this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines a state of emergency in mississippi— after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. nato has condemned russia for its "dangerous and irresponsible" rhetoric, a day after president putin said moscow would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus. two boats carrying migrants sink off the coast of tunisia. 29 people have died and others are still missing. and early projections suggest voters in berlin have voted against making the german capital climate neurtal by 2030, in a referendum held today.

president biden has declared a major emergency in the state of mississippi, where a tornado has left hundreds homeless. this is the moment on friday when the wind barrelled through a school in the area, captured by cctv cameras inside. and these are the latest drone pictures after the tornado struck — carving a path of destruction 170 miles long. at least 26 people were killed in mississippi and one person in alabama. dozens have been injured. our north america correspondent sophie long reports from mississippi. this is rolling fork, a small, close community in mississippi. there is little left. they've lost loved ones, their homes, everything. we get storms like bad rain or, you know, probably high

winds or something. but we never experience nothing like this where it can wipe out a whole town. you know, schools, children, you know, parents, loved ones. it wiped out everything. these girls said they came back to look for their belongings. they didn't find much. this is what remains of people's homes here in rolling fork. you can see washing machines, signs of a life that took place here before the tornado struck in the middle of the night. many people were sleeping. you can imagine just how terrifying that must have been. ran in the bathroom, closed the door and jumped in the tub. _ francisco said the only warning he had was the noise of the wind, a sound that will haunt him forever. it was terrifying. and it was like something that i i never want to go through again. i never want to experience that again in my life, - but i made it through it. but it was scary. he survived by sheltering in his bathroom, the only

bit of the house that's still partially standing. there is some long term resentment here. mississippi is the poorest state in america, and some feel forgotten by leaders in the nation's capital. excuse my language. damn, you forgot about us? just because we already last in everything? you forgot about us. that's not right. that is very heart wrenching. other than we lost everything and we feel that we don't have support from the superior people also. president biden described what happened here as heartbreaking and said he and the first lady are praying for those who had lost loved ones. but people here are asking for more than prayers and emergency relief. they want long term support. sophie long, bbc news, rolling fork, mississippi. speaking at a press conference in the last hour, mississippi governor tate reeves thanked those who had joined the relief efforts so far. would we have seen over the last 36

hours in mississippi on one hand, it's been a heartbreaking to see the loss and devastation of these communities and on the other hand, it's been inspiring and it gives me great reason for optimism and quite frankly makes me proud to be in mississippi and because mississippians have done what mississippians have done what mississippians do in times of tragedy, and times of crisis, they stand up and they show up. and there here to help themselves of their neighbours and as we talked individuals throughout the devastation behind us yesterday morning and again today, what we are seeing is you have a lot of people, great people who live in this great state. and i'm proud to represent them and i like to take this opportunity to get as many resources you possibly can. campaigners hoping to make berlin climate neutral by 2030 appear to have lost the referendum — acccording to initial results. the binding referendum was seen

as a test of whether germans want their country's climate policy to be more ambitious. i'm joined now by our berlin correspondent damien mcguiness. just did not get enough yes. it was a tiuht just did not get enough yes. it was a tight race — just did not get enough yes. it was a tight race and _ just did not get enough yes. it was a tight race and so _ just did not get enough yes. it was a tight race and so in _ just did not get enough yes. it was a tight race and so in the - just did not get enough yes. it was a tight race and so in the end, - just did not get enough yes. it was| a tight race and so in the end, over 400,000 people voted no but slightly more than that voted yes. what that means is more people voted yes they know saying they wanted a climate neutral berlin but not enough to make this law because of the things with this referendum is, you need 25% of the entire berlin electorate in order for this referendum 25% of the entire berlin electorate in orderfor this referendum to be valid go straight to bring in law. that did not happen and so, they miss the target and campaign is a bit disappointed in this instance the beginning of the fight because this is a long—term issue in the

