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francis will lead easter celebrations. the pontiff leaves hospital after treatment for breathing difficulties plus death and destruction as forms tear for several u. s. states. arkansas declares and emergency after tornado strikes, leave a trail of destruction. ah hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking furious reaction in ukraine. keeps foreign minister dmitri claybrooke holds it a quote, slap in the face for the international community. ukraine had urged members to block the vote, but the u. s. says there is no mechanism for doing so. the largely ceremonial role

puts moscow in charge of setting the security council's agenda more on this. let's speak with mike martin, a former british army officer. now with kings college london. mike. so ukraine, obviously, deeply unhappy about this. can you tell us what this is going to mean for ukraine with russia in charge of setting the agenda? i think the best way of looking at this is that over the last year they have been to, to was a one is war rhetoric and the other is a war that's actually being fought on the ground over territory. and as we've seen a little here that has been a lot of rhetoric, there's been lots of talk with nuclear weapons. there's been lots of talk of all sorts of things and most of them haven't come to pass. so if i were you crane, of course they have to protest about this, but i don't think it will amount to very much on the ground, which is where the real fight is being for. so you see this as largely symbolic, not something that will have actual implications on the battle ground. that is

correct. so for example, you know, russia can set the gender of the security council, so they might bring emotion that is in their favor. but there are other, you know, 3 of the other members here to counsel britain, france in the u. s. army on new crime side. they will have the power. so really is just a war was nothing will come of it. now, with the latest intelligence report from british defense experts that russia has failed to take further control of the don bass region. what do you make of their assessments? i largely agree. since january, we've seen the russian spring offensive. it just started earlier. and over that time, they've been focusing in the east, but particularly on the move to ensure your viewers will be aware of. and they've really taken, you know, single figures square kilometers a territory at the cost of tens of thousands of troops. and now we're starting to

hear all some shortages of key bits of equipment. so for instance, ante on the weapons on the russian side. and what it means is that they spend a huge amount of resources, largely wasting the manpower that they mobilize last autumn for very little guy. and can you tell us the latest on the situation in a box? you mentioned there what is happening in that battle. so right now they've just had a very heavy dump of snow in backwards. so we're seeing that winter is going to end is now come up again. i'm so that slow everything down right at the moment. but the russians control the city on 3 sides and they are making, you know, very slow, incremental progress at a cost of, you know, hundreds of troops a day. and you kind of wanted to keep one side open, they're managing to supply their troops and get cash these out. although that is

difficult. and really what the trainings are doing is slowing the russians down as much as possible so that they can launch an offensive somewhere else in ukraine. and we also know that russia's spring, conscription has begun this weekend. moscow saying it's purely routine and it doesn't have anything to do with ukraine. do you by that? it is, i mean russia has a conscript army, so they actually due to mobilizations year one in the spring. the one in the autumn is basically when you turn 18, you go in the list and then you get mobilized. i think was going to happen with these guys. is there going to be used with very little trying to go elsewhere in russia to fulfill basic military gcs, which then frees up people that have more training to get sent to ukraine. thank you so much for that analysis. that is mike martin. i appreciate your time very much. always. well, the vatican has confirmed that pope frances will lead easter celebrations in rome.

86 year old pontiff has left hospital after being treated for bronchitis. his resume has public duties at palm sunday mass in saint peter's square. ah, after 3 days in hospital, poor francis was well enough to crack a joke about his help in front of reporters. how did you feel after the weekly audience, you have nothing really? i felt unwell, a stomach at now. how do you feel? i'm still alive. you know, i'm leaving hospital francis made to faithful and list a grieving couple. oh dear to 6 year old pontiff was taken to hospital in room with breathing difficulties and later diagnosed with bronchitis. velva sher see. they are just glad he's des, covered in time for who levy and can amazon and us that it's very

emotional. now we came for palm sunday, mass and were originally told the pope would not be there. now it's a nice april surprise or don't know what is it with us at present? melba should already let her. i like the fact that he is okay. i like him because he's supporting ukraine a lot. louis el papa. the pope is affectionate with every one. it's important for him to take care of his health. the laws agree, the law. so as hum, dale key de vertical has confirmed. pope francis will be at saint peter's square on palm sunday and will lead to easter week celebrations. now meanwhile, at least 7 people have been killed and dozens more injured. as storms hit, the south east and mid west of the united states. authorities in the state of arkansas have declared an emergency is the it is in a series of extreme weather events being linked to climate change. a motorist films,

a menacing tornado ripping through iowa. and it appears to be accompanied by 2nd twister to the left. oh my god, i thought of her out there part of several on the radar of the national weather service, mostly in arkansas and iowa. oh my god, we got it in so now the beast of a storm left behind this footprint leaving it survivors. glad to have made it through all the way we knew the tornado was coming. the lease was whirling on the way we knew it looked like it was standing steel. someone say run to the bank, mainly to ladies here. ran to the bank. we huddled together with great violence. our man, it was, it was devastating. i say it was an aeroplane and,

