she worked for the department for international development. reports suggest she was strangled. police say it will take some time to know what caused a harrowing car crash in birmingham in which six people were killed. information from the cia helped russian security services stop a terror attack on a cathedral in st petersburg, the kremlin says. plans are revealed to lower the age at which young people are automatically enrolled in workplace pension schemes. also in the next hour, prince harry takes on a new role as a journalist — interviewing the former us president barack obama. if you start using long pauses between answers you're probably going to get this face. let me see the face. the interview was recorded as part of the today programme's guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. and we'll be bringing you the latest from sports personality of the year as 12 contenders wait to find out if they've scooped this year's trophy. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british embassy worker has been killed in beirut. the body of re

she worked for the department for international development. an investigation is under way following a multi—vehicle crash in central birmingham in which six people were killed. police described the scene as "harrowing". plans to automatically enrol hundreds of thousands of young people in workplace pensions for the first time, to help them save for retirement. england's ashes hopes are fading — captainjoe root one of four men out already with still a day to bat to save the series. in half an hour here on bbc news bbc sport will have a round—up of all the day's sports events with sportsday. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british embassy worker has been killed in beirut. the body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. what do we know about the circumstances and timing? police sources believe rebecca dykes was murdered on friday night. they said they believed she had been strangled. an autopsy has been carried out and they will do another. rebecca dykes worked at the embassy in beirut, having been there si

she worked for the department for international development. police investigate what they call a harrowing car crash in birmingham. plans are revealed to lower the age at which young people are automatically a row —— involved in pension schemes. information from the cia helped russian security services stop a terror attack on a cathedral in st petersburg, the kremlin says. also in the next hour. prince harry takes on a new role as a journalist — interviewing the former us president barack obama. if there are long pauses between the answers, you will probably get the face. let me see the face. the interview was recorded as part of the today programme's guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. in half an hour here on bbc news — bbc sport will have a round—up of all the day's sports events with sportsday. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british embassy worker has been killed in beirut. the body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. what we know? lebanese police believe rebecca dykes was murdere

rebecca dykes worked for the department for international development in lebanon. multi—vehicle crash that killed six people in birmingham this morning has been named locally as taxi driver imtiaz mohammed. athlete mo farah wins this year's bbc sports personality of the year. he says he was surprised at the result. a potential attack by the so—called islamic state on a cathedral in st petersburg was foiled thanks to intelligence gathered by the cia. president putin phoned president trump earlier today to thank him. and one of the guest editors of radio 4's the today programme, prince harry, has interviewed the former us president barack 0bama. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and ruth lea, economic advisor at arbuthnot banking group. first, a look at all front pages that will greet us tomorrow. the metro leads with a picture of rebecca dykes, the british embassy worker who has been found dead at the side of a road in beirut. the financial times says that m

she worked for the department for international development. they call a harrowing car crash in birmingham. plans are revealed to lower the age at which young people are automatically a row —— involved in pension schemes. information from the cia helped russian security services stop a terror attack on a cathedral in st petersburg, the kremlin says. also in the next hour. prince harry takes on a new role as a journalist — interviewing the former us president barack obama.

she worked for the department for international development. reports suggest she was strangled.ome time to know what caused a harrowing car crash in birmingham in which six people were killed. information from the cia helped russian security services stop a terror attack on a cathedral in st petersburg, the kremlin says. plans are revealed to lower the age at which young people are automatically enrolled in workplace pension schemes. also in the next hour, prince harry takes on a new role as a journalist — interviewing the former us president barack obama. if you start using long pauses between answers you're probably going to get this face. let me see the face.

