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nearly one in ten schools had to close today. well the latest on the impact of the strikes. also on the programme... the funeral is about to take place of 29—year—old tyre nichols, who died in memphis after being beaten by police. the little girl who died after a dog attack yesterday, it is believed she was killed by the family pet. and why a theatre in oldham that launched the careers of comedy greats and hollywood stars is having to cancel all its shows. coming up on the bbc news...

Jon: right now people are still talking about how frightening it was when a 10 ton meteor explode in the skies over central russia. you can see the fireball as it streaks across the sky at supersonic speed. the shock wave smashed windows, flying glass and debris injured almost a thousand people there. that happening just hours before a cosmic close encounter with an asteroid half the size of a football field. this thing is going to pass by earth later today. it will be closer than some of our ow...

Hillside towards the village. a further seven dams are reached by the wake as it streaks downstream. whole communities are washed away. an area the size of los angeles is flooded. hundreds of thousands die. super dams can offer plentiful energy for many countries, but the unpredictability of future weather means theres an added pressure and risk. however our future energy is generated, it will be all for nothing if it cant get to where the power plant can get. the power grid could be the weaknes...