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this is bbc news i'm carole walker. the headlines at ten. 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 you believe it was my while. -- wow. is that the thing europeans need? mcilroy had been in a stupor since the 4th hole. look we received a number of reports that bodies were found along the shoreline but the 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 in a feature known as view as to gain control of up to 50—million accounts. and at 10:30 and again
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at 11:30 we ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers rachel cunliffe from city am and the independent‘sjohn rentoul, stay with us for that. 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. alistair dutton is the director of the scottish catholic international aid fund — which has donated 20,000 pounds in emergency aid to help survivors.
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their sister charity, caritas, is responding to the disaster on the ground. he's been telling me they are still assessing the huge impact of the tsunami. we are very much responding on the basis of what we know from previous emergencies and that is why i was very keen that as soon as the news came through, we could release this £20,000 immediately and put it at their disposal. they are trying to work out what they can do and how they can pay for it. so from your knowledge of previous disasters, what is going to be the immediate priority? the first thing will be simply trying to find out what is going on, where people are and how badly they have been affected by it. i have worked in many earthquakes in the past and the communications go down almost immediately. road
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transport is often very badly affected and often grinds to a halt, so affected and often grinds to a halt, so just moving around and finding queer people are and what the situation is will be a massive piece of work in the days to come and so those of us who are working there in indonesia will be trying to do those assessments immediately and trying to work out how best to respond. that is a problem if those communications are cut off by the earthquake, by the soon army and actually getting the relief to the people who need it. absolutely. the first priority really needs to be to re—establish communications, re—establish communications, re—establish transport and movement around the island, and until you know what is going on and you cannot determine how to respond appropriately so it really is just fact—finding and logistics in the early days, and i was in the
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earthquake in 2010 which was a similar magnitude at eight some more depth, and the interruption to the ordinary things that people take for granted means that people really cannot establish what was going on on the ground, and it will be really important for the aid community working with the international government to work closely and coordinate well and exchange information as soon as it becomes available so that they can make sure people get what they need immediately. we know that many homes have been destroyed and presumably just providing shelter will be one of the first issues to address. the first three things that people will need is what immediately, the water systems a re need is what immediately, the water systems are fractured and pipes are broken or interrupted as a result of the earthquake, so what are
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absolutely immediately. food very $0011 absolutely immediately. food very soon after that, and then you are absolutely correct, shelter. very often after an earthquake there will be dust clouds leading to an unusually low temperature, so people will not be used to some of the temperatures they will face particularly at night, so getting them undercover and having some place they can be safe and loved ones are safe and they can put the few possessions they have managed to save for themselves, and feeding and watering them will be the immediate priorities. immediately after an earthquake that is also a public health concern as water systems are fractured and sewage gets mixed with water, so you have the opportunity for disease outbreaks and public health suffering, that people will be considering very quickly. presumably the charities you work for will have to liaise closely with
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the authorities, and above all will wa nt to the authorities, and above all will want to get the infrastructure back up want to get the infrastructure back up and running at least to the extent aid can get through. absolutely, and i in no way want to suggest the international effort is the most important. the people of indonesia will have been responding from the first moment it happened. caritas indonesia which is part of the caritas federation. caritas indonesia will have started responding immediately and the organisation absolutely has the responsibility to coordinate and provide for people. the local authorities on the island of sulawesi and the indonesian authorities. caritas indonesia and all the other aid agencies start to come together and start trying to work out how to work at the centre
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of that effort will be the people of indonesia and the government and local authorities. 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. the business secretary greg clark 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. in a few minutes, we'll be joined by bbc one viewers for a full roundup of the day's news with tina daheley. stay with us. but first, the car giant toyota has told the bbc that production at its derbyshire
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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. bmw were the first to announce this, that they would have a mini shutdown in april. jaguar land rover have suggested they will follow suit. it is normal to have a certain amount of factory closure around the easter time, that is something that happens every year, but this is something very different and at this stage in time, until we know exactly what brexit looks like, whether it be no deal but is there a deal are what does the deal exactly look like, it
