this is bbc news. i'm monika plaha. our top stories: a tornado hits the us state of arkansas. the governor declares a state of emergency. at least two people have been killed. donald trump will appear in court on tuesday as he becomes the first former us president to face criminal charges. the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states for a campaign finance issue is an outrage. social media personality andrew tate has been released from prison to house arrest before further court hearings. a warning that rapidly melting ice in antarctica is slowing down deep ocean currents, which could have devastating impacts for the world's climate.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let's just bring you an update from the us state arkansas. we have been reporting on a tornado that ripped through the state. the governor, sarah huckabee sanders, says at least two people have been killed. at least 2a others have been injured and tens of thousands have lost power. governor sanders has declared a state of emergency. arkansas is close to mississippi, which has just suffered its own tornado disaster. our reporter shelley phelps has more. oh, my god! it's coming our way, y'all! ripping away building tops, uprooting trees and flipping over vehicles, the catastrophic tornado started moving through little rock on friday afternoon.

this was the moment a weather presenter spotted it while live on air, giving warnings to locals. here it is and could be a strong tornado, ef2 or stronger. this is exactly what we didn't want to happen today. over reservoir road at this time. over reservoir road. we're gonna keep it here, we're gonna follow it. certainly looks like a tornado. oh, my goodness. siren wails 2a people are in hospital with injuries. at least five people have been confirmed as being —— debris lies scattered everywhere and more than 90,000 homes are without power. this man told cbs news what he saw. ..and through our window, i saw the — there's the transformer back here that kind of blew up, i saw that, the lightning striking it and kind of blew up, caught me off guard. uh, went into the bathroom, closed the door and, all of a sudden, it was just, like, so much wind everywhere. it felt — kind of like the house was shaking and things were kind of like being thrown against it and it was just something

i never experienced before. it comes just a week after a deadly tornado hit mississippi, killing 25 people. on friday, president biden visited one of the hardest—hit towns, rolling fork. today, i authorise the federal government to cover 100% of the cost for removing debris and emergency measures that are involved in keeping up here, by keeping shelters up and running and paying for every — overtime for everyone. 100% of the cost, not through the state, but through us, for 30 days. and then after that, we're not leaving, either. similar help will be required with the clean—up effort in arkansas and difficult hours lie ahead for the millions of people facing severe weather warnings across the south and the midwest. shelley phelps, bbc news. now, "upset, angry, but not worried" — that's how donald trump's lawyer has described the former us president's reaction to his indictment by a new york court. he will appear there on tuesday, charged with falsifying business records. at least one felony offence is included that could result

in a jail sentence. it's all linked to alleged hush money paid by mr trump to the former porn star stormy daniels. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue reports from new york. this manhattan courthouse doesn't normally look like this. but then, it's not every day a former president gets charged with a crime — in fact, it's never happened before. and this is the man who's brought the charges against donald trump — district attorney alvin bragg, a democrat and a prosecutor in america's highly politicised legal system. but if mr bragg was saying nothing, the former president wasn't so reticent. he's called it: ..and his opponents: no—one is above the law, not even a former president of the united states. the case all centres on the financial accounting for $130,000 paid to this woman

to buy her silence before the 2016 general election. hi, everyone! stephanie clifford — aka stormy daniels, an adult film star — says she had sex with donald trump in 2006 — something he denies. today, it's donald trump. tomorrow, it's going to be a democrat. the day after that, it could be your brother, your son, your daughter. and we have to be concerned about the rule of law falling because what's happened here is this is a case that would not have been brought against another individual in this country if his name wasn't donald trump. in the next few days, donald trump will come here to the courthouse. he'll have his fingerprints and his photograph taken. he'll then appear before a judge to enter a plea. until recently, the most powerful man in the world will be processed like any other defendant. it's finally good to see some justice happen. it's a political sham and it's politically motivated. but this case in new york is not the only legal problem

facing donald trump. chanting stop the steal! two other criminal investigations are looking into his role in the storming of the capitol onjanuary 6 two years ago, after he lost the election, and attempts to overturn the results. # cos there ain't no doubt i love this land... those inquiries could prove much more serious for the former president as he readies himself for another run at the white house. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, new york. earlier, i spoke to journalist and political commentator michael tracey. i asked him what the public reaction has been like to trump's indictment. one of the chief reactions that's observable to anyone sort of monitoring the fallout here is that although elements of the republican party — especially republican elites, maybe some donors, maybe some former elected officials, even some of whom may have served in the trump administration — as much

