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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 their bare hands, pulling up corpses from beneath the mud. The road itself is a disaster area, the road is almost impassable. There are massive rocks and this area, called mount sugarloaf, caved in in the early hours of this morning and it has covered literally thousands of houses. Dozens of houses. Hundreds of people are feared dead under the rubble. There are some ambulances parked here, but it is becoming a Recovery Mission instead of a rescue mission. The victims in sierra leone are among the worlds poorest people. Survivors risking everything to salvage a few possessions, trying to hang on to whatever they can despite the rising water. The head of communications at sierra leones red cross spoke to the bbc earlier and gave us an update. At the moment official figures, corroborated with the ministry of health, is a total of 205 dead. The red cross as usual has been able to mobilise some resources, Logistical Resources , mobilise some resources, Logistical Resources, people, we have been able to deploy 60 volunteers and staff to all the affected communities today. Under mounting pressure over his failure to explicitly condemn the White Supremacist Group at the centre of the violence in virginia on saturday, donald trump has responded, he has held a news conference. Let us show you some of what he had to say. 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. Donald trump significantly strengthening his condemnation of saturdays violence, but the fallout has already started. A prominent ally of the pharmaceuticals eight boss of the Pharmaceuticals Company said he is stepping down. He said after he had said that, there was a tweet from donald trump that was heavy. Just to recap what happened on saturday that has led to all this reaction. Dozens were injured in violent clashes and a woman was killed when a car was rammed into opposition protesters. We are going to move on to show you the victim. One of her friends has been talking to us. I smile when i think about heather. Heather always spoke with so much conviction. Heather stood up for what she believed in. She liked to make you laugh. She didnt care what she said. It was just heather. She cared about people. She wanted the best for everyone. She stood up for equality. She didnt want hate. She just wanted everybody to be equal. This is 20 year old james alex feels, the man accused of killing heather. First, their reaction to the words be heard from the president today. There has been sombre reaction but finally the president has said what people here have wanted him to say. When you speak to people here, including heathers friend, she told me that what she wanted the president to do was renounce the heat that came to the streets of Cha Rlottesville Heat that came to the streets of charlottesville on heat that came to the streets of Cha Rlottesville on saturday. Heat that came to the streets of charlottesville on saturday. She believes this was a hate crime and it was domestic terrorism. The language that has come from the Trump Administration has slowly ramp thats on saturday, but it has taken three days. This is a community trying to come together meanwhile, around the loss of a 32 year old woman who played such a prominent pa rt woman who played such a prominent part here. When it comes to Donald Trumps language, it will be welcomed, but is it too little, too late . This is a president who has owned the past had the help of the so called alt right and that includes these White Supremacists. Community leaders today say what he has said may not be enough. Is there still a sense of shock that you could see nat c flags, Civil War Regalia On The Streets Of America on the 21st century . When it comes to this rally, they have been promoting it for months, the kkk, White Supremacists, neo nazis, and there have been skirmishes right across the site, and it is all about a confederate statue of general lee who fought on the Proslavery Side of the civil war. It is set for demolition. Civil rights activists have asked for this demolition. They want a fresh start 01 demolition. They want a fresh start or america, White Supremacists believe this is getting rid of their history and heritage. There was an attempt to stop the march, to stop these White Supremacists coming to this quite liberal tone and yet it was not stopped, they went ahead. There was some anger towards the organisers. A lot of anger towards those who came to these streets, and many people leave they came here to cause violence. There were swastikas. There were those giving natty suits, there were those in foods. Many believe it has no place here in modern america also there we re here in modern america also there were those giving nazi salutes. We will have eight report from pakistan looking at the legacy of petition. A man has appeared in court in norfolk charged with murdering a grandfather in norfolk as he walked his dog. 23 year old Alexander Palmer appeared via video link from Police Custody suite at wyndham, some miles away from here, his first court appearance, after being charged in the early hours of this morning with the murder of peter wrighton, a 83 year old who was out walking his dog on saturday 5th of august, when he was attacked. He was a retired bt engineer from a local village, and his body was found in heathland very close to a path. In a very brief hearing, no more than two minutes, Alexander Palmer, wearing what appeared to be a blue sweatshirt and grey trousers, he seemed to have some stubble, he spoke quite clearly to confirm his name, his age, and his address. He gave his address as being in the village of cringleford, near norwich. You are watching Outside Source live from the bbc newsroom. Hundreds of people are feared dead after a mudslide in sierra leones capital, freetown. Some stories making news across the bbc. The World Health Organisation says the number of suspected cases of cholera in yemen has reached half a million. Nearly 2000 people have died in the outbreak since