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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. powerful aftershocks have continued to hit the indonesian island of sulawesi, following an earthquake and tsunami which killed hundreds of people. rescuers say dozens are still missing. as for the damage of the tsunami, we have received a number of reports that many bodies were found along the shoreline but numbers are still unknown. theresa may arrives for the conservative conference in birmingham as the party apologises for a breach in security of the official conference app that revealed the contact details of senior politicians. a warning from the business secretary that a no—deal brexit could jeopardise britain's status as a world leader in the car industry. also coming up — facebook has reset tens of millions of accounts after discovering its worst—ever security breach. the company said attackers were able to exploit a vulnerability
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in a feature known as view as to gain control of up to 50 million accounts. rory mcilroy and sergio garcia draw first blood as europe take a commanding four—point lead over the usa. more than 380 people have now died and many more are injured or missing after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami in indonesia. hundreds were getting ready for a beach festival when the tsunami struck. homes, hospitals and a shopping centre collapsed as waves swept through palu on sulawesi island. our correspondent rebecca henschke sent this report from sulawesi. this mobile phone footage captures the terrifying moment the three
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metre high waves hit, flooding houses close to the shore and then rushing into the densely populated coastal city of palu. the waves and the powerful quake leaving a trail of destruction. this bridge is one of the main access roads into the city. translation: as for the damage of the tsunami, we've received a number of reports that many bodies were found along the shoreline, but the numbers are still unknown. authorities issued a tsunami warning immediately after the huge 7.7 magnitude quake hit. but residents didn't have long to get to higher land. rescue workers are now struggling to reach the area, as two access roads are blocked and the airport is now closed. the runway cracked in the quake.
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the military has been called in to help. translation: we will dispatch a medical team assembled from the marine corps, the army, and national search and rescue agency and also the logistic transportation unit. the main hospital in the city of palu was also damaged and medical workers are now struggling to treat the injured in makeshift tents. the death toll is expected to continue to rise. power and telecommunications are completely cut off in the nearby town of donggala, the closest to the epicentre of yesterday's huge quake. and today, powerful after—shocks have hit the area, with terrified residents forced to stay out in the open. indonesia is in the ring of fire and no stranger to natural disasters. injuly and august, earthquakes on the tourist island of lombok
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killed more than 500 people, and now, so soon after, authorities are struggling to cope with the scale of this disaster. rebecca henschke, bbc news, sulawesi. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight arejohn rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent and rachel cunliffe — comment and features editor at city am. preparations for the conservative party conference in birmingham were knocked off course earlier today, after it emerged that the official phone app for the event had been launched with a major security flaw. the party has apologised for the glitch, which meant anyone knowing the email address of a politician or party member was able to log in and obtain other personal data including their phone number. this app was launched with great
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pride and the party chairman navin gave an interview to the evening standard the other day viewing the app asa standard the other day viewing the app as a beacon for the conservatives as a modern party, trying to attract younger voters after labour did so well with younger voters at the general election last year. it is meant to help people like me and party activists find their way around the conference centre but crucially this afternoon it was found that if you had the e—mail address of an attendee and popped it in, up with p0p attendee and popped it in, up with pop theirfall and attendee and popped it in, up with pop their fall and other personal data like their mobile phone number and that stretched to the very top of government, because cabinet members have two register to be attendees here. the party has now
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apologised and the information commissioner's office is aware of what has happened and says it is in touch with the party so we probably haven't heard the last of this, and could start before the conference has even formally begun. we have had some mocking comments from momentum who have the role and successful social media app under way, suggesting they could perhaps suggesting they could perhaps suggest technical teams who might be able to help out. i am sure that was not offered them the most helpful of spirits. it underlines the difficulties for the conservative party, grappling not just difficulties for the conservative party, grappling notjust with brexit but with how to respond to a labour party which is offering a very different and the radical alternative and there are big arguments within the conservative party about how the conservatives should be addressing that.
