a us senate committee agrees the fbi should conduct further checks on the us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. it's another setback to president trump's choice, after yesterday's accusations of sexual misconduct by kavanaugh. what are you doing, sir? it follows dramatic scenes at the committee, with women protesting to senators against kavanaugh. it all increases the pressure on donald trump, as the questions surrounding brett kava naugh just won't go away. also tonight... pret a manger is criticised by a coroner after a teenager died, following an allergic reaction on a flight, to one of their sandwiches. in his first interview since quitting the cabinet, borisjohnson refuses to rule out challenging the prime minister for the tory leadership. facebook underfire, as it reveals a security breach involving nearly 50 million accounts. cheering. and europe's golfers come from behind, to end day one

in front in the ryder cup. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news... an important night for leeds rhinos and toronto wolfpack, with super league status at stake. good evening. the drama surrounding president trump's nominee for the supreme court has racheted up still further tonight. the us senate committee that yesterday heard accusations of sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh — and his denials — has now agreed that the fbi should make further checks into his background. and only after its conclusions, and presumably depending on them, can kavanaugh reach the final hurdle, a vote on his nomation by the entire senate.

it's been a day of high emotion, vocal protest and no small degree of confusion. and it's all increased pressure on president trump, who has backed kavanaugh throughout. our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. why not wait? it'sjust possible this confrontation in a lift as old and the supreme court nomination course. are you saying it doesn't matter, that what happened to me doesn't matter and that you're going to let people do these things. republican senator jeff flake, to let people do these things. republican senatorjeff flake, the key swing vote on the committee, had just announced he'd backjudge kavanaugh. just announced he'd backjudge kava naugh. these just announced he'd backjudge kavanaugh. these women were not impressed. do you think he's telling the truth? do you know? did you think is telling the truth to the country? and what they said clearly left a n country? and what they said clearly left an impression after yesterday's visceral testimony. brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling.

this is what terrified me the most. i have never done this, to her or to anyone. what is the strongest memory you have? uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense. are you saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? you're asking about blackout — i don't know, have you? could you answer the question, judge? yeah, and i'm curious if you have. i have no drinking problem, judge. nor do i. brett kava naugh‘s performance brett kavanaugh‘s performance had reassured and with senator flake on board a reassured and with senator flake on boa rd a vote reassured and with senator flake on board a vote was called for 1:30pm today to approve his nomination but something unfolding. had done to fla ke something unfolding. had done to flake gone flaky? the minutes ticked by. he wasn't in his seat. he'd been meeting democrats. and then he

returned to throw a procedural hand grenade into the deliberations. this country has been ripped apart here and we've got to make sure that we do due diligence. i think this committee has done a good job, but i do think that we can have a short pause and make sure that the fbi can investigate. wait one second, can diane speak? what are we voting on? no one seemed what they were sure what they were voting for. the committee approved the nomination but with the request the senate reopen the fbi background check into mr kavanaugh. at the white house, the president, who had been meeting his chilean counterpart, didn't seem entirely sure what had just happened. the senate will handle that, they've made their decisions and they've been doing a good job, very professional. back in congress allies were offering to explain. someone allies were offering to explain. someone has to explain this to

trump, soi someone has to explain this to trump, so i guess that's myjob. delays the republican leadership we re delays the republican leadership were desperate to avoid but it looks like delhi is what they've got. just outside the capital stand this monument, it depicts grief holding her covered face against the shoulder of history and weeps in mourning. it's been a painful week for a bitterly disunited states. the reason all this matters, it exposes the fault lines in american politics pressure on donald trump and we've been hearing from him in the last two minutes? yes, since we've been on air, donald trump has put out a statement saying, i have ordered the fbi to conduct a supplemental investigation to update judge kavanaugh‘s file, as the senate has requested this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week. procedurally the fbi will go about their work, report to thejudiciary committee who will consider the

