this is bbc world news today, i'm i'm lukwesa burak. the us senatejudiciary committee approves president trump's supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. but they've agreed to wait for a full vote of the senate, after a republican senator called for an fbi investigation into allegations of sexual assault against him. i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to, but not more than one week, in order to let the fbi continue the president says he has no intention of of replacing judge kavanaugh as his nominee, and had this message for the senate committee members. they have to do with the think is right, they have to be comfortable with themselves, and i'm sure that's what they are. facebook has discovered a security issue affecting nearly 50 million accounts. hello, and welcome to world news today.

the us senatejudiciary committee has voted to approve the nomination of donald trump's candidate for the supreme court, brett kavanaugh. but in dramatic scenes, one of the republican senators, jeff flake, recommended the fbi also investigate some of the allegations of sexual assault made against the nominee. more on that in a moment, but first here's how the senate committee vote ended. mr chairman, the votes are 11 yeas, ten nays. the nominee will be reported to the floor. that vote, on party lines, came after republican senatorjeff flake made these comments about his concerns. i have been speaking with a number of people on the other side, we've had ongoing for a while with regard to making sure that we do due dilligence here.

and i think that it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to, but not more than one week. in order to let the fbi do an investigation, limited in time and scope, to the current allegations that are there. so what of the man who nominated brett kava naugh for the supreme court? president trump is hosting the president of chile at the white house, and he had this response. i guess the vote was a positive vote, but there seems to be a delay. i will learn more about her as the day goes on, ijust heard about it. and what did you think of dr ford's testimony? i thought her testimony was very compelling, and she looks like a very fine woman. very fine woman. i thought that brett's testimony, likewise, was... really something i had not seen before. it was incredible, it was an incredible moment in the history of our country.

but certainly, she was a very credible witness, she was very good in many respects. and i think that... i don't know if this will continue or if we will get a vote. but again, i'm here so i'm not out there watching, because i can't be. i have great respect, although maybe we'll go watch it together, 0k? we'll watch it together. but i think it will work out very well for the country. i just want it to work out well for the country. if that happens, i'm happy. have you thought all a replacement forjudge kavanaugh? live now to our correspondent in washington, gary o'donoghue many questions that focusing on the set investigation, and how donald trump fits into this. could you put some clarity on that, please? let me

bring you some breaking news, because we have just had a statement from the senatejudiciary committee that says they are going to ask the fbi to conduct the investigation, but limited to what they describe as current, credible allegations. now what that says to me is that they don't want this to go beyond perhaps the case of christine blase ford, not quite clear what they mean by that. they may not include the other women, for example, who made allegations against brett kavanaugh, oi’ allegations against brett kavanaugh, or the other anonymous allegations that were made. current and credible allegations. the senate committee is asking for the investigation to be conducted within a week from now, so by october five they want it done and dusted. they want a report from the fbi. now this is not a criminal inquiry, bear in mind, they will not go out and investigate to try and

find out whether anyone was guilty ofa crime, find out whether anyone was guilty of a crime, this is reopening their background checks that they have already done on brett kavanaugh. they will talk to some of the witnesses, no doubt. we have also heard that a crucial witness, mark judge, the man who christine blase ford says was in the room when she was attacked by brett kavanaugh, we have heard from his lawyers that he is prepared to talk to the fbi and a nswer is prepared to talk to the fbi and answer any other questions. so i think that will be a concrete change in what has happened up until now. he will talk to the fbi, they will report back to the senate within a week. so at a delay to the nomination, but the democrats getting some substantial amounts of the things they were demanding. gary, just to clarify the things they were demanding. gary, just to clarinyudiciary committee has the authority to bring in the fbi? they do, that is what they have just done. they are asking they have just done. they are asking the fbi to open the background check, the one they have artie done,

but current and credible allegations, which i read as meaning allegations, which i read as meaning a pretty narrow investigation, perhaps christine blase ford's accusations, but it may be limited to that, we do not know the details of this state. and to do it within a week, seven days. so they have agreed an effective whatjeff flake demanded, a delay to the vote on the floor of the senate and its inquiry, and we will see exactly what the fbi comes back with an terms of its report. we do not know whether that will be made public or not, i imagine there'll be a lot of pressure for it to be made public. but it could mean brett kavanaugh being interviewed by the fbi himself, as well as christine blase ford. thank you for that update and breaking news, coming to us from gary o'donoghue there. the senate judiciary committee is confirming that they are asking for the fbi to investigate those allegations. henry olsen is a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy centre in washington.

