today at five... more than 800 are confirmed dead, after the indonesian earthquake, but the figure could rise into thousands. the quake and tsunami struck last friday, the bbc has learned that the country's tsunami detection system was not working at the time. this is what remains of this fishing community. waterboards tightly packed houses and shops all now reduced to rubble. —— what was tightly packed houses and shops all now reduced to rubble. aid workers, including some from the uk, are to be sent to help with the aftermath as rescue efforts to find any survivors continue. we'll have the latest reports from indonesia, and we'll be hearing from the international red cross, about the work they are doing. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... the chancellor urges conservative party members to get behind theresa may's plan for brexit, and remains confident that the prime minister will strike a deal with the eu. when the prime minister gets a deal agreed, there will be a boost to our

economic system. a dividend. eight—year—old mylee billingham's father has been found guilty of her murder. william billingham killed his daughter at his home near walsall in january. outrage in the world of science as a leading professor claims that physics was invented and built by men. # she may be the reason i survive... # and the veteran french entertainer charles aznavour has died at the age of 94, after a career that spanned eight decades. it's five o'clock. our main story is that the united nations estimates that more than a 190,000 people in indonesia urgently need help because of the devastating earthquake and tsunami. at least 840 people have died but the finalfigure

could run into thousands. the bbc has learned that none of the country's tsunami detector buoys was working before the disaster with 21 floating detection units either damaged by vandals or stolen. the quake was magnitude 7.5 and hit the island of sulawesi on friday, with tsunami waves along the coast up to six metres high. many of the dead are in the city of palu, from where our correspondent rebecca henschke sent this report. from above, you get a sense of the scale of the destruction here in palu and the huge task for rescue workers. hundreds of homes, shops and livelihoods destroyed. desperate people are now trying to salvage anything of worth from the debris. this is what remains of this fishing community. what was tightly—packed houses and shops are now reduced to rubble. people here say they only had a few minutes warning after that strong quake on friday,

to flee to higher ground when they saw huge waves coming in. those that could survive, did so by clinging on to trees and buildings. now, families are camping out in the open like this family over here, that's collected what they can and are surviving off the food they have. no power here and very little fresh food or fresh water. translation: until now, there's been no aid at all, not even a tent. i'm hoping the government will send tents because all our houses have been destroyed, all 49 homes. there's no signal for communications and even you know gas, everyone is queuing for this.

the supply of food, it's very limited. up in the hillside, authorities have dug mass graves, enough for thousands of bodies in an attempt to stop the spread of disease. amongst the despair, there are also heroes. this 21—year—old air—traffic controller, antonius, died making sure a flight took off safely when the quake hit. and against the odds, rescue workers managed to pull survivors from this hotel that completely collapsed when the huge quake hit. for the people who are managing to get into the city, road travel is very difficult. there's been landslides in the hills up here. the airport remains closed so the traffic, as you can see is bumper—to—bumper with people who can get in. there is now almost no petrol in palu, which is also making rescue efforts difficult. community members here say there

are bodies still amongst the rubble. people who are still missing. you can smell decomposing bodies here. but they don't have the energy or resources to do anything about it. under difficult circumstances, the community here is pulling together, sharing what food and water they have. but with power still completely off and supplies running very low, things are tense. the city is almost out of petrol. the people queueing for hours to get what's left. and there has been more looting today. strong after—shocks continue to be felt, making life even harder here. so, as the scale of this tragedy becomes ever more apparent... jan gelfand is from

the international federation of the red cross and red crescent, and joins me now from jakarta. thank you forjoining us. we are speaking about the scale of the effort there. tel is more about your work and the kind of challenges you are facing. we have, through the indonesian red cross, just over 180 volu nteers indonesian red cross, just over 180 volunteers here and it is important to say some of them come from the affected areas themselves so it is also a sign of how people can come together and how people can go beyond their own pain and suffering to help others, and we have seen that with the volunteer is any red cross. we, as a federation, represent 191 national societies and he tried to focus our efforts into the work of the indonesian red cross is just now. they now have 16 water trucks on the way, they have big field kitchens, field clinics coming, water, sanitation specialists, they have people coming

to do psychosocial work with people who are traumatised, as you can well imagine, we have people who are helping those that their established links with their family members that maybe out of the area so everyone can be safe and have an idea of what is happening. even unfortunately are involved in the work of helping the government to come in a dignified way, take care of the bodies and corpses in the streets so we and others are trying to do our best but it's a very difficult situation, roads and being down, bridges being down, you cannot get into places, so there are a lot of places even behind and people are seeing the images that have yet to be reached but we do not know what is in behind 01’ but we do not know what is in behind or what is affected. that lead into my next question which you hinted at, which was to ascot about the