findings and presumably in the event they don't turn anything substantial up, then it will go to a full vote on the senate. the reason that republican leadership have been so relu cta nt to republican leadership have been so reluctant to drag this process out is the fear that of anyone else coming forward, any other kind of bombs going off in the middle of this already fraught process. and the reason they are so desperate about the supreme court is it almost matters more than politics, who sits on the supreme court, because it decides all the key issues of the day. brett kava naugh, decides all the key issues of the day. brett kavanaugh, who is 53, could be sitting of the conservative supreme courtjudges could be sitting of the conservative supreme court judges for 30 could be sitting of the conservative supreme courtjudges for 30 or 35 yea rs. supreme courtjudges for 30 or 35 years. that's why emotions are so high and that's why it's been such a divisive process that we've seen over this past week. jon sopel at the white house, thank you. a coroner has criticised pret a manger for inadequate allergy labelling and for not taking allergy monitoring seriously. it follows the death of 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse. she suffered a fatal allergic reaction and went into cardiac arrest on a flight after buying a sandwich from pret

a manger two years ago. her family said food labelling laws "played russian roulette" with their daughter's life. sarah campbell has more. best friends, looking forward to a summer holiday. by the time this was filmed, around take—off, the sesame seeds natasha had unwittingly eaten were already starting to cause an allergic reaction, from which she would never recover. in the two years since natasha died, her family — mother tanya, brother alex and father nadim — have been waiting to understand why they lost their daughter and sister. they've been at the inquest every day and today, heard the corner‘s conclusions. 0ur beloved daughter died in a tragedy that should never have happened, and we believe that this inquest has shown that she died because of inadequate food—labelling laws. it feels to us that if pret a manger were following the law, then the law was playing russian roulette with our daughter's life.

natasha had checked the baguette packet for specific allergy information, as had herfather. there was none. reassured by this, said the coroner, natasha ate the sandwich. branches of pret a manger prepare and package theirfood on—site. the current regulations make no distinction between a large chain like this and a small sandwich shop. customers should be made aware that allergens like eggs, sesame, and peanuts may be present. but that doesn't have to be written on the individual item. in 2016, pret‘s policy was to place warning stickers on tills and on the fridges. the coroner said they were difficult to see. the environment secretary michael gove said today, the government is currently reviewing food labelling. in—store warnings in pret a manger are now much more visible. the coroner also wants the company to improve how it responds to allergy concerns in light

of natasha's death. we've listened to everything the coroner and natasha's family have said this week. we will learn from it. all of us at pret want meaningful change to come from this tragedy. we will ensure that it does. this case has struck a chord with many of those who live with serious allergies. two years ago, amelia ended up in a&e after eating a chicken caesar sandwich from pret which she didn't realise contained sesame. the company has apologised to her. it does seem that they really do need to make a change. if they are as serious as they are, to prevent incidents like this happening again, like natasha and me, and i was fortunate enough to live, i would say this very firmly — we will not be the last if you don't make a change.

as well as food labelling, the coroner expressed concern about the effectiveness of auto adrenaline injectors. two epipens were administered to natasha, and questions were raised during the inquest over the dose the epipen contains and the length of the device needle. natasha's family say they want this to be a watershed moment, that her death will lead to changes which will save many other lives. sarah campbell, bbc news. 0ur medical correspondent, fergus walsh, joins me. natasha's father said he wants this tragic case to mark a watershed — at a time when more and more children are being diagnosed with allergies. there's been a sixfold increase in hospital admissions for anaphylaxis injust 20 years. hospital admissions for anaphylaxis in just 20 years. this hospital admissions for anaphylaxis injust 20 years. this is hospital admissions for anaphylaxis in just 20 years. this is a catastrophic immune response, it can cause narrowing of the airway, loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest and every year, 20 people in the uk

die asa and every year, 20 people in the uk die as a result. three and 100 children now carry these adrenaline injectors, or epipens with them. natasha hunt two. it had the standard needle length of 16 millimetres but the coroner said this may be inadequate. the british resuscitation council recommends an evil length of 25 millimetres to ensure the adrenaline that is delivered to the muscle —— eight needle length. the coroner will write to the regulator and manufacturer about the issue. the key thing is to prevent the life—threatening situations and given the massive increase in severe allergies injust one given the massive increase in severe allergies in just one generation given the massive increase in severe allergies injust one generation it would appear that food labelling regulations simply haven't kept pace with that change. fergus, thank you. in his first interview since resigning as foreign secretary, borisjohnson has repeatedly refused to rule out challenging the prime ministerfor the leadership of the conservative party. he demanded that theresa may ditch her current brexit plan, and said he would fight for his alternative vision. a government source said mrjohnson's plan offers no answers. laura kuenssberg reports.

