0:00:06 > 0:00:09A multiple car crash in Birmingham leaves six people dead and one man
0:00:09 > 0:00:12fighting for his life in hospital.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15It happened in the early hours of the morning in an underpass.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Witnesses described the scene as "horrific."
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I got out of bed, looked out the window and saw loads of people
0:00:22 > 0:00:24running to where the crash was.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29And then the police officers telling everyone to get back, get back.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Tonight, one of the dead has been named locally as Imtiaz Mohammed,
0:00:32 > 0:00:37who was 33, and a father of six.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Ambulance crews say so many vehicles were involved it's
0:00:39 > 0:00:42"astonishing" the number of fatalities wasn't higher.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Also tonight:
0:00:46 > 0:00:48A British embassy worker in Lebanon has been found dead.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Police say Rebecca Dykes had been strangled.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54The Government wants 18 year olds to be automatically enrolled
0:00:54 > 0:01:02into workplace pensions, to help prepare for retirement.
0:01:02 > 0:01:12And Sir Mo Farah, wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Good evening.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Investigators are trying to establish what caused a multiple
0:01:29 > 0:01:31pile up in an underpass in Birmingham this morning,
0:01:31 > 0:01:38which killed six people and injured several others, some seriously.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Firefighters who helped remove bodies from the wreckage,
0:01:40 > 0:01:48described the scene as "horrific".
0:01:48 > 0:01:51From Birmingham our correspondent Phil Mackie reports.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56The immediate aftermath of the crash - debris strewn across four lanes.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Medics were desperately trying to save lives, but five
0:01:59 > 0:02:03people were already dead and a sixth was dying.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08The rest of the footage is too graphic to show.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Tonight one of those killed has been named locally.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Imtiaz Mohammed was a father of six and a taxi driver.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15In daylight, the scale of what happened
0:02:15 > 0:02:16became clearer.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Two passengers in Mr Mohammed's taxi also died.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Astonishingly, the man and the woman in the small car crushed between it
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and the wall walked away with minor injuries.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The sound of the crash woke many of those who lived nearby.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33I got out of bed, looked out the window and just saw
0:02:33 > 0:02:36loads of people running towards where the crash was
0:02:36 > 0:02:37and then the police officers telling everyone
0:02:37 > 0:02:39to "get back, get back," so I
0:02:39 > 0:02:42guess people were trying to help people.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45They pulled two people out of the taxi.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Didn't realise it was a taxi until later, but they pulled
0:02:47 > 0:02:49two people out of taxi, resuscitated them straightaway
0:02:49 > 0:02:51for about 20 minutes 25 minutes.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54They took one in an ambulance.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I didn't see them take the second one away so I don't know
0:02:57 > 0:02:58if they didn't make it.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00But yeah, it was...
0:03:00 > 0:03:02havoc.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04The crash happened on a section of the
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Bellgrave Middleway - a busy road in
0:03:05 > 0:03:08the heart of Birmingham.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10The vehicles collided at the entrance to to an underpass at
0:03:10 > 0:03:12the Bristol Road.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15The road had to be closed to allow the emergency
0:03:15 > 0:03:18services to safely examine the scene.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Investigators have been working all day to try to find out
0:03:21 > 0:03:22what happened.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24The road was gritted, but eight hours before the crash at
0:03:24 > 0:03:261 o'clock in the morning.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Now, there's no central barriers down
0:03:27 > 0:03:31there, so did one of the vehicles cross a carriageway?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Residents say that, especially late at night when
0:03:33 > 0:03:37it's quiet, motorists often come down this road extremely fast.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It will take some time to unpick the scene and just understand
0:03:40 > 0:03:42exactly what's happened and it will be unfair
0:03:42 > 0:03:45for me to speculate at this time.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49What I can say is that we are looking to all sorts of conditions,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51the road conditions, we are aware the road
0:03:51 > 0:03:54was gritted 5pm last night, but obviously that's just one factor
0:03:54 > 0:03:57of many that we need to consider.
