dozens of people are feared dead, after a huge section of a motorway bridge collapses in italy during a rain storm. police say at least 26 people are dead in genoa, and others are badly injured, after vehicles plummeted 150 feet to the ground. this is the moment the bridge collapsed — horrified onlookers cry out as one of the central supporting towers came crashing down. the span of this viaduct‘s collapse is enormous. it includes a riverbed, railway tracks and then buildings. standing here, that gap must be well over 200 metres. rescuers are still searching for survivors amid reports that cries can be heard from people trapped in the rubble. we'll have the latest from genoa. also tonight... anti—terrorism police are questioning a 29—year—old man suspected of deliberately crashing a car outside the houses of parliament this morning. the car hit several cyclists and pedestrians before ramming a security barrier. one woman has been seriously injured. england cricketer ben stokes is found not guilty of affray after a fight outside a nightclub

in bristol last year. killed for their horns — we report from south africa, where more than a thousand rhinos are still being slaughtered every year. and the unexpected effect of this summer's heatwave as britain's hidden past is revealed again. it's 5,000 years of history we're standing on. that is amazing. coming up in sportsday on bbc news, it is a bad night for celtic. there will be no champions league football this season after defeat in athens. are good evening. at least 26 people have died and 15 are seriously injured, after a large section of a motorway bridge

collapsed during torrential rain in northern italy. a number of others are thought to be missing. dozens of cars and lorries that were on the bridge in the city of genoa, crashed 150 feet to the ground after a tower holding up part of the high suspension bridge suddenly collapsed. emergency workers are still searching for survivors, and there are reports from the scene that cries for help can be heard from the the rubble. james reynolds is there tonight. he sent us this report. 0 god, oh god, a man shouts. he ca ptu res 0 god, oh god, a man shouts. he captures the moment a motorway tower disintegrate in bad weather. a vast section of the road falls to the ground. a rescue helicopter revealed the scale of the disaster. the

a—lane highway collapsed more than 40 a—lane highway collapsed more than a0 metres onto the valley floor. the span of this viaduct‘s collapse is enormous. it includes a riverbed, railway tracks and then buildings. standing here that gap must be well over 200 metres. anybody driving in this section around noon would simply have crashed all the way to the ground. genoa's emergency workers began an immediate search for survivors. they found several injured trapped in the rubble below. translation: we are continuing with the rescue operations because we think there are other people alive under the rubble. we had extracted people from the rubble and now we are focusing on assisting the people. later on we will understand what caused the collapse of the bridge. prime minister why did the

bridge. prime minister why did the bridge collapse? i put this question to italy's pm. at the moment we don't know the causes. the italian government has promised to go back after —— go after anybody responsible for the collapse. translation: as an italian citizen i will do everything to get the names and surnames of the past and present managers, because it is unacceptable to die like that in italy. this viaduct was built more than half a century ago, designed as a speedy coastal route towards the italian and french riviera. it was refurbished two years ago. this morning, the authorities reported that a maintenance team was working at the base of the viaduct. that team's activities will now be examined. this evening, as some of the dead were removed from the scene, questions remain about how a bridge in one of the most prosperous

regions of italy came down. a piece of the city skyline and more than two d oze n of the city skyline and more than two dozen of its people have gone. jamesjoins me two dozen of its people have gone. james joins me now. two dozen of its people have gone. jamesjoins me now. rescuers are searching for survivors still. there are reports that people can be heard crying out from the rubble? those reports have been widely spread in the italian media. we have seen the police bring in sniffer dogs to help with the search. the police have told us that the rescuers behind me there are still trying to lift several large slabs of concrete, under which they think several more vehicles may be dropped. they have also begun the process of identifying victims. they have got i9 identifying victims. they have got 19 people they know the identities of, and there will be more. dozens of, and there will be more. dozens of workers continue here. they will keep going until they are sure that no one else can be rescued. and then