national target receives too little too late and what they say is the reason why this referendum is so controversial is that the targets really ambitious and they want to transform the city and it would've gotten rid of a lot of cars and if your car driver living on the edge of the city and you need that car, it's not which one. so, is whether campaign and issue in between clean voters and young people in the centre and conservative sometimes older people on the city edges and the outer boroughs really did not agree with the referendum and do not agree with the referendum and do not agree with the entire issue. on one hand, a big divide within berlin but a matter of money and political leaders said achieving this target so soon for the been far too expensive for the city to manage budget wise and refitting and

building to beat the emissions free and transformative networks which the government says is unaffordable. and at the end, it seems. nato has condemned russia for what it called its "dangerous and irresponsible" rhetoric — a day after president putin said moscow would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus. the eu foreign policy chiefjosep borrell warned brussels was ready to impose further sanctions. ukraine said the move would make belarus a nuclear hostage, destabilise it and strip it of its sovereignty. kyiv is also calling for an urgent meeting of the united nations security council. the secretary of the ukrainian national defence council said on twitter that the move was a step towards the �*internal destabilisation�* of belarus.

and he said the kremlin had taken the country as a nuclear hostage. ukraine says the deployment violates nonproliferation commitments, something mr putin has denied. translation: we have already transferred - to belarus our well—known, very effective complex iskander. it can be a delivery vehicle as well. on april 3rd, we will start training the crews. 0njuly ist, we will finish the construction of the special repository to store the tactical nuclear weapon in belarus. hugo bachega sent us this update from kyiv. we've seen from the beginning, president putin and others have talked about nuclear weapons and raise the possibility of nuclear weapons being used in this conflict. so, every time they talk about nuclear weapons, those remarks spark reaction and concerns some countries. and concerns in some countries. we've seen reaction from nato, the nato alliance described russia's rhetoric as irresponsible

and also said following the situation closely but they had not seen any change in russia's nuclear posture. some strong reactions in kyiv. they said russia was using nuclear weapons as a tool of threats and intimidation. and the government here called for an emergency succession of united nations security council. we got reaction from washington, the us being the main ally of ukrainians in the war and perhaps, in an attempt to downplay attends of russia could be planning to use tactical nuclear weapons, a senior us official said there were no signs that russia was preparing to do so. president putin said there was nothing unusual about his announcement and has said the us has long deployed its own nuclear weapons in european countries and epics and experts and observers say this could be part of the russian

strategy here to play with western fears of a nuclear escalation of this conflict. here in the uk, the possession of laughing gas is to be banned, as part of a wider government crackdown on anti—social behaviour. the gas, nitrous oxide, has legitimate uses in medicine as an anaesthetic, but when taken as a psychoactive drug, the government says it can lead to anti—social behaviour. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. to the government, these little silver canisters are a symbol of anti—social behaviour. the gas they contain, nitrous oxide can lead to feelings of euphoria but it can also harm the health of young people in particular in this littering the plates the communities is no laughing matter. is a plates the communities is no laughing matter.— plates the communities is no lau~ahin matter. , , . , laughing matter. is a public spaces that should — laughing matter. is a public spaces that should be _ laughing matter. is a public spaces that should be safe _ laughing matter. is a public spaces that should be safe and _ laughing matter. is a public spaces that should be safe and orderly - laughing matter. is a public spaces| that should be safe and orderly and much to begin to achieve these public spaces, they say anything goes and then as you know, what appears to be small infringements

