this is bbc news, the headlines: the authorities in the us state of alabama say they expect to find more bodies after back—to—back tornadoes caused a trail of devastation on sunday. so far 23 people are confirmed dead in lee county where the winds left a swathe a very warm welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to our viewers of damaged buildings and roads in north america in their wake. and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: the venezuelan opposition leader, something like a war zone — juan guaido, has announced a new protest march on saturday officials say more bodies are likely to increase the pressure to be found, following deadly on president nicolas maduro tornadoes in the deep south. to leave office. he received a rapturous welcome venezuela's opposition leader when he returned to venezuela on monday from a tour of regional allies aimed makes a triumphant return at gathering more support. to the capital and calls for more protests against president maduro. at china's national people's congress, the american actor, luke perry, the country's biggest has died at the age of 52 — political event of the year, new targets for the just days after suffering economy are announced. a massive stroke. and tributes are paid he'll be best remembered to the actor luke perry, for his role as dylan mckay who's died, aged just 52. in the ‘90s television programme — beverly hills 90210. he'd also featured in the netlfix show riverdale. a british man who insists he went to syria to volunteer as an aid

hello to you. the storms arrived with little warning, carving a wide band of destruction. officials have confirmed 23 people are dead but many are still missing, after a series of tornadoes hit the south—eastern states of alabama and georgia. winds topped 160 miles an hour and eyewitnesses describe something like a warzone left behind. the bbc‘s chris buckler and his team were given access to see the damage for themselves. in this corner of alabama, the landscape is scarred by debris for as far as the eye can see. the tornadoes that struck here cut through homes and communities, leaving paths of destruction that are miles long and up to half a mile wide. it looks almost as if someone took a giant knife and just scraped the ground. it's only when you're here where the tornado struck, that you can see the force of it. everything that you can see lying just in front of me,

this was inside a trailer on the other side of the road. but it has been thrown across the road, and everything that was inside is now lying outside, even mattresses. and behind me, there are hundreds and hundreds of trees, all uprooted and lying on their side. a series of tornadoes instantly darkened the skies on sunday afternoon across georgia, south carolina and florida, but it was alabama that was struck hardest. the tearing, swirling winds reached speeds of 165 mph, ripping roofs from houses. some people had only minutes of warning, and not everyone had the chance to escape. oh, that's a sweet reunion, isn't it, right there? granny's 0k. tornadoes are not uncommon in this part of the us, but the number of people killed by this storm stands out, particularly here in beauregard.

this is a small community which has been ripped apart. there are children among the dead. this hurts my heart. i love this county, and it's extremely upsetting to me to see these people hurting like this. today, teams are still searching through the remains of buildings, all too aware that there is a real possibility of finding more bodies. chris buckler, bbc news, beauregard in alabama. he was threatened with arrest if he returned home, but venezuela's opposition leader juan guaido has ignored that warning and arrived back in the capital, caracas. mr guaido left the country a week ago after being accused by the government of trying to oust president nicolas maduro, with the help of the us and more than 50 other foreign governments. thousands of cheering supporters turned out to greet him, as our correspondent will grant reports from caracas. juan guaido could have been arrested

the moment he stepped off the flight. instead, he breezed back onto venezuelan soil, and into the arms of his supporters. for those who see him as their president, his return is an important step on the road to removing nicolas maduro from power. and if the goal was to maintain their momentum, this was what greeted mr guaido's return. at the height of carnival, his appearance in caracas has lifted the spirits of his faithful. translation: they threatened all of us, including me, with jail, death, but we're not going to give up fighting. we are stronger and more united than ever. translation: the arrival of guaido to this country represents the awakening of hope among the venezuelan people. we've been waiting for this call. this is exactly the reaction that mr guaido's supporters wanted to see from him — notjust returning to venezuela, but through the front

door, and thumbing his nose at mr maduro and the travel ban on his way in. president maduro, meanwhile, spent the day insisting all was well, admiring the country's tourism infrastructure over the extended holiday. he sastuan guaido has acted illegally, and is trying to stage a coup. but he knows arresting him would bring an instant reaction, both on the streets of venezuela and from abroad. the trump administration has made no bones about its support for mr guaido. the national security adviser, john bolton, warned president maduro of swift retribution should anything happen to him. so the lines of the venezuelan conflict are drawn. now, the question most venezuelans are asking is if mr maduro will accept his opponent's return, or arrest him in the coming days. will grant, bbc news, caracas.