he is also an editor at unherd.com, where he writes about populism and politics around the world. he gave me his assessment of the vote. i'm not surprised that it moved forward, givenjeff flake's announcement earlier today that he was going to vote yes. he would have had to break his word to the people, but he found a way to have a face—saving compromise to vote yes and to try to get an investigation. it is unprecedented, but it is actually not terribly surprising in light of the conflicts he has been going through over the last week. ok, but what about this motion that he put forward? were you expecting that? the argument is due diligence, fair enough? well, i think what he had was a last—minute change of heart after he got ambushed by the sexual assault survivor in the elevator. that he had already committed to voting yes, and then she and whatever other things were going on behind

the scenes that we don't know about persuaded him that he ought to take the democrats's side, and is asking for further investigation. so he found a creative way to have his cake and eat it too. i'm surprised by the way it came out, but i actually expected him to do this before he announced that he was voting yes this morning, so he ended up being roughly where i thought he was going to be, which was needing to find more facts and time. along with cory booker, who was calling for, or rather questioning, why rush this appoingment? it seems as if the democrats at least have got what they've been asking for? they've got part of what they've been asking for. they will get a time—limited investigation, but not an investigation that presumably that would go on past the midterms. again, that was a crucial question that the republicans could not and would not fold on it, if they didn't want to have a vote from their base. what you have is 6—7 people whose names have been identified, who have not been called

before the committee. they will be presumably called by the fbi, they will be but, if not under oath, it is a federal crime to lie to the fbi. within a week, you can get 6—7 people sitting down with the fbi, providing information, and that becomes public knowledge. and whatever they tell the fbi, if it is a lie, they can be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. let's turn to these midterms, because a lot of the analysis has been that for both sides, it is a risky game to play? it is a very risky game to play. you have a number of states where suburban educated women who are particularly in arms about this, they are necessary for republicans to win. or you have a number of states where democrats are trying to hold seats in places where donald trump carried massively. trump has been very supportive ofjudge kavanaugh, and both sides have vulnerable members or seats

with different pressures. and i think actually, the compromise they seem to have worked out delays this for a week, and will allow both sides to see what comes out, whether something supports the allegations of dr ford, or gives further credence to the claims ofjudge kavanaugh. that was henry olson. facebook says that it has discovered a security issue affecting nearly 50 million accounts. the company says hackers exploited a vulnerability in its code that allowed them to steal access tokens, a type of digital key, and take over people's accounts. facebook co—founder, mark zuckerberg, said that because investigations had onlyjust begun it was unclear who was behind the attacks or whether any accounts had been misused. given it is early, we do not know yet exactly how much accounts were misused so far. we have seen the

access tokens misused so far. we have seen the a ccess to ke ns we re misused so far. we have seen the access tokens were used to access private messages, but it is still early and that may change. what we know is the attackers did try to use them to access profile information, like name, gender or her best hometown. but they can use the accou nts hometown. but they can use the a ccou nts of hometown. but they can use the accounts of their the account holders, and our investigation is still early, we will determine how the accounts were misused, and what information was taken. well, we can speak now to our north america technology correspondent, dave lee, whojoins us live from san francisco. we are hearing there about early investigations, but there have been some very credible questions that have been raised by international governments. ireland, for example, the data protection commission have said that they are concerned, the breach was on tuesday, they're only hearing about it now, and they do not have enough detail. just how serious is this security breach? as

we heard from the clip there of facebook‘s head of security, the fa ct facebook‘s head of security, the fact that they know so little about this attack is proving the most headaches for them. they found out about it on tuesday, the investigation is still very early, and at the moment, they cannot tell what they were doing with those attacks that were at target. they do not know where the attack may have come from, what the purpose of it may have been. so at a time when facebook is under huge scrutiny to prove they can look after people's personal data effectively, even before this breach today, this is incredibly bad news. and it had been notified data regulators as soon as possible and found out about this, but it seems irish data regulation mentioned is still unhappy about the lack of detail shared by facebook. but it sounds like facebook simply does not have the amount of detail itself, which is why many people are seeing this breach is so troubling.