0:03:57 > 0:03:5840 firefighters helped free the survivors,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01five ambulance crews and
0:04:01 > 0:04:02three more paramedics treated the injured,
0:04:02 > 0:04:03at what was described as a
0:04:03 > 0:04:06complex scene.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08It quickly became apparent there couldn't be a lot
0:04:08 > 0:04:13done to save the life of some of those patients unfortunately.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Again, very difficult circumstances, as you
0:04:17 > 0:04:21have already alluded to, very close to Christmas.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23So our thoughts are with the family and friends of those
0:04:23 > 0:04:25patients that are involved.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Police describe the crash scene as harrowing.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Investigators worked through the day before the first stage of a
0:04:30 > 0:04:39sensitive and difficult operation could come to an end.
0:04:39 > 0:04:50In fact tonight another of the victims of crash has been named as.
0:04:50 > 0:04:57Torqia Hussein. The road's re-opened, police are expected to
0:04:57 > 0:05:02reveal more details about those who died in the coming days. They say
0:05:02 > 0:05:08the investigation could take some time have a appealed for anyone who
0:05:08 > 0:05:12filmed anything last night not to share it on social media, but to
0:05:12 > 0:05:16send the footage to them. Thank you.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Police in Lebanon are investigating the death
0:05:18 > 0:05:19of a British embassy worker.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22The BBC has been told the body of Rebecca Dykes was found
0:05:22 > 0:05:24on the side of a motorway yesterday.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26A spokesman for the family said they were devastated and doing
0:05:26 > 0:05:29all they could to understand what had happened.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Our correspondent Martin Patience is in Beirut.
0:05:33 > 0:05:41What more are you hearing from the authorities in relation to this?
0:05:41 > 0:05:46Well we understand that Rebecca Dykes on Friday evening was at a
0:05:46 > 0:05:51going away party for a colleague in a restaurant area of the city. She
0:05:51 > 0:05:55left that bar around midnight and some time after that it was believed
0:05:55 > 0:06:01she was abducted. Her body was found dumped on the side of a motorway on
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Saturday morning and police have told us that they believe Rebecca
0:06:05 > 0:06:13was strangled. She had been in the country for almost a year and was
0:06:13 > 0:06:16working for the international, for the department of international
0:06:16 > 0:06:23development. We have been hearing from the Embassy and the British
0:06:23 > 0:06:27ambassador that the Embassy was shocked by the news and they were
0:06:27 > 0:06:31working with the Lebanese authorities who are conducting the
0:06:31 > 0:06:38investigation.Thank you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41The new leader of South Africa should be known within the next few
0:06:41 > 0:06:45hours as thousands of ANC delegates take part in the election.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48The vote is expected to be close between the two candidates vying
0:06:48 > 0:06:52to replace President Jacob Zuma.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55His time in office has been marked by deep divisions within the ANC.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01Our Africa Editor, Fergal Keane, is in Johannesburg.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Some confusion as to when the vote would take place. Is it going to be
0:07:05 > 0:07:11on time and will we know in the morning who will be the new leader?
0:07:11 > 0:07:16Nothing about this process has been on time. A chaotic evening here. I'm
0:07:16 > 0:07:20at the conference centre. We were told two hours ago voting wasn't
0:07:20 > 0:07:23going to take place and would happen in the morning and then a message
0:07:23 > 0:07:29came it has started. We have been speaking to Del gates coming out and
0:07:29 > 0:07:35they saying it is going province by province. We expect and this is very
0:07:35 > 0:07:42qualified, because it can pause again. We expect a result, we should
0:07:42 > 0:07:49know the next president of the ANC some time at around 10 o'clock
0:07:49 > 0:07:54tomorrow morning here. It is a very big deal politically. Not just for
0:07:54 > 0:07:57the African National Congress, but for South Africa. This country has
0:07:57 > 0:08:04been badly hit by the allegation of corruption by the allegations of
0:08:04 > 0:08:08misrule that have swirled around the Government of Jacob Zuma. People in
0:08:08 > 0:08:11the country are looking for something new. We will wait until
0:08:11 > 0:08:18the morning. Whether we see that will be Cyril Ramaphosa, the man who
0:08:18 > 0:08:29said he will sweep acorruption or the wife of Jacob Zuma, or his
0:08:29 > 0:08:32ex-wife.Thank you.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34A suicide bomb attack on a packed Methodist church
0:08:34 > 0:08:37in south western Pakistan, has killed at least 9 people
0:08:37 > 0:08:38and wounded more than 50 others.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41CCTV images caught the moment one of two bombers tried
0:08:41 > 0:08:43to enter the building, in the city of Quetta.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46One man was shot dead by police, the other detonated his device.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51So-called Islamic State have claimed responsibility.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56Russia has said that its security services stopped a terror attack
