is declared the new leader of south africa's 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. it's 5 o'clock. breaking news from johannesburg, let's 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 believe there was a basic recount. we are now in a position to maybe hearfrom basic recount. we are now in a position to maybe hear from some of those who are going to speak. let's listen in to the spokeswoman. in this instance, we received seven spoiled ballots and 14 abstentions. the distribution of votes is as follows. 241 votes, 229. the new national chairperson. with the comrades please come to the fore. the new national chairperson is gwede mantashe. if you are just joining us, other phases of this election at the anc congress in johannesburg. let me just repeat the most important and significant news so most important and significant news so far, that the deputy president of south africa, cyril ramaphosa, has been elected head of the ruling party, the anc. that is the headline. winning what has been a very bruising battle within the party, which exposed deep divisions within the anc. the anc, having led the struggle against apartheid all those years ago. the announcement camea those years ago. the announcement came a few minutes ago, we declare that comrades cyril ramaphosa is the new president of the african national congress. confirming what lots of people had been forecasting, but in this instance, as i say, it has been an incredibly bruising battle within the anc, riven with all kinds of bitter feuding and disputes in recent years. cyril ramaphosa himself will now be the new president of the african national congress. cyril ramaphosa has been congratulated by lots of those in already. lots of those on the stage. there are other elections taking place to keep party positions. we are seeing some of the other people that have been elected today to senior positions within the anc and we are witnessing, really, a sea change in the power structure of the african national congress today. that is the significance of those scenes in johannesburg. these are the latest scenes we have live from johannesburg. as soon as we have some contributions in the hall, we will be back there straightaway. a very significant moment in south africa for cyril ramaphosa and the direction of the anc. there will be more on that a little later. let's have more on the other main story. our main story is the heavily—critical report into the circumstances surrounding the murder of an iranian refugee in bristol four years ago. the report has concluded that bristol city council and avon and somerset police showed institutional racism, in siding with the abusers of bijan ebrahami, who was beaten to death and his body set on fire after he was wrongly accused of being a paedophile. the report was written by the safer bristol partnership. one man is serving a life sentence for mr ebrahimi's murder, and two police officers were jailed for misconduct. 0ur correspondentjon kay has been talking to mr ebrahimi's family. bijan ebrahimi came to britain for safety. but four years ago, the refugee from iran was brutally beaten to death and his body set on fire. don't you dare take pictures of me, all right? this is the neighbour who killed him, lee james, now serving life for murder. today's report says that although the fatal attack could not have been predicted, there were warning signs that the police and council should have spotted. again and again, bijan went to the authorities claiming he had been abused and attacked, sometimes, he said, because of his race. he made reports about different people in different places over several years. but today's report said he was treated as a nuisance, with police and council staff often believing the people he was complaining about rather than helping him. absolutely shocking and disgusting. now, his sisters have been told that there was a collective failure by avon and somerset police and bristol city council which amounted to institutional racism and discrimination. we feel angry, disappointed, shocking. these are not the words we should hear in this day and age. you don't want to see and you don't want to hear any more about this, this has been dealt with so many times before, and seeing this is happening again is really shocking. very saddened, and we are very angry as my sister says, and it is very shocking and upsetting as a family. today's report says no individual members of staff here at bristol city council or avon and somerset police were intentionally racist themselves. but it says both organisations had an ingrained view of bijan ebrahimi, which affected the way they treated him. and that he did not get the support or the level of service that he should have received. the phrase "institutional racism" was used in the notorious case of stephen lawrence nearly 20 years ago. and now it appears again in an official report. it is a word that is rarely used, it is a finding that is rarely found. because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem, but the family's concern in fact is it is much more common than it is found. last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct. the force apologised to the ebrahimi family then, and today avon and somerset police reiterated that apology. along with the council, they have accepted the latest report in full. john kay, bbc news, bristol. a little later in the programme we will be speaking to the mayor of bristol, marvin rees on this story. i want to bring you news of a pretty dreadful train crash in the united states. it involves an amtrak train in washington state, near the city of tacoma. at least one of the carriages has dropped onto a very big highway, one of the interstate motorways, if you like. there are no reports of injuries in terms of the cars, i think, reports of injuries in terms of the cars, ithink, on reports of injuries in terms of the cars, i think, on the highway. as i say, these are early reports that we have. but it is clearly a major incident and this