and the degree of lawlessness. there are any restrictions _ and the degree of lawlessness. there are any restrictions on _ and the degree of lawlessness. there are any restrictions on the _ and the degree of lawlessness. there are any restrictions on the supply of nitrous oxide and the government will overrule its own expert advisers on drugs by banning its position. s sales already illegal and littering is already illegal in using while driving is already illegal and you don't need to criminalise half million young people to tackle this problem. we 'ust people to tackle this problem. we just need to use the system controls and laws _ just need to use the system controls and laws that are in place. this feels _ and laws that are in place. this feels like — and laws that are in place. this feels like a _ and laws that are in place. this feels like a political theatre. neighbours property in favour of taking a stronger stance. we neighbours property in favour of taking a stronger stance. we want to see a band as _ taking a stronger stance. we want to see a band as well— taking a stronger stance. we want to see a band as well because it - taking a stronger stance. we want to see a band as well because it does . see a band as well because it does because _ see a band as well because it does because as — see a band as well because it does because as huge _ see a band as well because it does because as huge round _ see a band as well because it does because as huge round of- see a band as well because it does because as huge round of littering| because as huge round of littering in disruption — because as huge round of littering in disruption of— because as huge round of littering in disruption of anti—social - in disruption of anti—social bebaviour~ _ in disruption of anti-social behaviour.— in disruption of anti-social behaviour. ~ ., , �* ., behaviour. when tony blair was there in downin: behaviour. when tony blair was there in downing street, _ behaviour. when tony blair was there in downing street, anti-social- in downing street, anti—social behaviour orders were first introduced. but 25 years on, both government and opposition have seen

polling which suggests that some voters believe concerns are being ignored. rishi sunak overruling the advice on laughing gas, that might be a way of symbolising it is listening to concerned communities. in a wider plan to tackle anti—social behaviour should be unveiled tomorrow, those guilty of vandalism will be expected to repair rapidly the damage they've caused in labour seek cuts to neighbourhood policing is making a more difficult to catch the culprits in the next election, expect a competition on who can be tougher on crime. the first protest has taken place in hong kong since china imposed sweeping restrictions on the rights and freedoms of people living in the territory. the small rally was closely monitored by the police. demonstrators had to wear numbered tags and were banned from wearing masks. they took to the streets to campaign against a land reclamation project that will be used to build rubbish collection facilities. you're watching bbc news.

coastguards in tunisia say 29 people are now known to have drowned when two boats carrying migrants sank within hours of each other. the vessels were heading to italy — as part of an increase in crossings that's seen several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusa. four other boats have gone down in the region in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. joining me now is elizia volkmann, a freelance journalist covering the migration crisis from the tunisian capital, tunis, where she's based. why has there been this increase in the number of people, do you know? last month, we've had exceptional circumstances and this was preceded by mass arrests which were endorsed

by mass arrests which were endorsed by the president to say that there needs to be radical measures to counteract what he called holes of migrants and basically, we had a period of chaos where there was extreme racial violence and evictions. those have been either illegally working here or clandestinely suddenly find themselves in real peril in danger and many were made homeless and they had been appealing for evacuation outside of tunisia but fear and frustration always trying to get towards europe so they can try and get jobs and towards europe so they can try and getjobs and have normal lives. what make and many have reached that a lot of them are actually already

registered and they have become very frustrated and tunisia is not his signature cherry to the convention at all. and living in tunisia there is time to make a crisis in the future. and a lot of them will be registered as asylum—seekers, refugees and others may well, i'm not quite sure what the authorities are planning to do, whether they're planning to send them back to tunisia, a turned around and sit back subjected tunisia to be spoken to some the people who were arrested today and they said that they now have nothing and took a great offensive belongings and they're backin offensive belongings and they're back in tunisia at a standstill stop at the coast is saying they have around 80 vessels in more than 3000.

according to some news agencies. . around 14,000 departures and around two or 3000 departures this time of year and it's barely spreading the word is a very choppy in this is normally not peak migration season but people are going out of desperation and some the migrants i spoke to said the report of the vessel and returned to shore and spend quite a brief time being held by the police and they were released by the police and they were released by the police took their phones and took all their possessions led to basically beg on the street to be able to pay transport at the tune is here. and outside the offices, the organisation for migration.- organisation for migration. thank ou ve organisation for migration. thank you very much — organisation for migration. thank you very much for _ organisation for migration. thank you very much for talking - organisation for migration. thank you very much for talking to - organisation for migration. thank you very much for talking to us i you very much for talking to us about this.

