welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is martin stanford. our top stories: lack of equipment hinders the search for survivors in indonesia after the earthquake and tsunami that left more than 800 people dead. as aid supplies trickle in, many desperate residents resort to looting. translation: we need to eat. we don't have any other choice, we must get food. translation: we have nothing for our basic needs. food, water, we desperately need them. and macedonia's prime minister says he will seek parliamentary approval to change the country's name, despite the low turnout in a referendum. hello.

the indonesian authorities are digging mass graves for hundreds of victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the island of sulawesi on friday. 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 tsunami along the coast. 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. further south, in the city of palu, over 820 people have been confirmed dead. 0ur correspondent rebecca henschke is one of the first foreign through the wreckage to try to find any more survivors, and she sent this report. 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're using whatever they have. cries of help had been heard from the rubble. in this case, it came too late. presidentjoko widodo has visited the area, promising to speed up the aid operation. hundreds of military personnel have been deployed, and some of the most vulnerable are getting help. those left behind are struggling. and, with aid only nowjust trickling in, desperate residents are taking matters into their own hands. translation: we need to eat. we don't have any other choice, we must get food. translation: we're in a crisis. we have nothing for our basic needs. food, water — we desperately need them. desperate relatives are flocking

to the area to try to find out the fate of 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. i'm going crazy with worry about them. i have no news at all. she still has a long way to go to reach palu. we arrive after hours waiting for landslides to be cleared. people that i'm meeting here are saying that 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 in tents, 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 ask them about how they're coping.

all along this coast road from the left and the right, for metres in, is all rubble. all these families have fled to higher ground. those that didn't flee in time were caught up in those waves, and the death toll here is expected to rise. i've been to the hospital near here that's struggling to cope with the injured, and many people are still missing, unable to find their families. the bodies from this area are lined up at the nearby health clinic. 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. this five—year—old girl was found alone with a broken leg. she knows her name, but herfamily is missing, and she can't remember where she lived.

doctors are doing what they can to look after her. rebecca henschke, bbc news, palu, sulawesi. well, our correspondent nick beake is in the indonesian capital, jakarta, from where the aid response is being coordinated. he sent this update. this is the military airport where the relief effort is being co—ordinated. and beyond the security, they are loading up another plane, they're packing it full of the essentials for trying to sustain life. water, food and medicine. they are also putting in equipment for trying to find any more sui’vivoi’s. one thing they don't have, though, is time. this is already a desperate race. some aid has already been dispatched. we think more will go in the coming hours. also trying to get to the worst—hit areas are 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,

but his daughter and his wife have not been. and that is just one of many personal stories which is propelling this huge effort. some emergency teams trying to reach the disaster area are currently using the regional capital of southern sulawesi, makassar, as a staging post. from there, it is just over one hour by plane to palu. but, as our correspondent mariko 0i reports, flights have been severely disrupted. this is where many organisations are basing themselves to send supplies, crucial supplies like water and food, the palu, which is to the north of the island, to those survivors of the earthquake and tsunami. you can see the airport behind me, this is as close as we could get last night. understandably the airport in palu has been shut for commercialflights, the airport in palu has been shut for commercial flights, to give the priority to chartered planes and helicopters to deliver those supplies. so our team, who managed

to get to palu, drove four hours to get there. indonesia, of course, is prone to these earthquakes. 0nly several months ago, in early august, many earthquakes struck the island of lombok, as well as a very popular tourist destination, bali, killing hundreds of people, and many of our viewers would remember the earthquake in the tsunami in 2004 which killed hundreds of thousands of people in indonesia alone. that is because the country lies in what is because the country lies in what is known as the ring of fire, where the majority of the world's earthquakes take place. and yet in some parts of the country, especially in the poorer part of the country, like palu, they don't have the money to build buildings strong enough to survive these earthquakes. it was very telling cheering the lombok earthquake, in august, that many international hotels, for example, managed to survive the earthquake, and yet many of the local residents‘ homes were destroyed. mariko 0i there.