he's out of government, but still wants to get his way. the problem with chequers is that it doesn't take back control, it relinquishes control, it forfeits control. why do you think the super canada deal, as you describe it, is doable, even if it's desirable? it's what all great countries want to do with the eu. they want to have a big free—trade deal. we were on the right path, and then, as you know, we had the election, the irish issue gained in salience, i think, perhaps not quite deservedly, and we've been a bit blown off—course. that idea of a canada arrangement, a looser style deal with the eu, is 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, "oh, that shouldn't be operable any more, it's not acceptable." i stayed in cabinet for as long as i could persuade myself

that there was still a chance that we would go the right way and we would stick with the original vision that the prime minister had. but if this is such a good idea and it is viable, why does the british government have no intention of following this course? why does nobody in the eu say that this is doable, without significant movement on ireland? if you stick with chequers, i think what will happen is that the electorate of this country will look at what we have in the end 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, a great economy, why are they so passive and so supine? downing street sources says his ideas just aren't workable, but for brexit‘s biggest cheerleader, it's 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? 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. you're putting forward the same arguments you've put forward for some time now, and you're 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 tack now, we will make a mistake that will be very hard to unpick. you know, this argument that it's not the end of the world if we agree to chequers now and then sort it out later. that is complete pie in the sky. but the suspicion amongst many of your colleagues, many people in parliament and many people in the country, is you're doing this because you think you would do a betterjob in number ten. now, you could end that speculation here and now. i'm doing this, and i resigned from the cabinet,

because i could not see how i could support an arrangement that i don't think is in this country's economic or political interest. do you rule out challenging her? myjob is to speak up for what i believe in and the vision that i've set out today. i believe in it very, very sincerely. you know, i'm going to keep going for as long as it takes. people will hear there, though, you not ruling out challenging her? i think the prime minister will... as she said to us herself, and as she said to the country, she's a remarkable person. she will go on for long as she feels it necessary. run, boris, run! always controversial, rarely quiet, this isn'tjust about what happens now for mrjohnson, but what happens next. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. facebook has said almost 50 million of its users were left exposed by a security flaw.

the breach was discovered on tuesday and facebook says, so far, it's unclear who's behind the attack. here, the government regulator is trying to establish the scale of the breach and how many uk citizens may have been affected. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. we didn't come here for click bait, spam, fake news and data misuse... it's a business trying to regain the trust of its users after a major privacy scandal. so, the last thing facebook needed was a security flaw that allowed hackers to get access to 50 million accounts. the vulnerability was in a feature called view as, which lets you see your profile as others see it and it allowed the hackers to steal the access tokens, the digital keys that keep you logged into the app. that meant the hackers could have access to anything they wanted to do with your facebook profile. as a precaution, facebook has logged out the people who might be affected. i seem to be one of them. on a conference call

withjournalists, facebook‘s boss, mark zuckerberg, admitted how serious the incident was and said the network was under constant attack. in a message to all its users, the company said... in march, it emerged the political consultancy, cambridge analytica, had harvested data from millions of facebook accounts. now, it has to reassure users once more. the thought of somebody being able to get in, a hacker being able to get in and take control of my account is, i think, potentially very worrying and rather alarming. people will be thinking again about whether they want to stay with facebook. that said, i think both with cambridge analytica, even though people were talking about deleting facebook, it turned out that many didn't. facebook says there's no need for users to change their passwords and has fixed the flaw, but it now faces investigation by european data regulators, with the power to impose huge fines.

