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emergency after tornado strikes, leave a trail of devastation. and in sports are b, like say, go rude awakening against mites, and we have lots more on a big day for the germans. willis luca ah, hello, i'm claire richardson. welcome to the show. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking furious reaction in ukraine. keeps foreign minister to metro cool labor called 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's no mechanism for doing so. the largely ceremonial role does put moscow in charge of setting the security council's agenda. while you

cranes, a president voting there's a lensky, also condemned russia as a presidency, as absurd in his daily address. he said, it shows the council is a bankrupt institution name. why? there is no form of charity. russia has not committed and there's no reason to stop the reform of global institutions. in particular, the un security council reform is clearly overdue, so that the terrorist states, or any other state that wants to be a terrorist state, cannot disrupt peace. terrorists must lose, must be held accountable for terror and not to prevail anyway. and 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 it over the last year they have been to, to was a one is war of rhetoric and the other is a war that's actually being force on the ground over territory. and as we've seen

the last year, 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 will 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 a 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. i'm so they might bring emotion that, 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 ukraine 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 of some shortages of key bits of equipment. so for instance, ante on the weapons on the russian side. and what this 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 slow everything down right at the moment, but the russians control the city on 3 sides and they are making, you know, a 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 trips and get cash is 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. and 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 you? right. thank you so much for that analysis. that is mike martin. i appreciate your time very much. always. in the united states, at least 18 people have been killed and many more injured as storms hit across the south and midwest authorities in arkansas have declared an emergency after tornadoes tore through the state a motorist films, a menacing tornado. ripping through iowa, and it appears to be accompanied by 2nd twister to the left. 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 gotta get in. so now the beast of a storm left behind this footprint,

leaving it survivors. glad to have made it through the other way. we knew the tornado was coming. the lease was world on the way we knew it looked like it was standard steel. someone say run to the bank manager 2 ladies here ran to the bank. we had 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 the to the news seems like they're about to blow as what it felt like a lot of person. it was wait is less than 15. 20 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 stroke, illinois, where the roof of a theater collapse during a concert official say around $260.00 people were in the building at the time. so why have there been so many tornadoes in the united states as here? i earlier put that question to matthew caput she a meteorologist in washington, d. c. most definitely you know, every spring we see tornadoes like clockwork things to winter trying to retreat. yeah. summertime, we're building in the gulf mexico and usually april may and june is a seasonal class. so obviously it's a busy time of year. we average about 660 tornadoes during that time frame. what

we've seen already that has been a very active start to the year we saw over 200 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 a randomly busy year, but also ludden. india 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 a position of keen 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 supercharge, thanks to anemia. well is rallies, have again joined mass raleigh's to pro just the government's plan to judicial overhaul. over 160000 people gathered in television alone is the 13th consecutive week of protests that have continued even after prime minister benjamin netanyahu. but the plans on holds opponents say the changes would compromise the judiciary independence and want them scrapped entirely of correspondence. tanya cramer spoke

to demonstrators in television, who opposed the reform again and i had been telling me that with the additional into the next session, only as a tactical antonio is a liar. we don't believe any more to says and they can declare whatever he wants. he didn't say deleting at all that then you rule just that is b was pony for do 3 weeks on day after pass over after the memorial days. not enough. i really think with the school shoot. i'm for the story to freeze rude folder. society from every everyone go, every is really on mondays,

ruby that feels that 3 something bigger than everything game. so distraught, right? and this demonstration should stay in coupon as role this, you're not sure with has gone to a positive side is really safe because these really in the last few months is wrote a safe country for democracy. all my life. i fought for democracy and for the sake of israel as a jewish state, i think we're just going to do destroy. let's take a look now at some other stories making world news headlines. taiwan says, a number of chinese military aircraft have crossed the unofficial line, dividing the island from the mainland. tie one's president shy, and when is on a diplomatic tour of central america. and expected to meet the u. s. how speaker kevin mccarthy on her way home. china has denounced the plan thousands of people

have protested over the housing crisis in portugal. soaring rents and house prices combined with high inflation and low wages have left many struggling to afford accommodation. the government has announced plans to force owners to rent out vacant properties. avalanches have killed at least 4 people in northern norway. the slides followed heavy snow storms authorities are urging people to avoid mountains in the area. they warn the train is still unstable. and hope francis says he will lead easter celebrations at the vatican. the 86 year old pontiff has left hospital after a 3 day stay where he was treated for bronchitis. while there he visited a children's cancer ward and baptized a baby to sports and the bonus league. and now where champions byron munich have put title

pretenders, barissi a dormant in their place buyer and one at 4 to at home in at thomas toys. first game in charge will be bringing you action from that game of from 2100 u t. c. and another games mind outclassed. leipzig, laver cruise in a b to shaka, should got lost to only on berlin fryeburg and how to dru asked it will sport. and alex form for him for ambo, whom also drew on friday to games are on sunday. last a quick look at the moon is league a standing shows us that buyers have taken over at the top again. and now the dorm and by 2 points with 8 games to play on. yeah. and for i work remain favorites for the top, for while at the bottom short guard shaka and her to berlin, still prop up the table arby life sake, we're only fit in that table but have been taught for regulars. in recent seasons, they've entered a sticky patch of late and they got a lot worse at home to find 9th ah, b like sick firms had high hopes of again finishing in the champions league place

is that the start of the bonus 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 free markers in vaccine leipzig, what harm had 7 mill by manchester city to cress out of the champions league last month. and the defendant was no better here. after the break, it was more of the same, and frenchman looted it as your knitted his 3rd of the season. leipzig lost their last button as the game, lowly borkam, and was sliding towards another defeat. after a very special go, dominique cor completed mines his tribe in style and set the visitors hook to 8th, while leipzig stuck in 5th to points of a champions league spot. we've just 8 games left is before we go,

let's get a reminder of the top story we're falling for you. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking furious reaction in ukraine. president lensky has condemned the change as absurd. that is your news update our coming up next world stories reports from ukraine, france and italy, teaching for that or check out our website, d, w dot com for more analysis. thanks for watching a.