this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the london fire brigade is "institutionally misogynist and racist", according to a damning review into its culture. i sat with a very senior female officer, who said to me, whenever she goes into a dangerous incident, she is always thinking, will the men around me protect me? these are the voices of 2,000 of our staff. i don't seek to deny anything that the report is saying. rail services across the uk are disrupted as thousands of drivers at 11 train companies take part in another strike over pay. world cup frustration for england fans — a 0—0 draw with the usa, but both teams can still progress

to the knockout stages in qatar. good afternoon. a damning report on the culture of the london fire brigade has found that it is "institutionally misogynist and racist". the independent review was carried out after a black trainee firefighter took his own life. the report was carried out by the former chief crown prosecutor for north—west england, nazir afzal, who says he has "no doubt" similar problems exist in otherfire brigades across the country. the london fire brigade is promising immediate changes to its disciplinary processes. helena wilkinson reports.

misogyny, racism, bullying. a shocking culture which has been uncovered at the london fire brigade. example after example of abuse and poor behaviour at almost all levels of the organisation. i sat with a very senior female officer who said to me, through tears, that whenever she goes into a dangerous incident, she's always thinking, will the men around me protect me, given how much they are treating me as dirt back at the station? that was not one person. that was many, many people. other incidents at the london fire brigade include a black firefighter having a noose put by his locker. men huddled around a screen watching porn at some fire stations, and women being sexually taunted. the report said the behaviour of some brigade staff left a clear trail of psychological harm.

this report has to be a watershed moment. when we get rid of the institutional racism, homophobia and discrimination that exists in our fire service. it's possible to say we've got some wonderful fire fighters. we saw that during the summer when they dealt with the wildfires in our city because of the heat waves. there are serious problems in the fire brigade. the brigade�*s commissioner, andy roe, said he was deeply sorry for the harm that had been caused. it's the report of 2000 people in the london fire brigade who have told their story and therefore it cannot be ignored. it cannot be just put down to a few bad apples. we've got to look at the systems and the leadership that have enabled, you know, those most terrible examples to happen and not be dealt with, i don't think, in the way they should have been. going forward, he said, it would be completely clear to staff what behaviour wasn't acceptable and what the consequences would be. helena wilkinson, bbc news.

louisa pilbeam, has been at a news conference being held by the london fire brigade and sent this update: i spoke directly with the commissioner of the london fire brigade and i was struck by how candid he was. he said he was heartbroken and he found the details of this report horrifying. he said also that people will lose their jobs after the details of this report, and said that he fully expects to dismiss people, although there are no further details about that at this moment. i also pressed him on women. he said that he was concerned about female firefighters, and i asked him if they were safe within the service. he said that things will change, and i think that is the message that really came across today, that he wants immediate action and immediate changes.

rail passengers are facing more disruption tojourneys, as thousands of staff in the aslef union go on strike in a dispute over pay. the government says it's disappointing and will ruin millions of people's weekend plans. ii train companies are affected. here at euston station, it is open and that is because the tube is running and services on the london overground are also still running. that's after strike action there got suspended. but all other rail services here have been heavily disrupted by this strike. behind me, you can see representatives of the aslef union, the train drivers union, who are behind this strike. they want wages to keep up with the rising cost of living. the government has called the strike is disappointing, and says this dispute has just gone disappointing, and says this dispute hasjust gone on disappointing, and says this dispute has just gone on for far too long. but there is no doubt that all of this is having a major impact on

weekend plans for people. this is a really busy shopping weekend. it's a black friday sales and normally you would have people flocking into london to take advantage of that. we have also got the world cup going on, so people may have wanted to get together with friends and family to watch those matches. elsewhere around the country, people who are heading to christmas markets and also to major sporting events have been told to try to avoid taking the train where possible and that includes fans heading to twickenham later today to see england taking on south africa. all of this is having a real impact on plans for people. it is a 24—hour strike as they do expect some knock—on disruption to services tomorrow and the advice to passengers is to check before you travel. with me now is transport writer, christian womar. good to have you with us. this dispute has been going on for some time. why is it proving so difficult to resolve? it’s time. why is it proving so difficult to resolve?— to resolve? it's important to recognise. _ to resolve? it's important to recognise, this _ to resolve? it's important to recognise, this is _ to resolve? it's important to recognise, this is a - to resolve? it's important to recognise, this is a differentj recognise, this is a different dispute. aslef is a different union,

