this is bbc news. the headlines: police appealfor police appeal for witnesses after a stolen car hit a tree in leeds, killing five people. drone owners will be required to take safety awareness tests as part of plans to crack down on dangerous use of the devices. the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the future of the irish border cannot be resolved until the united kingdom and the eu have reached a trade agreement. a warning is issued to airlines about the danger of volcanic ash in the skies close to the indonesian island of bali. also, in the next hour, for the first time in its 350 year history, royal navy sailors perform the famous changing the guard ceremony at buckingham palace. and cricket, australia are on the verge of victory at the end of day four in the first ashes test in brisbane. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.

five people, including three children, have been killed after a stolen car crashed into a tree in leeds. officers were called to the meanwood area of the city last night, to stonegate road just before 10pm. two boys aged 15 are in custody. 0ur correspondent alison freeman has more. 0fficers said they were faced with a scene of complete carnage when they arrived here last night. the west yorkshire force said a stolen renault clio had crashed into this tree just before ten o'clock. five people lost their lives. the youngest of those who died was a 12—year—old boy. two other boys aged 15, and two men aged 2a and 28 were also killed. it's not yet known if all of those who died had been travelling in the car when it crashed or if some had been walking along the road at the time. two other 15—year—old boys have been arrested on suspicion of causing

death by dangerous driving. the major collision inquiry team is at the scene, trying to work out exactly what happened here last night. police are appealing for witnesses, to what they are describing as a tragic accident, to come forward. police could be given the power to crack down on the illegal use of drones, as part of proposed new legislation. owners of devices over a certain size will also have to register with the authorities and sit safety awareness tests. the measures are included in the draft drone bill to be published next spring. once the preserve of enthusiasts, nowadays drones are everywhere. they‘ re cheaper, lighter, and can do a lot more than just hover in the air. many prototype drones are being developed to work where it might be dangerous for humans. they can fly into water, for example, and propel themselves back out. these drones can be used

on oil rigs to fix cables in treacherous conditions. and that's the kind of application that the aviation minister wants industry to tap into. we've looked at the drones today, which can help in the construction industry, in the mining industry, on offshore oil rigs, and what's really exciting is actually they can do the jobs which actually put people at risk, so hopefully it will help on safety as well. and to prevent drones getting too close to airports and prisons, the proposed drone bill could mean that owners of drones weighing more than 250 grams will need to register and do a test. they will also be banned from flying near airports or higher than 120 metres, or 400 feet. police will get new powers to seize unmanned aerial vehicles. dji is one of the biggest drone manufacturers in the world. could these new rules hit their sales? it could. but we have already implemented

many of the things we have seen the government now proposing, so we don't believe that it will. and we believe, as an industry, that anyone flying a drone should take proportionate measures for safety. with the christmas rush well under way, some have predicted that drones will be one of the biggest sellers this winter. soon, though, new owners won't simply be allowed to open the box and fly them straightaway. joe lynam, bbc news. the international trade secretary liam fox has said there can be no final decisions on the future of the irish border until britain and the european union have reached a trade agreement. brussels has given the uk until the fourth of december to come up with proposals on the border, and other key issues, to allow brexit talks to progress to their next phase. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. could this be the giant sticking point that stops the brexit talks moving on? the border between northern ireland and the republic, what will soon be the frontier between the uk and the eu. ireland insists it must remain open, almost invisible after brexit, or it could block the talks progressing.

but one leading brexiteer in the cabinet says the negotiations need to move forward to discuss the future in order to sort this out. we can't get a final answer to the irish question until we get an idea of the end state, and until we get into discussions with the european union on the end state, that will be very difficult. so the quicker we can do that, the better, and we're still in a position where the eu doesn't want to do that. we are getting close now to 2018, when we will be talking about next year when we leave the european union. the british government wants the uk to leave what's known as the single market and the customs union after brexit, meaning our economy and the eu economy would be governed by different rules. some say that means it'll be impossible not to have a more obvious border, and so... the way to stay the same

