tonight at ten: president trump outlines a new security strategy — focusing on economic stability — identifying those countries challenging america's wealth. the president said the world had returned to an era of competition between the great powers. and he singled out china and russia as competitors, challenging america's influence and wealth. we will stand up for ourselves and we will stand up for our country like we have never stood up before. we'll have the details and reaction to the president's speech in washington. also tonight: an inquiry into the murder of a refugee in bristol four years ago. police and the city council are accused of ‘institutional racism'. in south africa: the deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, is elected leader of the ruling party, the anc, and promises

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 they're embracing the challenge of active life in old age. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we'll bring you highlights of tonight's 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 america's influence and wealth. he said washington had ‘no choice‘

but to deal with the challenge posed by north korea's 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. what he was keen to do was stress what a break with the recent past his election represented. he was the change make—up. election represented. he was the change make-up. with the strategy i am announcing today, we are declaring that america is in the game and america is going to win. but to seize the opportunities of the future, we must first understand

the future, we must first understand the failures of the past. our leaders engaged in nation—building abroad while they failed to build up and replenish our nation at home. the document says that russia and china wants to shape a world antithetical to us values and interests, in line with the intelligence agencies unanimous view of the threat posed by moscow with their interference in last year's election. but the president is notably did not phrases like that in his speech. we also face rival powers, russia and china, that looked a challenge american influence, values and well. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries, but ina manner with those and other countries, but in a manner that always protects our national interest. but while we see such opportunities of cooperation,

we will stand up for ourselves and we will stand up for ourselves and we will stand up for ourselves and we will stand up for our country like we have never stood up before. he rounded on kimjong—un‘s north korea, a problem he promised would be dealt with. no countries were mentioned individually but he mentioned individually but he mentioned pakistan for criticism and its stance against terrorism. and new in this definition of national security was an emphasis on the importance of security —— the economy and fair trade, central themes of trump the campaign. for themes of trump the campaign. for the first time, american strategy recognises that economic security is national security. gdp growth, which is way ahead of schedule and my administration, will be one of america's truly greatest weapons. but the speech had nothing to say about climate change, something that barack obama had deemed a threat to national security. america has in

the past six months experienced the worst hurricane season in decades, with terrible flooding in texas and puerto rico. and is now experiencing the most widespread bristol buyers in californian history that some see as evidence of a changing climate. — — forest as evidence of a changing climate. —— forest fires. it criticises the owner is regulation of things like the paris climate change deal which this president has withdrawn the us from. donald trump won over this audience and supporters will like what they heard. but the rest of the world will want to study closely what he said and what he does. let's speak tojon, in washington. what is your reading of how much of this speech constituted genuinely new thinking? well, i think what we have got in this speech and in the document is a sort of distillation of some of the themes we have heard donald trump speak about repeatedly on the campaign trailand speak about repeatedly on the campaign trail and even in his tweet and other opportunities he has had

to speak. i am sure if desk, there are areas of continuity which you mightfind is are areas of continuity which you might find is rising. —— you go through this. donald trump was stressing the change his new approach would bring. the speech was much more geared for trump supporters in the us he would have liked what they heard and the characteristic tough language donald trump deploys on these occasions. but the diplomats were poorer over this and think, maybe some of the differences are not as great as he would have you believe. at the end, it you will have diplomats around the world studying this closely. but does it mean they can give up looking at donald trump's messages ona looking at donald trump's messages on a daily basis? absolutely not. many thanks once again, from the white house. a highly—critical report, into the circumstances surrounding the murder of an iranian refugee in bristol four years ago, has concluded that bristol city council and avon & somerset police showed "institutional racism" in their handling of the case. bijan ebrahimi was beaten

to death by a neighbour, after he was falsely accused of being a paedophile. mr ebrahimi had made repeated complaints to police, but an official report has accused the authorities of "repeatedly siding with his abusers". our correspondent, jon kay, has the story. he came to britain for safety, but bijan ebrahimi 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. but this was not the first attack. today's report says time and time again — at different addresses, over several years — bijan alleged he'd been abused and attacked by a number of different people. but this report says he was treated as a nuisance by the authorities in bristol, with police and council staff often siding with his alleged abusers,

rather than helping him. absolutely shocking and disgusting. now bijan‘s sisters have been told there was a collective failure by avon & somerset police and bristol city council, which amounted to ‘institutional racism‘ — a phrase used nearly 20 years ago, in the stephen lawrence inquiry. these are not the words that we should hear in this day and age. you don‘t want to see, you don‘t want to hear any more about it. it‘s been dealt with so many times before. and seeing this happening again is truly shocking. we are very angry, as my sister said, and it's very shocking and upsetting as a family. today‘s report says no individual members of staff here at bristol city council, or at avon & 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 didn‘t get the support or the level of service

