this is bbc world news, the headlines. one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history — this is bbc world news today. tiger woods wins the us masters, more than 10 years after his last golfing major title. troubles in his personal life, i'm samantha simmons. including a divorce our top stories. and major back problems, one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history — tiger woods wins the us masters, have severely hampered his form. more than 10 years after his last the venezuelan president, nicolas maduro, has called golfing major title. for an increase in the size of the civilian militia that venezuela's president, works alongside the army. nicolas maduro, calls for a million more people he wants a million more members tojoin his civilian militia by the end of the year. by the end of the year. four people — four people — including two children — including two children — are killed in the south east are killed in the south east of the united states, of the united states as tornados sweep in. as tornados sweep in. severe weather warnings remain in place with more challenging weather still to come. facebook has apologised after users around the world had trouble accessing the social networking site — hello and welcome to world news today. in one of sport's most dramatic comeback stories, tiger woods has won golf's masters tournament. it marks an incredible comeback for the player who once

dominated the sport, but hadn't won a major for more than a decade as he battled personal and health issues. after his one — shot victory, woods hugged his mother and son in a moment of pure elation. the bbc‘s ben croucher watched it all happen. we've been having a little bit of a debate around the office here this afternoon, we are trying to work out what is a greater comeback than this, and we can't really think of anything. to put this into context, tiger woods, the last time he won a major was 11 years ago at the us open in 2008. the last time he went on masters title was 2005. since then, he's been through a lot in his life. worked his way back almost from rock bottom, right the way to the top of golf. the masters is the most prestigious tournament in gaul. it's one that he's dominated on the yea rs, it's one that he's dominated on the years, winning it four times previously. at this 1a year gap

between these green jackets is the longest in the history of one of the most prestigious tournaments in golf. one that you suspect woods will cherish more than any other. and has many problems, notjust in his personal life, but physically, there were times where he could barely walk. to actually be able to do this, it's unbelievable, isn't it? absolutely. when you mention the problems in his personal life there backin problems in his personal life there back in 2009. his marriage broke up, he took time away from the game, and we wondered whether we'd see the best of tiger woods. he did manage to make an initial come back and get back to the top of golf, didn't mean to mac when a major title, but his body started to disintegrate on him. specifically his back, he really struggled, tried to make a couple of comebacks initially. but couldn't do so, was grimacing in agony on the course for much of his time, but a couple of years ago, he had a spinal fusion surgery, and that seemed to reinvigorate him. times when he could barely even get himself out of bed, standing up for long periods

was really hurting him. but he rebuilt his game, rebuilt his swing from scratch, last year we started to see the old tiger woods, he was leading the open championship at scotla nd leading the open championship at scotland for a time. he finished second at the us pga championship last year before winning the tour championship a few weeks later. his rise back to the top of golf, winning his 15th major title, just three now behind the great and the all—time record holder, jack nicholas. has to be classed as one of his greatest achievements, not just because it's been a while since he won one, but because he's had to battle all of these issues both physically and in his personal life as well. we just saw as well. wejust saw him as well. we just saw him celebrating ecstatically. you can't even imagine what he's going through, emotionally, has he actually said anything yet? he's had his brief press c0 nfe re nce anything yet? he's had his brief press conference just a few minutes ago, still struggling to take much of it in. you mentioned there the celebrations, back in 1997, those

famous picture of him hugging his late father, who played such a pivotal part in him growing up, he was a child prodigy growing up playing the game of golf, tiger woods, much of that to his father. there's that lovely embrace with his own son, so there's that lovely embrace with his own son, so from his first major title back in 1997, to this 122 yea rs title back in 1997, to this 122 years later, almost coming full circle, and it's going to mean so much to his family, which are the most important thing in his life, even more so most important thing in his life, even more so than golf. can help make you smile, can't a? ben croucher there. and we'll have full reaction to tiger woods' masters victory with the bbc sport news team a little later. venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, has said he wants a million more people tojoin his civilian militia by the end of the year. it comes as the country struggles with unrest and food shortages. the united states, which mr maduro partly blames for the crisis, is continuing to apply pressure. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, is due to meet venezuelan refugees on the colombian border later on sunday. kathryn stanczyszyn reports