on the island of ireland as it is today post—brexit is for at least the uk to take their red line off the table, but to stay in the customs union and single market gives us what we have today, an invisible border, seamless trade, and it will help build and keep those relationships. labour says the government needs to be willing to be more flexible. what this government has done is it's ruled out remaining a member of the single market or a member of the customs union. that is what they have said very clearly, that they will leave both of those institutions. we have not ruled those off the table. we've said they are still options. in just over a fortnight, it'll be crunch time for the government. will the eu say yes to talking about the future? what happens along this 310—mile border will be central to how that question is answered. chris mason, bbc news. we can speak to the the

ireland correspondent at the guardian and the observer, henry mcdonald. this is reaching a critical point but is there anything so surprisingly in a position is the respective parties have adopted given that this is one of the areas where the negotiations have been focused. not really, the irish government has been pushing this line, about northern ireland having a special deal where they stay in the customs union, the single market, that region of the uk, the key region, the border with the republic. unionists are saying that isa republic. unionists are saying that is a nonstarter, that that cannot happen, but this could be dublin playing for high stakes before negotiations in brussels next month. but it is toxic find the atmosphere in terms of politics on the island, we had a lot of comments by the

democratic unionists party, and there was a lot of concern about dublin pushing this position, special status for northern ireland, asa special status for northern ireland, as a means of keeping an open border. from the unionist perspective, there is a fear that if you did that, over time you would create a de facto united ireland, a ...and create a de facto united ireland, a and this is different to what is happening in the other parts of the uk. the word i heard, decoupling northern ireland from the rest of the uk, which nationalist ireland has been demanding. talking about a legal document, drawing up a legal document in london, to give the framework for any kind of special status. i don't think it is realistic, i don't think it will happen, the key thing is, mathematics at westminster, the dup have ten mps, strong position, propping up theresa may in the conservative administration, i don't

think... it is a nonstarter. where do we go with this, it all hinges on this date, the 11th of december, there has to be some movement from there has to be some movement from the british, we are told, for the leaders to agree that we can move on to trade talks, in a way, is that brinkmanship? could be, but could be dangerous brinkmanship, because it can toxic by the atmosphere north and south, we do not have a political in thejuicing and south, we do not have a political in the juicing here and south, we do not have a political in thejuicing here in belfast, a devolved into the juicing, relations between the nationalists and unionists are not very good anyway, now we have this i’ow very good anyway, now we have this row over brexit and the border, it is crucial to get it right, the issue... the british and the unionists will say, we have a common travel arrangement that predates the eu, we can do an anglo—irish deal on the border, perhaps create some sort of frictionless frontier, if you like, that may happen, but it is going to be very messy and it could impact also on the politics in northern ireland and the prospect of

bringing back power—sharing, and add another factor, bringing back power—sharing, and add anotherfactor, big bringing back power—sharing, and add another factor, big instability bringing back power—sharing, and add anotherfactor, big instability in dublin in relation to politics there, we just dublin in relation to politics there, wejust had dublin in relation to politics there, we just had a dublin in relation to politics there, wejust had a general election. yes, we have heard ha rd ball election. yes, we have heard hardball has election. yes, we have heard hard ball has been election. yes, we have heard hardball has been played, written undertaking that there will not be a ha rd undertaking that there will not be a hard border, he is facing, potentially facing the general election, if there were to be a change of government, would there be a change of position or change of heart from ireland 7 a change of position or change of heart from ireland? only if you had sinn fein playing a part, maybe if they were in coalition, but if dominated by the main opposition party, it would still be in the same position, fena fall, firstly the same issue. i don't think there will be an election this side of christmas in dublin but it will not last even as far as march. —— fianna fail. there will still be instability, as well as the big problems like restoring the

power—sharing government in belfast. high—stakes power—sharing government in belfast. high—sta kes politics affecting power—sharing government in belfast. high—stakes politics affecting many lives, thank you very much for going through the issues with us. returning to the main story, the deaths of five people, including three children, after a stolen car crashed into a tree in leeds. alison freeman joins us alison freemanjoins us now alison freeman joins us now from leeds. what we know about the circumstances that led up to this? details are sketchy, what we know is west yorkshire police were called here just before west yorkshire police were called herejust before 10pm west yorkshire police were called here just before 10pm last night, stolen renault clio had crashed into one of the trees, you can see in the street behind me, killing five people, the youngest of those, a 12—year—old boy, 215—year—old's, a 25—year—old and a 28—year—old also killed, it is understood the younger boy is the brother of one of the 15—year—old boys. 0fficers

