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Sierra Leone Mudslides: Urgent Plea for Help as Death Toll Rises

Government appeals for international help following Monday's mudslide in Freetown.

Sierra Leone needs "urgent support" for thousands of people hit by mudslides and massive flooding in the capital, President Ernest Bai Koroma says.

Also in the programme: Iran warns that it could abandon the nuclear agreement and we speak to a judge who was forced to flee Venezuela.

(Photo: Residents walk through floodwaters past a damaged building in Sierra Leone after landslides struck Freetown. Credit: Getty Images.)

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Tue 15 Aug 201720:06GMT

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