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Strong in the next test to avoid yet another whitewash. Emphatic. Thanks holli, and thomas has all the weather. The advice is to be prepared not just on the roads, but the airports as well, really foggy weather potentially starting this evening on the way. Thanks thomas, also coming up a woman is appointed as bishop of london for the first time. Sarah mullally calls for more female and ethnic minority priests to make the church of england more relevant. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Building regulations are leaving room for short cuts, according to the the woman leading a review into fire safety after the Grenfell Tower blaze. In her interim report Dame Judith Hackitt said she was shocked by some of the practices she had seen. Shes calling for simpler rules, better enforcement, and a cultural change was needed so safety is prioritised over cost. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds. Grenfell tower and that horrifying loss of life demonstrated for all to see, that something had gone badly wrong with fire safety. But the scale of that only became clear in the weeks that followed. Confidence in the safety of Public Housing was left in pieces, bits of buildings had to be removed because no one was sure of the risk. Todays report is clear the rules and the way they work in practice are not fit for purpose. Too complex, too easy to get around. My aim for the future is to create a much simpler and more straightforward system that will be easier for people to follow. But that needs to be reinforced with a number of changes in behaviour which will include a major culture change across all of the players in this. Here is the main problem when reclading a tower like grenfell, designers and builders only had one strict rule dont do anything which might allow a fire to spread. But there is a mass of documents setting out how that might be achieved and plenty of different ways to maintain safety. Our view is this has opened up all sorts of ambiguities, loopholes and unintended consequences. A concrete example is, there is a complex view on combustibility. We should be using noncombustible materials. He and others in the industry believe todays report at this early opportunity should have recommended that only materials which dont burn be used on tower blocks. Its by far the biggest problem, if the guidance back in 1999 had changed, we wouldnt even be talking about fire risk assessments and Building Control assessments and responsibility because we would probably never have had a disaster like this. Damejudith says in the six months following the fire, shes been shocked by some of the practices shes learned about in the industry. Shell make recommendations next spring. And tom symonds explained that when the final report appears there might be a clearer picture of the rules governing fire safety. There is only really one rule which the building regulations set out in the building regulations set out in the circumstances, which simply says that you should not allow anything that you should not allow anything that might result in a fire, which clearly is not very helpful. She saysin clearly is not very helpful. She says in her report that the rules are so come says in her report that the rules are so come placate a bit she had to map out how they work in practice. You might imagine how the industry regard that. I think what she will wa nt regard that. I think what she will want is a change in fire safety and Building Design and refurbishment thatis Building Design and refurbishment that is along the lines of the health and safety changes we have seenin health and safety changes we have seen in the last 20 years or so. For example, the huge Adults Health and safety rules about working construction sites. I in think she will be asking for something of that scale. The industry says that is badly needed, because even the government and the industry have had a disagreement about the rules. The issue of limited combustibility cladding, the government says the rules say it cant, the industry has been saying that three years if it does certain things we can. All of that needs to be sorted out, and her report is due in the spring. A report has found institutional racism in the case of an iranian refugee who was murdered by a neighbour in bristol in 2013. The report by the Safer Bristol Partnership says avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council repeatedly sided with the abusers of Bijan Ebrahimi, who was beaten to death and his body set on fire, after he was wrongly accused of being a paedophile. One man is serving a life sentence for mr ebrahimis murder, and two Police Officers were jailed for misconduct. Jon kay has been talking to Bijan Ebrahimis family, and sent us this report. Bijan ebrahimi came to britain for safety. But four years ago, the refugee from iran was brutally beaten to death and his body set on fire. Dont you dare take pictures of me, all right . This is the neighbour who killed him, lee james, now serving life for murder. Todays report says that although the fatal attack could not have been predicted, there were warning signs that the police and council should have spotted. Again and again, bijan went to the authorities claiming he had been abused and attacked, sometimes he said, because of his race. He made reports about different people in different places over several years. But todays report said he was treated as a nuisance, with police and Council Staff often believing the people he was complaining about rather than helping him. Absolutely shocking and disgusting. Now, his sisters have been told that there was a collective failure by avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council which amounted to institutional racism and discrimination. We feel angry, disappointed, shocking. These are not the words we should hear in this day and age. You dont want to see and you dont want to hear any more about this, this has been dealt with so many times before, and saying this is happening again is shocking. Very sad and we are very angry as my sister says, and it is very shocking and upsetting as a family. Todays report says no individual members of staff here at Bristol City Council or avon and Somerset Police were intentionally racist themselves. But it says both organisations had an ingrained view of Bijan Ebrahimi which affected the way they treated him. And that he did not get the support or the level of service that he should have received. The phrase institutional racism was used in the notorious case of Stephen Lawrence nearly 20 years ago. And now it appears again in an official report. It is a word that is rarely used, it is a finding that is rarely found. Because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem, that the familys concern in fact is it is much more common than it is found. Last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct. The force apologised to the ebrahimi family then, and today avon and Somerset Police reiterated that apology, along with the council, they have accepted the latest report in full. Jon kay, bbc news, bristol. Police in lebanon have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a British Embassy worker in beirut. The body of rebecca dykes, who was 30, was found by the side of a motorway on saturday the day she was due to fly back to britain for christmas. From beirut, martin patience reports. Shes been described as a bright star, someone who cared deeply for others, while working on the humanitarian front line. Rebecca dykes was helping lebanon cope with the influx of syrian refugees. On friday night, rebecca came to this bar behind me, she was attending leaving drinks for a colleague. She was relatively new in the city. This was an opportunity to meet new people. Shortly after midnight, she left the bar and apparently got into a taxi. It was that decision that cost her her life. Her body was found dumped close to a motorway. Police say she was strangled. A taxi driver has now been arrested in connection with her murder. Josie ensor had planned to be at the bar that night but couldnt go because of work. Its crazy because all of my friends were there. The idea that it could have been anyone that left the bar that that night, i mean we all drink in this area and go out in this neighbourhood which is usually very, very safe. So we are alljust deeply saddened that one of our friends left by herself and didnt come back. On twitter, the British Ambassador hugo shorter wrote rebecca was said rebecca was said to be thrilled about working in lebanon and colleagues said she made a real impact before her life was cut short. Two people have died after a fire broke out at a five star hotel on the banks of loch lomond. The fire broke out in the early hours of the morning at the Cameron House hotel near balloch. One person died at the scene and another person died later in hospital. Two others are still being treated. 