this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: the number of dead after the genoa bridge collapse is now 39, with emergency crews still searching for survivors. people were running, screaming, shouting run. out of cars. so we just literally, kids, run, run. because we didn't know what was happening. the authorities have released the identites of some of the victims, one as young as eight years old. police have been given more time to question 29—year—old salih khater, the man arrested after the suspected terror attack in westminster. the bbc will not appeal after losing a high court privacy case brought by sir cliff richard over its coverage of a police raid on his home. president trump has revoked the security clearance of the former cia directorjohn brennan. the white house says mr brennan used his access to sensitive information to make unfounded allegations against the administraion. and also on the programme, on the eve of a—level results being published, we will be taking a look at the increasing popularity of vocational courses. thousands of students

received their btec results today, qualifications that are more career—focused, but can also gain entry to university. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers, with our reviewers, david davies and deputy political editor at huffpost uk owen bennett. stay with us for that. good evening. search parties are spending a second night digging through the rubble of a collapsed bridge in northern italy, as they search for survivors. 39 people were killed when part of the suspension bridge in genoa crashed 150 feet to the ground. yesterday rescue teams say they could hear people calling out for help, but now hopes of finding them alive are fading. one couple from oxfordshire who were seconds away from the part of the bridge that collapsed have described how they ran for their lives with

their two children. the italian prime minister has declared a state of emergency for genoa, which is one of italy's busiest ports. from there, james reynolds sent us this report. can there be anyone left underneath all this? to find out, rescuers will have to search under every broken concrete slab. but signs of life from beneath the rubble have now died away. translation: we haven't heard any cries since yesterday afternoon, but we may still find survivors. looking up, you can see that some vehicles have been abandoned right on the edges of the section which is still standing, just ahead of the collapse. a few more seconds, and those drivers would have crashed to the ground. they were all incredibly lucky to

survive. nicola and lisa henton mitchell from oxfordshire were here on holiday with their two kids. they told me they were driving towards the bridge when they saw a commotion at the head. people started shouting, waving their arms to reverse out the windows. and tooting horns and everything like that. and so we horns and everything like that. and so we tried to reverse, and we couldn't go anywhere. and the car in front hit the front of our car, and people were running, screaming in italian, run, out, out of cars, out of cars. so we just literally, kids, i’ui'i. of cars. so we just literally, kids, run. because we didn't know what was happening. we made our sonjust run and we sort of grabbed our daughter's hand and started running but we couldn't pick her up because all the car doors were flying away from people everywhere, torrential rains coming down. screaming, and took her shoes off because she was just going to sleep before. she hasn't got her glasses. we left everything in the car and we just

read our lives. they took shelter in a motorway tunnel and waited for help. many other drivers ahead of them lost their lives. the victims include roberto, his wife, and their seven—year—old son samuel. this man was 48. he had a young son. he was killed on his way to work. 35—year—old father of four luigi was driving his work van. matteo, giovanni, gerardo esposito and antonio were all in their 20s and on their way to spain. they had originally planned to fly, but they ended up hiring a car instead. the country's prime minister, injust his third month as italy's leader, promises immediate steps. translation: these are unacceptable

tragedy is that should not happen in modern society. this government will do everything to prevent such tragedies from happening again. but this has been promised before, yet for years, successive governments failed to fix italy's crumbling infrastructure. many italians will ask why this new administration should be any different. and james says the authorities in italy are no closer to establishing why the bridge collapsed. the public prosecutor's office here in genoa will begin a criminal investigation. the prime minister says he wants anyone responsible to be held to account. mr conte now has access to special funds which will allow him to make this area safe, but beyond all that, italy faces wider questions. how has this country perpetuated over so many yea rs country perpetuated over so many years a country perpetuated over so many yea rs a culture country perpetuated over so many years a culture which has allowed

its infrastructure to degrade? italy spends less money on its bridges and roads than other family sized european countries, —— similarly sized. and even when it does spend that money it is often wasted on corruption and mismanagement. one person said about this bridge when it was sending that it was more expensive to maintain it that it would have been to simply knock it down and start all over again, so italy might have to consider trying to change the way its country works. more details are emerging about the man who crashed a car into barriers outside the houses of parliament yesterday, in a suspected terror attack. salih khater, who is 29, is a british citizen who came from sudan as a refugee. police are continuing to search an address in birmingham. our midlands correspondent sima kotecha reports. a british national of sudanese origin, salih khater came to this country eight years ago. he is now under arrest on suspicion of terror charges and attempted murder. on monday night, police say he drove