in parts of the uk, the police have been accused of failing children, following a highly critical report, into their use of strip searches. new figures show almost three thousand children were strip—searched by police forces in england and wales, between 2018 and mid 2022. the youngest, was just 8 years old. more than half didn't involve an appropriate adult being present, as required by law, except when there's a serious risk to life, and black children were up to six times more likely to be strip—searched, compared to the rest of the population. the children's commissioner for england, says she's deeply concerned about the findings, as celestina 0lu—loday reports. a year ago, thousands marched in solidarity with a black schoolgirl strip—searched by police in 2020. wrongly accused of carrying cannabis, the 15—year—old was on her period at the time. her ordeal has encouraged

others to come forward. 0ne teenager recounted his experience being strip—searched at the age of 13 to the children's commissioner. now 19 years old, his words are voiced by an actor. after being arrested at school, he was taken to a police station. the children's commissioner has raised concerns about locations of where the strip search was carried out. i have seen data sharing strip searches in fast food outlets, in amusement parks and in

the number of schools and police vehicles. both totally unacceptable. there needs to be training for all staff who might do this. he needs to be better data and record keeping. it is shocking to me and parents need to be informed. the council said... but this campaigner says more action is needed. there needs to be i a complete cessation on these searches until we have proper safeguards in place. - until there's a proper system of reporting and oversight. and in abusive situations - to continue to be perpetuated.

a major incident has been declared due to an oil leak in dorset. the incident happened at wytch farm, which is an oilfield. let's get from our reporter greg mckenzie. when working you tell us? -- what more can you _ when working you tell us? -- what more can you tell— when working you tell us? -- what more can you tell us? _ when working you tell us? -- what more can you tell us? reservoir i more can you tell us? reservoir fluid has been leaking into the water and this is 200 barrels of fluid from a pipeline run by an oil company which is will into a port harbour and dorset. company specialising in oil spill responses have been mobilised to the area and to members of the public who have come into contact with this bill are being urged to go home and wash with soap and water. the environment agency has said that they have received reports of large amounts of oil in the water and supporting the

harbour in dealing with the incident. the port authority is also advising people to stay out of the water until this incident is cleared. us vice president kamala harris has arrived in ghana as part of a three nation tour of africa. the visit is part of a diplomatic push by the biden administration to deepen ties with the continent amid competition from china and russia. after visiting ghana, she will be going to tanzania and zambia. 0ur reporter in accra thomas naadi has more. i ,le , le harris is strengthening us ties in africa, seen as a of democracy in africa and imagine. during the opening remarks, they said that america is helping to prevent more in africa. the visit left charges are struggling to overcome the combined effects of the global

pandemic and russia's of ukraine. god is seeking to renegotiate its step with china with $1.9 billion. and where, harris will be visiting is exceeded $17 billion in the majority of which is owed to america's allies have been china, which is africa's biggest business partner and lender have been very reluctant to play ball. in other global powers like russia on the continent is growing and mercenaries operating in countries like mali and central african republic. a direct threat to us interests but american officials have said that there engagement is to give africa more options rather than limit them. and what is considered a mutually beneficial relationship, president biden is expected to visit this continent later this year.

they've been preparing for a journey of a lifetime — chris and julie ramsay from scotland are about to embark on a drive which will take them from one of the earth's poles to the other. the couple are taking an electric car from the arctic to antarctica. ben philip reports. first of its kind adventure, driving an electric car from pole to pole. one of the most common questions we get asked is how we're going to be charging in the polar regions where there is no electricity source. there will be a wind turbine and full double on this device that we will be towing along in the arctic and harnessing the renewable energy sources, the wind and the zone, and harnessing the renewable energy sources, the wind and the sun, to power the car. starting at the magnetic north pole the couple navigate across sea ice into canada and in south through the us and mexico, and into

