gusting 60 this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in 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 this or indeed any government. rapper travis scott says he s absolutely devastated by the deaths of eight people, including a i4 year old, at the texas festival where he was performing. tens of thousands of people are marching around the world
nearly 100 people have been killed in a massive fuel tanker explosion in freetown, the capital of sierra leone. the blast on friday night occurred after a truck rammed into a fuel tanker. here s our africa editor mary harper. 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. there was a vast explosion, with fireballs spreading through the crowds. vehicles stuck in the jam were set alight. people inside them could not escape. most of the dead have been taken to the mortuary. hospitals in freetown are overwhelmed with injured people, many in a critical condition. police, soldiers and firefighters
to demand urgent action in combatting climate change as the cop26 summit continues in glasgow. 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 s capital, freetown. the blast happened after the lorry collided with another vehicle. people then rushed to collect petrol leaking from the tanker and were then caught up in a fireball when the fuel ignited. at least a hundred people have been injured. umaru fofana reports. the blast happened in eastern freetown
banksy s reimagining of a prominent statue with an ice cream cone has already been removed. at merrivale model village, they ve had substantial offers for their banksy. but they are not selling. the public unfortunately weren t respecting it, they were trying to climb over, get up close with and we were fearful it was going to get damaged so we had to move it off site and with the news last night, the insurance company insisted we put it in a secure facility. how now to protect and capitalise on his work, a nice problem to have. special to know that banksy actually was here! jenny kirk, bbc news. just before we go. we re getting reports of a fuel tanker explosion in lebanon. the explosion happened in the north of the country in akkar district. the lebanese red cross says at least 20 people have been killed, several more have been injured.
is what must be done. and not the international community telling us this is what you need, this is what you need. we don t want that. don t want that. monique clesca s-ueakin don t want that. monique clesca speaking to don t want that. monique clesca speaking to me don t want that. monique clesca speaking to me from speaking to me from port au prince earlier on. the red cross in lebanon says at least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in a fuel tanker explosion in the akkar region, in the north of the country. the incident happened near the syrian border. a dozen ambulances and emergency services are at the scene. a number of people are missing. it is not yet clear what caused the explosion but lebanon has been suffering from an acute fuel shortage. the us president, joe biden, has issued a stong defence of his decision to pull us troops out of afghanistan as the country s fourth largest city mazar i sharif was captured by the taliban. in a written statement,