access problems to give us a bigger sense of what kind of physical obstacles there are in terms of the damage and the difficulty you're having getting help into the areas. —— which was to ask. having getting help into the areas. -- which was to ask. it is very difficult. people are in palu and thatis difficult. people are in palu and that is where they can see where the scenario hit but the epicentre was in bengala which is further picos. and as wake of 7.7 on the richter scale is a massive, destructive event and it causes landslide, destroyed roads, there are pictures of bridges at there so we have people coming in and it is taking them to days to get in, so you cannot bring in the equipment you need to move rubble or ensure the water is not causing disease. —— it you can two days. how do you clean the rubble? how do you get the

relief items in the bowl require? food and stuff. it is a very serious situation and with the roads anyway they are, it'll be challenging. it will keep getting worse for a few days on shelby can get people into deliver what people need any places they need. thank you so much for joining us and sharing those reflections with us today. jan at the heart of the rescue efforts there in jakarta. we the heart of the rescue efforts there injakarta. we will have more on that for you as well. the chancellor philip hammond has joined senior cabinet ministers, who have been urging the conservatives to back theresa may's attempts, to get the best possible brexit deal. in his speech to the party's conference in birmingham, mr hammond said the government would prove the eu was wrong to dismiss mrs may's chequers proposals for future trade relations, and predicted that the economy would be boosted once an agreement was reached. the brexit secretary dominic raab insisted that britain would not be bullied into signing a one—sided deal. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports from birmingham.

speech day for the chancellor at a conference goes something like this. get up at daft o'clock to do countless telly and radio interviews, and then be the bloke in a factory, as you go for a wander around the workplace with the boss. here was philip hammond, earlier at an engineering firm down the road from the conference centre. before he had even had a chance to roll up at the lectern in the hall, a deep pocketed conservative donor had already had a pop at him and theresa may. i think the prime minister has let herself down personally by not being a champion of business to the extent that she could be or should be. you might make the legitimate excuse that she is so busy on brexit, she has not been able to focus on it, but post—brexit, this is one of the key things that the conservative party must address. where it stands on enterprise and innovation. when the chancellor did get back to the conference centre, he struck back.

business came first, he said. that is why we back business. we back business as the cornerstone of a successful economy. as a force for good in our society, and as an essential expression of our values. where possible, on the main hall, and on the fringes, conservatives are trying to talk about stuff other than brexit. but pretty much every conversation comes back to that topic. it is the goliath stalking these corridors. and one that the chancellor had to acknowledge as he defended the prime minister's brexit plan. i'm going to the my neck out here and make a prediction, when a deal is agreed, there will be a boost to the economic growth, a dividend which we will share in line with

keeping taxes low, supporting public services, reducing the deficit and investing in britain's future. earlier, the man whose every professional waking hour is devoted to brexit took on those calling for another referendum. it was close, but it was clear, britain voted to leave the eu. respecting the result, that is the essence of our democracy, and i have to say, i am heartened by the fact that the majority of those who voted to remain have accepted the referendum verdict. but don't expect any fireworks from government ministers on brexit here this week. the real action is likely to be elsewhere, when this conference is over. chris mason, bbc news, birmingham. 0ur chief political correspondent — vicki young — is at the conservative party conference.

what is your sense of the mood of this conference. we have heard of the deep divisions. what do you think of the prime minister's speech later this week? it has been interesting, the calls for unity and tolerance, particularly over that issue of brexit. in the main hall, apart from the brexit secretary himself, i would say the main speakers are steering clear of the whole subject of what is interesting is away from here, there is even an alternative brexit conference so we have people like priti patel, the brexit year, former cabinet minister, still really passionately arguing against theresa may's brexit plan. she said the check deal stands in defiance of democracy. another minister said it was like a ghastly cockroach crawling on the floor so that anger about the prime

minister's direction on brexit is there but it is very much not here in this whole. the other striking thing is cabinet ministers trying to look beyond brexit. some looked at last the's labour party conference, not agreeing with the approach but they do worry that labour are coming up they do worry that labour are coming up with some of the answers, some of the things, some of the policies voters might want to hear that they are urging people to talk about something else, to try and come up with some of those ideas that might appeal to people but the thing at the moment is, well we are in this crucial stage of brexit negotiations, it is hard for cabinet ministers susan the mac to see beyond that or see beyond any kind of deal theresa may might get with brussels. thank you for that. and stay with us because at 5.30 i'll be talking to the chair of the treasury committee, the mp nicky morgan, about the chancellors speech and what a brexit dividend could look like. that is just after 5:30pm so it'll

