this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. devastating tornadoes tear through america's midwest. at least 18 people have died. 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. and a critical incident has been declared in dover, as passengers are gridlocked for hours at the start of the easter getaway.

at least 18 people are now known to have died, as storms and tornadoes ripped through the united states, causing vast devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed over people who were listening to a heavy metal band. the storms came a week after a tornado devastated a town in mississippi. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction. two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas, tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the volume of itjust seems rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house. out of my front door, which had steel bars in front of it.

several people have been killed, dozens injured, in this state alone. the governor declared a state of emergency. today has been a very hard day for the state of arkansas. but the goodness of this is that arkansas and arkansans are tough and resilient. no matter what comes, we'll get back up the next day and keep moving. 600 miles to the north, in belvidere, illinois, another storm hit. the roof of the apollo theatre collapsed. one person was killed, dozens injured. this latest destructive weather arrived just as present biden was visiting mississippi, where he promised help to those hit by another tornado last week. sancha berg, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to skot covert, a meteorologist with the kthv network, who is in the arkansas state capital, little rock. he told me that tornadoes were not

unsual at this time of year, but this one was extemely strong. very clearly. this is a war zone. we are in one of the worst hits of the capital city where a likely very strong tornado has resulted in basically an entire neighborhood being obliterated. homes, what used to sit here as homes are now just slabs, concrete. the devastation, the destruction. we know for miles back to my southwest or the scar of this monster just left destruction in its wake and it continued traveling. it was a long track supercell tornado that resulted in upwards of 2a to perhaps as much as 30 injuries, five fatalities reported in our state as a result of these thunderstorms. yeah, there's been a series of tornadoes, hasn't there? just explained the weather pattern. what's going on there? why? it's a very active weather pattern. we've seen a severe risk every day,

at least once every week for the last eight weeks. we continue to see waves after waves of these severe storms. in fact, we actually have another risk in this exact area for severe storms, including tornadoes here in just about four days. so we're used to this. we deal with this often, but to this magnitude, this is certainly something rather historic for little rock, for arkansas in the united states. yeah, i was going to say it is pretty unusual. this is tornado season, but these are extreme tornadoes, aren't they? just put it into context for us. we rarely see tornadoes this strong in arkansas. generally speaking, we have the weaker f0 ones, which are concerning, but rarely do they strengthen to the level of which they did yesterday. all of those perfect ingredients came together to support these strong tornadoes that once they touched the ground, they continued, causing destruction for 4 hours at a time. and honestly, that's one

of the reasons we didn't have as many fatalities as you would expect looking at the brunt of this damage, because they were on the ground for so long, we were able to give lead time well in advance. folks got the warnings, they heard the messaging. they heard us on tv and they took it seriously. and i certainly think the work the national weather service did in providing these tornado warnings is a large reason why we didn't have more deaths than we actually ended up having. ukraine's president zelensky has said it's absurd that russia has been allowed to assume the presidency of the un security council. the role is largely ceremonial, but does allow the holder to control the agenda. moscow says it planning a discussion about what it's called a new world order. each of the council's 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern. earlier, i spoke to 0rysia lutsevych. she started by explaining if anything could have been done to block this. it's very difficult to do anything to prevent russia from actually taking over the rotating presidency.

i think ukraine tries actually to make the case on both sides, on one hand that russia so gravely violated the un charter and on the other that actually it was illegal in the first place to take this seat, because when the soviet union collapsed it violated the procedure of adopting the new permanent security council member and there was no vote at the un general assembly, so it's kind of making a point of it being illegitimate and also in violation of the un charter. what does it say about the un as an institution? well, obviously as an institution it was set up after the second world war in a way to provide peace, and these p5 countries, permanent members, nuclear states, were here to be sort of a jury of the world, and we are facing for the first time really

a situation where a nuclear power launches an attack against ukraine that actually relinquished nuclear state and the un deems to be within the security council not really powerful, but what is interesting this time is that the un general assembly is acting quite forcefully where two quite powerful resolutions and also a special commission and inquiry to investigate war crimes, crimes against humanity, that the un is actually leading, which is so important to actually tell the story of who is the perpetrator and who is the victim. volodymyr zelensky called last year for the security council to be dissolved or reformed because of this action that russia has taken, invading his country, but that is unlikely to happen, isn't it? absolutely. i think, once this war is over, i think there will have to be a serious rethinking about what led to it in the first place, because let's remember there's

