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indonesia digs mass graves for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that have killed at least 800 people. this hotel is one of the devastated buildings. rescue teams are searching for survivors. our correspondent has reached the scene tonight. this would have been a thriving fishing village, houses packed closely together next to shops, now reduced to rubble, amongst it cars smashed by the powerful waves. there's growing desperation as power cuts plunge hospitals in the area into darkness. cuts plunge hospitals translation: what we need is more medical help. we can't do operations because we have no power, and we don't have a generator, so we are very limited in what we can do. so we are very limited there are fears the death toll could rise to thousands, and there are questions about whether indonesia's tsunami early warning system failed. whether indonesia's tsunami early also tonight: whether indonesia's tsunami early theresa may calls on the conservative party to rally around her brexit plans. conservative party to rally boris johnson describes them as "deranged". new research suggests young people
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between the age of 16 and 2a are lonelier than any other age group. europe! any other age group. cheering and applause. any other age group. and, in the ryder cup, europe cruise to victory over the united states. europe cruise to victory good evening. the indonesian authorities are digging mass graves for hundreds of victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the island of sulawesi on friday. and tsunami that hit the island the death toll currently stands at over 800, but officials are warning thousands may have perished. the quake — with a magnitude of 7.5 — struck to the north of the island and was followed by a deadly
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tsunami along the coast. and was followed by a deadly the closest town to the epicentre is the heavily populated fishing area of donggala, with over 300,000 people. rescuers have yet to reach it. with over 300,000 people. further south, in the city of palu, over 820 people have been confirmed dead. over 820 people have 0ur correspondent rebecca henshke is there. up to 50 people are believed to be still under the rubble of the roa roa hotel here in palu city. rescue workers are trying to find survivors. with no heavy building equipment available, they are using whatever they have. equipment available, cries of help had been heard from the rubble but, in this case, it came too late. from the rubble but, translation: looking at the conditions there, there are still bodies unidentified, as well as victims buried under rubble. as well as victims there are also remote
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areas yet to be reached by the search and rescue teams. areas yet to be reached presidentjoko widodo has visited the area, promising to speed up the aid operation. hundreds of military personnel have been deployed. some of the most vulnerable are getting help, but those left behind are struggling. are getting help, but those left and, with aid only nowjust trickling in, desperate residents are taking matters into their own hands. translation: we need to eat. into their own hands. we don't have any other choice. into their own hands. we must get food. into their own hands. translation: we're in a crisis. into their own hands. we have nothing for our basic needs. into their own hands. food, water, we desperately need them. desperate relatives are flocking to the area to try and find out the fate of loved ones. to the area to try and find out but, as supplies run out, many haven't made it. people have been waiting for hours for petrol, since this morning. they have come this way trying to reach the affected area of palu to find out what's happened
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to their loved ones. this lady hasn't heard from her son and daughter. translation: i'm going out of my mind. i don't know where my children are. going out of my mind. i'm going crazy with worry about them. i have no news at all. worry about them. she still has a long way to go to reach palu. we arrived after hours waiting for landslides to be cleared. these are the scenes that are greedy people who are able to get through. the people who are able to get through. scenes that ar rows of rubble along the coastline. people who are able to get through. this would have been a thriving fishing village, houses packed closely together next to shops, now reduced to rubble, amongst it cars smashed by the powerful waves, boat turned upside down in amongst the rubble of people's possessions. the bodies from this area are lined up at the nearby health clinic.
