hello, this is bbc news. i'm victoria with your headlines from the uk and around the world. nearly 100 people have died in an fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone, after the lorry collided with another vehicle in the capital, freetown. the former british prime minister sirjohn major says parliaments reputation has been trashed at home and abroad — after the government tried to block the suspension of an mp who broke lobbying rules. i think the way the government handled that was shameful and wrong, and unworthy of the best or indeed any government. rapper travis scott says he's "absolutely devastated" by the deaths of eight people, including a m—year—old, at the texas festival where he was performing. tens of thousands of people

are marching around the world to demand urgent action in combatting climate change — as the cop26 summit continues in glasgow. we must demand that our leaders stop holding _ we must demand that our leaders stop holding meaningless summits and start taking meaningful action. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least 98 people have died in a fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone. the blast happened after the vehicle collided with a lorry in the capital, freetown. people then rushed to collect petrol leaking from the tanker and were caught up in a fireball when the fuel ignited. 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 and identify their loved ones. obviously, some of the bodies are beyond recognition, so that's going to be very tricky for them to do, but also a very emotional scene here. some of them have moved from hospital to hospital,

trying to see if their loved ones are actually either admitted or, in fact, dead. on behalf of the president, the government and the entire people of sierra leone, we sympathise... the country's vice president called the incident a national disaster. police, soldiers and firefighters have worked through the night to clear the scene. rescuers expect the death toll to mount. umara fofana, bbc news, freetown. here in the uk, the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, has strongly criticised the government, saying its attempt this week to overturn the suspension of a tory mp — who'd beenjudged to have broken lobbying rules — was both "shameful and wrong." he said the government's actions were "unworthy of this or any government," and fitted a pattern of behaviour that he believed, was "un—conservative." here's our political correspondent, chris mason. very few are granted the privilege of living here, and so the verdict of those that have on the man

who now does, matter. particularly when they are in the same party. and even more so when a former tory prime minister brands the current tory prime minister's government as perhaps politically corrupt. it seems to me, as a lifelong conservative, that much of what they are doing is very un—conservative in its behaviour. there are many strands to this that go way beyond the standards committee imbroglio of the last few days. there is a general whiff of, "we are the masters now" about their behaviour. he's referring to the former cabinet minister owen paterson, who's now resigned as an mp. he was facing a 30 days commons suspension and the possibility of a by—election for breaking rules around the work he did for private companies, alongside being an mp. but the government tried to block or delay that. until, at least, it changed its mind. i think the way the government

handled that was shameful and wrong and unworthy of this or indeed any government. it also had the effect of trashing the reputation of parliament. if there is one man who knows a thing or two about how damaging sleaze can be to a government, it would be sirjohn major. it came, at least in part, to define his time in office. and we should remember, sirjohn is no fan of borisjohnson, and hasn't been for some time — he didn't vote for him to become conservative leader. it is though, nonetheless, quite something to hear a critique as wide and as deep from a former tory prime minister. parliament cannot be the play thing of any prime minister or indeed any government. this government has done a number of things that concern me deeply. they have broken the law, i have in mind the illegal prorogation of parliament, which i went to the supreme court. they have broken treaties, i have in mind the northern ireland protocol. they have broken their word on many

occasions, the one that i find most odious was the cut in overseas aid. so if you are in the government now, what on earth do you say in response to all of this and what's happened in the last few days involving owen paterson? i accept, with hindsight, and the government has already made this clear, that with hindsight it was a mistakes to try to bring that through on the timing that we did, but it doesn't mean it wasn't the right thing to try to do. i completely disagree withjohn major, i disagree with him on quite a few issues, but in particular on this one. this has been a bumpy few days for the government, entirely of its own making, as critics within the conservative party and beyond ask sharp questions about the prime minister's judgement. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. the rapper travis scott, says he's devastated, after eight people died in a crush at the opening night of his music festival in texas. the youngest victim

was 14 years old. police in houston say panic broke out, after the crowd began to surge towards the front of the stage, at scott's �*astroworld' event. the festival has now been called off. nomia iqbal�*s report, contains flashing images. after the pandemic kept people away last year, fans turned up for the festival in texas in their thousands. it has been hard, just like being stuck in the house. but on the first night of the two day event, something went wrong. a crowd surged towards the stage as rapper travis scott performed. it's not clear what set the crowd in motion. the injured were given medical help, while the music continued, many not realising what happened. the performance was eventually stopped, as a mass casualty incident was declared. the crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage, ok, and that caused some panic,

