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>> and now, "bbc world news." >> hello and welcome to "newsday" on bbc. >> the headlines, mitt romney moved a step closer to charging barack obama. so far, winning another presidential primary. emergency declared in parts of texas as a series of tornadoes caused widespread damage. >> after the dictator, violence between militias in in libya leave at least 14 dead in the last 24 hours. in assessing burma's political future, the opposition enjoyed election success but is the military calling the shots? it's 9:00 a.m. in singapore. >> 2:00 a.m. in london. broadcasting to pbs in america under around the world. welcome to "newsday."

an emergency has been declared in parts of texas after a series of tornadoes caused widespread damage. footage show trucks tossed00 of feet into the air. the twisters, described as large and extremely dangerous, hit the dallas-fort worth area moving north. people were warned to take cover immediately. the bbc's paul adams reports. >> emergency warnings crackle on the airwaves as a huge tornado tears through one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. it's the middle of the day but the skies are black as the storm picks up whole trucks and spins them around a parking lot. in the aftermath, graphic evidence of the tornado's power, no detailed account of the damage yet, but this area is home to six million people and countless businesses.

with emergency call flooding in, police and fire crews arrived in the worst affected areas -- suburban homes ripped open, trees and power lines down. amid the chaos, reports of survives trapped in buildings and vehicles. texas is used to extreme weather, sitting at one end of what's known as tornado alley but after a lengthy drought, local mayors were due to announce partial hose pipe bans later this week. today's tornadoes bring different concerns. the past two years have seen a succession of devastating storms, evidence suggests tornadoes affect more of the country than ever. scenes like this, increasingly familiar. paul adams, bbc news, washington. >> tim oram is from the united states initial weather center in texas. a little earlier, he gave me the latest on the where the storms are heading next. >> currently we're seeing

tornadoes and strong thunderstorms with large hail in eastern texas, east of dallas at this time. so our metropolitan area is not affected anymore. we're seeing it extended into our state of louisiana, as well, but things are starting to diminish overall at this point so as the daytime heating cools down, we're seeing things improve somewhat and a lot less of a threat to our folks right now. >> extraordinary pictures that we're seeing coming out of texas, tim. how common is this during this time of year? >> this is our severe thunderstorm season time in this area of dallas and texas. we peak in the april timeframe but to see tornadoes strong enough to toss an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer into the air, that's unusual. we're putting it in perspective at this point and we see things like this once every 10 years or so in the dallas area.

>> so once every 10 years, what things do you put in place to warn people of this? obviously you're watching what's happening and predicting the occurrence. what was happening in the previous 24 hour before it struck? >> well, you know, of course, we've had severe weather yesterday in our area and we have a series of weather service offices throughout the country and what they were doing was communicating with our county and city leadership, the potential for the threat today. they will brief them and let them know what they were anticipating and we did a very good job of that leading up into today's severe weather. then as things get closer, we use the latest doppler weather radar that we have and we're upgrading our weather network to improve our detection and warning capabilities so we've been using those tools to provide the warnings. we're using the working closely with the tv and radio media to

alert the population as things develop and overall we've had a few injuries reported, no fatalities and between the early warning on this through emergency management and the great partnership with the media and communicating this, really we've been very fortunate to see very few injuries and no fatalities today. >> tim oram talking about the texas tornadoes. mitt romney has taken a step forward in his bid to challenge barack obama for the white house. he's easily won the republican primary in maryland and is expected to win washington, d.c. who also vote today. wisconsin will declare later, we think around about an hour's time. and the vote there is expected to be close. our correspondent, steve kingston, joins me from washington. one down, two to go, then, steve? >> where we are now, the votes are being counted in all three

states. polls have just closed in wisconsin and the situation is this, the u.s. television networks based on results coming in, based on their own exit polling data, are predicting mitt romney will win tonight in maryland and here in washington, d.c. and on the biggest prize of the night, wisconsin, the agricultural, industrial state in the american heartland, that's really been fought over by mitt romney and rick santorum, they're not issuing a firm projection yet, the u.s. networks, but exit polling data puts mitt romney ahead. the exit poll from cnn has mitt romney on imagery -- 43% in wisconsin and rick santorum on 35. that exit poll is close enough for the networks not to project a firm result there. >> we still somewhere away from an outright win for romney because he can't secure the nomination on these three primaries, can he? >> no, he can't.