i am joined now by ancilla bere, 0xfam‘s humanitarian manager in indonesia. can you update us, what are the transport links like? are you able to get teams there to help? yes, so the transport is still difficult at the transport is still difficult at the moment, because the airport is still prioritised for flying and rescu e rs still prioritised for flying and rescuers at the moment. so 0xfam is mobilising a local partners, from this area at the moment. so some of them are reaching the area this morning. and what is the priority? what needs to be done right now? yes, from the conversation i have had with the local authorities, the most pressing need at the moment are

medical and health services. food and non—food items are the highest priority, and water and emergency shelter, as well as psychological support, because the after—shocks are still going on and people are still faring. they are having to ta ke still faring. they are having to take their own supplies in, i would imagine, because there is no food in the disaster zone, right? yes, so there has been a massive effort from there has been a massive effort from the national level, bringing food to the national level, bringing food to the most affected areas. and how does it work for you, in an organisation like 0xfam ? does it work for you, in an organisation like 0xfam? have you prepositioned supplies in some parts of the area, to be used on an occasion like this? yes, so we as an

international ngo in the country, we have prepositioned stock in some of the threatened disaster areas. but the threatened disaster areas. but the tsunami services, the operations are still ongoing in lombok, so in real life we have mobilised most of oui’ real life we have mobilised most of our stocks to lombok, so now we are still in the process of getting stock out from nearby palu. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. you very much indeed for talking to us. thank you. let‘s get some of the day‘s other news: tokyo is bracing itself for the arrival of typhoon trami. the weather system has already caused flooding in parts of western japan. some rail and subway services have been suspended,

and more than 1,000 airline flights have been cancelled. evacuation orders are in place in some areas, and 750,000 homes in and around tokyo have been left without power. a south korean mp says the number of defectors leaving the north for the south has fallen sharply since kimjong—un came to power. park byeong—seug said official records showed the number decreasing by almost 60% since 2011. he said tighter controls on the border between china and north korea were a key factor. macedonia‘s prime minister says he will seek parliamentary approval to change the country‘s name to resolve a dispute with greece, despite the low turnout in a referendum. electoral authorities say little more than a third of macedonians had voted, well short of the 50% needed for it to be valid. the bbc‘s guy de launey says it is a big setback for the government. it was the key to opening up a whole new path for macedonia‘s development. certainly according to the government, and frankly, for a lot of the population as well. for all these years, 27 years, since macedonia

declared its independence, greece has wielded a veto over its potential membership of nato and the european union. and that obviously has ramifications for the country‘s security, economic prosperity, and reforms which would notjust end corruption, but improve the judiciary and education and health services. it was a high—stakes referendum. the government tried to make that argument but it seems they were only preaching to the converted. if we think the turnout would have been somewhere between 35% and 40%, well, that is pretty much the proportion of voters who would have voted for mr zaev‘s party anyway. what seems to have been extremely successful was a campaign to boycott the vote which was organised by the leading opposition party, vmro. and as a result, of the people who voted, about 90% of those voted in favour of the name change. but most stayed away from the polls, and it has been a devastatingly effective tactic, the boycott,

it would seem. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: britain‘s prime minister urges her conservative party to come together and back her plan for brexit. in all russia‘s turmoil, it has never come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation‘s destiny. the nightmare that so many people had feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. israel's right—winger, ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites — an idea that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one.

in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe‘s biggest and richest nation. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: lack of equipment is hindering the search for survivors in indonesia after the earthquake and tsunami that left more than 800 people dead. aid supplies have started to reach sulawesi, but many desperate residents have turned to looting shops for food, water and fuel. 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. in the last few months there had been over 30 tremors in the region a day — so did the early warning system fail? richard lister reports. this ring of fire around

the pacific sees most of the world‘s seismic activity. there are some 80 geological fault lines running through indonesia alone. 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. so why did the warning systems fail? a tsunami alarm network was put in place around indonesia after the devastating tsunami in 2004. 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 to officials on the ground. 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. 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, too. the warnings didn‘t get through to everyone. what‘s more, the remaining sensors had picked up a tidal wave atjust 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. here in the uk the british prime minister theresa may has urged her conservative party to come together and back her plan for brexit.