rebecca dykes worked for the department for international development in lebanon.have died and one person is in a critical condition after a crash on one of birmingham's main roads. police described the scene as "very difficult and upsetting" are investigating the causes. president putin has thanked president trump in a phone call for cia assistance in foiling a potential attack by the so—called islamic state on st petersburg's kazan cathedral. every worker aged 18 and above is to be automatically enrolled in work place pension schemes unless they opt out, in a bid by the government to help young people prepare for retirement. and guest editor of radio four‘s the today programme, prince harry, has interviewed the former us president, barack obama. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me hugh woozencroft. the headlines this evening. the longest unbeaten run in scottish football history is over as hearts thrash celtic in the premiership. another "fantastic four" for liverpool as they go into the champions league spots with victory over bo

apparently strangled and found on the motorway, and she worked for the department for international developmentut of the embassy, tragic, what can you say? we have no idea who has done it, who knows? very much the beginning of that reporting on that, isn't it? and yasmin, to end, we will look at the telegraph's lead story, saudis must stop starving yemen. this is interesting, that the daily telegraph is running this, because we have been allies of this vile regime for the longest time, and the way it treats its own population is something that we talk about, but really interesting that we have now got the telegraph and the international development secretary saying, stop doing what you are doing in yemen. some of our arms are being sold to saudi arabia. children are starving, getting diseases we thought had been wiped out. man—made horror like this, actually, we avoided looking at this story for a long time, so i am impressed, actually, that the telegraph has run it.|j impressed, actually, that the telegraph has run it. i agree, they could be breaking international law by blockading people, sta

rebecca dykes worked for the department for international development in lebanon. six people have died and one person is in a serious condition after a crash on one of birmingham's main roads. police say it was too early to speculate on the cause of the crash. the government wants to lower the age for automatic enrolment in company pension schemes from 22 to 18, in a move to offer more people financial security in retirement. if you start using long pauses between answers you'll get the face. guest editor of radio four‘s the today programme, prince harry, has interviewed the former us president, barack obama. ina in a little while jane hill will have a look at the films coming out over christmas but before that it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me hugh woozencroft. the headlines this evening. the longest unbeaten run in scottish football history is over as hearts thrash celtic in the premiership. another "fantastic four" for liverpool as they go into the champions league spots with victory over bournemouth. and they're calling it the "wi

political motivation is quite given the nature of herjob, that she works for the department for international developmentthat they do not believe there is any political motivation in the case. you can see the huge sense of shock in the tributes being paid by her friends and colleagues. yes, of course. clearly, very shocking for all who knew her and all who worked with her, with her. lebanon has seen some high profile cases of murder or domestic violence. these things have beenin domestic violence. these things have been in the news on and off lately. they have been causing a lot of shock. of course, in this case, it was mainly not just shock. of course, in this case, it was mainly notjust the shock but also the speculation about political motivation that characterised the first few hours after we heard that somebody works at the british embassy as we first heard was murdered. but then it quickly became clear this is another murder case without at least so far any hint of political connection. thank you for that update. some breaking news coming into us from brussels. we are hearing that eu state regulato

the foreign office says she worked for the department for international development. say it was too early to speculate on the cause of the crash. the government wants to lower the age for automatic enrolment in company pension schemes — from twenty—two to eighteen, in a move to offer more people financial security in retirement. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. some news just some newsjust coming in. a

rebecca dykes was working in the capital city of beirut for the department for international developmentd been abducted and strangled after leaving a party. martin patience is in beirut. it does appear that there has been a big breakthrough in this case, lebanese police are telling us that they've arrested a suspect in the early hours of this morning. it is believed that man had been working asa believed that man had been working as a taxi driver. rebecca had been out on friday night at a going away party for a colleague. it was in a popular bar area of the city, and it was sometime after midnight that she left that bar to make our way home. it appears that perhaps she got into a taxi and then, on saturday, her body was found dumped close to a motorway on the outskirts of the city. martin patients reporting there from the lebanese capital. the increasing pressure on teenage boys and men in their twenties to look perfect has led to more of them taking anabolic steroids to achieve what they see as the ideal body type. today, the british cardiovascular society is warning tens of thousands a