200 people were evacuated from the hotel police say theyre trying to find out how it started. Theresa may has been Holding Discussions with senior members of the cabinet, for the first time, about what the uks long term relationship with the European Union should be. It follows the decision last week by the eu that brexit negotiations can now move to the second phase. We can speak to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. And a few eyebrows were raised when it was revealed that the cabinet had not had this discussion already . M is almost as if they needed to get the green light to move on to the second stage of negotiations before they try to sort out between themselves what they are actually going to demand. The eu is sounding impatient already, saying that we need to know what the uk is asking for. But of course, for their part, Michel Barnier has already repeated something he has said many times, that the uk cannot cherry pick what it wants. But it sounds like that is exactly what the uk government does wa nt to exactly what the uk government does want to do. They feel like they are coming at this from a unique position, it is how the prime ministers spokesperson put it this morning. We are not like another country doing a trade deal, we are already in the eu and have been three years, we are aligned when it comes to rules and regulations, we wa nt comes to rules and regulations, we want some indifferent. Not the same as norway or canada but something bespoke. It does not sound at the moment ipu is willing to give that, but it is all up for negotiations. The cabinet subcommittee met this morning and they have to try and work out exactly what it is they will be asking for. There is, as we know, a division between the cabinet and the party about exactly what our future relationship with the eu should be. Will we be closely aligned taking the rules and regulations for that interim transition period . Then there is the big question of divergences, will we move away from the eu allowing us to sign trade deals with other countries . You wonder how these discussions can be anything more than an aspiration given that the eu 87 might have a different view . That is the issue when it comes to negotiation. We know that the next stage will be even harder than the first stage. Trying to work out exactly what the eu would be willing to give to the United Kingdom given that they have made it clear that they do not want the uk to be able to be seen to be leaving and getting a much better deal. At the British Government is confident that they should be aimed to be ambitious, thatis should be aimed to be ambitious, that is what borisjohnson has said at the weekend, in a newspaper interview. Saying that it is no good being partly in and partly out, we need to break free as he would see it, the ambitious and allow us to be a country that looks out to other places and has these free trade deals and moves on to a different kind of relationship. But everyone knows that will not be easy. What is fascinating is that theresa may herself, is not entirely clear where she stands in this argument, that she stands in this argument, that she is the one who will have to find a way through and find a compromise, even before she gets to those negotiations later next year. You talk about the next phase being even more difficult, why is that . |j talk about the next phase being even more difficult, why is that . I think it is because they have not decided yet what they want, the British Government. And because the eu is making it clear that for them they do not feel a bespoke deal is on the cards. There are so many different elements. The british governing talks about trade talks, actually it is about our future relationship in other areas as well. Theresa may is a ready made it clear that when it comes to Security Operations the cooperation with the eu will continue, but there are many elements to this, and if you look at other trade deals negotiated and worked out in the past years between the eu and other countries, they have taken the eu and other countries, they have ta ken years the eu and other countries, they have taken years and years. The first thing for theresa may to achieve in the new year is to kane down that interim period which we think will be around two years. Pin down. That is not what some people in her cabinet want, the full cabinet will meet tomorrow. Thank you. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. A review of building regulations, following the Grenfell Tower fire, says the Current System isnt fit for purpose. The iranian refugee murdered by his neighbour an inquiry finds evidence of institutional racism by the police and council in the years before his death. Two people have died in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond in scotland. And in sport, australia regain the ashes which give them an unassailable 3 0 lead in the five test series with two still to play. There has been a charge by the fa for diving, he will have until tomorrow evening to respond. Crystal palace midfielder has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon after a fight work out comet hughes due to appear in court next month. Police in birmingham are continuing to appeal for witnesses, after a crash which left six people dead in the city centre at the weekend. Crash investigators are trying to piece together what caused the pile up, in the early hours of sunday morning. 0ur correspondent emma thomas reports. It was 1 00am on the penultimate weekend before christmas, when Emergency Services were called to an horrific scene. Six vehicles and 13 people caught in a collision, the impact of which left a black taxi cab on its side and produced a sound so powerful it awoke People Living nearby. A0 firefighters and specially trained paramedics tried to save the victims, but five people were confirmed dead at the scene, a sixth died later in hospital, and a seventh remains in critical condition. The first victim to be named is imtiaz mohammed, the taxi driver. A 33 year old father of six, his youngest daughter marks her fourth birthday today. Both his passengers, a man and woman, also died. He told his wife, it was to be his last fare of the shift and that he would be home soon. The three other men who were killed, all travelling in the same car. He was a great person, a remarkable boy, very friendly, very sweet, with everyone. Everyone, with friends, in the street, no one complained from him. Flowers adorn this busy city underpass today. As the investigation continues, West Midlands police asked people who may have gathered footage of the aftermath of the crash not to share the distressing images on social media, but send them to police to help officers establish the facts of this crash which claimed the lives of six people. The road was closed for several hours yesterday to allow investigation work. This busy dual carriageway, subject to a a0 mph speed limit, and Birmingham City council, said it had been gritted in the hours before the crash due to freezing temperatures. As police piece together the cause of the collision, families grieve the loss of loved ones killed the week before christmas. Emma thomas, bbc news. Votes are being counted in the election of a new leader of south africas governing party, the anc. Activists say the bitterly fought contest remains too close to call with delegates casting a secret ballot to choose either the Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa or Nkosa Zana Dlamini Zuma a former cabinet minister, and the ex wife of president jacob zuma. 0ur south africa correspondent milton nkosi is injohannesburg. Why has this battle being so divisive . This election has been so divisive . This election has been so divisive because the stakes could not be higher. You have Nkosazana Dlamini zuma, the former wife of president zuma, he is begging her to replace him. His deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, is not backed by the president and he has got all the people on his side who were very business friendly and the one on n kosaza na business friendly and the one on nkosaza na Dlamini Zumas business friendly and the one on Nkosazana Dlamini zumas side are much more poorfriendly as Nkosazana Dlamini zumas side are much more poor friendly as they say. They say they will transform south africas economy radically to try and reverse the economic landscape which was shaped by white minority rule. Cyril ramaphosa is talking about business friendly policies, he once include is a gross, he wants to lower the levels of unemployment which are still very high here, around 28 . But it is still the same party depending on who gets the job. That is the Million Dollar question. These people will be