a certain spiral of impunity that russia is allowed to perpetrate. it has violated, actually, more than 400 various international agreements, conventions and there is no way to influence russia, so i think those countries who want to in a way have collaborative relationships around the world have to sit down and think how to reform the un security council, other institutions, the council of europe, organisation for security and co—operation in europe, i don't think we should give up on these small collaterals simply because one country has turned rogue. so you believe that the un is still fit for purpose? well, i think the un has to, in a way, reform, but it is so difficult. i think the un really is in doubt with the power of its members, so it is up to countries, members, the united kingdom, ukraine, france, india, indonesia, what do they want from the un? and i think if we get enough majority and consensus in the world,

we need to either invent new institutions as part of the un orjust enforce, think about how the un can enforce some of its resolutions and maintain peace. but a lot of countries haven't even been vocal coming out against the war in ukraine, and criticising russia, have they? you're absolutely right, and i think the split is not so much between democracies and autocracies but between the countries who aspire to be rising powers, like india, for example, and the way they view this war is through this opportunistic lens where they want to carve themselves more space and they believe, actually, that russia is getting stronger out of this war. this is quite a big reshaping of the world dynamics and we are in the midst of it, we, to be honest, don't know yet what kind of world will emerge out of it. we have to keep our eyes open

and watch what is happening. 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. param ghobadi from the bbc persian service has the story. scenes like these were unimaginable seven months ago in iran. women refusing to wear the hijab in public. videos obtained by bbc persian show women floating the islamic dress code at a sports complex in tehran on friday. it's not only women. he would also have been arrested for wearing shorts in public a few months ago. the young iranian generation is fearless. they don't want to dance to the tune of the clerical establishment.

and it's not only in capital tehran. this was sent to us from hormuz island in southern iran, in the persian gulf. and this is the central city of isfahan, and here in this western town these girls are barred from entering a tourist attraction because they have no hijab. such acts of defiance has infuriated the hardliners. here a man warns a girl who is not wearing a headscarf. he then hits both women in the head with a yoghurt bucket. the iranianjudiciary said all three were arrested. many critics say hardliners like him are emboldened due to a statement by the iranian interior ministry published on thursday.

but enforcing the hijab is not that easy any more after months of protests following the death of a kurdish girl, mahsa amini, in police custody in september. iranian security forces killed over 500 protesters, according to rights groups. despite the deadly crackdown, it would seem there is no going back for iranian women. param ghobadi, bbc news. 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. 0ur north america reporter nada tawfik has been giving us the latest from new york. you can see behind me that preparations are already under way. we expect donald trump to fly in from his club at mar a lago

in florida here to manhattan. he will head straight from laguardia airport to trump tower, where he has a residence, escorted the entire way by his secret service detail. now, that's monday night. then on tuesday is the moment everyone is preparing for here in new york, it's when he will be escorted from trump tower to the da's office, the district attorney's office here to be formally booked. and then to the courthouse right behind me, where he will then enter a plea to the judge after hearing the charges formally against him. of course, this is an unprecedented moment in the united states, so a lot is still uncertain about how this will play out. he is not the typical defendant in a criminal case, but nevertheless, those are the details we have at the moment. his lawyers say he will not be placed in handcuffs because he is surrounded by federal agents and is not a flight risk. now all the sport.

domestic football is back across the big leagues in football this weekend. arsenal have maintained point advantage at the top of the premier league a 4—1 win over leeds at the emirates. gabrieljesus scored his first arsenal goal since october and it was the brazilian striker who gave them the lead from the penalty spot before ben white doubled their advantage beforejesus scored again ten minutes after half—time the tip leeds pulled one back but granit xhaka ensured the gunners had a sixth straight league wins a trip the defeat leaves have a garcia botta team a point above the relegation zone. much city also won 4-1 relegation zone. much city also won 4—1 against liverpool. they completed the emphatic win with goals from kevin bru and jack grealish. bayern munich could have

struck a pivotal blow in the bundesliga in the battle of germany topped, beating borussia dortmund 4-2. the topped, beating borussia dortmund 4—2. the win has taken them two points clear at the top thomas muller scored twice as bayern munich went five and one up before conceding twice. freiburg drew and leipzig lost. max verstappen bounced back from disappointment last time in saudi arabia 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, and there was a surprise comeback for one of their rivals, as nick parrott reports. george russell claim second, ahead of fellow briton lewis hamilton. make or break for anthonyjoshua on saturday, as he facesjermaine