and it started causing some injuries, people began to fall out, become unconscious. seven of those who died were between seven and 30. ——seven of those who died were between 14—27 years old. 11 people were in cardiac arrest. 17 people were taken to hospital, 11 in cardiac arrest. a lot of narratives out there right now, on social media, and even last night. i think that all of us need to be respectful of the families. please have also confirmed that they are looking into officials who have been injected with drugs.- are looking into officials who have been injected with drugs. been in'ected with drugs. people who are at been injected with drugs. people who are at the festival _ been injected with drugs. people who are at the festival had _ been injected with drugs. people who are at the festival had been _ are at the festival had been speaking about the chaos. there were --eole speaking about the chaos. there were peeple pushing _ speaking about the chaos. there were pe0ple pushing back— speaking about the chaos. there were people pushing back and _ speaking about the chaos. there were people pushing back and forth. - speaking about the chaos. there were people pushing back and forth. it - people pushing back and forth. it was like a ripple effect. one person pushed and the whole crowd went forward. so it was going every which

way. astroworld is a festival founded by travis scott, who is from houston. he is the partner of kyliejenner. one of the worlds highest paid. she has been criticised for posting videos of ambulances at the festival on instagram,which she has now removed. in a statement, travis scott said he is absolutely devastated about what has happened, and said he is committed to working with officials to find out what went wrong. nomia iqbal, bbc news, north america. an appeals court in the us has temporarily stopped president biden's vaccine mandate for businesses. the law would require workers at companies with more than 100 employees to be fully vaccinated, or get weekly tests. but many republican states have filed legal challenges, accusing the president of overstepping his authority. mr biden says it is about setting a national standard of safety at work. marches have been taking place in more than 200 cities around the world,

for what's billed as a global day of action for climate justice. tens of thousands of people took to the streets of glasgow as part of the event, where the cop—26 climate talks are ongoing. with more, here's our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. even the driving rain couldn't keep them away. this, the biggest protest march through glasgow during cop. some had travelled just a short distance to get here, others were from the sharp end of the changing climate. i come from the philippines, and i am an indigenous person from the mountains. this is personally important to me because climate change is killing my people. if the climate summit has so far focused on the decisions made by world leaders and their teams gathered here in glasgow, today is about the people, the thousands gathered, calling for change. discussions inside cop today focusing on nature.

tough topics loom large for the days ahead. i don't have many expectations for the official cop conference but hopefully all this, people getting together, will put some pressure on the decision—makers. whatever we can do, we want to contribute. i want to be on the right side - of history and i think that one day we will look back at this| and hopefully feel proud of ourselves that we are here. i don't know where we will be in ten years, in 20 years, so i'm out here, so is my mum, my gran, my grandad, everybody�*s out here. i don't believe it until i see any results. there is no law binding commitments so we willjust have to see it. the afternoon was mostly peaceful, but there were a small number of arrests, including this group of scientists blocking a bridge. organisers of today's events say there were over 300 climate demonstrations worldwide, from the streets of london... ..to here in amsterdam...

..to sydney in australia. we just want to ask you, - from our heart, for your support. and people from around the world calling for action from those in charge... i know it's a big deal, to get together the 186 countries, to say, yes, that is what we are going to do. i wish that we can do that, that it happens here. those marching here today will be hoping for positive news during the final week of talks, that it's not too late to deliver the substantial change they want. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. earlier, i spoke to birmingham's city councillor, olly armstrong, earlier i spoke to a birmingham labour councillor, olly armstrong, and asked him how many people had been at the climate march in his city we think may be 3,000.

it is quite hard to tell when people are kind of marching en mass. definitely the biggest rally i've been part of, and a lot of people said that, there was many of us. and why did you want to march? what is the point of it? we gathered to cry out for notjust climate change but climate justice. we know the powerful and the rich can increasingly make decisions in response to climate and still put the least down and still crush the least well off and the vulnerable, so we are crying out forjustice and action that lifts up those of us who are struggling nationally and internationally. so what does climate justice mean in practical terms? well, in practical terms, it means we avoid a narrow—minded and mean—spirited borderline ego fascism and mean—spirited borderline eco fascism where we have closed borders, where we have a green washed response to climate breakdown, notjust more money in the pockets of the already rich, it means putting that trillions of pounds and dollars and internationally to uplift those countries who are massively struggling already. it means system change that

would have good greenjobs for the working class nationally and internationally, and on all of those things, all of our current leaders are totally failing. and how will marching make them do what you want? so, marching is a gathering point, right? like its symbolic, it's both literal and metaphorical. so we come together, and i absolutely agree, if you just might march and you just protest, it doesn't do anything, it doesn't do anything, but i think we can do a big shout out to the black lives matter movement, who raised the bar and not just gathering and protesting but pushing for actual change. so i think we should treat all climate meetings like the statue, i think we should be acting, so to answer your question, what we do next is we gather and we push for political change. we push people to pull all the levers they hold to act as if this really is an emergency, notjust a nuisance. and do you, when you look at the world leaders when they are in glasgow, do you take, do you believe that they are serious, that they get it? i think that you can ask