speaking at the start of the party‘s annual conference in birmingham, she rejected comments from the former foreign secretary, borisjohnson, who described her path for leaving the eu as ‘deranged‘ and ‘preposterous‘. she insisted her so—called chequers plan was in the national interest and she called on the eu to make counter proposals. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg contains some flash photography. boo! arguments over brexit aren‘t over. we know the struggle. bullocks to brexit! the volume rising... go and live there, if you like it so much. ..as the tories get together here. because, in the next few weeks, the kind brexit we get will be decided. the kind of future theresa may faces might be settled, too. 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 deal for britain.

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, protecting jobs and ensuring that we make a success brexit for the future. there is a big push here to ditch her so—called chequers compromise plan, where parts of the economy stay under eu rules. 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 of it won‘t diminish. it will grow, and we won‘t be the only prisoner that will want to escape. applause. 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. this is the queue right around this conference centre to hear disgruntled brexiteers explain why

the prime minister has to ditch her chequers plan. it is not only a dying duck in a thunderstorm, it is the deadest of dying ducks in any thunderstorm in recent history. applause. agony over europe has been the talk of tory conferences for years. agony this week will be over exactly how we leave, but the negotiations are, remember, in their closing stages. 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. no—one is sitting comfortably, here. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has warned the us president against making further attacks on the united nations. she made her comments after donald trump‘s recent speech at the un, in which he said he rejected the ideology of globalism. translation: the current us president thinks that multilateralism is not the answer to oui’ multilateralism is not the answer to our problems and assumes there can only be one winner in any given situation. who, unlike me, is not the lead in win win situation. the un was founded in the ruins of the second world war and yes, it‘s not perfect but ladies and gentlemen, to destroy something without having built a replacement, that is highly dangerous. let‘s take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the high court of the

maldives has ordered the release of former president maumoon abdul gayoom on bail. he was arrested and jailed in february, after allegations the 80—year—old was planning a coup to overthrow his half—brother, president abdulla yameen. the court decision follows a surprise election victory by the opposition against president yameen. the american rapper kanye west says he is changing his name — and now wants to be known as ye. he‘s previously used it as a nickname, and it was the title of an album released earlier this year. new research here in the uk shows younger people experience loneliness more often and more intensely than any other age group. the survey found that 40 per cent of 16 to 24 year olds feel lonely often, or very often. james gallagher reports. it‘s just — you just feel empty. you just feel so alone, and so low. like, it‘s like you‘re completely isolated from everyone else, even though you might not be. it‘s horrible, it‘s

a horrible feeling. hannah describes herself as confident and friendly, yet she also says she is lonely. the bbc survey shows that, like hannah, it is between the ages of 16 and 24 that we feel lonely more often and more intensely than at any other time in our lives. with work and older people, it is easierfor them to with work and older people, it is easier for them to admit that they are lonely. for younger people, they are lonely. for younger people, they are like, why are you lonely? you go to school every day, you are co nsta ntly to school every day, you are constantly surrounded by people, there is no need to be lonely and i think that is, that is the stigma around it. are there any good sites to loneliness? it has got me to

where i am now, speaking to you. if you had met me back then, i would have been hiding under the table. 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. that might be why the young are most at risk. what you‘re doing is you‘re going out in the world, you‘re 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 — you‘re almost vulnerable to loneliness because of that. volunteering is one way hannah copes with her loneliness. she helps organise fast friends. it is a place for young people who are feeling lonely to find someone to talk to. it is not really rocket science. you just have to talk to people about how they feel and try and blow that stigma out of the water, really. hannah may not be society‘s stereotype of loneliness, but if there is one thing this study shows, it is how loneliness can affect us at any stage in our lives.