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he faced at that venue and he'll be hoping to make a statement later this evening. that starts in about an hour. 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. lucy williamson is at the compound in romania where he's police have been here a couple of times already today. it's day one of house arrest for the tate brothers and the police had come to check they are on the premise, as they are supposed to be. thejudge has said they had to stay in this building for 30 days until the end of april. their spokes woman said the brothers are ecstatic to be out of police custody and that there not many restrictions on them while they are under house arrest. they can have

visitors into the compound, they can put material online and they can also talk to the media, although as you can see the media is giving kept out today in the rain for the moment, gates have remained largely shut, apart from a comings and goings. if you look through the gaps, you can see that life is continuing pretty much as it did before inside the lobby of the tip it looks a bit like the set of a tv show for the there is a swimming pool and a small gym. they used to be a fleet of luxury cars but they have now all gone, impounded by the remaining authorities here at the end of the street, there are large areas are undeveloped, religious wasteland. we also now know that some of those luxury cars inside this compound didn't belong to the tate brothers. they were leased from a car rental company all of that gives a slightly different impression from the one they gave in videos online. some breaking news.

we have just heard that three british nationals have been taken into custody by the taliban in afghanistan. 0ne into custody by the taliban in afghanistan. one of them has been named as 53—year—old kevin cordle, a paramedic who works for charity trip another british man hasn't been named. he's been held in custody for third british man also in custody but again we don't have the name of him. apparently the men have been in the country for a significant time. there haven't been any formal charges as we understand. the foreign office have given a statement saying, we are working hard to secure consular contact with british nationals detained in afghanistan and we are supporting theirfamilies. we will afghanistan and we are supporting their families. we will bring you more on that as we get it. here in the uk, additional sailings will be put on overnight by ferry operators at the port of dover, as authorities try to work through the easter traffic backlog. some people travelling by coach earlier in the day have said they've faced up to 14—hour waits, although the government says

the situation had improved significantly since yesterday. simonjones sent this report from there. it is not such a great start to the great easter getaway. forced to spend hours on a coach with no idea when you're going to be able to get across the channel. should we start with the karaoke? the driver is trying to keep the spirits of his passengers up as they face missing a day on the slopes in the french alps. we've here 4.5 hours waiting. we've have had other coaches in front of us and they waited for more than 12 hours. i don't know how long were going to be here. could be for another 12 hours, i don't know. the police have been doing what they can to stop dover from snarling up, but lots of cars have been getting caught up as well. we were meant to go to italy, ultimately, and we booked into a hotel in france this evening, but i don't know if we are going to make it. it is going to be a long one, i think. we're going to be here for a while. it is ok, it's the holiday.

what is causing this? it has been blamed on a perfect storm of huge numbers of people wanting to travel, bad weather yesterday causing delays and, according to the port, new checks introduced after brexit, meaning all coach passengers have to get out of the vehicle to have their passports checked and stamped by the french authorities. lorries were forced to wait on the outskirts of dover last night. and questions are being asked about why this is happening again just like last easter. every single holiday getaway we see this gridlock. we need to invest, that means investing in the roads, putting in car parks, making sure there are facilities for people to wait and not just queue in our roads all around the town. that is not fair for the people here. the port says it is deeply frustrated saying that it had planned ahead, but the additional coach bookings has added to the challenge. and it looks to learn lessons. i want to say i am sorry that everyone who wanted to get away this easter break it has been

so disruptive, and particularly the schoolkids. being a father myself, i know how anxious i'd feel. what we have been doing is we've been working really hard with the operators throughout kent to try and make certain that all the traffic that has been backlogged can get through as quickly as possible. spare a thought for those who have not even gotten to the port. these students heading to croatia have been stranded at a nearby service station when the coach driver reached its daily driving limit. there is no toilet roll. running low on food. coaches are constantly arriving. young children are here. there is no one here to help you. there is no security. there is nothing. there are people sleeping, there are people sitting everywhere. it is chaotic. 5000 cars and 400 coaches will pass through the port today and for many it has been a waiting game. the new school year started last week in afghanistan.