to london from birmingham, and then on tuesday morning, the vehicle he was allegedly driving swerved into pedestrians and cyclists before crashing into a barrier outside the houses of parliament. plainclothes officers searched three properties in birmingham, including this building where the suspect once lived. he didn't talk that much. i know him from the shisha lounge upstairs. he used to sit right opposite me, or right on the corner. never used to say anything. he's a very quiet man? very, very quiet. the bbc understands that salih khater lived in the flat above this cafe for at least nine months. he moved out earlier this year, and today, several customers here have told us that he regularly visited the area up until very recently. we have obtained a copy of his cv.

in it, he says after going to school in sudan, he spent time working in libya. in 2010, he arrived in the uk as a refugee. according to the document, between working various jobs, he took an english course. we understand he went on to study science, and last year enrolled in an accountancy course, but left after failing his first year. he describes himself as honest and responsible. today, his sister told us he was hard—working and had no links with fundamentalists. translation: i used to call him every day, because my mother is sick. without him, we can't take her to the doctor. we usually call him, and he transfers the money to take our mother to the doctor and buy her medication. that day, i called him more than once, but his phone was switched off. in westminster, all the cordons have now been lifted. a day after the arrest,

police continue with trying to piece together what happened and why. they say their priority is understanding whether there was any motivation behind the incident. sima kotecha, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford says detectives still haven't established a motive for yesterday's attack. at the end of the second day of this investigation, any motivation behind what happened is still very much an open question. what normally happens when there is any kind of politically motivated attack or terrorist attack is that one of three senior counterterrorism detectives formally declares a terrorist incident. it is a bureaucratic receipt, but that's what normally happens. and in this case, no terrorist incident has been officially declared. and the likely explanation for that is that, during searches and investigations so far, police haven't found any significant amount of material that suggests a motivation, what is sometimes called

mindset materiel. so yes, the suspect is being held on suspicion of terrorism, and also on suspicion of terrorism, and also on suspicion of attempted murder, but so far police don't see any extremism behind that. and that does start to raise the possibility there might be some other motivation, if there was any, for what happened, some kind of personal crisis, perhaps. either way, what we have learnt this week is how incredibly busy counterterrorism detectives still are here at scotland yard and around the country. we learned that at the end ofjune, 676 live investigations have been run by counterterrorism police and mi5, and that had gone up from 500 injust police and mi5, and that had gone up from 500 in just three police and mi5, and that had gone up from 500 injust three months. the bbc says it will not appeal after losing a high court case about its coverage of a police raid on sir cliff richard's home in 2014. last month, a judge ruled that the corporation had infringed the singer's privacy in broadcasting a police search of his property in berkshire, and awarded him £210,000 in damages. sir cliff was never arrested or charged during the inquiry by south yorkshire police into an historical child sex allegation.

today, the bbc said it remained very concerned that the ruling would limit the ability of journalists to report on police investigations. our media editor amol rajan reports. cheering last month, the bbc was found guilty of a serious invasion of sir cliff richard's privacy. the corporation, which had filmed a police raid on his home in august 2014, was forced to pay vast damages and legal costs, already at £1.9 million, and set to grow. but, because thejudgement created new case law, its director of news and current affairs warned of a serious threat to british journalism. thejudge has also made clear that, even if there'd been no footage of the search and the story had less prominence, the very naming of sir cliff would have been unlawful. this creates a significant shift against press freedom. the issue is whether suspects

in police cases can be named by journalists before they are charged. while privacy can and will be breached, reporters argue that naming of suspects allows them to scrutinise the police, and often encourages other victims to come forward. but today the corporation said that, based on legal advice, it will not appeal the decision. instead the director general has written to the attorney general, asking him to review the law in this area. doing so would allow newspapers, many of whom backed the corporation, to influence a debate on the future of privacy law. we think, and the whole media thinks, that there is an important principle at stake, and that the judge has extended law in this area in a very unhelpful way. we always thought there was a principle at stake, and we were always prepared to settle with sir cliff on everything other than the principle, and made many offers to do so. but the principle is important us. many legal minds believe the bbc was unwise to fight the case in the first place.