the winning line, in terms of the delegate total someone would need to secure the nomination at the party convention in august is just over 1100 votes. mitt romney is currently just over halfway to that total and he can't get to the total tonight but i think what a lot of people are saying, as they look at this, we are pretty much at a tipping point now or will be at a tipping point if these three victories are concerned tonight and that's because of the other candidates, if you look at what they could do as rest of this race unfolds with just on the other hand a couple of dozen states still to vote, it is not realistic at this point to think that newt gingrich or rick santorum could themselves cross that winning line. they'd have to be winning more than 75% of the votes in all of the rest of the states which seems highly unlikely. that's why a lot of people are saying now that there is a kind of creeping sense of inevitability that mitt romney will be the nominee. >> do you think, then, steve,

this is asking a lot, but we don't know, do we, yet, if the other candidate might chuck in the towel, so to peek? >> we'll hear from rick santorum later this evening. he's in second place. he's done extremely well compared to the bar of expectations. he's campaigned on very little money but he is a proud man. i think he will probably fight on. in three weeks from now, he will fight in the state of pennsylvania where he was a senator for many years, rick santorum, and that is the make-or-break moment for him. if he were to lose to mitt romney in pennsylvania, i think the race would be over, but the signs are he will try to soldier on even though the math looks impossible for him. >> steve, thank you very much for that. we will, of course, be back with you for the latest on confirmation of washington and wisconsin. the libyan government trying to still fighting between militias. it's been a bad day over there,

hasn't it? >> that's right. violence is believed to have 14 people and wounded at least eight over the past 24 hours alone and now the governing national transition council says it is sending a delegation. the fighting has been in the northwest which has seen unrest since gaddafi was ousted and killed last october. john donaldson is in tripoli with this report. >> zawara, the latest point of friction between libya's rival militias. it's not clear why or how it started but it's believed to involve one group of ethnic berbers from inside zawarra against arabs from neighboring towns. local hospitals were kept busy. >> this man from zawarra accused gangs still loyal to muammar

qaddafi of provoking the violence. >> we came under fire from all directions and with all kinds of weapons. if they're not gaddafi loyalists, where did they get all this power from? from where? >> security forces sent by the libyan government to try to restore calm were warmly welcomed. but those government forces were more than likely just another militia in all but name. this vast country has no real central authority, no army to dispatch. since the revolution, which toppled the 42-year-long rowel of muammar qaddafi, libya has been policed by dozens of separate, heavily armed militias, often with long-standing rivalries. last week, the government said around 150 people were killed in fighting between rival groups in the southwest of the country. not a conducive environment for

elections which are due in two months' time. john donaldson, bbc news, tripoli. >> the union has announced sanctions against mali's new military leadership as well as armed groups who have seized a portion of the country. >> the capital bamako abuzz with moped riders determined to avoid a petrol embargo. scuffles break out. this young man calls for the country's neighbors to do more to help and faster. this is a country under new leadership, albeit one that's brought with it its fair share of problems. for a start, more sanctions. >> unity of mali. >> they were imposed here in ethiopia by african union members on tuesday.

