my name is o, the alarm was more, did he just expose, go to lunch room or find out about ali story info, migraines, reliable news for migrant. wherever they may be. ah ah, you, i think it'll be a news alive from berlin. fury in ukraine as russia takes over a key role at the united nations. keeps foreign minister polls at a slap in the face. but the united states says there is no way to stop russia taking over the presidency of the security council. also coming up on the show,

death and destruction as storms tariff for several us states. arkansas declares an emergency after tornado strikes, leave a trail of destruction. and in sports are b, like say, get a rude awakening against mites. and we have lots more on a big day for the german blender sleeva. ah, hello, i'm glad richards and a very warm welcome to the show. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking furious reaction in ukraine. keeps a foreign minister to metro cool labor calls it a quote slap in the face for the international community. ukraine had urged members to block the move, but the u. s. says there is no mechanism for doing so. largely ceremonial role puts moscow in charge of setting the security council's agenda. well, mike martin is

a former british army officer now with kings college london. he told me earlier, what the russian presidency of the security council is likely to mean for ukraine. i think the best way of looking at this is 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 forced on the ground over territory. and as we've seen a loss here, that has been a lot of rhetoric. there's been also 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 ukraine, of course they have to protest about this, but i don't think it will amounts 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's correct. so for example, you know, russia can set the gender of the security council. so they might bring a motion 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. a firmly on the crime side. they will have the power. so really is just a war was, nothing will come of it. now, 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 assessment? 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 which your, 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 are key bits of equipment. so for instance, ante on the weapons on the russian side. and what it means is that there's been

a huge amount of results, is 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 where it seemed that when she was going to end is now come up again. i'm so that slowed 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 or the, you kind of on its keep one side open, they're managing to supply their trips and get cash is out. although that is difficult. and really what the cleanings 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. and one of 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 in the united states, at least a dozen people have been killed and many more injured. as storms hit across the south and made west authorities in arkansas have declared an emergency after tornadoes, tor, through the state, a motorist films, a menacing tornado ripping through iowa. and it appears to be accompanied by

a 2nd twister to the left. my god, i thought of her out there pot of several on the radar of the national weather service, mostly in arkansas and iowa. oh my god, we got it in thought. 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 held it together and we pray for our last our man, it was, it was devastating. i say it was an aeroplane and, and had to take hire at the to the news seems like they're about to blow as well.

so mike is 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 paw 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 say around 260 people were in the building at the time.

but why have there been so many tornadoes in the united states this year? we asked matthew caput she a meteorologist in washington dc and that's a great question. you know, we tend to see tornadoes like clockwork every spring in the united states for a couple different reasons. number one, winters kind of ending right now. that cold air is retreating at the same time. the gulf of mexican moisture is trying to build northwards with the warm clash of the seasons over the central united states. and that is every april may in june, roughly 660 tornadoes on average during that interim. so far this year that we've been well above average, january, about $120.00 tornadoes, march a $35.00, which is twice what's normal. march will be above average as well, and there's no stop any time soon. and can you explain for us the link between tornadoes and climate change? does it affect the frequency and intensity of tornadoes we're seeing? so right now we're still not exactly sure the role of climate change is playing on tornadoes. it does not appear to be influencing the intensity tornadoes and the

frequency that is, are kind of still out on that. what i will say that, you know, we're not necessarily seeing more tornadoes, we're seeing the patterns of where and when they occur shifting a little bit. for example, we're seeing more in the winter months talking about november, december, january in the past, temperatures weren't necessarily warm enough to get those top thunderstorms nowadays are warming, just like those storms are growing a little bit taller sort. they feel gesturing. so that's issue number one at the same time too. there's a long term trend which are shifting away from the plains away from texas, oklahoma, nebraska, kansas, and more towards like the u. s. southeast. we're not sure if that's part of a long term cycle that we're not aware of yet, or if it's a climate driven trend. ok, so they're cropping up in places and at times that you wouldn't expect. united states though, is historically very affected by tornadoes. why is that? yeah, we're the tornado capital the world we see about $1600.00 of them every single year . the only other place to come even close to that are for example, bangladesh to see a couple of dozen around a 100 per year. a part of south america as well in parts of europe,