i think editors misunderstand the position. what this case illustrates, and this has been a long—term problem in britain, is a failure to appreciate the importance of privacy rights. they don't trump freedom of expression rights, but they're of equal value, and they've got to be balanced against them. the bbc is undoubtedly damaged by this case. a big editorial misjudgment has been compounded by a failed and expensive legal battle that many warned against. for now, no heads have rolled, despite the wishes of sir cliff, and while a letter to the attorney general could buy some time and maybe some goodwill from the media, it is not clear this falls within the remit. the editor of one national title believes that british journalism has become tougher. this ruling tips the balance too far towards secrecy. yes, it will help innocent people like sir cliff. but it will also hurt countless victims of crime, and it will make it harder to get convictions in some cases. there can be a domino effect

when news of an investigation breaks and other witnesses come forward. multiple cases in recent years show that. it is not clear how this case will affect the freedom of the press. it is clear, however, that sir cliff richard feels hurt and wronged, and the bbc has spent public money on a lost fight. amol rajan, bbc news. police in west yorkshire have charged 31 people with offences linked to child exploitation in huddersfield. including rape, trafficking and sexual assault. our north of england correspondent judith mortiz has been following the story. west yorkshire police say that over 31 people charged, 30 are men, and one is a woman, and they are accused of sexual crimes against children which date back to the period between 2005 and 2012. now, of those charged, the majority are thought to be of british pakistani heritage. they are accused of crimes against five women who were girls at the time, as young as 12 years old. and

of those who are facing charges, most of those who are facing charges, m ost fa ce of those who are facing charges, most face at least one count of rape. there are three men who also face trafficking charges. and west yorkshire police today, for legal reasons, haven't released all of the names of those who are facing prosecution. there's very extra detail. but what i should say is because of the numbers of people who are being prosecuted, they will be dealt with by the court over two days. they are expected to appear before magistrates here in huddersfield at the start of next month, on the fifth and sixth of september. the headlines on bbc news: the number of dead after the genoa bridge collapse is now 39, with emergency crews still searching for survivors. police have been given more time to question 29—year—old salih khater, the man arrested after the suspected terror attack in westminster. the bbc will not appeal after losing a high court privacy case brought by sir cliff richard over its coverage of a police raid on his home.

rail passengers are facing a rise in the cost of train tickets, after a jump in inflation. regulated fares in much of the uk will increase injanuary by 3.2%, in line with the retail price index. but that's more than the government's preferred inflation measurement, the consumer prices index, which is 2.5%. the rise in fares could add more than £100 a year to the cost of some annual season tickets. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. people have accepted that they don't have a choice, and you feel exploited, to some extent. passengers are really frustrated. you can see today, i'm standing right next to the door, just about get into the train. commuters crammed into a rickety old carriage early this morning. i payjust over £1,000 a year. john has two kids and commutes from appley bridge, outside wigan, into manchester. it's just absolutely horrendous. sometimes one train turns up, sometimes they don't.

now his season ticket could cost an extra £32 next year, in line with inflation. i don't know how they can justify that when they can't even get it to run on time at the best of times, so it's an absolute disgrace. remember, this is august, when things are supposed to be quiet, but after half an hour of ourjourney, it was standing room only. and remember, these passengers have suffered weeks of disruption, with cancellations and delays. amid the anger overjanuary‘s rail fare rise, the government has now suggested that a lower measure of inflation — the consumer price index, rather than the retail price index — should be used in future to produce smaller increases to ticket prices, but it says costs, like rail workers' wages, should go up at a lower rate too. salaries amount to about half the costs of the industry as a whole, so you can't make adjustments without working with the unions as well. i'm really disappointed they've just said no. they've said, basically, we want our members to have higher pay rises than everybody else.