that he should have received. the report says as an iranian man, bijan was put at a disadvantage, because the way the authorities dealt with him was discriminatory. that‘s why, it concludes, there was ‘institutional racism‘. it isa it is a word that israeli used and a finding that is rarely found because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem. but the family's concern is that 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, along with the city council, has now accepted today‘s report in full. they say lessons have been learned. bijan's death won't be in vain, and that it will be the basis of this authority, and i'm sure many institutions around the city, having a look at what they do and the way they do it. nearly five years after he was killed here, bijan ebrahimi‘s family say his voice has now

finally been heard. jon kay, bbc news, bristol. the governing party in south africa, the anc, has elected a new leader. cyril ramaphosa will take over the leadership from president zuma, who‘s facing allegations of corruption. the election of mr ramaphosa, a wealthy businessman and former trade—union leader, comes at a significant time for the anc, which is facing a decline in popularity — as our africa editor, fergal keane, reports. singing a profound shift has taken place in the politics of this nation. as they waited this afternoon, as cyril ramaphosa and his opponent, dr dlamini—zuma, waited, there were rumours he was ahead. the traditional healer was blessing his opponent. it was in vain. we declare comrade cyril ramaphosa as the new president

of the african national congress. a i79—vote margin enough. the moment cyril ramaphosa became president of the african national congress. he promised to clean out corruption in the party, because this was neverjust an ordinary election, it was a struggle for the soul of the anc. he was swept to the stage. and with the joy of supporters who believed cyril ramaphosa will return the anc to the moral vision of nelson mandela. hallelujah, she called out. it was echoed around the hall. how do you feel? great! a change. africa! how are you? i am very

happy! president jacob zuma must be worried, but he managed smiles. several of his old allies also won senior positions. the new deputy president has been accused of and denies political corruption and murder. embraced by cyril ramaphosa, but how keen will he be to wage war on corruption? in three decades of serving cyril ramaphosa, it is his tactical skill which has seemed the greatest strength. as a union leader fighting for rights under apartheid. as the anc‘s key negotiator bringing about the end of white rule. we are prepared to meet president is de klerk at a fairly high level. and in

northern ireland, where he helped to oversee the decommissioning of ira weapons. this old friend from the struggle days says people are impatient for change. politicians sometimes tends to ride roughshod over people. take people for granted. and hope that they will get away with it. i don't think that the current leadership will get away with this. it might be painful in the beginning, but in the medium to long term, i think the people will prevail. in the next few days, cyril ramaphosa will outline his vision for a party and country. it will ta ke for a party and country. it will take all his political skills to see it through. a brief look at some of the day‘s other news stories: police in suffolk have arrested a man, after a car was driven into the gates of a military base used by the us air force. shots were fired by american personnel during the incident at raf mildenhall. the suspect, who‘s 44, suffered cuts and bruises. police say the incident wasn‘t terror—related.

police in lebanon have arrested an uber driver in connection with the murder of a british embassy worker in beirut. the body of rebecca dykes was found by a motorway on saturday. officers say she had been strangled and sexually assaulted. her family say they‘ve been devastated by her death. the right reverend sarah mullally has been named the new bishop of london, making her the most senior clergywoman in the history of the church of england. she became a priest in 2001, after spending over 35 years working as a senior nurse for the nhs. bishop sarah will be the third woman to run a diocese and will take up a seat in the house of lords. two people have been killed in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond. police say the cameron house hotel has been extensively damaged. around 200 guests were led from the hotel after the alarm was raised early this morning. in the us, a high—speed passenger train has de—railed in the state of washington,

killing several passengers. carriages fell from the tracks onto a busy highway below. some 80 people have been taken to hospital. 0ur correspondent, james cook, reports from los angeles. emergency, emergency. we are on the ground. the engineer calling for help on the radio on amtrak train 50! has survived a deadly crash. what happened? we were coming round the corner, to take the bridge. we went on the ground. is everybody 0k? corner, to take the bridge. we went on the ground. is everybody ok? i'm still figuring that out. we've got cars everywhere and down onto the highway. ? other survivors spoke of a rocking and creeking noise as the train took the curve at speed, followed by turmoil.|j train took the curve at speed, followed by turmoil. i grabbed onto the train in front of me for dear life. my laptop and phone went flying. people were screaming. it

