hello and welcome to bbc world news. at least 18 people are now known to have died as storms and tornadoes ripped through the united states, leaving a trail of devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. the storms came a week after a tornado devastated a town in mississippi, killing 25. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touch downed in the southern state of arkansas. tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the rate of pace and the the volume of itjust seemed rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house, out of my front door which has steel bars in the front of it. several people have been killed, dozens injured, in this state alone. the governor declared a state of emergency. i think the real story here is
hello to you in the uk and around the world at least 21 people are now known to have died as storms and tornados ripped through the united states leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. these pictures have just come into us in the past hour showing the storm passing a car in arkansas and as you can see, the pictures speak for themselves. with all the latest, the bbc s sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touch downed in the southern state of arkansas. tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the rate of pace and the the volume of itjust seemed rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house, out of my front door which has steel bars in the front of it. several people have been kille
council. politicians in iran react to the flouting of headscarf laws by women insisting the rules must be enforced rigorously . and a critical incident is declared at the port of dover causing gridlock for travellers hoping to get away for easter. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. at least 21 people are now known to have died as storms and tornados ripped through parts of the united states leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed in chicago. these are among the latest pictures we ve received showing the storm passing a car in arkansas and as you can see, the pictures speak for themselves. with all the latest, the bbc s sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas. tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through h
The pope says he will take part in the mass celebrating palm sunday youre watching bbc news. Now its time for traces left behind a migrantjourney. Every year, thousands of migrants try to make their way to europe. As they leave their homelands behind them, the possessions they take with them give us a sense of who they are. Remnants of a painful past or glimpses or a more hopeful future. Some dedicated people on the italian island of lampedusa have saved some of those items. Where are these people . Where are they . Im here to see if i can tracejust one person through one of these lost objects and shed new life on this dangerous journey taken by so many. My name is thomas naadi and im a bbc correspondent. Im based in ghana, my country, but my journey starts here in london but do so. This has long been an arrival spot for refugees seeking better opportunities in europe. Im here to meet one of the founders of a collective set up for objects lost by those travelling on this route. Im hopi
we begin in the middle east where israeli officials say two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. in an attack in the these pictures of the attack have just come in. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. this latest development come after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the air strikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. these are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the air strikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targ