boy is the brother of one of the 15—year—old boys. officers say that it was a scene of complete carnage that they faced when they arrived here, as you can see, there is daybreak across the street behind me, and officers carrying out a very detailed search of that as they try to establish what happened here, other things we know, two died here at the scene and another three died in hospital. 0verall at the scene and another three died in hospital. overall this has been described as a tragic accident. —— two 15—year—old boys and two men aged 2a and 28 also died. the head of armed policing and his deputy are understood to be suspended by police scotland amid allegations of criminal conduct and gross misconduct. on friday assistant chief constable bernard higgins was also suspended. this is the latest in a series of suspensions of senior officers in the uk‘s second largest police force. bbc scotland understands the allegations are connected to a wider criminal investigation. i'm joined from our glasgow newsroom by our scotland correspondent catriona renton. we learned on

friday about the four officers being suspended, what more can you tell us has emerged subsequently? moore has emerged, we learned on friday that the assistant chief co nsta ble, friday that the assistant chief constable, bernard higgins, had been suspended, one of the most high profile of police scotland's officers, head of operational support and in charge of public order and crucially, the force's armed police. now we have learned more, two more names have come forward , more, two more names have come forward, justice secretary confirmed on bbc scotland earlier, superintendent kirk canal, head of armed policing at police scotland, and isa armed policing at police scotland, and is a specialist hostage negotiator, he's one of the people suspended, and deputy chief inspector bob glass. —— kirk kinnell and at the time of the 2007 terror attack, at glasgow airport, bob glass was senior. another officer

has been suspended. —— bob glass. two additional officers have been placed on restrictive duties. this came about after anonymous allegations were made to the police investigations and review commissioner, mr higgins has denied any wrongdoing. this is the latest ina any wrongdoing. this is the latest in a series of controversies to affect police scotland, a single force for the whole of scotland. that is right, chief constable phil gormley was already on special leave, he has been on that since september following separate allegations of gross misconduct, he is the second chief constable of police scotland, in the force's short boring the half year history, of course, before that, eight separate police forces across scotland. as we said, he is currently on special leave while the police investigations and a new commission investigate him. his deputy, who had been planning on retiring himself, currently in

charge. that was an unexpected move, somebody who was going to retire is now in charge of the force. also, the scottish police authority has had some problems recently, the support body set up to oversee police scotland, it recently lost its current chair, who has resigned, because of allegations about his conduct. so a new chair has been appointed who will take up the post next month. scotland'sjustice secretary michael matheson told the bbc that he's not there is a problem with the culture within police scotla nd with the culture within police scotland as a whole but is willing to investigate if there are lessons to investigate if there are lessons to be learned following these investigations. we are concerned when senior police figures within police scotland are under investigation, on a range of different issues. you think there is a cultural problem? i am not sure thatis a cultural problem? i am not sure that is the case but having said that, what is important. wouldn't

you like to find out? i'm not sure thatis you like to find out? i'm not sure that is the case, look at the nature of complaints, they are different types of complaint, but having said that, what is important is making sure that the command team we have in place, through ian livingston, is given the support required. once we have at the outcome of these investigations into the complaints against the chief constable, and complaints we have rating to bernie higgins and other officers, we will then be in a better place to understand exactly what the circumstances we re understand exactly what the circumstances were relating to the complaints. michael matheson, with the scottish government view, justice secretary, what are the opposition parties at hollywood making of this? as we heard, inevitably there is issues around public trust and confidence and i think that we can expect opposition parties to keep up pressure for some sort of review into what has been happening at police scotland, the scottish conservatives have already called for what they call a strong