derailment happened in washington state, near the city of tacoma, one of the main amtrak passenger trains in washington state. i'm just looking to see whether we have any other figures or latest details from the local sheriff, for example, saying that thankfully there are no reports of injuries on the highway. that is something that is a provisional report. we don't have any details of people actually on the train. it is train 501, as i understand it. those are the images. as we look at these live images coming in, by the way, we can see the extent of the damage. let's stay on those images. i want to talk to simon calder, the travel expert. we are just looking at these images now. thanks forjoining us. tell us about the amtrak service and what you know about it? well, it is the first train out this morning, and left seattle station local time at 6am, 2pm our time. and left seattle station local time at 6am, 2pm ourtime. it and left seattle station local time at 6am, 2pm our time. it was heading for the city of portland, about 200 miles away. it was due to arrive there at 9.20. the accident happened about an hour into the journey, it had about an hour into the journey, it ha d rece ntly about an hour into the journey, it had recently left the station at tacoma. it is the equivalent, i'm sorry to say, of the train on the west coast mainline plunging onto the m6. it really is that serious, the m6. it really is that serious, the height of the rush—hour. we know very little about the conditions inside the train, although i imagine it was a terrifying ordeal for everybody on board and let's hope there were no fatalities. strangely, it was the very first service of a newly expanded link between seattle and portland, the very first service today. they have increased the number of trains by 50%. they have seen number of trains by 50%. they have seen growing numbers of people using the train, as they hopefully safer, but sadly not here, economical way of travelling, rather than driving 01’ of travelling, rather than driving or flying. as you are speaking, we are looking at these images. clearly, a very, very extensive presence by the security services and the emergency services. as you are rightly pointing out, the latest reports say that many people have been injured on the roadway, as you rightly say, there are no reports of fatalities. let's clarify that, there are of course injuries, as you would expect, and the actual road. for the train itself, we look at what has happened to the carriages there, hanging off the bridge, it is potentially extremely serious for quite a few people on that train? yes. these carriages, i believe, are spanish built, made by a company in spain. very well built. clearly a disaster like this is something that is very difficult for them to withstand that sort of shock. i imagine the train would have been busy. it was the first train out on a monday morning with quite a lot of business travellers on—board, and leisure travellers. i imagine the number of foreign tourists would be very few or none at all. it is not the sort of time of year that holiday—makers would go to the north—west or the us. but with very attractive fares, as part of the idea of getting people on board the trains, it is quite possible that there would have been hundreds of people on this train. it is shocking scenes that we are seeing. i'm afraid, given the record of us trains, it is not an unknown event. just looking at the uk, there has not been any fatal accidents on the railway here for the past ten years. in that time, there have been ten separate fatal incidents in the us. it isa separate fatal incidents in the us. it is a much bigger country, but has far fewer trains. it is a much bigger country, but has farfewer trains. most it is a much bigger country, but has far fewer trains. most people travel by airor road. far fewer trains. most people travel by air or road. it is almost as though they are decades behind europe in terms of engineering safety. in this particular case, we believe the speed limit on that part of the track was 50 mph. that is a perfectly reasonable speed for the strangely running out. there is no information yet about what would have caused this catastrophic derailment. thank you for adding your thoughts on that and for giving your thoughts on that and for giving your expert perspective on that service. if there is any more, we will be back right away. simon calder, there. as details come in of this incident, we will give you them as soon as this incident, we will give you them as soon as we have this incident, we will give you them as soon as we have them. it does seem as soon as we have them. it does seem to be a very serious incident indeedin seem to be a very serious incident indeed in washington state in the us. the prime minister theresa may has said there can never be a place for the threats of violence and intimidation against mps, as seen in recent days, saying our politics must be better than that. the prime minister's comments come after it emerged that several conservative mps had received dozens of abusive emails and tweets because of their views on brexit. let's talk to eleanor garnier. tell us let's talk to eleanor garnier. tell us about the response and some of the examples given by members of parliament? mps from across the political spectrum have talked about getting abuse. but after last week's crunch vote on brexit, in which the government was defeated, a number of the so—called tory rebels who helped to defeat the government have reported getting abusive e—mails, abusive tweets and even a voice mail, as you say about because of their views on brexit. it is anna soubry, nicky morgan and also dominic grieve, who led the tory rebels in ensuring that mps would get a vote on the final deal that theresa may negotiates with brussels. they have told the bbc they had threats of violence, death threats and even had been accused of treason. i will read you some of the e—mails that the bbc has been shown. 