of course there comes the reckoning. people in this neighbourhood, people in genoa, said they always worry about the safety of the bridge that used to span these roads they worried about whether it could withstand an earthquake. in the end it did not come down in a quake. the government have to explain to its people, to its residents, why the structure that used to stand here came down in in a sudden storm. james reynolds, thank you. police are questioning a 29—year—old man on suspicion of terror—related offences, after a car crashed into a barrier outside the houses of parliament this morning, leaving several people injured. at around 7:30 am, a silver ford fiesta swerved into cyclists and pedestrians outside parliament. three people were hurt, one seriously. the car then careered off the main road into an area with security bollards. moments later, it crashed into a barrier. armed police immediately surrounded the driver and his car. our home editor, mark easton, arrived on the scene within minutes and sent this report. filmed on a cyclist‘s helmet cam,

was this silver car a weapon being readied for the second terror attack on our parliament in under 18 months? a bbc rooftop camera records what happened atjust after 7:35am. a ford fiesta pulled sharply off parliament square on the wrong side of the road, through a group of cyclists waiting at the lights, and accelerates down millbank towards two police officers protecting the palace of westminster. they leap out of the way before the car smashes into a security bollard. barry williams, a bbc picture editor, was walking to work when he saw the car suddenly career out of the morning traffic. it hit the cyclist and then swerved over towards where the safety barrier is — where the police make sure no cars go through — and accelerated and hit it at quite high speed. what was your impression? was it a deliberate act? well, he seemed to... i wasn't sure whether he meant

to hit the cyclist. they may have just been in the way. but he accelerated hard towards the barrier. the car hit the security bollards so hard, it briefly lifted off the ground. i have seen him crash into the bollard at high speed. he's driving about, i would say, at least 50 miles an hour. the guy, he seemed very focused. he was not panicked or anything. within minutes, armed response teams had arrived, and some ran towards the incident. i was about 200 metres down this road as the incident happened this morning, and saw about half a dozen police range rovers and motorcycles driving at speed up this road, away from the incident. it appears that was part of a planned response to exactly this kind of emergency. this was the scene a few minutes after the car crashed. the cyclists who'd been waiting at the lights, are scattered at the side of the road. an ambulance was in attendance almost immediately. we now know three were hurt, two men and women, but none of their injuries are life—threatening.

the driver of the fiesta, alone in the vehicle, was arrested at the scene by armed officers who were already nearby. scotland yard assistant commissioner neil basu says the driver, a 29—year—old uk national, is refusing to cooperate with the police. counter—terrorism officers have raided a house in nottingham and two addresses in birmingham are being searched. given this appears to be a deliberate act, the method, and this being an iconic site, we are treating it as a terrorist incident, and the investigation is being led by officers from counterterrorism command. parliament is currently in recess. westminster occupied by more foreign tourists than domestic politicians. the prime minister, on holiday in switzerland, said her thoughts are with the injured, and thanked the emergency services for their courageous response. i'd also like to thank the people of london. this is not the first time we have

seen an incident of this type on the streets of london. i'd like to thank them for the resolve and resilience they have shown, and their determination to make sure that those who seek to exploit these types of incidents will not be allowed to divide us. less than a year and a half since the westminster bridge attack, once again the area around parliament was in lockdown today. the message to the public, stay calm but remain vigilant. mark easton, bbc news, westminster. the england cricketer, ben stokes, has been found not guilty of affray, after a fight near a bristol nightclub last september. another man, ryan ali, who was knocked unconscious in the brawl, was also found not guilty of the same charge. ben stokes has now been recalled to the england squad for the third test against india, on saturday. dan roan reports. it had taken almost a year, but finally ben stokes emerged from court today having cleared his name. one of the world's top cricketers found not guilty of affray. today's verdict represents the end

of an 11 month ordealfor ben, during which time he has had to maintain his silence at times when many in social media and certain parts of the press predetermined his guilt long before the trial began. the past 11 months have served to highlight to benjust how highly he values his position as an england representative, both in terms of the privilege that role entails and the responsibilities that accompany it. also acquitted, co—defendant ryan ali, one of two men knocked unconscious by stokes in a late—night brawl last year. do you have any comment at all? i'm very relieved. i'm glad it's all over. that's all i'd like to say at this time. sorry, do you mind just loosening the right one on my wrist? stokes had been arrested in bristol in the early hours of september 25. police body cam footage showed him being detained. moments earlier, he had been involved in this fight, punching both ali and his friend, ryan hale, who was cleared of affray last week on the direction of the judge. the local resident who filmed the violence said the men had