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doctors say that, in this muslim majority country, they will be buried in a mass grave soon to stop the spread of diseases. translation: they are starting to smell. we want to wait for relatives to pick them up but we can't wait any longer. to pick them up but we this five—year—old girl was found alone with a broken leg. she knows her name, herfamily is missing and she can't remember where she lived. is missing and she can't doctors are doing what they can to look after her. rebecca henschke, bbc news, palu, sulawesi. so what's caused this devastating earthquake and tsunami? well, indonesia sits on what is known as the ring of fire — an area home to 90% of the world's earthquakes and 75% of its volcanoes. earthquakes in the last few months, there had been over 30 tremors in the region a day. there had been over 30 tremors so did the early
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warning system fail? richard lister is here. warning system fail? this ring of fire around the pacific sees most of the world's seismic activity. the pacific sees most there are some 80 geological fault lines running through indonesia alone — and this one, which triggered friday's earthquake, is the most active. it runs right through the town of palu. so, people here were well aware of the threat. but this footage shows that, even as the waves surged towards palu, people were still driving along the seafront, either unaware or heedless of the danger. the seafront, either unaware so why did the warning systems fail? the seafront, either unaware a tsunami alarm network was put in place around indonesia after the devastating tsunami in 200a. the system relies on a series of sensors on the sea bed. when a sensor detects an earthquake, it assesses the threat and sends the data to a buoy floating on the surface. that buoy then alerts a satellite, which transmits a warning
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to officials on the ground. which transmits a warning but, in 2016, it was revealed that none of indonesia's warning buoys were working, due to damage by fishermen or a lack of maintenance. due to damage by fishermen a replacement system has been delayed by a lack of funding. other, more basic sensors are still in place, and the authorities say, before the waves rolled in, warnings were sent out using sirens and text messages. but the earthquake cut power, disabling sirens and damaging communications towers. disabling sirens and damaging the warnings didn't get through to everyone. what's more, the remaining sensors through to everyone. had picked up a tidal wave of just six centimetres. but, as it was squeezed by this narrow inlet, that wave grew to a height of up to six metres. no—one in palu knew the scale of what was coming until it was too late. the scale of what was coming ben. the scale of what was coming nick beake is in the indonesian the scale of what was coming
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capital, jakarta, from where the aid response is being coordinated. he's just sent this update. response is being coordinated. this response is being coordinated. is the military airpo the this is the military airport where the relief effort is being coordinated and, the odd the security, they are loading up another plain, packing it full of essentials for life, water, food and medicine and also equipment for trying to find any more survivors. 0ne trying to find any more survivors. one thing they don't have is time. this is already a desperate race. some aid has already been dispatched and we think more will go in the coming hours. they are also trying to get the worst hit areas, those relatives who have heard nothing from their loved ones. we met one man tonight who said his six—year—old daughter was due to be dancing at a festival on the beach where the tsunami struck. the family car has been found at his daughter and wife have not been, one of many
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personal stories which is propelling this huge effort. we can go now to rebecca henschke who is in the city of palu on sulawesi, where it's almost dawn. who is in the city of palu and rebecca, desperate scenes there. who is in the city of palu they who is in the city of palu are indeed, and people th am they are indeed, and people that i am meeting here are saying they haven't received any of that promised aid. the houses behind me that have been completely destroyed by the quake, those families are now camping out intents, salvaging what they could for their homes, but they say they have only limited supplies to last into the coming days and are breaking down in tears when i asked them about how they are coping. all along this coast road, from the left to the right, metres in its all rubble. all these families have lead to higher ground. those that didn't flee in time were caught up in those
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waves, and the death toll there is expected to rise. i have been to the hospital near here that is struggling to cope with the injured, and many people are still missing, unable to find their families. rebecca, thank you. theresa may has urged the conservatives to "come together" and back her plan for brexit. the conservatives to "come together" speaking at the start of her party's conference in birmingham, the prime minister rejected comments from the former foreign secretary, borisjohnson, that her chequers plan is "deranged" and "preposterous". that her chequers plan she insisted her plan is in the national interest and called on the eu to make counterproposals. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg contains some flash photography. editor laura kuenssberg contains boo! editor laura kuenssberg contains arguments over brexit aren't over. editor laura kuenssberg contains we know the struggle. editor laura kuenssberg contains bullocks to brexit! editor laura kuenssberg contains the volume rising... editor laura kuenssberg contains go and live there, if you like it so much. ..as the tories get together here. if you like it so much. because, in the next few
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weeks, the kind brexit we get will be decided. weeks, the kind brexit we the kind of future theresa may faces might be settled, too. theresa may faces might be so she started against the backdrop of noise, with a simple plea. my message to my party is, let's come together and get the best dealfor britain. let's come together and get the best i do believe in brexit but, crucially, i believe in delivering brexit in a way that respects the vote and delivers on the vote of the british people while also protecting our union, of the british people while also protecting jobs and ensuring that we make a success brexit for the future. that we make a success chuck chequers. that we make a success there is a big push here to ditch her so—called chequers compromise plan, where parts of the economy stay under eu rule. parts of the economy stay under eu but a blast at the continent from the platform from the foreign secretary — take britain's proposal seriously or rue the day. if you turn the eu club into a prison, the desire to get out
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of it won't diminish. it will grow, and we won't be the only prisoner that will want to escape. the only prisoner that applause the only prisoner that 0n the edges, here, a full throated cry for a brexit very difficult to what the government is agonising over. this is not the queue to see a serving minister speak from the platform. to see a serving minister this is the queue right around this conference centre to hear disgruntled brexiteers explain why the prime minister has to ditch her chequers plan. why the prime minister has to ditch it is not only a dying duck in a thunderstorm, it is the deadest of dying ducks in any thunderstorm in recent history. applause thunderstorm in recent history. agony over europe has been the talk of tory conferences for years. been the talk of tory agony this week will be over exactly how we leave, but the negotiations are, remember, in the closing stages.