0ne says you should hang your head, you should hang for your crimes. another says, i hope you live your life looking over your shoulder in fear. a particularly graphic and a gruesome tweet said, mutineers, you have committed treason and your heads belong on spikes outside westminster. theresa may has been updating mps on brexit this afternoon and addressed the issue of abuse. we are dealing with questions of great significance to our country's future, so it is natural there are many strongly held views on all sides of this chamber. and it is right and proper that we should debate them and do so with all the passion and conviction that makes our democracy what it is. but there can never be a place for the threats of violence and intimidation against some members that we have seen in recent days. 0ur politics must be better than that. earlier in the day, harriet harman, the longest serving female mp in the commons, she called for the government to get a grip on what she called harassment of mps. she also said was a triangle of abuse that was happening because of how difficult the issue of brexit is. she said the divisiveness of the issue, the fact that some newspapers we re issue, the fact that some newspapers were targeting mps, as well as social media, which she said acted like a social media, which she said acted likea mob, social media, which she said acted like a mob, all of these things added together made this a particularly difficult situation. she called on the government to get a grip. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said that there was no place in british politics for abuse. the daily mail, which previously branded the judiciary as enemies of the people, is now whipping up hatred against backbench rebel mps. threats and intimidation have no place in out and intimidation have no place in our politics. the truth of it is, mr speaker, it is division and infighting in her own cabinet and their reliance on the dup that makes them week. lots of calls from all sides to end this abuse. the difficulty is exactly how to do that. the home secretary, amber ruud, is going to be giving a statement to mps to the commons in about 45 minutes on the harassment of people in public life. some more reaction to that very important election that has taken place in south africa. the deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, has become president of the ruling anc in the past hour. the election result has been declared. he is the former union leader, 65 years old. it has been described as one of the most, if not the most significant political event in south africa since black majority rule was launched all those years ago under president mandela. the person to tell us more is milton nkosi in johannesburg. put this in context, how important and significant is this result today? indeed, this is significant in south africa because cyril ramaphosa has been challenging presidentjacob cyril ramaphosa has been challenging president jacob zuma's leadership, because jacob zuma has been supporting his former wife, n kosaza na supporting his former wife, nkosaza na dlamini—zuma, to supporting his former wife, nkosazana dlamini—zuma, to succeed him. today, cyril ramaphosa emerged victorious. this means that the anc will begin to take a new direction in terms of leadership style. remember, we are still talking about the same party and the same policies. therefore, dr nkosazana dlamini—zuma, as well as cyril ramaphosa, would still have to implement the same policies. now, cyril ramaphosa, at the helm, is going to try to move this in a much more business friendly direction. he has been campaigning on an anti—corruption has been campaigning on an anti—corru ption ticket. has been campaigning on an anti-corruption ticket. we mentioned earlier the fact that there have been very deep divisions that have opened up and had become increasingly clear in this election result. how do you see that power struggle now resolving itself, not right at the top, because we have cyril ramaphosa being elected, but underneath him? how will that work out? it will not go away overnight, thatis out? it will not go away overnight, that is my thinking. the divisions run deep and the chasms are as wide as you may imagine. they were in the trenches together, they fought against white minority rule and colonialism, some were imprisoned together, jacob zuma was in prison for ten years on robben island, alongside nelson mandela. today, he was at odds, throughout this campaign, against cyril ramaphosa. so this means there has to be a lot of work to be done back in the rural areas, in the countryside, the townships and the cities across south africa to try to get this anc back together again. south africa to try to get this anc back togetheragain. some south africa to try to get this anc back together again. some are wondering whether that is indeed possible. milton, good to talk to you. thank you for the update. a review of fire and building regulations following the grenfell tower fire says the current system isn't fit for purpose, and a culture change is required to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. dame judith hackitt, in her interim review for the government, says the rules should be simplified and the way they are overseen should be changed. she says she's been shocked by some of the practices she's heard about. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more details. 