and had to take, i had to, to save like they're about to blow. that's what it felt like a lot of pressure. it was quick. less than 1520 seconds so quick yet so destructive. more than $78000.00 people are estimated to be without par across arkansas. and authorities describe the damage as extensive does spoken to i the leadership of hospitals both here in central arkansas in around the state. ah, right now we have a number of injuries, but no individual hospital has been overwhelmed or is at a capacity that they are unable to to manage. like i said, this is an ongoing situation. we expect those numbers to increase. a search and rescue continues. the severe weather also struck illinois where the roof of a theatre collapse during a concert official c,

around $260.00 people were in the building at the time. so why have there been so many tornadoes in the united states this year? we earlier put that to matthew capuchin, a meteorologist in washington, d. c. most definitely, you know, every spring we see tornadoes like clockwork things to winter trying to retreat. you have summertime warmed building in the gulf, mexico, and usually april, may and june is a seasonal class. so obviously it's a busy time of year and we average about $660.00 tornadoes during that time frame. what we've seen already that was been a very active start to the year we saw over $200.00 tornadoes in january. the 2nd most on record. we saw 55 in february twice as many as normal in march. we'll go down the books is obviously very busy too. now part of the reason, of course, natural variability just to randomly busy here, but also lun media is playing a role to that's a weather system. this starts with cooler waters in the eastern tropical pacific and then shuttles the position of the jet stream, shovels the position of p weather systems. and in this case, made for

a little bit more busy activity we typically see. so it's partly just the time year, but partly with super chart, thanks to anemia. i can bring you up to speed now with some other stories making headlines around the world. taiwan says, a number of chinese military aircraft have crossed the unofficial line, dividing the 2 sides in the last day. taiwan is president. it's i and when is on a diplomatic tour of central america, she's expected to meet the us house speaker, kevin mccarthy on her way. home, china has denounced the plan you as president joe biden has called on russia to release a wall street journal reporter being held on spying charges. biden has rejected calls from the papers editors to expel russian diplomats. a journalist, evan at gush convention denies espionage and lawyers essay. former us president donald trump will not be handcuffed when he appears in court. on tuesday, a grand jury in new york indicted him over alleged payments to an adult film actor

before the 2016 presidential election. it's the 1st ever criminal case against an x who was president or finland is heading to the poles to elect a new government. it has been a close race so far between the 3 main parties, social democrat, prime minister, as on at marinas, hoping to secure a 2nd term in office. but she's facing a strong challenge from the far right. i finished my minister son martin cast her ballad early as did almost 40 percent of finished voters a record. but it will come down to the last minute to see if marin social democrats can pull ahead of their 2 main rivals. the conservative coalition party and the populist fins party with nato membership in hand. the impact of neighboring russia's war on ukraine has not dominated debates finish. voters are focused on finances. the fact that the all public finances are embellished it's in some countries is not been issued,

which would move the population mean filler. these that's not going well. there's a tutor that deficits and, and the into, to extend that now the amount, finland, this being all and it's that these amounts to do some of our ministry spots, et cetera, et cetera. though, finish public debt at 72 percent of g. d, p is far lower than the eurozone average. it's uncomfortably high for finland. taking over in 2019 as the youngest head of state in the world. sunny marin successfully navigated finland through cove, it, and in to nato. but while she's extremely popular abroad, thanks in part to a leaked video last year of her dancing with friends, her economic moves are criticized at home debt, climbed under her watch yet. she's campaigning on continued social spending. i think the main issues that people are thinking, our economy a public, this also public services, education, social and health care and social benefits. i think people are thinking about their

ordinary life. martin's opponents are more fiscally cautious. head of the coalition party bet that he ordered will insist steep benefits must be cut to bring down the debt. and he's leading po with that position. the finish party is anti immigrant and euro skeptic. they're sitting in 2nd place. santa martin says the social democrats would refuse to create a government coalition with them. their party platform calls for pulling finland out of the european union in brussels. fins aren't so worried about anti you sentiment, but the environment and the economy does a big majority of things who are for you. so the true fins cannot to really on their own. go out, i want to have those are moderate kind of people who are thinking about also about environmental issues. and that not only about themselves and we have an aging population in general. so costs are going to go up. the taxes are probably going to go up with hard financial decisions ahead analyst tommy houghton and says,

the only thing certain about the outcome is that whoever wins is going to be very unpopular. so just before we go, let's get a reminder of our top story. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council. it's working furious reaction in ukraine. keeps foreign minister demitra. clayborne has called it a slap in the face. it is your perception office. our coming up next is our tech show shift stating for that and thank you so much for watching and what our sports all about doing. fighting scoring do we say there about never giving up.