let's ta ke let's take you the beijing nell, where the biggest political event of the year there is under way. -- now. opening the session, premier li keqiang warned that the country is facing a "tough struggle", as he unveiled tax cuts and other measures to prop up the economy. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in tiananmen square. this is a big political event, partly too because there are two events under way. at a challenging time for the chinese leadership and not just because of time for the chinese leadership and notjust because of the economy. yes, absolutely, delegates come from all over the country, in their thousands, to hear this marathon speech from china's number two leader, premier li keqiang, and he ranges do all sorts of subjects. —— but. and speaks about the government's achievements over the last year and what it intends to do over the next year. now, on that front, gdp growth is down from,

slightly down, it is now in a range of 6.5% from 6.6%. many economists think they have problems with those figures and do not trust them. let's assume for the moment at least in trend terms, that they do reflect something, that there is a slight slowing of the chinese economy. well, this is something that the government here has been trying to do for a long time anyway and that is partly because these is a breakneck growth here, factory driven, that is the old china they are trying to move towards much higher quality growth based on tech industries and the like. that is partly as part of a nod to

the us china trade war, we have heard there will be greater access forforeign heard there will be greater access for foreign companies to china, whether that will be another washington remains to be seen, but these economic issues are known to be at the forefront of people's lines over the coming ten days here. -- i'm lines over the coming ten days here. —— i'm going to be. —— are going to be. china's 2019 defence spending will rise 7.5% from 2018, according to a budget report issued at the opening of the country's —— donald trump has officially given notice that he intends to end preferential trade treatment for india and turkey within 60 days. designation under the programme allows duty—free entry to the us for thousands of products. president trump has repeatedly criticised indian tariffs. this is a very big deal. as recently as the weekend, president trump was describing india as a very high tariff nation, and he has long complained that essentially the two countries are not playing on pitch, but as far as exports

to india are concerned, from the united states, they are subjected to high tariffs, whereas under the preferential treatment scheme, now this is part of a scheme that goes back to the 1970s, any exports from india to the united states are not subject to any tariffs at all. now, these can be exports from india that could include agricultural chemicals, or clothing, tea, coffee or rice, a wide range of products that are not subjected to any taxes as they arrive in the united states. the president sees this as unfair, wants to end that scheme, and indeed, there is talk perhaps of taxes being imposed on those imports in india. let's get some of the day's other news. the american housing and urban development secretary, ben carson, said he will likely leave his role at the end of the president's first term in 2020. he is one of mr trump's longest—serving secretaries in the trump administration, which has seen very rapid turnover.

two canadians held by the chinese authorities have been accused of spying. the men were detained after canada arrested meng wa nzhou, a senior executive of the controversial chinese tech giant, huawei. she is suing canada over her arrest, claiming her civil rights have been violated. prince harry has officially dedicated a memorial in birmingham to the british victims of the 2015 tunisia terrorist attacks. it will be a focus of remembrance for those killed in two separate attacks, on the bardo museum in tunis and a hotel beach resort in sousse. a number of the british victims were from the midlands. the american actor luke perry, who starred in the 1990s teen drama beverly hills, 90210, has died at the age of 52, after suffering a stroke last week. luke perry became a household name playing dylan in the hit series. he was taken to hospital last wednesday after becoming ill in la, where he'd been filming new episodes of another series, riverdale. daniel fienberg is tv critic for the hollywood reporter.

tell a small, a really good looking quy tell a small, a really good looking guy playing a bad boy. what could possibly been that made this role and this factor so successful? was really being in the right place at the right time because at that time in the states, fox broadcasting was just getting started up and was trying to distinguish itself from the other broadcast networks and so was trying to be younger, it was trying to be cool, and so beverly hills, 90210 was kind of the breakthrough show to begin with four fox, and then on a show about those who were all good—looking, all reasonably cool in their own way, really from the minute dylan first appeared on screen, luke perry was different. michael long was different, he was the coolest guy in the room and he helped make fox into the room and he helped make fox into the coolest network in the room for a while. i know that in interviews, he shied away from the james dean comparisons but that was very much as look and his style, wasn't it? heavens, it was basically the james

dean archetype that he was playing. he was brooding, he was mumbling, he watercooled jacket, but the thing about the james dean archetype is that we never got to see what happened because of how tragically young james dean died. and luke perry and dylan mckay, they got to show what happens to the team bad boy when he gets to be in his early 20s, when he gets to be in his mid— 20s, when he gets to be in his mid— 20s, and even on riverdale today, what happens to the team bad boy when he becomes a father of a team bad boy himself? luke perry kind of took us to a differentjourney beyond just the james dean archetype. and of course he found a whole new fan base in riverdale and stayed in work pretty much throughout his life, which is any actor will know is good going. throughout his life, which is any actor will know is good goingm fantastic. there were a lot of very, very good writers and producers who saw ways of making great use of luke perry, whether it was tom fontana on

oz, he did a lot of work that was not just oz, he did a lot of work that was notjust in the teen soap opera... that is what we remember him for. notjust in the teen soap opera... that is what we remember him fonm sounds like the indications are about to let us down. thank you very much for that, we will leave it there. —— communications. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... in an ever more fragmented and polarised world, we take a look at the effect of social media in crossing divides. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima.