they don't want mali to turn its back on two decades of democracy. >> in view of the refusal of the military junta to respond immediately and in good faith to the requests by the a.u., and the course to impose with immediate effect individual measures including a travel ban and assets freeze against the leader and members of the military junta. >> those armed rebel groups are causing panic in the north. rebels have used a power vacuum to push back the malian army in spite of their own efforts to repel them from the air. this is the town of gow, now in the hands of rebels. food is short. here's the office of an international aid organization, looted. the insecurity has put strain on mali's new military leaders who

control the capital and other places in the south. surrounded by heavily armed body guards, this man, the coup leader, has ignored calls from neighboring countries to stand aside and says there will be a national convention on april 5. up to 200,000 people may have fled their homes as a result of the fighting which started in january. under embargo, foot and fuel are running low and it's the people of mali paying the price. >> you're watching "newsday" on the bbc live from singapore and london. to come, remembering the victim of oakland, memorial held for the seven people shot dead. >> bond, james bond. >> and still shaken but not stirred, britain's greatest

secret agent makes a comeback. let's take a look at the stories making headlines around the world. we'll start with the international herald tribune's analysis of u.s. suspicions over irano role as a provocateur on the global stage including accusations that tehran ordered agents in afghanistan to stoke unrest there. independence says british government's move to monitor activities have been pushed back and james murdoch decision to quit as chairman of bskyb. the paper says, because, in his words, he feared he would be a lightning rod for the business. the guardian shows a plan for breaking up the euro zone drawn up by an 11-year-old boy from the netherlands who has entered the high-profile economic prize which awards hundreds of

thousands of dollars to the winner. a quick look at the papers and headlines around the world. >> this is "newsday" on the bbc. >> the headlines, mitt romney has taken another step forward in his bid to challenge barack obama for the white house, winning another presidential primary. >> machine -- an emergency has been declared in parts of texas after a series of tornadoes cause widespread damage. >> a memorial service is due it take place in oakland later to remember the victims of monday's college shooting which left seven people dead. the others were injured at the small privately run college which serves the city's mainly korean community. the accused one goh, former nursing student at the college, told police he was seeking revenge for being teased and disrespected. leave theed to college several months ago.

for more, we go live to los angeles. peter, you've been following the story and clearly a community shaken, gathered today to remember. >> yes, really still trying to come to terms with the enormity of what happened. seven people killed, six women, one man, all students at the college. very small college, really just one building. this is not a huge campus so it is very intimate sort of place, just 100 students there studying. and this really has sent shockwaves through the korean community there and i understand that they're trying to find more korean speaking grief counselors to help local people grapple with all of the issues involved here and as you say, about now, a memorial service is due to get underway. the friends and families of those who lost their lives and victims, as well, to remember those people, and well is some good news. the three people, the surviving

three who were injured and taken to hospital, have, in fact, been released from hospital. so it seems those people did not have particularly serious injuries. >> listening to the press conference around about this time yesterday, peter, the local mayor there saying how much of an impact this will have on the korean community in oakland and there is a large community, isn't there, of korean nationals there? >> yes, it is a large community, a close-knit community. and one of the reasons why this college started a few years ago was that it was felt that the students from that community who wanted to study religion, there are health oriented courses like nursing and acupuncture at that college, they felt as if they wanted to have korean tutors in a school to teach those students so it's a community in a sense that keeps to itself and it is as i said, it's struggling with really what's happened over the

last 24 hours. >> thank you very much for that. pakistani militants accused of directing attacks against india has dismissed a u.s. decision to bounty $10 million on his head. he said he was being targeted for organizing demonstrations against plans to reopen supply lines to pakistan, the nato troop into afghanistan. the heir apparent to the murdoch media empire, james murdoch, stepped down as chairman of the british television company bskyb. he said he wouldn't let continuing attention to a phone hacking scandal undermine the company. in january, he resigned as chairman of news international, u.k. newspaper arm of the corporation. footballer lionel messy is the highest scoring player ever in the european champions league, scoring two penalties as

barcelona reached the semifinals of the competition with victory over milan. his goals took his personal tally this season in competition to 14. >> burma's president endorsed the bielections on sunday which the opposition won convincingly. the national league for democracy led by aung san suu kyi won 42 seats of the 42 contested and economic sanctions against burma are called to be lifted but as we report from rangoon, power remains in the hand of the military backed government. >> every saturday, a messenger arrives at the mean myanmar times. he comes from the ministry of information with instruction on what can and cannot be included in the paper. an article on the front page on corruption in government has to go.

