sierra leone's vice president says the state will provide economic assistance to the families of a hundred people killed on friday when a fuel tanker exploded in the capital, freetown. the city's hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of people injured. umaru fofana reports from freetown. the blast happened in eastern freetown after a truck 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 set of bodies, i had to convey them with some soldiers to the morgue, for us to 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's 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. on behalf of the president, the government and the entire people of sierra leone, we sympathise... the country's vice—president called the incident a national disaster. police, soldiers and firefighters have worked through the night to clear the scene. rescuers expect the death toll to mount. umara fofana, bbc news, freetown. police investigating a deadly crush at a music festival in the us state of texas say they're looking into reports that someone in the crowd was injecting others with drugs. eight people died in the stampede at the music festival, when fans pushed towards the stage, causing panic. the rapper travis scott says he's devastated by what took place while he was performing at the event. the bbc�*s nomia iqbal has this report, and a warning that it does contain some flashing images. after the pandemic kept people away last year, fans turned up for the festival in texas in their thousands. but on the first night of the two day event, something went wrong. a crowd surge 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, 0k, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries, people began to fall out, become unconscious. seven of those who died were aged between 1a and 27. others were taken to hospital with cardiac arrest. this has not happened to us ever in houston, since i've been a police officer. we take pride of it and we are going to get down to the bottom. a lot of narratives out there right now. a lot of them. on social media, and even last night. i think that all of us need to be respectful of the families. police have also confirmed they are looking into reports of some individuals being injected with a drug, and say this is now a criminal investigation. people who were at the festival have been speaking about the chaos. there were people pushing back—and—forth. it was like a ripple effect, one person pushed and the whole crowd went forward, and then they went back, so it was going every other way. astroworld was founded by travis scott, who is from houston. he is the partner of kyliejenner, one of the world's highest paid social media influencers. in a statement, travis scott said he's absolutely devastated about what's happened. he thanked the emergency services for their response in helping everyone affected and said he is committed to working with officials to find out what went wrong. nomia iqbal, bbc news, north america. we can now speak to steve adelman who's a lawyer and vice president of the event safety alliance. hejoins us now. thank you hejoins us now. thank he joins us now. thank you for being hejoins us now. thank he joins us now. thank you for being with hejoins us now. thank he joins us now. thank you for being with us. hejoins us now. thank he joins us now. thank you for being with us. what hejoins us now. thank he joins us now. thank you for being with us. what is hejoins us now. thank he joins us now. thank you for being with us. what is your take on what seems to have gone so badly wrong? 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others that are configured very similarl ? ~ , ., ., similarly? when planning for music festivals _ similarly? when planning for music festivals and - similarly? when planning for music festivals and events i similarly? when planning forj music festivals and events of this nature, what are some of the measures that are put in place to mitigate against things like this? that is the key, what are the measures and when other plans. planning involves identifying what are the reasonably foreseeable risks for this particular event, in this time of year and this location, and once one has triaged the reasonably foreseeable risks, finding the resources to mitigate those risks. so the answer to your question is, security guards, barricades, law enforcement. medical. creating a communication system such that people who have an ion close circuit tv cameras can communicate with people who are on the ground in the middle of fans but who may not have a good vantage point. all of those and other risk mitigation measures are common and important, not only at this event but it all events.- event but it all events. what ha--ens event but it all events. what happens when _ event but it all events. what happens when a _ event but it all events. what happens when a crowd - event but it all events. what i happens when a crowd crushed like this occurs?— like this occurs? what we're ri . ht like this occurs? what we're right now. _ like this occurs? what we're right now, which _ like this occurs? what we're right now, which is - like this occurs? what we're right now, which is trying i like this occurs? what we're right now, which is trying to| right now, which is trying to make sense of something that makes no sense. trying to figure out what happened to cause this event of people standing, listening to music. that is a safe thing to do. what created the unsafe change. and how long was it until there was a response that could help mitigate some of the calamity that resulted. that's what happens. that resulted. that's what happens-— that resulted. that's what hauens. ., ~ , . happens. thank you very much for bein: happens. thank you very much for being with _ happens. thank you very much for being with us. _ let's get some of the day's other news. police in southern