this is bbc news. our top stories... warnings of more severe weather in mississippi after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. protestors take to the streets of israel — including outside the home of prime minister benjamin netanyahu after he sacks his defence minister for condemning his controversialjudicial reforms. two boats carrying migrants sink off the coast of tunisia. 29 people have died and others are still missing.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the governor of mississippi has warned there are "significant risks" of more severe weather after a tornado left hundreds homeless. president biden has declared a major emergency in the state. 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 25 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. i saw how the tree was blowing. iran in the bathroom, closed i 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. let me show you some live pictures from israel. tens of thousands of protestors returned to the streets on sunday night waving israeli flags following the dismissal of defence minister yoav gallant. the israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu removed mr gallant after he called on the prime minister to halt legislation on his proposed changes to the judiciary. the controversial bill has divided the country, and many see it as a threat to israeli democracy we are seeing people in tel aviv blocking a motorway, we saw scenes earlier of a bonfire lit in the middle of that motorway. we've also had reports of people breaking the barricades outside prime minister benjamin netanyahu's house in jerusalem, police reportedly using water cannon to push back protesters there. we've also seen that its real's consul general in new york has announced he's resigning in protest at the sacking of the defence minister —— israel's consul general, saying it's my duty to ensure israel remains a beacon of democracy and freedom in the world.

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. four other boats have gone down in the region in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. dozens more have reached the italian island of lampedusa. earlier i spoke to elizia volkmann, a freelance journalist based in the tunisian capital, tunis, and began by asking her what why there has been an increase in migrant crossings. in the last month, we've had exceptional circumstances. this was preceded by mass arrests, which were endorsed by the president, who said that there needs to be radical measures to counteract what he called hordes of migrants. and then basically, we had a period of complete chaos where there was extreme racial violence and evictions. so sub—saharans who had been either illegally working here or working clandestinely suddenly found themselves in real peril and real danger.

over 1,000 of them were made homeless. they have been appealing for evacuation out of tunisia, but this surge is basically from fear and frustration, and trying to get towards europe so they can try and getjobs and work and have normal lives. meanwhile, italian authorities on the island of lampedusa have seized a rescue ship funded by british street artist banksy. the italian coast guard said the mv louise michel failed to follow instructions to head to sicily, and instead went to help three more migrant boats. officials were concerned the vessel would become dangerously overcrowded. but the crew said they could not ignore calls for help. 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. our berlin correspondent, damien mcguinness, explains. just over 400,000 people voted no but slightly more than that voted yes. so what that means is more people voted yes than no, saying they did want a climate neutral berlin by 2030, but not enough to make this law, and that's because one of the things about this referendum is, you needed 25% of the entire berlin electorate in order for this referendum to be valid and binding and to go straight into berlin law. that did not happen, so they missed the target. campaigners say they're disappointed but they say this is just the beginning of theirfight, because this is obviously a long—term issue and the national target of 2045, a lot of people in berlin say is too little too late. the reason they didn't win, though, and the reason why this referendum was so controversial, is that the targets were really ambitious. it would have transformed the city, campaigners say for the better, because it would've got rid of a lot of cars from the city centre, which is what they want. but then, of course,

if you're a car driver living on the edge of the city and you need that car, it's not what you want. so, it was quite a divisive campaign and a divisive issue, really dividing the city in two between green voting young people in the centre and a lot of conservative, sometimes older people on the city edges or in the outer boroughs who really didn't agree with the referendum at all and don't agree with the entire issue. so it's, on one hand, a big cultural divide within berlin, but also a matter of money, and berlin's political leaders said achieving this target so quickly and so soon would have been far too expensive for the city to manage, budget wise. it would have meant refitting public buildings to make them emissions free and completely transforming the transport network, which berlin's government said was just unaffordable. so that's why, really, a lot of people voted no in the end, it seems.

that referendum on whether to make berlin climate neutral by 2030, initial results suggesting there was one thing that have lost. you're watching bbc news. —— those wanting that have lost. 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 3000 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 olu—loday reports. a year ago, thousands marched in solidarity with child o, 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. one 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 where the strip searches were carried out. i have seen data sharing strip searches in a fast food outlet,

in an amusement park and in a number of schools and police vehicles. both totally unacceptable. there needs to be training for all staff who might do this. there needs to be better data and record keeping. it is shocking to me and parents need to be informed. responding to the findings, the national police chiefs' council said... but this campaigner says more action is needed. there should be a complete cessation on searches until we have _ those safeguards in place. until there's a proper system of reporting, |

of scrutiny, of oversight, because otherwise we're allowing potentially abusive situations - to continue to be perpetuated. the children's commissioner says she will be calling for more police data next year. a major incident has been declared due to an oil leak in dorset in southwest england. the incident happened at wytch farm, which is an oilfield. our reporter greg mckenzie has more details. poole harbour is the largest natural harbour in dorset, in southern england. and what has happened is a pipe has burst under owers bay. that pipeline is operated by an oil company, perenco, and it's estimated 200 barrels of reservoir fluid, which can also include types of oil, has leaked into the water. so an emergency has been declared down in dorset, and ultimately, members of the public are being urged not to get into the water.

