hello and welcome i m reged ahmad. sierra leone s vice president says the state will provide economic assistance to the families of nearly 100 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. 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 h
now on bbc news, it s time for reporting from the climate front lines with the bbc s science editor, david shukman. it s now beyond doubt that the arctic is changing dramatically. i ve had a unique position for nearly 20 years as a witness for the bbc to the greatest challenge of our times. how we re damaging the planet so profoundly that we are turning the climate against us. it s a job that has taken me to the farthest corners of the world. i felt despair, as extreme weather strikes people least able to resist it. i ve been attacked for highlighting the risks of global warming. and i ve also experienced hope that clever ideas and a rising generation will help us to find a way through. so, this is my story, reporting from the climate front lines. the thames barrier in london, a giant defence against the sea. it was built long before anybody worried about globalwarming, but things are very different now. the job of the barrier is to keep london safe from flooding, and right n
a fourth person has died among the group of paddleboarders who got into difficulty on a river in pembrokeshire last week. andrea powell had been in a critical condition in hospital. on saturday, surfers at aberavon beach paid tribute, to one of the other paddleboarders who died. here s megan paterson. 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 we
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 a