police described it as a harrowing scene.ibed it as a harrowing scene. i have just arrived here in the last five minutes. i can see some damaged ca i’s five minutes. i can see some damaged cars in the underpass but i am assuming those are the cars that only suffered minor damage because they don't work that bad. the ambulance service have told us six vehicles involved. a man and a woman inside the first car, extensive damage, but by a miracle the man and a woman got out and suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital. a black taxi on its side, the driver pronounced dead at the scene. a man and a woman were in the black cab, expedited by the emergency services. the man died at the scene. the woman taken to hospital and has died now. third car, all men, three of four dead at the scene, the other in critical condition. three other cars involved. either minor injuries or none at all. the sea has been taped off. also a police tent

police described the scene as "harrowing". of our thoughts are with the families of those that are injured and deceased at this time, especially in the run up to christmas. plans to automatically enrol hundreds of thousands of young people in workplace pensions for the first time, to help them save for retirement. sirius out of military savings, the report warns defence will fail to pay for new ships, and weapons. england's ashes hopes are fading — captainjoe root one of four men out already with still a day to bat to save the series. 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 pauses, you'll probably get the face. the interview was recorded as part of the today programme's guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. in halfan in half an hour, click investigates the weird world of quantum computing. six people have died, and a seventh is in a critical condition, after a car crash in central birmingham. six vehicles were

police described the scene as "harrowing".lans 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 since january. she worked for the department for international development and we have a statement from the foreign office in london who say they are liaising with

statement three times which, having to repeat that three times to three different people, is pretty harrowingn't talk about the specific case and am you shouldn't have had that experience. the whole setup of this is that the police are set up to take reports, to support victims, support women of experiences through the criminal justice system if they choose to go that way. shortly after the hack begins, problems with current solutions are laid bare. i only this year was sexually assaulted on the tube. i was going up an escalator and a man followed me, repeatedly touching me even though it to move away. i ended up having to give the same statement three times which, having to repeat that three times to three different people, is pretty harrowing. as the discussion continued, one idea grew stronger. perhaps the solution doesn't resolve around the victims or offenders but is about fellow passengers intervening when they see harassment? we met on a west london bus when i was assaulted on a bus and someone stepped in. and i, yeah. no one interferes, people tend to think it's an issue on the side,

the royal commission heard harrowing testimony from survivors across australia. report stretches to 17 volumes. prime minister malcolm turnbull has paid tribute to the courage of those who came forward to gave evidence. leonie sheedy is from the survivors organisation care leavers australia network. she travelled to canberra to see the report being handed over to the governor general. ican i can assure you i can assure you go i can assure you go six commissioners have done this country proud. do we agree? they took the shame and stigma from our hearts and carried it for the last five years. it now needs to go to every government, state and federal and it needs to go to the churches and charities and state governments and the churches and charities don't opt in to redress, then they lead —— they need to lose their charity tax exemptions. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is in sydney, and the scale is stunning. we now know that tens of thousands of children were abused an australian institution and quiet —— institutions and quite clearly, this report has delved into o

yes, it was harrowing. it goes into quite a lot of detail.nly allegation he is facing. another woman came forward to say that she was forced into a sexual act with him in the same year, 1991, when she was only 17 years old. now, he issued a statement regarding those allegations, saying that as far as he was concerned, and at was a consensual situation. so he essentially denied the nature of the claim. nevertheless, two claims against him, and today he has announced he is basically leaving his companies. to use his words, he says he doesn't want to be a distraction. that is why he is stepping down. peter bowes in los angeles, thank you. one of the sticking points as britain leaves the european union is what happens to the uk's only land border with the eu in northern ireland. the irish government and the eu want northern ireland to remain inside the european customs union and the single market. but that idea is deeply unpopular with many in northern ireland. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports. on the island of ireland, culture doe

police described the accident as harrowing. what caused it are likely to take some time. news correspondent phil mackie is in birmingham and a little earlier updated us with the latest. specialist teams are continuing to carry out investigations. we think the next of hours they will begin the next of hours they will begin the difficult operation of removing all of the debris from the scene so they can clear this busy and important main road in time for tomorrow morning's rush hour. as we say, we do not know what caused the accident. there are a lot of theories but it will take time to get to the bottom of what happened in the early hours of this morning in central birmingham. police say they do know the identities of the six people who died, but they are making contact with all of their families. the probability is that a lot of these people, they are local people, and it has had an enormous effect on local people who have expressed their condolences on social media. two police officers have been seriously injured in a road tra