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is certainly unlikely to look like what it does today, and what we have todayis what it does today, and what we have today is frictionless trade within the eu and any kind of friction, for the eu and any kind of friction, for the reasons you outline in your piece earlier, has catastrophic effects on the just—in—time manufacturing processes and the need to carry inventory and so on. one of the manufacturers i spoke to actually said they could envisage something that looks like amazon's distribution centre in order to stock their inventory and keep the lines running. coming out of the eu on 29th march, those kinds of things cannot be put in place on those kinds of timescales. you also alluded to the fact that the awarding of future manufacturing is quite competitive for the lot of these organisations, so the plants in the uk are competing with clients
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all over the world, and we have been doing very well in recent years because plants are very good. but of course, if we have tariffs to deal with, and bearing in mind that even in the best of times, about 80% of production goes abroad, that com pletely production goes abroad, that completely shifts the pyridine, and as you pointed out, has some real negative effects. just to pin down, the big concern you have, it is about the practicalities and the potential knock—on effects of any delays in getting some of the parts that you need and then exporting the finished vehicles or the finished parts of vehicles? it is those things plus any tariffs that might apply moving backwards and forwards across borders. nobody builds a car from scratch and would have car are put together, some assemblies and
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parts coming in from various different places, and if every time something comes across the border thatis something comes across the border that is utterly and carrots to be paid, that massively changes the situation we have today, and that 860,000 people situation we have today, and that 860 , 000 people employed, situation we have today, and that 860,000 people employed, and the roundabout 260,000 are employed directly in manufacturing. it is a big industry, a big contributor to the balance of payments, and this is very serious and i have not heard anything. as an industry we have heard very little to bring as comfort. hundreds of people have been killed in a tsunami in indonesia. many more are feared dead from the wave, which was triggered by an earthquake. we report from the area. theresa may arrives in birmingham for the conservative conference — amid problems for the party even before it begins. we travel to eastern russia —
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and to the village where one of two men believed to be a salisbury novichok suspect grew up. cleared for take—off — the first jets launch from the royal navy's new carrier, hms queen elizabeth. cheering. commentator: unbelievable. and europe extend their lead over the united states, at the ryder cup in paris. good evening. 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.
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homes, hospitals and a shopping centre collapsed, as waves of up to three metres swept through palu on sulawesi island. rebecca henschke sent this report from there. this mobile phone footage captures the terrifying moment the three metre high waves hit, flooding houses closest to 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
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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. 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.
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indonesia is in the ring of fire and no stranger to natural disasters. injuly and august, earthquakes on the tourist island of lombok 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. as we've just heard, earthquakes and tsunamis aren't unusual in this region. richard lister explains why. aerial images of indonesia's disaster zone show the reach and the power of the tsunami — a landscape scoured of buildings and people. it all starts here, on the sea bed, along the pacific rim. sections of the earth's crust grind together, causing volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. it's known as the ring of fire. this animation shows the location of every earthquake around the world over several years.
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90% of them occurred along the pacific rim, and of all the countries on that ring of fire, indonesia is seen as the most prone to earthquake damage. not all undersea earthquakes cause tsunamis, but those measuring more than seven on the richter scale pose a real threat. and when one tectonic plate is forced under another, as may have happened in indonesia, the sudden change to the sea bed displaces a huge volume of water, creating giant waves moving as fast as a jetliner. under the right conditions those waves can across an ocean. this animation shows what happened in 2004, when an earthquake measuring 9.1 on the richter scale generated a tsunami off sumatra. it reached the african coast just seven hours later. 250,000 people were killed. but other factors can make smaller tsunamis deadly too. look at this long inlet leading to palu. even though friday's earthquake
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was much smaller than in 2004, this narrow inlet focused the energy of the waves as they raced towards the town. and it could be days before the authorities in indonesia know just how much damage was done, how many lives were lost. richard lister, bbc news. theresa may has arrived in birmingham for the conservative party conference, which today experienced technical difficulties before it's even begun. contact details, including mobile numbers of hundreds of their mps, and journalists, were accidentally made accessible on their conference app — a problem which was later fixed. it comes as one cabinet minister has warned colleagues to stop arguing amongst themselves over brexit. ben wright is in birmingham for us. as you said, this conference began with a pretty serious security
