this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. politicians in iran are reacting to the flouting of headscarf laws by women — by insisting the rules must be �*enforced rigorously�* byjudges. "a slap in the face to the international community", that's the assessment of ukraine's foreign minister to russia assuming the presidency of the un security council. a critical incident has been declared in dover as passengers are delayed for hours at the start of the easter getaway. pope francis leaves hospital after receiving treatment for bronchitis, and promises to lead the mass celebrating palm sunday.

the authorities in iran are vowing to enforce the wearing of a headscarf by women more rigorously, despite months of protests. a growing number of women have been seen unveiled in public, and hardline politicians are giving judges ultimatums to punish those who ignore the rules. earlier i spoke to bbc�*s parham ghobadi and asked what prompted this latest move. in big cities like in tehran and in other major cities, they just walk around on the streets without headscarf and without her and without hijab, it's not only headscarf, it's also a kind of trench coat that for four decades, iranian women had to wear in order to walk on the streets. so now we see, especially younger women, walking on the streets

without any sort of hijab and iranian politicians and it has frustrated iranian hardliners. and so iranian regime is in a really difficult position because they have this tiny margin of supporters that are hard liners, and these are the people who are willing to pick up arms and defend the regime. now, they are extremely angry, seeing women on the streets of iran without wearing headscarf. and how are some women being treated who are out not wearing headscarf? so there is this constant battle without iranian hardliners and iranian women. for example, a video surfaced social media yesterday, and it was it went viral. there are two young women just standing in a grocery shop and waiting, queuing up. you can see the video right now. an iranian hardliner walks in and gets into a kind of argument with them and picks up a bucket of yoghurt and hits them in the head. this has frustrated many iranians, and scenes like that are extremely

dangerous for iranian regime as well, because iranjust you know, the protests started seven months ago and it went on for about six months. so does the iranian regime really want to start another wave of protests? well, that's the that's right where we are right now. just remind us how we did get here. so seven months ago, a young iranian kurdish woman, 22—year—old masha amini, died in the police custody because there were some police vans patrolling the streets of iran and especially in tehran, and arresting women who did not abide by the rule. that was seven months ago. now, what we see in iran is that everywhere women are walking on the streets without hijab. so the iranian regime in the battle with young iranian women has technically lost. and there is no sign that iranian women are backing off to wear the headscarf again. russia has taken the presidency of the un security council despite ukraine urging members to block the move.

each of the council's 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern. the last time russia had the presidency, february 2022, it launched a full—scale invasion of ukraine. it means the security council is being led by a country whose president, vladimir putin is subject to an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. earlier i spoke to our ukraine correspondent hugo bachega. i started by asking him to talk us through this development at the united nations. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the security council, which is the main security body of the united nations. and obviously there's been angry reaction here from the ukrainians. the foreign minister today said this was a slap in the face of the international community. we heard from the president's chief of staff saying that this was another symbolic blow to the rules based system of international relations. so the ukrainians, since

the beginning of the war, have criticised the fact that russia continues to be a member of the security council, a permanent member of the council. so in other words, it has the veto power. it can veto resolutions. and it has used this power to veto resolutions related to the conflict here. now, ukraine has tried to get russia expelled from the council, even though there's no legal pathway for that to happen. and in the last few days, ukraine has been trying to block russia's right to to take over the presidency of the security council. but again, it was something that the members of the security council could not do. we heard from american officials saying that this is something that is not possible. so, again, angry reaction here from the ukrainians following this move by russia. 0k, hugo, thanks so much for that. and as i mentioned at the top there, a second important update coming out of ukraine today.

this to do with a senior figure in the church there just to explain what's happened. yeah. so this is a senior cleric of the ukrainian orthodox church. he's been arrested today. the ukrainian security services have accused him ofjustifying the invasion of ukraine and also of inciting religious hatred. these are allegations that he denies. and i think what is happening here is that this is the church that had ties with the russian church in moscow. the church here in ukraine broke up those ties after the invasion of ukraine. the leaders of the church in moscow have been supporting the war here, but the ukrainians say that they believe that senior clerics and high level officials of the church have continued to support moscow, have continued to support the invasion of ukraine. last year, a number of buildings used by the church were raided.