behaved like football hooligans. ali left with a fractured eye socket. stokes insisted to police and then in court that he had been acting in self defence, having confronted the pair over homophobic language towards two gay men. cctv footage from earlier in the evening shows stokes and team—mate alex hales, who was not charged with any offence, trying to re—enter a nightclub while out celebrating an england win. the prosecution claimed stokes can be seen mocking the gay men and here throwing a cigarette but at one of them. stokes said it was just banter. these are the two gay men seen chatting to stokes city that evening. neither were called as witnesses in the trial. i didn't get involved. i was more on the sideline. but yeah, it turned into a massive brawl. and obviously i got a bit scared so carried on walking on. so you didn't witness the entire fight to the end? i witnessed most of it. yeah. when the guys were on the floor that's when i can have thought it was a bit too much for me. this has been a costly episode

for a player who only ten days ago starred as england beat india in the first test. but he had to sit out last winter's ashes series in australia. as the verdict was read out here, stokes closed his eyes with relief. within the hour he had been reinstated for the england squad for the third test match, which start on saturday. but with a cricket disciplinary commission due to meet in the coming weeks, it is possible that both he and alex hales are suspended if found to have brought the game into disrepute. do you have any message for england cricket fans, ben? this could just be the biggest victory of the all—rounder‘s career. but at a time when english cricket wants to attract a new family audience, it may not be the end of a saga which has cast a shadow over the sport. dan roan, bbc news, bristol. the government is considering giving tenants in england more support to hold landlords to account, by speeding up the complaints procedure and publishing league tables. the measures are part of what ministers call "a landmark opportunity for major reform" on social housing. but campaign groups say what's needed is more homes for people on low incomes.

our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. the grenfell fire was meant to change the nation's attitude to housing the poor. for too long in our country, under governments of both colours, we simply have not given enough attention to social housing. we must face the broken housing market and we must fix it now. tomorrow will be too late. today, ministers revealed what changes this tragedy would mean for social housing tenna nts across england. they will get more powers to hold landlords to account, government support to ensure their homes are of decent quality. for this housing adviser, who worked with many grenfell residents, today's proposals, after a year of waiting are pitiful. we expected something impressive, some action that would really, really benefit people and this is weak and disappointing.

and we have to carry on trying to pressure the government, obviously, into taking the action on housing that we need. for those living in social housing, the proposals should see their complaints handled quicker, that landlords treat them better. this is an important next step. we want to consult on this further but it sets up these significant principles that are about delivering that step change in social housing. ensuring this is about a new deal. the proposals however fail to address the biggest crisis in social housing — the sheer lack of it. there are more than a million people in england waiting for a council house. analysts say we need to build up to 90,000 social houses each year to meet demand. the latest figures showjust over 5000 such homes were actually built. this new housing scheme in south london is being built on the site of more than 300 former council homes and it highlights why so few social homes are being built. when this development is completed there will be 5a properties

available for social rent, so a massive reduction on what used to be here. but housing associations say, that if they do not construct a mix of housing on these estates, then even fewer social houses will be built. and social landlords fear today's proposals, while a welcome first step, will not create more homes. we have waited a0 years for this conversation and it is right that we should be exploring it. but if the government does not engage with the really big question about how we build the homes that we so desperately need, then it is at risk of failing the next generation. ministers say they will spend £9 billion in this parliament building all kinds of houses, private and social. but more social homes are currently being demolished than being built. and so we have a growing housing crisis. michael buchanan, bbc news. russia says it's time for syrian refugees to return

to their homes after seven years of war, which means syria must be rebuilt. on a visit to turkey, russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said he was surprised at what he described as western opposition to refugees going back to syria. steve rosenberg has been embedded in southern syria with the russian military, who back president assad. seven years of war began in this town. dera'a is the cradle of the syrian revolution. the first place to rise up against the rule of president assad. last month, government troops regained control of the whole area. it's a hugely symbolic victory for the syrian president. what began here as a pro—democracy protest became a civil war that has left more than half a million people dead and forced more than 12 million syrians from their homes. it is a war which president assad now seems certain to win. but he couldn't have done that