i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yeah. but i hope everything will be all right in the end, as they say. zhu this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the authorities in the us state of alabama say they expect to find more bodies after back—to—back tornadoes caused a trail of devastation on sunday. venezuela's opposition leader makes a triumphant return to the capital, caracas, and calls for more protests

against president maduro. one of canadian prime minister justin trudeau's top ministers has quit over the government's handling of a corruption inquiry. jane philpott, the treasury board president, left her post over the snc—lavalin affair. this comes as pm trudeau faces allegations of political meddling to shield the engineering firm from a corruption trial. ramzan karmali has more it is probably prime minister trudeau's biggest political crisis since he took office in 2015. the snc—lavalin affair has now seen three high—profile departures from government. treasury board president jane philpott became the latest to step down. while i am disappointed, i understand her decision to step down. mr trudeau struggle to give his reaction to the affair at a press co nfe re nce his reaction to the affair at a press conference in toronto. in democracies you get people with a

wide range of perspectives and voices and we need to leave room for as many of them as possible, i think thatis as many of them as possible, i think that is important. i want to thank jane... in her resignation letter, jane... in her resignation letter, jane philpott wrote: she goes on to say:. the snc—lavalin affair centres around a quebec based engineering firm, which faces fraud and corruption charges in relation to millions of dollars in bribes it is alleged to have offered to libyan officials between 2001 and 2011. philpott‘s resignation comes less than a month after former attorney generaljody wilson—raybould resigned from the cabinet amid accusations that the prime minister's office improperly try to

influence her to drop prosecutions against snc—lavalin. influence her to drop prosecutions against snc-lavalin. i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the attorney general of canada in an inappropriate effort to secure a preferred prosecution agreement with snc—lavalin. to secure a preferred prosecution agreement with snc-lavalin. shortly after this departure, one ofjustin trudeau's closest aides also resigned, denying any wrongdoing. he has maintained that any discussions he has had withjody wilson—raybould we re he has had withjody wilson—raybould were lawful, and his government was concerned that thousands ofjobs in canada were at stake if the company went to trial. with elections coming up went to trial. with elections coming up in september, mr trudeau is

concerned that when they lose, they lose badly. female cabin crew at a major airline have been told they no longer need to wear makeup while on duty. virgin atlantic has removed the long—standing requirement, calling it a significant change. the uniform has always featured a tight red skirt but cabin crew will now be offered trousers automatically, rather than only when requested. typically newer airlines have more relaxed rules on uniform, but many longer—established airlines have strict rules on what makeup must be worn. let's get the thoughts of peter harbison, chairman for the capa centre for aviation, an industry research organisation which regularly reports on lack of female leadership within airlines. it is crazy that this should be a news story, but it is. yes, ithink it will shake the foundation of the industry, frankly! but seriously, it is probably an indication ofjust what you have said, how time has passed, a lot of the airline industry is coming up to date with what is acceptable with an employee,

how they dress, and of course not all flight attendants are women. i suppose these make up rule doesn't apply to everybody who is a flight attendant. you talk about the industry, was it just attendant. you talk about the industry, was itjust last year that the boss of qatar airlines said the airline had to be led by a man because it was a very challenging position? i think that is a correct statement, yes. iwould position? i think that is a correct statement, yes. i would say that on iata's behalf, because he is the chairman of iata now, is that they are embarking upon something — the fa ct are embarking upon something — the fact that there has been such a shortage of women at high levels in the airline industry, so perhaps some good could come out of that. there is some truth in it as well, in terms of i am not going to buy into that argument, but the fact that there are so few women at top

levels of management in airlines is really perhaps an indication that women often don't want to be there. to give you an example, we did a survey probably seven or eight years ago, and we have done them ever since then, of how many women ceos in iraq at airlines around the world. —— women ceos there are. act then there were 12, but it rejected they think it is probably closer to eight. sorry to interrupt you, but there are other significant issues within the industry, like the gender pay within the industry, like the gender pay 93!)- within the industry, like the gender pay gap. and i thinkjust 5% of commercial pilots are women? yes, thatis commercial pilots are women? yes, that is one area where things are changing markedly. ithink that is one area where things are changing markedly. i think airlines have appreciated the fact that they are wasting some potentially very valuable resources by not hiring them as pilots, and it is an area

