14/08/2017 Outside Source

This is Outside Source. Hundreds of people are feared dead after a

mudslide near the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown. An entire hill side

collapsed after heavy rains. Residents have been trying to pull

bodies from the rubble with their bare hands.

The President has explicitly condemned racism and racist

violence, he was speaking two days after violence in Charlottesville

that kills one person and injured 19 others. Racism is evil and those who

cause violence are criminals and thugs including the KKK, neo-Nazis,

white supremacists, and other heat groups that are repugnant to

everything we hold dear as Americans. The President of South

Korea, Moon Jae-in, says he is confident Donald Trump will act

responsibly and over north Korea. It is 70 years since India and

Pakistan became independent from Britain, we will speak to an Indian

film director. Welcome to Outside Source. Our top

story. The Red Cross says more than 200 people have been killed with

many more are missing after landslides in Sierra Leone. This

happened on the outskirts of the capital, Freetown, which has been

hit by heavy rain in the last two days. It is understood the worst of

the disaster happened in the full side region.

Snatched video on a mobile phone shows a torrent of mud and water

carrying away everything in its path.

This driver risked his life on a bridge all but overwhelmed

Freetown is an overcrowded coastal city. About 250 bodies have

-- it has few defences against heavy rains.

They come every year but not usually with quite such ferocity.

The authorities fear there could be many more trapped in

I went down to the spot myself and you could see people

using their bare hands, pulling up corpses

The road itself is a disaster area, the road is almost impassable.

There are massive rocks and this area, called Mount Sugarloaf,

caved in in the early hours of this morning and it has covered literally

Hundreds of people are feared dead under the rubble.

There are some ambulances parked here, but it is becoming a recovery

The victims in Sierra Leone are among the world's poorest people.

Survivors risking everything to salvage a few possessions,

trying to hang on to whatever they can despite the rising water.

The head of communications at Sierra Leone's Red Cross spoke to the BBC

earlier and gave us an update. At the moment official figures,

corroborated with the Ministry of health, is a total of 205 dead. The

red cross as usual has been able to mobilise some resources, logistical

resources, people, we have been able to deploy 60 volunteers and staff to

all the affected communities today. Under mounting pressure over his

failure to explicitly condemn the white supremacist group at the

centre of the violence in Virginia on Saturday, Donald Trump has

responded, he has held a news conference. Let us show you some of

what he had to say. Racism is evil, and those who cause

violence in its name are criminals and thugs,

including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate

groups that are repugnant to everything we hold

dear as Americans. We are a nation founded on the truth

that all of us are created equal. We are equal in the eyes

of our Creator, we are equal under the law, and we are equal

under our Constitution. Donald Trump significantly

strengthening his condemnation of Saturday's violence, but the fallout

has already started. A prominent ally of the pharmaceuticals -- eight

boss of the pharmaceuticals company said he is stepping down. He said:

After he had said that, there was a Tweet from Donald Trump:

That was heavy. Just to recap what happened on

Saturday that has led to all this reaction. Dozens were injured in

violent clashes and a woman was killed when a car was rammed into

opposition protesters. We are going to move on to show you the victim.

One of her friends has been talking to us.

Heather always spoke with so much conviction.

Heather stood up for what she believed in.

She just wanted everybody to be equal.

This is 20-year-old James Alex feels, the man accused of killing

Heather. First, their reaction to the words

be heard from the President today. There has been sombre reaction but

finally the President has said what people here have wanted him to say.

When you speak to people here, including Heather's friend, she told

me that what she wanted the President to do was renounce the

heat that came to the streets of Charlottesville on Saturday. She

believes this was a hate crime and it was domestic terrorism. The

language that has come from the Trump administration has slowly ramp

that's on Saturday, but it has taken three days. This is a community

trying to come together meanwhile, around the loss of a 32-year-old

woman who played such a prominent part here. When it comes to Donald

Trump's language, it will be welcomed, but is it too little, too

late? This is a President who has owned the past had the help of the

so-called alt-right and that includes these white supremacists.

Community leaders today say what he has said may not be enough.

Is there still a sense of shock that you could see Nat C flags, civil war

regalia on the streets of America on the 21st-century?

When it comes to this rally, they have been promoting it for months,

the KKK, white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and there have been

skirmishes right across the site, and it is all about a Confederate

statue of General Lee who fought on the proslavery side of the civil

war. It is set for demolition. Civil rights activists have asked for this

demolition. They want a fresh start or America, white supremacists

believe this is getting rid of their history and heritage. There was an

attempt to stop the march, to stop these white supremacists coming to

this quite liberal tone and yet it was not stopped, they went ahead.