but nothing like united states. the reason being who air war, magog, mexico, the class every year at the same time making the predictable onslaught of swarming storms. thank you so much for bringing us up to speed there. that is matthew caput meteorologist in washington, d. c. let's bring up the speed now with some other world news headlines. taiwan says, a number of chinese military aircraft have crossed the unofficial line, dividing the island from the mainland, ty, ones a president as high as when is on a diplomatic tour of central america. she's excited to meet the u. s. how speakers having mccarthy on her way home. china has denounced the plan. tens of thousands of his rallies have again joint protests against the government plan to judicial overhaul. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has put the plans on hold, but critics say the changes would compromise the gestures, independence, and want them scrapped entirely. and the vatican has confirmed that pope france as

will lead easter celebrations in rome. he 86 year old pontiff has left hospital after being treated for bronchitis. he resumed his public duties at palm sunday mass in saint peter's square, half 2 or 3 days in the hospital. poor francis, that's well enough to crack a joke about his help in front off reporters. how did you feel after the weekly audience you have nothing really? i forgot well, a stomachache. and now how do you feel? i'm still alive. you know? i'm leaving hospital francis made the faithful and blessed a grieving couple. hello. hello dear to 6 year old pontiff was taken to hospital in room with breathing difficulties and later diagnosed with bronchitis. well, we shall see. they are just glad he's des, covered in time for who levy and can amazon enough 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 did they, what is it with us at present? well, push it over to her. i like the fact that he's okay. i like him because he's supporting ukraine, nevada louis l. papa. the pope is affectionate. with every one. it's important for him to take care of his health. the loads agrees, the less to us on the okay. the vertical has confirmed both frances will be at st. peter's squires on palm sunday and would lead to easter week celebrations. ah, to sports and the bonus league, and now where champions byron munich have put title pretenders, morisha, drop men in their place with a 4 to victory torment. a goalkeeper gregor coble had

a game to forget in one of the biggest buddhist league clashes in years with new byron coach at thomas to ha, beating his former club will bring you action from that game from at 2100 u t. c. when other games might outclassed, leipzig, laver, cousin beach shall catch touch, got lost to union berlin fry work and heritage drew acid. wall sport and augsburg from from bonham. also drew on friday to games on sunday. a quick look at the missed like a standings shows us that by i have taken over at the top again and now leave dormant by 2 points with a games to play around and fry work remain favorites for the top 4 while at the bottom. stuttgart, chalka and had to berlin still prop up the table or be like say, we're only 5th in that table, but have been top for regulars in recent seasons. they've entered a bit of a sticky patch of late and i got a lot worse at home to find minds. ah b like sick firms had high hopes of again finishing in the champions league place

is that the start of the boomers league a season? the club even brought in from a bullshit, dorman boss, marco rosa in september to try to make sure it happened. but they went into the match at home to in for mind, struggling for confidence after some poor results. their opponents in contrast, at growing european ambitions, having not lost in 6 games and were quickly ahead remark us in vaccine. leipzig wareham had 7 mill by manchester city to chris out of the champions league last month and the defending was no better here. after the break, it was more of the same. and frenchman ludovic as your net, his food, the season leipzig lost their last button as he could, came a lowly bolcom and was sliding towards another defeat. after a very special go, dominique call completed mine's his tribe in style and set the visitor's look to a while lac segers stuck in 5th to points of a champions league spot if just 8 games left. what is your news update at this

hour? thanks so much for watching. stay tuned for a deed of you documentary coming up next. it assesses more than 2 decades of absolute power held by came off of rocco is more to on our website at d. w dot com. i'm clear. richardson, thanks for joining us. ah ah, i would people have to say matters to us. ah, that's why.