implementing the same policies because they came from the very same party. What they will differ on is style, tone and implementation. We are waiting to see how they will shape south africa and try and bring back this African National Congress Movement which was once led by Nelson Mandela and which carry the hopes of South Africans at the end of apartheid. Now it is an organisation is synonymous with corruption and infighting. When we get the result . I dont know speculation is very high, were getting fake results every minute andi getting fake results every minute and i can see some of the delegates im going back in but it does not like like it will happen any time soon. Were all waiting with bated breath. All i soon. Were all waiting with bated breath. Alll know soon. Were all waiting with bated breath. All i know is that newsreaders around the world will find one name to pronounce easier than other thank you. The United Nations high commissioner for human rights says it is possible Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures in myanmar could face charges of genocide, following the violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Zeid Raad Al Hussein has told the bbc that the level of planning involved suggested the repression was sanctioned at the highest level. As our south asia correspondent, Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11, he draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on. And then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. He is one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled myanmar after a military assault that began in the late august. They are coming to kill us, says the man, they are coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the uns human rights chief that the crimes committed in myanmar could amount to genocide. Acts intended to destroy a group of people. Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present . He wants a criminal investigation to identify the perpetrators and, in an exclusive interview with the bbc, he doesnt rule out the possibility that aung sang suu kyi or military leaders could end up in the dock. Given the scale of the military operation, and clearly these would have to be decisions taken at a high enough level, and then the crime of omission, that if it came to your knowledge that this was being committed and you did nothing to stop it, then you could be culpable for that. He says only a court can judge that. But he is determined that justice should be done. In the meantime, though, this boy and hundreds of thousands like him remain in limbo. We asked aung sang suu kyi for a response but she hasnt replied. Justin rowlatt, bbc news. You can seeJustin Rowlatts full report for panorama, myanmar the hidden truth; its on bbc one this evening at 7. 30, except for viewers in scotland. It will also be available on the bbc iplayer. The duke and duchess of cambridge have announced that their daughter, two year old princess charlotte, will attend a london nursery from january. The royal couple have also released a new family photograph of themselves and their children which will feature on their christmas card. Breaking news to bring you now. Regarding an raf base that is in lockdown we are told. A spokesman for the 48th fighter wing of the us air force has told colleagues of. They have said there is a security incident, there are no further details at this stage, pity if you are familiar with that part of the world, it is a huge military base in suffolk. It is in lockdown because ofa suffolk. It is in lockdown because of a security incident, we will bring you the details as they come in. Time frame look at the weather forecast, foggy for a lot of people in fact it is forming earlier than we first thought. This is all cloud, that this area around merseyside into lancashire and through the West Midlands down towards bristol, all this is thick fog, it is cold. This airwill this is thick fog, it is cold. This air will expand through the course of this evening and overnight. I said it is forming quite early, so that means they could be a lot of tomorrow morning. It is unpleasant if youre travelling . Of course, at this time of year, when fog forms through the daytime and last through the next morning, it doesnt clear away and lingers through the whole day. It is very unpleasant and causes problem on roads and airports. If this area expands into the east midlands, you have a lot of big airports and busy travellers at this time of year. Were thinking there is potentially problems tomorrow morning. The advice is to get in touch with your airline the first thing in the morning to see if there any delays. It will be tricky tomorrow morning. What will it be like for the rest of the country . Not everybody will get the fog, but to reiterate, central southern and eastern parts of england, that is will really get the fog through tonight and tomorrow. This is the picture around 6 00am, fog forming already. It is a cold evening. What about further north west . There is more breeze off the atlantic, i dont go be too many for problems. I know you can see some patches of white, that is generally low cloud, mist and drizzle. I think belfast and glasgow should not have too many problems. A temperature contrast, well above freezing in the north but freezing across the south. The fog tomorrow morning, around 6 00am, central and southern england, the airports around london city. Elsewhere across the country, just if you fog patches here and there. A weather front is approaching North Western scotland, more of a breeze here, i think it will be cloudy and drizzle you. But look at the temperature contrast. It is interesting that it is 11 in aberdeen, it almost looks like a mistake, but it is not. This is cold the phone effect, and website has an explanation. It means that the winds go over the and when they come off the other side the air is dry and warm. It sounds simple but it is actually very contemplated this is what it looks like tomorrow evening. Fog reforms in some areas and then into wednesday, a very gloomy picture. The point on track to make for the rest of that and much of this week is that there is not much rain, there will be a fair bit of fog across the southern part of the uk. The reason is because of this High Pressure very close to the country. The unsettled windy weather is out in the atlantic weatherjet strea m is out in the atlantic weatherjet stream is powerful. But that is not expected to come our way until around about christmas time. Not much rain, light winds and fog is very much true of the weather we will get in the run up to christmas. Christmas itself looks like things could get a little bit more u nsettled. Could get a little bit more unsettled. Possibly gales and rain. But that is a long way off, so i wont put my name to thatjust yet this is bbc news our latest headlines. The police and they are responding to reports of a significant incident. No details, but the Reuters Agency are reporting that a car tried to force its way into the us base. Please have now arrested a man according to these reports. Reuters are quoting a British Defence force. There is the tweet on the Suffolk Police twitter feed. A significant incident at raf mildenhall. A spokesman had told collea g u es mildenhall. A spokesman had told colleagues that it was in lockdown following a security incident. 0ur defence correspondent says that the incident is now over with the individual having been taken into custody. The mod are aware of the incident. Suffolk police have primacy. All questions should be referred to them. An individual in a vehicle tried to force his way through a checkpoint which is used by the us air force pools. That person has been arrested. The incident looks to be over. We will bring you more details when it becomes clearer what happens. Sport now on afternoon live. Another trophy for the mo farah mantelpiece. A great night for sir mo farah. Some people were shocked. It shouldnt come as a surprise when you think of the year that he has had. Four 0lympic you think of the year that he has had. Four olympic gold medals, and afterwards he said he was speechless because he felt his chances of winning this award were long gone after being short listed five times before now. You could see what it meant to him as he appeared on video link last night. The perfect end of the year, the one man medalfactory. He is the uks most popular sports star. He looked genuinely surprised. Lets talk about the bad stuff. England has got to be careful it is not a whitewash in the ashes. They say bad things come in threes. Australia have reclaimed the ashes. England were outplayed throughout the serious, but with two test still to go, england will need to come back strong. We will get more on this from our correspondent. Back strong. We will get more on this from our correspondentm back