Debate Over US Confederate Statues

President Trump has questioned whether statues of prominent confederate figures should be removed. At a press conference he asked: “"This week, it is Robert E. Lee. I wonder, is it George Washington next week?" What are the complex questions surrounding some of the United State’s best known figures?

At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, according to the president’s spokesperson. President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared seven days of mourning while pleading for "urgent support".

Hundreds of Haitians living in the United States have been crossing the border into Canada in recent weeks to claim asylum according to the United Nations. After the 2010 earthquake on the Caribbean island struck, Haitians living in the US were given Temporary Protected Status but the government has said that this will be reviewed in October.