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privately, cabinet ministers say it's crazy to imagine the government could dramatically shift course but here, this week, mps and some party members will still try their hardest. the prime minister is intent on finding our way out of the european union but, in the next few days, as in the next few weeks, it's notjust about charting a way through for the eu, but about securing her place with her party. but about securing her no one is sitting comfortably, here. but about securing her and laura joins us live now from birmingham. laura, how hard will this party conference be for the prime minister? party conference be for well, party conference be for i think it's not a time for fainthearts well, i think it's not a time for fainthearts in politics, but sometimes two seemingly contradictory things can apply at the same time. yes, on the one hand, there is real concern and outrage in
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some areas of the tory party about the kind of brexit theresa may is pursuing, there is real agony, and we will see especially on the fringes of conference strong views being articulated about why she must change course. on the flip side, you will have government ministers to doing all they can to try and stick to the line, to try and persuade the party faithful rye and so—called chequers compromise which would keep us chequers compromise which would keep us quite close to the european union is, they believe, the only realistic option. by the same token, something else is true, in terms of the big brexit project, the government's most important policy, what happens there in the next few days isn't the most vital part of what happens next. yes, we are in the closing stages of these negotiations, and the conversations that will really count will not be happening in birmingham but between the government and the european union in brussels, and between the government and other member states around the
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eu. of course, if there is a deal, what happens in parliament will matter enormously next, but there is a bit ofa matter enormously next, but there is a bit of a cent in birmingham, however bumpy it may well get, that the conversations that really count right now are happening somewhere else. thank you, laura kuenssberg. now for a look at some of today's other news. the ministry ofjustice says that a disturbance at long lartin prison, which left six members of staff needing treatment for injuries, has now been resolved. needing treatment for injuries, seven prisoners have been placed in isolation and will be transferred to other prisons. in isolation and will be an investigation has been launched. in isolation and will be a 28—old—man has been charged with the murder of two women in a village in kent. with the murder of two women jack ralph is also charged with the attempted murder of a man in his 70s following an incident in a house in hadlow near tonbridge early yesterday morning. in a house in hadlow near tonbridge it's thought the suspect, who'll appear before magistrates tomorrow, was known to his victims. elon musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the electric car
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maker tesla so he can avoid a possible prosecution forfraud in the united states. a possible prosecution forfraud he will stay on as the company's chief executive but he and the firm will each pay a $20 million fine. chief executive but he and the firm it follows his controversial tweet about taking the company private. new research shows younger people experience loneliness more often and more intensely than any other age group. the nationwide survey found that 40% of 16 to 2a—year—olds feel lonely often or very often. of 16 to 2a—year—olds feel lonely james gallagher reports. of 16 to 2a—year—olds feel lonely it's just, you just feel empty. you just feel so alone and so, no... it's like you are completely isolated from everyone else, even though you might not be. isolated from everyone else, it's a horrible feeling. isolated from everyone else, hannah describes herself as confident and friendly, yet she also says she is lonely. as confident and friendly,
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the bbc survey says that, like hannah, it's between the ages of 16 and 2a that we feel lonely more often and more intensely than at any other time in our lives. more often and more intensely like, with working with older people, it's a little bit easier for them to admit that they are lonely, but for younger people they are like, why are you lonely? you go to school every day, constantly surrounded by people — there's absolutely no need to be lonely. and i think that's the stigma around it. and are there any good sides to loneliness? well, in my experience, it's got me to where i am now, talking to you, because, if you had met me back then, i would be hiding under the table. if you had met me back then, scientists at the university of manchester say the study reinforces that we can be alone in a crowd, and that being disconnected from the world around us is a major cause of loneliness. around us is a major that might be why the young are most at risk.