0:08:56 > 0:08:58in St Petersburg with the help of information provided
0:08:58 > 0:08:59by America's intelligence agency, the CIA.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01President Putin has thanked President Trump,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03and said his country would reciprocate if it
0:09:03 > 0:09:09knew of a threat to the United States or its citizens.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13The Justice Secretary has called for a ban on the sale of tiny mobile
0:09:13 > 0:09:16phones which can't be detected by prison security scanners.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Officials say the phones - no bigger than a cigarette lighter -
0:09:19 > 0:09:23are freely available on the internet, and are being
0:09:23 > 0:09:25smuggled into prisons to help facilitate more crime.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Mobile phones have emerged as a major security
0:09:27 > 0:09:33challenge for prisons.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37The Government is considering extending automatic enrolment
0:09:37 > 0:09:40into a workplace pension, to 18 year olds, from 2020.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Currently the starting age is 22, for anyone earning more
0:09:42 > 0:09:44than 10,000 pounds.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Workers can opt out, but the change could affect around
0:09:47 > 0:09:48900,000 people.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Joe Lynam reports.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Ollie and Nate are both 21.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Ollie, on the left, has not yet started saving
0:09:57 > 0:09:59for his retirement.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01It it's not really crossed my mind yet.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04I've moved jobs quite frequently, I tend
0:10:04 > 0:10:06not to stay in one place too long, so pensions
0:10:06 > 0:10:07have always been sort of
0:10:07 > 0:10:12low down the list of things I have been sort of conscious of.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Nate though has been saving for his retirement since he was 16.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20I grew up with a family on welfare, so I
0:10:20 > 0:10:23was aware of the effects of being reliant on government money can have
0:10:23 > 0:10:29and how insecure I can be sometimes.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32If the work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke has his way, young
0:10:32 > 0:10:34people like Ollie and Nate could soon be
0:10:34 > 0:10:35automatically enrolled for a
0:10:35 > 0:10:38pension at their employers.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40That I think will get more people into the
0:10:40 > 0:10:43habit of saving, it will mean younger people will be saving for
0:10:43 > 0:10:46those extra years, so that obviously is significant when it comes to
0:10:46 > 0:10:52their retirement.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54The Government says that since it introduced auto-enrolment,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56nine million additional people have started saving for
0:10:56 > 0:11:00their retirement.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03But is it wise to force even younger people into pension schemes?
0:11:03 > 0:11:04We're all in it.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Well, young people leaving school today
0:11:06 > 0:11:11are facing this perfect storm of high housing costs, a squeeze on
0:11:11 > 0:11:15their living costs and also having to contend with quite a limited wage
0:11:15 > 0:11:19and it makes it much more likely they will want to opt out in the
0:11:19 > 0:11:21future if they don't know what that pension
0:11:21 > 0:11:22is and what it's doing for them.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25At the moment, only those aged over 22 are automatically included
0:11:25 > 0:11:29in a pension scheme by their employers.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31But the Government wants that age lowered to 18.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Soon 8% of our salaries will be going into a
0:11:34 > 0:11:39pension pot - something that employers are worried about.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41I think what the Government needs to bear in
0:11:41 > 0:11:44mind however is how much of the cost of that is
0:11:44 > 0:11:45going to be falling on
0:11:45 > 0:11:46employers in the future.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Because already the cost for employers is on
0:11:48 > 0:11:50course to treble by 2019.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Today's announcement means the cost for
0:11:52 > 0:11:56employers is going to be even higher than that.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58To 18 or even 21-year-olds, retirement must seem a
0:11:58 > 0:12:01very long way off and especially if they don't earn much.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03But if this plan proceeds, it could help prevent
0:12:03 > 0:12:13younger people depending on the state in decades to come.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19The leaders of Myanmar could face charges of genocide over
0:12:19 > 0:12:21the persecution of the Rohingya ethnic group, according the UN's
0:12:21 > 0:12:22High Commissioner for human rights.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24It's estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya muslims have
0:12:24 > 0:12:26fled from Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh since August,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown.