as they might�*ve been maybe trending toward a desire to disassociate themselves from trump, you can see this having some sort of a galvanising effect where even somebody like a mike pence or a bill barr — obviously, the former being the previous vice president, the latter being the former attorney—general — who had had falling outs with trump, had had rows with him to the point that trump would probably regard them as political nemeses, even they have come out and declared, basically, opposition to the sort of premise behind this particular prosecution or, at least, the pendency of this particular prosecution. and i think it's understandable, even leaving apart — you know, leaving aside the reaction of republican elites because this is a threshold—crossing event. as you've made clear in this report, there has been no president who's been ever charged criminally before, and so, you'd expect that

to be prompted by an offence of a certain level of gravity or to be associated with some sort of transgression of significant magnitude. and if it really happens to be the case — as all indications seem to point to — that this stems, ultimately, from the payment of a confidential settlement sum to a former adult film actress, then maybe that's not quite what most people would've expected to really give rise to that crossing of the rubicon moment. and, michael, we know that donald trump is also running for 2024 presidency, so how has the indictment — how will the indictment impact all of this? well, it's very — it's impossible to say. you know, there are portions of the republican party electorate who you might expect would at least be open to arguments about how trump is not the most politically expedient choice for 2024,

given maybe some of his baggage or given some of the drama that just seems to engulf him constantly, but now that he could be portrayed as an emblem of kind of these efforts or machinations that are somewhat nefarious within the legal establishment or the security state or other aspects of the kind of governmental apparatus as being sort of marshalled unfairly against trump and, therefore, his wider movement, then you can see that also having a galvanising effect amongst those very same segments of the party coalition who might�*ve otherwise been receptive to overtures from maybe different republican candidates. trump was prosecuted — or he — there was a special prosecutor, let's remember, authorised to investigate trump for years within his presidency on the ground that he had some salacious, illicit, treasonous relationship with the kremlin and, therefore, was guilty of, again, treason.

that didn't pan out. and so, there's — memories of that are still fresh and if now, this seems to just be another sort of instalment in that continuum of kind of never—ending attempts to legally take down trump, then you can see that engendering a certain kind of partisan reflex or a certain loyalty sort of gravitation toward trump in the way that maybe trump himself could not bring about if it wasn't him being positioned against the machinations of some sort of legal establishment against him. that was journalist michael tracey speaking to me a little bit earlier. let's get some of the day's other news. at least 11 people have died in a stampede in pakistan as residents flocked to collect rations at a factory during the muslim holy month of ramadan. initial reports say a woman and two children were among those killed in the city of karachi. it's not immediately clear

what led to the crush. more than a hundred fires are continuing to burn in parts of northern spain, although many of them are now under control. the authorities say most of the fires — centred in the region of asturias — were started by arsonists. hundreds of people fled the area and a number of roads were closed. israeli police have shot dead a palestinian man who allegedly stole a gun from an officer in occupied eastjerusalem. there were no casualties among israeli forces. clashes later broke out between the security forces and palestinians. earlier on friday, thousands of palestinians gathered for ramadan prayers at al aqsa mosque. a court in romania has agreed to allow the controversial social media influencer andrew tate to leave prison and move into house arrest. the british—american former kickboxer has millions of online followers. he's being investigated for a number of crimes, all of which he denies.

the bbc�*s tim allman reports. hello, andrew. freedom at last. cheering and applause it seemed almost like a hero's welcome as andrew tate returned to his home in romania. but he wanted to stress he was also relieved and grateful. i want to give respect, firstly, to the judges who heard us today because they were very attentive and they listened to us and they let us free, so i have to give absolute respect to them. i have no resentment in my heart for the country of romania or for anybody else. ijust believe in the truth. andrew tate is a controversial character. he has a huge following online and he's previously been accused of misogyny. it's been proven that the smartest people in the world are men. that's been proven. and i said that female infidelity is more disgusting than male infidelity, and i think that the world agrees with me. banging on door then, in december last year, romanian police raided his home. along with his brother and two local women, he's being investigated on allegations of rape,

people trafficking and forming an organised crime group. he continues to deny any wrongdoing. i truly believe thatjustice will be served in the end. there is 0% chance of me being found guilty of something i have not done. i maintain my absolute innocence, and i think most people understand this, and i look forward to being home. the two brothers have been forbidden from contacting any witnesses and can't leave their house without approval from the authorities. no charges have yet been brought. andrew tate says he'll now focus on reading the koran and doing push—ups. tim allman, bbc news. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: a warning that the rapidly melting ice in antarctica is slowing down deep ocean currents, which could have a devastating impact on the world's climate. the accident that happened here

was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of— the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. - a small crowd outside| included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel.

