and it s going to be a hot and humid weekend, but without heat and humidity there is a chance of some thunderstorms and what you get those thunderstorms and what you get those thunderstorms there could be quite nasty. they will bring all the details the programme. good morning. it s saturday the 10th june. borisjohnson has quit as an mp after he received the commons report into whether he misled parliament over lockdown parties at downing street. the former prime minister is accused of damaging parliament s integrity, but mrjohnson claims he s been forced out. his resignation now triggers a by election. 0ur political correspondent ione wells reports. his own conduct made him resign as prime minister. his own conduct making him now resign as an mp. borisjohnson was being investigated by parliament s privileges committee into whether he d misled mps about covid lockdown parties in downing street. if a possible suspension and even by election if they found him guilty. their bomb
and northern parts of the strip. this is the nasser hospital in khan younis we ve seen more injured, taken there, in the past few hours. for weeks now the hospital has been overwhelmed by casualties. further north this is the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past hour, we ve seen a thick plume of smoke as hostilities continue there. meanwhile, president biden has told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that there s a critical need to protect the civilian population, including those supporting aid operations. the white house said that in a phone call between the two men, joe biden also stressed the importance, of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there s fighting. greg mckenzie has this report. president biden told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that as israel continues its military campaign in gaza, there s a critical need to protect the civilian population including those supporting aid operations. but mr
authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornados. at least 21 people are now known to have died as the storms ripped through the south and the midwest, leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. these pictures are of the storm passing a car in arkansas, and as you can see, the images speak for themselves. the bbc s 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 rate of pace and the volume of itjust seemed rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house, out of my front door which has steel bars in the front of it. several people have been killed, dozens injured, in
pope francis presides over palm sunday mass at the vatican, just a day after leaving hospital in rome for treatment for bronchitis. we start with the breaking news that russia says a leading pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say 16 others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line and was a vocal supporters of russia s war in ukraine. it is not clear at this time who s responsible for the blast. as you d expect, details of the explosion are still coming in and of course as we get more on this, we ll bring it to you. to the united states now, though. authorities there have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes. at least 26 people are now known to have died as the storms ripped through the south and the midwest, leaving a trail o