rebecca dykes had been in the city for about a year, working for the uk's department for international developmentafter leaving the bar at about midnight, it appears she was abducted. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later: the new bishop of london — the third—most senior figure in the church of england — will be named at st paul's cathedral this morning. then at westminster, in the afternoon, theresa may will update parliament on last week's brexit negotiations in brussels. and later in washington, president trump announces his new security strategy focussing on protecting the us homeland and preserving "peace through strength". cricket and there was no play before lunch in the ashes test in perth because overnight rain penetrated onto the pitch. but play has just got underway with england facing an uphill task to avoid defeat on this the final day. bairstow was out to the first ball he faced and a few moments ago england had taken their second innings total to 1111 for 5 — they still trail australia by 118 runs now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre

she had been working as a programme managerfor the department for international development since januarye of news that has stunned the community. she was attending a going away party in a popular area of the city on saturday night. after she left that are, it is understood she was abducted and her body was found on a motorway sometime on saturday. president trump says he has no intention of firing the special counsel, robert mueller, who is investigating alleged russian interference in the us presidential election. earlier, a trump campaign lawyer had accused mr mueller of obtaining unauthorised access to tens of thousands of emails. a spokesman for mr mueller said his team followed appropriate criminal process in all its dealings. the sri lankan capital colombo has hosted a mass wedding of chinese couples for the first time. fifty couples married in traditional sri lankan style. their honeymoons are to be spent visiting the island's tourist attractions. the sri lankan government is hoping the event will strengthen ties between the two countries and promote tourism. in india, votes are b

rebecca dykes was working in the capital city of beirut for the department for international developmented and we have? well, just in the last few minutes we have been hearing from a police source from the lebanese police, and he says that a suspect was detained, arrested, in the early hours of this morning in relation to this killing. he gave no more details on this man, but it is believed he was a taxi driver, and that has been widely reported in the local lebanese media. we understand that rebecca was celebrating with a colleague on friday night. it was a going away party. she then left the bar and it appears she got into some kind of taxi, and that is related to the killing. her body was found on saturday morning. it was dumped on a motorway a few miles from where i am standing, and the police say... have told us that they believed she was strangled and sexually assaulted. we have been hearing there has been an outpouring of tributes to rebecca. i had one person describe her as a bright star who worked on the humanitarian front line. the embassy not far from where i am standing is sa

in april, the department for international development made a three—year commitment worth £100 millioneast. the programme was launched with the support of prince harry, whose late mother, princess diana, brought the issue to public attention in 1997, when she walked wearing body armour through a partially cleared mine field in angola. the international development secretary penny mordaunt has now announced plans to expand the uk's de—mining efforts to angola and has given a further £200,000 to the mines advisory group, which carries out this work. the funding matches the sum raised in a bbc appeal earlier this year. the british polar explorer ben saunders has been forced to abandon his quest to cross antarctica unassisted, after he was left without enough food to complete his journey. he was undertaking the feat in memory of his friend henry worsley, who died attempting the journey alone last year. saunders is only the third person in history, and the first briton, to have skied by himself to both the north and south poles. national archives far —— files have revealed that margaret tha

she had been working sincejanuary as a programme managerfor the department for international development embassy. her family say they are devastated by her loss. police in ukraine have clashed with suporters of the opposition leader mikhail saakashvili. they fired tear—gas at a crowd which tried to get into the october palace in kiev, after a rally against president petro poroshenko. no serious injuries have been reported. polls have closed in the final round of chile's residential election. the conservative former president won the first round, but pollsters say his only challenger this time has narrowed the gap in second—round campaigning. in south africa, delegates from the ruling anc have started voting to elect a successor to president jacob zuma as party leader. we now know that the new leader will be one of two people: deputy president cyril ramaphosa or former foreign minister nkosazana dlamini—zuma, who is one of the president's former wives. the victor is likely to become the country's next president after elections in 2019. the bbc‘s milton nkosi, who's outside the anc confere