this is bbc world news. the latest headlines — two people have been killed and at least 2a others injured after a tornado hit the us city of little rock. the governor of arkansas has declared a state of emergency, and tens of thousands of residents are without power. donald trump's legal team say he's "angry but not worried" after becoming the first former president to face criminal charges. he'll surrender to a court in new york on tuesday. turning now to ukraine and president volodymyr zelensky has led ceremonies in bucha on the first anniversary of its liberation from russian forces. he said he would make the place what he called "a symbol of justice". bucha, a suburb to the north—west of kyiv, was the focus of fierce fighting and has come to symbolise alleged war crimes carried out by russian forces. from there, here's our

correspondent hugo bachega. so, president zelensky came here to mark this day one year since the ukrainian forces recaptured this town that was occupied by russian forces, and bucha has become the symbol of the atrocities committed by russian forces here in this country. we came here to the street where dozens of bodies were found, and i think images of those bodies lying on the ground here shocked all of us and they have become a symbol of the brutality of the occupation here. and not only the execution of these people, you know, many of the civilians were trying to visit relatives, were trying to flee the city when they were killed, but there were allegations of torture, allegations of rape but now, here in bucha, there is a massive effort to collect evidence of those potential war crimes, international

investigators, activists, volunteers are here to collect evidence and there's also a massive effort to rebuild what has been destroyed, so houses have been rebuilt, also the roads, shops, but one thing that perhaps cannot be rebuilt and that is the psychological impact of the atrocities that were committed here, the trauma of the violence that was committed by the occupying forces in this town. every year, thousands of migrants risk their lives trying to make their way to europe. italy is one of the countries on the frontline of this migration. in march alone, more than 3,000 people have reached the country — more than double the arrivals in the same month last year. the bbc�*s thomas naadi has been combing through objects and documents left behind by migrants on the italian island of lampedusa in an attempt to trace just one person through one of the lost items. for many years, a group of volunteers here in lampedusa have been collecting objects

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document immigration sends in ghana was able to access a phone number of the relative of the owner of the driver license i brought back from lampedusa. hello, good afternoon, sir. welcome clint thomas. please have a seat. we were able to establish a link. that's the good news for you.- establish a link. that's the good news for you. this is the moment i've _ good news for you. this is the moment i've been _ good news for you. this is the moment i've been waiting - good news for you. this is the moment i've been waiting for| moment i've been waiting for and after a brief phone call, travelled to germany to meet the owner the driver license. richard travelled to europe through libya, where he was kidnapped for ransom. he eventually made a crossing in 2011. ., , eventually made a crossing in 2011. ., y , 2011. the “ourney was very rou . h. 2011. the “ourney was very rough. n_ 2011. the journey was very rough. it took _ 2011. the journey was very rough. it took me - 2011. the journey was very rough. it took me let's - 2011. the journey was very rough. it took me let's say 2011. the journey was very - rough. it took me let's say two years from ghana to nigeria and nigeria to chad and libya. it's hell. it's hell.—

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a "substantial slowdown" of water circulation. this could trap nutrients in the deep ocean, reducing their ability to support marine life near the ocean surface. earlier, i spoke to ted scambos, an ice expert and senior research scientist at the university of colorado. he shared his concerns about sea ice melting in antarctic. it has been an interesting and important trend in the last several decades that antarctica's ocean circulation has changed, the coldest waters aren't as cold as they used to be and, in fact, the surface circulation or near—surface circulation is also changing. and as a result, we're seeing less sea ice — at least in the last few years — and it's an important change for the ecosystems as well

because of the lower nutrient content in the deep ocean and changes in the circulation in the upper ocean. it's concerning and another manifestation of climate change reaching the very farthest corners of the planet. yeah, and the findings of this research suggest that the deepest parts of the ocean could actually slow down by 40% in only three decades, so how significant is the speed of the slowdown here, and just talk me through some of the implications. so, this water actually does rest deep on the seabed of the deepest parts of the ocean around the world and, in fact, it's a place that traps quite a bit of heat from global warming elsewhere. it's not of immediate concern in terms of, say, weather changes because this water sits in the bottom of the ocean.