0:12:28 > 0:12:38Our South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlett reports.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42This boy is 11 years old.
0:12:42 > 0:12:51He draws pictures of the horrors he's witnessed.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53TRANSLATION: Older women were stamped on and then the
0:12:53 > 0:13:02military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them.
0:13:02 > 0:13:10Because I saw that, I'm drawing this.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13He is one of 650,000 Rohingya refugees who fled
0:13:13 > 0:13:22Myanmar after a military assault that began in late August.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24"They're coming to kill us," says the man,
0:13:24 > 0:13:28"they're coming to kill us."
0:13:28 > 0:13:32The widespread and systematic nature of
0:13:32 > 0:13:35the violence has persuaded the UN's human rights chief that the
0:13:35 > 0:13:38crimes committed in Myanmar could amount to genocide - acts intended
0:13:38 > 0:13:43to destroy a group of people.
0:13:43 > 0:13:49Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present?
0:13:49 > 0:13:53He wants a criminal investigation to identify
0:13:53 > 0:13:56the perpetrators and, in an exclusive interview
0:13:56 > 0:13:58with the BBC, he doesn't rule out the possibility that
0:13:58 > 0:14:04Aung San Suu Kyi or military leaders could end up in the dock.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Given the scale of the military operation, I
0:14:07 > 0:14:10think clearly these would have to be decisions taken at a high enough
0:14:10 > 0:14:15level and then there is the crime of omission,
0:14:15 > 0:14:20that if you it came to
0:14:20 > 0:14:22your knowledge that this was being committed
0:14:22 > 0:14:23and you did nothing to
0:14:23 > 0:14:28stop it, then you could culpable as well for that.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31He says only a court can judge that, but he is
0:14:31 > 0:14:36determined that justice should be done.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38In the meantime this boy and hundreds of thousands like him
0:14:38 > 0:14:43remain in limbo.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45We asked Aung San Suu Kyi for a response, but she
0:14:45 > 0:14:51hasn't replied.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54And you can see more on that story on Panorama tomorrow night
0:14:54 > 0:15:00at 7.30pm on BBC One.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Prince Harry has interviewed Barack Obama for BBC Radio
0:15:02 > 0:15:104's Today programme.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15You start using long pauses between answers, you won't get the face. Let
0:15:15 > 0:15:19me see the face!
0:15:19 > 0:15:20The interview is part of Harry's
0:15:20 > 0:15:22guest editorship of the programme
0:15:22 > 0:15:25and features the former US president sharing his memories of the day
0:15:25 > 0:15:27he left office and his hopes for his post-presidential life.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29With all the SPORT - here's Lizzie Greenwood Hughes
0:15:29 > 0:15:31at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Thanks very much.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Good evening.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Sir Mo Farrah has been crowned this year's BBC
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Sports Personality of the Year.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Britain's most successful athlete won a close public vote,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42ahead of World Superbikes Champion Jonathan Rea and the
0:15:42 > 0:15:45double paralympic gold medallist Johnnie Peacock.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Our Correspondent Joe Wilson was watching in Liverpool,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49and just to warn you - his report contains
0:15:49 > 0:15:57some flash photography. his report contains
0:15:57 > 0:16:04The world Superbike champion arriving in Liverpool. Jonathan Rea
0:16:04 > 0:16:11had the best entrance. And the questions were for Chris Froome.I'm
0:16:11 > 0:16:17an asthmatic and I use a puffer to help me manage my asthma. But I've
0:16:17 > 0:16:21never taken more puffs than I'm allowed. So this really is quite a
0:16:21 > 0:16:30horrible situation.This man was the bookie's favourite to win. Anthony
0:16:30 > 0:16:36Joshua was on the red carpet among other famous sports men and women.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41But this award is to acknowledge the sports person who most captures the
0:16:41 > 0:16:50public imagination. Mo Farah was trying to do an interview with his
0:16:50 > 0:17:01family. His son thought it was family time. We knew Jonny peacock
0:17:01 > 0:17:08was second. Now the winner.Mo Farah.Me? Really? Now with just his
0:17:08 > 0:17:12eldest daughter alongside him, Mo Farah's reaction was wonderfully
0:17:12 > 0:17:21sweet, but sadly short. The line to London was lost!Oh no!In 2017
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Farah was Britain's outstanding individual athlete. But when
0:17:25 > 0:17:29technology allowed, he said he had expected to miss out at sports
0:17:29 > 0:17:33personality again.You compare yourself with other athletes and you
0:17:33 > 0:17:38are I could finish in the top three, I didn't imagine I would win this.