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blunder. anyone logging into the conference at could have accessed an mp's phone number if they'd known what their e—mail address was. this glitch was fixed pretty quickly. the party had to apologise, but a bad start to a party conference that is going to be completely dominated i think by brexit. many tories hate theresa may's so—called chequers plan and in the sunday times tomorrow, borisjohnson plan and in the sunday times tomorrow, boris johnson calls plan and in the sunday times tomorrow, borisjohnson calls it a deranged plan and questions her commitment to brexit. theresa may's allies are fighting back and on the eve of this conference ijoined one cabinet minister, the brexiteer andrea leadsom as she tried to drum up andrea leadsom as she tried to drum up support for the chequers plan among the pa rty‘s up support for the chequers plan among the party's own grassroots. i am fully backing this proposal. selling the prime minister's brexit plan, known as chequers, to conservative party members in leicester last night. it removes the need for infrastructure at the border between ireland and northern ireland, and it enables us to continue to trade in goods with the european union without friction. andrea leadsom backed leave in the referendum, now sits in the cabinet,
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and spent an hourfielding questions and concerns from the tory grassroots. at what point do we decide to go forward with a no deal? there's a lot of uncertainty in business at the moment and we really do need to know where we're going and what we can plan for. why are people saying the canada deal is better than the deal we have on the table? we will abide by... the chequers plan for trading with the eu after brexit has been rubbished by brexiteers like boris johnson and criticised by the eu. the reality is we are now running out of time. we have put forward a workable proposal that works for the uk and for the eu, and they need to take it very seriously. but the splits in the tory party are quite clear, aren't they, and will be evident in birmingham? there are very strong opposing views, there's no doubt about that, but in the end we all need to act in the interests of the country. we do need a good brexit deal. we need to push the eu to give us that and not waste our arguments with each other but actually have
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those arguments legitimately with the commission. the arguments that will play out here are about much more than tory party bickering and positioning. they are about the sort of country we'll be for years to come. the prime minister comes to birmingham clutching onto her chequers plan, hoping the eu and then parliament will swing behind it. but first, she needs to rally her party. is it a tough week ahead, prime minister? ben wright, bbc news, at the conservative party conference, in birmingham. and a reminder that the andrew marr show will be live from the conservative party conference in birmingham, tomorrow, at10am. a woman in the far east of russia has told the bbc she recognises one of the key suspects in the salisbury novichok attack as a decorated military officer. the bbc travelled across six time zones east of moscow to a village, to verify research carried out by the bellingcat investigative website, which this week published what it claims is the true identity
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of one of the suspects. while russia continues to deny any involvement in the poisoning, we went to beryozovka — the first television crew to visit the village. 0ur moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports. in the far east of russia, along its border with china, we went searching for clues to the salisbury poisoning. thatjourney led to this tranquil village, almost 5000 miles from moscow. it's where a russian military intelligence officer, anatoliy chepiga, grew up. this week, the investigative team at bellingcat suggested that colonel chepiga, seen here, is the true identity of a key suspect in the salisbury attack. british officials haven't disputed that. that suspect is now calling himself ruslan boshirov. so our team showed those pictures to residents in colonel chepiga's old village. some didn't know him.
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those who did were nervous of oui’ camera. we agreed they'd remain anonymous. translation: it's him, but much older. and this man identified the man wanted by british police as anatoliy chepiga. translation: i know where his parents used to live. he was a military man, an officer. he fought in war zones, then he was in moscow. the chepiga family are hard to find. at the firm founded by his father, staff refused to comment. the family moved some years ago. when i called the last phone number linked to his parents, the man who picked up said he was uzbek and bought card on the streets. the line was then disconnected. just two weeks ago, president putin himself insisted both of the salisbury suspects were civilians. "nothing suspicious," he said, "nothing criminal." on friday, his spokesman said
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the kremlin won't discuss what he called informal investigations into the poisoning any further, but the questions over russia's explanations and the true identity of these men are only mounting. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. jets have taken off from the deck of the royal navy's new £3 billion aircraft carrier for the first time. two f—35 aircraft conducted flight trials off the east coast of the united states. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this report from hms queen elizabeth. it's been mocked as the aircraft carrier without planes. but britain's most expensive warship has at last met its match. the f—35jet — the world's most advanced and costly warplane. now together for the first time, sailing in the atlantic ocean. it's eight years since a jet flew off a british aircraft carrier.