a call to arms, and a call for agricultural labour. with your rivals on your shoulders, be ready to defend the fatherland, and dig the fire to plant the seeds to produce food for the community. for the people, for our whole country. at a rally in caracas, president nicolas maduro said he wants a million more people tojoin his civilian militia by the end of the year. and he urged its existing 2 million members to help grow food to ease venezuela's growing economic crisis. these calls, as opposition leader, juna guaido, continues to try and persuade country's military to abandon the president. mr guaido declared himself in charge injanuary, saying last year's election was flawed. he blames the country's power cuts and shortages of food and medicine on maduro, and visiting julia, a region badly

affected by blackouts, he had these words of encouragement. words of encouragement. translation: we are here not only to raise up wasjulia, because as zoolia will raise itself up, this state has the promise of national assembly and mine to accompany them them in this process of reconstruction of venezuela. the us recognises guaido as interim president, and secretary of state mike pompeo has begun a tour of south american nations favourable to that claim. economic hardship has cost more than 3 million venezuelans to leave the country, many for columbia, mr pompeo is set to visit the colombian border to meet some of those who want us intervention. translation: we are waiting for a response from the united states here for venezuela, because we are suffering too much. we suffer many abuses, we do not have electricity, we do not have gas, and we do not have food.

maduro has accused the us of threatening military action, us position remains that all options are on the table to bring about resolution. kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news. for more on the situation in venezuela i'm joined from caracas by local journalist victor amaya. victor welcome, tells more about this people's militia, caused by president maduro for1 this people's militia, caused by president maduro for 1 million this people's militia, caused by president maduro for1 million more people tojoin the president maduro for1 million more people to join the 2 million who are already part of it, what's the reaction been, what are saying about that. the first question to ask is if it's already a million people being like militia members, because all of that official numbers can be checked. they can be you know they can be confirmed, because these numbers may be are from years ago, the official party has said they have 7 million militants

members, and those members have been affected by everything else, by large migration, and lack of popular support. so maybe we don't have 2 million people already in the militia, maybe will have a big lesson, may be. we can't certainly know. but maduro is doing for1 million people more, listed in his militia, can be analysed by the in two ways. on the one hand, you have a former military that has been supreme a former military that has been supreme from immigration, and also with a 10-20% supreme from immigration, and also with a 10—20% people not returning to the lines, because they prefer to leave the country, not because of political issues, but because they don't have anything with food and money enough for their families. and

the other, the other hand, you have some military installation, that have been very, very, they are not fully operational, because they also don't have electricity, they don't have running water, and so... victor, ijust have running water, and so... victor, i just want to ask you before we run out of time about this visit by the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, to this border town of venezuela, and columbia happening in the next few hours. is there a sense of more pressure increasing on president maduro, is there a sense that he has dug further in, or perhaps there is a shift in whether 01’ perhaps there is a shift in whether or not he may leave? i don't think maduro is going to leave power. i don't think the us pressure is enough as of now. but i do believe that the united states is trying to

gain more and more allies in the region, maybe not thinking in a military intervention, but through humanitarian help, trying to shift other minds on the military, that are supporting maduro right now in power. 0k victor, thank you very much for your analysis therefrom venezuela from caracas, thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. american airlines has extended the cancellations of its boeing 737 max—eight flights from earlyjune until the middle of august. boeing's 737 max aircraft were grounded worldwide last month following fatal crashes by ethiopian airlines and by lion air in indonesia. polls have closed in finland's parliamentary elections. the centre— left social democrats, who are tipped to emerge as the strongest single party, have won the biggest share of votes cast in advance of polling day, with nearly 19 percent. the centre right government collapsed just a few weeks before the vote. the social networks

