of white supremacists some giving nazi salutes held a torch lit rally yesterday at the university of virginia to protest against a decision to remove a statue of the confederate civil war general, robert e lee. a local state of emergency has been declared in two districts. in the past hour, president trump spoke to the media about the events in cha rlottesville. we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and filers on many sides. and filers. it has been going on for a long time. it has no place in america. what is vital now isa place in america. what is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of lives. on the line is the bbc‘s joel gunter, who s been at that rally today. things had calmed but we have had news of that horrific car ploughing into people and we understand one person has lost their life. what else do we know? that is about all we know. i was down at the scene earlierjust we know. i wa
condemned the violence. our north america correspondent, laura bicker, reports. hate has come to the streets of the southern american city. an explosion of violence sparked after a planned protest by white nationalists. the so called alt right, including figures from the ku klux klan and saluting neo nazi sympathisers. the day started in a tense stand off as the group was surrounded by anti racism activists. it then erupted into taunting, shoving and outright brawling. this has been declared an unlawful assembly. the rally was cancelled before it even began. as the turmoil subsided, police took back the streets. the crowd dispersed, then this. tyres screech. a car, at speed, ploughs through protesters. one person has died and at least six others are thought to have been injured. a state of emergency has now been declared in cha rlottesville. many fear what is known as the alt right have become emboldened by donald trump s ascent to the white house. today, the us president sai
welcome to bbc news. great britain have one gold in the relay in london. usain bolt pulled up relay in london. usain bolt pulled up in his race. and the third fastest winning time in history as the us takes silver and japan and france. japan bronze. sir mo farah has won silver in the final of the five thousand metres at the world athletics championships in london. in his final track title race, the four time olympic champion failed to add another gold to the ten thousand metres gold he won eight days ago. 34 year old farah was always in contention, but in the final lap he became boxed in by three ethiopian competitors, with muktar edris claiming gold. he plans to concentrate on marathon classic in the future. at a quarter past 11 we will have more sporting headlines. one person has died and at least 19 others have been injured after a car rammed a crowd of people opposing a far right rally in the us state of virginia. it happened in the city of charlottesville after violen
and usain bolt‘s final race before retiring ends in disaster when he pulls up injured. hello. one person has died and at least 19 people injured when a car was driven into a crowd in charlottesville in the us state of virginia. earlier, brawls erupted between counter protesters and white nationalists planning to attend a march. it was called to protest against plans to remove a statue of a general who had fought for the pro slavery confederacy during the us civil war. the governor of virginia said his only message for the white supremacists was to go home. you are not wanted in this great commonwealth. shame on you. you pretended your patriots but you are anything but a patriot. you wanted to go might want to talk about patriots, talk about thomas jefferson and george washington, who brought our country together. you think about the patriots today, the young men and women wearing the cloth of our country, somewhere around the globe there putting their life in danger. they a
one person has died and at least 19 people injured when a car was driven into a crowd in charlottesville in the us state of virginia. earlier, brawls erupted between counter protesters and white nationalists planning to attend a march. it was called to protest against plans to remove a statue of a general who had fought for the pro slavery confederacy during the us civil war. the governor of virginia said his only message for the white supremacists was to go home. you are not wanted in this great commonwealth. shame on you. you pretended you re patriots but you are anything but a patriot. you want to talk about patriots, talk about thomas jefferson and george washington, who brought our country together. you think about the patriots today, the young men and women wearing the cloth of our country, somewhere around the globe the globe they re putting their life in danger. they re patriots, you are not. you came here today to hurt people and you did hurt people. but my message i