the drivers union. the rmt strikes were promised for nearer christmas, six or eight days of continuous strikes spread over christmas and new year. really, what has happened is that none of these people have had pay rises for two or three years. a lot of money was spent by the government to make sure that rail services continued, quite rightly, it wasn't down to the rail companies, it was down to government. and now the workers want a pay rise. what should really happen is that the government should sort this out because it is a government decision. the railways are largely now within the control of the government, and yet they are refusing, until recently, to speak to the unions. to this dispute has just dragged on. who to the unions. to this dispute has just dragged om— to the unions. to this dispute has just dragged on. who has the power to make a deal— just dragged on. who has the power to make a deal and _ just dragged on. who has the power to make a deal and reach _ just dragged on. who has the power to make a deal and reach some - just dragged on. who has the power to make a deal and reach some kind of resolution to this customer is that the government or is the rail delivery group and train operating companies. delivery group and train operating com anies. ~ , ., delivery group and train operating companies-_ delivery group and train operating com anies. ~ , ., ., ~' companies. well, you would think it was the train _ companies. well, you would think it was the train operating _ companies. well, you would think it was the train operating companies. | was the train operating companies. in fact, the government is over hanging all of this. they will not

allow the train companies to pay wages that are above what the government wants, so there was almost a dealjust before the weekend. there was almost a deal between the rmt and the train companies backed by the government, but suddenly it was withdrawn. so we have had that situation for three transport secretaries, several months were really, the government is just not getting engaged and sorting this out. it might be that they won't put an offer in that is not acceptable to the unions, but so far the unions have not had an offer. �* ., far the unions have not had an offer. �* . ., offer. but the argument from the government _ offer. but the argument from the government is _ offer. but the argument from the government is at _ offer. but the argument from the government is at the _ offer. but the argument from the government is at the pandemic l offer. but the argument from the l government is at the pandemic has changed the way we work and travel, and people are not commuting in the same way. there are fewer people buying tickets and travelling on the railways, so funding that pay rise, there is a big question over how that happens. the there is a big question over how that happens-— there is a big question over how that happens. the fact is, britain needs an effective _

that happens. the fact is, britain needs an effective train - that happens. the fact is, britainj needs an effective train network. evenif needs an effective train network. even if it has changed a bit, as you say, there are fewer commuters and more people using it in leisure time because, essentially, with the car costs having gone up so much, rail fares are often a good bargain, but we need an effective rail system whatever. , ., _ ., ., whatever. they need to pay for that. but some peeple _ whatever. they need to pay for that. but some people might _ whatever. they need to pay for that. but some people might disagree - whatever. they need to pay for that. l but some people might disagree with you that rail fares are a bargain. but some people might disagree with you that railfares are a bargain. i spoke to someone recently who travels from the north to south and back and she says it gets more expensive every time. she said, unless i can guarantee that i can travel on a certain day on a sudden train at a certain time, if i go on a walk on fair, it's got so expensive. a walk on fair, it's got so “pensive-— a walk on fair, it's got so expensive. a walk on fair, it's got so exensive. . , , ., ., expensive. that is true, it is too exnensive _ expensive. that is true, it is too exnensive but — expensive. that is true, it is too expensive but off-peak - expensive. that is true, it is too | expensive but off-peak generally expensive. that is true, it is too - expensive but off-peak generally you expensive but off—peak generally you can get a reasonable deal. if you are an older person like me you get 30% off. if you are under 30, you get 30% off and so on. so really, it is only between 30 and 60 that you pay full fare. nevertheless, the fares are too high, but that is a different matter. what needs to be sorted out is the fact that these

