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hello and welcome to bbc world news. at least 18 people are now known to have died as storms and tornadoes ripped through the united states, leaving a trail of devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. the storms came a week after a tornado devastated a town in mississippi, killing 25. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touch downed in the southern state of arkansas. tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through home...

the pope has said he will take part in the mass celebrating palm sunday in the vatican. the 86—year—old was discharged from a hospital in rome in the last few hours where he was receiving treatment for bronchitis. smiling and leaning on a cane as he left rome's gemelli hospital, the pontiff greeted well—wishers and joked he was still alive. the vatican said he'd resumed some work duties while in hospital, baptising a new born baby as well as sharing a dinner with some of the doctors and nurses. earlier i spoke to our correspondentjenny hill who had the latest on the ground. he'...

for children banned from attending school. the pope has said he will take part in the mass celebrating palm sunday in the vatican. the 86—year—old was discharged from a hospital in rome in the last few hours where he was receiving treatment for bronchitis. smiling and leaning on a cane as he left rome's gemelli hospital, the pontiff greeted well—wishers and joked he was still alive. the vatican said he'd resumed some work duties while in hospital, baptising a new born baby as well as sharing a dinner with some of the doctors and nurses. i'm joined now by our correspondent jenny...

we will start in iran. politicians in iran are insisting that wearing headscarfs should be �*enforced rigorously�* — they're demanding that judges enforce the law. across the country, a growing number of women are going out without hijabs in public. joining here with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian service. just talk us through what is happening right now. why are authorities cracking down now? because of what we see is happening today in iran is that many women in big cities like tehran and other major cities, theyjust walk big cities like tehran and other major cities, ...

politicians in iran are insisting that wearing headscarfs should be �*enforced rigorously�* — they�*re demanding that judges enforce the law. across the country, a growing number of women are going out without hijabs in public. earlier, i spoke to bbc�*s parham ghobadi and asked what prompted this latest move. in big cities like in tehran and in other major cities, they just walk around on the streets without headscarf and without her job and without hijab, it�*s not only headscarf, it�*s also a kind of trench coat that for four decades, iranian women had to wear in ord...