germany say three people have been seriously wounded in a knife attack on a high speed train. a man has been detained, and police believe there's no further danger to the public. the train was travelling between the bavarian cities of regensburg and nuremburg. russia has registered its worst daily figure for coronavirus infections — surpassing 41,000 for the first time. moscow remains the epicenter of the pandemic in the country and most public places are now disinfected every day. the rise in cases comes at the end of an eight day nationwide paid holiday, introduced to curb the spread of infections. china has boosted its daily coal output to a record level in response to a shortage that led to power plant shut—downs last month. the raised output has been blamed for thick smog in the capital beijing. economic planners say the increase to more than 12 million tonnes of coal a day, will ensure a warm winter for the chinese people. an appeals court in the us has temporarily stopped president biden�*s vaccine mandate for businesses. the law would require workers at 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. mr biden says it is about setting a national standard of safety at work. we can now speak to sonia gipson rankin who's a law professor at the university of new mexico where she teaches constitutional law. professor, thank you for being with us. ~ ., ., ., professor, thank you for being with us. . ., ., , , with us. we are at a pretty uniuue with us. we are at a pretty unique moment. _ with us. we are at a pretty unique moment. as - with us. we are at a pretty unique moment. as of - with us. we are at a pretty i unique moment. as of friday, the united states department of labour occupational safety and health administration released their official regulations called an emergency temporary standards, and what they said was, as you just mentioned, everyone must be vaccinated or agreed to weekly testing, if you're not vaccinated, weekly testing and wearing a mask. the response that is coming from the petitioners, this is a group of states, private organisations, religious organisations, religious organisations have argued that osha is exceeding their federal limits, they are impeding on interstate commerce and they are really stepping into things that belong to the states to decide and that this is outside the boundaries of work —based safety. the boundaries of work -based safe . ,, �* the boundaries of work -based safe . ,, ~ ., safety. osha you mentioned there, safety. osha you mentioned there. the — safety. osha you mentioned there, the occupational- safety. osha you mentioned l there, the occupational safety and health administration. so what is the test that the court needs to determine where federal authority begins and ends? ~ �* ., ., , ends? well, we're going to be at a place. _ ends? well, we're going to be at a place, this _ ends? well, we're going to be at a place, this is _ ends? well, we're going to be at a place, this is little - ends? well, we're going to be at a place, this is little bit - at a place, this is little bit tricky because this is happening in the fifth circuit in the united states, the fifth circuit court of appeals but there are other cases around there are other cases around the nation. what happens next is the test to ask is this in the purview of osha, is this something that addresses workplace safety? in the united states at this time over 745,000 people have died, 1100 people are dying related every day to covid—19 infections and so does this in some way, as it will impact 81 million employees, 32 million that are not vaccinated, does this fall into the purview of something that osha should be looking it? both sides have filed paperwork. what happens next, what kind of timescale are we looking it? we what kind of timescale are we looking it?— looking it? we are in a little bit of a tricky _ looking it? we are in a little bit of a tricky space - looking it? we are in a little bit of a tricky space once . bit of a tricky space once again because this isjust bit of a tricky space once again because this is just the regulations that have come out. nothing is supposed to take effect untiljanuary fall of effect until january fall of 2022 effect untiljanuary fall of 2022 so what we're looking at is, as you said, both sides have filed in the litigation will attempt to go to the supreme court but we will see what happens over the next few weeks because the united states supreme court has denied petitions for vaccination mandates. this will be a bit different as the defendant here is the united states.— is the united states. professor sonia gibson _ is the united states. professor sonia gibson rankin, - is the united states. professor. sonia gibson rankin, appreciate you being with us. the polish government has denied that the country's strict abortion laws are responsible for the recent death of a 30—year—old woman — who had complications with her pregnancy but wasn't able to get a termination. huge protests have been held in warsaw, and other polish cities, calling for the near total ban on abortion to be scrapped. poland is one of the most devoutly catholic countries in europe. courtney bembridge has this report. crowd chanting. chanting, "not one more". tens of thousands of protesters marched to the health ministry in warsaw, after the death of a pregnant woman reignited the debate over the country's strict abortion laws. it has been a year since the poland's constitutional court ruled in favour of a near—total ban on abortion. protesters are highlighting the recent case of a 30—year—old woman who died halfway through her pregnancy. her family says doctors had been aware of severe faecal defects but refused to perform an abortion while the foetus still had a heartbeat, fearing repercussions. this is what we call the �*frozen effect'. that the doctors will be afraid to perform