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now the wait is over. the royal navy is back in the business of flying fast jets from big decks. the f—35 can hover like the old harrier jump jet, but it's far more complex, with 10 million lines of computer code. each costs around £100 million. now landing on a £3 billion warship. it's global ambition, not affordability, that's been the driving force. this is the best, most capable aeroplane in the world, and it's now in the british military, on—board a british warship, and it doesn't get any better than this, with this warship and this team. it's unbelievable. these two test aircraft are meant to be followed by many more. the ship was built to carry 36 jets. but in reality she'll sail with fewer.
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britain's defence budget is struggling to match its ambitions. but the warning from the bridge is clear — fewerjets means less influence. it is a lot of money, but absolutely we must take security of our people and our home country and our obligations around the world seriously. you just cannot do defence on the cheap. what are you going to do, throw lemons at people? the government hopes this carrier and these jets will help project british power across the globe, but in truth it may struggle to keep those ambitions afloat. jonathan beale, bbc news, on board hms queen elizabeth. let's get the sport now with katherine downes, at the bbc sport centre. good evening. europe will take a 10—6 lead into the final day of the ryder cup. they dominated this morning, but the usa picked up a couple of vital points late on and will need a spectacular comeback if they're to win. andy swiss reports from paris. a distinctly chilly
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start for europe's fans, but optimism was in the air. 0le, ole, ole, ole... and with good reason. after yesterday's comeback, once again, the hosts were on the charge. what a putt from mcilroy, smacks into the back of the hole. rory mcilory inspired, and so was his partner. some had questioned sergio garcia's selection. not after this. come around, come around. sweet as a nut. the hosts won three of the morning's four matches, including another for the new star turns. francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood helping the hosts to an 8—11 lead. and the afternoon began just as brightly. victory for henrik stenson and justin rose before the pair now dubbed moliwood produced another box office display. molinari and fleetwood with their fourth win in two days — a european record. good friends, now an astonishing partnership. it's great to make a little piece of history but it means nothing if we don't come home
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with the trophy, so, you know, we can enjoy it for a couple of minutes, maybe, but, you know, we want to win this ryder cup. and finally, the us stars stirred. two late and sorely needed wins closing the gap to 10—6. they've struggled but they still have hope. so europe won't be relaxing just yet. they'll know they overturned a 10—6 deficit at medinah in 2012, but a team that arrived here as underdogs now have victory in their sights. andy swiss, bbc news, paris. if you're waiting for match of the day after the news, here's a warning we're about to give today's premier league football results. the trouble continues for jose mourinho and manchester united. they lost 3—1 to west ham. paul pogba, whose rocky relationship with mourinho has made the headlines this week, was substituted in the second half. it's manchester united's worst start to a league season for 29 years. elsewhere, manchester city are top
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of the league on goal difference, after they beat brighton. and look out for a goal of the season candidate from daniel sturridge — who rescued a point for unbeaten liverpool at chelsea. in the scottish premiership, celtic returned to winning ways with a 1—0 victory over aberdeen. but it's hearts who still lead the way, as they maintained their unbeaten run with a 2—1 victory over stjohnstone. it's a mercedes front row for tomorrow's russian grand prix. lewis hamilton, though, not on pole. more on that on the bbc sport website. but that's it from me. that's it from me and the team. from all of us here, have a very good night. although our weather has been very
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quiet today the same cannot be said in the mediterranean where we have had this intense area of low pressure. severe storm system hurting the peloponnese late saturday morning with torrential rain. the rain is going to continue. for others, the weather has been very quiet, most of us having a lot of sunshine through the day today. we have a cold front, a streak of cloud bringing rain to the far north of scotland. that continues to work so of scotland. that continues to work so thoughts and that of london to any area of high pressure across the south of the uk the front will continue to weaken. quite a bit of cloud across central portions of the uk but in the south with clear skies across east anglia, the temperature getting down to 2—3 in the coldest spots. in sunday's forecast, here is the weak cold front working across
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