now, anyone who has come into contact with the spill or been in the water earlier today, because this happened this afternoon, when the incident was declared, they have been told to simply wash with warm water. and the police have been contacted, as have the poole harbour commissioners, who have basically declared this a major incident, and major agencies are involved. 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 contained, nitrous oxide, can lead to feelings of euphoria when inhaled. but ministers say it can also harm the health of young people in particular, and this littering that blights local communities is no laughing matter. these are public spaces that should be safe and orderly. once you begin to retreat from these public spaces, once you say, "anything goes", and then as we know, what appear to be small infringements turn into a greater degree of lawlessness. there are already restrictions on the supply of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas or hippy crack, but the government will overrule its own expert advisers on drugs by banning its possession. sales of nitrous oxide are already illegal. littering is already illegal. using whilst driving is already illegal. we don't need to criminalise half a million young people to tackle those problems. we just need to use the existing controls and laws that are in place. so this feels like sort of political theatre. labour, though, is broadly in favour of taking a stronger stance.

we want to see it banned as well, . because i think it does cause a huge amount of littering, of disruption, and of anti—social behaviour. - it was when tony blair was here in downing street that anti—social behaviour orders were first introduced. but 25 years on, both government and opposition have seen polling which suggests that some voters believe their concerns are being ignored. so when rishi sunak overrules the expert advice on laughing gas, that might be a way of symbolising that he is listening to concerned communities. in a wider plan to tackle anti—social behaviour, which will be unveiled tomorrow, those guilty of vandalism will be expected to repair rapidly the damage they've caused. labour say cuts to neighbourhood policing are making itmore difficult to catch the culprits. at the next election, expect a competition between the parties on who can be tougher on crime. let's look at some of the day's other news.

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. 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. a leaked message from the owner of twitter, elon musk, suggests the social media company is now worth less than half what he paid for it just six months ago. in the leaked memo, musk offers staff the opportunity to buy stock grants worth nearly $20 billion. he bought twitter for $41; billion in october last year. the governor of mississippi has warned there are "significant risks" of more severe weather after a tornado left hundreds homeless. president biden has declared a major emergency in the state. earlier i spoke to jarrett brown — a volunteer on the ground in

rolling fork with ngo team rubicon. he told me more about the current situation. as you can see, standing behind me used to be a home. the neighbourhood i'm standing in was completely levelled. there's not much left from the path of the tornado out here. complete devastation throughout the entire town, about three quarters of the town was affected. right now team rubicon are in rolling fork, we are kind of standing by to see where we can best fit in. this town is the definition of neighbours helping neighbours. everyone in the community showed up, farmers with their tractors and backhoes, getting this town taken care of and cleaned up. there's still a long ways to go, it's just the beginning, but they have a tremendous amount of support from local communities, taking care of themselves, like i said, it's the definition of neighbours helping neighbours. we have teams throughout mississippi right now in the other areas where all the multiple tornadoes touched down, to see what other communities might need our help as well, to see where we can set up operations to do clean up.

and so where is everybody at the moment? where are people staying? hotels, shelters, families, friends. wherever they can get in the area. red cross typically set up shelters in a location where families and people can come for a safe place to lay down, food, water, drinks and hygiene, you know, if they can't get in the shelters, they try to book them in hotels or get them to friends and family. we were hearing earlier in the piece we played just before you, people saying they're concerned about being forgotten. there was a news conference earlier from officials, local officials but also from the secretary of homeland security, saying that "we are here for the long haul", really trying to convince people that they were going to stay for the duration of the recovery. were people convinced by that? i'm not exactly sure at this point. i haven't been able to speak with too many residents.

one of the hardest things to do in a disaster, i mean, it's the worst thing they're dealing with and they don't know how to get to step two and every minute seems like an hour or a day, and it does take time to get everything put in place and get resources out here. but help is on the way. help will come. they will get the assistance, and i hope they get all the assistance that they need, but there is a long process in these situations. but organisations like team rubicon, they are all, you know, we're coming out to the communities to help everyone. imagine waking up and not knowing what time it is — well, thats what's happening in lebanon. people woke up earlier 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 mikati, 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. wael taleb is a journalist for the lebanese newspaper l'orient today in beirut. he told me what's going on. yes, it's very confusing for everyone. we have now two time zones in the same country. i don't think another country has that. what's happened is that, as you said, the caretaker prime minister and the parliament agreed on this, because it was the muslim fast, to ease their fasting because it makes their fast an hour or less. so because both of them, the caretaker prime minister and the parliament speaker, are muslims, the christians, and because it was a move made for muslims, the christians,

the christian parties took this very personally. i think the move itself is not bad per se, but you have to plan ahead for it to work. you can't announce it three days before. this will cause all kinds of problems at the airport, for people who, for companies, for people who do this... so what has been happening at the airport, for example? what time are flights saying they're going to take off? they're using summertime, unlike the official time now, for example. and my own newspaper, we are using summertime as well, to protest this decision that was made in a0 seconds between the parliament speaker and the prime minister without any anticipation of what would happen. they made, i guess, a populist move because both of them are muslims and lebanon is sectarian, acting for the muslim support.

