hello and welcome to bbc news. the latest series of tornadoes to have ripped through parts of the united states has left at least 11 people dead. they were killed in the states of arkansas and illinois. dozens have been injured and tens of thousands have lost power. some pictures coming through to us in the last couple of hours show the extent of the damage to homes in this residential area in the state of illinois. the picture is no better in arkansas, where you can see homes have been completely flattened and businesses forced to close after devastating damage. the governor there, sarah huckabee sanders, has declared a state of emergency. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction. two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas, tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the volume of itjust seems rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of d
the latest up on what the vatican is calling a pilgrimage of peace. his holiness was joined by leaders of the churches of england and scotland. together they are seeking to promote reconciliation in a largely christian country that has been ravaged by tribal conflict. now on bbc news, you, me and the big c. cheering and applause. hello everyone. good evening. welcome to you, me and the big c live. woo. hello. proud founder of girl versus cancer and he is steve bland who will always be known as steve bland. if you have just started listening you are so 2018, where have you been? but we have covered a load of topics and you might find them helpful, or a loved one, might find them helpful, we spoke to all sorts of incredible people, you can find it where you get your podcast, we tonight we are joined by actress victoria. you may recognise her from coronation street. since her diagnosis of breast cancer in 2021, our wonderful victoria has opened up about her experience of breast
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Rattled wall street with disappointing forecasts, making it clear that the billions its spending on Artificial Intelligence could take years to pay off. Well, in the last few hours weve had news from two more tech giants that has certainly calmed those nerves. Microsoft, now the worlds most valuable company, and alphabet, which owns google, have both seen their profits jump thanks to demand for al. Lets show you the details. In the three months to the end of march, microsoft made almost 22 billion. Thats up 20 on this time last year and alphabet made more than 23 billion over the same period. Thats a jump of 57 on last year. Erin delmore has more from new york. Among the dozens of Companies Reporting First Quarter earnings on thursday, alphabet and microsoft took centre stage. Both Beat Expectations on earnings and revenue, thanks in no small part to investments in Artificial Intelligence. One Stand Out Spot for alphabet was google cloud revenue, whichjumped 28 in 01. A lot of Generati
mr speaker, i thank the honourable gentleman for all of the comments, and what i would say to him is he should hear what they have to say about him, mr speaker! after a day of wrangling with mps on the right of his party, rishi sunak emerged victorious last night, in a vote on the cotentious legislation to rescue his rwanda scheme. in the end, not a single tory mp voted against it, although many abstained, which means a showdown at later readings of the bill, still likely in the new year. but while it was all merriment and myrth in the chamber, over at the home affairs select committee, the director general for migration and borders, dann hobbs, was answering difficult questions, which reveal, just how chaotic our asylum system has become. mr ridley didn t know where any of the 17,316 were. roughly how many do you think you know where they are? i don t know that data, as i said, we are in the process of clarifying that data and writing to the committee to set out what we do k