but, for the second year running, a taliban ban is keeping teenage girls out of school. so, what are the options for young afghans who want to keep up their studies but are unable to return to class? shazia haya reports on one new solution being offered by the bbc world service. across afghanistan, girls classrooms empty. they have told the bbc how it feels. i empty. they have told the bbc how it feels. , ., empty. they have told the bbc how it feels. ,., ., feels. i find it so painfulthat the are feels. i find it so painfulthat they are not _ feels. i find it so painfulthat they are not allowing - feels. i find it so painfulthat they are not allowing us - feels. i find it so painfulthat they are not allowing us to l feels. i find it so painful that - they are not allowing us to school. this decision is against islam. for the ast this decision is against islam. for the past two years, every morning i io the past two years, every morning i go to— the past two years, every morning i go to the _ the past two years, every morning i go to the rooftop of our home to watch _ go to the rooftop of our home to watch the — go to the rooftop of our home to watch the primary school girls go to schooh _ watch the primary school girls go to schooh i_ watch the primary school girls go to school. i stay there until midday when _ school. i stay there until midday when they— school. i stay there until midday when they finish and i cry. i miss learning — when they finish and i cry. i miss learning new things. the when they finish and i cry. i miss learning new things.— when they finish and i cry. i miss learning new things. the bbc world service made _

learning new things. the bbc world service made material— learning new things. the bbc world service made material available - learning new things. the bbc world service made material available for| service made material available for children during the coronavirus lockdown. we thought it might be useful for something else. lockdown. we thought it might be usefulfor something else. this is where the journalist and producer of the bbc can service our coming together to work a very different task from normal. we are working on an educational programme for young afghans. this programme name means listen in the two most widely spoken languages in afghanistan. the show will help people learn english. maths and science, as well as have a bit of fun. for the presenters, old journalist from afghanistan, this is a very personal project. mi; from afghanistan, this is a very personal project-— from afghanistan, this is a very personal project. personal pro'ect. my father was a teacher and — personal project. my father was a teacher and he _ personal project. my father was a teacher and he was _ personal project. my father was a teacher and he was killed - personal project. my father was a teacher and he was killed in - personal project. my father was a teacher and he was killed in a - teacher and he was killed in a suicide bomb attack 16 years ago the tip point i wanted to be a teacher but i became a journalist but now,

by presenting this programme, i think i become a teacher and fulfil my dream and my father's dream. in afghanistan, for those unable to go to school, classes will now come to them at home. that's it from me. you can get in touch with me on twitter. thank you for watching. the met office confirmed that last month was indeed a very wet month. pretty much across the country but especially across england and wales, and we ended the month on a damp, windy, wet note with a deep area of low pressure, which has been gradually pulling away. the next few days for the first week of april is looking quieter, as high pressure starts to build to bring some sunshine to the d legacy left behind

that area of low pressure means it will hold onto quite a lot of cloud, further spots of rain this evening across western scotland, northern ireland, but through the night it will turn drierfor many ireland, but through the night it will turn drier for many and we see the cloud tending to bring up with clay spells developing where sky is clear, it will turn quite chilly. under the cloud, a breeze in the south—east. this area of high pressure is starting to build across the uk and we lose the low pressure system, which pulls away from the south—east, taking the fresh north—easterly breeze with it through the day on sunday the tip we see cloud melting away in many areas, but it will hold on across central and northern scotland, perhaps the odd shelf strip most posts will be dry. feeling a bit warmer away from north sea coasts, which will still feel quite chilly with an onshore breeze. the wind became even lighter across all areas through sunday night and, with clear skies, a recipe for quite a cold night. by the end of the night, it

turns chilly enough for a touch of frost in places, and some sub zero values, particularly out of towns and cities. heading into monday and the start of the first working week of april, high pressure overhead, so it will be fine and dry, with a cold start and some first round, early mist and fog will tend to list and clear, and most places will be dry with some sunshine, including much of the north of scotland and northern ireland. winds coming from the south it, so again cooler around some southern and eastern coasts, but further west, with the sunshine, after a cold start, up to 13. a blip in the middle part of the work, with some weather fronts bringing wind, cloud and rain to northern and western areas, but then it looks like high pressure builds in towards the end of the week and the run—up to the easter weekend. all in all, for many, especially southern and eastern areas, it should stay fine, dry and settled.

this is bbc news, the headlines... at least 18 people have died after severe weather hit parts of the united states. there've been powerful tornadoes in the southern state of arkansas, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others. "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. politicians in iran

are reacting to the flouting