the end of april. A Health Spokesperson said nearly 500 new cases were being recorded every day. Former chess champion Garry Kasparov has come out of retirement for a one off tournament in missouri. He has been out of the game for 12 yea rs has been out of the game for 12 years after turning his hand to politics. He managed a draw on his return. And something you dont see every day, this 306 metre Container Ship has run aground off the course of belgium, in doing so it is blocking Shipping Traffic in and out of antwerp, the second largest container port in europe. A large queue of vessels has already formed behind this. Burkina faso has declared three days of National Mourning after 18 people we re of National Mourning after 18 people were killed at a turkish restaurant. This happened overnight in the capital. We want to show you the moment that two men drove up to the restau ra nt moment that two men drove up to the restaurant and opened fire on people sitting on the terrace. The president has condemned what he cold the despicable and cowardly terrorist attack. Authorities say the two attackers were killed. This region has already had its share of Terrorist Groups turning up at one time or another. What does this mean for burkina faso . By faso . By Kuyt Forjoining Faso . By kuyt for joining us faso . By Kuyt Forjoining us on Outside Source. Do we have any idea who that gun men are . So far we know that gun men came in on motorbikes and carried out the attack. We know that two of the attackers died. The unknown variable is who did the attack. Then burkina faso people are wondering who did the attack. They have no idea. This brings to mind what happened in the country in january, brings to mind what happened in the country injanuary, where gunmen. Not far away. Within two years the country has experienced two attacks, Injanuary Country has experienced two attacks, in january people country has experienced two attacks, injanuary people were killed in a similar attack, alqaeda claims that attack. Officials are not sure if it was alqaeda that carried out the attack. But they have a hint that they might have carried out this attack. What can government do . I though governments in the region have been talking about how to prevent this. That is very little they can do to prevent these attacks. I was in Coutinho Vassell last month in burkina faso last month. They have stepped up checks on the roads. They need to be careful who comes in and who goes out because of security. Making sure that an attack like this will not happen. Despite all of these measures it did happen. What can they do to prevent this . Very little. As is the case almost everywhere. But critics of the government are saying that other than the last couple of weeks that government and unionists have been bickering over issues of safety, and then the lowered their guard. And then the lowered their guard. And the gunmen took the opportunity, almost exactly where they were one year ago. Thank you for bringing us up year ago. Thank you for bringing us up to date. Another story, this time from tenure, the election campaign. This time from kenya. Raila odinga has been telling people to stay away from work. Other people are saying it is time to move on. Our reporter has this. Many businesses here have remained closed for almost one week and this has been because of the anxiety and tension caused by the results of the president ial election. In some parts we have seen Running Battles between supporters of Opposition Leader raila odinga and the police and traders are weary of security. But today, more activity, public transport getting out of the city into the capital and other parts of western kenya. Mixed reaction on the streets regarding that call by Opposition Leader raila odinga for people to boycott work today. Currently we are having kind of a strike. Most businesses are closed. But we hope that within the week they will start picking up. The only thing i want to express as my disappointed this appointment with the way the police handled the residence, the police are supposed to protect the people, they have a moral duty. The message we are getting from people on the streets is they want their normal life to resume but anxiety persists as supporters of the Opposition Leader awaits his message tomorrow regarding his next move. Time now for Outside Source business. And a story we have touched on already, the boss of a Us Pharmaceutical Company resigning over the lack of response of President Trump to the Cha Rlottesville President Trump to the charlottesville violence. It followed biting criticism of the handling of that issue by the president. Other big us bosses have also condemned the violence. This is difficult for the Business Friendly president that donald trump says he is which it is an administration that has prided itself on being Business Friendly. They have made a big point about talking about tax reform, infrastructure reform, other policies that would be welcomed by the Business Community. A huge number of them have stepped up to be involved in some of the administrations business councils, whether strategic, manufacturing councils, to dry and look at how to create morejobs. Councils, to dry and look at how to create more jobs. What councils, to dry and look at how to create morejobs. What we councils, to dry and look at how to create more jobs. What we see now is the Chief Executive Officer of a pharmaceutical giant taking a position on events over the weekend and the response of the president to those events. He talked about having to step down from the council as a matter of personal conscience. The question now in boardrooms across america is what do other Chief Executive Officers do . Are they in a position where they have to take a stand . Position where they have to take a stand . We position where they have to take a stand . We are starting to hear some responses. Many of the big names, general electric, pepsi, just to namea general electric, pepsi, just to name a couple, condemning what they saw as violence by White Supremacists, saying