briefly, dave, we have heard about the data that was possibly put at risk. remind us of the most valuable data to hackers associated with this facebook account? the attackers would have been able to have full control over some of these accounts, they could have gone in and seize any information that that person kept on facebook, including private m essa 9 es kept on facebook, including private messages and details that people would not normally post to their profile, but would have their own —— within their own settings. that could be incredibly damaging for people, the identity fraud potential there is huge. i think we will hear more about what those attackers were looking for and what they did with that information, as more details come to light. it is notjust facebook investigating, because they have also informed the fbi to help them look into it. so there'll be more about this in the coming days. dave lee, thank you very much. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: an earthquake triggers a tsunami in indonesia, we'll have the latest from jakarta. president yeltsin said that they

would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of the grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is troubling for the catholic church. ariel sharon visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty, an idea unthinkable the palestinians. after 45 years, germany has one. in

berlin, i million germans celebrated the birth of your‘s biggest and richest nation. this is bbc world news today, the latest headlines. the judiciary committee in the united states senate has approved brett kava naugh‘s supreme court nomination, but a vote of the full senate could be delayed for a week to allow for an fbi investigation. facebook says up to 50 million of its users were left exposed to hackers by a security flaw. an earthquake has triggered a tsunami which has struck a coastal city in indonesia. witnesses say the giant wave swept into the streets of palu, which is on the island of sulawesi. here's rebecca henschke in the indonesian capitaljakarta. mobile phone footage shows

the terrifying moment that up to three metre—high waves hit the coastal area in the city of palu. the footage shows the water sweeping into houses closest to the shore. otherfootage taken on mobile phones from ships out to sea show the huge waves hitting the port area, with people praying and screaming, you can hear in the footage. officials have confirmed that a tsunami has hit the area. they say casualty figures are still unclear, telecommunications to the region have been cut off. they are sending in rescue teams as we speak to reach the area, and to get a clearer picture of what has taken place here. the quake happened around 5pm local time, and was a 7.7 magnitude, a significant quake for indonesia, living in the ring of fire, a country that is no stranger earthquakes after suffering heavy

quakes injuly and august that killed over 500 people. what has happened today in palu is still to become clear. rebecca hensley, bbc news, jakarta. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. the usa, holders and pretournament favourites 13—1 up after the morning for balls, but europe rallied early lead with a clean sweep of the foursomes, something they've never done before. then crafter reports. as monuments go, they seldom get grander than this. the ryder cup in all its iconic majesty. justin rose and john ram. and this was before a ball was even dropped. a morning were nerves can get the better of the world's best

where more specifically, it got the better of europe's. if his tee shot set the tone, it all went swimmingly for our friends from across the pond. even when they didn't find the green, it proved no obstacle for rookie tony finau. that is a brilliant shot. when europe defined the short stuff and even behold... oh, my goodness! oh, my. a point slipped away. the usa won the opening three matches and in full swing. that was until open champion francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood combined to tame tiger woods and patrick reed, time for a reshuffle. foursomes, which means alternate shots, which means this man. ian poulterfor some epitomizes the ryder cup, picked for his pressure plate picture is putting, picking up europe and dragging them back into the contest. this was a french renaissance, a scoreboard painted blue. alex and sergio bashed phil mickelson and bryson dechambeau. justin rose and henrik stenson did, well, what the rose and stenson often do at the ryder cup.

and with an unprecedented afternoon whitewash on the cards, molinari and fleetwood repeated their morning artistry to take down jordan spieth and justin thomas. well played indeed. for europe at the end of the day, two points ahead. so a day that started with very little promise ended with europe orchestrating a comeback befitting of this monumental occasion. ben croucher, bbc news. incredible afternoon for europe. one we have not really had since gleneagles, i guess. there were a couple of times where we strain to have a great session but it did not materialise. but this has been awesome. the first tee shot was not like anything i've been involved with before. it was like a feeling of a foot ball before. it was like a feeling of a football game back in the states, an nfl football game, and i'm in the middle of the field and i have to hit a tee shot with all that

adrenaline. it was incredible, even though the crowd is a european crowd, just to be in the atmosphere is electric. it is so hard to explain, just being there and knowing that all eyes are on you, it isa knowing that all eyes are on you, it is a cool thing. paul pogba will play for manchester united at west ham tomorrow despite his apparently strained relationship with the manager. an awkward training ground exchange was caught on camera yesterday. the clubs record signing had already been stripped of the vice—captaincy. he isa he is a player like the others. no player is bigger than the club. and ifiam player is bigger than the club. and if i am happy with his work, he plays. if i'm not happy with his work, he does not play. the team needs good players, he is a good player. the team needs players with personality to play, he has.