police described the accident as harrowing.nvestigations into what caused it are likely to take some time. within the last hour, the first of the six victims has been named locally. imtiaz mohammed, who had six children, had just called his wife to tell her he was on the way home. described as a hard working family man, he was carrying two passengers at the time of the crash. both also lost their lives. 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. the white house has confirmed that the cia helped russia thwart a bomb attack on a cathedral in saint petersburg. this is the moment security forces raided a flat allegedly used as a base to plan the attack. seven people were held, charged with being members of so—called islamic state. the officers also seized explosives, weapons and propaganda material. i spoke earlier to our correspondent, david willis, in washington. we have this from the kremlin. no official transcript or briefing from the amer

incident and harrowing scene and asked me to pass on his thoughts for families and everybody involvedeverybody involved. it is a tragic incidentjust before christmas. that is all i have in the press statement. i will hand over to my colleague and then we will answer questions. we will leave that news conference. that was superintendent sean phillips confirming six people have died in that tragic traffic collision in birmingham. five are confirmed dead at the scene and one died later of their injuries. the other injured casualties, the police spokesman said, have non—life—threatening injuries, and they are getting in touch with next of kin, so they are not releasing names of victims. they are appealing for information from the public. you are watching bbc news. good afternoon. six people have died, and a seventh is in a critical condition, after a car crash in central birmingham. six vehicles were involved in the collision which happened just after 1am at an entrance to an underpass, just south of the city centre. four others needed hospital treatment. police described the scene as ver

harrowing video captured during a popular cu ban carnival on christmas eve.. of those taken to hospital, doctors say 20 are seriously injured, with some clinging to life. translation: we have six patients in extremely critical conditions, which is the most grave status of a burn victims. two are in very grave condition. the central town has this festival every christmas eve, drawing thousands of tourists. all of the victims up to be locals. an investigation is thought to be under way into the cause of the explosion. bbc news. english footballer, harry kane, has set a new record of 39 goals in the premier league in a calendar year, doing it in style, with a hat trick at wembley. kane headed in a free kick from christian erikson to give tottenham hotspur a 1—0 lead over southampton and break alan shearer‘s 22—year—old record. a second goal followed just before half time as he swept in across from son heung—min. and midway through the second half, son was again provider, as kane completed his hat trick with a delicate chip over the keeper. that takes his haulfor

yes, it was harrowing, and it goes into quite a lot of detail.e only allegation that he is facing. another woman came forward to say that she was forced into a sexual act with him in the same year, 1991, when she was only 17 years old. now, he issued a statement regarding those allegations, saying that, as far as he was concerned, that that was a consensual situation. so he essentially denied the nature of the claim. nevertheless, two claims against him, and today announcing that he is essentially leaving his companies. he says, to use his words, he doesn't want to be a distraction, and that is why he is stepping down. china's capital, beijing, is in the midst of a massive social upheaval. entire neighbourhoods are being levelled, and some areas seen as too ramshackle are being modernised. many thousands of poorer residents have been told they are no longer welcome, prompting accusations of heavy—handed population control. stephen mcdonell has been to one beijing suburb that is being torn down. the demolition teams are on the move in beijing. and

police investigate what they call a harrowing car crash in birmingham.ower 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.

it is harrowing to think what must have happened on the train. when you hear the information, 78 beverages and five crew members. does that sound right? >> yes, it does. typically there will be just on the amtrak trains, just an engineer on the locomotive and assistance in the train itself. that's typical. what is concerning again is the point that i made before. that is had there been two persons in the locomotive. if there were issues of employee error. the issues were with the train itself. the black box and certainly they helped determine that. the speed is an issue possibly and the track possibly. defective. there may be wheel defects on the train. these are the issues that certainly will be at the forefront of the ntsb. the black box itself will give all the instrumentation of the train operations including the signals and the brake application and the speed, etc. they will have the basic information they need to make a determination if any of those issues were involved. i think that would be the important part of the initial investigation

