welcome to bbc news. broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: simone biles, four—time olympic champion gymnast, says she was sexually abused by the former us team doctor. growing up in the world's biggest refugee camp, we meet the rohingya children who fled violence in myanmar. dolores o'riordan, lead singer of the cranberries, has died suddenly. we take a look back at the irish singer's life. and this car went flying, literally, into the upstairs of a dental office and everyone lived to tell the tale. hello.

one of the world's greatest olympic gymnasts, simone biles, has claimed that she was abused by a former doctorfor the united states‘ team. she is the latest athlete to accuse larry nassar of sexual abuse. he's already been jailed for 60 years for possessing indecent images of children and has admitted assaulting female gymnasts. he'll be sentenced this month. andrew plant reports. she is a four—time olympic champion, with 19 combined world and olympic medals, she is america's boast decorated gymnast. now, the star of the rio games has said that she was sexually abused by the former teen usa gymnastics sports doctor, larry nassar. he has already been jailed, sentenced to 60 years for possessing indecent images of children and has also been accused of other gymnast of sexual abuse and has a limited

sexual assault into cases and will be sentenced this month. her talent clear from a young age, be sentenced this month. her talent clearfrom a young age, simone biles is regarded by many as the greatest to ever have performed in her sport. teammate said the abuse happened under the guise of nickel treatment. ina under the guise of nickel treatment. in a statement, simone said she would allow the doctored to steal her love and joy. he was challenged in december after child pornography was found on his computer. simone biles said she was not afraid to tell her story any more, adding it is impossibly difficult to relive these experiences and it breaks my heart that as i worked towards my dream of competing in tokyo 2020, i will have two consider a return to the same training facility where i was abused. andrew plant, bbc news. david willisjoins me now from washington dc. this is just the latest twist in this terrible tale. it is indeed and it is heart—wrenching, a statement

released on social media today by simone biles. she is a woman who has been described as the greatest gymnast ever and she won an american record for gold medals and a bronze in rio. —— four. this statement today, she said she wrestled with the decision to go public with this but says she has been feeling, as she put it, a bit broken lately and the more i try to shut off the voice in my head, the louder it screams. she says that she should not be made to carry the guilt that belongs to him, larry nassar, usa gymnastics and others. it breaks my heart, she says, that in training for the two kilobits in 2020 she will have to return to the place where she

suffered this abuse. her statement leaves no one in any doubt of what it has cost her and the three other former olympians who have speaking out. absolutely. one of whom who has come to the support of simone biles today. ali raisman said that she won't be attending the sentencing hearing before larry nassar, which is due to start tomorrow, expected to last to the end of the week or the simple reason that it is just too traumatic as she put it on twitter today. she has written a letter and is not the one who will be giving the seven. in written form, some have recorded audio state m e nts form, some have recorded audio statements and it will be three or four days of sentencing for larry nassar, who already has been sentenced to a0 years in prison on child pornography charges and is likely now to face a sentence of life in prison. thank you very much

police in california are saying they've rescued a family of 13 brothers and sisters being held against their will by their parents. it's reported some were chained to their beds. the parents have been charged with torture and child endangerment. the alarm was raised on sunday morning when one girl escaped and called the emergency services, claiming her brothers and sisters, ranging in age from 2 to 29, were being held captive at their home in the city of perris, south—east of los angeles. some were found shackled to their beds and appeared malnourished and very dirty. the parents david and louise turpin have been arrested. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. at least two people have died in venezuela in a police operation linked to skipper is, he took a helicopter and fired at government buildings. earlier this video appeared on instagram, saying that authorities had him surrounded and

