Becomes the most senior woman in the church of england appointed bishop of london. And a dark day down under for englands cricketers as australia take an unassailable 3 0 lead in the ashes. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A review of fire and building regulations, following the Grenfell Tower fire, says the Current System isnt fit for purpose, and a culture change is required to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. Damejudith hackitt, in her interim review for the government, makes a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. She says shes been shocked by some of the practices shes heard about. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds. G re nfell tower Grenfell Tower and that horrifying loss of life demonstrated for all to see, that something had gone badly wrong with fire safety. But the scale of that only became clear in the weeks that followed. Confidence in the safety of Public Housing was left in pieces,
Is declared the new leader of south africas governing party, the anc. Following the killing of British Embassy worker rebecca dykes in lebanon local Police Arrest a man, believed to be a taxi driver. And from nurse to bishop, Sarah Mullally becomes the most senior woman in the church of england, appointed bishop of london. Its 5 oclock. Breaking news from johannesburg, lets see the images in south africa. A very significant election has taken place. We have the congratulations, because Cyril Ramaphosa has been duly elected as the leader of the anc, the ruling party in south africa. He beat the former foreign minister, Nkosazana Dlamini zuma, by 2240 votes, to 2461. He is the Deputy President currently, in line for greater things, because he hasjust been elected leader of the anc in johannesburg. The electoral commission, doing lots of its work this afternoon, looking and monitoring at the validity of the vote. There were talks about a conference of recount at one point, as it is, we be
But how do we stay healthy . And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, well be looking back at a night of sporting celebrations and surprises after mo farah is crowned bbc sport personality of the year. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. An official report into the case of an iranian refugee who was murdered in bristol has concluded there was institutional racism on the part of the authorities who dealt with him. Bijan ebrahimi was killed by a neighbour in the summer of 2013, and his body set alight. Todays report, by the safer bristol partnership, found that avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council repeatedly sided with those who had abused him over a period of years. But while the report found evidence of collective failure, it said that individuals were not intentionally racist. Jon kay reports. He came to britain for safety, but Bijan Ebrahimi was brutally beaten to death and his body set on fire. Dont you dare take pictures of me, all right . this is the neigh
To fight corruption. In the us, a high speed passenger train has de railed. Some passengers died, dozens of others were injured. And in an ever ageing world, we visit california, to see how theyre embracing the challenge of active life in old age. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, well bring you highlights of tonights only premier league game everton against bottom side swansea. Good evening. President trump has outlined a new National Security strategy focusing on economic stability identifying russia and china as competitors, bent on challenging americas influence and wealth. He said washington had no choice but to deal with the challenge posed by north koreas weapons programme. But he broke with tradition by not mentioning the threat posed to the us by Climate Change, as our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. For two years now, donald trump has talked incessantly about america first. Today, in unveiling his National Security strategy, he gave a slogan, flesh and bones.
Other guests are hospitalised. Also, south africas ruling party elects a new leader. The new leader of anc is on course to be the next president s. And deciding what brexit means, join oui correspondence and deciding what brexit means, join our correspondence and correspondence in brussels for a special edition of brexitcast. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news. Emergency services have been responding to whats being described as a Major Incident in the United States after an amtrak passenger train came off a bridge and onto a highway in Washington State. The local Sheriffs Office says there have been multiple fatalities. 77 people have been taken to hospital. Images from the scene of to show format carriages left the track, one upside down on the road. The local sheriff said that no motorists have been killed. It was the height of the rush hour on the busy i 5 motorway, and the train was reportedly travelling at more than 80 mph. The local sheriff says it came off the rails near t