she had been working as a programme managerfor the department for international development since januaryated by her loss. here's martin patience. this is a piece of news that has stunned the diplomatic community, i believe that rebecca dykes was attending a going away party on friday night, in a popular area of the city. after she left that bar, it's understood that she was then abducted and her body was found dumped close to a motorway sometime on saturday. the white house has confirmed that the cia provided intelligence to russian security services that helped foil a terror attack. russian agents raided a flat allegedly used as a base to plan an attack on the kazan cathedral in st petersburg. seven people have been detained on charges of being members of so—called islamic state. president putin has thanked the us for its help. the sri lankan capital colombo has hosted a mass wedding of chinese couples for the first time. 50 couples married in traditional sri lankan style. their honeymoons are to be spent visiting the island's tourist attractions. the sri lankan government is hoping the

she worked for the department for international develop on.h in birmingham has been named locally as taxi driver imtiaz mohammed. ryanair pilots have suspended a planned 24—hour strike as the airline agrees to recognise the pilots trades unions for the first time. a big day in the world of sport. let's cross to the bbc sports centre. good evening. celtic boss brendan rodgers said his players would go down in history after their unbeaten run in scotland ended. there were thrashed 4—0 at hearts in the premiership. the last time celtic lost a league game was an incredible 585 days ago. 16—year—old harry cochrane gave them the lead. david miller got a couple of goals as well. it brings to an end the longest unbeaten run in scottish history. they've gone through 69 games. for this, in 18 months, to be the first defeat, of course it is a sore one, especially when you are beaten like that. but they can hold their heads up. they've been absolutely amazing in that 18 months. to set a record, 69 games, that may never be beaten, they can be very proud of

in april, the department for international development made a three—year commitment worth £100 millionuth—east asia and the middle east. the programme was launched with the support of prince harry, whose late mother, princess diana, brought the issue to public attention in 1997, when she walked wearing body armour through a partially cleared mine field in angola. the international development secretary penny mordaunt has now announced plans to expand the uk's de—mining efforts to angola and has given a further £200,000 to the mines advisory group, which carries out this work. the funding matches the sum raised in a bbc appeal earlier this year. the headlines on bbc news: there are warnings of delays to road, rail and air travel and possible power cuts because of snow and ice. glasgow airport has now reopened — after snow caused it to suspend all flights. at least 12 people are dead — including a baby — after a fire at an apartment block in new york's bronx district. apple apologises for deliberately slowing down ageing iphones — it says the move was intended to prolong the life of the

in april, the department for international development made a three—year commitment worth £100 millione support of prince harry, whose late mother, princess diana, brought the issue to public attention in 1997, when she walked wearing body armour through a partially cleared mine field in angola. the international development secretary penny mordaunt has now announced plans to expand the uk's de—mining efforts to angola and has given a further £200,000 to the mines advisory group, which carries out this work. the funding matches the sum raised in a bbc appeal earlier this year. more about the weather dominating the news. hearing that glasgow airport tweeted to say that they regret operations are temporarily suspended at glasgow airport. they say, our winter operations teams are working to reopen as soon as possible. we advise passengers to check with the airline for updates and we apologise for any disruption. that is glasgow airport saying operations at the airport or temporarily suspended, because of the weather and their winter operations teams working to reopen as soon as possible.

in april, the department for international development made a three—year commitment worth £100 million of prince harry, whose late mother, princess diana, brought the issue to public attention in 1997, when she walked wearing body armour through a partially cleared mine field in angola. the international development secretary penny mordaunt has now announced plans to expand the uk's de—mining efforts to angola and has given a further £200,000 to the mines advisory group, which carries out this work. the funding matches the sum raised in a bbc appeal earlier this year. more coming up in the next half hour but let's catch up with the weather would have you are in the country. some heavy snow and places this morning particularly in glasgow which saw a ten centimetres but the weather front associated with that is pushing into the north sea and there will be further showers across there will be further showers across the north of scotland and the north of england but milder farther south. heavy showers continuing and continuing to be quite windy. overnight, continuing to see showers across

she worked for the department for international development.police described the scene as "harrowing". plans to automatically enrol hundreds of thousands of young people in workplace pensions for the first time, to help them save for retirement. england's ashes hopes are fading — captainjoe root one of four men out already with still a day to bat to save the series. in half an hour here on bbc news bbc sport will have a round—up of all the day's sports events with sportsday.