we re authorities had him surrounded and were shooting him with grenade launchers. pope francis has arrived in the chilean capital, santiago, at the start of a week—long visit to chile and peru. the trip has been overshadowed by accusations of child sexual abuse against almost eighty members of the chilean clergy. palestinian leaders have ordered the palestine liberation organisation to suspend its recognition of israel. at the end of a two—day meeting, the plo central council said the status should be revoked until israel recognised the state of palestine, with its borders as they were in 1967. and reversed its decision to annex eastjerusalem, and expand settlements. the fate of the rohingya refugees who fled violence in myanmar for bangladesh was discussed today by both governments. talks were held about the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of rohingya. meanwhile, the un high commissioner for refugees tells the bbc it can't support their. resettlement unless it can monitor the refugees' return. more than half a million rohingyas are now living in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh. the bbc‘s mishal husain is there. in a camp where hundreds of refugees are still arriving every week,

there is much to be done. new wells, new shelters, all part of providing for growing numbers and preparing the camp for the monsoon rains. the more construction and expansion that takes place at this last camp, the more permanent it starts to feel. but, at the same time, the talk of repatriating refugees is causing deep alarm. after the circumstances in which they fled myanmar less than six months ago, who would really trust that things had changed enough for them to go home? that's because the destruction of their homes and villages continued even after myanmar said military operations had come to an end. these pictures were filmed by the bbc from the bangladeshi side of the border on the 10th of september last year, five days after the

supposed ceasefire. this was your house? this is my house. that was also the day that irfan lost everything. a father of four, he was a secondary school teacher back in myanmar and lived here with his extended family. and who is that? that is my brother. the authorities told them they'd be safe, and then the soldiers came. translation: the military surrounded the whole area and they had weapons. they opened fire as people were trying to leave. some escaped, but others were killed. my brother was at home that day, but he went out to check on his shop. he never came back. we don't know if he was burned alive. we still haven't heard anything. away from the main camp, another area is home to hindus from myanmar, who were caught up in the violence. they have been identified as among the first to be repatriated. but even they are not ready to go without international protection.

translation: if the united nations goes with us, the hindus, we hope we will get security and be happy. if they are there, and we face any problems, the whole world will know about it. for now, it seems most likely that the children of these camps will grow up here without a country to call their own. the un's access to their old home, rakhine state, is severely restricted. they too call for change and for the rohingya to be doubly recognised. at this stage, i think it is premature to talk about returns in large numbers until three conditions exist. number one, the issue of citizenship and legal identity must be addressed. number two, there has to be a safe and secure environment for refugees to return to. number three, reconstruction and the re—establishment of services must occur.

services here are more organised. but it's a precarious existence. a community who have been marginalised and persecuted are now entirely dependent on aid, and on what others decide for theirfuture. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. we'll be talking to the california rescue crew that pulled this car out of an upstairs room at the dentists. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected.

huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she'd been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws, passed by the country's new multiracial government, and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the four—time olympic champion

gymnast, simone biles, says she was sexually abused by the former usa team doctor, larry nassar. officials from myanmar and bangladesh have held more talks about returning rohingya refugees, but the united nations has expressed concern about their security. dolores o'riordan, lead singer of the irish rock band the cranberries, has died suddenly at the age of a6. she'd been involved in a recording session in london when she died. the cranberries formed in the 1980s, had a string of hits and sold a0 million records around the world, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. # do you have to let it linger? # do you have to, do you have to? # do you have to let it linger? linger was the first song dolores o'riordan ever wrote with the cranberries. it turned her and the band into stars. # ijust want to be with you...# linger was about teenage rejection. # i'm such a fool for you...# folks, do me a favour.

please welcome, and just in time for thanksgiving, the cranberries. their rapid success, particularly in america, soon saw the young singer—songwriter move on to weightier topics. # with their tanks and bombs...# zombie was a wrenchingly powerful protest song, written after two young children were killed by an ira bomb. # in your head... # zombie, zombie, zombie...# last year, the band were ready to tour once more, but it was cut short by health problems. i've had health issues a lot in the last few years, but one of the worst things was i had a disc problem in my back, and i had stopped playing guitar. today, the irish prime minister said, for anyone who grew up in ireland in the 1990s, dolores o'riordan was the voice of a generation. # you got me wrapped around yourfinger...#