workers do deserve something of a pay rise. they're not asking for 10% or 15%, they probably would accept 5% or 6%. they won't say how much because they don't want to in the negotiations, but they probably would accept some reasonable offer. but it is a problem. dispute, and i the same media, we are still at the same situation. �* , ., , ., ~' situation. briefly, do you think there is any — situation. briefly, do you think there is any hope _ situation. briefly, do you think there is any hope of— situation. briefly, do you think there is any hope of both - there is any hope of both disputes, there is any hope of both disputes, the rmt union dispute and the aslef been resolved, or is a dispute been resolved, or is there a resolved and we chance that one gets resolved and we get disruption because it is get ongoing disruption because it is too big task to both? ida. too big a task to resolve both? no, actually with _ too big a task to resolve both? mr, actually with christmas coming up and with workers worried about paying for their christmas, i suspect that we will probably get a deal before christmas. but i suspect that we will probably get a deal before christmas.— suspect that we will probably get a deal before christmas. but i am an 0 timist. optimist. we need some optimism in the world.

shaista azizjoins us now. she's also a labour party councillor. good to have you with us. firstly, your reactions and to this report and its findings. the your reactions and to this report and its findings.— and its findings. the report is a sickenin: and its findings. the report is a sickening and _ and its findings. the report is a sickening and horrifying. - and its findings. the report is a i sickening and horrifying. anybody who reads it will be shocked by it. i also think it is brilliant that 2000 testimonies have been published in the report. this shows that there is trust in the individual who is heading the investigation into these allegations. and i also welcome that the london fire brigade has said that they are appalled by the investigation and that they are committed to making change, and indeed they have also gone on record to say this is not the case of a few bad apples, which is often a

statement that is rolled out by institutions when allegations of this surface. so i think these are positive things. but i have looked at the report this morning and it is really, really shocking, the kind of information that has come out, the fact that you have got muslim firefighters who say they have had bacon sandwiches put into their pockets. you've got women firefighters detailing the level of misogyny that they are facing. let's not forget, this is the london fire brigade. london is one of the most diverse cities in the world, and if this type of thing is going on inside an institution, then i dread to think what kind of behaviour, the kind of attitude is that some of these individuals have applied to memos of the public who also come from ethnic minority communities that they are there to serve. ianthem that they are there to serve. when somethin: that they are there to serve. when something is _ that they are there to serve. when something is identified _ that they are there to serve. when something is identified as - that they are there to serve. when something is identified as built—in, institutional, where it is not one or two isolated cases, how do you go about changing that? is it something that can be sorted out with short—term training programmes, or

is this going to take a generation to put right? we is this going to take a generation to put right?— to put right? we don't have a generation- _ to put right? we don't have a generation. we _ to put right? we don't have a generation. we already - to put right? we don't have a generation. we already knowj to put right? we don't have a - generation. we already know that one black firefighter took his own life and this basically led to this investigation being launched. so we don't have another generation in terms of waiting for change. i think what is positive about the outcome of this report so far is that the people at the top are taking responsibility, and that is where cultural change starts. it has to start at leadership level. there can be no room for anybody, including the london fire brigade, to suggest that this is a few bad apples. in this year alone, we have had a number of very high profile cases against metropolitan police as well, you know, that police force has been put into special measures. greater manchester police force has also been put into special measures. it's important to look at this report in relation to other things going on in this country. culture change takes a very long time, but when the leadership takes responsibility that

can be sped up, and i'm pleased that the london fire brigade leadership are saying that they want to sort this out. it is a positive outcome from this report. what would you like to happen to those who have been identified as being involved in all of this? i think that they should be investigated further, and if there are criminal charges needed, then those criminal charges should be put forward. i have friends in the fire service and they are sickened by this report. they are telling me that there is a particular problem in the london fire brigade, and that has been detailed by this report. i don't want to pre—empt what should happen to those individuals because there should be a process which is fair and just, there should be a process which is fairandjust, and there should be a process which is fair and just, and there should be no trial by media either. but i do think that the noise has been made so far in relation to this report from the leadership of the london fire brigade means that they are taking it seriously and i welcome that. antiracism campaigner, thank you very much indeed.