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, bits of buildings had to be removed because no—one was sure of the risk. today's report is clear — the rules and the way they work in practice are not fit for purpose. too complex, too easy to get around. my aim for the future is to create a much simpler and more straightforward system that will be easier for people to follow. but that needs to be reinforced with a number of changes in behaviour which will include a major culture change across all of the players in this. here is the main problem — when reclading a tower like grenfell, designers and builders only had one strict rule — don't do anything which might allow a fire to spread. but there is a mass of documents setting out how that might be achieved and plenty of different ways to maintain safety. our view is this has opened up all sorts of ambiguities, loopholes and unintended consequences. a concrete example is, there is a complex view on combustibility. we should be using noncombustible materials. he and others in the industry believe today's report at this early opportunity should have recommended that only materials which don't burn be used on tower blocks. it's by far the biggest problem, if the guidance back in 1999 had changed, we wouldn't even be talking about fire risk assessments and building control assessments and responsibility because we would probably never have had a disaster like this. damejudith says in the six months following the fire, she's been shocked by some of the practices she's learned about in the industry. she'll make recommendations next spring. joining me now from millbank is sir david amess who is isjoint chairfor the all party parliamentary group on fire safety and rescue. good to have you with us. what is your main impression of the report? the all—party parliamentary group absolutely welcomes dame judith's report. it is damning. it is totally unacceptable that building regulations have not been reviewed for 11 years. there needs to be a culture change in the regulatory system. there is too much buckpassing. it is more about cutting costs and saving people's lives. we really do welcome this review. can i say, people should not wait until the report concludes in the spring to act now. private and public landlords should act on the advice of dame judi public landlords should act on the advice of damejudi thread now. public landlords should act on the advice of dame judi thread now. what is the incentive for them to do so, beyond clearly the fact that it might improve people's safety? until we have the final report and recommendations, it will be up to parliament perhaps to legislate on that matter and to make them mandatory. what i'm saying is, now that she has brilliantly produced this report quickly, it would be totally irresponsible if public and private landlords didn't act on the advice she's given. there's far too much buckpassing and it would be absolutely unacceptable if people just wait for spring, wait for further government legislation. they need to act now to save the loss of any more lives. why do you think it is that the system has become so complex that very few people understand it and it is so open, clearly, to misinterpretation? the all—party parliamentary group has been frustrated for the past 11 yea rs. we have been frustrated for the past 11 years. we have been calling for a review of the whole system. we have had so many ministers, ministers come and go. ifeel it had so many ministers, ministers come and go. i feel it has had so many ministers, ministers come and go. ifeel it has been had so many ministers, ministers come and go. i feel it has been some intransigence on the part of the people advising ministers. i think that eventually, when we get the ultimate report, that will be were the fault lies. it seems there has been an element of complacency in that there haven't been a number of great fires with lives lost, so everything must be working well. we told them after lakanal that there could be another disaster. the terrible grenfell tower disaster is proof of what we were saying and it should have been listened to much earlier. i wanted to draw a line underneath that now and i want all of the private and public landlords to act now on damejudith's report. just to underline, people write to ta ke just to underline, people write to take away from this that in some insta nces take away from this that in some instances the commitment to safety has come before the commitment to costs, to save money? i think dame judi has spelt out that she has been shocked, really, at the poor regulatory system and there needs to bea regulatory system and there needs to be a culture change. when she talks about a culture change, she was given evidence that there was far too much worry about how much things we re too much worry about how much things were costing, which i can understand ina were costing, which i can understand in a difficult economic climate, but she said apparently that there must be the protection of women, men and children. we cannot risk people's lives. i think that is where we need to culture change. thank you for coming in. david amis, of the all party, to group 0n coming in. david amis, of the all party, to group on fire safety. tim krul police in lebanon have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a british embassy worker in beirut. the body of rebecca dykes, who was 30, was found by the side of a motorway on saturday, the day she was due to fly back but to britain for christmas. 0ur correspondent martin patience reports from beirut. she's been described as a bright star, someone who cared deeply for others, while working on the humanitarian front line. rebecca dykes was helping lebanon cope with the influx of syrian refugees. on friday night, rebecca came to this bar behind me, she was attending leaving drinks for a colleague. she was relatively new in the city. this was an opportunity to meet new people. shortly after midnight, she left the bar and apparently got into a taxi. it was that decision that cost her her life. her body was found dumped close to a motorway. police say she was strangled. a taxi driver has now been arrested in connection with her murder. josie ensor had planned to be at the bar that night but couldn't go because of work. it's kind of crazy because all of my friends were there. so, just the idea that it could have been anyone that left the bar that night, i mean, we all drink in this area and go out on friday and saturday night in this neighbourhood, which is usually very, very safe. so i think we are alljust deeply saddened that one of our friends left by herself and just didn't come back. on twitter, the british ambassador in beirut, hugo shorter, wrote that the whole embassy was deeply shocked by the news. he added, "my thoughts are with becky's family, friends and colleagues for their tragic loss". rebecca was said to be thrilled about working in lebanon and colleagues who knew her said she made a real impact before her life was cut short. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. let's get the latest from martin now — he's in the lebanese capital beirut. 0ther other things may shed light on this case — can you help us with more information to date? a short while ago, we heard from a lebanese security source who told the bbc that the man who had been arrested was a 35—year—old male working for uber. the security source said that this man had served astonishing prison sentences. we have heard from uber. they put out a statement saying they were horrified by this senseless act of violence, and our hearts are with the victim and her family. the company stressed that they were working with the lebanese authorities. but the big question in lebanon is, how did a driver who had spent time injail on lebanon is, how did a driver who had spent time in jail on several occasions, how was he allowed to drive and uber in this country? martin, thanks. now we have something rather different for you — brexitcast. that's the podcast from the bbc where my colleagues from westminster and brussels give their rather wry view on the latest developments in the uk's exit from the eu. we are joined from our westminster studios by both our political editor laura kuenssberg and europe correspondent adam fleming. what can we look forward to? hopefully, a bit of a sideways look. we have tried to provide some of the a nswe i’s we have tried to provide some of the a nswers to we have tried to provide some of the answers to this really complicated and fraught process beyond just the big headlines day by day. this will not be on tv, it will be live also on5 not be on tv, it will be live also on 5 live and facebook. so we will ta ke on 5 live and facebook. so we will take questions not just on 5 live and facebook. so we will take questions notjust from our audience, and we will have an array of peoplejoining us audience, and we will have an array of people joining us who have audience, and we will have an array of peoplejoining us who have been listening to the podcast, but anyone with a question can get in touch and we will do our best with other experts to answer it. i am looking forward to the compilation film of all the banter i have had with michel barnier over the last six months. that is bound to be a highlight. you can listen to us on 5 live at 6.10 this evening. you can also tune in on the bbc's facebook page and leave some comments, nice ones, hopefully. and it is on the news channel tonight before bed at 11.10. huw, do you subscribed yet? i ama 11.10. huw, do you subscribed yet? i am a loyal consumer. and a bit of barnier banter will be very welcome. some of it is in french! stop showing off. laura and adam, thank you much. it isa it is a serious issue, but fa ntastically well it is a serious issue, but fantastically well done and it is a good way to shed light on some of the big questions we are facing in the big questions we are facing in the uk. time for a look at the weather. tomasz has been very patient. thought you were going to say, from brexitcast to forecast! foggy weather on the way. the fog has already formed across the midlands and tomorrow morning, there will be and tomorrow morning, there will be a lot of it across southern parts of the uk. it could last right through the uk. it could last right through the day, with delays notjust on the roads, but with other public transport and also around london airports in particular. this is what will happen early in the morning will happen early in the morning will start freezing in london, and there could be freezing fog outside as well. it is the south that will get the most of the fog. look how expensive it is around rush hour. it will be very slow to clear —— look how expansive it is. it will stick around and it is going to feel cold. to the north of the country, totally different story. much milder, a bit more cloud and some rain. tropical in aberdeen! this is bbc news — the headlines: an inquiry into the murder of an iranian refugee finds evidence of "institutional racism" by bristol's police and city council. bijan ebrahimi was beaten to death by a neighbour injuly 2013. in the us state of washington, a passenger train derails from a bridge onto a major highway — the county sheriff confirms there were some fatalities. we are told that at least 77 people have been taken to hospital. more on that in a moment. south africa's governing party anc elects its new leader, deputy president cyril ramaphosa. he says he will fight corruption and work to revitalise the country's struggling economy. theresa may says "there can never be a place for threats and intimidation" in politics after a number of mps receive abusive messages because of their views on brexit. time for a check on the sport. england are picking through the tatters of the ashes tour after they were beaten by an innings and 41 runs in perth in the third, decisive test. there are calls for some of the senior members of the squad to move on following disappointing performances, with the next two tests a chance, perhaps, for england to give some new talent a try. i look at moeen ali on the side and think, at the minute, he would get in as think, at the minute, he would get inasa think, at the minute, he would get in asa —— he think, at the minute, he would get in as a —— he would not get in as a batsman or ebola, so you have to bring ina batsman or ebola, so you have to bring in a spinner. they picked mason crane as a second spinner that make you don't get in a batsman or a bowler. if i wasjoe root, i would look for those two games in melbourne and sydney and try and go for a bit of difference