Growing Criticism Over Trump Charlottesville Comments

President Trump is facing criticism for blaming both anti-racist protesters and white supremacists for violence on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, which led to the death of a demonstrator. Speaking at news a conference in Chile, Vice President Mike Pence said that he stood by President Trump's statements.

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".

A Catholic Priest from Eritrea has told Newsday that claims he's involved in people smuggling are false. Don Mussie Zerai is being looked at as part of an investigation into a German aid group in Sicily. Newsday's Nomia Iqbal is in Rome and met him at his home in the Italian capital.