thousands of people are expected to gather today in pakistan's garrison city of rawalpindi, near islamabad, for a rally called by the former prime minister, imran khan. it's the first protest march he'll attend since being shot three weeks ago in what his allies have called an assassination attempt. mr khan, who was ousted in a confidence vote in april, is demanding the government calls early elections. samira hussain is in faizabad for us and has the latest. the people that are arriving are clearly supporters of the former prime minister. they are wearing badges and they have painted their faces in the party colours. they are walking with giant flags, and there are plenty people here that are selling any kind of party swagger. you can see that people are coming ijy you can see that people are coming by the thousands. they are trying to get as close as possible to the stage where imran khan will address

the supporters. remember, this is going to be the first time he is addressing supporters since he was shot some three weeks ago. he says that he is going to offer direction, the next steps for his political party. since he was pushed out of office in april of this year, imran khan has been pushing to get fresh elections, saying that this coalition government really worked to try to push him out of power. but the government has always maintained that they will hold elections next year as planned. the home office has said that the death of a man who was held at the manston migrant processing centre may have been caused by diphtheria. an initial test came back negative for the infection, but a follow—up pcr was positive. the man died in hospital last week, days after it's believed he arrived in the uk on a small boat. a postmortem examination will be held to determine what killed him. joining me now is our news correspondent aruna iyengar.

what more detail do we have about the circumstances surrounding his death? fist the circumstances surrounding his death? �* , , ., , ., death? at this stage it is important to stress that _ death? at this stage it is important to stress that we _ death? at this stage it is important to stress that we don't _ death? at this stage it is important to stress that we don't actually - to stress that we don't actually know the cause of his death. it is subject to a common �*s investigation at this stage. however, the home office have confirmed that it may be a case of diphtheria. the man was a migrant and a case of diphtheria. the man was a migrantand he a case of diphtheria. the man was a migrant and he was held at the manston detention centre. he died on november the 19th, about a week ago, and it is believed that he arrived in the uk one week earlier by boat. now, if he did die of diphtheria, thatis now, if he did die of diphtheria, that is important in the context of manston being heavily criticised for overcrowding and conditions whereby infection such as diphtheria could take hold. the place is full of migrants, and it has been heavily criticised for poor conditions. it is a former military base. it was intended to hold just 1600 people, but back in october it was holding

around 4000, so heavy overcrowding there. it is meant to hold people for short periods of time. security and id checks, and then they are supposed to move on to other centres, and so more permanent accommodation. a lot of these asylum seekers end up staying for much longer because of delays and backlogs in processing asylum seekers. on tuesday of this week, the government said it had moved the migrants out from manston, so it had emptied the facility and they had been relocated to hotels around the country. they also said, the home office also said, that it has offered diphtheria vaccinations in the past and it says it takes the welfare and safety of those in their care extremely seriously. diphtheria, how dangerous is it? well, it can be fatal. it is a highly infectious disease. it is rare in the uk because children and babies are vaccinated against it, usually. it causes a high temperature and difficulty in breathing and swallowing, and it can

also cause ulcers on the skin. according to the uk security agency, they said that 39 cases of diphtheria in asylum seekers in england were found as of november the 10th. suella braverman, the home office secretary general has been criticised this week about her asylum seeking policies and she said the government had failed to control the government had failed to control the borders but she blames the desperate migrants and people smugglers for the overcrowding. the total numbers of migrants who cross the english channel this year was around 40,000, and that is expected to hit 50,000 by the end of the year. that is compared to about 28,000 last year, so numbers have gone up a lot. 28,000 last year, so numbers have gone up a lot-— social media footage from china appears to show residents of the western city of urumqi protesting against covid restrictions, after a fire in a block of flats killed ten people. demonstrators are seen arguing with officials,