a generation tonight mourning the loss of one of music's great talents. # do you have to — do you have to? # do you have to let it linger?# stephen thomas erlewine is senior pop editorfor tivo. he also writes for pitchfork, rolling stone, billboard and spotify. thank you very much for your time. i saw you listening there. that voice. yes, it is an incredible voice. what are you feeling about it all? yes, it is an incredible voice. what are you feeling about it alum yes, it is an incredible voice. what are you feeling about it all? it is are you feeling about it all? it is a shock. i mean, at a6, she is way too young to go, and even though it was mentioned that she has had some health problems, it is still quite a surprise. and it also is pretty sad because the cranberries had reunited, and they had started to... on this tour, and it feels like she still had a lot left to give.|j think you... i mean, you will know,

i think it was nick kent, rock ‘n‘ roll, we pay these people to go to hell, so that we don't have too. i mean, she really went through it. she really did, and you could always tell that in her voice. that was something that always struck me about dolores ‘s voice, is that it is really powerful even in its quietest moments. there is a real sense of being tough and defiance, and it gave the softer songs, like linger, a little bit of a spine that you might not expect. it also brought some vulnerability into something like zombie, which was wrenching protest song. and that vulnerability and power is absolutely baring her stage presence as well, isn't it? absolutely, she was a commanding presence. the rest of the cranberries, they sought it would fade into the background, because she was such a forceful presence at the front of the band. there must always be some kind of bargain, isuppose, when

there must always be some kind of bargain, i suppose, when she had had and was having such a tough time. how much do you think she drew from that? how much do you think itjust damaged beyond repair?” that? how much do you think itjust damaged beyond repair? i think she... based on the art, she drew from it. because the art was always personal, even when she was trying to do political statements, which was a to do political statements, which wasafairamount to do political statements, which was a fair amount of the time. it felt like it was something that really affected her deeply and personally. so to me, it always seemed like she drew sustenance on it, and unfortunately she had to go through that to make the art that she did. i guess there would be quite a few people now who don't know the cranberries, don't know her. how much of the music do you think will live? i think the shore the first two albums that were produced by stephen street, they are the ones that have dream linger, zombie. that is a type of song that didn't belong to any country, they we re didn't belong to any country, they were popular throughout the world, because you couldn't quite define

them. they stood outside of time and space a little bit. and there are some interesting people now, aren't there, talking about her impact, and there, talking about her impact, and the band's impact on them. yes, i have noticed there was a big outpouring from peers, like liz truss fair, dave davies of the kinks, who mentioned he was going to write songs for her. and it seemed like she still had a lot to offer —— liz truss phair. thank you for talking to us. thank you, mike, i appreciate you having me on. in the political fights currently taking place in the us over immigration policy, we can lose sight of the impact they are having on people's lives. but it is quite apparent in washington state's pacific county. the majority of people there voted for donald trump. but in 2017, the number of arrests and deportations in the community quadrupled, leaving some questioning the policies they are now bound to uphold. there are some republicans here who are delighted with what is going on, with the enforcement of immigration.

but there are also a number of republicans who are feeling very distressed, and saying this isn't being done in the proper way.|j consider myself very politically conservative. i thought it sounded great. i mean, you breakthe conservative. i thought it sounded great. i mean, you break the law by going, and then when you actually... for me, you think wed a minute, wait a minute. this year, what we have noticed is a lot of people who have beenin noticed is a lot of people who have been in our community for a number of years have been arrested and detained by ice. we are talking people who have been here sometimes ten, 12, even more years. so it is impacting the fisheries, the cannery workers, but even more so than that, i think people are just emotionally in turmoil, because they have seen people they have known for years, friends, acquaintances, neighbours, people that they have gone to church

