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BBC news 2015-05-27

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Severe weather in the southwest of the United States and northern Mexico has killed at least 19 people and caused wide spread destruction. Most of the confirmed deaths are in the Mexican border city of Acuna which was hit by a tornado. Our America’s desk editor Leonardo Rocha reports. “At least 16 people have died in Acuna after the city was hit by a tornado in the early hours of Monday. Hundreds of homes were destroyed. In Texas, 3 people are known to have died, another 12 are reported missing after their holiday home was swept away by flood water. The governor of Texas Greg Abbott said it was the worst flooding the state has seen. In Oklahoma, a firefighter died when he was swept into a storm drain.”

The Russian military has begun a massive exercise involving around 250 aircraft and air defense system. A defense ministry statement said around 12,000 soldiers are taking part in the 4 -day drill. It also said the long range Russian bombers would launch cruise missiles at practice targets in a range of a thousand kilometers east of Moscow.  Caroline Wyatt reports from the Russian capital. “The Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that in order to prepare for a bigger strategic exercise like to see here. The country supreme commander chief President Vladimir Putin has decided to check the combat readiness of the aviation group and the air defense forces in the central military district. The exercise is part of series of Russia's military maneuvers taking place since tensions with the West rise over Russia's actions in Ukraine.”

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has had talks with the European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on reforming the EU and renegotiating the UK’s relationship with it. The governing Conservative party has pledged to hold a referendum on continue British’s membership of the EU by the end of 2017.Here is Chris Mason. “The least potential changes that might be sought is long from reforming the common agriculture policy to benefit restrictions, the role of national parliaments to the EU’s ultimate aims. There will be more  shaking of hands ,twisting of  arms and showing of food for the Prime Minister later this week as he travels to Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Poland and Germany to make the case for change.”

Six people in Guinea have been put in isolation in prison after being accused of traveling in a taxi with the corpse of a relative who died of Ebola virus. The head of the Ebola response coordination team said the corpse was seated upright, dressed in a T-shirt, jeans and sunglasses and that with sandwiches between three others in the back seat. The 6 people will be put in quarantine for 21 days before the appealing court accused of violating the country’s current state of emergency. BBC news

American warplanes have scrambled to escort a transit Atlantic Air France flight to New York following an anonymous threat. The US military said two F-15 fighters shuttled the flight from Paris after a call of warned of chemical weapon threat. Later an FBI spokesman said search reviewed no hazards.

An increase in international aid for the very poorest countries has been called for by the campaigning organization One. The group says that without an increase in aids new global goals for eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 are unlikely to succeed. Mike Wooldridge reports. “The campaign group says that the new global goals which could set out the roadmap to end extreme poverty due to be agreed in UN this September will be worth little if leaders failed to back them with an ambitious financial plan. One says its analysis shows that donors’ support for the least developed countries continues to fall even though it’s in these countries that those who live on less than extreme poverty benchmark of 1.25 dollar a day are increasingly to be fired.”

Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey have agreed to establish a joint center border police and customs control. As part of the efforts to tackle common challenges, like illegal immigration. Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova said the agreement guaranteed a close cooperation between the three countries. “We reached the conclusion that despite the obvious differences in economic development and geographical characteristics, all three countries face the same challenges which are migration, organized crime and terrorism.”

The world's most valuable football club Real Madrid has sacked its coach the Italian Carlo Ancelotti after failing to win any major trophies this season. Last year, he led RM to a record breaking 10 victory in the European champions’ league. BBC news.