chanting "lift the covid lockdown", and breaking through barriers. there was an eruption of anger online in china following the deadly blaze, with some questioning whether pandemic restrictions prevented residents from escaping, or hampered fire—fighting efforts. urumqi in xinjiang province is home to many uighur muslims. it's been under stringent coronavirus measures for three months as beijing continues its zero covid policy, despite record daily infections. our correspondent katie silver is following this story from singapore. the fire broke out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on thursday night. we understand it took authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social media, making many complain and question this ongoing commitment to zero covid. some residents telling the bbc that they question whether or not these people were able to leave the building,

and many for example relying on chats from the government to give themselves security that they were able to leave. now we have seen videos emerge on tiktok as well as weibo, which is china's equivalent of twitter, showing people coming up against officials in hazmat suits, screaming out, lift the lockdown, as well as hitting drums. all of this comes about as the fact that china was the first into this pandemic and it seems like it is going to be the last out. it has now been almost three years that people have faced lockdown pressures, quarantines, as well as having to deal with snap lockdowns. so what we have seen, for instance on that front, particularly when it has come to the world cup, people have seen that is triggering, they have seen videos of people online out and about in crowds with no masks on. on friday we saw the third day in a row of consecutive daily cases hitting about 35,000 and that is small in a population of 1.4 billion, but the restrictions are immense. katie silver reporting there. a mudslide triggered

by heavy rain has torn through the italian island of ischia. initial reports suggested eight people had been killed, but an italian minister has said there are no confirmed deaths. the mud dislodged trees and damaged houses as it swept down a hillside, dragging a number of cars into the sea. rescuers are working to free residents. the american actress, singer and songwriter irene cara has died in florida. she was 63. irene cara rose to stardom in 1980 in the musical "fame", in which she sang the title track. four years later she won an oscar and a grammy for the title song in the movie "flashdance". her publicist described her as a beautifully gifted soul whose legacy would live forever through her music and films.

at the world cup in qatar — saudi arabia are in action against poland. the latest score is 1—0 to poland — saudi arabia missed a penalty to equlise. meanwhile, earlier, australia beat tunisia 1—0, it's the socceroos first world cup win in twelve years. they started the day bottom but are now sitting second — with france against denmark still to come later today. it's not looking good for tunisia though — who face holders, france in their final world cup game on wednesday. well the hosts, qatar in group a, might be unable to progress in the competition following their two defeats. butjust a reminder, group b was in action on friday — that's england, wales, usa and iran. they can all still qualify for the last 16. it proved a frustrating evening for england, as the usa created the better chances on the night. and the americans came closest to scoring when they hit the woodwork in the opening half.

the form england had shown in their opening game, where they thrashed iran, was certainly missing. earlier my colleague jon watson spoke to england superfan, billy grant. he runs a podcast for the english club brentford —— called beesotted brentford. he's in qatar and was in the stadium yesterday watching the england—usa match. i'm not disappointed. i know there was a lot of booze in the stadium —— boos yesterday after the game, which i thought was a little bit, probably uncalled for. i understand fans have gone out there, gone a long way and they want to see a real performance, but for me, i remember being in brazil in 2014, i literally landed, went to manaus, next minute i was in sao paulo four days later and we were out of the competition. so i know how the germans and the argentinians feel at the moment now, whereas if they lose their next match, they are out of the tournament. as far as i'm concerned, the skill is to stay in the tournament, to just eat the points away and get into the knockout stages, and that's what we've done, because we've pretty much qualified for this. unless wales beat us maybe by three or four goals,

we are in the next round and that's all we need. it is. you talk about the world cups you've been to previously. what have you made of this world cup here in qatar so far? it has been a different world cup, and we have approached it differently. we are very open minded and we just said, "listen, let's come here and see what it's like." you know, the people have been wonderful, they have been really, really friendly. the organisation hasn't necessarily been great, but if you consider, they are not used to organising something like this, and they have made some pretty hefty errors, i think. especially on the fan front as well. again, i am not going out to criticise the qataris, and a lot of people are doing that, i am just telling you my thoughts as a fan and i think there's certain things that could be better. everyone talks about the beer experience, i thought i could come out here and not drink for a month and it would be fine. but one thing that you realise, i mean, what you see that is great is all the football fans revolve around a beer culture, it does not necessarily mean that you are going to go and get really drunk, but you'll have one or two pints before the game, and you kind of stick together.