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absolutely. final point on the app. the sense in which the party has been rattled by it. it took the conservatives longer to put out a statement in reaction to the problems than it took momentum or the labour party to wait in and criticise the conservatives. as far as brexit is concerned, it has been the dominating the and the prime minister facing the dominating the and the prime ministerfacing a very the dominating the and the prime minister facing a very tricky balance. still trying to publicly sell the chequers plan of the idea ofa sell the chequers plan of the idea of a close relationship with the eu. the problem is, you have got some within the conservative fold, articulated by borisjohnson yesterday, on the brexit era side of the argument seeing the relationship is to close after brexit. you have others joining is to close after brexit. you have othersjoining a small is to close after brexit. you have others joining a small but vociferous bunch of conservative mps saying that if no deal with the eu looks a likely prospect, they would
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advocate another referendum, so whichever way she turns, the prime minister faces whichever way she turns, the prime ministerfaces a whichever way she turns, the prime minister faces a tricky argument about brexit. we were just seeing some pictures of her arriving this evening and not seeing anything. it is hard to overstate the pressure she is under, notjust the brexit whole process which is under fire on all sides, but even those who are still and still around the cabinet table already looking to the next phase and already considering they overall leadership prospects or who else should be taking over the leadership of the party. quite. it will be really interesting the next couple of days to see the number of senior conservatives giving speeches which add a little more broad—based and wide—ranging than their ministerial body. another words, something of a beauty parade for those who might fancy themselves as a future prime minister, to set out their stall and future conservative
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policy and views which extend beyond their current dayjob. there is bound to be some of that because party conference and sara always a hive of gossip about how long a particular leader might last, but in the current context given the troubles she has had, and given that will be many questions asked over the launch, the other side of brexit and potentially before then, there will be lots of that. but the prime minister has shown before her resilience. the label, a difficult week, has attached to the prime minister pretty much weekend, week out, and if you think back to the conference last year with a heckler who got to hide on the stage and handed him a fake p 45 then she managed to lose her boys then the various parts of the pang trott managed to start falling down. she must allow herself to think, surely it can't be that bad again. the car giant toyota — has told the bbc —
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that production at its derbyshire factory would be severely disrupted — if britain left the eu without a trade deal. it said delays for parts at the border and stops in its assembly line would be expensive and could have an impact onjobs and future investment at the plant. sanchia berg reports. 600 cars roll off the line here every day at toyota's factory near derby. each one built to order. it works because the parts only arrive when they are needed. summoned at a day's notice from suppliers in the uk and europe, put straight onto the production line. there is no warehouse so if the truck gets stuck the line can stop. hard brexit, delays at the border would magnify that. if we crash out of the eu at the end of march the supply chain will be impacted and we will see production stopped in our factory. he doesn't know how long that disruption would be. hours, days, possibly weeks. that would be expensive for toyota which has just invested a quarter
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of a billion pounds in this plant to build the new corolla here. it would reduce our competitiveness. sadly i think that would reduce the number of cars made in the uk and that would costjobs. they are calling for free movement of goods between britain and the eu as the prime minister outlined in her chequers proposal. toyota is not the only car—maker to be worried about the implications of a hard brexit. all major manufacturers have complex supply chains extending in the european union. and while the sector directly employees under 200,000 people it is estimated that close to a million british jobs depend on it. the government said it was determined to ensure that britain remains a competitive location for carmaking, that it had proposed a credible plan to the eu for the future relationship and it looked forward to continuing the negotiations. the business secretary greg clark
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has called a security breach affecting millions of facebook users a "very worrying development". mr clark told the bbc the information commissioner would be taking steps with facebook to ensure lessons are learnt. the company says 50 million users worldwide were affected, but the breach has now been fixed. this report from our business correspondent, joe miller, contains some flash photography. last time uk authorities stepped in over a facebook data breach, it led to this raid on cambridge analytica's offices in london. now, facebook itself is dealing with a far more complex and sinister invasion by unknown attackers. until yesterday facebook users could click on a tab called "view as" to see what their profile looked like to friends and to members of the general public. but a vulnerability in the code for that feature allowed hackers
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to infiltrate millions of accounts and it is why users around the world received messages like this and were forced to log back in on all of their devices. facebook boss mark zuckerberg often leaves the firefighting to his lieutenants. but this time he sought to reassure reporters himself, saying the bug had been fixed, but warning that facebook would always be a target. it's an arms race, and we are continuing to improve our defences. i think that this also underscores that there are just constant attacks from people who are trying to take over accounts or steal information from people in our community. such attacks are also of concern to the uk government. we don't know what the source or the reason for the breach is, and how far reaching its consequences are. but the information commissioner in this country, i know, will be taking steps with the company to make sure that the lessons are learned to prevent it happening in future. we didn't come here for clickbait...