facebook and instagram, as well as messaging service whatsapp, were unavailable to some users over the last few hours. the social media giant said some people had experienced trouble connecting, but the issue was now resolved. they did not comment on the cause of the problem. after all the drama of the uk's brexit deadline extension, politicians are now, once again, trying to break the deadlock in talks. the cross— party deal that looks essential to finding a way through, remains elusive. on sunday, prime minister theresa may's right hand man said the ruling conservatives and the opposition labour party would have to compromise. it's made all the more complicated by the fact that britain may well have to take part in next month's european elections. here's chris mason. mps know that plenty are exasperated by the brexit logjam and so, after another delay, more discussions this week between the government and labour.

in the thick of it, this man, the prime minister's deputy. "let's talk again," he says, "and see where we've got to, in about ten days." we would hope to take stock of where we are as soon as parliament gets back after the easter recess, but i don't think that this question can be allowed to drag out for much longer. i think the public rightly want politicians to get on and deal with it. westminster, collectively, is shattered. exhausted by the last few weeks. and while thejeopardy of having to take immediate decisions has passed, for now at least, the government wants to keep the pace up. the challenge, though, of these talks between the conservatives and labour is that in order to find common ground, the leaders will have to give ground, and the risk to that is that some on their own side will scream that they are being let down. labour also fret about theresa may making promises and then standing down. people are putting their best endeavours to work but if,

come a change in leadership in the conservative party, that may all count for nothing and that is the worry. and here is what another complication sounds like for the labour leadership, whether to insist on another public vote. it is clear that there is a mood in the party to accept the deal that emerges as long as it is put to referendum. that is, in a sense, the compromise. at the last european parliament elections, conservatives said, "vote for us and we'll have a referendum, brexit will mean no more elections like these." but they will happen next month if the commons doesn't back a deal soon. we simply cannot fight the euro elections. i gather dozens of conservative association members have now written a letter to the prime minister saying they are not prepared to fight euro elections. it would be an utter disaster for us.

a disaster for the country. what are you going to say on the doorstep? "vote for me and i'll be gone in three months"? it has quietened down around here, the media tents taken down, just the discarded essentials left. this won't last long. untangling this knotty mess has been postponed, not sorted. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. what next for sudan after omar al—bashir? demonstrators call for action as the military works to find a way forward. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia where playboy has gone

on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock. and as for a sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. quite quietly, but quicker and quicker, she seemed to just slide away under the surface and disappear. this is bbc world news today. i'm samantha simmons. our top story this hour. in one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history —

tiger woods has won the us masters, more than ten years after his last golfing major title. severe weather warnings are in place for much of the south—eastern united states as powerful winds, including tornados sweep in. four people including two children have already been killed, and many more have been injured. worst hit so far have been the states of texas, lousiana and mississippi, where houses have been flattened and there are concerns about flooding. brett buffington of cbs news heard from a grandmother who rode out the storm in the texas town of franklin where more than fifty homes were destroyed. it's just horrible. in franklin, texas... huh? marilyn was my girlfriend, her house was destroyed. it's like everyone... pamela darnell and bobby joe darnell, their house was completed destroyed. knows their neighbour. yes, it's a small town. so in the devastation left behind this morning... knowing not one neighbour was taken... god had to be in the plan.

i know he had to be in the plan. makes a mess left behind somewhat bearable. it's now confirmed a tornado ripped through this town ofjust a little more than 1500 people, scattering this neighbourhood in seconds. it happened so quick, i didn't have time to get scared until it was over. this woman with her four grandsons safe in this hallway while her home was ripped apart. over there is part of my garage. my front porch, the awning out over that house on the front porch, is in my neighbour's yard. next door, the tornado tore the house apart. across the street, it levelled houses. the sheriff says it's the worst damage he's seen here. it'sjust devastating. the homes, the trees and the damage altogether, it'sjust devastating. it will be months of clean—up, but in the areas spared, the power is expected to be