There was some anger towards the organisers. A lot of anger towards

those who came to these streets, and many people leave they came here to

cause violence. There were swastikas. There were those giving

natty suits, there were those in foods. Many believe it has no place

here in modern America also -- there were those giving Nazi salutes.

We will have eight report from Pakistan looking at the legacy of

petition. A man has appeared in court in

Norfolk charged with murdering a grandfather in Norfolk as he walked

his dog. 23-year-old Alexander Palmer

appeared via video link from police custody suite at Wyndham,

some miles away from here, his first court appearance,

after being charged in the early hours of this morning

with the murder of Peter Wrighton, a 83-year-old who was out

walking his dog on Saturday 5th He was a retired BT engineer

from a local village, and his body was found in heathland

very close to a path. In a very brief hearing,

no more than two minutes, Alexander Palmer, wearing

what appeared to be a blue sweatshirt and grey trousers,

he seemed to have some stubble, he spoke quite clearly

to confirm his name, He gave his address

as being in the village You are watching Outside Source live

from the BBC newsroom. Hundreds of people are feared dead

after a mudslide in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown.

Some stories making news across the BBC. The world health organisation

says the number of suspected cases of cholera in Yemen has reached half

a million. Nearly 2000 people have died in the outbreak since the end

of April. A health spokesperson said nearly 500 new cases were being

recorded every day. Former chess champion Garry Kasparov

has come out of retirement for a one-off tournament in Missouri. He

has been out of the game for 12 years after turning his hand to

politics. He managed a draw on his return. And

something you don't see every day, this 306 metre container ship has

run aground off the course of Belgium, in doing so it is blocking

shipping traffic in and out of Antwerp, the second largest

container port in Europe. A large queue of vessels has already formed

behind this. Burkina Faso has declared three days

of national mourning after 18 people were killed at a Turkish restaurant.

This happened overnight in the capital. We want to show you the

moment that two men drove up to the restaurant and opened fire on people

sitting on the terrace. The President has condemned what he cold

the despicable and cowardly terrorist attack. Authorities say

the two attackers were killed. This region has already had its

share of terrorist groups turning up at one time or another.

What does this mean for Burkina Faso?

By Kuyt for joining us on Outside Source. Do we have any idea who that

gun men are? So far we know that gun men came in

on motorbikes and carried out the attack. We know that two of the

attackers died. The unknown variable is who did the attack. Then Burkina

Faso people are wondering who did the attack. They have no idea. This

brings to mind what happened in the country in January, where gunmen...

Not far away. Within two years the country has experienced two attacks,

in January people were killed in a similar attack, Al-Qaeda claims that

attack. Officials are not sure if it was Al-Qaeda that carried out the

attack. But they have a hint that they might have carried out this

attack. What can Government do? I though governments in the region

have been talking about how to prevent this. That is very little

they can do to prevent these attacks. I was in Coutinho Vassell

last month -- in Burkina Faso last month. They have stepped up checks

on the roads. They need to be careful who comes in and who goes

out because of security. Making sure that an attack like this will not

happen. Despite all of these measures it did happen. What can

they do to prevent this? Very little. As is the case almost

everywhere. But critics of the Government are saying that other

than the last couple of weeks that Government and Unionists have been

bickering over issues of safety, and then the lowered their guard. And

the gunmen took the opportunity, almost exactly where they were one

year ago. Thank you for bringing us up to date.

Another story, this time from tenure, the election campaign. --

this time from Kenya. Raila Odinga has been telling people

to stay away from work. Other people are saying it is time

to move on. Our reporter has this. Many

businesses here have remained closed for almost one week and this has

been because of the anxiety and tension caused by the results of the

presidential election. In some parts we have seen running battles between

supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga and the police and

traders are weary of security. But today, more activity, public

transport getting out of the city into the capital and other parts of

Western Kenya. Mixed reaction on the streets regarding that call by

opposition leader Raila Odinga for people to boycott work today.

Currently we are having kind of a strike. Most businesses are closed.

But we hope that within the week they will start picking up. The only

thing I want to express as my disappointed -- this appointment

with the way the police handled the residence, the police are supposed

to protect the people, they have a moral duty. The message we are

getting from people on the streets is they want their normal life to

resume but anxiety persists as supporters of the opposition leader

awaits his message tomorrow regarding his next move.