0:17:38 > 0:17:44Come so close in 2012 and then... You know, but anything can happen.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49And anything can happen with the story of the night.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53England's cricketers will walk out at the WACA in a few hour's time
0:17:53 > 0:17:56knowing they need a herculean effort to avoid losing the Ashes.
0:17:56 > 0:18:02Already 2-0 down, they've been undone again by Australia
0:18:02 > 0:18:04in the crucial third test - Mitchell Starc delivering what's
0:18:04 > 0:18:07being described as 'the ball of this century' after it completely changed
0:18:07 > 0:18:11direction at 90 miles an hour - taking the wicket of James Vince.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15England will resume in Perth on 132-4 on a deteriorating pitch
0:18:15 > 0:18:17and most likely needing to bat-out the final day
0:18:17 > 0:18:21or surrender the series. to bat-out the final day
0:18:21 > 0:18:27Celtic's long unbeaten record in Scottish football has been halted
0:18:27 > 0:18:29by Hearts who thrashed the Premiership leaders 4-0 today.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Teenage striker Harry Cochrane won 'man of the match' after he opened
0:18:32 > 0:18:35the scoring at Tyncastle - marking the beginning of the end
0:18:35 > 0:18:37of Celtic's 585 day run.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Holly Hamilton reports.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45It has been long time since anyone got the better of Celtic in
0:18:45 > 0:18:50Scotland. They travelled to Tynecastle unbeaten in 69 domestic
0:18:50 > 0:18:59games. But records are made to be broken. After 26 minutes a schoolboy
0:18:59 > 0:19:03error led to schoolboy Harry Cochrane firing Hearts into the
0:19:03 > 0:19:10lead. Then Gordon prevented the hosts making it a double. But then
0:19:10 > 0:19:24Lafferty drove in this shot. After the break, ma link vich made it 3-0
0:19:24 > 0:19:30and then he slotted home a late penalty. That result means Celtic
0:19:30 > 0:19:38top the table by just two points. Time for the champions to regroup
0:19:38 > 0:19:43and set the reset button.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Jose Mourinho has vowed to "fight until the last match"
0:19:48 > 0:19:49after his Manchester United team moved back
0:19:49 > 0:19:52to within 11 points of their City rivals at the top of
0:19:52 > 0:19:53the Premier League.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring against his old side as United beat
0:19:56 > 0:19:57West Brom by 2-1.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59In the later kick-off, Liverpool thumped Bournemouth 4-0 away.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Mo Salah amongst the scorers.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04It's his 11th goal in as many games and his 20th of the season.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Liverpool are back up to 4th in the table.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Saracens' worst run for 14 years continued as they lost again
0:20:11 > 0:20:15in rugby union's European Champions Cup.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Last year's winners were beaten by Clermont
0:20:16 > 0:20:20for the second time in a week.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Elsewhere, Wasps kept alive their hopes of reaching
0:20:22 > 0:20:24the quarter-finals with victory over La Rochelle.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Ospreys beat Northampton and
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Leicester lost to Munster.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30That's it from me, but there's plenty more
0:20:30 > 0:20:32on the BBC Sport website.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Including how British showjumper Scott Brash just missed-out
0:20:34 > 0:20:36on winning a second successive World Cup at Olympia.
0:20:36 > 0:20:46Back to you Clive.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Just time to tell you that this week the news at Six and Ten will be
0:20:49 > 0:20:52bringing a series of special reports on the growing number
0:20:52 > 0:20:54of older people making up the world's population.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57As a third of babies now born in the UK are