dozens of of senior members of the church are now being investigated. some of them are facing charges, including the charges of of including charges related to these suspicions that they have been collaborating with russian officials. now, the church denies those allegations and they say they are being targeted by the government. and i think these developments show this split that has happened here in ukraine among the orthodox community. a separate church has been created, an independent church. and this branch of the church, the ukrainian orthodox church. the ukrainians say that this church has continued to have ties with moscow, even though they deny those allegations. here in the uk — the port of dover has declared a critical incident and apologised after people leaving for france suffered long delays. the port says its "deeply frustrated" that bad weather

and french border checks have resulted in lengthy queues — particularly for coaches. a number of school and university groups have been affected. simonjones reports. it's not such a great start to the great easter getaway. forced to spend hours on a couch with no idea when you are going to be able to get across the channel. this driver from nottingham is trying to keep the spirits of his passengers up as they face missing a day on the slopes on the french alps. we have been here for four hours waiting. we have had a lot of coaches in front of us. i have no idea how long we will be, 12 hours, 16 hours, i don't know. the police are doing what they can to stop dover snarling up at lorries and cars are getting caught in the chaos too. we were meant to be going to italy,

ultimately, but we are booked into a hotel in france this evening, but i don't know if we are going to make it now. it is going to be a long one, i think, we are going to be. here for awhile, but it's ok. it is a holiday. so what is causing this? it has been blamed on a perfect storm of lots of people want to travel, bad weather yesterday causing delays to the ferries, and according to the port, new checks after brexit meaning all passengers have to get out of the coaches to have their passports checked and stamped by the french authorities. lorries were forced to queue on the outskirts of dover overnight. the port says it is deeply frustrated, insisting it had planned ahead, but the additional ferry bookings taken by the firms for easter have added to the challenge. well, can ijust say how sorry i am that everyone who wanted to get away this easter break has been so disrupted, and in particular for the schoolkids, being a father myself i know how anxious i'd feel, is what we have been doing is working really hard with a ferry operators and airport operators

to try to make sure that all of the traffic that has been backlogged can get through as quickly as possible. another 5,000 cars and 400 coaches are expected today. for many, it will be a waiting game. donald trump will appear in a new york court early next week. the former president is to face criminal charges over the hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election. court officials have confirmed that the former president is expected to appear for his arraignment on tuesday. mr trump becomes the first former president in us history to face criminal charges after the manhattan grand jury investigating his role in the payments voted to indict him. i'm joined now by our north america reporter nada tawfik in new york. the eyes of so many, notjust in the us, but around the world will be where you are next week.-

where you are next week. that's absolutely _ where you are next week. that's absolutely right. _ where you are next week. that's absolutely right. we _ where you are next week. that's absolutely right. we are - where you are next week. that's absolutely right. we are now - where you are next week. that's - absolutely right. we are now getting absolutely right. we are now getting a better understanding of how this will all play out. mr trump is expected to arrive here in new york from his club in florida on monday night. he will fly into laguardia airport and go straight to trump tower, where he has a residence. throughout he will be escorted by the secret service and then he will come here, where the world's media will capture every moment they can. it will be interesting to see if the president to trump once to appear in front of the cameras or if he will try to be more discreet, as he is formally booked and then arraigned in court. but he has been very busy on social media. they latest cabin e—mail says he will never surrender the country to the raging left wing mob. so he continues to use social media, his campaign e—mails, to betray all of this as a witch hunt and to get his base to rally behind him and, what we have heard from the

trump campaign is that in the 2a hours since news of the indictment, they were able to raise four million dollars from supporters. can compare that to have the fbi raided his house, looking for documents, when the campaign raised $1 million and you can see how this is in the short term at least having his campaign. but, nevertheless, these are serious criminal charges, the district attorney has hit back at charges against him that this is politically motivated in any way, he says the grand jury motivated in any way, he says the grandjury did their motivated in any way, he says the grand jury did their civic duty and that congress and mr trump cannot interfere in a lawful investigation, he says, this case, they have evidence that will show and prove their case. we will have to see how all of this plays out in the coming weeks, but legally, but also politically, as mr trump remains the frontrunner of the republicans are. there will be plenty of time to talk about the politics of all of this next week. just remind us on the legal side of it, what exactly is

alleged to have got on? in legal side of it, what exactly is alleged to have got on?- legal side of it, what exactly is alleged to have got on? in the lead u . alleged to have got on? in the lead u- to alleged to have got on? in the lead up to 2016. — alleged to have got on? in the lead up to 2016, presidential _ alleged to have got on? in the lead up to 2016, presidential election, l up to 2016, presidential election, the adult film star stormy daniels was trying to sell her story to a magazine, tabloid called the national enquirer and mr trump directed his former fixer michael cohen to pay her $130,000 to silence her over the alleged affair that mr trump denies, from coming out into the press ahead of the election. now michael cohen has served time in prison and has pleaded guilty to that payment over violations of campaign finance violations. but mr trump says and his lawyers say that he would have always paid stormy daniels to protect his family, it had nothing to do with the election. he is using their defence because