strong. We will get more on this from our correspondent. It has been coming for some time. It is not any the less sweet or the less painful for england. Am emphatic victory for england. A 3 0 lead. An unlikely lifeline for england. Overnight rain created damp patches on the wicked. It caused three hour delays when they tried to dry out the damp patches. However, australia did not waste much time. Very first ball of the day. Next ago forjust 11, his torrid tour continues. At half century, englands hopes left with him. The wicked witch won the ashes, pat cummins. A celebration. They have outplayed england in the serious. The ball have been more durable. England cannot complain about the score alone. Australia have regained the ashes in emphatic style. West ham midfielder Manuel Lanzini has been charged by the fa for diving during Saturdays Premier League match against stoke. West ham were awarded a penalty after lanzini fell to the ground which led to them taking an early lead in their 3 0 win. Hell have until 6 oclock tomorrow evening to respond to the charge of successful deception of a match official. Crystal palace midfielder jason puncheons been charged with carrying a weapon after a fight near a surrey nightclub at the weekend. The 31 year old was arrested in the early hours of sunday morning after the disturbance near a bar in reigate and later charged with possession of an offensive weapon, common assault, and a public order offence. Hes been released on bail and is training with the club as normal. If you can bear it more reaction to englands ashes defeat online but for the moment maxine back to you. Lets get more now on the criticism of building regulations after the Grenfell Tower fire. Damejudith hackitt, whos leading a review into fire safety, says the current regulations leave room for shortcuts. With me in the studio is david 0rr, chief executive of the National Housing federation. Thank you for coming to see us. What do you make up the findings . Thank you for coming to see us. What do you make up the findings7m thank you for coming to see us. What do you make up the findings . It is an interim report which has identified the nature of the problem. It is a fair and balanced report. For anyone who is the owner of the building that people live in, we have had a whole range of mechanisms that we thought gave an assurance that buildings were safe. G re nfell tower assurance that buildings were safe. Grenfell tower and the study have demonstrated that we were wrong to put our trust in that system. It has failed. There are big issues for eve ryo ne failed. There are big issues for everyone involved in housing and construction which are going to take time to work through. How has it got to this point . Is it organic . It is partly that. Things change and things get added and no one steps back and looks at the whole system. It has become overcomplicated. There are too many people who have been able to give guidance. There has been a deregulation agenda suggesting that all regulation is unnecessary red tape. Grenfell tower demonstrated that some regulations should be absolute and specific because peoples lives are at stake. Where does that leave you if you are a Construction Company trying to do your best but the regulations are not fit for purpose . Housing associations have tower blocks around the country affected by this. It isa around the country affected by this. It is a difficult position. People are doing all kinds of things to make sure their residents are safe, including having fire wardens and safety checks. People have responded well to the immediate management of the fire risk, but if you have been told that the cladding is combustible, you want to take it away. You cant take it away without compromising the building, and you wa nt to compromising the building, and you want to put the right thing back when you get and we are not clear what that is. This is a real challenge. The absolute priority for anyone who owns or manages these buildings. Too many corners have been cut and the safety has been compromised. A new set of regulations cannot be rushed. What will the industry need . Regulations cannot be rushed. What will the industry need . What will Housing Associations need to make regulations fit for purpose so we can trust them . Regulations fit for purpose so we can trust them . There is a need for an individual who feels responsible for the safety of the building, not only in the construction phase, we are much inspection has failed and not been good enough, but also in the lifelong management of that building. That is a very challenge and something that we are all going to have to take proper account to. There is an Important Role for government here. We need to bow ties identifying the most at risk and making sure that those are the ones that the route remedial work done first. We need building regulations that are absolute. You can do this, you must not do this. Youre talking about having a named person for a building who would be accountable for its safety . The implication of the interim report is that this is one of the issues that would improve safety. That is a very important recommendation and one that we are going to have to look at very carefully. I am anxious that you do not create a mechanism that one person is the person who is blamed, because this has clearly been a systemic failure. But one person who ta kes systemic failure. But one person who takes on the responsibility. Thank you. A former nurse was made a dame in 2005 in services to nursing. I am very glad to announce Sarah Mullally bishop of london. Please welcome her. 25 years after women were reported to be ordained as priests, her election as the i23rd bishop of london marks a historic move towards gender equality. A woman holds one of the three most senior positions in the church of england. It was a surprise. I have lived and worked in london for 32 years so there is a sense of returning. I am the bishop iam,i sense of returning. I am the bishop iam, iwas the sense of returning. I am the bishop i am, i was the governments chief nursing officer and a parish priest. I bring all of this to this rule. The diocese of london is one of the few areas where the congregation is growing. There are conservatives who disapprove of women priests. While the archbishop of canterbury described the appointment as wonderful, other Church Leaders were relieved that the new bishop of london does not support any change to the practice that married in church should be between a man and a woman. It would be regrettable if the church moved into that position. I was delighted that the bishop said she stood by the traditional teaching of the church. Bishops are traditionally made dean of the chapel royal, like Westminster Abbey, overseen by the monarch and not a bishop. This raises the prospect of the bishop of officiating at the wedding of prince harry. Police are responding to reports of a significant incident at rdf mildenhall in suffolk. Whatever was happening is over. We are hearing from the ministry of defence that a man tried to force his way through the gates and he was arrested at the gates. The base was on lockdown but it has been lifted. 0n the Facebook Page it says it was on lockdown after a disturbance. Emergency personnel are responding to the situation. Additional details will be provided as soon as they become available. This is an incident being dealt with by Suffolk Police. The question is if there was malicious intent in this incident. Police are talking about a significant incident suggesting that there might be. Talking about a significant incident suggesting that there might hem is used by the americans. It is technically an raf base but it is a very large u s a base. Fighter wings are based there. Some of the most modernjets. You often see are based there. Some of the most modern jets. You often see them training. Plain watchers outside the gates. There is one main vehicle entrance to the base which is heavily fortified. There would be armed vehicles at the base. There is armed vehicles at the base. There is a separate entrance for lorries, but just one entrance for vehicles. Suffolk police are dealing with it now. We do not know the intent of this man who was arrested. It has been the subject of terrorist planning before back in 2015. It was said in court that a man had been driving up and down outside the base and it was alleged that he was planning to attack the whole. Thank you very much. Historic england has published a list of the the most unusual sites and structures given protected status this year. The organisation says the places gaining the status are increasingly quirky. 