with, those kind of things, kids they went to school together, are just gone. they are taking the easy targets. i have been told people are just going to work for the day, and ice is there waiting for them when they arrive at work. and it is frustrating, because they have not yet been able to tell us the names of people that they are taking away, orany of people that they are taking away, or any details. so sometimes we have had cases where maybe somebody is missing, and we don't know if they we re missing, and we don't know if they were ta ken by missing, and we don't know if they were taken by ice, or if they are actually a missing person. nowi have no problem whatsoever in seeing people who are committing crimes deported. since i have been shared in the last seven years, i think they have only taken people about a half—dozen times from ourjail facility. the turning point for me was a guy that i have known for many yea rs. was a guy that i have known for many years. it is easy to hear soundbites and say, yes, that is a good policy. it is different when you are implementing it and you start

saying, wait a minute, this is actually affecting people's lives, andi actually affecting people's lives, and i didn't sign for this. astonishing new footage has emerged of the moment a car flew across a road and smashed into a building in california. the vehicle was travelling at high speed, and narrowly avoided a bus. amazingly, no—one was seriously injured in the incident, which happened in the city of santa ana. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. it is around 5:25am in the morning. the streets are practically deserted, and this bus is driving northbound on 17th st. it is approaching the junction with french street when this happens. what was that, you may ask. well, let's look at it again, this time slowed down. that is a white five door sedan flying across the street and burying itself in the top floor of a dental office. we can see it again from a different angle. the car, travelling

at speed, hitting the central reservation, and shooting into the air. this was the scene afterwards. nearly1.5 air. this was the scene afterwards. nearly 1.5 tons of popular family motoring wedged into a two story building. the two people on board, driver and passenger, suffered only minor injuries, and the localfire department, not having much experience with flying cars, had to call in specialist equipment to remove the vehicle. police say this was a misdemeanour, and no further legal action is expected. officers believe the driver took narcotics, so high in a chemical scents, then high, quite literally. we can speak to larry kurtz. was it a bird, was ita plane? do you we can speak to larry kurtz. was it a bird, was it a plane? do you have much experience of flying cars? mike, i have been in this agency for

28 years, and this is the first. a lot of times we come across cars that have collided into buildings. normally they enter ian on the first floor, not the second. this was a new one for us. so what did you think, when you see this footage and then when you saw the scene, what we re then when you saw the scene, what were you thinking? well, when we arrived on scene, we received a notification that, ok, vehicle into a building. and then you see vehicle into the second floor of a building, well, that changes things a little bit. the number thing on our minds, obviously, is the safety of the people in the building and the safety of the people in the car. it turns out that the driver of the car was actually able to exit the vehicle. he dropped down to the ground, you know, law enforcement was able to catch up with him quickly. the passenger of the car was still in the vehicle. firefighters actually entered into the building, and i'm sure you have some additional photos there are the inside of the building, when the car

was inside. they were able to tie it to the studs, the internal walls, load—bearing walls, and sort of tie the car into that second floor. after that we were able to remove the passenger of the car, who had moved to the back seat of the car for some reason. after that, we needed to call our friends from los angeles, our northern neighbours. they have a specialised crane that they could used to help us extract they could used to help us extract the car from the second floor. as i said, this is something that is highly unusual, something usually reserved for action movies at the theatre, but not something you normally see in real life. and the timing, iguess, quite normally see in real life. and the timing, i guess, quite possibly a factor in the state of the driver, but a majorfactor factor in the state of the driver, but a major factor in factor in the state of the driver, but a majorfactor in nobody factor in the state of the driver, but a major factor in nobody getting hurt in the building. it was lucky. yes, we were very, very lucky. you know, people can look at this, and we have received lots of very interesting comments on our twitter page and our facebook page when

people have seen photos of this. but the bottomline is that nobody was seriously injured. if had happened that noon, or 5pm seriously injured. if had happened that noon, or5pm in seriously injured. if had happened that noon, or 5pm in the afternoon, the outcome would have been, we think, far more tragic than what we have seen today. is it clear why the car actually took off in that way? well, the centre of the street, is a median that actually has a large mound of dirt that has been placed on it, i guess that has been placed there. the car had such a great rate of speed that, approaching it, the mound of dirt actually acted as a launch ramp for the car. and so we had a scene of something, as i said, you would see in some action movie, a car actually went through the air and landed into the second floor of the dentist's office. the owners of the dentist's office. the owners of the building, who showed up, they we re the building, who showed up, they were as shocked as we were about this. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. thank you very much