back on tonight. in the path left behind from this storm, there is perspective. people saying, "oh, your house is gone, your house is gone, this is gone, that is gone." i don't care, i'm still walking around here. i thank god that nothing happened to my grandchildren, that's what i think most of all. i think god nothing happenned to my grandkids. a grandmother in texas there. now sudan's transitional military council says it has detained key figures in the government of the former president, omar al—bashir who are suspected of corruption. they are likely to face trial. the council's spokesman said new heads of the army, the police, and the intelligence services have been appointed. it comes after the country's third leader in as many days — general abdel—fattah abdelrahman — has promised to uproot the regime and restructure the state. but despite the promises, demonstrators are still out on the streets. (read on) a little earlier i spoke to suliman baldo, the former director of the sudan democracy first group. he says negotiations between the military council and opposition groups

are progressing. the second transitional military council has taken a few steps in the right direction. it made a lot of promises, if carried out, these promises would indicate seriousness in going towards achieving the sudanese population that has been protesting. not only for the last four months, but throughout the 30 years of the rule of president... again it's depression, again its work crimes, internal conflict, again its massive corruption that has destroyed the economy of sudan. we understand according to the afp news agency that earlier today, the military council met with political parties and urged them to agree on an independent figure to be the country's prime minister. we haven't had that independent verified from any of the opposition groups, but do you get a sense that the opposition groups are struggling to come up with some kind of unified plan to go

forward, to actually form a civilian government? the situation is going to be... coming out of 30 years of a one—party rule, built on a system of massive patronage, buying, splintering, established political parties by recording them into government. so we do have now, you know, several oppositions. the coalition of forces forfreedom and change is the one that has really organised the protests, the one that the population has taken as a symbol, and representative of its demands. this of freedom and change coalition didn't participate in the meeting i mentioned, by contrast, we had all the other political parties that have been courted into the regime, including the previous ruling national and congress party, presenting this meeting, and giving a very chaotic scene, because they don't have agenda for

what happened to themselves. so they counsel would have to really deal with the original legitimate demands of the people who are protesting, and those representing them in theirfreedom and change forces coalition. any attempts to create a space of equivalence between them and other factions that were co—opted by the regime would be a recipe for disaster, because it would so a lot of confusion and nothing would come out of it. solomon talking to me a little earlier, now an incredible day in sports. damianjohnson has all the details. tiger woods has claimed his first major title in 11 years winning masters in augusta georgia. woods one by one shot to take is for the

green jackets, to complete a remarkable comeback from a string of injury and personal problems. this was the moment he clinched victory, holding off the challenge of fellow americans, brooks copter, dustin johnston, in xander, all tied for second place. it's woods title, and pumped its alterations by the 18th green by his children and mother. it's overwhelming. i thinkjust because of what has transpired, and la st because of what has transpired, and last year i was just very lucky to be playing again, the previous dinner, the champions dinner, i was really struggling. missed a couple of years of not playing this great tournament, and then to now my being the champion. you know what is at 22 years i think between wins, it's a long time. but it'sjust unreal for me to experience this. my mum was here, she was there in 97 as well,

and soi here, she was there in 97 as well, and so i just here, she was there in 97 as well, and so ijust couldn't be more happy, and more excited and i'm at a loss for words really. tiger woods has been at the top of the table. with approval remaining top after beating chelsea. sadio mane put them ahead after the break, before a stunning goal from mo salah ensured victory. it puts liverpool two points ahead of city in the table, as they chase a first english league title in 29 years. earlier manchester city won 3—1 at crystal palace and went to the top of the league forjust a couple of hours. raheem sterling scored twice to put city ahead, taking his tally for the season to 21. gabrieljesus got the third after palace had pulled one back. lewis hamilton made it two wins out of three in this season's formula one championship — winning the chinese grand prix for a record sixth time. the mercedes driver beat team—mate valteri bottas into second and now has a six point lead at the top of the standings. nick parrott reports. there was no catching lewis hamilton in the pit lane