over the long term, it's going to change circulation in other areas and will change the character of places that see upwelling of this water, which tend to be very active fisheries, places where there's a lot of life and a lot of economic activity. and let's look ahead now to the possible measures and what solutions you think should be put in place to tackle climate change. i think tackling climate change is incredibly important. solving this particular issue would be a huge task in any other method than reducing co2 emissions or actually removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and trying to cool off the earth a bit. by that means, any sort of technical approach at this scale is just really hard to imagine. you look at a map and maybe you think that antarctica is a faraway place and perhaps not so big.

it's a huge area — larger than australia, as large as the united states and mexico combined. trying to adjust what's going on along the coastline of such an area and even into the deep ocean truly is beyond the reach of what we can do technically. our best answer is to reduce our carbon consumption and emission into the atmosphere and begin, actually, to remove it from the atmosphere, if we can find an efficient way to do that. the organisers of the wimbledon tennis championships have lifted a ban on russian and belarusian players that had been imposed in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. players from the two nations will have to compete as neutral athletes and comply with certain conditions, including agreeing not to support the russian and belarusian states or receive sponsorship from companies operated or controlled by them. ukraine's foreign minister has described the move as "immoral".

you are watching bbc news. thank you very much forjoining me. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @monikaplaha. hello. for many parts of the uk, march turned out to be a wet month, not least across england, where, according to provisional met office statistics, it was the wettest march since 1981. but it wasn't that wet everywhere — in fact, there were parts of northern scotland where we had less rain than normal. these figures, 56% of the average, cover the period up to the morning of friday the 31st. compare that with cambridge, which had seen more than three times the normal march rainfall. but for the start of april, through the weekend, it looks like things are going to become drier and brighter. quite a slow process, though, because the weekend starts with low pressure in charge. a couple of different weather fronts providing a focus for some outbreaks of rain. this front here providing some particularly persistent rain through the morning across

parts of northern ireland, parts of wales, the south—west of england, central southern england as well. a lot of that rain will tend to peter out. i think northern ireland is likely to stay cloudy and damp through the day. elsewhere, quite a lot of cloud, some spots of rain, some mist and murk and with this easterly breeze, it'll feel rather cool for some of these north sea coasts. further west, temperatures between 10 and 13 degrees and there could just be a few glimmers of sunshine. most places will be pretty cloudy. now, we will keep fairly large amounts of cloud as we head through saturday night but i think we'll see a few more clear spells around — some clearer skies, certainly, filtering into eastern parts of england later in the night. temperatures generally between two and seven degrees. very locally, there could be a touch of frost. but for sunday, we see high pressure tending to build and that means some drier and somewhat brighter weather. now, there will still be some areas of cloud around — perhaps most especially across western scotland, northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england — but equally, there should be some spells of sunshine —

the best of that a little bit further east. temperatures — well, no great shakes on the face of it but at this time of year, there is some strength in the sun, so get yourself into some sunshine. it will not feel too bad. 0ur area of high pressure tries to hold on into the start of the new week. we will see frontal systems making some inroads from the atlantic, so that means we will see perhaps some rain at times through the middle of the week, particularly towards the north and the west of the uk. at this early stage — and it is still a long way away — the signs for the easter weekend are quite promising.

this is bbc news, the headlines: two people have been killed and at least 24 others injured after a tornado hit the us state of arkansas. the governor has declared a state of emergency, and tens of thousands of residents are without power. lawyers for donald trump say he will surrender to a court in new york on tuesday after becoming the first former us president to face criminal charges. his legal team say he's �*angry but not worried' about the case which concerns hush payments made to a porn star. a court in romania has allowed the controversial social media influencer, andrew tate, to leave prison and move into house arrest. him, his brother and two romanian women, are being

investigated on allegations of rape and people trafficking.