that question shows no, i think even they don't know they do. i think we have a disconnect with those who hold the most power and just don't see the impact on the most vulnerable right now, so we have got this real disconnect. yeah, there has been some action, but none of it is yet to get enough. right, so what else do you want to be for this cop26 wraps up? well, it's not about when it wraps up, to be honest. no, no, you are absolutely right. you are right. it's ongoing, of course, but when they are clear off back home and start dealing with domestic issues again. well, yeah, what we want is people to hold to their promises, like the same with all kinds of politics across the world, that's what people are crying out for, politicians who stick to the promises they have made and act on them. politicians talk about difficult decisions all the time, but they never seem to be an inconvenience on their lives. we went to see politicians act on the promises they've made on climate, on the climate emergencies they have declared and transform their policies and legislation locally, regionally, nationally, internationally so peoples lives are saved, because it's an emergency.

it is quarter past 11 pm. the headlines on bbc news... at least 98 people have died in an fuel tanker explosion, in sierra leone after the lorry collided with another vehicle in the capital, freetown. former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, accuses borisjohnson's government of acting in a "shameful" manner — over the owen paterson row. tens of thousands of people have marched through the scottish city of glasgow demanding stronger action from world leaders attending the un climate summit. a fourth paddleboarder in the uk has died and a woman has been arrested after after a group of paddleboarders got into difficulty on a river in pembrokeshire last week. megan paterson reports. 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 weather warning for heavy rain was in place when the group, part of south wales paddleboarders, went out. the river was high and fast flowing. police confirmed today a woman from the south wales area has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. she has been released under investigation. megan patterson, bbc news.

tributes have been paid to astro from british band ub40 who has died at the age of 64. astro, whose real name was terence wilson, died after a short illness. his bandmates say the world will never be the same without him. ub40, a reggae band formed in the late nineteen—seventies, achieved internationalfame with tracks like red red wine and can't help falling in love. it's nearly three months since the taliban stormed the presidential palace in kabul, in what turned out to be the highly symbolic climax of their rapid adavance across afghanistan. the afghan president, ashraf ghani, fled the country, as government forces offered little or no resistance. today, the international community — particularly the west — is grappling with its approach

to the new taliban government. our world affairs editor, john simpson, has been to afghanistan numerous times over the years — including when the old taliban was deposed. he is in kabul currently, and gave his thoughts about life under the new regime. the first thing that you feel when you drive in from the airport is a kind of sense that nothing very much has changed, and then you look a little bit more carefully and you realise that everything has changed. i suppose the two major differences are firstly the men are guarding the check points and standing on duty of the roads are the very people that the previous regime was trying to keep out of the city and trying to capture and kill if they possibly could. that is quite a big change. going into one of the big hotels in the centre of kabul, we were checked by a sniffer dog.

i remember very well being checked by the same sniffer dog who was there to catch taliban bobmbers, now he's working the taliban he and his handler. so you can see that there are those kinds of changes and there is another very important change. we drove around for about half an hour, and our, this morning, we drove around for about half an hour, and hour, this morning, and i only counted nine men and on the streets in otherwise quite crowded circumstances. so, women clearly are staying at home as much as they possibly can, and there is this whole kind of topsy—turvy sense that the very people that were trying to invade themselves into that city undercover are now here running everything. yorkshire county cricket club has launched an investigation

after a second ex—player alleged he too was subjected to repeated racial abuse. it comes after an independent report, found cricketer azeem rafiq had been the victim of harrassment and bullying. simon jones has more. a racism row that has rocked notjust yorkshire, but the cricketing world. azeem rafiq was the victim of racial harassment but the club took no disciplinary action. now, claims by a second unnamed former player are being looked into. they tend to say yorkshire is one place, it's either my way or the highway, to be honest. and they really need to sort of... i think theyjust haven't really understood what inclusivity and diversity really means. yorkshire now has a new chair, lord kamlesh patel. in a statement, he said: those past errors will now be looked those past errors will now be looked at by the equality and human rights

commission. it has asked for a full independent report into what happened to azeem rafiq to consider whether there has been a breach of the law. the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". i am really hoping that this is an opportunity to change at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come into steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering calling forjustice for azeem will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today will prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. we are all prepared to undertake the hard work which is necessary to put yorkshire back at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create this new wonderful dawn that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley,

the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's international reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. in the us, president biden is preparing to sign his one trillion dollar infrastructure bill into law after being approved by both houses of congress. speaking earlier — the president hailed the passage the bill as a once in a generation chance to rebuild america. this is something that is long overdue, that long has been talked about in washington, but never actually been done. the house of representatives passed an investment in infrastructure and jobs act — that's a fancy way of saying a bipartisan infrastructure bill, a once in a generation investment that's going to create millions ofjobs and modernise our infrastructure, our roads,