and change. what has gone on has not worked, so they might as well use these last opportunities to bring in a couple of players. west ham midfielder manuel lanzini has been charged by the fa for diving during saturday's premier league match against stoke. west ham were awarded a penalty after lanzini fell to the ground, which led to them taking an early lead in their 3—0 win. he'll have until 6 o'clock tomorrow evening to respond to the charge of successful deception of a match official. burnley‘s james tarkowski has been charged with violent conduct following an off the ball incident with brighton's glenn murray. it took place during saturday's goalless draw and wasn't seen by any of the match officials, but was caught on video. he also has until 6 o'clock tomorrow to respond. rugby union and france's all—time leading scorer frederic michalak will retire at the end of the season. the 35—year old lyon fly—half said the physical nature of the sport is getting "more and more difficult". michalak made 77 appearances for france and retired from international rugby two years ago. he won three six nations grand slams and played in three world cups. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. let's return to that breaking news of a train which has derailed on a bridge over a highway in washington state. we've just heard from the reuters news agency that 77 people have been taken to the local hospitals. in the last few minutes, ed troyer from the local sheriff's department has been speaking to the media — let's listen to what he had to say. at 7.40 this morning, the train derailed. multiple agencies are responding. when we got to the scene, it was obvious that there was some fatalities and a lot of injuries. some people were able to get off the train. multiple cars and trucks were struck and went on the road. the people who were in the vehicles, even when you see all the vehicles, even when you see all the vehicles, it is pretty horrific. at this point, the fatalities are contained to the train. just to underline what was just being said, these are the latest lines coming from washington state. this dreadful accident happened during the rush hour locally. the sheriff ‘s department say there were multiple fatalities on the train. when you see the damage to the train, that is possibly not surprising. but he is saying that miraculously, there are no fatalities on the roadway so far. there has been huge response from the emergency services. we think around 80 people have been taken to local hospitals. no detail on the extent of the injuries. but he said it will be a long time before we have final confirmation of what exactly has happened. it has damaged lots of vehicles on the roadway under the bridge, of course. and there has been damage to the ground around the railway under the bridge. soa around the railway under the bridge. so a lot of work has still to be done to get people out and see what the extent of the damage is. but it's a dreadful accident, and some have been killed and dozens injured. we will have the latest from there ina we will have the latest from there in a short while. let's get more now on the report into the circumstances surrounding the murder of an iranian refugee in bristol four years ago. the report has concluded that bristol city council and avon and somerset police showed "institutional racism" in siding with the abusers of bijan ebrahami, who was beaten to death and his body set on fire after he was wrongly accused of being a paedophile. joining me now is the mayor of bristol, marvin rees, who has accepted the report in full and apologised to mr ebrahimi's family. your immediate response to this report? i'm glad it's out there. it puts realities on the table, but it is for the city and the local authority, and i hope it gives the familya authority, and i hope it gives the family a sense that their voices have been heard and respected. it also gives us a platform to rebuild our organisation on. for people locally and beyond bristol who will be wanting to ask you today, how would you describe the way that bristol city council would respond to something like this today? would you say it has changed? yes. i have been here for 18 months and we have brought about change in our values and commitment to tackling intrusion and commitment to tackling intrusion and inequality and tackling racism. specific actions have been taken around our response to hate crime and processes to escalate staff training. and the same question about the police — what is the extent of your faith in the police's ability to fundamentally change the way they responded to an incident like this? ijust way they responded to an incident like this? i just want to say, way they responded to an incident like this? ijust want to say, i am not saying everything is now golden and perfect. iam not saying everything is now golden and perfect. i am saying we have a commitment to tackling it. without presuming to speak for the police, i think they have taken it very seriously. they issued an apology early and saddled with the family. but none of us are going to pretend our institutions are perfect. what a failure of leadership or of certain individuals? it is going to be the piece. institutional racism is part of the unconscious bias in a culture and collection of practices that churn out inequality. those are backed up by individualfailures also. are you satisfied that you have a clear picture now of how this dreadful train of events took place? i have been here for 18 months and this goes back some time, but we are taking responsibility for it. an investigation has been undertaken. there are still some questions which i want to be pursued. but people understand that at the top of the organisation, we have an absolute commitment to tackling racism and inequality and discrimination. there isa inequality and discrimination. there is a standard of behaviour we expect to be delivered. mr rees, good of you tojoin us. to be delivered. mr rees, good of you to join us. that was