without the russian military. and our guides for this trip are the russian military. theiraim in bringing foreignjournalists here, to convince us that moscow has brought stability to syria. we're taken into the hills. russian military police show me israeli observation posts in the distance. we're in the demilitarised zone between syria and the israeli occupied golan heights. un peacekeepers pulled out when syria's civil war spilled over here. but the rebels have gone. russia has set up patrols, it says to maintain order. the russian flag flying over our military police cars is a guarantee of peace and quiet on this land. we are taken to syria's border with lebanon, just in time to see bus—loads of syrian refugees returning home. proof, moscow says, that peace is coming to syria.

"there's no war now," she says. "the situation is better." but there are many syrian refugees in lebanon who are not rushing back. some fear reprisals. others simply have nowhere to go. mohammed left syria four years ago when his house was destroyed. "it's still not safe or secure there," mohammed says. "i have no house and i fearfor my children." the syrian government rejects the suggestion that citizen to return are putting themselves in danger. there will be no reprisals. there will be cooperation. a safe and dignified return of all syrians. as we continue our tour, we are taken to see happy,

smiling syrians, grateful to russia. it is precisely the image moscow wants us to see, of course, and yet in syria russia does seem to understand that winning hearts and minds isjust as important as winning the war. steve rosenberg, bbc news, syria. unemployment in the uk has fallen to its lowest level for more than a0 years. but the office for national statistics added there had been a slowdown in wage growth. meanwhile, the number of european union nationals working in the uk has fallen by a record amount. andy verity has been looking at the numbers and is here now. you have to go right back to february 1975 to find a time when the unemployment rate was this low. the number ofjobless got up above 12% in the recessions of the early 80s and early 90s and there was another spike 10 years ago in the global financial crisis.

but ever since then, with some interruptions, the unemployment rate has kept falling. now it's a%. now economic theory says when unemployment gets low enough, employers will have to offer bigger pay rises. but that keeps on not happening. on average pay rose by 2.7% in the year tojune — slower than last year and not enough to keep up with things like railfares. but many are now feeling the pressure to pay more. employers have already being competing to increase pay, because they're facing a skills shortage. they simply don't have enough people to fill the jobs that are currently there. we have over 800,000 vacancies in the uk labour market now. so, some employers are definitely upping their rates of pay. and the figures show another big change in the labour market. the number of people from the rest of the european union working in the uk grew rapidly after it expanded in the noughties. that number kept rising after the brexit referendum and into 2017.

in the last 12 months it's fallen — down, on official estimates, by 86,000 — the sharpest drop in 21 years. that's offset by more immigration from outside the eu. but whether or not these changes to the supply and demand of labour help to boost the price of it — meaning our pay — we'll find out in the months to come. sophie. a look now at some of the other news stories today. the struggling diy retailer homebase is set to close a further a2 stores, putting about 15 hundred jobs at risk. the restructuring company hilco bought the chain for £1 in may and says that the current number of outlets is no longer viable. the regulator ofcom has fined royal mail a record £50 million for breaching competition laws. the fine is for its actions in 201a when whistl, then known as tnt, was trying to become its first competitor in wholesale mail delivery. whistl is seeking damages, but royal mail says it will challenge the fine.

city regulators are urging people to be on their guard against pension fraud — after new figures showed victims lost a total of £23 million in scams last year. people are being tricked out of an average of £91,000 each, but the true scale of the problem is thought to be far bigger. more than a thousand rhinos are killed every year in south africa. their horns are used as a medical remedy or increasingly as a status symbol in asia — and they're worth more than cocaine. a bbc investigation has found that it's notjust the consumers or traffickers who are to blame. corruption is allowing criminals to continue killing the rhinos. our africa correspondent alastair leithead reports. they're searching the bush for rhinos at a private game reserve in zululand. the gunman is a vet. the dart contains a sedative. guys, we need more people here. each rhino weighs more than a tonne. right, 100%.