the unions say the idea is a bad joke. labour agrees. chris grayling then trying to blame rail workers for this is absurd. it's his decision, his decision to keep this privatised network in operation, and there's a lot of people making a lot of money out of it and a lot of commuters paying an awful lot more to travel. paying more only works for sean and his daughter sophie if the answer is a better service. if it was a newer train, there were enough carriages and they always ran on time, you'd be happy to pay it, but at the minute it doesn't feel good value for money. the group representing train operators says improvements are being made. 98p in every £1 from fares is going back into learning and improving the railway. we've got a long—term plan to invest £50 billion to make the railway better, notjust for people who use it but for the nation's economy and for communities up and down the country. with more of us using the trains, the conundrum is who should pay for a better, more

affordable service? tom burridge, bbc news, in greater manchester. president trump has tonight stripped the former director of the cia john brennan of his security clearance. mr brennan has been a fierce critic of the trump administration. the security clearance of other former officials, who are also opponents of mr trump, is also under review. our north america editor, jon sopel is in washington and has more detail. this was a on the half of the president was that it was because of john brennan's erratic behaviour, wild out first two and frenzied commentary. there was no point suggestion that he had disclosed classified information or tried to make money from the security clea ra nce. make money from the security clearance. is also worth pointing out that the other people on that list all have one in common who might infuture list all have one in common who might in future lose their security clea ra nces, might in future lose their security clearances, they are also critics of donald trump. the question comes, is this a matter of national security

or political kind of, you mustn't criticise our president? john kerry has come out this evening, saying that donald trump is acting like a ruler of a banana republic. he says it is the actions of a despot and dan coats, the director of national intelligence who you thought would be at the centre of this, knew nothing about the president ‘s move to ta ke nothing about the president ‘s move to take john brennan's nothing about the president ‘s move to takejohn brennan's secured clea ra nce. to takejohn brennan's secured clearance. there is one other thing to note, the white house has been swamped with news about omarosa, an ex— employee who was disaffected. also in the case of paul manafort, the campaign manager of donald trump. this was an unscheduled briefing the white house made to announce john brennan's security clea ra nce announce john brennan's security clearance being revoked. 48 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured in a bomb explosion at an education centre in the afghan capital,

kabul. many of those killed are believed to be teenagers who were getting extra tuition as they prepared for university entrance exams. the taliban has denied involvement. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. after all the decades of conflict in afghanistan, another horror. young people, teenagers, the country's future, deliberately targeted by a suicide bomber who simply walked into their class as they studied for university. translation: my brother was studying at the education centre and he was killed in the blast. i am here to receive his body. two of them were injured as i have seen but most of them, unfortunately, they have been killed. the taliban deny attacking the school. it's more likely to have been the work of so—called islamic state or daesh. my colleague in afghanistan, shoaib sharifi, described what happened. the police say a suicide bomber was on foot and entered through this centre into the very big classroom housing at least up to 100 students,

boys and girls. the suicide bomber, according to eyewitnesses, reached here and detonated his explosives. it's been a horrific year in afghanistan, even by the standards of a very bloody conflict. the un says 1,692 civilians were killed in the in the first six months of this year, a record high since they started collating figures in 2009. the government is still battling to get control of many areas of afghanistan. they do hold these areas in grey, but those shown in red are held by insurgents and those in yellow are fiercely contested. it's still a grim picture, and attempts to launch peace talks with the taliban are faltering, at best. in recent days, the taliban demonstrated its strengths, seizing large parts of the city of ghzni before being pushed back. officials say at least 100 government soldiers were killed, adding to huge afghan losses since us—led nato troops pulled out of the country in 2014. it has led to intense doubt

in washington about the way ahead and to britain sending over 400 extra troops back to afghanistan, but to train and support, not to fight. one task is simply to move international advisers around kabul and try to protect them from attack. but the much wider struggle to help the afghan government to strengthen its fragile hold on the country, that's very far from being won. james robbins, bbc news. hundreds of thousands of students will find out their a level results tomorrow. but today, it was the turn of students studying vocational courses in england. the courses in subjects ranging from applied law to sport science are based on continuous assessment and work experience, rather than pure exams. many students go on to university or straight in to the workplace, as our correspoendent steph mcgovern reports from gateshead.

when it comes to education, it's not all about gcses and a—levels. these are some of the millions of people studying for vocational qualifications. it's everything from robotics, catering, performing arts, engineering, hairdressing, we've got sport and health and social care, to name a few. so, sarah, does that mean you passed ? yes. well done. so do you start yourjob? yeah, i start at the salon next week. that's really good. congratulations! congratulations. and you're starting at uni? both: yeah. christabel decided to do a btec in computer gaming at 34, after having two kids. then midway through, another one came along. you've had your hands full. you've just had a little baby and you just got your qualification. congratulations for both! thank you. why did you decide to go to college and study? erm, i was working with the nhs for quite some time. i didn't enjoy the job any more so i decided to go back to college. it was hard at first, really difficult, but the teachers were so supportive and the students.