rory cellan—jones, bbc news. hundreds of headteachers swapped the classroom for downing street today, to demand more money for schools in england. they say class sizes will increase and staff will have to be cut because they say spending per pupil has fallen 8% since 2010. the government says it is putting more money into schools and will invest a record amount per pupil by 2020. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. think about your punctuation, what have you missed there? at woolston primary school in warrington, it's time for creative writing, but teachers are struggling to come up with imaginative ways to save money. well, at my last school, it got to the point where i was actually doing plumbing jobs and actually cutting down trees in the area to save money over a weekend, because we just needed the money. for this headteacher and thousands of others, there is no getting away from the difficult issue of funding. i've got colleagues in warrington that have cut to the bone and are now looking at can they afford a teacher in a classroom all day?

because they can't — in a primary school — and that's quite worrying, when you're going, i can't afford a teacher all day in every classroom. so, from school to the streets, hundreds of heads from across england joined an orderly queue and delivered a letter warning the chancellor of the exchequer that he must do better when it comes to funding. we've had mental health services cut, i can't afford a counsellor. i have children that i've held onto, i will not permanently exclude them because i know actually the odds are stacked against them, but i haven't got the funding to be able to pay for the things that those children need. i'm talking to my colleagues this morning. many of them have said they have never, ever come out like this before. this is not for us. this march is all about the children. from not being able to properly resource special educational needs, to stopping things like swimming classes and after—school clubs, head teachers say this is no longer about efficiency savings, and the decisions they're having to make are damaging to children's education. but the department for education says it has invested heavily in schools. we are spending record

amounts on school funding, £43.5 billion by 2020, but, yes, of course, schools are being asked to do more. this was an unprecedented march, but as headteachers go back to school, the arguments overfunding continue. elaine dunkley, bbc news. after all the hype, it's finally under way. golf's ryder cup teed off near paris today, pitting the europeans, and rory mcilory, against the americans, and tiger woods. the united states currently holds the trophy, but they've not won on european soil for 25 years. from le golf nationale paris, andy swiss reports. even before sunrise, they gathered in their thousands. a peaceful parisian morning about to get noisy. rhythmic clapping. europe were soon cranking up the volume, the team and their fans united in decibels. but the us were also in bullish mood, so when the first

pairs finally emerged, justin rose and jon rahm for europe, the anticipation was deafening. cheering. at first, though, the hosts couldn't live up to it. rose and rahm's hopes came to a watery end on the final hole, as the us won the first three matches. the bookies favourite in ominous form. cheering. commentator: superb! butjust when europe needed something to cheer, step forward tommy fleetwood. raucous cheering. his victory, alongside francesco molinari, was the inspiration they needed, and come the afternoon, what a turnaround. rory mcilroy with a touch of a conjurer, as he teamed up with ian poulter. the european talisman with another of those celebrations. commentator: yes, in she goes! he loves it, look at him! suddenly, the hosts were unstoppable, winning

all four matches — a clean sweep to take a 5—3 lead. once again, the ryder cup delivering high drama. and so, a day which had threatened disappointment has ended in delight for europe. the challenge now is to convert their astonishing recovery into victory. andy swiss, bbc news, paris. 100 years ago this weekend, a decisive event helped shape the end of the first world war. bulgaria, fighting alongside germany, asked for a ceasefire, bringing to an end a conflict that cost the lives of thousands of british soldiers. ?and a british woman, flora sandes, played a remarkable role in the campaign. our special correspondent allan little reports from the so—called forgotten front. the gravestones have been maintained and repaired for a century now. privatejohn fulton, 30—years—old, died 100 years ago almost to the day, but few visit this place.

almost no one remembers why so many fought and died here. it is one of the forgotten fronts of the great war. more than half a million allied troops came to northern greece, to try to defend serbia. but by the time they got here, the bulgarians, allied with germany, were digging in and these mountaintops tops the north, with the british on the plain below, laid out like a map beneath their feet — sitting targets. the british called this mountaintop the devil's eye — climb it today and you see why. three times they tried and failed to push the bulgarians off the mountain. from up here, the bulgarians saw them coming. i think they thought they could take it, but the reality was that, no, they knew they were going to lose a lot of lives. this main 67th brigade that came up here was basically annihilated, as well as the 66th brigade, on the left. the southern south wales borderers did make it up, just to the hill below us here.