the mayor of bristol giving us his response to that critical report which was published today. inmates at liverpool airport are being kept in the worst conditions according to reports. inspectors discovered a lack of leadership at all discovered a lack of leadership at a ll levels. behind the walls of liverpool prison, more than 1100 men live in squalid conditions. rats and cockroaches are rife. rules of urine seep from broken toilets. if you put a dog in a place like this, people would come and take you away and lock you up for cruelty to animals. we're human beings. so we need to be treated right. darren hurley spentjust over two years in the prison after being convicted of drugs offences. released in the summer, he told me what life on the inside was like. cockroaches, rats. rubbish just getting left inside the buildings, rather than put out at the end of the evening. it's just not a good environment. there's a lack of air, people can't breathe. there's no oxygen. a lot of people are walking around with headaches constantly. does it smell? yeah, it smells terrible. especially if there's been vegetables on during the day, that are then left on the wing. basically, it's like living in a tip. the report we've seen followed an unannounced inspection in september. the inspector wrote that they could not recall having seen worse living conditions. along the backlog of over 2,000 maintenancejobs were broken windows with jagged glass left in the frames, toilets that were filthy, blocked or leaking and piles of rubbish left for so long that one section was so dirty, infested and hazardous to health that it could not be cleaned. i think it's as bad a report as i've ever seen. this former chief inspector of prisons is exasperated by the failings. i asked the head of the prison service, how on earth did he allow the prison to get into that state? because the management was clearly incompetent in the prison itself. and how could anyone come up from headquarters and go into liverpool and see that, and not feel ashamed, and do something about it? somebody i showed this report to said to me that this is england's worstjail. i wouldn't dispute that. the inspectors agree, blaming the failure of liverpool not just on the governor, but on senior officials at the ministry ofjustice. local prison managers had sought help, said the report, but their requests had been met with little response. perhaps most damningly, the inspectors write, "we can see no credible plan to address these basic issues". this mp, who has been campaigning for improvements at liverpool prison, is appalled by the report. we expect those prisoners to obey our rules outside of prison. yet inside prison, the authorities abandon all rules and regulations and do what they like, treat the prisoners in this way and leave them suffering. i cannot accept that that's right. since the inspectors visited, a new governor has been appointed and some maintenance has taken place. but former prisoners we've spoken to, released in recent weeks, say the conditions inside remain dire. more reaction add to that train accident that has happened in washington state. it happened in the morning rush—hour and there are for talent these in the train which derailed from a bridge onto a major highway. and lots of people have been injured in cars which were travelling along the highway at a very busy time. we are going on the line by someone who was driving at the point at which this accident happened, greg mukai, who was travelling to work. tell us what happened? i was travelling to work on turkey south. —— on 15 south. it was busy at that time and the traffic came to a complete stop. we looked to see what happened and we realised the passenger train was hanging from the overpass and parts of it had fallen onto the freeway. some of the cars that were travelling on the highway had been hit by it. very scary situation. if anything, they were fortunate to have military personnel rushed to help. we are close to a base and folks who were just coming off the ship were travelling home. the first thing they did was try to help. ship were travelling home. the first thing they did was try to helplj ship were travelling home. the first thing they did was try to help. i am wondering about the point at which you realised that this was indeed as severe as it is. we are looking at images as i speak to you, and they underline the extent of the damage and the fact that clearly, it posed and the fact that clearly, it posed a very big threat to people notjust in the train, but in cars as well. did you have to leave your vehicle? how did you deal with it?|j did you have to leave your vehicle? how did you deal with it? i came to a complete stop 50 yards away from the overpass that the train came off. i stepped out of my vehicle to try to provide towels or clothing or whatever i had in my car, because there were folks who came back asking for first there were folks who came back asking forfirst aid there were folks who came back asking for first aid kits and other items. so i walked up there and i was able to get some video and a couple of photos of the train. i did not see people on the train or coming off the train. were you in a position to see the cars on the highway a little distance from you and whether people were injured in those cars? i can't say. i didn't see anybody. i assume there were injuries related to that, because they were asking for first aid kits before the emergency personnel arrived. you mentioned the fact that there was a military base nearby and that that was a help in terms of getting help. the images we are seeing show an amazingly impressive response by the emergency services. can you give us a sense of the response that you have seen? yeah. the time frame was between 7.30 7.45. state patrol, firefighters and medics were there within ten minutes of when i saw the crash happen and they immediately took control. greg, thank you for sharing your thoughts on that clearly very serious incident. greg mukai, who was travelling to