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This is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the us puts thousands of troops on standby for deployment, as russia's military activity continues near ukraine's border. another party hangover for borisjohnson, downing street admits holding birthday events for the pm during lockdown. at least eight people die in a crush outside a football stadium in cameroon, as thousands gathered to watch an african cup of nations match. the incident took place at a perimeter gate where spectators were pushed against the fences by the sheer number of t...

Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines: as more russian forces make their way towards the ukraine border, the us puts thousands of troops on standby for potential deployment to eastern europe. new party problems for borisjohnson — downing street admits holding birthday events for the pm during lockdown but denies breaking any rules. announcing a coup on state tv, burkina faso�*s military detains the president, closes the borders and suspends the constitution. so exciting! really? and taking the temperature in beijing — what's it like to host the w...

Let's talk about arkansas this morning. there are hundreds of roads that are under water right now because of this record flooding that's continuing to drench the heartland. arkansas river broke through a major levee. that puts thousands of homes in danger. experts there say these levees have never held this much water for this long. here's cnn's natasha chen. >> this is rogers avenue. >> reporter: this is the lunchtime traffic in ft. smith these days. >> we've got a doughnut shop down there. autoparts store, tuxedo rentals, liquor store. >> reporter: it took about a week for waters to rise sl...

>> gill, i appreciate your expertise this morning. at this point it's beyond party, right? it's about what is going to be done as a nation together to deal with this. thank you for being with me from miami this morning. >> thank you. >> you got it. jim? >> you're right, poppy, beyond party, it is bipartisan reaction to this. well, another story we're following this hour, just hours ago two levees breached along the mississippi and the arkansas rivers. this puts thousands of homes, of course, thousands of people this danger of flooding. just look at those pictures there. >> that's from this mor...

President's actions, his statements could lead not only to a world war iii, but a nuclear war. when you say nuclear war, what do you mean? >> well, the president just recently tweeted that, you know, we've -- diplomacy is essentially over. only one thing can work. he didn't say it explicitly, but we know what that one thing is. that would be a military strike against north korea. anyone who would talk to the president would tell him if you strike north korea and don't completely take them out, you have 30,000-plus u.s. troops across the border with their families in seoul, millions of koreans....