yeah, they have been talking about the harrowing nature of what they have had to deal with since the early hours of this morning, this happened at about 1:10am. you can see the underpass behind me tom was referring to in the report. the cars on the left we re the report. the cars on the left were those who largely avoided serious injury. the taxi in which three people were killed is lying on its side. there is another vehicle between it and the wall, the one that was crushed, the man and the woman driving in that, astonishingly, they managed to escape with minor injuries. further along the underpass, the other vehicle involved in the most serious pa rt vehicle involved in the most serious part of the accident, that is where it is at the moment. lots of activity, forensic and specialist teams inspecting the scene. i have been talking to people who live here. flats overlooking the scene. some people heard the crash and went out to see what had happened. they have all said it is a particularly busy stretch of road, even late at night, and a lot of people speed along here, that will almo

police described the accident as harrowing.ons into what caused it are likely to take some time. a little earlier, phil gave this update. the specialist teams who been here all they are continuing to carry out their investigations. even see they've brought in extra lights to help them with that. we think in the next couple of hours they're going to begin that sensitive, very difficult operation of removing all of the debris from the scene so they can try and clear this very busy, very important main road in time for tomorrow morning's rush—hour. as we say, at the moment we still don't know what caused the accident. there are lots of theories, but clearly it's going to take some time to get to the bottom of exactly what happened in the early hours of this morning here in central birmingham. police say they do know the identities of the six people who died, but they are still making contact with one of their families. the probability is that a lot of these people are local people, and it's certainly had an enormous effect on peop

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she could be allowed to return to germany soon she's had some harrowing experiences including watching people die. it does create psychological problems. as a juvenile linda can expect a light sentence in iraq she's due in court in the next few months. no one can see inside her head is she a victim does she regret her actions or is she still a jihad against and therefore a security threat. to. kick off life we take football personally. from bundlers league a stock to out cost and his band that's here he donates money to a charity german authorities say is linked to extremist muslim groups really scott and i know one of us is made sure i'll never play again. at least in germany. but is there anything to the allegations. next d.w. please. and invite your friends around. boardgames are experiencing a revised. in the new alternative. group activity. away from the screen. boardgames are back. to your romance in sixty minutes on t w. crime fighters the new season of radio crime thrillers begins. to show domestic violence cyber and a human trafficking for investigative cases that will keep yo

she could be allowed to return to germany soon she's had some harrowing experiences including watching people die. if it does create psychological problems. as a juvenile linda can expect a light sentence in iraq she's due in court in the next few months. no one can see inside her head is she a victim does she regret her actions or is she still a jihad asst and therefore a security threat. why do elephants need this. how does a plastic model turn into a paving stone why do algy make it clear. good idea can work in the where and there are people developing smart solutions everywhere. let's inspire each other environment magazine to go at africa next. to. the dice and invite your friends around. boardgames are experiencing a revival of. the new alternative to a night on the town. a group activity and a way to unwind. away from the screens. boardgames our back. to your romance in sixty minutes on t w. make your smart t.v. the smarter with the d w four small. what you want when you want it up to date extraordinary. to decide what songs find out more than double dog come smart. hello about

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beings like you and me or a twelve year old boy can some learn something about you you can be very harrowing and good if you overcome your fear and in films like in the line of fire for example with clint eastwood you see it very clearly is what is is you know similarly kind of nervous and sort of afraid of this markovitch guy and what might happen to him but he does it anyway he goes after him. i was there is bigger moral imperative behind was one of questions that you like well yeah i mean. it has very much to do with the situation in germany after the war we learnt at school for example we didn't really learn about the past about that nazi time and so they always avoided my parents our parents they never really talked about that it was always this kind of don't look back in germany around the time it was all come clear not explained not that there was no moral there there was no no understanding why and things happen in these films there was a clarity about it especially in westerns about what is good and what is bad and what do you have to fight very clear moral compasses you can take ou

each refugee has their own story harrowing accounts of what they and the people they left behind in me and mine are experienced like fifteen year old abdul salam he fled his village when it was attacked by what he says were soldiers for me and nor . we found lots of bodies people with their throats slit women with their breasts cut off bodies with their hands and legs cut off. anyone who was wounded and couldn't get away was shot and killed my father and mother my sisters and my brother and all my cousins they were all dead all their hair had been burned off to . doctors without borders gathered some two thousand five hundred eyewitness statements they estimate that sixty seven hundred or hinges have been killed between the end of august and the end of september of this year. in the face of such a q danger the general director of doctors without borders in germany told you he did not want to see the refugees sent back to me and more that really puts into doubt the recently announced agreement between me and mine bangladesh concerning the return of these people we do not believe that dr

police say it will take some time to know what caused a harrowing car crash in birmingham in which sixmation 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.

