narrator: on this episode of "earth focus," two cities-- freetown, sierra leone, and san francisco, california-- continents apart, vastly different culturally and economically, yet facing the same struggle to adapt to rapid urbanization, all set against the backdrop of a dramatically changing climate. [film advance clicking] man: oh, no! woman: the red cross says more than 600 people are now missing and that more than 200 have been killed after heavy rain caused a severe mudslide in the west african nation of sierra leone. [car horns honking] [insects chirping] amarasekaren: oo oo oo! what's happening? what's happening? no big problem, huh? ok. when we get problem... man: whoa! [men shouting] [indistinct conversation] narrator: while freetown residents fight for accountability, in san francisco, climate change isn't debated as much as it's mitigated. billions of dollars are pouring into the bay area, but is tech-driven development prepared for a sea level that's rising? scholl: san francisco is experiencing a tremendous building boom and has been for the last 5 years. tam: we have ucsf hospita

archive: murder, mutilation, rape -j it all happened here in freetown as the rebel army swept into thehis regime have finally been destroyed. in that time, i've seen the best of humanity and the worst — too often, i'm afraid, the worst. archive: the second suicide bomber - detonated his explosives in the middle of a crowd. people were blasted and burned. even those familiar with such horror were moved. you can hear the shelling here behind me. there is no ceasefire. it's an illusion. it's taken a heavy toll. i have a condition called post—traumatic stress disorder. there's a set of symptoms, whether it's twitching and having nightmares or flashbacks. it's a place of extreme fear, is how i would ultimately define it. fergal keane featured on a number of bbc news outlets on monday, talking about how he'd been affected by ptsd, and his account resonated with many viewers, such as gail mcconnell, who described the documentary as... and jill mansfield agreed... consider it done. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc n

yes, summer k. molly and politician and president of the party for civic and patriotic action in freetown in sierra leone emanuel quasi annette director of the research at coffee, an international peacekeeping training center and in some mellow and france. jacqueline senior research fellow at the global policy institute, a warm welcome to you all, and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. young corey, let me start with you today. so the spokesman for molly's transitional government says that the opposition of some g 5 sat had member states tamale's presidency is linked to maneuvers by a state outside the region. aiming to isolate molly, could you elaborate on that statement? is the spokesman referring to france or, or referring to another country? well, i will say for why so of course the money. ready maneuvers from the french government to isley my a d l a b is the year is the form of is listening. ringback and also i'm looking for funding. ringback for you. so when we say that there are no mil to state influence, you know, because chad is in the past and turn it in surger

south end of africa, some showers around the gulf, guinea, including sierra leone, freetown has a high $28.00 degrees, but very active, whether western cape and the eastern cape cape town, looking at wind gusts of about 50 kilometers per hour. but as bad as that is, i think for the eastern cape port, elizabeth, we'll see those winds whip up to 75 kilometers per hour. hang on to your hats. that's it. see soon cats are official airline of the journey. here are some of the media stories, a critical look at the global news media spread it on al jazeera government shut off access to social media. talk to al jazeera, we ask, what is the time table in your mind? when do you think that you are? can be off of russian gas, we listen or, and i have seen and played football with these refugees. i look at them and they're happy they smile in we meet with global news makers and talk about the store restock matter on al jazeera. ah ah, they're watching al jazeera time to recap our headlines now. altro nationalist, religious jewish groups of entered the along are mos compound and occupy these jerusale

john simpson, this is a question from morison kpaka, in freetown, sierra leone., is what if he does not succeed, what if he fails with this invasion? i do not actually think he is going to succeed. at least not in the terms he wants to. i think the parallel here is with stalin's invasion of finland in 1939, when they were certain the red army was just going to walk all over the fins. it did not happen. the fins responded, but they could not, finally, just like ukraine, it is not big enough to be able to stand out permanently, so they lost some territory but they kept their independence. i think that is the most likely outcome. but it could end in different ways. it could and with just a long, bitter years of years of hostility and anger flaring bitter years of years of hostility and angerflaring up from time to time. 0r there is the really dangerous possibility that president putin might simply lose patience and start to use tactical nuclear weapons. to be honest, if that happens, then all bets are off and i don't know where we... ..what might happen. but my gues

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