and positive reaction to what they are describing as this crisis from the government to avoid further erosion of public confidence in police scotland, so i think it is something we are going to see talked about. these investigations are ongoing and there has been... everybody is denying any wrongdoing. thank you very much forjoining us us stop headlines: five people, including three children, have been killed after a car struck a tree in leeds. drones could be banned from flying near airports, or above 400 feet, under new laws being proposed by the government. the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the future of the irish border cannot be resolved until the united kingdom and the eu have reached a trade agreement. things going from bad to worse for everton, after defeat in europe, they are trailing 4—1, with

just a couple of minutes on the clock. elsewhere, burnley and arsenal, 0—0. motherwell aiming clock. elsewhere, burnley and arsenal, 0—0. motherwellaiming to end celtic‘s record domestic run and ta ke end celtic‘s record domestic run and take the trophy, currently 0—0 at hampden park. valtteri bottas held off team—mate lewis hamilton as mercedes cruised to a dominant 1—2, in the season—ending abu dhabi grand prix, lewis hamilton had already clinched the title, his fourth world championship. england on the verge of defeat in the full ashes test, the ecb says it has broken with wicketkeeperjonny bairstow after lines of an alleged incident involving cameron bancroft of australia after a night out in her four weeks ago. more on those stories later on. a 39—year—old man has been charged with aggravated burglary

and the attempted murder of a d—day veteran. ninety—six—year—oldjim booth was seriously injured in an attack at his home in taunton, somerset. joseph isaacs will appear in court on monday. the archbishop of york, john sentamu, has put his clerical dog collar back on, ten years after saying he wouldn't wear one until zimbabwe's president robert mugabe resigned. in 2007, the archbishop dramatically cut up his old dog collar during a bbc interview. he's now put on a new one, saying mugabe should apologise for taking a prosperous country to the brink of ruin. do you know, andrew, i could attempt to put this one back, or, i could try to put them all together, using superglue. .. it would be a pretty ropey collar. and i think the lesson for zimbabwe is the same. they cannot just try to stitch it up. something more radical, something you need to happen in terms of the rule of law, allowing people to getjobs because 90% of people are out of work. they can'tjust stitch it up. million—dollar question,

will you put a collar back on again? andrew, i promised, when mugabe goes, i will put it on, so i have no choice but to put it back on. absolutely. robert mugabe has gone. the new president has got to remember, something more new than just sticking things back together must be done. indonesia has put out a red alert, warning airlines to avoid flying near a volcano on the island of bali. mount agung has been spewing out smoke and volcanic ash thousands of metres into the sky, and there are fears it could soon erupt for the first time in more than 50 years. at least 19 civilians are reported to have been killed in more syrian government attacks on a rebel—held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. activists monitoring the conflict say towns in the eastern ghouta

district have been subjected to air strikes and artillery fire and conditions for the enclave's 400,000 people are dire. with me is alanjohnston, our middle east analyst. earlier we spoke with alanjohnston, our middle east analyst. what is the military situation? we are talking about a large area, on the eastern edge of damascus, a tract of towns and villages and farmland, home to hundreds of thousands of people, but very much in rebel hands, all through the syrian war. in recent weeks we have seen the government forces step up their pressure on the enclave, carrying out air strikes and other attacks and more of the same today, various sources talking about air strikes beginning sunday morning, and heavy artillery fire, looks to be three or four areas within the east that were targeted, and there have been these civilian casualties, part of a pattern we have seen in recent weeks. even allowing for the people who have died or been injured

because of our attacks, easy movie if it is under siege, the humanitarian situation must be getting terrifying? it is absolutely dire, this area under siege for a long time but for years it was relatively easy for smugglers to come and go, bringing supplies, trading across the front lines, using a network of tunnels. in the course of the summer, july, august, government forces tightened their grip on the perimeter, after that, the human terrain situation, the supply of food and medicine got very much more difficult. just last week, we had a world food programme report that spelt out how bad things are, saying that people in some cases had been reduced to eating animal fodder and even garbage. school children, teachers, fainting. fainting at school. reports that four people died of starvation.