survivors and those have been taken part investigation he said it must have been very tough and harrowing work for them is also suicide about fifty million australian dollars that's about eighty eight million euros to help those survivors and the so there are sixty thousand people who are eligible for compensation and who put this money aside so that they can hopefully get over their ordeal so they can hopefully put it put it to one side and and those who want redress will be compensated accordingly right roger man out in sydney thank you very much for that let me now bring you up to some other stories making news around the client a russian court has sentenced former economy minister alexei to eighty years in jail for accepting a two million don a bribe from an oil bath close to president not only putting the sentence was hotshot an observer that expected the circumstances of the case and ignited speculation that it may have fallen victim to a kremlin power play. six people including four children have been killed and twenty others injured after a train hit a school bus on a real crossin

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that is rooted in the time of need two women across the country are coming forward with their own harrowing stories of sexual harassment and a sort we cannot ignore the multitude of women who have come forward with accusations against mr trump also action also echoing in the halls of the upper chamber democratic senator ron wyden tweeting these women are writing if donald trump won't resign congress must investigate allegations by many many women that he sexually assaulted and harvest them no one is above the law. for more disarray let me join scott lucas is a professor of american studies at the university of blame and come in the u.k. but there's a look at what are the chances offical rational investigation. i think that republicans in congress who hold a slim majority in the upper chamber and a larger majority in the house of representatives i think there will be watched any type of meaningful investigation however just making the calls for the inquiry especially from these women but also by legislators that will sort of keep the pressure on trump. what has really sort of changed this en

witness it's ran to help victims described harrowing scene >> everybody was inside was either killed or pinned inside >> in addition to the engineer and the locomotive cab there was also a conductor learning the route. all of the the crew had to be hospitaled. three were killed and dozens injured on the maiden voyage of this newly opened train line >>> at least 12 dead after a bus in mexico. the bus was taken to ship passengers to in eastern mexico. seven americans and two swedes are among the injured. royal caribbean said passengers from two of its ships were involved in the crash >>> philadelphia police are searching for the driver. police say the victim was he was struck by an suv. victim was taken to einstein medical center with serious injuries. police say this may have started as a road rage incident between the driver of two vehicles and one lost control. . >>> police are investigating the armed robbery of a contracted amazon delivery driver in delaware county. the woman was robbed at gunpoint around 8:00 on ok wood drive in darby township. man ordered that driver back into he

plus, surrounded by flames they called their kids to say goodbye - a north bay couple reveals their harrowing tale of survival. next. right now at 6: possibly more than a hundred victims. >>> finally tonight, how a simple idea became a family's quiet gesture, which became a movement. enlisting over a million volunteers to honor those who serve through the organization wreaths across america. name after name of fallen service members. >> james saunders. >> spoken as wreath after wreath laid at their headstones. >> thank you for your service. >> at long island national cemetery, over 50,000 wreaths. this poignant journey of honor and remembrance starts in maine. morrill worcester's factory. >> end of christmas, wreaths nice and fresh, just didn't want to waste them. >> 25 years ago his wife karen and their family laid 5,000 wreaths quietly at arlington national cemetery. >> my personal goal is place a wreath on every single veteran's grave everywhere. >> just a dream until this went viral in 2005, scope breathtaking. result of hundreds of people. tree trimmers, wreath builders, bow tyers, volun

witness it's ran to help victims described harrowing scene >> everybody was inside was either killed or pinned inside >> in addition to the engineer and the locomotive cab there was also a conductor learning the route. all of the the crew had to be hospitaled. three were killed and dozens injured on the maiden voyage of this newly opened train line >>> at least 12 dead after a bus in mexico. the bus was taken to ship passengers to in eastern mexico. seven americans and two swedes are among the injured. royal caribbean said passengers from two of its ships were involved in the crash >>> philadelphia police are searching for the driver. police say the victim was he was struck by an suv. victim was taken to einstein medical center with serious injuries. police say this may have started as a road rage incident between the driver of two vehicles and one lost control. . >>> police are investigating the armed robbery of a contracted amazon delivery driver in delaware county. the woman was robbed at gunpoint around 8:00 on ok wood drive in darby township. man ordered that driver back into he

police described the scene as "harrowing". of those that are injured and deceased at this time, especially in the run up to christmas. plans to automatically enrol hundreds of thousands of young people in workplace pensions for the first time, to help them save for retirement. i think especially in london, moved jobs quite frequently, tend not to stay in one place too long, so pensions have always been lower down the list in things i've been conscious of. england's ashes hopes are fading — captainjoe root one of four men out already with still a day to bat to save the series. also in the next hour, prince harry takes on a new