the unit fought quite fiercely, and, in fact, the conditions here would have been horrendous. as a former soldier, i wouldn't want to have served here like that. this battlefront holds another remarkable and largely forgotten british story. flora sandes from yorkshire volunteered as a nurse but was rejected by the british, so she went instead to serbia, to drive an ambulance. she then took up a rifle and enlisted as a private in the serbian army. she was the only british woman in the first world war to serve in battle as a soldier. she's almost unknown in britain, but in serbia, she's a decorated national heroine, celebrated into her old age. this is a woman who did 100 years ago what women are only just now able to do, and she demonstrated, without a shadow of a doubt, that women can serve on the front lines as infantry soldiers. she could ride, she could shoot, she was competent as a nurse. so, she was actually quite good to have on hand if the men got wounded, because she could bind them up.

she was no mascot. she loved military life. she loved fighting. she saw it rather as sport, i think, in a certain way. in late september, the bulgarian defences in these mountains collapsed. bulgaria asked for an armistice. the first of germany's allies to sue for peace. the first world war had begun in the balkans. the beginning of the end came here, too. privatejohn fulton came from my home village in rural scotland. as a child, i might have known him in his old age. instead, i read his name on the local war memorial. he died in that last september push into the mountains, one of 12,000 british men who never made it home from this unremembered front. allan little, bbc news, northern greece. that's all from us. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello, you're watching bbc news,

i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. here's what's coming up on sportsday: the formidable foursomes in france. europe lead the usa after the opening day of the ryder cup. the wolfpack are closing in on a place in the superleague after bringing down the rhinos. and pogba is back in the team after a difficult few days with manchester united, but the manager has put him in his place. manchester united is bigger than anyone. and i have to defend that. hello and welcome to sportsday.

we start with golf this evening. europe have a 5—3 lead after a stirring comeback on the opening day of the ryder cup. the usa, holders and pre—tournament favourites, were 3—1 up after the morning fourballs at le golf nationaljust outside paris, but europe rallied with a clean sweep in the foursomes. something they had never done before. ben croucher reports. as monuments go, they seldom get grander than this — the ryder cup in all its iconic majesty. justin rose and john rand. cheering and this was before a ball was even struck. a morning when the nerves can get the better of the world's best, where more specifically it got the better of europe's.

if this 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 the rookie tony finau. that is a brilliant shot. when europe did find the sure stuff, and even the whole... oh, my goodness. oh, my. ..the points 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 poulter for some epitomises the ryder cup, picked for his pressure play, picked for his putting, picking up europe and dragging them back into the contest. this was a french renaissance, a scoreboard painted blue. alex noren and sergei garcia thrashed phil mickelson and bryson dechambeau, justin rose and henrik stenson did, well what 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 downjordan spieth and justin thomas.

well played indeed, to 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. 0ne we haven't really had since gleneagles, i guess. there was a couple of times where we threaten to have a great session and it did not really materialise, but to see all blue on the board this afternoon is awesome. the first tee shot was not like anything i have been involved in 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. you have to make a golf swing with all that type of adrenaline, so it was incredible, even though the crowd is european,

we are on european soil, just to be in that atmosphere is electric. it is so hard to explain, just being there, knowing that all eyes are on you, it is a cool thing. here is how they will line—up tomorrow morning. the usa are going with exactly the same fourballs pairings, a slightly different order. but the european captain thomas bjorn has mixed it up a bit. justin rose rested, with ian poulter taking his place alongside jon rahm. molinari and fleetwood, who have won two points, are reunited again. rory mcilroy is paired with sergio garcia and opens proceedings against koepka and finau callum smith knocked out fellow briton george groves to take the wba super—middleweight title and win the world boxing super series in what was the first major night of boxing in saudi arabia.