right, let's roll him. and they have less than half an hour to make some measurements, add a tracker and remove what the poachers kill these animals for. you can only remove probably an inch and a half off it. so, it will take it back down to its base, but not get into the growth tissue. so, even that is still an attractive amount of horn that's left on the animal. and off it comes. it's painless for the rhino, just like cutting fingernails. it's even the same material, keratin. but still, these shavings are worth a fortune in asia, where they are used for medicine or as a status symbol. this is the point that's been reached, where these animals have to have their horns removed in order for them to have more chance of survival. a lot of the private parks are doing this all the time now. but it's too expensive to de—horn the rhinos in south africa's government—run parks. they're being badly hit by poachers.

one of the rangers, who didn't want to be identified, explained why. half of the hluhluwe imfolozi field rangers are corrupt. many, many people, many field rangers in the reserves, many are totally involved in rhino poaching. the park's management admits there's been corruption, but says it's now been largely stopped. we arrest people in possession of rhino horns, but they have gone to court and have been found not guilty, they are freed. the alleged corruption is widespread, even police investigations have been undermined. criminals are being warned by policemen on our own side. not just policemen. policemen, prosecutors, magistrates. this is a police source, who claims his uncle, a lawyer he worked for, was part of a large, corrupt syndicate and that his job was delivering bribes from poaching kingpins to court officials.

i would give money to most of his friends, and most of his friends are magistrates, lawyers, prosecutors. so they can make the case easier for him, orfor the person. if you want your case to be withdrawn, or if you want everything to just disappear. you just go to him. fresh passed a lie detector test. the police and the magistrates commission are investigating. his uncle, welcome ngwenya, strongly denies all the allegations. as more rhinos are killed, the number of orphans left behind are increasing. unless demand is stopped in asia and corruption tackled here, they're left heading towards extinction. alastair leithead, bbc news, zululand. celtic have been knocked out of the champions league in the third qualifying round. they lost 3—2 on aggregate to aek athens — after a 2—1 defeat in greece. scott sinclair scored a late goal to give celtic hope — but they could not get the second

away goal needed to progress into the next round. this summer's heatwave has had a surprising effect on parts of britain. it's brought a hidden part of our past to the surface. archaeologists have been scouring the country from the air over the past few months and they've made hundreds of new discoveries. for example, have a look at this elizabethan home in staffordshire — tixall gatehouse. the hot weather has revealed this. the foundations of the orginial 16th century manor house tixhall hall which once stood here. and it's thanks to the heatwave that its emerged again as our arts correspondent, david sillito, explains. ok, martin. we've found an edge within the boundary. triple ditch. this is damian grady, one of historic england's aerial archaeologists. and this long, hot summer has revealed some lost landmarks. this is tixall, in staffordshire. look to the right. we can now see the outline of a lost manor house. and in oxfordshire, a prehistoric

settlement has come into full view. even the airfield we landed on, at old sarum in wiltshire, has its secrets. from ground level, well, all you can see is grass. a few dry patches, nothing special. however, the archaeologist who is above me at the moment can see something completely different. the aerial photograph shows i was standing on three long stripes in the grass. close up, they don't look much. however... this is a ditch that dates from the iron age. over the years, the ancient ditches were filled in and the new soil dries out differently, leaving the stripes. this ditch we are standing on is 2500 years old? that's right. these were three ditches, between which would have been some banks. so, huge embankments? that's right, yes. huge things.

they were. on the horizon there, there's a hillfort as well. and it goes on. here at bicton in devon, the dry weather has revealed the remains of a roman farm. there's never been a year like this. how many new things are you seeing? it's hard to tell for sure, because we've been so busy and we've not had time to stop. but roughly, we're talking several hundred. and some of the most fascinating finds are here, near milton keynes. ceremonial groves, covering several hundred metres of mike davis's land, all of which was news to mike. have a look. good lord. i mean, we know there are things elsewhere, but this is something i've never seen ever before. this, then, is a complete surprise to you? you had no idea? no idea. and you've farmed here all your life? yes. it's 5000 years of history we're standing on. that is...

amazing. and today, even from the air, you can see... nothing. a little rain and the harvest and those ancient avenues have already disappeared back into the past. david sillitoe, bbc news, milton keynes. that's almost it from us. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two in a few moments. arguments about what kind of memorial —— wreath he laid. we will try to answer them. here on bbc one time for the news where you are..