our bridges our broadband, and a whole range of things, to turn the climate crisis into an opportunity. and it puts us on a path to win the economic competition of the 21st century that we face with china in the rest of the world. it's going to create more jobs, good payingjobs, unionjobs, that can't be outsourced, and it is going to transform our transportation system with the most significant investments in passenger rail, the most significant investment in 50 years, in roads and bridges, the most significant investment in 70 years, and more investment in public transit than we've ever, ever made. archaeologists excavating the roman site of pompeii in italy have announced the discovery of a room used by slaves, which they say gives an extraordinary insight into their daily lives. nina nanji reports. a window into how slaves lived in ancient pompeii. it is a cramped space with three wooden beds.

one smaller bed is possibly a child's, indicating that the room could have house the family. the room was found during an excavation of a large villa on the outskirts of pompeii. the city was engulfed in a volcanic eruption almost 2000 years ago, burying itand its residents in ash. translation: it is an exceptional cross-section of the life and dailyl work of a part of the ancient i population that is little known three official sources, _ always seen from the point of view —— through official sources, - always seen from the point of view of the elite and here instead, we see the lives— of slaves, servants, _ people of a very low social status. the room is exceptionally well preserved. there are earthen red jars, ceramic jugs and a wooden chest containing metal and fabric objects thought to be part of a horse's harness. casts were created of the perishable items using impressions they had left in the hardened ash. the ruins of pompeii remain a rich source for

archaeologists. it is a city frozen in time and one of italy's most visited tourist attractions. in the next few minutes we'll have another look at sunday's front pages — reviewing them with me tonight — political commentatorjo phillips and nigel nelson — the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. saturday's cloud and rain moving south was only one part of the weather picture. the other was the strengthening wind, and close to this low pressure, northern scotland will get off to a stormy start on sunday morning. there could be some travel disruption, as severe gales move through, and still some outbreaks of rain, whereas much of the rest of the uk, although it is still breezy, will get off to a dry start. cloudy skies in the west,

and it's mild, temperatures around 6—11 celsius. just focus on the winds, though, on sunday morning, particularly across orkney and northeast scotland, some gusts 60—70mph here, maybe a little bit more exposed coasts and hills with some large waves on some of the coasts as well. so some disruptive strong winds to begin the day, slowly easing as the day goes on. still a few showers moving through here. maybe one or two showers with the cloud across the western side of the uk, but most places, as high pressure begins to move in, will have a dry sunday. the best of any sunny spells in the east. these temperatures are a little down on saturday's readings, but still on the mild side of average. now, as we go on through sunday evening and night, we will find some clear spells through eastern parts of scotland and down the eastern side of england. and this will allow for a touch of frost in the coldest spots as temperatures drop close to freezing. we will keep the cloud in the west, the temperatures hold up here, and it is a mainly dry

night to come. we have another weather system coming our way. this area of low pressure, the weather fronts around it, and it will gradually take this weather front southwards across the uk. it will take a lot of the week to do so. it will slowly bring in some outbreaks of rain across northern ireland on monday into scotland, especially the north and west, could see some reaching into parts of northwest england and wales as well, whereas the rest of wales and england will stay mainly dry, some sunny spells in eastern england, around 11 celsius here, feeling rather chilly, whereas in belfast, up to 1a celsius. the breeze freshening again across northwestern areas. here comes the weather front slowly moving southwards as the week goes on. but we will maintain a west or south—westerly flow into the uk, so for the week ahead, things are looking mild. you will notice that on the temperatures here. a lot of cloud around, a few sunny spells, and again, some outbreaks of rain very gradually spreading southwards as the week goes on.

hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, accuses borisjohnson's government of acting in a "shameful" manner over the owen paterson row. i think the way the government handled that was shameful and wrong and unworthy of this or indeed, any government. at least 98 people have died in an fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone after the lorry collided with another vehicle in the capital, freetown. rapper travis scott says he's "absolutely devastated" by the deaths of eight people, including a 1a—year—old, at the texas festival where he was performing. tens of thousands of people march through glasgow demanding new steps to tackle global warming — one of more than 100 climate protests taking

place across the uk. and the musician terence wilson — better known as astro from the band ub40 — has died after a short illness. he was 64. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejo phillips, the political commentator, and nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people. let's go through some of the front pages. in the ongoing row over sleaze, the sunday times claims the conservative party has been offering multimillionaire donors a seat in the house of lords, if they give more than three million pounds and take on a role as party treasurer. meanwhile, the observer reports the prime minister is facing allegations of sleaze around coronavirus contracts,