this dear lady was working for the department of international development in beirut and she was kidnapped strangled. it would be inappropriate to speculate as to why she was killed and the circumstances of her death. a family spokesman saying we request the media take ca re saying we request the media take care with her privacy. the times. social media. the perils thereof. according to the times facebook has finally conceded that social media can harm health, and it proposes users improve their well—being i posting more updates and comments. how does this work? —— by posting. it is an addiction. it is an addiction. now it is out there you cannot put the genie back into the bottle at all. academic studies, especially for young people, it is extraordinary how they feel they are living if they are opposed...m extraordinary how they feel they are living if they are opposed... it is not real if there is no photograph. there is a whole thing going on where facebook says it recognises the problem but says go and do more of it! it understands nothing! talking about putting the genie back in the b

was working as a programme officerfor she was working as a programme officer for the department of international developmentm the embassy, the british ambassador here in beirut. he said that the whole embassy was deeply shocked by the news, and he added that they were working closely with the lebanese authorities, who were conducting this police investigation stopping —— who are. austria's new government is due to be sworn in on monday, after the far—right freedom party agreed to join a coalition government. it'll be the junior partner, alongside the conservative people's party, taking charge of the foreign, interior and defence ministries. so what does the freedom party stand for and has it influenced european politics? bethany bell has more from vienna. a campaign video for the far right freedom party, a couple wakes up to discover their home has been overrun by strangers. the video avoid xenophobic images, but the message is clear. austria for the austrians. support for the freedom party sword during the migrant crisis of 2015, then austria's conservative party, and a sebastian kurz, also moved to the ri

she had been in the country for almost a year working as a programme officer for the department of international developmentbritish ambassador in beirut that the whole embassy was deeply shocked by the news and he added they were working closely with the lebanese authorities who are conducting this police investigation. thank you very much, martin patience, live in beirut. in south africa voting has finally begun to elect a new leader after a series of delays. the eventual winner is expected to become the country's new president, replacing jacob zuma, who's time in office has been marked by deep divisions within the anc. our africa editor, fergal keane is in johannesburg. some confusion as to when the vote would take place. will it be on time? will we know in the morning as to who will be the new leader? nothing about this process has been on time. a pretty chaotic evening here. i am on time. a pretty chaotic evening here. iam now on time. a pretty chaotic evening here. i am now at the conference centre. we were told two hours ago it would not take place and happen in the morning. then a message came saying

the op ed, americans should be encouraged by the progress the state department and united states agency for international development have made pushing for global peace and stability. our peaceful pressure campaign cut off roughly 90% of north korea's export revenue, much of which is used to fund illegal weapons development. he goes on to say a key component to the strategy is continued pressure on china. but, how do you like this? u.s. spy satellites have reportedly captured photos of chinese ships illegally selling oil to north korea. on these boats 30 times since october. my goodness. to which the president tweeted, caught red-handed, very disappointing that china is allowing oil to to into north korea. there will never be a friendly solution to the north korean problem if this continues to happen. joining me former u.n. ambassador john bolton. fox news contributor. ambassador bolton you warned of this right on this show. you said china may sign on to sanctions, but doesn't mean they will follow them. sure enough, here we are, sure doesn't look like they are following them. >> yeah i think these pictures are real

