Trump Defends Initial Comments on Charlottesville

US President Donald Trump has again blamed both sides for the violent unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, which left one protester dead and others injured. In a statement on Monday, he had condemned white supremacists. But in New York on Tuesday he also blamed left-wing supporters for charging at the "alt-right".

A vigil has been held in Charlottesville, the US city which saw a white nationalist rally end in the death of anti-racism protester Heather Heyer and left 19 other injured. James Alex Fields, a man who is said to have harboured Nazi sympathies, has been accused of ramming a car into protestors.

Sierra Leone needs "urgent support" for thousands of people hit by mudslides and massive flooding in the capital, the country's president says. Ernest Bai Koroma said entire communities had been wiped out and that the "devastation was overwhelming us".