be interesting to hear what she has to say. the headlines on bbc news... the uk is to send aid workers to indonesia to help the response to friday's earthquake and tsunami in indonesia. more than 800 people have died. the chancellor phillip hammond insists the uk economy will be boosted once a brexit deal is agreed urging the party to get behind the chequers plan. eight—year—old mylee billingham's father has been found guilty of murdering her at his home near walsall in january. and in sports, during the press conference between deontay wilder and tyson fury, they had to be pulled apart ahead of their clash in la in december. a big week forjose mourinho and manchester united. after their worst start

to a league season in 29 years, can they bounce back in europe? he said he does not think he would get sacked if results do not improve. and the celebrations are still ongoing at europevictorious ryder cup. captain john byeong still ongoing at europevictorious ryder cup. captainjohn byeong hun an has now won as both a player and a captain. —— captain thomas bjorn. i went back with more than those stories at 5:30pm. —— i will be back with more than those stories at 5:30pm. a father from walsall has been found of guilty of murdering his eight—year—old daughter. william billingham killed his daughter mylee in january with one fatal stab to the chest. he was also found guilty of making a threat to kill his former partner tracey taundry. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha has been following the trial from birmingham crown court. eight—year—old mylee billingham,

described as moo, she was, on the 20th of january, killed described as moo, she was, on the 20th ofjanuary, killed by described as moo, she was, on the 20th of january, killed by this described as moo, she was, on the 20th ofjanuary, killed by this man, her father, william billingham. 20th ofjanuary, killed by this man, herfather, william billingham. the court was told the murder was an act of revenge. william billingham's, partner tracey taundry, also mylee ‘s mother, was in a relationship with another woman, something he was struggling to deal with. i was before the killing, this cctv footage shows father and daughter at a local news agents, appearing like a local news agents, appearing like a normalfamily. a local news agents, appearing like a normal family. after 8pm, a local news agents, appearing like a normalfamily. after 8pm, when tracey taundry came here to pick up mylee billingham, william billingham held a knife to her throat, saying held a knife to her throat, saying he was going to kill her. she managed to get away, pushing mylee billingham but the child slept. william billingham then dragged his daughter by the food of her coat that into his bungalow while she

shouted, money, money, and, please, daddy, no, daddy, stop it. —— while she shouted mummy, mummy. he stabbed her in the chest, it penetrated the entire front of body, front to back. —— the entire torso of the body. you'll she was faced with a situation where her daughter was dragged away from her grasp, back into the house. she knew billingham was armed with a knife. albeit she feared the absolute worst, i believe a big part of her thought that mylee would walk out of that address without a her harm on her head. —— without a hair harm on her head. tracey taundry said one of the people she trusted most betrayed her

trust. the bbc series blue planet 2 revealed the extent of plastic in our oceans, and the threat to wildlife that it poses. tonight, bbc one has a special programme, speaking to some of the world's leading marine biologists, to discover the impact of plastic pollution and what can be done to prevent it. 0ne team of volunteers in hampshire has discovered thousands of tiny plastic pellets washed up on a beach near portsmouth, as our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. i have never seen anything like, quite like this. 0bliterated by a veneer of an ending plastic, —— 0bliterated by a veneer of unending plastic, these are the waters of southern indonesia. choked by the detritus of human activity. what is going on? it's just one of the disturbing scenes in tonight's programme, presented by the biologist liz bonnin. oh, look at that, yeah. 0n lord howe island across the east coast of australia, there's more.

on average, what you find, about 20 pieces, how much do you normally find? this is what they did find in the stomach ofjust one flesh footed shearwater chick. this is the follow—up programme to blue planet two, which stunned global audiences last year, as it showed the extent of plastic in our oceans. but it's notjust on the other side of the world. this is an island near portsmouth, where a conservation group has just discovered around 20 sacks full of one particular plastic. they are called nurdles, tiny pellets used to make everything, from bin liners to bottles. you can't see the nurdles from up here, but when you dive down... the volunteers say they have no idea why so many nurdles have washed up here, and say it's devastating for marine life. we went down and had a look, and we were just horrified by what we saw in terms of all of these tiny,

tiny plastic nurdles that are about the size of a lentil, and used in plastic manufacturing. they are everywhere, all around here, all around the shoreline. 0ne survey found 70% of british beaches now had the tiny white nurdles on them. and to give you an idea ofjust how bad a problem it is, here, take a look at this jar. in one small section of beach, two metres by two metres, one volunteer spent two hours collecting all these. and found a total of about 1000 of these nurdles. not snow, but more nurdles. this time a drift of them, washed up after a container ship was hit by a typhoon in the far east, six years ago. from hong kong, to hampshire, plastic pollution continues to deluge our oceans. it is 5:21pm.