>> what's the matter with that article? >> it is about the labor union which is really sensitive. >> you can't write about labor union? >> not every time, sometimes we can, but mostly we cut. in another office in rangoon is equally confused about the new laws which are supposed to allow strikes and trade unions. he's trying to help workers from a shoe factory. they work eight-hour days, six days a week for less than a dollar a day. their representative showed me how they've designed a logo showing the boot of oppression from which they're fighting free to form a trade union but they won't let us, she is, they say can only form a workers organization. what's the difference? >> they say we with form workers organizations but they don't

want us to form real trade unions so that workers like these ladies can't link up with the international trade union movement abroad. >> as a party in rangoon, i'm introduced to people by name and by the number of years they were sentenced to jail. this is the elite, the generation of 1988, the revolt that started the campaign for democracy and which launched aung san suu kyi. >> sentenced to 55 years? and this lady here? and you, too, for 55 years? >> 55 years. >> between them, they spent hundreds of years in jail and most were released only weeks ago. what do they expect of the international community now? jimmy spent 15 years in jail. >> i don't agree with lifting sanctions. partial lifting would be ok but only after the remaining political prisoners have been released and remaining ethnic

conflict has ended, only when the constitution has been amended to allow full parliamentary democracy, only then should all sanctions be lifted. >> now there's rejoicing in burma that there has been a genuine political breakthrough here. the opposition party and their leader now have a voice in parliament. these people now hope that the momentum will keep going and will bring about real change. >> in the united states, an 80-year-old passenger with little flying experience has successfully landed a small plane after her husband suddenly collapsed and died at the controls. ellen collins remained calm and guided the cessna twin engine aircraft on to the runway at a northeastern wyoming airport. she was praised for landing the plane with one engine out of fuel, other running dry. her husband, john, died of a heart attack.

>> james bond, ruthless, charming and evading certain death against all odds. now it's the turn for the 50-year-old film franchise to make its own spectacular comeback. work on new films was suspended when m.g.m. faced problems in recent years but the special agent is back with a new film due to be released later this year. the bbc has been given a first look at the film in action. our entertainment correspondent got that rare opportunity. >> bond is undoubtedly a british icon and so it seems appropriate that for this movie unusually, much of the film has been taking place above and below the streets of the capital. five months into filming, daniel craig says he's keen to be remembered as a great bond. >> the deal for me is to make bigger and better ones. if i am still making them, i want to heave -- leave my mark

and i feel this will be different from the last two but still a great bond movie. >> starting with "dr. no" in 1962, it's the longest running film franchise in history. >> time to say goodbye to an uninvited guest. >> 007 has been played by six different actors, over 23 official movies with the series in total taking over $3 billion pounds at the worldwide box office. one series' continuing success has been its ability to constantly reinvent itself over the years to reflect changing times and that theme's continued with this movie. fewer gadgets are making bond less super hero and more super spy. craig knows he won't be bond forever. >> i'm under no illusions. i know there will be someone after me so hopefully someone after them again. it's just been part of that

process. i'll keep going until they tell me to stop. >> his first two outings as bond have gone down well with critics and he hopes that will continue when the latest film is released later in the year. >> keepers at edelin bro zone will bring together their two giant pandas in the hope they will mate. the animals arrived from china in december and the team at the zoo are in no doubt that their two 8-year-old bears are ready to mate. one has been calling out to the other and they've spent time on five occasions on their first day. fingers crossed they'll make things happen. >> you've been watching "newsday" from the bbc. >> reminder of the main news. mitt romney has taken another step forward in his bid to challenge barack obama for the white house. more on that to come. stay with us.

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