abortions so in theory, abortion is legal in poland now, under the parameters that a woman's life and health is in danger, but in theory we see many cases when the doctors wait until the last moment and they are afraid because they know they will be facing legal charges. translation: iza said to a woman _ in the hospital room, "i want to live, "i have someone to live for. "i don't want to die." iza did not receive help because she was pregnant, because the heart of the foetus was still beating. the polish government denies the law is to blame and says an investigation is under way into the two doctors involved but these protesters claim there are similar cases happening right across the country and they say there will be many more unless the ban is scrapped. courtney bembridge, bbc news. in the middle east, reports from iraq say the prime minister mustafa al—kadhimi is unhurt following what the military say was an assassination attemptit�*s reported that rockets from a drone hit his home in the high security green zone in the capital baghdad in the early hours of sunday. since the attack, al kadhimi has tweeted to say he is fine and called for calm and restraint. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: hospitals overwhelmed, after 100 people are killed in a fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone — many more are injured. an investigation is underway into reports that someone at a houston music festival in the us was injecting people with drugs before the crowd stampeded. marches have been taking place in more than 200 cities around the world as part of what's been described as the global day of action for climate justice. tens of thousands of people took to the streets of glasgow where the un's cop26 climate talks are taking place. lorna gordon has this report from glasgow. even the driving rain couldn't keep them away. this, the biggest protest march through glasgow during cop. some had travelled just a short distance to get here, others were from the sharp end of the changing climate. i come from the philippines, and i am an indigenous person from the mountains. this is personally important to me because climate change is killing my people. if the climate summit has so far focused on the decisions made by world leaders and their 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 loom large for the days ahead. i don't have many expectations for the official cop conference but hopefully all this, people getting together, will put some pressure on the decision—makers. whatever we can do, we want to contribute. i want to be on thel right side of history and i think that one - day we will look back at this and hopefully feel proud - of ourselves that we are here. i don't know where we will be in ten years, in 20 years, so i'm out here, so is my mum, my gran, my grandad, everybody�*s out here. i don't believe it until i see any results. there is no law binding commitments so we willjust have to see it. the afternoon was mostly peaceful, but there were a small number of arrests, including this group of scientists 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. we just want to ask you, from our heart, for your support. and people from around the world calling for action from those in charge... i know it's a big deal, to get together the 196 countries, to say, yes, that is what we are going to do. i wish that we can do that, that it happens here. those marching here today will be hoping for positive news during the final week of talks, that it's not too late to deliver the substantial change they want. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. 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 way beyond the standards committee imbroglio of the last few days. there is a general whiff of, "we are the masters now" about their behaviour. he's referring to the former cabinet minister owen paterson, who's now resigned as an mp. he was facing a 30 days commons suspension and the possibility of a by—election for breaking rules around 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 would be sirjohn major. it came, at least in part, to define his time in office. and we should remember, sirjohn is no fan of borisjohnson, and hasn't been for some time — he didn't vote for him to become conservative leader. it is though, nonetheless, quite something to hear a critique as wide and as deep from a former tory prime minister. parliament cannot be the play thing 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. they have broken treaties, i have in mind the northern ireland protocol. they have broken their word on many occasions, the one that 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 and what's happened in the last few days involving owen paterson? i accept, with hindsight, and the government has already made this clear, that with hindsight it was a mistakes to try to bring that through on the timing that we did, but it doesn't mean it wasn't the right thing to try to do. i completely disagree withjohn major, i disagree with him on quite a few issues, but in particular on this one. this has 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 judgement. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. four weeks we have been telling you about the ongoing situation in la palma, which is caused massive disruption and destroyed 2000 properties but it has not disarmed.— destroyed 2000 properties but it has not disarmed. come to la palma and _ it has not disarmed. come to la palma and see _ it has not 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is part of a 19 day adventure that covers all of the canary islands but clearly la palma was going to be a bit different. some bringing you up, less valuable cars to be on the safe side.