winning lewis hamilton was determined to have that statistic to his collection. he was starting from second, but the briton has won here more times than anyone else else, and was determined to have the honour of winning by the first corner, and went on to become only the second driver to lead to 4000 laps. the first lap drama continued with both mclarens colliding. would have liked to have added to the spectacle, but after overtaking sebastian federal, there variety tea m sebastian federal, there variety team intervened. let sebastian by. i'm pulling away. mercedes were far slicker, even managing to double up form their pit stops, timing things to perfection. they got lucky last time, but there was nothing fortunate about lewis hamilton's sixth win in china. i think we did a greatjob today, and to have a 1—2 together what a fantastic result today, i'm so what a fantastic result today, i'm so proud of everyone. thank you so much. we did a great job together, i think it's really special on the

1000 grand prix. but the start was where i was able to make the different. when i went with the white line, it was immediately after my box, so i lost it there. the objective was to chase them down, but as i said they were just too quick for us today, so well—done too quick for us today, so well—done to lewis. that leaves hamilton six points clear in the drivers championship, and mercedes with a best start to a season by a team since 1992. nick parrott, bbc news. there was no catching lewis hamilton in the pit lane thank you a reminder of our top story this hour. tiger woods has won his fifteenth major golf title —— more than a decade after his last —— at the us masters in augusta. it's one of the sports most dramatic comeback stories, and marks an incredible comeback for a player who once dominated the sport, but hadn't w011 once dominated the sport, but hadn't won a major more than a decade, as he battled personal and health issues. congratulations to tiger

woods there. that's it for me. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @samanthatvnews. thanks for watching. good evening. it has been a mostly dry, but chilly feeling weekend with temperatures well below normal for this stage in april over the past few days, and this picture was taken by one of our weather watchers in suffolk. some blue sky and sunshine, but a fair weather cloud, there's been quite a chilly easterly breeze over the past few days, particularly in the east. now through tomorrow, things are again looking mainly dry, little start to turn milder, with his home much milder weather in the cards later in the week. now what we've got a weather front moving in from the west, but high—pressure sitting across scandinavia. driving our weather at the moment. that's keeping things mostly dry, but it's also been bringing us this cold air mass, with the wins coming in from the east, or the southeast, the blue colours on the map of the moment. so one more fairly chilly night to come before things turn milder. for much of the country, we've got clear skies overnight tonight, a bit more cloud for eastern scotland. even the odd snow flurry over the highest ground for instance.

towards the west, we've also got more cloud, few splashes of rain around. so not as cold here, six or 7 degrees overnight from northern ireland and the southwest of england. but a cold night elsewhere, with temperatures in rural spots down to around —1 or minus two degrees. so where we've got those clear skies, it's a cold frosty start to monday, but there should be some decent sunshine. there'll be more cloud working in from the east, from the likes of lincolnshire, up to northumberland and aberdeenshire, a few spots of drizzle, and quite a chilly wind coming off the north sea. also more rain into the far southwest, but elsewhere, underneath clear skies, not a bad day. temperatures 13—14d, but looking at single figures where you've got that breeze coming in from the north sea. now as we head through the week ahead then, it's goodbye to the blues, hello to the orange colours. the milder air. drawing in from a southerly direction. so certainly a rise in temperature through this week. during tuesday, we've still got a weather front lingering in the west, bringing some rain around some of these irish seacoast. western scotland northern ireland, for instance. further east, it should stay dry

with some spells of sunshine. and those temperatures a degree or so warmer by this stage. we looking at around ten to 15 for most of us. still rather chilly though across most of parts of scotland. heading on into the middle of the week, wednesday could well start on a fairly chilly misty note, but that mr should clear away, and is actually looking like a really decent day. dry across the board i think i'm a bit of patchy cloud building through the afternoon. sunny spells, top temperatures up to around 18 degrees, and will turn warmer as we look towards the end of the week. bye for now.