to demand urgent action in combatting climate change — as the cop26 summit continues in glasgow. we must demand that our leaders stop holding meaningless summits and start taking meaningful action. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least 98 people have died in a fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone's capital, freetown. the blast happened after the lorry collided with another vehicle. people then rushed to collect petrol leaking from the tanker and were then caught up in a fireball when the fuel ignited. at least a hundred people have been injured. umaru fofana reports. the blast happened in eastern freetown after a truck is thought to have rammed into a petrol tanker. people rushed to collect the leaking fuel, causing a heavy trafficjam, according to eyewitness accounts. there was a vast explosion, leaving fireballs spreading through the crowds. vehicles in the traffic jam were set alight, hospitals in freetown are overwhelmed with injured people, many in critical condition. most of the dead have been taken to the central mortuary. we started transporting bodies from 11 until four o'clock. the last of the bodies, i had to convey them with some soldiers to the morgue so we could get a total headcount. just outside here are anxious relatives who have been asked to come and identify their loved ones. obviously, some of the bodies are beyond recognition so that is going to be very tricky for them to do but also a very emotional scene here. some of them have moved from hospital to hospital, trying to see if their loved ones are actually either admitted or in fact dead. the country's vice—president called the incident a national disaster. on behalf of the president, the government and the entire people of sierra leone, who sympathise with you about this accident. police, soldiers and firefighters have worked through the night to clear the scene. rescuers expect the death toll to mount. the mayor of freetown, yvonne aki—sawyer, is currently in the uk for the cop26 climate summit, and about to fly back to sierra leone. she's been telling the bbc more about how the explosion occured. this is a result of the crowd coming towards the tanker and trying to get petrol and unfortunately somewhere, perhaps a cigarette butt, and the explosion happened. devastating, with 98 dead, and 92 injured, very, very severe injuries. i've been speaking to doctors and this is a level two disaster, which means the national disaster management agency is the lead. i've joined them on conference calls today, working also with our freetown council team, trying to see how best we can support the injured and also play a role in matching families to the dead people. here in the uk, the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, has strongly criticised the government, saying its attempt this week to overturn the suspension of a tory mp — who'd beenjudged to have broken lobbying rules — was both "shameful and wrong." he said the government's actions were "unworthy of this or any government," and fitted a pattern of behaviour that he believed, was "un—conservative." here's our political correspondent, chris mason. very few are granted the privilege of living here. and so the verdict of those that have on the man who now does matter. particularly when they are in the same party. and even more so when a former tory prime minister brands the current tory prime minister's government as perhaps politically corrupt. it seems to me, as a lifelong conservative, that much of what they are doing is very un—conservative in its behaviour. there are many strands to this that go well beyond the standards committee imbroglio of the last few days, there is a general whiff of "we are the masters now" about their behaviour. it has to stop, and it has to stop soon. he's referring to the former cabinet minister owen paterson. he was facing a 30 days�* commons suspension and the possibility of a by—election for breaking rules round the work he did for private companies alongside being an mp. but the government tried to block or delay that, until, at least, it changed its mind. i think the way the government handled that was shameful and wrong and unworthy of this or indeed any government. it also had the effect of trashing the reputation of parliament. if there is one man who knows a thing or two about how damaging sleaze can be to a government, it is sirjohn major, it came at least in part to define his time in office. and we should remember he is no fan of borisjohnson, and hasn't been for some time. nonetheless, it is quite something to hear a critique as wide and deep from a former tory prime minister. parliament cannot be the plaything of any prime minister or indeed any government, this government has done a number of things that concern me deeply. they have broken the law, i have in mind the illegal prorogation of parliament which i went to the supreme court about, they have broken treaties, i have in mind the northern ireland protocol, they have broken their word on many occasions. the one i find most odious was the cut in overseas aid. so if you are in the government now, what on earth do you say in response to all of this? obviously i disagree withjohn major, disagree with him on quite a few issues but in particular this one. i accept with hindsight, the government has made this clear, that with hindsight it was a mistake to try to bring that through on the timing we did, but it doesn't mean it wasn't the right thing to try to do. a statement added that ministers hoped to find a resolution to the northern ireland protocol, consensually. this has without question been a bumpy few days for the government, entirely of its own making. as critics within the conservative party and beyond ask sharp questions about the prime minister's judgment. