fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
anthony joins us in just a few minutes. cb cotton is standing by in new york city. but first let s check in with bill live in brownsville, texas. jon, good evening to you. according to multiple sources border patrol agents in san diego sector arrested and afghan national who cross illegally on wednesday and was later a deed as a match on the fbi terror watch list. take a look at the map right here. sources tell me this arrest happened more indolent san diego county but i m told this afghan cross illegally with the group of migrants for their apprehended by border patrol for the render fingerprints of the station and in a database he popped up as a match on the terror watch list rental the fbi confirmed that match they are now taken the lead on this investigation for california congressman represents that a area. he released a statement to fox which is in part quote biden s open borders are not just a gateway to 5 million illegals in the deadliest drug crisis in our history.
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hello and welcome to bbc news. 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 neighborhoods were flattened to rubble. our 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 on as we speak. the storm struck at night, the warnings too late for the residents of rolling fork and nearby silver city. sighs. oh, man. sighs. dearjesus, please help them. around 8:20, we have the tornado sirens going off, warning people to, you know, take co