work by car at the time and saw the accident and the aftermath. these are the latest images from washington state on the rail accident that has taken place in the last few hours. president trump is to set out a new national security strategy in just a few hours' time which is expected to identify china and russia as competitors seeking to challenge america's dominance. based on the america first slogan, the plan will have economic security at its core and will no longer recognise climate change as a threat, instead stressing the need to embrace energy dominance. mark cancian is a senior adviser with the international security program at the centre for strategic and international security. we can speak to him now from washington. what is your sense of the impact that this speech is likely to make? i think you will see four impacts from the speech. the first is a sense of relief, because it is very close to mainstream republican thinking on national security matters that talks about the importance of allies and diplomacy and a strong defence. you will see some push on the america first items, particularly discussions about sovereignty and border security. there will be questions about whether the president really believes in his strategy document, given the gap between what he has said in some of his statement and some of his tweets and what the document says, which is pretty mainstream. and then covering the entire discussion is the fact that the national security community really despises the president. he ran against them in the campaign and they are reciprocating. a thought on russia and china. will this tell us anything we don't know already about the president'sapproach, his rather, some would say, eccentric approach to dealing with these two great superpowers? i think what you will see in the document is close to mainstream thinking on national security challenges. the previous administration identified russia and china as primary challenges, so this document is consistent with that. a lot of people have been saying that great power competition has returned and the united states is dealing with a different environment. and the united states is dealing with a different environmentlj and the united states is dealing with a different environment. i hope this doesn't sound too cynical, and you have already alluded to this — will people be able to take this as the president'sown take on global affairs, or will they assume that this is just affairs, or will they assume that this isjust a affairs, or will they assume that this is just a formal statement that he is sharing that he doesn't necessarily believe in? well, you will certainly see that criticism. ultimately, it depends what the administration does. if you look at their actions over the last year, some things have been consistent with this view of the world. the united states has for example continued its engagement in eastern europe and has in fact increased that engagement. it has continued its engagement in the western pacific. 0n the other hand, there have been budget cuts and that raises questions about how committed it really is to diplomacy. is this a white house view more or is this a state department view and partly a pentagon view? how would you characterise it? i think many people regard it as a national security council view. it was written by the national security council and staff members who have long ties to the republican establishment. so not surprisingly, it reflects a mainstream republican view. people question whether it represents the president'sviews. he did sign off on it, but it would depend what the administration does over the next couple of years to see whether this does reflect their thinking or whether their thinking is moving in a different direction. thank you for joining us. we will listen with interest. mark cancian, from washington, dc, looking ahead to what the president will have to say about national security tonight and raising some interesting questions about the likely direction of that speech. we will have full coverage on the bbc news channel. now the weather. fog will be the problem over the next day or so. it has already started to form and has been lingering across parts of the midlands. it is only going to get thicker and more widespread as we go through this evening. still pretty chilly out there. 0ver through this evening. still pretty chilly out there. over the next couple of days in that fog, temperatures will barely be hovering above freezing. we are expecting the fog across central, southern and eastern parts of england. it will get thicker and more widespread overnight. further north, just a few fog patches and milder temperatures. tomorrow, the biggest problems will be across the south. during the rush hour, look how extensive the area is. some of the fog will not clear, but will linger right through the day into the following evening and tomorrow night. wear it lingers, it could be close to freezing. but look how different the temperature is in scotla nd how different the temperature is in scotland and northern ireland. quite a contrast between aberdeen and norwich. be prepared for the thick fog tomorrow morning. it could be on the disruptive side. tonight at six, a damning report says bristol's police and council were guilty of institutional racism. bijan ebrahimi was beaten to death and his body set on fire. he was a victim of collective failure. don't you dare take pictures of me! despite years of complaints, officials repeatedly sided with those who abused him. absolutely shocking and devastating, especially as a family, if these things happen, it's just unacceptable. but no individuals have been blamed, we'll be asking why. also tonight, the prison branded the worst in the country — inmates describe rats and cockroaches everywhere. in the last hour, a hasn't trained in america derails while crossing a bridge, we will have the latest. two die in a blaze at one of scotland's top hotels,

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