The financial situation in Europe is less

acute

than it was, but the crisis has not been resolved. The eurozone countries have taken steps of their own to increase the resources available for emergency loans to struggling countries. Now they've done it, Ms Lagarde says the IMF should do so too. She said she's having discussions with the member countries about the idea. Many of them and Ms Lagarde herself thought it essential that Europe make the first move. Now they've done so, the IMF could provide an additional safety net.

The United States National Weather Service has issued a tornado emergency warning for the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas. The service said that two tornadoes were affecting the area and warned people to take cover immediately. Commercial flights have been

grounded

.

With two months to go to the Euro 2012 football championships in Poland and Ukraine, a senior Polish official has warned that the police don't have a list of known foreign hooligans">hooligans. Adam Easton has this report from Warsaw.

Police here have been focusing on Polish

hooligans

, who remain a problem in the domestic game and whose hard core number around 5,000. Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to travel to Poland and co-hosts Ukraine in June, and the threat of violence is a concern. A spokesman for the Polish national police force said it had always planned to share information with other countries. He added special agreements must be signed to allow for the sharing of information and those were only just being prepared.