manchester united is bigger than that one. and i have to defend that. andy murray has brought an early end to his season. next weeks beijing masters was going to be his final tournament of the year, but after losing to fernando verdasco in the quarterfinals in shenzhen, he picked up an ankle problem and murray's extended break will start from now. he has yet to reach full fitness after hip surgery injanuary. that's all the sport for now. in his first interview since resigning as british foreign secretary, borisjohnson has repeatedly refused to rule out challenging the prime minister for the leadership of the conservative party. he s been speaking to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. he's out of government, but he still wants to get his way. the problem with chequers is it still doesn't take back control, it relinquishes,

forfeits control. why do you think the super canada deal, as you describe it, is doable, even if desirable? it is what all countries want to do with the eu, to have a big free—trade deal. we were on the right path, then as you know, we have the election, the irish issue gained in salience, i think perhaps not quite deservedly, and we have been a bit blown off course. that idea, the canada arrangement, a looser style deal with the eu, it's not going to be accepted by that side without a rock—solid guarantee about the irish border. you signed up to that in december when you were foreign secretary, and now you're saying it should not be operable any more. i stayed in cabinet for as for as long as i could persuade myself that was a chance we would go the right way, and we would stick with the original vision the prime minister had. if this is such a good idea, and viable, why does the british government have no intention of following this course? why does nobody in the eu say

it is doable, without significant movement in ireland? if you stick with chequers i think what will happen is the electorate of this country will look at what in the end you have produced, and they will say, "how on earth was that the outcome of voting to leave?" it will do lasting damage to the credibility of this country around the world. people will say, "the uk is a great power, great economy, why are they so passive and so supine?" downing street sources say his ideas are just not workable, but for brexit‘s biggest cheerleader, it is notjust about how we exit the eu, but also what might one day see him into number ten. what are you willing to do to stop a deal based on the chequers proposals going ahead? although i spend two years in government wrestling with, as it were, the steering wheel to try to keep us on the right track, in the end, it wasn't

possible, and by chequers, it became clear we were effectively going to stay, in the customs union, and so my duty now is to make the case for freedom. what many of your colleagues will see here and what many of our viewers may see here is that what you are doing is stirring up trouble for theresa may on the eve of her party conference, putting forward the same arguments you have put forward for sometime now, and you are just throwing rocks, and what this is really about is your own ambition. i do care very deeply about this question. i think that unless we change tact now, we will make a mistake, it will be very hard to unpick. you know this argument, it's not the end of the world if we agree to chequers now and sort it out later, very hard to unpick. do you rule out challenging her? myjob is to speak up for what believe in and the vision that i've set out today. and i believe it very sincerely.

you know, i am going to keep going for as long as it takes. people will hear you not ruling out challenging her... the prime minister, as she said to us herself, and as she said to the country, and she's a remarkable person, she will go on for as long as she feels it necessary. always controversial, rarely quiet. this is notjust about what happens now for mrjohnson, but what happens next. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter, i'm @lukwesaburak. see you later. does buy a cooler feel across the

country, there were lovely spells of sunshine for many today, and that led to a beautiful sunset for many, look at this weather watch of the picture in cornwall. it was just a stunning up north but as you can see of this onslaught in the highland. but this club will have thickened further, bringing rain into the extreme northwest or tomorrow. this has been the story so far today, with the clouds building in and spoiling the sunshine across scotla nd spoiling the sunshine across scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere with his clear skies, they will stay through the night. temperatures managed to pull away quite sharply, so it will be a chilly start to saturday morning with some mist and fog patches. we can see those green tones descending further as the temperatures fall away through the night. that means low single figures for many of us first thing on saturday morning. a murky start will lift and we will continue to see some sunshine for

much of the day. the same time, the winds will strengthen into the far northwest, bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain across the northwest and northern isles. and into the afternoon, those winds will strengthen further, so there's the potential for 40—50 gusts of wind, it will not feel pleasant, temperatures will be disappointing for the time of year. they will be down where they should be generally. but as we move out of saturday into sunday, that weather front will push its way steadily south, and just like thursday and friday, there will not be that much in the way of rating across england and wales, but it will continue to my coat contribute more clout. lincolnshire, down into the southeast corners, and behind it will be breezy and shower

into the far northwest, a cooler day generally, temperaturesjust into the far northwest, a cooler day generally, temperatures just below the average for the time of year, 10-12d the average for the time of year, io—i2d into the north, ice valleys of 16 degrees. monday is october one, and it will continue to feel cool with the wind direction from northwesterly, something milder and largely dry on tuesday onwards. this is bbc world news, the headlines: the judiciary committee in the united states senate has approved brett kavanaugh‘s supreme court nomination — but a vote of the full senate could be delayed for a week to allow for an fbi investigation. president trump said the senate committee had to do what they thought was right and necessary and be "comfortable with themselves". facebook has discovered a security issue affecting nearly 50 million accounts. the company says hackers exploited a vulnerability in its code that allowed them to take over people's accounts. shares in the electric car company

tesla have fallen sharply, after its founder elon musk, was charged with fraud by the financial regulators in the us.