0ur correspondent, jon donnison, has been looking at the latest additions. From whipsnade tree cathedral in dunstable to a working mens club in eastbourne, from the old milestone markers on the ba073 in gloucestershire, to the grave of blackie the warhorse in merseyside. It is an eclectic list of the Historic England selection of the most intriguing sites registered in 2017. We just put up 20 that demonstrate the enormous range. I mean, were not really talking about big places anymore, because most of those most of those are on the list already. Its been going for 70 years. Were talking about individual places which perhaps were not very well known, which we think deserve protection. And this includes this victorian gas tower off the Old Kent Road in london. On a drab december day, it may not be much to look at, but when it was completed, in 1881, gasholder no 13, as it is known, was the biggest ever built, and its design went on to be replicated around the world. It is an imposing structure, and like all those listed in 2017, not one that will be going anywhere any time soon. In a moment the business news. First a look at the headlines on afternoon live. A review of building regulations, following the Grenfell Tower fire, says the Current System isnt fit for purpose. The iranian refugee murdered by his neighbour an inquiry finds evidence of institutional racism by the police and council in the years before his death. Two people have died in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond in scotland. Heres your business headlines on afternoon live. Brussels has launched an official investigation into the tax affairs of ikea. The eu will look at whether the companys tax affairs breach eu rules on state aid. Urgent action is being called for to tackle the state of britains mobile phone coverage. Although there are four big network operators, almost a third of the uk cant get signal from them all. 4g mobile phone coverage is even worse with the uk falling behind albania, panama, peru and romania in the coverage stakes. Amazons promise of same day deliveries could be investigated amid customer complaints that it is failing to meet that pledge. The Uk Advertising Standards Authority is considering whether to launch a formal inquiry into amazons prime service which promises next day deliveries for £7. 99 a month. Lets look at car manufacturers. Going electric . We have heard today that. Your cat is going to go electric by 2025. The first was full full back in july. Electric by 2025. The first was full full back injuly. It is not a surprise that they are pushing into this. They have said today that the first of these cars will be rolled out in china. No surprises there because china offer incense tips and subsidies. If it is a success we will see it across europe. Speaking of china, President Trump, what is he going to say about russia and china . It is going to be the first of the big formal announcement about his Foreign Policy strategy, a blueprint for what we may see a head. It is the subject of argy bargy, it can lead to changes in financing argy bargy, it can lead to changes infinancing and argy bargy, it can lead to changes in financing and budget. The Chinese Communist party is already upset and he has not made the announcement yet. Yogita limaye joins me from new york. In particular about china, he expects them to see it is a threat to the us. As far as russia is concerned, being described as a revision of state and that is undermining the us by hacking, on the china front that is the more interesting question because in a sense, it is a country that the us cannot live without. The us imports four times as much as it exports to china. It is the reason why consumer goods are cheap in the us. That is a big Sticking Point for President Trump. It is not about trade balance, it is also about jobs. Trump. It is not about trade balance, it is also aboutjobs. Many jobs have been lost in the us because of cheap manufacturing in china. His campaign was about bringing jobs back to america for american people. We are expecting something in mind that in his speech the saddening. When you look at some of the criticisms, do you think he has a good point . It is notjust President Trump, there are other countries that have accused china of flooding the market in unfair ways. They receive heavy subsidies, they have been accused of currency manipulation, when you are trying to export into china, china has high import tariffs which discourages companies from importing into china. China says it is going to act upon these things. Reduce tariffs. For President Trump, it is a tricky scenario, it is not about trade imbalance, it is about leveraged with the nuclear north korea, china isa with the nuclear north korea, china is a big trade partner for north korea and President Trump and the us would like to have china on their side so they can contain the threat of north korea. Thank you very much. Lets check in with the markets. We have heard that asking prices have been slashed for one third of properties on the market at the moment. Big falls in stockton on tees, in london, 40 of houses have slashed their housing prices. A of a house in kensington should you have the money. Still probably several Million Pounds to buy yet, so a bit ofa Million Pounds to buy yet, so a bit of a discount. Thank you very much. Tens of thousands of people may be putting themselves at increased risk of dying from heart attack or stroke, because theyre mis using anabolic steroids. The British Cardiovascular Society has issued a stark warning, amid concern that steroids are being used by more people than ever before, particularly by young men who feel under pressure to have the perfect body. Dan whitworth reports. People who take store roads take risks. But they are not put off. Everything that we do has a risk of a heart attack. What ever it is, i am going to get it anyway. I choose not to do certain things. I dont go out drinking and smoking. I take steroids. When it comes to the law, anabolic steroids are legal to use and possess throughout the uk. What is illegal is supplying them. You could face a prison sentence of up to 14 could face a prison sentence of up to 1a years. The cars and imbalance of hormones which damage many organs, but in particular the heart. There is a Broad Spectrum of people who use steroids, young people who are starting out, looking out to bulk up for a summer holiday. 0r are starting out, looking out to bulk up for a summer holiday. Or to attract girls. You have to be more informative when you talk to them about it, make them aware of the risks and dangers. The group is in the middle of a big review into anabolic steroids and due to report its findings next year. If you want to see more on that story, watch the documentary on bbc 0ne story, watch the documentary on bbc one player. A panda born at a zoo injapan is being shown to the public for the first time this week. Staff at the zoo say the panda, named xiang xiang is healthy, and is being looked after well by mum shin shin. Xiang xiang was born injune and a quarter of a Million People have applied in a lottery to see her up close but for those who dont get a ticket, the zoo will live stream xiang xiangs life online for a year. The zoo is limiting the number of visitors to 2,000 a day for a two minute slot outside the panda enclosure. No privacy to be had at all. Time for a look at the weather. Heres tomas. The weather is better to day compared to yesterday. Yesterday was an awful day. Today, we have had more sunshine, nice crisp frosty start to the day and that is how it is going to remain through the afternoon. This evening, a problem on the way, dense fog forming across many parts of england, central southern and eastern parts of england. These are the temperatures around the evening time, three to 5 degrees, a bit milder in scotland with south westerly winds of the atlantic. Take a look at the falkirk, it goes very dense through the early hours of tuesday morning. 0nce the early hours of tuesday morning. Once again, the midlands, east anglia and the south as well. The temperatures freezing, so freezing fog in place. The fog could bring problems to the airports. First thing in the morning, places like heathrow, luton, sta nsted thing in the morning, places like heathrow, luton, stansted at risk of being affected by the fog. It could linger right through the morning into the afternoon. When that happens, the temperature cannot rise. It could be around 0 degrees in some places. But mostly talking about three, four or 6 degrees. Milder in scotland, 101111 degrees. South westerly winds and a bit of rain. 0nce south westerly winds and a bit of rain. Once again, the fog in some parts of england will return the following night. Wednesday, a lot of cloud across the country, drizzle here and there but my old. 11 or 12 degrees in the south. The jet stream is to the north of asked for the rest of the week, thursday, friday, High Pressure with a lot of cloud and drizzle, so not funny at all. Not much rainfall with the High Pressure, winds light, often cloudy with some fog. Hello. Youre watching afternoon live. Today at 3. A man has been arrested after trying to force his car through a checkpoint at aria mildenhall in suffolk. Raf. A review of building regulations, following the Grenfell Tower fire heavily criticises the Current System. What that report says is that the Current System and that there is a need for a Major Overhaul of the system. The iranian refugee murdered by his neighbour. An inquiry finds evidence of institutional racism by the police and council in the years before his death. Two people have died in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond in scotland. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. And australia reach gaining the ashes. It was an emphatic win for australia in the end. England will now have to dust themselves off. There are two more to come for that they will have to come back strong in the next test to avoid yet another whitewash. Thanks, holly. Tomasz schafernaker has all the weather. Some very foggy weather on the way which might become dense tomorrow morning and last all day in some parts of the country. Also coming up. At 3 30pm, theresa may is due to make a statement in the house of commons on the brexit negotiations. Well bring you that live. Hello. This is afternoon live. A man has been arrested after trying to force his vehicle through the gates of raf mildenhall in suffolk. Tell us what we know. The incident is over. It began just after one oclock. The vehicle of some sort tried to force its way onto the base. A man was arrested. Suffolk police are now dealing with it. The base, home to hundreds of us personnel, was on lockdown for a while but we have had a report on the bases Facebook Page saying raf mildenhall lockdown at one oclock today following reports of a disturbance on the base. The base was lockdown and Emergency Personnel are responding to the situation. Additional details will be provided as they become available. The base is still urging anyone who is out of the base not to come to the base. Suffolk police is asking people to avoid the area for the time being. There is tight security, as you would expect. It is technically in is base but the vast majority of personnel quite us military foot of it is home to refuelling tankers. Together with raf la kenheath, it is home to refuelling tankers. Together with raf lakenheath, its sister base, down the road, the biggest us presence on british soil. There are no reports of any weapons being found. The question for the police is to establish if there was a malicious intent of some sort. We do not have a full press release from the police but they are talking about a significant incident. More details will become apparent later. Thank you very much. Building regulations are leaving room for shortcuts, according to the the woman leading a review into fire safety after the Grenfell Tower blaze. In her interim report, Dame Judith Hackitt said she was shocked by some of the practices she had seen. Shes calling for simpler rules, better enforcement, and a cultural change so that safety is prioritised over cost. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent, tom symonds. Grenfell tower and that horrifying loss of life demonstrated for all to see, that something had gone badly wrong with fire safety. But the scale of that only became clear in the weeks that followed. Confidence in the safety of Public Housing was left in pieces, bits of buildings had to be removed because no one was sure of the risk. Todays report is clear the rules and the way they work in practice are not fit for purpose. Too complex, too easy to get around. My aim for the future is to create a much simpler and more straightforward system that will be easier for people to follow. But that needs to be reinforced with a number of changes in behaviour which will include a major culture change across all of the players in this. Here is the main problem when reclading a tower like grenfell, designers and builders only had one strict rule dont do anything which might allow a fire to spread. But there is a mass of documents setting out how that might be achieved and plenty of different ways to maintain safety. Our view is this has opened up all sorts of ambiguities, loopholes and unintended consequences. A concrete example is, there is a complex view on combustibility. We should be using noncombustible materials. He and others in the industry believe todays report at this early opportunity should have recommended that only materials which dont burn be used on tower blocks. Its by far the biggest problem, if the guidance back in 1999 had changed, we wouldnt even be talking about fire risk assessments and Building Control assessments and responsibility because we would probably never have had a disaster like this. Damejudith says in the six months following the fire, shes been shocked by some of the practices shes learned about in the industry. Shell make recommendations next spring. Alice hatton is also following this story. As we have heard, there has been all sort of reaction from politicians and the industry involved. What have you found out . 0nline today, the local mp for Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the recommendations. Grenfell. She has beenjoined by three recommendations. Grenfell. She has been joined by three other recommendations. Grenfell. She has beenjoined by three other mp5. David lambie said the report was damning and deeply concerning. We have also found the report has been welcomed by people in the industry. So, Adrian Dobson from the Royal Institute of british architects has said it has proven what is widely accepted, which was that the construction regulation is what he called flawed and confusing. But it requires new regulations, new recommendations. What will happen next . Dame hackett is due to answer questions from mps on her report and on feature recommendation she will be making. The full report will be coming out in the spring of 2018 the government has not committed to putting those recommendations into place, instead it will give a written response. There are quite some way off base. Thank you very much. A report has found institutional racism in the case of an iranian refugee who was murdered by a neighbour in bristol in 2013. The report by the Safer Bristol Partnership says avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council repeatedly sided with the abusers of Bijan Ebrahimi, who was beaten to death and his body set on fire, after he was wrongly accused of being a paedophile. One man is serving a life sentence for mr ebrahimis murder, and two Police Officers were jailed for misconduct. Jon kay has been talking to Bijan Ebrahimis family, and sent us this report. Bijan ebrahimi came to britain for safety. But four years ago, the refugee from iran was brutally beaten to death and his body set on fire. Dont you dare take pictures of me, all right . This is the neighbour who killed him, lee james, now serving life for murder. Todays report says that although the fatal attack could not have been predicted, there were warning signs that the police and council should have spotted. Again and again, bijan went to the authorities claiming he had been abused and attacked, sometimes, he said, because of his race. He made reports about different people in different places over several years. But todays report said he was treated as a nuisance, with police and Council Staff often believing the people he was complaining about rather than helping him. Absolutely shocking and disgusting. Now, his sisters have been told that there was a collective failure by avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council which amounted to institutional racism and discrimination. We feel angry, disappointed, shocking. These are not the words we should hear in this day and age. You dont want to see and you dont want to hear any more about this, this has been dealt with so many times before, and seeing this is happening again is really shocking. Very saddened, and we are very angry as my sister says, and it is very shocking and upsetting as a family. Todays report says no individual members of staff here at Bristol City Council or avon and Somerset Police were intentionally racist themselves. But it says both organisations had an ingrained view of Bijan Ebrahimi, which affected the way they treated him. And that he did not get the support or the level of service that he should have received. The phrase institutional racism was used in the notorious case of Stephen Lawrence nearly 20 years ago. And now it appears again in an official report. It is a word that is rarely used, it is a finding that is rarely found. Because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem, but the familys concern in fact is it is much more common than it is found. Last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct. The force apologised to the ebrahimi family then, and today avon and Somerset Police reiterated that apology. Along with the council, they have accepted the latest report in full. Earlier our home editor mark easton explained the phrase institutional racism. Institutional racism is a complicated concept. In this case, there was no evidence that any Police Officer all council official intentionally behaved in a racist manner, neither that their policies and procedures in either organisation were in any way racist. The definition of institutional racism, which was laid out in the macpherson report after the Stephen Lawrence enquiring cute attitudes and behaviour which amounts to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance or thoughtlessness and racist stereotyping. It is shocking we are still using that phrase almost 25 yea rs still using that phrase almost 25 years since Stephen Lawrences murder. If the minds us how hard it is to change the deep seated hidden attitudes from affecting ways that professionals deal with the situation. Clearly, for his family, the only solace there can be after this tragedy is somehow those kind of mistakes will not happen again. 