warmer temperatures in south america. 17,000 miles in 14 countries later, they will cross the finish line at the south pole in ten months�* time. modifications have been kept to a minimum, but bigger tyres have been added to help cope with harsh terrain. there are some modcons — a drone launcher so they can build theirjourney and a coffee maker. i have every confidence we can do about there will be challenges. we know that it will be a difficult road. but what is an adventure without a challenge? we have to embrace it. if you don't try something and push boundaries, then you will never know what you're capable of. chris and julie are no stranger to defy the odds. in 2017 they were the first team to complete the mongol rally in an electric car, a 10,000 mile journey from london to mongolia. their aim is to demonstrate that electric vehicles can be adopted anywhere in the world. at the moment, more research in antarctica and the arctic use fossil fuel vehicles, the most fragile ecosystems on the planet. if we can help stimulate

their conversation, that mindset, that potential change, i guess that is a huge part of our legacy. nearly a year on the road is a long time, so are there any home comforts they will be taking with them? i would like to take some tea cakes, caramel wafers. they are always good. and not forgetting our rowies. we could share them with a team and take some scotland over on the expedition with us. of all the challenges that might face them, perhaps explaining what a rowie is a somebody in the north pole might be their hardest task. ben philip, bbc news. people in lebanon have been waking up in two time zones, with the country's political and religious authorities unable to agree on when the clocks should go forward. the caretaker prime minister, najeeb mikarti, announced that daylight saving would begin at the end of ramadan in late april,

allowing those fasting to enjoy their first meal of the day earlier. but the christian authorities insisted on the change on the last sunday in march, as happens most years. now on bbc news the weather with alina jenkins.. hello. things have been turning progressively colder through the weekend. it left a hang back of cloud, but also some bright or sunny spells. but the north or northeasterly winds have been starting to dig in. and with that cold air already embedded across parts of scotland and northern england, some of the showers that we saw here gave a covering of snow. and there's more wintry showers overnight for the northern isles, northern scotland, northeast england, perhaps even clipping parts of east anglia. increasingly clear skies for many away from eastern coast, but some cloud developing through parts of wales

and southwest england, maybe a few showers here. and also temperatures here will be a few degrees above freezing. but for many, temperatures at or below zero, minus five or minus six for parts of northern scotland. so an ice risk where we've had the showers and a frost for many. so it's a cold and dry start to the new week. it doesn't last for long. it will soon turn wet and windy, but also very mild, particularly for the middle part of the week. this is how monday shapes up underneath an area of high pressure. it's the only day of the week that we see this set up. waiting in the wings is our next atlantic system. we'll see the cloud moving in ahead of that later in the day. but monday morning will be crisp, plenty of sunshine for many. still some wintry showers for eastern coast. they will tend to fade once again. cloud for parts of south west. england and wales could bring a few showers, but cloud, rain, sleet and snow moving into the northern isles later in the day. still a cold feeling day, but we'll have lost that biting northeasterly winds. it won't feel quite as cold as sunday, particularly for northeastern coast.

and a dry cold start to monday night before the cloud starts to gather ahead of this atlantic system that i previously mentioned. and this will be extending its way north and eastwards through the early hours of tuesday morning and then staying with us for much of the day on tuesday. and as it bumps into that cold air across scotland, the potential that we could see some snow for a time through tuesday morning, certainly some heavy rain initially across western areas, but then soon extending further eastwards, perhaps turning drier and brighter across northern ireland in the afternoon, temperatures rising a touch. but given the strengthening wind, the cloud and the rain still going to feel on the cool side. and then there's more atlantic systems moving our way as we head through wednesday, thursday. and an area of low pressure will linger through friday and saturday. so after that cold, dry start on monday, it will quickly turn wetter and potentially windy as well through thursday and friday, but also much milder.

this is bbc news. the headlines... nato has condemned russia for its "dangerous and irresponsible" rhetoric, a day after president putin said moscow would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus. nato says it remains vigilant, but hasn't seen changes in russia's nuclear posture that would lead it to adjust its own.