that was what helped me through. what is next? i've done my hnd. i will go to university and i am planning to become a game designer, an independent game designer. like christabel, rhianne, who did cyber security, and kayleigh, who did health care, got top marks. why did you decide to do vocational study rather than a—levels? it kind of was more suited to me because you do experience with coursework. i found with a—levels, it's generally like with gcses, you have a big exam at the end of the year and that's what your entire course relies on. with btec, its individual assignments. so as well as doing coursework, i've also worked for a north—east cancer charity and i've worked for the elderly people, doing like a tea dance. employers really, really rate vocational qualifications, the reason being that these are equipping graduates with a number of practical skills which actually translate really, really well into the workplace. so if these types of qualifications

are crucial for employers, then i think it's fair to say they are more valuable than people give them credit for. steph mcgovern, bbc news, gateshead. the england and gloucester rugby player danny cipriani has been arrested and charged following an incident at a nightclub injersey. police say the 30—year—old fly—half was arrested in the early hours of this morning in st helier. he's been charged with five offences, including assault and resisting arrest. he's due to appear atjersey magistrates court tomorrow morning. hundreds of people have attended a service in the centre of omagh to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing by the real ira group twhich left 29 people dead, including a woman who was pregnant with twins. it was one of the worst atrocities of the troubles in northern ireland. no one's ever been convicted. from omagh, our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. the horror of omagh was unprecedented.

the carnage and panic of that day will forever be in the memories of those who survived. when they came in and said, "there's a bomb scare, would you move down?" kevin skelton had been shopping in town with his wife. they each walked into different stores. this brief moment that separated them was fateful. and as i turned to come round, to come out — bang! the bomb went off. he found his wife lying in the rubble of the shop just next door. i lifted her arm. i couldn't feel any pulse. i knew she was dead. 29 people were killed by the car bomb, including a woman who was pregnant with twins. it had been detonated in the busiest part of town by a breakaway republican group known as the real ira. it was so loud that the car bounced off the road. people were running,

screaming, calling, and i met children huddling together. paddy mcgowan gave first aid. more than 200 people were injured that day and thousands more traumatised. how do you feel, 20 years on, when you come back to this spot? it still makes the hairs stand on the back of my neck. i don't come up and down here too often. i try to avoid it as much as i can. today in omagh, a bell was rung for each of the lives lost. hundreds gathered in the high street for a two—minute silence to mark the final annual commemoration of the atrocity — an act of remembrance and unity. when they put that car on this street, they thought they were going to divide it, but they've brought this community tighter together. omagh was always a mixed community, which came together after the attack and continues to do so today, but people here live in the knowledge that despite thousands of hours of investigation and many arrests,

there have never been any criminal convictions for the killings. for many, hopes have now faded of ever seeing justice. today, petals were scattered for those who lost their lives, and tributes were paid to omagh's survivors, who never let this tragedy divide them. emma vardy, bbc news, omagh. round to make the papers coming up ina round to make the papers coming up in a couple of minutes. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. after the exceptional weather early in the season we are now back to what is basically standard summer weather, with the bluest skies and the high averages towards the south and the east of the country. further north and west we have got some cloud, some outbreaks of rain copy because low pressure is pretty close by in northern parts, high pressure generally speaking is pretty close

to the south of the uk. from time to time we do shift these were the jigsaw puzzle pieces around a little bit, on thursday the low pressure comes further south and we will get some rain even into south—eastern areas. to the midlands and the south—west of england, the day sta rts south—west of england, the day starts with a brain which will move into east anglia and the south—east. sunny skies, 50 showers into the north—west and because we will be bringing the weather in from the north—west, the temperatures head downwards, 16— 20 degrees. there is another frontal system moving into north—western areas as to get into friday, but high—pressure tries to re—establish self down to the south. we are back to that fairly standard summer weather. some rain across northern ireland, western scotland england and wales. the further south you are, the more dry. it will be breezy across the north—west of