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facebook‘s previous scandal wiped tens of billions off its market value. not so this time, as investors are starting to believe that, despite negative headlines, its 2 million users will not desert the platform. joe miller, bbc news. amy pope is a former homeland security adviser to barack 0bama and 110w security adviser to barack 0bama and now part of a consultancy firm advising companies how to protect themselves from cyber attacks. she says firms and individuals need to be vigilant. companies need to realise this is a problem that cannotjust be relegated to the it department but be taken seriously by leadership and without that you will never get the kinds of protection that companies need. secondly they need to find ways to test defences. it is all very well being told you have good
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defences but until you try them out, and test the company's firewalls to see if people can be fished easily, 01’ see if people can be fished easily, or otherwise may be subjected to cyber vulnerabilities, i think there can bea cyber vulnerabilities, i think there can be a real problem which can impact the company as a whole. users need to take a look at their settings and find out which apps are drawing from facebook. many times people will sign on using their facebook account without realising they are actually using another app to drop information from facebook and people are often unaware they are doing that so they need to take control over facebook settings in the first instance. also, users need to read the fine print. i know it is not designed in a way to be very accessible and companies such as facebook are trying to make their policies more transparent but users need to read and understand how information can be used, and without
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that they are making themselves vulnerable. now the latest headlines. strong aftershocks have continued to hit the indonesian island of sulawesi, where an earthquake and tsunami killed hundreds of people yesterday. dozens are still missing. theresa may arrives for the conservative conference in birmingham as the party apologises for a breach in security of the official conference app that revealed the contact details of senior politicians. a warning from the business secretary that a no—deal brexit could jeopardise britain's status as a world sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's... good evening, chris. europe will take a 10—6 lead into the final day of the ryder cup — they dominated the fourballs this morning, but the usa clawed back a couple of points in the afternoon's foursomes.
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still, they'll need a spectacular comeback if they're to retain the cup. ben croucher rounds up the action. the battle cry from scandinavia, the golf course in france and the rivalry created down decades. the usa have found out it is easy to lose yourself and as they turned it on friday it is easy to lose points as well. carrying on from where the foursomes finished, this cry created in hollywood, county down. rory mcilroy‘s experience but little mattered in what was becoming an alarmingly one—sided event. francesco molinari and fleetwood won their third point in as many matches. sergio garcia friends spanish strength that file and some
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spanish strength that file and some spanish strength. butjust when another european whitewash was on, jordan spieth and justin thomas ensured work year—round herds. the usa were staring at a heavy deficits 01’ usa were staring at a heavy deficits or when henrik stenson and justin rose were sent out first and claim their customary points, the gap grew wider. under the circumstances probably be shot of the day. yet another point and they became europe's fourth most successful pairing injust two base. the us six behind and tiger woods has still not w011 behind and tiger woods has still not won a match. potential pitfalls clear to see. a strangely subdued rory mcilroy and ian poulter. it will be 10—6 heading into sunday's singles and only twice before has a side come from so far behind to wind. the usa will have to summon the spirit of 1999 if they are to