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what you are doing is you are going out in the world, having to work out who you are, what groups you fit into, and it's a real point in your life of lots of changes, so there are... in your life of lots of changes, you're almost vulnerable to loneliness because of that. volunteering is one way hannah copes with her loneliness. she helps organise fast friends, a place for young people who are feeling lonely to find someone to talk to. it's not really rocket science. someone to talk to. i think you just have to talk to people about how they feel and try and get, blow that stigma out of the water, really. blow that stigma out hannah may not be society's stereotype of loneliness but, if there's one thing this study shows, it's how loneliness can affect us at any stage of our lives. shows, it's how loneliness can james gallagher, bbc news. shows, it's how loneliness can you can hear more about the findings tomorrow at 8pm on all in the mind on bbc radio 4. tomorrow at 8pm
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with all the sport now, here's katherine downes at the bbc sport centre. 2200 late network at the bbc sport centre. good evening. at the bbc sport centre. europe have won back the ryder cup. at the bbc sport centre. underdogs going into the competition, it was a convincing victory in the end for the home side, winning 17.5 to 10.5. 0ur correspondent andy swiss reports from paris. cheering. reports from paris. they reports from paris. say it couldn't be done! a day of european euphoria. reports from paris. head and shoulders above their opponents, this was golfing glory at its greatest. earlier, they set out with a 10—6 lead and what's become their morning ritual. with a 10—6 lead and what's hands united in hope. with a 10—6 lead and what's but soon they were biting their nails. rory mcilroy bunkered and beaten byjustin thomas. and the us were on a charge. and beaten byjustin thomas. tony finau's win closing the gap to just one. the comeback was on.
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but, in the nick of time, the hosts found there heroes. jon rahm roaring to victory over a disconsolate tiger woods. what a disconsolate tiger woods. celebrations! and then the man nicknamed the postman once again delivered. ian poulter with another eye—popping, chest—thumping triumph. europe were on the brink. eye—popping, chest—thumping triumph. and, when phil mickelson found the water... it was all over. found the water... great found the water... stuff. europe win the ryder cup. europe's star man, francesco molinari, with the winning point, his fifth there, and the party could begin. his fifth there, and yeah, i'm glad i survived that! his fifth there, and getting worried for a second, but the crowd have just been amazing all week, and they deserved it as much as we did. and they deserved it and what can i say? and they deserved it just an amazing week. and they deserved it soon, poulter was dressed as a postbox. europe's sixth win in a row on home soil, and one of their sweetest.
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team europe! soil, and one of their sweetest. cheering. soil, and one of their sweetest. and so a day europe's players and their thousands of fans here will never forget. and their thousands of fans they came here this week as the underdogs but they're leaving with the ryder cup. as the underdogs but they're andy swiss, bbc news, paris. as the underdogs but they're lewis hamilton moved closer to a fifth world championship with victory at the russian grand prix. but it was a controversial win, as his mercedes team—mate valterri bottas was told to make way for him. hamilton said it "didn't feel great", but he's now 50 points ahead of ferrari's sebastian vettel, who came third, with five races left. vettel, who came third, in the scottish premiership, there was a second loss of the season for steven gerrard's rangers side. they were beaten 1—0 by newly promoted livingston. livingston are up to third, but their victory was marred by an incident which briefly stopped the match, when one of the assistant referees was hit by an object thrown from the crowd. despite the injury, he was able to continue. there's more on the bbc sport
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website, including more world superbikes records forjonathan rea. but that's all from me. forjonathan rea. that's it from us. forjonathan rea. now on bbc one its time forjonathan rea. hello. forjonathan rea. this is bbc news. forjonathan rea. the conservative party conference has begun in birmingham, with the prime minister calling for the party to come together — and back her brexit strategy. today we've heard from a number of senior cabinet ministers including the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt and the international trade secretary liam fox. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in birmingham at the party conference and has been speaking to a former cabinet minister, justine greening. already there has been a lot of talk about brexiteer with the prime minister's interview this morning and jeremy hunt is talking about it as well. many wondering how the