and the christian parties took this very personally. the main religious institution in lebanon released a statement saying it will not abide by the official time, a lot of tvs are not abiding by the official time. lots of companies, like my company. so, yes. are people going to decide what time they take children to school tomorrow, for example? are you going to have your bosses sending out messages about which time zone you are using? what's going on? yes, it's very confusing, actually. because everyone is... if i'm going, if i have an appointment, i have to ask them which time they are using. if i have a doctor's appointment or something. regarding schools, because it is a ministerial decision, they are using the official time, which is not summertime, which is the old time. so now people are describing it as, we have a muslim and an official time. 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. a first of its kind adventure, driving an electric carfrom 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 solar on this device that we will be towing along in the arctic and harnessing the renewable energy sources, the wind and the sun, to power the car. starting at the magnetic north pole, the couple will navigate across sea ice into canada and then south through the us and mexico, and into warmer temperatures in south america. 17,000 miles and 1a 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 also some mod cons — a coffee machine in the boot and a drone launcher so the couple can film their journey. i have got every confidence we can do it. but, yes, there will be challenges. it's not going to be an easy ride. we know that. but what is an adventure without a challenge? so, yeah, wejust have to embrace what comes in front of us. and i guess, if you don't try something, if you don't push boundaries, then you'll never know what we're capable of. chris and julie are no stranger to defying the odds. in 2017 they were the first team to complete the mongol rally in an electric car, a 10,000 milejourney from london to mongolia. their aim is to demonstrate that electric vehicles can be adopted anywhere in the world. at the moment, all research in antarctica and the arctic use fossil fuel vehicles, the most fragile environments on the planet, and ecosystems. so if we can help stimulate that conversation, that mindset, that potential change, then i guess that's 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 love a fried egg haribo, so definitely take some of those with me. i also would like to take some tunnock�*s tea cakes, some caramel wafers. they're always good. and not forgetting our rowies! rowies, yeah. yes, we'll maybe take some rowies with us and share it with the team and take a bit of scotland over on the expedition with us. the couple set off this week, and out of all the challenges that might face them, perhaps explaining what a rowie is to someone at the north pole might be their hardest task. let's return to those live pictures from israel. tens of thousands of protestors returned to the streets waving israeli flags. we saw earlier they had started a bonfire in the middle of the motorway. this is after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked defence minister yoav galant.

mr galant had called on the prime minister to stop legislation on his proposed changes to the judiciary. the controversial bill has divided the country. we've seen protests for the last 12 weeks. many see it as a threat to israeli democracy, mr netanyahu said that reforms are designed to stop courts from ever reaching their power. protesters also breached barricades outside mr netanyahu's has put police used water cannon to push them back. tens of thousands out injerusalem, these are scenes now from tel aviv. 12 weeks of protest now about these judicial reforms. you can get me on twitter if you like, and don't forget, there's plenty more on our website and all the stories we are covering. and now time for the weather. the second half of the weekend marked a change to our weather, cold

air spreading south at slowly during sunday, and that will be with us to start the new week, on monday, cold, dry and bright for most, but short lived, because from tuesday onwards it turns wet and windy again, and much milder thanks to atlantic low pressure systems. this area of high pressure systems. this area of high pressure is what's to bring us a fine day for monday, but we are in this cold air mass, as you can see you come from the blue colour. a cold frosty start for many, still some wintry showers affecting many on the eastern coast, risk of ice here early on, mist and fog will fade away, sunny in the afternoon, the chance of a light shower this place should stay dry. after the cold start temperatures reaching a high of 7—10, could be up to 11 in the south—west is cloudy and breezy starts to pick up here. as we move through night, we start to see this frontal system working its way into western areas, temperatures will pick up across western areas, where the rain bumped into the cold air it's likely to be snow over high ground, another chilly night across

eastern scotland and england. tuesday, very much dominated by low pressure once again, and these weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. you can see the white colours indicating a bit of transient snow on the leading edge of the rain that does it spreads northwards. generally it will be a cloudy, breezy day, outbreaks of rain here and there, some driver interludes at times. temperatures will be lifting of up to 12 in the west, still quite cool across eastern areas. wednesday we really start to usher in some very mild air indeed around this area of low pressure, you can see the yellow and even orange colour starting to push northwards and eastwards, very mild start to the day on wednesday, lots of piled around, brightness, rain spilling out from the southend west, moving northwards. some of it will be quite heavy at times. look at these temperatures, up to the mid—teens for many of us, for england and wales and northern ireland, double figures across scotland too. staying on settle thursday and friday, sunshine and showers thursday,

friday could see pageant area of low pressure spreading across the country bringing a risk of gales. it does look like on friday the risk of bills will be around southern and western coasts, certainly england and wales. —— the risk of gales. but there is very unsettled but mild. —— both days will be very unsettled but mild.

hello. we start with the news that head coach antonio conte has left tottenham hotspur by mutual consent.