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create a piece of ryder cup history. it's been a good couple of days and they have done tremendously well, they have done tremendously well, the way they have played and stuck together and been determined to do a job. they are also very well aware of what is ahead of them tomorrow, so we of what is ahead of them tomorrow, so we go again tomorrow, we go back to the hotel now, we refocus, we try to the hotel now, we refocus, we try to get some tired legs worked on and because there tomorrow and this is probably the most important 18 holes ahead of these players for a long time. liverpool remain undefeated in the premier league thanks to a late strike from daniel sturridge, which rescued a 1—1 draw at chelsea. chelsea took the lead when the in—form eden hazard struck his sixth premier league goal of the season — he's the top scorer. but with barely minutes left on the clock, former chelsea striker sturridge let fly and found the top corner. they drop to second in the table on goal difference. this
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behind manchester city, who beat brighton 2—0, raheem sterling and sergio aguero with the goals in a comfortable win. and things are going from bad to worse for manchester united — a 3—1 defeat at west ham gave them their worst start to a league season in 29 years. felipe anderson and marko arnautovic the scorers for west ham, plus an own goal. elsewhere this afternoon, arsenal beat watford for their seventh straight win. after two losses on the spin everton eased to victory over fulham. harry kane scored two as tottenham beat huddersfield, newcastle are still without a win — they lost at home to leicester. and a fourth win of the season for newly promoted wolves who beat southampton. in the scottish premiership, the reigning champions celtic ended a disappointing run of league results with a 1—0
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victory over aberdeen. dundee picked up theirfirst points of the season, beating hamilton. hearts have a five—point lead at the top of the table following their victory over stjohnstone. there were also wins for kilmarnock and hibernian. valtteri bottas beat his team—mate lewis hamilton to pole position as mercedes dominated qualifying for the russian grand prix. bottas broke the track record at sochi — althought hamilton might have gone quicker, but for this rare mistake. sebastian vettel was half a second off the pace in third. that's all the sport for now. three men — including a police officer — have been seriously injured after they were bitten by a dog in leeds earlier today. the incident involved two dogs and took place in the back garden a normally quiet street in leeds sealed off this morning by police.
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this is garth walk in moortown, where at around 4:30am this morning two men were attacked by two dogs. some smashed plant pots the only visible sign of what happened here. a normally quiet street in leeds sealed off this morning by police. this is garth walk in moortown, where at around 4:30am this morning two men were seriously injured here in the incident in the early hours of this morning. a 59—year—old man has been left with potentially life changing injuries, and a 79—year—old man is also seriously hurt. a police officer was badly injured as well while trying to detain one of the animals, and he is also currently in hospital this morning. as detectives and scenes of crime officers went about their work this morning, local people expressed shock at what had happened. it's a very nice area, i've never heard this before. four o'clock in the morning, very strange, two dogs, police, three people attacked, hospital, it is shocking for us. one of them is one of our customers and the others were officers and neighbours. four o'clock in the morning, that's really strange.
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it's a big shock. the cul—de—sac is a nice area and i know most of the neighbours. they are very nice. we've been here for ten years and it's very rare to have these things and it's shocking for us. police have declined to reveal what breeds the dogs were but say both animals have been seized. two people, believed to be the owners, have been arrested. west yorkshire police has asked for anyone with information on what happened to come forward. alistair gill, bbc look north, leeds. a nightclub was evacuated and a0 people were treated by paramedics — after reports that an irritant — suspected to be tear gas — had been released inside the venue. dorset police were called after people at cameo nightclub complained of irritated eyes and shortness of breath. one person was taken to hospital as precaution. police said there is no ongoing risk to the public. two british women have been killed in a car crash in oman.
