cyclone foni head to kolkata after hitting india with 200km/h winds. there's widespread damage and disruption across the east of the country. korea has cut food rations us 300 g a day after the worst harvest in ten yea rs. a day after the worst harvest in ten years. it estimates more than 10 million people won't have enough to eat. caster semenya says she won't take medication to comply with new competition rules after racing to 800 metres victory in doha. the actor who paid the mortgage you backin the actor who paid the mortgage you back in 5—star was films has died aged 7a. chippies have been paid by his co—stars, he was gentle and kind. time for the spring edition of weather world. from plants and trees to bird migration patterns. this time on weather world, we are looking at the impact our warming world is having on the environment around us. i will be discovering the challenges facing migrating birds as the seasons follow increasingly unfamiliar patterns. and i'm investigating how our changing climate is affecting plants and trees. and finding out

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: cyclone foni has hit india, bringing a deluge of rain and winds north korea has cut food rations to just 300 grams a day, following the worst harvest for a decade. in thailand, preparations are being made for the coronation of king maha vajiralongkorn. he will succeed his father as king rama the tenth. elaborate ceremonies will take place from saturday until monday. on friday the king paid his respects to the sacred emerald buddha and the royal remains. before that, royal objects including a golden plaque, inscribed with his name, title and horoscope, was brought to the grand palace. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. over the next 2—3 days, we will see some extraordinarily elaborate rituals taking place here in the old royal quarter in bangkok as the king is formally consecrated in what they call a coronation but it involves a whole range of highly significant brahminic and hindu rituals blended with buddhism. it involves the buddhist monkhood, the king is the formal protector of buddhism as well as brahminic rituals that go back deep into indi

our top stories: cyclone foni head to kolkata after hitting india with 200km/h winds. one of india's poorer states has a huge clean—up on its hands and that won't be easy when many parts of the country are cut off from each other. the un says north korea has cut food rations to just 300 grams a day, following the worst harvest for a decade. caster semenya says she won't take medication to comply with new competition rules after racing to 800 metres victory in doha. and archiving american television — a 30—year obsession for one woman. hello and welcome to bbc world news. cyclone fani is one of the most powerful storms to hit india in five years. it's brought torrential rain and winds of upto 200km/h to india's eastern coast. more than a million people have been moved from their homes. the storm now moves north it leaves behind a trail of destruction in the state of odisha — formerly known as orissa — where it first made landfall on friday. rahul tandon is there in the town of puri and sent this report. such was the fury of one of india's most powerful storms in recent

cyclone foni is bearing down on one of india's biggest cities, kolkata, after hitting the state of 0disharst in the region for years, has weakened as it heads towards bangladesh. at least eight people have died. richard forrest reports. as cyclone fani bowed up india's east coast, towns and cities further north were preparing for it to hit. in west bengal, trains were chained to the tracks as the state's rail network was closed down, causing travel misery for thousands. and at kolkata's airport, everyone hoping to travel was out of luck with every flight cancelled. i'm going to ranchi. so now our flight has been cancelled so we have to stay here with two children. i need to go to delhi and start my preparations for my exams but i'm not able to catch flight today and even i'm not able to book flight for tomorrow, day after tomorrow and 3—4 days ahead. fani, one of the biggest storms to come out of the bay of bengal in the past decade, made landfall in puri before heading north—east towards kolkata and moving on to bangladesh. more than a million people were evacuated from the low—lying coa

cyclone foni has hit india— bringing a deluge of rain and winds gusting at more than 200 kilometres an say the number of people who have died in the latest outbreak of ebola has passed 1,000. efforts to combat the spread of the disease have been hampered by violence. the world health organisation has promised greater security to protect health workers in dr congo, as andy beatt reports. 1000 dead and new cases rising fast. the drc in the grip of the world's second worst ebola outbreak. for medical staff working to contain the virus in the eastern city of bukavu, it is a race against time. we are anticipating a scenario of continued intense transmission. our regional director has recently returned from the democratic republic of the congo, where he found the situation on the ground to be worse than it has been previously. health workers are also facing another deadly threat — armed groups targeting them and their makeshift hospitals. since january, we have experienced 119 separate attacks. 42 of which have been directly on health facilities, with 85 health personnel either injured or ki

our top stories: cyclone foni head to kolkata after hitting india with 200km/h winds. 0ne one of india'sany parts of the country are cut off from each other. the un says north korea has cut food rations to just 300 grams a day, following the worst harvest for a decade. caster semenya says she won't take medication to comply with new competition rules after racing to 800 metres victory in doha.