james gallagher, bbc news. it is not everyday you see a flock of sheep central london. 0n it is not everyday you see a flock of sheep central london. on sunday, a flock of sheep was driven across london bridge. the ritual dates back to the 12th century when three men we re to the 12th century when three men were allowed to bring their livestock into the city without paying tax. —— freemen. now, monday the first of october is china national day and to get into the spirit of the event, several cities across china have been staging these amazing light shows. this is just a flavour of what was on offer. in shenzhen, more than a million led lights were installed on the skyscrapers to illuminate the night sky. most people in china will be on holiday for what is known as the golden week,

which this year marks the 69th anniversary of the founding of the people‘s republic. and before we go, just a reminder of the devastation caused by the tsunami in indonesia‘s sulawesi island. these images were filmed on sunday, above palu, one of the coastal towns near the epicentre of the tremor. you can see just how much damage the huge force of the sea water caused as it swept ashore. rescue teams have been working for several days to try to clear the debris, hoping to find more survivors. you can reach me on twitter — i‘m @martinstanford that is the way our world looks so far today. thanks for watching. hello there.

with plenty of showers around across the northern half of the uk yesterday and south—west england, we had a number of rainbows spotted by our weather watchers. this was one of these, from devon. thanks to gazzledazzle for sending that in. fewer rainbows around today, but there will be some sunshine. but it will be a cold start. patchy frost in the countryside for scotland and northern england over the next few hours. if you‘re heading out, wrap up warm. just two or three degrees there for newcastle and for edinburgh. so a ridge of high pressure with us first thing on monday, but we do have an approaching low that will ultimately bring some rain from the north—west, so enjoy the sunshine first thing in the morning. they should be plenty of that to go around. it‘s probably going to be the sunniest day of the week ahead, to be honest. things will tend to cloud over from the north and west as the day goes by, and watch out for few showers continuing to feed into the irish sea coasts, perhaps into cheshire,

greater manchester and merseyside, on and off through the day. we‘ll have more general rain push into scotland and maybe northern ireland as we head through the afternoon, the winds picking up. relatively cool air with us, top temperatures about 15 degrees. but that cool air is moved away by this wodge of milder air as we go on to monday night and into tuesday. now, that‘s all associated with a warm sector, with the warmest of the air across england and wales for tuesday. this is how tuesday starts, a very mild note. temperatures 14 degrees or so to start the day in belfast. there will be rain or drizzle, especially around western coasts and hills, where it may well stay quite damp. the cloud will break at times across eastern areas to get some brighter or sunny spells. a warm day, actually, across south—east england, with highs of 20. we‘re still into the cool air in northern england, northern ireland and scotland. temperatures for these areas more typically around 12—14 degrees. another warm front moves into the uk on wednesday, again bringing more rain to the north—west of scotland. could be quite heavy at times. a lot of cloud, you‘ll notice, on the charts.

still quite mild in the south, little change further north, temperatures around 12 or 13 celsius. what about thursday‘s weather prospects? well, again, a more active weather front moving into the north—western part of the country, so turning soggy for northern ireland and scotland, with some heavy rain. the winds picking up here. perhaps a little bit of rain getting across the hills of northern england and north wales. however, it should stay dry and bright towards the south—east. highs of 19 in london. still quite cool, then, for northern scotland, with 12 in stornoway. so looking at the weather for the rest of this week, it‘s often going to be pretty cloudy. there‘ll be some rain at times, particularly in the north—west, and it‘ll be quite breezy at times, too. that‘s your weather. this is bbc news. the headlines: dozens of people are thought to be trapped under rubble in the indonesian city of palu, after the earthquake and tsunami that left more than 800 people dead. lack of equipment is hindering the search for survivors. many desperate residents have turned to looting shops for food, water, and fuel. typhoon trami has made landfall in japan injuring at least 80 people.

more than three quarters of a million homes near the western city of osaka have lost power. the international airport, crippled by another typhoon earlier this month, has had to shut again. there‘s been a low turnout in macedonia on a referendum whether to change the country‘s name to north macedonia. electoral authorities say little more than a third of macedonians had voted — well short of the 50% needed for it to be valid. now on bbc news — hardtalk‘s stephen sackur talks to yanis varoufakis.