a landslide in southern colombia has left more than two hundred and fifty people dead. police and rescue teams are at the scene but their efforts are being hampered by bad weather. many people are still missing and it s feared the number of people who lost their lives could rise. the local governor has called the situation in the southern city of mo coa an unprecedented tragedy . sangita myska reports. urged on by soldiers, people living in the city of mocoa run for their lives. there is no time to collect possessions, because this is what s coming. deadly mudslides have engulfed parts of southern colombia, submerging homes, businesses and people. as rescuers continue the search for survivors, the president today declared a state of emergency across the region. unusually heavy rains flooded the mocoa river, bursting its banks and those of three tributaries. it created what eyewitnesses called an avalanche of mud that has pulled buildings apart, devastating towns and leaving
this week: adventures in sound with posh cams, invisible speakers and cloning brian s brain. today i m in the lair of a wizard. a wizard who like decibels, who has won grammies, who writes a good book or two. a wizard called brian eno. i don t know if i should actually show you how this works, really. let s just find the. so these are notjust not of speakers, they are working speakers these are working speakers? they re working speakers, yeah. oh, my gosh. and it is sound that this man is best known for. big sound. the former member of the band, roxy music, has added his unique production sound to the biggest acts in the world groups like u2, and coldplay and some chap called david. he is a self proclaimed non musician who uses technology to make his art. there it is. so this essentially never repeat in billions of years. it is constantly generating new images. i mean, sometimes it does things that are so baffling fantastic you think, gosh, i never would have thought of
hello and welcome. a landslide in southern colombia has left more than 250 people dead. police and rescue teams are at the scene, but their efforts are being hampered by darkness and bad weather. many people are still missing and it s feared the number of people who lost their lives could rise. the local governor has called the situation in the southern city of mocoa an unprecedented tragedy . greg dawson has the latest. from the ground you get a sense of the force of the mind which pushed ca i’s the force of the mind which pushed cars through buildings and with trees from the ground. but it is from the air that the scale of the damage is apparent, with the stew of mud and water stretching for miles. in some areas there is no way in or out, with roads, bridges and entire neighbourhoods swept away. this is how many spent the night, surrounded by their belongings, which have now become degree. people without homes, ina become degree. people without homes, in a town without p
the week in parliament. a dream come true for many people, but a day others hoped would never arrive. the uk has told the european union that it is going to leave. this is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. britain is leaving the eu. we are going to make our own decisions and our own laws. the terms of the uk s divorce deal will be subject to intense scrutiny. the labour party set out its red lines. labour will not give this government a free hand to use brexit to attack rights, protections and cut services, or create a tax dodgers‘ paradise. and the scottish parliament voted in favour of a second referendum on independence. the snp urges the prime minister to show some respect. if she remains intransigent, and if she denies scotland a choice in our future, she will make scottish independence inevitable. the journey towards triggering article 50 began nine months ago. 52% of voters in the eu referendum put a cross next to the box that said leave the