i have been with brazilian fans, mexican fans, you know, fans from all over the world, wherever they go they are finding themselves in little bars, wherever, because that's where they converge. i think the qataris didn't realise how important that is to our culture, so it has been very hard to try to find little places to go to, but as football fans are, they are very, very good atjust basically kind of finding football fans together and enjoying themselves. an agreement has been reached at a global conservation summit in panama to reduce the trade in shark fins. environmental groups say tens of millions of sharks are killed every yearfor theirfins — a market estimated to be worth half a billion dollars annually. here's the shark expert and wildlife presenter austin gallagher. this is huge. this is a really big win for sharks on the international level. the international community has spoken and this is, you know, going to ensure a much better future for dozens of shark species. it is a multilateral treaty of around 180 member nations around the world coming together to say,

"we're going to put these species that we think are threatened with extinction on this list and essentially we will better regulate their trade," so it sort of holds countries accountable and basically helps us understand whether or not things are sustainable or not, so we can either relax or tighten restrictions, so it should in theory help many species recover down the line. when there is trade in valuable species — sharks are very valuable, you know, theirfins are highly prized. like you said earlier, $500 million a year industry and there is no regulation that it just really incentivises bad behaviour in black markets and things like that and that's why so many shark species are a plummeting population around the world. so a step in the right direction and, you know, i really applaud all the countries that supported these proposals. in australia, two and a half thousand naked volunteers have posed on sydney's bondi beach for an artwork designed to raise awareness of skin cancer. it's the latest project of the american photographer, spencer tunick.

from sydney, phil mercer reports. bondi beach has never looked like this. 2,500 volunteers braved the early morning chill and intermittent rain in sydney for spencer tunick�*s latest art project. clothes and inhibitions were discarded. at dawn, the participants collectively embraced the sunrise, raising their arms towards the light. the photoshoot lasted about one hour. it is very cold in the morning as we were waiting on the beach from 3:30am. and it lightly rained, but then the skies cleared up and it was beautiful, so... the moment we stripped off, i think the excitement and invigoration of being alive was there and didn't notice the cold too much. spencer tunick orchestrated his latest massive nude photo shoot from the top of a small crane with a megaphone.

he was raising awareness about skin cancer. australia has some of the highest rates of the disease anywhere in the world. the american photographer brought together a legion of naked strangers in the name of art and health. we have an opportunity to raise awareness about skin checks and i am honoured to be invited by skin checks champions to come here, make my art and just celebrate the body and protection. legislation had to be changed to allow public nudity for the first time in sydney's famous arc of sand. soon the birthday suits were replaced by the usual tracksuits and wet suits at bondi beach, but for the nude participants it was a day to savour. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.

now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz hello. a typical november out there today, a lot of cloud. it's also been very blustery out towards the west so far and the outbreaks of rain will continue to spread to other parts of the country through the course of this afternoon. by the evening hours, the rain should reach eastern areas, too. temperatures will be between around ten and 13 degrees at 6:00 pm and then through the night it's pretty wet for many of us. by the end of the night the weather does clear across parts of northern and western britain, but it will be very blustery by early morning on sunday. fairly chilly in some spots in the north, maybe six degrees, but it remains damp and mild in the south, around ten or 12. and you can see the outbreaks of rain continue through sunday morning across southern england. the southeast could be quite wet and unpleasant here even through lunchtime. but i think for the rest of us, it's a case of sunny spells, showers, quite blustery and the temperatures again on the mild side. goodbye.