— the safe side. almost ready to co. the safe side. almost ready to no. just the safe side. almost ready to go- just get — the safe side. almost ready to go- just get the _ the safe side. almost ready to go. just get the roof _ the safe side. almost ready to go. just get the roof down - the safe side. almost ready to go. just get the roof down to i go. just get the roof down to avoid the ash.— avoid the ash. her why, new zealand, _ avoid the ash. her why, new zealand. we _ avoid the ash. her why, new zealand, we have _ avoid the ash. her why, new zealand, we have seen - avoid the ash. her why, new - zealand, we have seen volcanoes so it_ zealand, we have seen volcanoes so it would — zealand, we have seen volcanoes so it would be nice to see. this— so it would be nice to see. this rally— so it would be nice to see. this rally is described as an opportunity to take the ride less travelled but adding a giant volcano and it becomes a once—in—a—lifetime experience. archaeologists excavating the roman site of pompeii in italy say they've discovered a room used by slaves, which they say gives an extraordinary insight into their daily lives. nina nanji reports. a window into how slaves lived in ancient pompeii. it is a cramped space with three wooden beds. one smaller bed is possibly a child's, indicating that the room could have housed a family. the room was found during an excavation of a large villa on the outskirts of pompeii. the city was engulfed in a volcanic eruption nearly 2000 years ago, burying it and its residents in ash. translation: it is an i exceptional cross-section of the life and daily work of a part of the ancient population that is little known through official sources, always seen from the point of view of the elite and here instead, we see the lives of slaves, servants, people of a very low social status. the room is exceptionally well preserved. there are earthen red jars, ceramicjugs 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. it is a city frozen in time and one of italy's most visited tourist attractions. nina nanji, bbc news. before we go, the reminder of our two top stories. an investigation under way after a crash at at festival in houston. the repository was injecting people with drugs before the crowd surged. and hospitals in sierra leone have been overwhelmed after more than 100 people were put up in a fuel tank explosion in the capital, freetown. you can reach me on twitter. from me and of the team, thank you for watching and we will see you next time. bye—bye. hello. saturday's cloud and rain moving south was only one part of the weather picture. the other was the strengthening wind, and close to this low pressure, northern scotland will get off to a stormy start on sunday morning. there could be some travel disruption, as severe gales move through, and still some outbreaks of rain, whereas much of the rest of the uk, although it is still breezy, will get off to a dry start. cloudy skies in the west, and it's mild, temperatures around 6—11 degrees celsius. just focus on the winds, though, on sunday morning, particularly across orkney and northeast scotland, here some gusts 60—70mph here, maybe a little bit more exposed coasts and hills with some large waves on some of the coasts as well. so some disruptive strong winds to begin the day. slowly easing as the day goes on. still a few showers moving through here. maybe one or two showers with the cloud across the western side of the uk, but most places, as high pressure begins to move in, will have a dry sunday. the best of any sunny spells in the east. these temperatures are a little down on saturday's readings, but still on the mild side of average. now, as we go on through sunday evening and night, we will find some clear spells through eastern parts of scotland and down the eastern side of england. and this will allow for a touch of frost in the coldest spots, as temperatures drop close to freezing. we will keep the cloud in the west. the temperatures hold up here, and it is a mainly dry night to come. we have another weather system coming our way. this area of low pressure, the weather fronts around it, and it will gradually take this weather front southwards across the uk. it will take a lot of the week to do so. it will slowly bring in some outbreaks of rain across northern ireland on monday, into scotland, especially the north and west. could see some reaching into parts of northwest england and wales as well. whereas the rest of wales and england will stay mainly dry. some sunny spells in eastern england, around 11 celsius here, feeling rather chilly. whereas in belfast, up to 14 celsius. the breeze freshening again across northwestern areas. here comes the weather front slowly moving southwards as the week goes on. but we will maintain a west or south—westerly flow into the uk. so for the week ahead, things are looking mild. you will notice that on the temperatures here. a lot of cloud around, a few sunny spells, and again, some outbreaks of rain very gradually spreading southwards as the week goes on. this is bbc news, the headlines: around 100 people have died after a massive explosion when a fuel tanker collided with a lorry in sierra leone's capital, freetown. fuel spilled before igniting and the resulting fire engulfed crowds of people and vehicles at a busyjunction. the vice—president has called it a national disaster. police investigating a deadly crush at a music festival in the us state of texas say they're looking into reports that someone in the crowd was injecting others with drugs. eight people died in the stampede at the music festival in houston, when fans pushed towards the stage, causing panic. and marches have been taking place in more than 200 cities around the world as part of what's been described as the global day of action for climate justice. tens of thousands of people took to the streets of glasgow where the un's cop26 climate talks are taking place. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london, with shaun ley.