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party ca n as well. many wondering how the party can move on to talk about other things. let's discuss this with justin other things. let's discuss this withjustin greening. it's quite a challenge. what should the party be doing? i think we need to realise that for most people brexit is not what is going to be impacting their day—to—day lives. we need to talk about the day in and day out. i am here to talk about social mobility and the fact that we don't have equal opportunities. people want to see real change on the ground sue —— to make they have the opportunities they want for their family. how concerned are you about the labour agenda, jeremy corbyn, either positives you can see there? are they appealing to people in a different way to the conservatives? i grew different way to the conservatives? igrew up different way to the conservatives? i grew up in a labour heartland in rotherham. i have seen a lot this before. they are simplistic but ultimately the wrong answers for
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these problems. i'm a conservative because i think we are at the party that generally come up with the right answers. we need to have a domestic agenda about how we get opportunity to the communities that don't have it, to young people who feel they don't have it in the country today. whilst everyone is droning on about brexit it feels like that day—to—day agenda is that matters to people is being pushed to the second, pushed aside. i don't wa nt the second, pushed aside. i don't want to see that happen. when you talked about the millions of voters who feel politically homeless, are you suggesting a new centrist party is the answer? no, i'm suggesting the tory party needs to recognise that people feel like they have been disenfranchised. they do not want an extreme labour party — quite sensibly — but they also feel like my party has gone into the last election with a bit of a tory brexit style coalition and that is not enough to win elections, or reach out to a whole centreground of voters that do want some ambitious,
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radical change in britain but want it done from the centre. they do not want the kind of extreme approach that jeremy corbyn is playing, but we need have a better offer for them. if there were one or two issues —— key issues, what would they be? we need to be out there in the communities that are furthest away from having a level playing field on opportunity. improving schools but also having a treasury and the tax policy to help injectjobs into those areas so communities can see quick change on the ground. if you we re quick change on the ground. if you were going to fix the fact that we don't have a quality of opportunity, that takes time. but we have a social mobility emergency now. we have to be a party that can deliver. you talked earlier about these
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things. a couple in the audience said they got this was a leadership bid on your part. no, i'm happy with theresa may and she should be allowed to get on with herjob. but we do, as a party, need to be seen as the party on people's side. that stands for a quality opportunity. i feel like there was a time when we we re feel like there was a time when we were but it is not now. we have to get that back. we cannot see the mantle of being a party of opportunity to labour. they will let people down like they always have. it's not good enough to criticise them, we have to come up with our owi'i them, we have to come up with our own ideas. time for a england and wales has a pretty cloudy day on sunday. showers across the northern half of the uk. particularly across scotland were
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they were blustery. showers also for northern ireland and the north of wales. a rain will there with some sunshine between the shower clouds. 0vernight this ridge of high pressure a cross 0vernight this ridge of high pressure across the country. that will tend to clear the skies. a slow process and some showers running down the irish sea coast. 0therwise clear skies and light winds, a cold night. temperatures in the countryside will get low enough for frost, particularly across scotland, northern england. 0ne frost, particularly across scotland, northern england. one or two areas of frost for northern ireland and even southern england, temperatures dipping down to zero in the very cold est dipping down to zero in the very coldest locations. into monday morning, although it is a cold start it will be a glorious start as well with plenty of early morning sunshine. cloudy across the north
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and west through the afternoon. rain in the north and west of scotland where it will turn heavy. temperatures relatively cool. highs between 11 and 15 degrees. turning milder by tuesday. as this milder air pushes in from the atlantic. that's because of a warm front from —— moving across the country. the warm airwill —— moving across the country. the warm air will become confined doing when and wales through tuesday. this weather fronts bringing the focus for spots of rain across parts of england and northern ireland. the best of the sunshine in the colder air across scotland. temperatures here reaching double figures in the warmest areas. for example, aberdeen and edinburgh. those temperatures as high as 21 degrees in london, a much warmer day. as we had through the rest of the weekend, it will be cloudy and we will see some rain at times
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