the bbc‘s salman ravi reports from agra. it's now calm in badhera village. miracle that more lives weren't lost. this is the place where i'm standing here. you can see this house, it's in a rubble now. and the local villagers, they had to perform the last rites. the women are in mourning and know it will be hard to rebuild. translation: suddenly, all the people were caught up in it. people say its speed was 150km/h. it was a disaster. we helped one another. three people died in our village. with the high winds. my father was killed. my niece and i were injured. translation: nobody has ever seen such a hurricane. we pray to god that we don't experience this again. all the farmers' crops have been ruined. translation: i was hiding

the bbc‘s salman ravi reports from agra. it's now calm in badhera village.hat more lives weren't lost. this is the place where i'm standing here. you can see this house, it's in a rubble now. and the local villagers, they had to perform the last rites. the women are in mourning and know it will be hard to rebuild. translation: suddenly, all the people were caught up in it. people say its speed was 150km/h. it was a disaster. we helped one another. three people died in our village. with the high winds. my father was killed. my niece and i were injured. translation: nobody has ever seen such a hurricane. we pray to god that we don't experience this again. all the farmers' crops have been ruined. translation: i was hiding behind the furniture in the room. with my whole family. officials say the storm came out of nowhere. it was the worst in 20 years, and more bad weather is forecast. salman ravi, bbc news, agra. of britain's most wanted fugitives has been arrested in spain. in the large—scale supply of drugs. andy moore reports. living in spain. as he was leavi

salman ravi, bbc news, agra.urder of stephen lawrence, who is one of britain's most wanted fugitives, has been arrested in spain. the 41—year—old from south london is suspected to have been involved in the large—scale supply of drugs. andy moore reports. pictured shortly after his arrest, not looking too happy, jamie acourt was on the list of britain's most wanted suspects living in spain. he was captured by armed officers from the spanish national police as he was leaving a gym in barcelona. his arrest comes soon after the 25th anniversary of the murder of the teenager stephen lawrence. he was attacked by five men at a bus stop in south—east london in a racially motivated killing. this was acourt in 1998, spitting at protestors as he left the stephen lawrence inquiry. he always denied any involvement in the stabbing, he was never charged. his arrest in spain was in connection with the alleged large—scale supply of drugs. he had last been seen in eltham in london two years ago. ian cruxton from the national crime

salman ravi, bbc news, agra. world news, still to come: may the fourth be with you. star wars fans are using today's date as a reason to celebrate. i. i, nelson mandela will hear by serve and swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and the french president. the tunnel are still not ready for passengers nor freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and islam struggle for supremacy. now the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in underfour first man in the world to run a mile in under four minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes ina dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has told members of america's powerful gun lobby, the national rifle association, that he won't bow to calls for stricte

salman ravi, bbc news, agra.ay they've finished gathering samples at the site of an alleged chlorine attack in syria. a team from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons spent almost two weeks in the city of douma, their samples will now be sent for analysis. syria's president bashar al—assad denies using the banned weapons. you may find some of the images in this report by andrew plant distressing. an announcement on state tv by the russian military, close allies of the syrian government, as the international community which are the result of test from the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack. translation: during their work the visitors attended the apartments we re visitors attended the apartments were toxic substances were a p pa re ntly were toxic substances were apparently used and took samples and also visited a laboratory is paul is also visited a laboratory is paul is a warehouse with chemical substances. we are now waiting to their report. these pictures from their report. these pi

the bbc‘s salman ravi reports from agra. it is now calm in the village.he rubble now. the family used to live here. and none of them are alive. and the local villagers had to perform the last rites. the women are in mourning and know it will be hard to rebuild. translation: suddenly, all the people were caught up in it. people say the speed was 150 kilometres per hour. it was a disaster. we helped one another. three people died in our village. translation: we were inside our house when it collapsed from the high winds. my father was killed. my niece and i were injured. translation: nobody has ever seen such a hurricane. we pray to god that we don't experience this again. all the farmers' crops have been ruined. translation: i was hiding behind the furniture in the room. the wind blew our wall down and i was stuck in the ruins with my whole family. the villagers say they should have had more notice. but government officials say the storm came out of nowhere. it was the worst in 20 years. and more bad weather is forecast. salman ravi, bbc news, agra. stay w

filmed near agra, show how some buildings were simply torn apart by the weather. 0ur correspondent, salman ravie of the affected areas to see the situation for himself and described what it was like in agra in uttar pradesh. it was the capital of india in the past. even the taj mahal sustained damage. some trees were uprooted. all of the trees near the shrine we re all of the trees near the shrine were uprooted. it was a bad scenario. the rural part of agra bore the brunt. people as old as 90 yea rs, bore the brunt. people as old as 90 years, they said they had not seen such a storm in their life. there we re such a storm in their life. there were winds and showers during this period. whenever the heatwave rises, the wind comes from the west. —— west. there was a disturbance with massive rains and winds at 120 kilometres per hour. they have said there is a warning in place. the weather 0ffice there is a warning in place. the weather office has a warning, saying the next 2a hours will be crucial and another storm is expected in rajastan. one of britain's most wanted men, arrested on friday in ba

salman ravi, bbc news, agra.suspicion of drug offences. armed officers detained him after he left the metropolitan gym in barcelona on friday. the 41—year—old from south london is wanted by police investigating the large scale supply of drugs. a former suspect in stephen lawrence's murder in 1993, he has always denied any involvement in the killing. for the first time since the second world war, there will be no nobel prize for literature this year. the swedish academy, which chooses who wins this most prestigious award, is caught up in a crisis over allegations of sexual assault by the husband of one of the academy's judges, and how those allegations were handled. the academy has now decided the damage to its credibility was so serious, it had no choice but to cancel the awards. here's maddy savage in stockholm. churchill, steinbeck, dylan. for more than a century, the nobel literature prize has been amongst the most prestigious awards for authors from around the world. but the institution that hands out the lit