they are not in support of hatred and bigotry, but that being said, many of these firms also choosing to stay on board of these policy making committees, saying they think they have a role to play, and for now are seeing with the president. It is usually a great opportunity to be able to have fifth year of the president , to go into the white house, to sit on one of these councils. Yes, campbells soup, one of the companies on this council gave as an interesting statement, this is a consumerfacing company that potentially could be subject to criticism, depending on how the public views their actions, what positions they take. They specifically came out and said, we think we can do more by being at the table, having played voice at the table, having played voice at the table, therefore they want to stay. We also heard from one of the unions coming forward, saying, they are on the manufacturing committee, they have not met match, they do not do what they do. We are still assessing how the Business Community is reacting, meantime investors are not to these, The Pharmaceutical Companys to these, The Pharmaceutical Compa nys share to these, The Pharmaceutical Companys share price was up to be. One other business story. The value of the Digital Currency bitcoin is surging, it is now trading at more than 4000 per piece, its value has quadrupled since the start of the year, it was created electronically, nor one controls the currency, but a lot of businesses including retailers and stores do except that, experts say its popularity is growing. In a couple of months there will be companies that will launch a credit card that will carry other currencies, you will be able to in theory spends bitcoin using your credit card. The Film Industry at the advent of the internet, the banking industry, incumbency does nothing, others see, they would hedge their bets. India and pakistan are marking 70 yea rs of india and pakistan are marking 70 years of independence from britain which came after nearly 200 years of colonial rule. A view of the pictures coming in from the usual today. These from pakistan vassell ablutions began at the stroke of midnight, sunday night. From pakistan where celebrations began at the stroke of midnight. We have got a fly past by the pakistan air force. It is now independence day, it is tuesday in india, we will be showing more of that in our next edition of Outside Source. Let us remind you of what happened seventh decade ago. This is what the region that bike at the time. After months of political deadlock but agreed to divide the country in two, the state of pakistan was created off to the west and east of india, triggering perhaps the Biggest Movement of people outside of war and famine that the world has ever seen. We think it was about 12 Million People who became refugees, who fled the violence, communities targeting each other. 1 Million People are thought to have died. We can no speak to somebody who was watching these events, a Film Director whose family went to partition. She has been attending a peace rally in india this evening. Thank you forjoining us on this evening. Thank you forjoining us on Outside Source. Everybody has a personal story that you have said you feel you grew up in the shadow of partition. Yes, absolutely. My grandmother 70 years ago was living in her home with herfive grandmother 70 years ago was living in her home with her five small children, and overnight virtually the violence started, and one day and Indian Army Truck came and said, get on this track now, and she had to leave her home, and for three days she was on a train, could not get off, no food, no water, her milk dried up, her youngest child died of starvation. She was in a Refugee Campfor many starvation. She was in a refugee camp for many months until finally my grandmother my grandfather actually found her. That is a personal experience of partition. All my ankles and and and no elderly all all my ankles and and and no elderly all my uncles and ants are now elderly. And aunts are now elderly. I have been here doing promotions. Everywhere there is lots of flag weaving. But this evening i attended a candlelit vigil at the border, with this organisation, who look to promote peace between india and pakistan, and it was a sobering event. The area was very heavy. I have been to that ceremony before which is veryjingoistic, but today to be standing in the place of 70 yea rs to be standing in the place of 70 years ago people were coming through. I am sorry, we had to leave it there as we are finishing the programme. Thank you for being with us on Outside Source. Our nightly look at the global weather. We will look at sierra leone and the monsoon in india. First, africa, this tropical belt at this time of year gets big storms, and as desperate as the situation may be in the town, it is a pattern that we normally see across the tropics. This will move from east to west and tropics. This will move from east to westand dump tropics. This will move from east to west and dump a lot of rainfall in a short time. And unfortunately a powerful storm delivered that rainfall, then we saw the mudslide, there will be more storms from east to west, seasonal rains across africa. More rainfall to come across that part of the world. And this is the indian monsoon. In india the monsoon has been a fraction below bye, but some areas have seen more than normal. It refers to wind rather than rainfall, the term monsoon, it drives this weather system. The monsoon does not come in one big lump of rain, it comes in waves of rain over time. Here is an example. In august,. And it is often the poor villagers that get affected. So far over 100 fatalities, probably a conservative estimate. Many people displaced because of the flooding. A lot of disruption. Here are the Monsoon Clouds across south asia. This is the forecast for tuesday. The indication is that it is these Northern Areas that will get very heavy rain on tuesday and as is often the case also the 5;57 57~327 5 ~ ~zr £ e;ev emqu e ~ ~zr £ over. 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