for having me. finally, here is something you don't see too often — a wayward wallaby wandering across sydney harbour bridge. police responded to a call after the marsupial was spotted in lane eight on the northern side of the bridge. traffic controllers monitored the animal, as it hopped across to lane one and headed onto the cahill expressway. the wallaby was eventually brought to the zoo for a check—up. just briefly, that main news again. the four time olympic medallist simone biles says she is well was sexually harassed by team doctor larry nassar. he faces new hearings as he has admitted assaulting other female gymnasts under the guise of treatment. much more news any time on the bbc website. thank you for watching. hello there.

i think some people might welcome the change to the weather this week from what we had last week — grey, damp, drizzly conditions. this week, it is looking colder. certainly we're getting our air sourced from the arctic, from greenland. it's going to bring strong winds, sunshine, and showers. the showers will continue to be frequent as they will through the course of the night, and early on into tuesday. with snow falling over the higher ground the north, even some wintriness down to lower levels. to the south, largely of rain. on tuesday itself, looking colder than it has been. windy, as well, and there will be a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of these will be heavy and frequent, most of them in the north and the west of the uk. watch out for ice first thing, as well, across parts of scotland, northern ireland, and into north—west england. there will be accumulating snow on the hills. some wintriness down to lower levels. add on the wind, it's going to be quite a wild morning. there could be some ice, as well, across parts of northern and western

wales. but i think, to the south of here, these showers should be mainly of rain, just maybe a little bit of wintriness over the very highest hills. but, for east anglia into the east midlands and the south—east, a largely dry start. but chilly wherever you are, if you factor in that wind. and then, throughout the day, it's going to be a blustery one. west or north—west winds will be touching gale—force in exposure, blowing in plenty of showers, as you can see here, most of them in the north and west. snow, maybe even blizzard conditions, with accumulating snow over the higher ground in the north. if you factor in the wind, it's going to feel more like sub—zero, with the north wind, but at least some places will have the sunshine to compensate. on wednesday, fewer showers. they will be most frequent across the north and north—west corner of the country. again, accumulating snow over the hills, wintry down to lower levels, and some good, lengthy spells of sunshine for parts of england and wales. temperatures of 3—7 degrees. now, things get quite interesting as we head into the middle of the week.

we look out to the atlantic to the next area of low pressure. it looks like it's going to be a deepening area of low pressure, and could bring a significant spell of gales, maybe even severe gales, to england and wales. and to its northern flank, in the cold air, we could see some significant snow through central southern scotland. so either where you get the gales or the snow in the north, it is likely there could be some disruption possible to this system, so keep tuned to bbc local radio. but the good news is it will hurtle through quite quickly. in fact, for thursday morning, those winds will have died down, the snow will have eased away. not a bad day for many central, southern, and eastern areas. plenty of sunshine, further blustery showers across the north and west. and things look like they've calmed down slightly as we head on towards the end of the week and into the weekend, but remaining on the cold side. this is bbc news. the headlines: the four—time olympic champion gymnast, simone biles, has said she was sexually abused by the former usa team doctor, larry nassar. he was jailed last month forfor possessing child pornography and is awaiting sentencing after admitting assaulting other female gymnasts under

the guise of treatment. the un high commissioner for refugees has told the bbc that he can't support the return of rohingya muslims who fled violence in myanmar unless his organisation can monitor the situation. more than half a million rohingya are now living in bangladesh in what's become the world's biggest refugee camp. the singer of the irish rock band the cranberries, dolores o'riordan, has died at the age of a6. she was in london for a recording session and police say they are treating her death as unexplained. ireland's president said her passing was a big loss to all those who followed irish music. it to