His Vice President is more explicit. We have no tolerance for hate and violence. From White Supremacists, neo nazis on the kkk. Hundreds of people are feared dead and others remain trapped after a mudslide on the outskirts of sierra leones capital, freetown. A 50 rise in the last year in the number of Airline Passengers arrested on suspicion of being drunk at british airports or on flights. And no more bongs for a while big ben will fall silent next week for nearly four years because of urgent repair work. Its five oclock. Our main story. This week, india and pakistan mark 70 years of independence from britain independence which created two states, but also a bloodbath of sectarian slaughter in which a Million People died and up to 12 million moved country. One of the largest Mass Migrations the world has ever seen. In 1947, the muslim majority state of pakistan was born, with muslims travelling in one direction, hindus and sikhs in the other. Reeta chakrabarti is in lahore for us toni
A sound you wont hear for four years. From next week big ben will be silent while repairs take place. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Police have received complaints about neil lennons conduct during hibs win over rangers. His actions were believed to be inflammatory. This good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. More than 300 people are feared dead and others remain trapped after a mudslide near sierra leones capital, freetown. A hillside in the regent area collapsed early on monday following heavy rains, leaving many homes buried under a wall of mud. Around Two Hundred And Fifty bodies have been recovered so far. As our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports. 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 by the flash floods. Freetown is an overcrowded coastal city. It has few defences against heavy rains. They come every year but not usually wi
bbc asian network s poonam taneja is at gurdwara sri guru singh sabha southall where the celebration of bandi chhor divas is under way. so as you can see, hundreds of sikhs have been trickling in for special prayers, coming in since 3am this morning to what is one of the largest sikh temples outside india. and to talk a little bit more about how they are celebrating and marking the day i m joined now by mr singh. services started in earnest at 3am, like they do every day, and since then hundreds of worshippers have been trickling in and by the end of the day we will have thousands more, so by the end of the day we will