbreak wreaking havoc across much of the midwest and south friday. there are now at least 50 preliminary tornado reports in seven states. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others are injured. most of the deaths are in arkansas, where the damage is catastrophic reports of at least a dozen tornadoes there. governor sarah huckabee sanders , declaring a state of emergency and activating the national guard. as the storms gutted entire communities. she s expected to give an update on the storm damage at any moment now and the hardest hit areas of arkansas. that was the town of when. we don t know what s left . all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. little rock also bearing the brunt of these storms, the city s mayor, telling cnn today that entire neighborhoods were flattened. impact is devastating . i just came out of nowhere. clearly no, it was coming. everyone took cover, as relate
that are brighter tomorrow, but this big lump of cloud in the north sea, thatis big lump of cloud in the north sea, that is heading into northern england, southern eastern scotland and it is bringing fairly widespread outbreaks of rain, most of the rain will be light but it a damp night nevertheless, where you keep the cloud 3 6 degrees it is frost free but there will be frosts for part of southern england and north west scotland where the skies clear, temperatures could get down as low as mine four in the coldest spots, tomorrow, we still have this cloudy damp zone in northern england, southern, eastern areas of scotland. the rain extensive but not heavy. the rain extensive but not heavy. the best of the sunshine in the south and north west. temperatures should reach a high of between eight and ten, but like recent days will have a chilly north easterly wind coming in off the north sea, i think fairly quiet day coming up on friday, variable cloud. most of us should have radi
and the singer ed sheeran opens up about using music to cope with depression. in the us, the head of the fbi has claimed it is most likely that covid i9 originated from a leak from a chinese government controlled lab in wuhan. china has accused the fbi of politicising the investigation into the origins of coronavirus, and says there has been no new scientific evidence to support the theory. other us agencies believe the virus developed naturally. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. suspicions have long swirled around wuhan s laboratories. now, three years after the start of the pandemic, they ve burst into the open once again. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in wuhan. here you re talking about a potential leak from a chinese government controlled lab that killed millions of americans. from the start, many scientists believed that covid had passed naturally from animals
to travel on the cheap. i was earning very good money, putting frozen pies in a box. you can absolutely fund all this traveljust by moving around and working. and the final curtain at broadway s longest running show. this is the first show i ever saw on broadway, and it s my broadway debut, so it s a beautiful, beautiful full circle moment for me. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures, and today, the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe the vikings. cheering. so this is up helly aa. it is one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year, and this one, in lerwick, is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. the day begins with a march through the town, led by the jarl squad, a group of around 60 locals, kitted
president biden the power to ban tiktok overfears president biden the power to ban tiktok over fears it is a potential security risk. and thinking out loud. the singer ed sheeran opens up about using music to cope with depression. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. the head of the fbi has claimed it is most likely that covid i9 originated from a leak from the chinese government controlled lab in wuhan. china has accused the fbi politicising the investigation into the origins of coronavirus and says there has been no new scientific evidence to support the theory. other us agencies believe the virus developed naturally. 0ur north america correspondent john sudworth has more. suspicions have long swirled around wuhan s laboratories. now three years after the start of the pandemic, they have burst out into the open once again. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most