Welcome to bbc news. President trump has condemned the White Supremacists and neo nazis who took part in the weekends violent demonstrations in virginia. One woman died when a car was driven into a group of people who were protesting against the far right march in charlottesville. Donald trump has faced criticism for failing to speak out in the immediate aftermath of the attack. But this afternoon he said racism was evil and those who caused violence in its name were criminals and thugs. Our North American editor jon sopel reports. Vacation suspended, the president returned to washington this morning from his holiday to meet the director of the fbi and the Attorney General following the Weekend Violence in charlottesville. Meanwhile in the University Of Virginia town, there were scuffles outside the court where James Alex Fields appeared this morning on Murder Charges after a car ploughed into antiracism protesters. Oh, my god, people are badly hurt. Oh, my god. The president s everyones to blame response and silence until now lit a firestorm of criticism. So why has donald trump been so unusually tongue tied over this . Well, the number of fully paid up White Supremacists may be small. The number who have sympathies is probably far larger, and they were among the most vociferous supporters of him last november. Certainly, his surrogates have condemned the far right, but donald trump reluctantly so today, 48 hours on, a dramatic shift in language from the embattled president. He sounded tense. There was no freewheeling as he gripped the lectern and gripped every word on the autocue, his eyes barely moving. Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo nazis, White Supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. We are a nation founded on the truth, that all of us are created equal. We are equal in the eyes of our creator. We are equal under the law, and we are equal under our constitution. While he said the right things today, i say, did that come from his heart or from his staff telling him what they thought he should say . Ron christie was a Senior Adviser to George W Bush and is now a republican strategist. Has the president repaired the damage . No. He has hurt himself with people like me who look at his actions and words and deeds and say he didnt go far enough. He didnt measure the sensitivity of what was happening in charlottesville, virginia, and rise to the occasion. And one other person for whom this was too little, too late is kenneth frazier, the boss of one of americas biggest pharmaceutical companies, and he has resigned from the president s industry forum, saying within minutes, donald trump fired back, saying on twitter mr president , can you explain why you did not condemn those hate groups . They have been condemned, they have been condemned. Donald trump has bent to criticism, something that has not happened often, but why it has taken two days to name these groups, well, that question still hangs. Well, jon told us what might have prompted mr trumps statement this afternoon. Its hard to exaggerate the pressure the president has felt these past 48 hours if you like and you can almost see it, the tension as he gave that particular statement in the white house this afternoon, and also the chorus of criticism from across the republican party. Not just chorus of criticism from across the republican party. Notjust the usual suspects, far, far wider than that so suspects, far, far wider than that soi suspects, far, far wider than that so i think it became inevitable that donald trump had to Say Something today that would kind of meet the concerns of those people. I think one other thing to note that was interesting about it was what donald trump said on saturday wasntjust an oversight, and though omission, that had been carefully thought through and it was decided he wouldnt say that. One other thing he didnt mention today was that this was an act of domestic terrorism, which is something the Attorney General and the Vice President have both described the events in cha rlottesville president have both described the events in charlottesville as being. The dangerfor events in charlottesville as being. The danger for donald trump is on the one side he is now offended the far right in the country and he may not have done enough, maybe too little, too late for the centre ground. So that the political danger. But events move at such a pace in washington that i suspect by the end of this week well have discussed about 15 other topics. At least 300 people are feared dead in west africa after a massive mudslide in sierra leone. Torrential rain caused a hillside to collapse on the outskirts of the capital, freetown, Burying Houses in mud. The number of casualties is expected to rise, with hundreds of bodies thought to be still trapped under the debris. Our Diplomatic CorrespondentJames 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 with few defences against heavy rains. They come every year, but not usually with quite such ferocity. About 250 bodies have been recovered so far. The authorities fear there could be many more trapped in the ruins of houses. The bbcs umaru fofana is there. I went down to the spot myself and you could see people using their bare hands, pulling up corpses from beneath the mud. The road itself to the Disaster Area is almost impassable with massive rocks, and this area, called mount sugarloaf, caved in in the early hours of this morning and it has covered literally dozens of houses and hundreds of people, according to the countrys Vice President who just spoke to me, are feared dead under the rubble. There are some ambulances parked here, but it is now a Recovery Mission instead of a rescue mission. Many victims lived in the flimsiest of homes, little more than shacks, often on unprotected hillsides. A British Charity has been helping to build far stronger houses, and its head, back in britain, explained today how it is the poorest in sierra leone who are often the most defenceless. People build houses all up the sides of cliffs, and they often build them with inadequate materials because generally, people are unbelievably poor. People are trying to reclaim land from the sea and then the waterjust comes and wipes them away. Six out of ten people in sierra leone live below