In charlottesville, virginia and 19 others have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd opposing a far right rally. It follows violent clashes between White Nationalists attending the march and counter protesters. A local State Of Emergency has been declared in two districts. In the last hour the governor of virginia called on the president to put a stop to hate speech in the United States, and lashed out at the White Supremacists who kicked off saturdays rally. I have a message to all the White Supremacists and the nazis who came into charlottesville today. Our message is plain and simple, go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. Shame on you. You pretend that you are patriots but you are anything but a patriot. You want to talk about patriots, talk about Thomas Jefferson and george washington, who brought our country together. You think about the patriots today, the young men and women who are wearing the cost of our country, somewhere around the globe, they are
Round up of the days news. First our world. China calls it the project of the century. As the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward remaking the map of the global economy. With no other Country Offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. Translation im under a lot of pressure. A massive roll out of infrastructure built by china. To drive trade across more than 60 countries. Translation its like a promised land. Chinas president claims its a win win for all. Translation we will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring. Critics say the only winner will be china. Translation the chinese have done nothing. Im setting out on a 7,000 mile journey to meet the people of the new silk road, and to understand how it will change their lives and our world. They call them the ships of the desert. For centuries, the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade between china and the west. Now, china wants to build a new s
That resulted in a woman being killed by a car was for to abandon a Media Briefing following protests. Meanwhile the white house defended President Trump after it was claimed he didnt go far enough in condemning violence by White Supremacists. Laura bicker reports. After a violent day of division, charlottesville has come together to pray, to show that this city condemns the hate brought here by neo nazis and White Supremacists. The Virginia Governor went from row to row, Hugging Worshippers in this baptist church. He promised to keep politics out of the pulpit, but there is a message he felt he had to give. It is about politics in that the political rhetoric in this country today is breeding bigotry. The streets here simmered with tension yesterday before finally erupting into violence, as White Supremacists gathered for a rally. The group, which included members of the klu klux klan, said they wanted to take america back. Counter protesters and anti racism activists challenged them.
Round up of the days news. First our world. China calls it the project of the century. As the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward remaking the map of the global economy. With no other Country Offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. Translation im under a lot of pressure. A massive roll out of infrastructure built by china. To drive trade across more than 60 countries. Translation its like a promised land. Chinas president claims its a win win for all. Translation we will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring. Critics say the only winner will be china. Translation the chinese have done nothing. Im setting out on a 7,000 mile journey to meet the people of the new silk road, and to understand how it will change their lives and our world. They call them the ships of the desert. For centuries, the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade between china and the west. Now, china wants to build a new s
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 by the flash floods. 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. Around 250 bodies have been recovered so far, the authorities fear there could be many more trapped in the ruins of houses. A bbc reporter is there. I went down to the spot myself and you could see people using thei