towns there has been flooding, people have been trying to escape the flooding. the trauma of the earthquake in 2010 is very present and as well the natural hurricane in 2016 so people had been trying to escape potential tsunami so at the moment it s very difficult because it seems all the areas affected, we are particularly concerned about children so we need to respond quickly, the problem is of course access is still an issue in haiti and particularly to the south because some of the area controlled by gangs and they are still fighting and we cannot pass with humanitarian goods to the south of the country so we are trying to
you can reach me on twitter i m @richpreston hello. it is turning into a very mixed but not particularly dramatic weekend of weather. saturday brought a bit of sunshine, a bit of rain for some. it s a similar mix as we head into sunday. a couple of frontal systems, this curl of a weather front here bringing rain for parts of northern ireland, england and wales at times. this front pushing into northern scotland promises some pretty hefty showers. and in between, some zones of drier, brighter weather. some patchy rain likely to push across east anglia and the south east through sunday morning, but then brighter skies follow, at least for a time. more cloud for wales and the south west, spots of rain here. some rain for a time in northern england, but northern ireland should brighten up with some sunshine. quite a lot of dry weather for southern and central parts of scotland, but northern scotland will see some showers. and it will feel decidedly cool here, highest temperatures
around this area. and it s notjust members of the public who witnessed these attacks that are being offered counselling so, too, are members of the police force. jon kay, bbc news, plymouth. this is bbc news, the headlines. at least 30a people have died in a powerful earthquake in haiti the prime minister has issued a month long state of emergency. let s get more on that story. joining me now is leila bourahla, the interim haiti country director of save the children. thank of save the children. you for being with us. what thank you for being with us. what are you hearing from your colleagues on the ground? basically, the situation is horrific, a lot of devastation, dozens of collapsed houses, people are panicked, they are looking of course for people who have stayed in the collapsed house. in some of the
you re watching bbc news i m rich preston our latest world headlines. at least 304 people have died in a powerful earthquake in haiti the prime minister says there is extensive damage. the government decided this morning to declare a state of emergency for one month following this disaster. the last major city in northern afghanistan mazar e sharif falls to the taliban, as president biden defends his decision to pull out us troops. tributes to the plymouth shooting victims as questions are asked of police about why a shotgun licence was returned to the man who killed five people. australia s most populous state, new south wales, awakens to a statewide lockdown, as the premier warns of difficult months ahead. and banksy by the sea people flock to england s east