the poverty line. Survivors often risk everything to salvage a few possessions, trying to hang on to whatever they can despite the rising waters. James robbins, bbc news. The government is pushing for a temporary Customs Union to be put in place when britain leaves the European Union to try to smooth the way for business and prevent chaos on britains borders. Thereve been warnings about the extra pressure that ports could be under if they face a big increase in bureaucracy for goods coming into and out of the uk. Tomorrow the government is publishing its proposals, the first in what are being called future Partnership Papers to try to ensure an orderly exit from the eu. Our correspondent adam fleming in in brussels for us this evening. So, adam, it looks like a transition period where the Customs Union stays in place for up to three years potentially . Theres no time limit actually being put on it by the government because they say it depends on what youre transitioning to. But as you said, this is all about the Customs Union, which is the concept that goods, products made within the eu can circulate freely within the eu with hardly any customs duties, tariffs or customs checks applied to them and that theres one external border for goods being imported where every eu country applies the same tariff on them. The eu government will say on its Position Paper it is publishing tomorrow, although its calling it a future partnership paper, saying it wa nts future partnership paper, saying it wants something pretty similar to that for this transition period to give business as much certainty as possible british government. Then the government will offer to future scenarios for what comes after that. One is what they call a streamlined Customs Arrangement whereby the uk manages its border with as Much Technology as possible and as little redtape as possible so goods can cioss redtape as possible so goods can cross between the uk and the eu very easily. Or even closer than that, what theyre calling a new customs partnership, which would be an unprecedented deal the like of which the eu has never signed before but it would mean the uk and the eu treat everything in the Customs Chain and customs process exactly the same. The argument being you wouldnt need any kind of border between the uk and the eu when it comes to goods and you cant get as frictionless as having no border at all. So the uk setting out its position for an interim period that looks incredibly similar to what is in place now and then two options for what comes after that. And, many thanks indeed. Adam fleming in brussels. Adam, many thanks indeed. A car has crashed into a pizzeria near paris killing a child and injuring several others. The incident happened in the town Of Sept Sorts East of the capital. The driver has been arrested. Bernard kenny, the 79 year old man who tried to stop a right wing extremist from murdering mpjo cox, has died. Mr kenny, seen here in the middle at a memorial event, was stabbed when he tried to stop thomas mair attacking the mp in june last year. Mr kenny was awarded the george medal for his bravery. Celebrations have been taking place in pakistan as the country marks 70 years since its creation. At midnight on august 14th, 1947 British Colonial rule over india came to an end and the country was divided into two independent nations, india and pakistan. What followed was a bout of sectarian violence that split families and communities apart. The Partition Led to the movement of around 12 Million People in one of the largest migrations ever seen. Many muslims fled east and west out of hindu dominated india. Similarly, millions of hindus and sikhs headed the other way. But today it was the birth of their nation, that pakistanis were celebrating. Reeta chakra barti reports from lahore. In pakistans former capital karachi, mohammad jinnahs home is preserved with ca re and reverence. Jinnah led the creation of pakistan, but today his legacy is hotly contested. Just what sort of nation did he envisage . Mohammad ali jinnah, pakistans first governor general. As the british left colonial india, jinnah was desperate to secure the rights of the muslim population. The answer was a separate state, pakistan. Our objective should be peace within and peace without. But peace seems often to have eluded this nation, both within and without. Poverty and security remain major issues and the debate over the role of islam rages on. A powerful message of inclusion. For this leading politician, jinnahs vision was for a secular pakistan, one that hasnt been fulfilled. I think mrjinnah would still be looking at moving us forward if he were here today. He made it very clear, it tolerated all religions, but we havent been exactly the epitome of total inclusion that he sought. Thats because others see islam as central to jinnahs vision. The constitution, they say, is islamic in nature and successive governments have failed to implement it. What otherwise was the point they ask of creating pakistan . Translation jinnah rebelled and struggled against secularism. There was secularism already in india with the hindus and the british and Muslim Identity was at risk. That is why he made pakistan, an independent islamic state. But others say pakistans real problem is not religion, but the army. Its might is on display every evening at the border with india, with troops strutting and Goose Stepping in a full blooded show of nationalism. Over a third of pakistans 70 years have been under military rule. What would jinnah have made of that . I think he would have been aghast. The military were supposed to be a subordinate organisation to politics. I think he never, never could have imagined that the military would have played such an Important Role and would have dominated politics, as it does today. He would be turning in his grave if he came to know that. The military was in ceremonial mode today with an airshow to mark the anniversary of pakistans creation. It is a Public Holiday and people were out in force in a mass show of patriotism and celebration. Jinnahs Resting Place is this magnificent mausoleum in karachi, a fitting tribute to the first leader. He bequeathed to his people Self Government and a democracy, but pakistan still struggles with what its true identity might be