department of state and the u.s. agency for international development are adequately staffed to respond to the situation in libya. mr. speaker, congress should not -- should adopt the bipartisan house resolution mber 644, which will do so and help us in all of these atters and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there any further requests? under the speaker's announced the of january 3, 2017, gentleman from florida, mr. gaetz, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gaetz: thank you, mr. speaker. and i take the floor tonight with many of my colleagues to fight back against an attack on the rule of law and our democratic institutions. right now the investigations into donald trump and the prior investigation into hillary clinton have been infected with the virus of severe bias. hillary clinton went under investigation for the mishandling of classified information and also her dealings through the clinton foundation was essentially investigated by her own fan club. meanwhile, robert mueller obtained his team by fishing in the never trump aquarium. only through the antidote of

international sporting events, there seems to be no limit. we won a special mention by the department of trade for exports exporting snow to siberia. by developingo siberia. whatever next! you can see more of that on weather world at 3:30pm on the bbc news channel. it is much greyer around the country at the moment. it isa it is a rather grey but mild scenario with the run—up to christmas, dry weather, cloudy with the odd spot of drizzle for england and wales, rain into northern ireland, moving from the scottish borders to north—west england, double digits across—the—boa rd. moving out of christmas eve, we will see the rain tapping up, more wet weather in scotland, northern ireland and eventually western fringes of wales, christmas day, dry, cloudy, grizzly weather, windy and wet eventually in the west, colder conditions behind it, showers turning increasingly to sleet and snow on higher ground in the north. the rain rattles throughout quite a place christmas day night into boxing day and it marks a change. boxing day and it marks a change. boxing day and it marks a change. boxing day will be predominantly dry, heavy rain pushing into the south—

international sporting events, there seems to be no limit. we won a special mention by the department of trade for exports exporting snow to siberia. by developingnd you can see more on that, as well as an insight into the fake snow industry, on weather world, this afternoon at 3.30pm on the bbc news channel. speaking of cold scenes... some spectacular pictures to share with you now from china where the bitterly cold winter conditions are creating this icy landscape at the hukou waterfall on the yellow river. the temperature is as low as minus ten degrees celsius, and that's cold enough to freeze the spray and splash from the waterfall into these columns of ice. local officials say it's set to get even colder, meaning the ice will be there for several weeks yet. champagne and fireworks might be pa rt champagne and fireworks might be part of your new year ritual. this is an entirely new way of saying out with dot balls and in with the new. the new year's ritual injapan, filing into this shrine, looking for a fresh start. if they follow the chief priest and then, on his cue... shouting this is a laughing ceremony to forget the bad they have experi

international sporting events, there seems to be no limit. we got a special mention by the department of trade for exports exporting snow to siberia. by exports exporting snow to siberia. by developinghe fake snow industry this afternoon at 3:30pm on the bbc news channel. it is not white out there, it is getting colder. let us hear all about the weather. a rather grey but mild scenario, the odd spot of drizzle for england and wales, rain in northern ireland, into north—west england out of the scottish borders, double digits across the board, a mild afternoon for all. we will start to see the rain pepping up, more wet weather, as we move out of christmas eve, eventually into western fringes. christmas day, dry, windy and wet in the west. colder conditions behind it, the showers turning increasingly to sleet and snow on higher ground in the north. the rain rattles throughout quite a place christmas day night into boxing day and it marks a change. boxing day will be predominantly dry, heavy rain in the south—west, but colder for all, noticeably so in the far north, meaning showers will turn wintry. this is bbc news — our latest headlines:

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the foreign office says she worked for the department for international development. six people have died in a serious crash on one of birmingham's main roads. police say it was too early to speculate on the cause of the crash. the government wants to lower the age for automatic enrolment in company pension schemes — from twenty—two to eighteen, in a move to offer more people financial security in retirement. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. some news just some newsjust coming in. a british diplomat has been killed in beirut. the body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. she'd been working since january as a programme manager for the international development and was based at the british embassy in the city. whilst we have come on air, the foreign office has issued a statement confirming rebecca dykes was the victim in this case. the statement saying that following the death of a british woman in beirut, we are providing support to the family, we remain in close contact with local authorities, our thoughts are with the family