where numbers are growing reasonably steadily, although from a very low base. is there something intrinsically male about the industry? whatever it is, it doesn't seem to be changing much over a fairly long period of time. this week the bbc is launching a new series of crossing divides, examining the causes of polarization and fragmentation in the 21st century. among the biggest debates in today's society is whether social media is a cause of division or a force for good. our media editor, amol rajan, has been looking at the link between digital media and social divides. a common assumption about modern media is that it has created filter bubbles. online experiences that confirm our prejudices, rather than challenge them. whether they are racist themselves or not, it doesn't matter. the effect is the same... one collective of students intent on breaking out of echo chambers

is called the cabinet. it started as a facebook group, but now has 21,000 members, many of them whom meet up in real life. this is an arena for civilised debate. especially on facebook, you have what you call echo chambers, these big groups where everyone will be only left—wing or only right—wing, or only this or that. and the fact that we have got this big giant group where everyone has different views but we can all still be friends and have like 30—110 people turn up and all drink together, and not a fight break out, like, i think it's great. honestly, i love it. not for them the toxicity and trolling that is the daily bread of much social media. if we only see people as the ideas they represent, then how are we ever going to be civil and friendly with them if they oppose us? these clever students make social media live up to its name. none of them are particularly rich, or knew each other before. they're from very different places, geographically, culturally and politically. but social media allowed them to cross those divides, establishing exciting if tenuous digital relationships, before getting to know each other properly in real life. what do you say to those critics, and there are many, who say that social media platforms like facebook don't bring people together,

they drive them apart? across the whole of europe, a0 million people are part of groups on facebook, and those groups are set up around a passion. and then we find they start to talk about other things, they start to talk about politics and things that matter to them. and that discourse, it's called crosscutting political discourse, studied by academics, actually means that they start to talk about those things in a way that is very civil, because they respect the people that come together, and it means they see views from lots of different places, because it's not their normal set of friends. for millions of users, social media is a cesspit of anger. yet the latest research shows there is more to it than that. you can find a relationship between social media and political polarisation if you look only at social media. but, in a complex multimedia environment, you find people interacting with others who have varying points of view, changing their minds, encountering contradictory information. online relationships will never match the depth of trust and reciprocity of

offline relationships. but, by allowing disparate factions to connect with one another, social media can cross divides, as well as create them. amol rajan, bbc news. keith flint, lead singer of the prodigy, one of the uk's biggest bands of the 1990s, has died. they became the first dance band to headline glastonbury, and were due to play glastonbury again this year. there are flashing images in this report.

nothing is as blatant as, i am going to start fires, it was a little delve within myself and sort of a bit about me and what goes on inside. when you are in front of 5000 people and you can go out there just with the aid of the music and visual performance you can stir all those people up into a frenzy, and thatis those people up into a frenzy, and that is almost like starting a massive fire or a riot. keith flint of the prodigy has died at the age of the prodigy has died at the age of 49. as someone said today, part of 49. as someone said today, part of the point of rock stars is to frighten your parents. and you can get in touch

with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello there. last tuesday brought some exceptional winter warmth. this tuesday, a very different story, quite a chilly start to the day and it remains unsettled. we'll see some rain and some snow over high ground in the north, some sunny spells to be had as well. a lot going on on this satellite picture. there's one swirl of cloud here, an area of low pressure pushing away across europe. another one in the atlantic. that one will be approaching from the south—west as we go through the day. this first area of low pressure, feeding some showers in across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. quite a chilly start, particularly in eastern and north—eastern parts of the uk. temperatures for some spots down below freezing. so, as you go through the day, we will see this showery rain across northern england and northern ireland, some snow over high ground in scotland. here's our next batch of wet weather

approaching from the south—west. in between, there will be some spells of sunshine, some sunny skies in the tuesday afternoon. but outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow moving northwards across central and southern parts of scotland, still a few showers across northern england and perhaps northern ireland. a zone of sunnier weather into the north midlands, east anglia, the south—east. although that sunshine will tend to turn quite hazy as cloud invades from the south—west ahead of this frontal system, bringing outbreaks of rain and a strengthening wind. as we go through tuesday night, we could well see wind gusts of 50 to perhaps 60 miles an hour in exposed spots in the south—west, heavy rain driving its way northwards, bit of snow developing almost on the northern edge across higher ground in scotland. a chilly night in aberdeen, freezing. 10 degrees in plymouth, something milder spreading across parts of the south, but low pressure firmly in charge on wednesday. frontal systems, areas of rain spiralling around it, and as the wet weather meets some cold air across scotland, we will once again see some wintry weather,

plenty of showers eastwards over northern ireland, wales, into england with some sunny spells in between. but single figures definitely across north—western parts of the uk, and actually, that colder air will dig its way southwards during thursday. it will be quite windy as well across parts of scotland, some wintry showers falling to increasingly low levels here. rain showers further south. those temperatures ranging from around 6 to 11 degrees and it stays unsettled as we head towards the weekend. we will see some showers at times, some of those wintry over high ground, and it will generally feel a bit chilly.