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. a 14—year—old was amongst eight people who have died in a crush at a music festival in houston, texas. musician travis scott, who organised the festival and was performing when it happened, says he is devastated. in a press conference in the last hour, the city's mayor confirmed the number of casualities. eight people are reported dead from the event last night. in terms of their ages, the event last night. in terms of theirages, one the event last night. in terms of their ages, one is 14, the event last night. in terms of theirages, one is 14, one the event last night. in terms of their ages, one is 14, one is 16. two are 21 years their ages, one is 1a, one is 16. two are 21 years of age. two of them are 23, one of them is 27, and one remains unknown at this time. so a total of eight that are reported dead. and we know that at least one is outside of houston and harris county, residing out of houston harris county. police in houston say panic broke out, after the crowd began to surge towards the front of the stage, at scott's astroworld event. the festival has now been called off. our correspondent nomia iqbal has more. her report contains flashing images. after the pandemic kept people away last year, fans turned up for the festival in texas in their thousands. it has been hard, just like being stuck in the house. unforgettable. that is the best word i can put it, unforgettable. but on the first night of the two—day event, something went wrong. a crowd surged towards the stage as rapper travis scott performed. it's not clear what set the crowd in motion. the injured were given medical help, while the music continued, many not realising what happened. the performance was eventually stopped, as a mass casualty incident was declared. the crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage, ok, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries, people began to fall out, become unconscious. 17 people were taken to hospital, 11 in cardiac arrest. officials have urged people not to jump to conclusions about what caused the surge. tonight's focus needs to be on the families, and on the lives that we lost, many of them extremely young, tragically young. astroworld is a festival founded by travis scott, who is from houston. he is the partner of kyliejenner, one of the world's highest paid social media influencers. she has been criticised for posting videos of ambulances at the festival on instagram, which she has now removed. in a statement, travis scott said he is absolutely devastated about what has happened, and said he is committed to working with officials to find out what went wrong. nomia iqbal, bbc news, north america. an appeals court in the us has temporarily stopped president biden's vaccine mandate for businesses. the law would require workers at private companies with more than 100 employees to be fully vaccinated, or get weekly tests. but many republican states have filed legal challenges, accusing the president of overstepping his authority. the president says it is about setting a national standard of safety at work. marches have been taking place in more than 200 cities around the world as part of what's being described as the "global day of action for climate justice". tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of glasgow — where the cop26 climate talks are on—going. with more, here's our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. even the driving rain and wind couldn't keep them away. this the biggest protest march through glasgow during cop. the city's streets full — some had travelled just a short distance to get here, others from the sharp end of the changing climate. i come from the philippines and i am an indigenous person from the mountains, and this is personally important to me, because climate change is killing my people. it is killing indigenous peoples round the world. we are at the front line of the impacts of climate change, but we have the least carbon footprint. if the climate summit has so far focused on the decisions made by world leaders and teams gathered here in glasgow, today is about the people, the thousands gathered calling for change. discussions inside cop today focusing on nature. tough topics including the timetable for reviewing emissions cuts, raising finance for the poorest countries and the rules for checking that countries and companies keep their promises still lie ahead. this afternoon was mostly peaceful. but there were a small number of arrests, including this group of scientists being led away by police, after blocking a bridge. organisers of today's events say there were over 300 climate demonstrations worldwide, from the streets of london... to here in amsterdam... to sydney in australia. and people from round the world taking to the stage in glasgow, calling for action from those in charge. i don't have many expectations for the official cop conference but hopefully all this people getting together will put pressure on the decision makers. i don't know where we will be in ten, 20 years so i am out here with my mum, gran, grandad. i don't believe it until i see any results and there is no law—abiding commitments so we will have to see, i think it is all for show. those marching here today on a wet and dark november afternoon will be hoping for positive news during the final week of talks but it is not too late to deliver the substantial change they want. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. i'm joined now by merv king, who was one of the organisers of toronto's climate march today. thank you for your time, lovely to see you. you live in an indigenous community in canada. i wonder, are you seeing the effects of climate change, and if so, how? you you seeing the effects of climate change, and if so, how? you see the effects of climate _ change, and if so, how? you see the effects of climate change, _ change, and if so, how? you see the effects of climate change, you - change, and if so, how? you see the effects of climate change, you see i effects of climate change, you see the effects because of the difference in the types of wildlife and animals that we are seeing, different types of animals are moving further north in ontario and in canada. things we used to see. we never had a red fox in northern canada, now we are seeing the red fox. unfortunately the thing about red foxes is that they seem to like to prey on the much smaller arctic fox and that has become part of their diet. we see different things like turkey vultures, that we never had in northern canada before, and we are seeing those, we are seeing all different kinds of animals that are from the north migrating to southern regions in canada, to cities and close to toronto. we are seeing black bears that we have never seen. seeing black bears that we have never seen-— never seen. you are seeing the wildlife changing. _ never seen. you are seeing the wildlife changing. how- never seen. you are seeing the wildlife changing. how