Time now for Outside Source business. And a story we have

touched on already, the boss of a US pharmaceutical company resigning

over the lack of response of President Trump to the

Charlottesville violence. It followed biting criticism of the

handling of that issue by the President. Other big US bosses have

also condemned the violence. This is difficult for the business

friendly President that Donald Trump says he is which it is an

administration that has prided itself on being business friendly.

They have made a big point about talking about tax reform,

infrastructure reform, other policies that would be welcomed by

the business community. A huge number of them have stepped up to be

involved in some of the administration's business councils,

whether strategic, manufacturing councils, to dry and look at how to

create more jobs. What we see now is the chief executive officer of a

pharmaceutical giant taking a position on events over the weekend

and the response of the President to those events. He talked about having

to step down from the council as a matter of personal conscience. The

question now in boardrooms across America is what do other chief

executive officers do? Are they in a position where they have to take a

stand? We are starting to hear some responses. Many of the big names,

General Electric, Pepsi, just to name a couple, condemning what they

saw as violence by white supremacists, saying they are not in

support of hatred and bigotry, but that being said, many of these firms

also choosing to stay on board of these policy-making committees,

saying they think they have a role to play, and for now are seeing with

the President. It is usually a great opportunity to be able to have fifth

year of the President, to go into the White House, to sit on one of

these councils. Yes, Campbells soup, one of the companies on this council

gave as an interesting statement, this is a consumer facing company

that potentially could be subject to criticism, depending on how the

public views their actions, what positions they take. They

specifically came out and said, we think we can do more by being at the

table, having played voice at the table, therefore they want to stay.

We also heard from one of the unions coming forward, saying, they are on

the manufacturing committee, they have not met match, they do not do

what they do. We are still assessing how the business community is

reacting, meantime investors are not to these, the pharmaceutical

company's share price was up to be. One other business story. The value

of the digital currency Bitcoin is surging, it is now trading at more

than $4000 per piece, its value has quadrupled since the start of the

year, it was created electronically, nor one controls the currency, but a

lot of businesses including retailers and stores do except that,

experts say its popularity is growing. In a couple of months there

will be companies that will launch a credit card that will carry other

currencies, you will be able to in theory spends bitcoin using your

credit card. The film industry at the advent of the internet, the

banking industry, incumbency does nothing, others see, they would

hedge their bets. India and Pakistan are marking 70

years of independence from Britain which came after nearly 200 years of

colonial rule. A view of the pictures coming in from the usual

today. These from Pakistan Vassell ablutions began at the stroke of

midnight, Sunday night. -- from Pakistan where celebrations began at

the stroke of midnight. We have got a fly-past by the

Pakistan air force. It is now Independence Day, it is Tuesday in

India, we will be showing more of that in our next edition of Outside

Source. Let us remind you of what happened seventh decade ago. This is

what the region that bike at the time. After months of political

deadlock but agreed to divide the country in two, the state of

Pakistan was created off to the West and East of India, triggering

perhaps the biggest movement of people outside of war and famine

that the world has ever seen. We think it was about 12 million people

who became refugees, who fled the violence, communities targeting each

other. 1 million people are thought to have died. We can no speak to

somebody who was watching these events, a film director whose family

went to partition. She has been attending a peace rally in India

this evening. Thank you for joining us on Outside Source. Everybody has

a personal story that you have said you feel you grew up in the shadow

of partition. Yes, absolutely. My grandmother 70 years ago was living

in her home with her five small children, and overnight virtually

the violence started, and one day and Indian Army truck came and said,

get on this track now, and she had to leave her home, and for three

days she was on a train, could not get off, no food, no water, her milk

dried up, her youngest child died of starvation. She was in a refugee

camp for many months until finally my grandmother -- my grandfather

actually found her. That is a personal experience of partition.

All my ankles and and and no elderly -- all my uncles and ants are now

elderly. -- and aunts are now elderly.

I have been here doing promotions. Everywhere there is lots of flag

weaving. But this evening I attended a candlelit vigil at the border,

with this organisation, who look to promote peace between India and

Pakistan, and it was a sobering event. The area was very heavy. I

have been to that ceremony before which is very jingoistic, but today

to be standing in the place of 70 years ago people were coming

through... I am sorry, we had to leave it there as we are finishing

the programme. Thank you for being with us on Outside Source.

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