a un boss talked about eastern ghouta being the epicentre of suffering in syria at the moment. it might surprise people that an area that is relatively close to the capital at a time and we have heard so much about russian air support, for the syrian regime, possibly the balance of the war was shifting in, bashar al—assad's prospects of staying seem to be increasing, that this area has held out for so long and the syrian military have not been able to retain it. no question, for many months, the syrian government, thanks to russia, has been in the ascendancy, making important progress in many areas but the fact is that this area east of ghouta the edge of damascus has held out, and you can imagine the government will be concerned about that degree of rebel powell, right on the edge of the capital, certainly the rebels launch attacks into the capital, you can imagine that the government is intent on putting whatever pressure it can on this rebel area, but the rebels hold out.

more than 20 people have been hurt after part of a nightclub floor collapsed in tenerife. it happened in the town of playa de las americas, which is popular with tourists. the injuries included broken legs, ankle sprains and bruises. pakistan's government has called on the army to restore order in the capital, islamabad, after violence broke out during protests by islamists. the demonstrators want a government minister, who they accuse of blasphemy, to be sacked. the violence in islamabad has reportedly led to several deaths and around 200 people being injured at faizabad interchange — a key highway in the city. anbarasan ettirajan reports. islamabad, pakistan's capital city, turned into a battle zone. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the islamists. but they came prepared and responded with stones and bricks. several police vans were set on fire. many injured were taken to hospital.

at one point the police had to retreat as hundreds more demonstrators turned up. after failing to disperse the islamists, the government has asked the military to restore order in islamabad. the islamists have been blocking a key highway for weeks, demanding the sacking of a government minister whom they accuse of blasphemy. the protesters are defiant. translation: we're protesting against the operation, the cruel action the government is carrying out against the lawful demand regarding our holy

prophet made by scholars and our leaders in islamabad. we curse the government, and demand is that the operation should be stopped with immediate effect. as the protests spread, they represent a direct challenge to the governing pakistan muslim league. they also illustrate the government's difficulty in dealing with the gaining popularity of religious extremism among some sections of society. sailors from the royal navy have been performing the famous changing the guard ceremony outside buckingham palace in london for the first time in its 350 year history. the ceremony involves one set of guards, the old guard, handing over the responsibility of protecting buckingham palace

and st james's palace to another set of guards, the new guard. the manoeuvres are usually carried out by a regiment from the army, as our correspondent jane—frances kelly explains. people from all around the world, witnessed this historic event, the royal navy, for the first time, undertook the ceremonial duties, normally undertaken by one of five footguards regiments, that form part of the army's household division. lieutenant commander steve elliott is believed to be the first captain of the queen ‘s guard for the royal navy since sir walter raleigh, during the reign of elizabeth first. he explained why they are undertaking these duties now. great opportunity for the royal navy in what has been termed the year of the royal navy, a capstone to everything we have had, and coinciding with the formal commissioning of hms queen elizabeth. my team have worked really hard to get ready for it, not something we are traditionally famous for, marching, in the navy,

but the guys have worked really hard and we hope to put on a good show. able seaman alex stacy, who only joined the service injanuary, said it was an extremely proud moment. i onlyjoined up injanuary, i finished all of my training injuly, so it is still very new in the navy, so it is a great honour and privilege to be able to do something like this. and they will be undertaking further duties at stjames' palace, the tower of london, and, tomorrow, at windsor castle. looking like she is getting a bit of the sun outside buckingham palace, let's see what the prospects are, the new

guard is already at the weather map! after a weekend aftera weekend in after a weekend in cold northerly wind and arctic air, something milder coming wind and arctic air, something mildercoming in, wind and arctic air, something milder coming in, overnight tonight, first thing tomorrow, westerleigh and north—westerly wind, wet and windy conditions to content with, we will see some of the heavy rain to the south, first thing on monday, pretty difficult conditions across england and wales in the rush—hour, look at these temperatures, high at the end of the night than many by day for the weekend. front gets a to the south, through the morning, brightening up, quite a lot of showers coming in on the northerly and north—westerly wind. to the south, temperatures much healthier than they have been in recent days but ready again, starting to turn chillier. very brief mild spell, as the weather fronts dies off into the continent, taking mild airwith the weather fronts dies off into the continent, taking mild air with it. cold arctic air again for the rest

of the week.