does - never seen. you are seeing the l wildlife changing. how does that impact indigenous 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indigenous people are very upset at what our prime minister made commitments to in the paris accord, and it has not lived up paris accord, and it has not lived up to that. we are not going to meet our 1.5 up to that. we are not going to meet our1.5 degrees up to that. we are not going to meet our 1.5 degrees increase in temperature, holding it at 1.5, we are not going to be able to come up with our government, to do that. we want to see the reduction in the use of fossil fuels, and we want people to look for alternative sources of energy. geothermal energy would be a great thing, in one of the reserves in canada at fort nelson in british columbia, they are adapting and natural gas well into a geothermal well, to provide energy to updo 10,000 homes, so the indigenous people are hoping... we want to see the end of the... tim people are hoping. .. we want to see the end of the...— the end of the... i'm sorry, we are out of time. _ the end of the... i'm sorry, we are out of time, but _ the end of the... i'm sorry, we are out of time, but yours _ the end of the... i'm sorry, we are out of time, but yours and - the end of the... i'm sorry, we are out of time, but yours and many i out of time, but yours and many voices, and climate matters, you'll at toronto, climate campaigner merv king, thank you for your time. the headlines on bbc news... at least 98 people have died in an fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone, after a lorry collided with another vehicle in the capital, freetown. tens of thousands of people have marched through the scottish city of glasgow demanding stronger action from world leaders attending the un climate summit. former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, accuses borisjohnson's government of acting in a "shameful" manner — over the owen paterson row. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's kathi. let's start with football and norwich city have sacked manager daniel farke despite victory for the first time in the english premier league this season. norwich beat brentford 2—1. they scored twice in the opening half an hour, with goals from mathias normann and a penalty from teemu pukki. rico henry pulled one back for brentford — but daniel farke's side held on. they are still bottom of the table though and farke was dismissed less than two hours after the final whistle. another manager under pressure is manchester united's ole gunnar solskjaer, after manchester city had a comfortable victory in the derby at old trafford. the win may not have been as emphatic as liverpool's 5—0 victory in united's last home league game, but this will do solskjaer no favours. united got off to the worst possible start when eric bailly turned joao cancelo's cross into his own net after seven minutes and after david de gea had produced a string of brilliant saves, bernardo silva got city's second just before the break. we have had a couple of difficult weeks, a couple of good results last week but today of a couple of steps back again after a few steps forward last week, but we need to have everyone back fresh in their minds, ready to go and we need to look more like what we started to look like before the liverpool game. i have to say towards the end of last season, start of this season, we looked a little bit more like what we wanted to. premier league leaders chelsea were made to rue their missed chances after a 1—1 draw with burnley. kai havertz opened the scoring for chelsea, only his second league goal this season. but burnley levelled through matej vydra who rescued a point for his side. chelsea are three points clear of manchester city at the top of the table. now to some big news from barcelona. former player xavi hernandez is returning to the club as their new manager, replacing ronald koeman, who was sacked last month. xavi had been manager at the qatari club, al sadd, since 2019, but they agreed on friday to let him join barca after his release clause was met and xavi signed a contract until 202a. he arrived back in spain on saturday and will be officially introduced to the media on monday at the nou camp. xavi got a glimpse of the job he has at barcelona as the catalan giants surrendered a three—goal first—half lead to draw at celta vigo. the equalising goal came in the sixth minute of injury time and the result leaves barcelona down in ninth. meanwhile, real madrid are leading at home to high—flying rayo vallecano. england and australia are through to the semi finals of cricket's men's t20 world cup. australia beat west indies, while england have qualified despite defeat to south africa. there was a blow for england though with an injury to opening batsmanjason roy. captain eoin morgan says he'll be a big miss if he's ruled out for the rest of the tournament. unbelievably important. he's a guy who epitomises everything that we are about in the changing room and a way that we play. you see how commanding he is at the top of order, not only in t20 cricket but 50 overs cricket as well, two different partners in the two formats, but, yes, he is as close as we get to summarising how the changing room should play. there is more on the — changing room should play. there is more on the bbc _ changing room should play. there is more on the bbc sport _ changing room should play. there is more on the bbc sport website - more on the bbc sport website including the latest from tennis, the paris masters, where novak tarkovic has beaten herbert hurkacz to reach the final meaning he is the year end number one for a record seventh year, beating the record of his childhood hero, pete sampras. novak djokovic will end as the year end number one. that's all the sport for now. a fourth paddleboarder in the uk has died and a woman has been arrested after after a group of paddleboarders got into difficulty on a river in pembrokeshire last week. megan paterson reports. gathered with their boards to remember paul o'dwyer, his life and his passion. a paddle out�*s reserved really for very special people, it's a surfing tradition, and we thought it was very fitting, at a tough time for the surf club, to come together and really celebrate someone who was a great guy. paul o'dwyer was one of four paddleboarders who died after getting into difficulty on the