chris buckler in washington, dc. sierra leone has sworn in a new president. julius maada bio narrowly defeated samura kamara from the apc party in saturday's run—off election. the apc was the ruling party, and mr kamara says he'll challenge the result. it's the first time in a decade that a candidate from the slpp has won the presidency. umaru fofana reports from freetown. chanting his name, julius maada bio's supporters thronged the streets as soon as the result was announced. i am the happiest man alive. i have suffered for ten years. i trust him and i believe him. this nation has come out of slavery, we have been in bondage for the past ten years. today, we have been liberated by the great man, his excellency, the president, julius maada bio. two hours after the declaration of the results, came the somewhat strange and horrid swearing in. julius maada bio, do hereby in the name of god... it took place at a freetown hotel, not in the president's office. the dawn of a new era. the...

he meant so much to me, i cannot believe it." the british two—time world champion dennis priestley said on twitter he was "absolutely devastated." he wrote "we shared some great times together and i'm so saddened that we won't get to share any more." and sports promoter and chairman of the professional darts corporation, barry hearn, described bristow as "a maverick, a legend and one of the main reasons darts is loved by so many people. we shall not see his like again." tributes to the world darts champion eric bristow, who's died today aged 60. a reminder of our top story. the russian ambassador to the un has warned britain it is "playing with fire" in accusing moscow of poisoning the former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter. more on our website. thank you for watching. hello. thursday always was set to be one of the best days of this week