the hush money payments in themselves are not illegal. what we believe prosecutors are alleging, is a believe, because the indictment remains under seal, we have been able the exactjudge yet, but what we believe is that they will allege more than 30 counts of the trump organisation and mr trump, falsifying business records to conceal those payments, because he was trying to conceal the crime of electoral finance violations. so, was trying to conceal the crime of electoralfinance violations. so, if thatis electoralfinance violations. so, if that is what we believe prosecutors are concerned about here, many legal experts say this is a new legal theory, so it will be one with high stakes for the prosecutor here to have to defend.— stakes for the prosecutor here to have to defend. high stakes indeed, thank ou have to defend. high stakes indeed, thank you very _ have to defend. high stakes indeed, thank you very much _ have to defend. high stakes indeed, thank you very much for _ have to defend. high stakes indeed, thank you very much for that. - the pope has said he will take part in the mass celebrating palm sunday in the vatican. the 86—year—old was discharged from a hospital in rome in the last few hours where he was receiving treatment for bronchitis. smiling and leaning on a cane

as he left rome's gemelli hospital, the pontiff greeted well—wishers and joked he was still alive. the vatican said he'd resumed some work duties while in hospital, baptising a new born baby as well as sharing a dinner with some of the doctors and nurses. 0ur correspondentjenny hill sent us the latest from rome. yeah. i think the message from pope francis and the vatican is very much business as usual. you talked about how he spoke to people waiting outside the hospital. he appeared to be in extremely good spirit, smiling and joking, as you say, with the reporters who'd been camped outside that clinic for several days, but also doing what he appears to really enjoy doing best, speaking to ordinary people, signing the plaster cast of a young boy, but also comforting a couple whose daughter had died in the hospital overnight. he's also, though, as you say, promised to be here tomorrow in st peter's square for the all important palm sunday mass. now, it is significant because that is the beginning of holy week, the week—long easter

tide, culminating, of course, on easter sunday next weekend. and the vatican have said that he will participate in all easter services as originally planned. now, we don't quite know what his role will be tomorrow. he will be here. he will be presiding. but a cardinal will actually celebrate the mass at the altar. presumably, the pope will be seated at the stage behind me there so people can see him. but he will be in the square, notjust up at the balcony. let's go to the sport. manchester city in the ongoing games, leaders arsenal are 3—0 up against leeds. and there's been a plenty of goals between brighton and brentford. but city made an impression at the etihad in the early kick off against liverpool. they fell behind thanks to an early mo salah goal. julian alvarez equalised soon after — with goals from kevin de bruyne, ilkay gundogan and jack grealish

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werem _ played an ok game, all the others were... obviously we cannot do that and we _ were... obviously we cannot do that and we have — were... obviously we cannot do that and we have to change that. max verstappen bounced back from his disappointment last time out in saudi arabia, to claim pole for sunday's australian grand prix. but it was a day of mixed fortunes for his red bull team. sergio perez couldn't even set a time after crashing in qualifying and will start from last place. mercedes will be hoping their poor start to the season is behind them, with george russell claiming second on the grid just ahead of fellow briton lewis hamilton. it's make or break time, for britain's anthony joshua on saturday, as he faces america'sjermaine franklin in london's o2 arena. he's lost his last fights against ukrainian heavyweight world champion oleksander usyk — and joshua says he will retire if he loses. ade ade—doyin reports. one champion, now a contender, anthonyjoshua is on the comeback trail. after back—to—back defeats to ukrainian oleksander usyk, his fighting to get his career back on track. unlike every fight leads on

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ripping away building tops, downing trees and overturning cars. the catastrophic tornado started moving through the city of little rock in arkansas on friday afternoon. this man told cbs news what he saw. and through our window, i saw the transformer back here that kind of blew up. i saw that the lightning strike, it kind of blew up, caught me off guard, went in the bathroom, closed the door, and all of a sudden it was just like so much wind everywhere. it felt like 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. dozens of people have been taken to hospital. debris lies scattered across roads and tens of thousands of homes are without power. there were also dramatic scenes in illinois where a tornado caused the roof of a packed theater to collapse. experts say such widespread severe weather is unusual. this is the first time in i believe more than ten years that we've had two areas of high risk.

that's very uncommon because typically the atmosphere likes to focus on one particular area. it comes just a week after a deadly tornado hit mississippi, killing 25 people. president biden has been there meeting the relatives of those who lost their lives. today, i authorised the federal government to cover 100% of the cost for removing debris and emergency measures that are involved, keeping up here by keeping shelters up and running and paying for overtime for everyone. 100% of the cost, not for the state, but for us for 30 days. and then after that, we're not leaving either. similar help will be required with the clean up efforts elsewhere. and difficult hours lie ahead for the millions of people facing severe weather warnings across the midwest and the south. shelly phelps, bbc news.

