mudslides and floods are known to have killed more than 300 people in sierra leone. torrential rain caused a hillside to collapse on the outskirts of the capital city freetown. hundreds of bodies are still thought to be trapped under the debris with rescue and recovery efforts resuming with daybreak. greg dawson reports. while some stare in stunned silence at what is left of their home, others, with their bare hands, are still searching and hoping. the grim reality is that beneath the tons of mud, many more lives and homes lay. amid the destruction, the grief. this man says he has lost all eight members of his family.” this man says he has lost all eight members of his family. i first saw the body of my sister. i called on people to help me. we later on the floor. then i started hearing other people crying. i ve lost all of my family we laid her on the floor. this is an overpopulated city, with many living on the hillside in flimsy and unprotected shacks that we re f
the uk government pushes for a frictionless trade deal to help ease its transition towards a post brexit future. putting america first. donald trump calls for an investigation into whether china is stealing intellectual property from american companies. welcome to world business report. i m ben bland. the british prime minister theresa may has this morning, published a blueprint for future trade relations between the uk and the european union. in the first of a series of brexit papers, the government suggested creating an interim period of trade, saying one possible approach would be a temporary customs union between the uk and the eu. that means they would continue applying the same tariffs to goods from outside the union which can then move between them without more tariffs being added. the government s brexit committee hopes a time limited transition period will give importers and exporters enough time to adjust to the realities of brexit. in a bid to create what it call
indices, reflecting a return to an appetite for risk. and also on the programme. . . and is a lack of charging points holding back growth in the electric car market? the boss of the uk‘s largest network of charging stations is here. so today we want to know: what s holding you back from going electric? if you drive would you go electric? let us know, use the hashtag bbc biz live. hello and welcome to business live. the british prime minister theresa may has this morning, published a blueprint for future trade relations between the uk and the european union. in the first of a series of brexit papers, the government suggested creating an interim period of trade, saying one possible approach would be a temporary customs union between the uk and the eu. that means they would continue applying the same tariffs to goods from outside the union which can then move between them without more tariffs being added. the government s brexit committee hopes a time limited transition pe