river cleddau in haverfordwest, a week ago. morgan rogers and nicola wheatley also lost their lives. andrea powell spent a week in hospital in a critical condition, but died yesterday from her injuries. five other people were part of the paddleboarding excursion — they were rescued uninjured. a weather warning for heavy rain was in place when the group, part of south wales paddleboarders, went out. the river was high and fast flowing. police confirmed today a woman from the south wales area has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. she has been released under investigation. megan patterson, bbc news. president biden is preparing to sign his $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law. it's a key part of his programme to rebuild the united states following the coronavirus pandemic — after the us house of representatives voted to approve the measure. this bill covers investment in bridges, roads and broadband, but congress still has to hold a more controversial vote on a second huge spending package on health, education and measures to tackle climate change. but, speaking earlier, president biden hailed the passage of his sweeping bill as a once in a generation chance to rebuild america. this is something that is long overdue, that long has been talked about in washington, but never actually been done. the house of representatives passed an investment in infrastructure and jobs act — that's a fancy way of saying a bipartisan infrastructure bill, a once in a generation investment that's going to create millions ofjobs and modernise our infrastructure, our roads, our bridges our broadband, and a whole range of things, to turn the climate crisis into an opportunity. and it puts us on a path to win the economic competition of the 21st century that we face with china in the rest of the world. it's going to create more jobs, good paying jobs, union jobs, that can't be outsourced, and it is going to transform our transportation system with the most significant investments in passenger rail, the most significant investment in 50 years, in roads and bridges, the most significant investment in 70 years, and more investment in public transit than we've ever, ever made. some pictures now. 3,000 baby river turtles native to the amazon rainforest have been released into a river in peru after hatching from eggs kept on artificial beaches as part of a conservation effort. they're considered "vulnerable" and have for many years been killed for human consumption, or kept as pets. there they go, swimming off into the river quite happily. they with us, here on bbc news. —— stay with us. and don't forget to stay with us for a look at sunday's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 tonight. reviewing them tonight — political commentator jo phillips and nigel nelson, the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people. scientists in chile have unveiled dozens of fossils that they've found in the country's atacama desert. the bones come from various animals that lived millions of years ago. perhaps the biggest find was the jaw of a giant shark that's become something of a celebrity in recent years. the bbc�*s tim allman has more. some call this the desert graveyard. an arid, desolate place. but dig down deep beneath the sand and the topsoil and it is somewhere rich with hidden knowledge. fossils and bones, an insight into life on this planet from another age. translation: we found different types of vertebrates. _ without a doubt one of the most striking is a wonderfully large fish, a shark. it's the megalodon. it's famous because of the hollywood movie the meg and here is one of the places in the world where the largest number of their teeth have been found. and this is what that wonderfully large fish might have looked like. it's believed the megalodon lived somewhere between 23 million and 3.6 million years ago. they could grow up to around 20 metres in length. a fierce and terrifying predator. quite the discovery, but no surprise to anyone around here. this is nature's laboratory for understanding the lineage of marine animals over the last 8 million years. after being neglected for decades, around 2,500 hectares of this land are now preserved as a protected site. a place for discovery, and the uncovering of secrets. tim allman, bbc news. archaeologists excavating the roman site of pompeii in italy have announced the discovery of a room used by slaves, which they say gives an extraordinary insight into their daily lives. the well— preserved room contains three beds, amphorae and a wooden chest. nina nanji reports. a window into how slaves lived in ancient pompeii. it is a cramped space with three wooden beds. one smaller bed 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the room is exceptionally _ very low social status. the room is exceptionally well _ very low social status. the room is exceptionally well preserved. - very low social status. the room is | exceptionally well preserved. there are earthy and red jars, ceramic jugs are earthy and red jars, ceramic jugs and a wooden chest containing metal and fabric objects thought to be part of a horse's harness. casts were created of the perishable items using impressions they had left in the hardened ash. the ruins of pompeii remain a rich source for archaeologists. —— the ruins. it is archaeologists. —— the ruins. it is a city frozen in time and one of italy's most visited tourist interaction —— attractions. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, it is a mild, windy night to come, windiest across northern and eastern parts of scotland with strong winds lasting through much of sunday as well gusting at 60—70 mph in places, may be closer to 80, on exposed coasts and hills, with further outbreaks of rain. many western areas will stay mostly cloudy. there will be some clear spells to the east. temperatures between 6—10 celsius as sunday begins. further outbreaks of rain with those severe gale force winds in northern scotland. just later on in the day, there is winds will slowly ease, as they will elsewhere, and many places, bar the odd shower in the west, will have a dry sunday. there will be a lot of cloud around, some bright outbreaks, but sunniest in the afternoon in north—east england and yorkshire. again, these strongest winds will slowly be easing as the day goes on. temperatures a little bit down compared with where we have been