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caused mud to engulf homes and roads in the city of mocoa. cordelia hemming reports. this is the aftermath of hours of heavy rain. rivers burst their banks, flooding homes with mud. the surge late friday evening swept away bridges, vehicles and trees in putumayo province in the south of the country. families forced to abandon their homes whilst rescuers search the wreckage for survivors. the region s governor has called it an unprecedented tragedy, telling local media that whole neighbourhoods have been destroyed. records show that march was the country s rainiest month since 2011, and unusually heavy rainfall has also affected neighbouring peru, causing landslides and flash floods. colombia s president, who was travelling to the area, said troops had been deployed as part of an national emergency response, but the number of people still missing is unknown and rescuers have warned that the death toll is likely to rise. dimitri o donnell is a journalist based in bogota. ....
nearly half of people who used the government s help to buy scheme to purchase a house did not need it, according to new research. also in the next hour: at least 150 people are reported to have been killed by a massive mudslide in southern colombia. johanna konta wins the biggest tennis title by a british woman in a0 years, beating caroline wozniacki in the miami 0pen, making konta world number seven. and in the papers in half an hour, the sunday telegraph reports that britain s airports and nuclear power stations need to tighten their defences against terrorist attacks. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has said that britain will defend the interests of gibraltar in the brexit negotiations following warnings that spain is attempting to use the process to pursue its claim to the rock. the eu has suggested that a brexit deal won t cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. labour say it s vital the people of gibraltar aren ....
affecting in the city of mocoa in the sounth of the country. sangita myska reports. urged on by soldiers, people living in the city of mocoa run for their lives. there is no time to collect possessions, because this is what s coming. deadly mudslides have engulfed parts of southern colombia, submerging homes, businesses and people. over 150 are dead, and hundreds more are injured. as rescuers continue the search for survivors, the president today declared a state of emergency across the region. unusually heavy rains flooded the mocoa river, bursting its banks and those of three tributaries. it created what eyewitnesses called an avalanche of mud that has pulled buildings apart, devastating towns and leaving residents amazed and appalled in equal measure. as families continue to flee, the emergency services pick their way through the debris in treacherous conditions. the red cross have tonight warned that the death toll is likely to rise. earlier i spoke to bogota based ....
it created what eyewitnesses called an avalanche of mud that has pulled buildings apart, devastating towns and leaving residents amazed and appalled in equal measure. as families continue to flee, the emergency services pick their way through the debris in treacherous conditions. the red cross have tonight warned that the death toll is likely to rise. the president of paraguay has sacked the interior minister and the chief of police after violent protests on friday over moves to allow the president to run for a second term in office. the protesters stormed the congress and set fire to the building. the authorities have also arrested four police officers, after one of the protesters was killed. the interior ministry has launched an investigation. a huge south korean cargo ship with 2a people on board has gone missing in the south atlantic, after sending out a distress call. a spokesman for the uruguayan navy, which co ordinated a search, said the vessel is believed to ha ....
garcia going into the final day at augusta. who is the bossy one? also this morning we are going to meet the sisters with a combined age of 300 and century of stories to share. and matt has got the weather for us, good morning. after yesterday s sunshine and warmth, today will be even warmer. for some of us sunshine and warmth, today will be even warmer. for some of us but not for all of us, scotland and northern ireland turning cloudy and colour with rain at times, i will have all the details in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there s been more tough rhetoric from the british government on russia, over its continued support for syrian president, bashar al assad. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has sharply criticised the kremlin, saying it was responsible for every civilian death in syria last week. meanwhile foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has pulled out of a planned visit to moscow and is seeking support for a new move to end the con ....