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the incident took place on the south coast of salalah, close to the border with yemen. a british man was also injured in the crash and is believed to be in hospital in a stable condition. the identity of the victims is not yet known. a man has died after a collision in burnley, after police followed the car he was travelling in. before the collision — which took place on colne road shortly before 1:30 this morning. the vehicle had been requested to stop by the police. the car hit a lamppost — killing the front seat passenger. two other men in the car are being treated for their injuries in hospital. people with severe allergies have been told they can use their epipens past their normal expiry date — because of a continuing shortage. the medicines regulator said, it had agreed to extend the use—by date of some of the devices by four months. our health correspondent, dominic hughes has more. the inquest into the death of natasha ednan—laperouse has
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highlighted the issues facing people who suffer from severe allergic reactions. in her case, adrenaline injections from a device called an epipen were not enough to save her. but many rely on them for emergency treatment. michelle henry uses them to protect her nine—year—old son who lives with multiple allergies. now a shortage of epipens, the uk's biggest brand, means desperate parents have been left looking for alternatives. it is not good enough and the problem is, the onus is on the parent, not the doctor, not the pharmacist, not the supplier, to deal with the problem. your child, you know the danger your child has and the onus is very much on you to actually physically go round the houses until you get a solution. the department for health
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and social care is warning that stocks of the adrenaline injector for children have run out and that epipens for children and adults will remain in short supply for the rest of the year. patients are being advised that some batches can be used for up to four months after the official expiry date. i would certainly recommend to my patients that if they were having a severe reaction and they noticed their epipen was out of date, i would rather that they checked to look, if the liquid inside is clear, it is safe to use even though it is expired. that said, it won't be as effective but it's better than not using anything at all. of course, make sure you call for emergency help straightaway. some patients will be advised to start using alternative injected devices. meanwhile, the government is working with the makers of epipen to resolve the issue. dominic hughes, bbc news. the human rights lawyer, amal clooney, is calling on the authorities in myanmar to pardon and release two reuters journalists, who've been imprisoned there. wah lone and jaw soh 0o were sentenced to seven years hard labour earlier this month for violating the official secrets act. they were investigating
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the killing of rohingya muslims by security forces. amal clooney, who's representing the two men told our chief international correspondent, lyce doucet that they were ‘set up'. this case of two reuters journalists is widely seen as a test of democratic freedoms in myanmar. a travesty of justice also. it is a manifest injustice. they were the victims of a setup, they had documents planted on them, and police were lying in wait to arrest them and the whole trial was a charade. what really happened is that they were investigating and reporting on a massacre of rohingya muslim men, the officials found out about it and wanted to silence them. so they have arrested them on this false pretext and subjected them to a show trial. aung—san suu kyi said this
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trial has nothing to do with freedom of expression, the jealous violated the official secrets act. we were disappointed to see that she would be defending this case when she has always been someone who has spoken out about the need for free speech. she has been imprisoned in the same prison where they are. as a political prisoner. when she won the nobel peace prize she said that one little prisoner is one too many, we must all fight to get them out. that is what we are now doing. she holds the key to their liberty, so we very much hope that she will now live up to her own principles and actually released them and in doing so set our country back on course towards the path to democracy and the rule of law, and we tried to make the case today to answer her call where she stood up in hanoi and said if anyone thinks there has been a miscarriage ofjustice, that the next lane wide. there has been a call for the united nations to become more involved, many countries including
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here in the united states. journalists are being described as enemies. it is disappointing that in the united states, the staunch defender of free speech traditionally, that you're the president handing the press as the enemies of the people and saying he is at war with them. i don't, i cannot think of a case of a pick—up where i haven't reached out to the us to take the lead. in this case they have been extremely helpful, state department, white house, and others. but we need that kind of leadership if we're going to make headway, and essentially it is always going to be convenient for authoritarian regimes to try and silence critics. we have got to be more determined than them. three years ago, amal clooney was involved injournalists case with aljazeera. press freedoms worldwide have worsened since then.
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unfortunately i do not see an improvement since then. we know from organisations that track this, like the committee for the protection ofjournalists, that the number ofjournalists in prison if they highest it has been. demonstrably it is not getting better. we have to keep fighting each case and hope we can affect positive change. now it's time for a look at the weather. we have called front pushing the show for spurning some rain to scotla nd show for spurning some rain to scotland and northern ireland but the weakening all the while land by the weakening all the while land by the time it reaches northern england arejust a strip the time it reaches northern england are just a strip of cloud pushing into wales. cloud developing towards the bristol channel. clear skies are lowering the temperature to tip away, a chilly night with the temperature in the countryside

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