i will weather presenter is with me. let's try to work out what has been going on. tornadoes are about life _ what has been going on. tornadoes are about life of— what has been going on. tornadoes are about life of a _ what has been going on. tornadoes are about life of a building - what has been going on. tornadoes are about life of a building that - are about life of a building that part of the usa, it is a risk of a that they live with at this time of year. what we have had, i can show you the weather system responsible is an area of low pressure, this is basically pushed its way all the way from the pacific and pushing its way towards the atlantic, it has moved all the way across the usa, providing a focus for severe weather, particularly along that cold front, that black line with the blue triangles, that is a cold front, that is a focus for those of severe thunderstorms which sprang up into all of those tornadoes, reports of potentially 65 tornado reports which all have to be verified and that takes time. that severe weather moving towards the east coast saturday. probably not with the same intensity, such a great threat, but

parts of georgia, south carolina and also into the north—east, upstate new york, for example, there is risk of severe thunderstorms, very squally gusty winds already, quite early in the day in the states, we have had some reports of squally winds causing some damage on saturday. large hail and other threats. so this situation is ongoing, but probably not with a simple rusty we have seen in those spots a little bit further west. aha, spots a little bit further west. a bit of good news for the people who are about to receive. put it in a bit of wider historical context for us, what is going on? share bit of wider historical context for us, what is going on? are tornadoes, the are us, what is going on? are tornadoes, they are part — us, what is going on? are tornadoes, they are part of— us, what is going on? are tornadoes, they are part of life _ us, what is going on? are tornadoes, they are part of life in _ us, what is going on? are tornadoes, they are part of life in the _ they are part of life in the springtime, particularly. what you need for a tornado is in various ingredients, bit like baking a cake, if you don't get the right ingredients in the right quantities you are not going to get a tornado. what happens on this occasion is all the ingredients came together in just the right amount. so, very warm airfrom the gulf just the right amount. so, very warm air from the gulf of mexico, much colder airfrom the air from the gulf of mexico, much

colder air from the north, air from the gulf of mexico, much colder airfrom the north, clashing and then wins varying with height at different levels of the atmosphere, that set the app is for spinning, which is what we saw those tornadoes and the ingredients came together so well, if you like, that we had this on such a grand scale and this certainly is unusual, the warnings were very, very widespread, the damage, as we have seen has been particularly bad. it is going to be a quite a couple of days, but the threat does return it to similar areas around the mississippi valley late on this week.— late on this week. thank you very much for that. _ late on this week. thank you very much for that. we're _ late on this week. thank you very much for that. we're going - late on this week. thank you very much for that. we're going to - late on this week. thank you very l much for that. we're going to move on the weather to climate, briefly, the melting of ice in the antarctic is slowing down of the flow of deep ocean water to have devastating consequences. that is according to scientists who write in the journal nature. they say i smell striving a substantial slowdown of what acetylation and that can trap nutrients in the deep ocean, reducing their ability to support marine life. plenty more online

coming get me on social media. i am lewis and vaughanjones, this is bbc news. it's been a bit dull and cloudy today to start the 3rd of april, thatis today to start the 3rd of april, that is the legacy left by yesterday's area of low pressure, however, as you move into part two of the weekend, with and overhead it should turn drier and bright for most of us with increasing amounts of sunshine. it will start to feel a bit warmer. as yesterday's low pressure sitting on the new continent, legacy of weather fronts around, quite a lot of cloud and a breeze and noticeable breeze coming in off the north sea. making it feel chilly down the north sea coast. the rain in the west of scotland, northern ireland, should slowly peat out overnight, many places will turn dry, very low cloud, simply spells, western skies could be quite chilly, hold onto the cloud and then 5—7 many of us. the part two of the

weekend, high pressure starts to build in overhead, we lose the isobars in the south—east, so the breeze through the morning will tend to ease down across the south—east. any cloud in the north and west will start to break up, so increasing amounts of sunshine as we head through the day on sunday. still thick cloud for northern scotland, may be on show here but most places will be dry, again, quite chilly down the north sea coast, onshore breeze, a bit warmerfurther south and west. sunjohn, 13, maybe 1a degrees. as move through sunday night, clearskies, light winds, it is going to be the recipe of a chilly nights to come. you will see the blue hue, a touch of frost in places, sub zero values as well, even towns and cities will be quite cold. so a chilly start to monday, but again high pressure is with us, light winds, it should be fine and dry, giving these weather fronts at bay at least for now. for monday, we start the new working week on a dry note, cold note, with early frost, temperatures will lift quickly in

that strong early april sunshine, plenty of sunshine across the board as you can see fresh south—easterly breezes. cooler along not seacoast, but up to about 13, maybe 1a degrees further west. a temporary blip around the middle part of the week, the area of high pressure retreats for a while, allows weather fronts to move into northern and western areas to bring more cloud a better rain, but then it looks like high pressure builds back in. there is that blip showing up clearly here on our icons across northern and western areas, but then in the run—up to easter looks promising in terms of sunshine.

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