0ur of mistakes will not happen again. Our home editor, mark easton. Police in lebanon have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a British Embassy worker in beirut. The body of rebecca dykes, who was 30, was found by the side of a motorway on saturday the day she was due to fly back to britain for christmas. A Senior Security source has told the bbc the suspect was working as an uber driver the bbc the suspect was working as an uberdriverand the bbc the suspect was working as an uber driver and had served several prison sentences. Shes been described as a bright star, someone who cared deeply for others, while working on the humanitarian front line. Rebecca dykes was helping lebanon cope with the influx of syrian refugees. On friday night, rebecca came to this bar behind me, she was attending leaving drinks for a colleague. She was relatively new in the city. This was an opportunity to meet new people. Shortly after midnight, she left the bar and apparently got into a taxi. It was that decision that cost her her life. Her body was found dumped close to a motorway. Police say she was strangled. A taxi driver has now been arrested in connection with her murder. Josie had planned to be at the bar that night but couldnt go because of work. Its kind of crazy because all of my friends were there. So just the idea that it could have been anyone that left the bar that night, i mean, we all drink in this area and go out in this neighbourhood, which is usually very, very safe. So we are alljust deeply saddened that one of our friends left by herself and just didnt come back. On twitter, the British Ambassador hugo shorter wrote that the whole embassy was deeply shocked by the news. They added that my thoughts are with beckys family, friends and colleagues for their tragic loss. Rebecca was said to be thrilled about working in lebanon and colleagues who knew her said she made a real impact before her life was cut short. Martin patience, bbc news, beirut. The red cross says the situation in the damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta has reached a critical point in which life is becoming impossible for ordinary people. Many parts of the capital are still being routinely bombarded and shelled. The icrc said many families were surviving on one meal a day, and that the sick and wounded could not Access Medical care. An 8th round of un sponsored peace talks ended last week in geneva with no progress. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. A man has been arrested after trying to force his car through a checkpoint at raf mildenhall in suffolk. A review of building regulations following the Grenfell Tower fire says the situation is not fit for purpose. The iranians refugee murdered by his neighbour. There is evidence of racial racism. Theresa may is due to make a statement in the house of commons on the wrecks it negotiations. Well be bringing that to youth was in the sport, australia reach gaining the ashes. It gives them an unassailable lead with two tests still to play. Lanzini has lead with two tests still to play. La nzini has been lead with two tests still to play. Lanzini has been charged by the Football Association board diving during the premier league win against stoke. He will have until tomorrow evening to respond. Jason puncheon has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon after a fight broke out near a bar in reigate on sunday morning. He is due to appear in court next month. I will be back with more of those stories at 3 30 p m. Two people have died after a fire at a five star hotel on the banks of loch lomond. The fire broke out in the early hours of the morning at the Cameron House hotel near balloch. One person died at the scene and another person died later in hospital. Two others are still being treated. 200 guests were evacuated from the hotel which has been extensively damaged. Police say theyre trying to find out how it started. Police in birmingham are continuing to appeal for witnesses, after a crash which left six people dead in the city centre at the weekend. Crash investigators are trying to piece together what caused the pile up, in the early hours of sunday morning. 0ur correspondent emma thomas reports. It was 1 00am on the penultimate weekend before christmas, when Emergency Services were called to an horrific scene. Six vehicles and 13 people caught in a collision, the impact of which left a black taxi cab on its side and produced a sound so powerful it awoke People Living nearby. A0 firefighters and specially trained paramedics tried to save the victims, but five people were confirmed dead at the scene, a sixth died later in hospital, and a seventh remains in critical condition. The first victim to be named is imtiaz mohammed, the taxi driver. A 33 year old father of six, his youngest daughter marks her fourth birthday today. Both his passengers, a man and woman, also died. He told his wife it was to be his last fare of the shift and that he would be home soon. The three other men who were killed were all travelling in the same car. He was a great person, a remarkable boy, very friendly, very sweet, with everyone. Everyone, with friends, in the street, no one complained from him. Flowers adorn this busy city underpass today. As the investigation continues, West Midlands police asked people who may have gathered footage of the aftermath of the crash not to share the distressing images on social media, but send them to police to help officers establish the facts of this crash, which claimed the lives of six people. The road was closed for several hours yesterday to allow investigation work. This busy dual carriageway is subject to a a0 mph speed limit, and Birmingham City council, said it had been gritted in the hours before the crash due to freezing temperatures. As police piece together the cause of the collision, families grieve the loss of loved ones killed the week before christmas. Emma thomas, bbc news. A former chief nursing officer, the right reverend Sarah Mullally, has become the most senior woman in the church of england, after being nominated as bishop of london. Bishop sarah was made a dame in 2005 for services to nursing, and will replace lord chartres, who retired earlier this year. 0ur religious Affairs Correspondent Martin Bashir reports. I am very glad to officially announce our 133rd bishop of london and the right reverend Sarah Mullaly. Please welcome her. 25 years after the general synod voted to ordain women as priests, the appointment of the right reverend Sarah Mullaly as the 133rd bishop of london marks an historic move towards gender equality and means a woman now holds one of the three most senior positions in the church of england. Yes, it was a surprise but i am delighted. I have lived and worked in london for 32 years so there is a sense of returning. I am the bishop i am because i am both a nurse, the chief nursing officer, and a parish priest. There is a sense i bring all of those to this role. The diocese of london is one of the few areas where anglican congregations are growing. It boasts the formidable presence of conservatives from the anglo catholic and evangelical traditions who disapprove of women priests. While the archbishop of canterbury described the appointment is wonderful, other Church Leaders were relieved the new bishop of london does not support any change to the practice of marriage in church being between a man and woman. I think it would be very regrettable if the church moved into that position because it would undermine its traditional teaching. I was delighted bishop sarah said she stood by the traditional teachings. Bishops of london are traditionally made dean of the chapels royal, churches like st georges chapel and Westminster Abbey which are overseen by the monarch and not a bishop. This raises the prospect of bishop sarah officiating at the wedding of prince harry and Meghan Markle at windsor in may. Martin bashir, bbc news. The United Nations high commissioner for human rights says it is possible Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures in myanmar could face charges of genocide, following the violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Zeid Raad Al Hussein has told the bbc that the level of planning involved suggested the repression was sanctioned at the highest level. As our south asia correspondent, Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old, he draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on. And then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. He is one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled myanmar after a military assault that began in late august. They are coming to kill us, says the man, they are coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the uns human rights chief that the crimes committed in myanmar could amount to genocide, acts intended to destroy a group of people. Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present . He wants a criminal investigation to identify the perpetrators and, in an exclusive interview with the bbc, he doesnt rule out the possibility that aung sang suu kyi or military leaders could end up in the dock. Given the scale of the military operation, and clearly these would have to be decisions taken at a high enough level, and then the crime of admission, that if it came to your knowledge that this was being committed and you did nothing to stop it, then you could be culpable for that. He says only a court can judge that. But he is determined that justice should be done. In the meantime, though, this boy and hundreds of thousands like him remain in limbo. We asked aung sang suu kyi for a response but she hasnt replied. Justin rowlatt, bbc news. You can seeJustin Rowlatts full report for panorama, myanmar the hidden truth. Its on bbc one this evening at 7 30pm, except for viewers in scotland. It will also be available on the bbc iplayer. The duke and duchess of cambridge have announced that their daughter, two year old princess charlotte, will attend a london nursery from january. The princess will start at the willcocks nursery school, close to their Kensington Palace home. The royal couple have also released a new family photograph of themselves and their children taken earlier this year which will feature on their christmas card. Do you think they write a round robin and swell . From this cathedral in dunstable to a working mens club in eastbourne. From the old milestone markers on the b 4073 in gloucestershire to the gravestone of blackie the war horse on merseyside full it is an eclectic list of listed. It is about the most intriguing sites registered in 2017. It is about demonstrating the enormous range. Were not really talking about big places anymore. Most of those on the list already. They had been going for 70 years we are talking about quirky, individual places which were not very well known, we think deserve protection. My neck that includes this victorian guest out of the Old Kent Road in london. This victorian guest out of the Old Kent Road in london. That includes. It may not be much to look at but when it was completed in 1881, gas holder number 13 as it is known was the biggest ever built and its design went on to be replicated around the world. It is an imposing structure. Like all those listed in 2017, not one that will be going anywhere any time soon. Theresa may has been Holding Discussions about senior members of cabinet about what the long term relationship with the eu will be. It follows the decision that brexit negotiations can now move that brexit negotiations can now m ove o nto that brexit negotiations can now move onto the second phase. This is the conversation that a lot of people were surprised they have not already had. People were so fixated getting through to the next days of negotiations are now everyone is stopping to think, what exactly will the uk government ask for . They have talked about a bespoke deal for that they dont want something other countries have. The view from downing street is that the uk is in a different position to other countries who have signed trade deals because we are aligned and have been in the eu for several decades and we should have a different kind of relationship. Downing street and ministers like borisjohnson say downing street and ministers like Boris Johnson say we need downing street and ministers like borisjohnson say we need to be very ambitious but need the freedom to divert from those eu rules, so we can sign ourown divert from those eu rules, so we can sign our own trade deals. Well hear a little bit of that from theresa may this afternoon. Others in the cabinet think we need to stay very closely aligned. There is another side effect of this whole brexit debate. For some mps it turned pretty nasty. The bbc has seen a turned pretty nasty. The bbc has seen a collation of some of the beast of tweets and e mails being sent to a particular conservative mp. Abusive tweets. Some have said they have received Death Threats. To speak about this time joined by harriet harman, the longest serving mp in the house of commons. Who is responsible for this . Is it social media . It is not the government, presumably. Who is to blame . It is a toxic triangle. You have the divisiveness of a brexit debate. You have the daily mailand brexit debate. You have the daily mail and the Daily Telegraph targeting certain mps for their views and their votes. Then you have social media, like the mob. This is very serious. It is a threat to our democracy. If mps are in fear of physical violence and it affects their vote, that is a very bad situation indeed. We must remember as well that there are people out there who are vulnerable to incitement. It is barely 18 months ago that our colleague, jo cox, was killed. The government really needs to get a grip on it, Holding Social Media to account but also identifying the role of the daily mailand identifying the role of the daily mail and the Daily Telegraph in targeting particular mps that the mob then goes after. Some would say you, as a labour mp attacking those papers because you do not like what they write. Why is it any different to the past . I have been here for 35 years and have never before thought that to be a situation where the fear of physical violence is impacting on mps abilities to vote in the way they think they should. There has been continuous complaints over the decades about pressure put on by the whips. People have been threatened by deselection are not able to stand in parliament as people worried about their ministerial careers. All of that has gone over the years. This is new and different. What this is is threats, Death Threats, to mps because of the way they are voting here in the house of commons. That is why the government really must get a grip on it. Amber rudd will be speaking and addressing mps about this later this afternoon for the do think the government is taking it seriously enough . I think the home secretary is right that the Internet Service providers, the Internet Companies have got to be accountable, but theyve also got deal with the mail and the telegraph because these mps, they would not be the target of these Death Threats if it hadnt been that they were made the target by the mail and the telegraph. Harriet harman, thank you. Straight over to the house of commons where theresa may is making a statement on that eu summit. Commons where theresa may is making a statement on that eu summitm each case the uk made a substantive contribution both as a current member of the eu and in the spirit of the new deep and special partnership we want to build with our european neighbours. Mr speaker russias illegal annexation of crimea was the First Time Since the Second World War that annexation of crimea was the first timi sovereignjecondamorld war that six ; isix it s , , isix it s we , United States disagree with the United States. 77. ,. W ,. To disagree with the United States. it. W e. To move its embassy disagree with the United States. w. W e. To move its embassy and decision to move its embassy and recognise jerusalem as decision to move its embassy and recognisejerusalem as the israeli capital before a final Status Agreement and like our eu partners, we will not be following suit. But it is vital that we continue to work with the United States to encourage them to bring forward proposals that will reenergise the Peace Process and this must be based around support for a two state solution, and an acknowledgement that the and