the experience is a shocking and a harrowing insight into the painful realities of life in syria.words about the conflict, war and bombings was now very real in my mind. i had come to syria to find out how football could possibly thrive and matter during a time of war. but right now, that question seemed more difficult to answer than ever. this is important. for my life, for us. tarek has devoted much of his life to syrian football. in this box are the medals that prove it. this is you, with the ca ptain‘s armband 7 yes, number five. but that was before the war. now many players in the national team. butiam... you're their coach. you have gone from playing with them. today, the majority of the most talented players look to play abroad. there is a big difference, you understand, before six years, all syrian players in the national team were in syria. now we need players to play outside syria. to play inside, the level is not good for the future. look at that. this is for you and your group. that's so kind of you. thank you very much. tarek is preparing to say goodbye to his family

>> reporter: rob sharing the harrowing moments before he and hi family prepare to leave their home. >so far, it's okay. we have water truck over here. >> reporter: not far from him, oprah's estate in the exclusive enclave of montecito is safe so far. she told us she was out of the country until last night. now she's evacuating. she's praying for the best. >>> meanwhile, just is out of open ra's home, ellen degeneres was forced to leave her new $18.6 million carpinteria beachfront property. ellen posting the news -- our house is under threat of being burned. >> reporter: the fifth largest fire in california history has taken one life. >> praying for the people in my area. hope everyone is getting out safe. >> these fires are something else. add katy perry's parents to the list of folks who got out op keltie, meanwhile, here with a galaxy-sized celebration. >> they call it a "star wars: the last jedi" premier. one of its stars almost didn't make it. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> crazy. amazing. >> lots of exciting people every which way you turn. >> i was really nervous. like an hour ago

>> reporter: rob sharing the harrowing moments before he and his family prepare to leave their home.> so far we're okay. got a water truck up here. >> reporter: not far from him, oprah's estate in the exclusive enclave of montecito is safe so and out of the country and praying for best for our little town. meanwhile, just south of oprah's home, ellen degeneres was forced to leash her new $18.6 million beachfront property posting our house is under threat of being burned. i'm praying for everyone in our community. >> nearly 360 square miles have burned. an area bigger than new york city. >> reporter: the fifth largest fire in california history has already taken one life. >> praying for the people in my area. hope everyone is getting out safe. >> these fires are something else. add katy perry's parents to the list of folks who got out. katy from santa barbara, confirmed the news on twitter. keltie here with a galaxy-sized >> they call it a "star wars: the last jedi" premier. one of its stars almost didn't make it. [ cheers and applause ] >> crazy. amazing. >> lots of exciting people e

the descriptions of the great conflagration are harrowing. fortunately for history, the historic capitol building and the historic governor mansion behind it were situated in this open public park, which came right up to the capitol square. when union troops him to the capital city, they were able to come marching and into the capitol square. they immediately replaced the virginia flights with united states five. -- they immediately replaced the virginia flags with united states flags. the virginia state capitol became a perfect office building for military occupation. federal troops wasted no time organizing volunteer firefighting companies. to go out and do a good job subduing flames and preventing other damage. there is a powerful historical irony when people sit or stand in this room. as it happens, this is the room where elected virginia leaders chose to secede from the union. exactly seven years later, a new group of virginia leaders meeting in the same room but the finishing touches on a new virginia state constitution written during r

most harrow are breathing complications. his nasal passageway is nearly solid bone.way so is narrow it's like trying to breathe through a soda straw. but as different as nathaniel looks on the outside, that's where the differences end. >> other than his appearance, and how his life functions, breathing, eat, et cetera, he is no different than any other boy. >> reporter: but because of malformations in his face, in his first year of life he has more than ten surgeries. >> we've never done cosmetic surgery on nathaniel. everything we've done his whole life has had some benefit to life function. >> reporter: when nathaniel is 1 month old, an emergency tracheotomy is performed. a breathing tube is inserted into his throat. a procedure as life-altering as it is life-saving. >> once you become dependant on a trach, your life changes. then he's prone to infection, which ended up proving to be true. where a normal parent, you know, bath time is this cute, wonderful experience. for us you're worrying, what if water gets in there? >> reporter: by the time nathaniel turns 2, ru