was crazy. some passengers were asleep. 0thers was crazy. some passengers were asleep. others were sipping coffee, when the train careered off the track onto the rush hour traffic on the is below. mull pull cars and trucks were struck by train cars that went onto the road. the people in the vehicles, even though when you see the pictures, it‘s pretty horrific, at this point nobody in any of the vehicles is a fatal. the express was taking a faster route from seattle to portland for the first time. safety concerns were still being raised as recently as two weeks ago. people who live nearby are now demanding answers. well i‘m just wondering if they did any dry runs on this before the passengers aboard ? that‘s any dry runs on this before the passengers aboard? that‘s my only concern. but yeah, it‘s a terrible thing. this is the latest in a series of deadly rail accidents in the united states. president trump‘s initial response has been to use the crash to push his plan to improve

american infrastructure, but it‘s far too early to say what actually caused this tragedy inmates at liverpool prison are being kept in the worst living conditions inspectors have ever seen, according to a leaked report seen by the bbc. prison inspectors found rats, cockroaches, and exposed electrical wiring, when they made an unannounced visit to the prison. a lack of leadership — at all levels, including central government — was identified as the prime cause of the problems. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. behind the walls of liverpool prison, more than 1100 men live in squalid conditions. rats and cockroaches are rife. pools 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. 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, instead of being put out at the end of the evening. does it smell? oh, yeah, it smells terrible. basically, like living in a tip. the report we‘ve seen followed an unannounced inspection in september. the inspectors wrote they could not recall having seen worse living conditions, with a backlog of more than 2,000 maintenance jobs. inmates were locked up more than 22 hours a day, drugs were easy to get, and violence and self—harm were on the rise. 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 ask the head of the prison service, how on earth do it 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 this is england‘s worstjail. i wouldn‘t dispute that. the inspectors agree, blaming the failure at liverpool not just on the governor, but on senior officials at the ministry ofjustice. local prison managers had sought help, says the report, but their requests had been met with little response. perhaps most damningly, the inspectors write, "we could see no credible plan to address these basic issues." this serving liverpool prison officer says the ministry ofjustice are responsible. it‘s not the fault of the staff. it‘s not the fault of the management. this is firmly with the m0] and the government. start investing in our prisons and give us the resources to do ourjob. the ministry ofjustice said they wouldn‘t comment on leaked documents, though they did appoint a new governor recently. but former prisoners we have spoken to, released in recent weeks,

say the conditions inside remained dire — a victorian era jail providing victorian living conditions in modern britain. michael buchanan, bbc news, liverpool. the prime minister has told the house of commons that "there can never be a place for the threats of violence and intimidation against mps". she made the comments after it emerged that some mps have received dozens of abusive e—mails and messages because of their views on brexit. 0ur political correspondent, vicki young, has more details. these are just some of the abusive messages received by this conservative mp in recent weeks. e—mails and tweets full of personal abuse, accusing her and colleagues of treason for voting against the government in a brexit vote, even saying "they should be hanged". anna soubry and others have reported it to the police. this is something new. we have not seen anything like this in the past. it‘s all about saying to people

like me, "you will not vote in the way that you have voted and if you do, i will threaten to hang you. and if you do, i‘m going to threaten that you should be deselected." it‘s disgraceful behaviour and it needs to stop. today the prime minister said these kind of attacks on mps were unacceptable. 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. a number of conservatives have featured prominently on newspaper front pages for voicing concern over brexit. some mps say there‘s a direct link between this kind of coverage and online abuse. what we‘ve got here is a toxic triangle: the divisiveness

of the brexit issue, the telegraph and the mail identifying certain honourable members as targets and framing the attack on them, and then, facilitated by social media, the mob following. making death threats or other threats of violence against people on grounds of their views is, whether the authors know it or not, a kind of fascism. research has suggested diane abbott was the victim of almost half the abuse directed at female mps on twitter during the last election campaign. nobody who has ever sat at home and seen literally hundreds of abusive tweets flood their timeline can underestimate the psychological pressure it puts on us all. tonight the daily mail said it supported the government in its efforts to tackle abuse on social media, but it said it

shouldn‘t be used as an excuse to prevent proper debate. some mps, though, are genuinely concerned that the threats that are made against them could ultimately put people off entering public life. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. a senior european union official has warned that the future of the border between northern ireland and the republic presents a contradiction at the heart of the uk‘s approach to a new trade deal with the eu. that‘s the view of pierre moscovici, the european commissioner for economic and financial affairs, who said the uk‘s intention to keep an open border could be incompatible with leaving the eu customs union. but theresa may insisted today that britain could secure what she called a "bespoke trading relationship", as our economics editor, kamal ahmed, reports. just 310 miles long, the border between northern ireland

and the uk and the republic in the eu and the place where the complexity of the negotiations on any new trade deal becomes clear. if britain and the eu have no agreement on goods, like milk and fuel, flowing freely across this border, then how‘s it to be kept open, as all sides want. today a warning on this irish problem — if there is no customs agreement, then are border controls necessary? how can you have no border, no hard border, and not having, at the same time, internal market and customs union, because goods can come through that border. it‘s hard to imagine that there is no hard border, at the same time, no internal market and no customs union. there would be a contradiction there. the speaker: the prime minister. the challenge for theresa may: she wants to leave the customs union, which allows free movement of goods across the eu. can that circle be squared? we believe we can actually deliver on that no hard border between

northern ireland and ireland through the overall relationship that we negotiate between the uk and the european union. failing that, we will look at specific solutions that match the unique circumstances of northern ireland. and just because matters are complicated, it doesn‘t mean they are impossible. we have done what many said what could not be done, demonstrating what can be achieved with persistence and perseverance on both sides. and i will not be derailed from delivering the democratic will of the british people. the speaker: jeremy corbyn. her opponents are not so sure. we welcome progress to the second phase of negotiations, but that should not hide the fact that this agreement comes two months later than planned, and many of the key aspects of phase one are still unclear. can britain get what it wants, which is a bespoke deal, canada, plus, plus, plus we have spoken about?

is that possible? there cannot be a cherry—picking and at one moment the uk will have to choose its own model of relationship with the eu. some speak about norway, which is a part of the internal market. others about canada. well, there is a long way between norway and canada. 310 miles long and one of the many knotty problems 310 miles long and one of the many knotty problems as britain and the eu inch their way towards a new relationship. kamal ahmed, bbc news. australia‘s cricketers have been celebrating after regaining the ashes. england were bowled out for 218 in the third test in perth, giving the australians an unassailable 3—0 lead in the series. as andy swiss reports, the result raises some serious questions for the england camp. it had been coming for a while but for australia stilljust as sweet, for england just as painful. joe root‘s side had begun the day with an unlikely lifeline.

0vernight rain had leaked onto the pitch, an army of leaf blowers were deployed. it caused a three—hour delay. australia soon made up for lost time. jonny bairstow clean bowled by one that barely bounced. dawid malan, one of england‘s few successes here, breifly gave them hope with a gritty 50. when his resistance ended, england‘s last hopes left with him. when chris woakes was caught behind, australia‘s victory party could begin. england once again whacked at the waca, once again faced with ashes failure. it‘s bitterly disappointing. one of the most frustrating things is we haven‘t been blown away. we‘ve not been completely outplayed. we‘ve put up some really good performances, just for not long enough, simple as that really. well, once again, the scoreboard in perth makes sorry reading for english cricket. to lose the ashes afterjust three matches will be a crushing

disappointment, but this is a team that‘s had problems both on and off the pitch. their star player ben stokes didn‘t even travel here, after an incident outside a nightclub. other big names like stuart broad and alistair cooke have struggled. england were the underdogs here. as it turned out, with good reason. i've not been surprised with what i have seen. if you look at the england tool box that you arrive in austalia to play with, for me, they were missing a spanner, screwdriver. they didn't have anyone with real pace. not having their best player in ben stokes was always going to be a big issue. the challenge now for england is a grim one: to avoid the dreaded whitewash. but after being outbatted, outbowled and outclassed, it could be a long few weeks. andy swiss, bbc news, perth. we live in an ageing society, and the latest figures from the office for national statistics underline the scale of the challenge ahead.

one in eight people in the uk is projected to live to at least 100. that‘s around 8.5 million people. so how should we prepare for what‘s being called a new generation of super—agers. in the first of a series of reports, our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, has been to california to see how they‘re tackling the issue. on your marks... to me, i don‘t think about age as being a handicap. set... it‘s just a process. go. you live, you die — so why not live? irene 0‘bera is 8a. she makes old age look like an irrelevance. irene‘s been breaking world records for four decades. it takes effort. when she‘s not training at this track near san francisco, she‘s in the gym. her philosophy is simple. live the life you love, and love the life you lead. and a quitter never wins, and a winner never quits. and i want to be a winner.

we‘re living in an ageing world. by 2050, the number of people aged 65 and over is projected to triple globally to 1.5 billion. in the uk, the number of people aged 80 and over is projected to more than double to 7.5 million by 2050, and the number of centenarians to increase sixfold to 911,000. it‘s a whole—body movement...