tributes have been paid to one of france's most popular singers and entertainers, charles aznavour, who has died aged 94. during a career which lasted more than 70 years , he recorded more than a thousand songs, and sold more than 100 million records around the world. but he also campaigned on humanitarian and political issues as our correspondent emma—jane kirby reports. # we can never know how love takes over... france's answer to frank sinatra. charles aznavour might have only been five foot three tall, but he was once voted as being bigger than elvis. he wrote over 700 songs and recorded more than 1000 tracks, but throughout his life he remained self—deprecating and often claimed his shortcomings

included his voice, his height and his lack of personality. # i am still single, but happy. but he did have a certainje ne sais quoi, even if he himself couldn't put his finger on what it was. i don't know what it is exactly but i think it is because i am dealing with a sadness and every day is trouble with problems of the ageing man with a young girl or the lost love, the typical tale of the anniversary of the day the woman who let herself go. the son of armenian immigrants, aznavour started out as a child actor but turned his attention to songwriting. his talent grabbed the attention of edith piaf. she sang his songs, asked him to tour with her and then

finally became his mentor, encouraging him to go solo. by the late 60s, he had become an international superstar. singing in several languages, and performing with all the big names. he also enjoyed huge fame on the big screen. he once even won a best actor award. —— he once even won a best actor award at cannes. # she may be the reason i survived... charles aznavour remained a showman until the end of his life. although he gave many final concerts, he could never quite say goodbye. 0nly au revoir.

"i will keep on singing," he said once, "until i forget the words or fall off the stage." # she... applause lots of tributes being paid to day to charles aznavour. if you want a sense of what this loss means to lots of french people, all you have to do is look at the tribute from president macron who said he was... "proudly french, viscerally attached to his armenian roots, known all over the world, charles aznavour accompanied three generations through theirjoys and pains. his masterpieces, his tone, his unique brilliance will live far beyond him." that is the sense and that has been echoed all around the world today. let's talk to singer petula clark, who was a friend of charles aznavour who also sang with him.

thank you forjoining us. great to have you with us today. thank you. i'm feeling a little shaky, i'm still in shock. he was very much proud of my... purdah by french life of course. he was one of the first people i got to know when i went to france and could not speak any french. he was lovely then and we stayed friends all the way through. how would you describe as a character? what was you like to deal with‘s character? what was you like to deal with's he was delightful to be with. very funny. a great sense of humour. that is important. i think so anyway. being a brit, i like to laugh. not a lot of french comedians make me laugh, but always when i was with charles, i would laugh. the last time i spoke to him, he was

more enthusiastic about his all of oil because he had a wonderful house down leg. he had all the trees and she was producing his own olive oil and he was more recited about that than anything else. i said, well, yes, but you will go back on stage, would you? he said no. i said, you're kidding me, aren't you? how can you not go back on stage? he said he did not want to do it, he wa nted said he did not want to do it, he wanted to write some songs and he gave me some lyrics. he told me to write the music to it so i have a song 110w write the music to it so i have a song now which i co—wrote with charles but as you know, as they all know, he went on singing pretty much to the end because he loved it so much and because he was so good at it. we speak about his music, voice and singing, you performed with them so and singing, you performed with them so you know better than anyone. tell us so you know better than anyone. tell usa so you know better than anyone. tell us a bit about the magic of charles

aznavour. when i first heard charles aznavour, i was so english, i've ordered was a rather strange voice. just as i thought piaf was a very strange voice but i was ignorant, i did not know, what can you say about charles ? did not know, what can you say about charles? he was a poet, he wrote the most wonderful lyrics, of course in french, anti—war is a master of it. imean, he french, anti—war is a master of it. i mean, he was a master of writing. —— and he was a master of it. to see him on stage was special. i was listening to the introduction about him, that he thought he did not have any personality, and you see him on stage, he was mesmerising. what do you call that, charisma ? stage, he was mesmerising. what do you call that, charisma? i do not know what that is. what will be a legacy be when people look back in yea rs legacy be when people look back in years to come? his music will be

popularfor years to come? his music will be popular for a years to come? his music will be popularfor a long time. what will people think about this man in years to come in the kind of performer he was, what he represented? we are seeing some nice images of you within in the past. tell a little bit about how you think he'll remembered. it is a bit early for me to think about that. i'm still a bit shaky about thinking about him not being with us any more. there goes my telephone, ever so sorry. we will be remembered for some magnificent songs. certainly in france. he is pa rt songs. certainly in france. he is part of their history. johnny halliday was an enormous star and nobody could quite believe it when he left. i think a lot of people will be very shaken to think that charles aznavour is no longer with us charles aznavour is no longer with us but he left so many amazing works

behind him, songs... many songs which were not translated from the french because it is almost impossible to do that. but personally, i will remember him as a great friend and a great artist. petula, as always, a great honour to add you with other thank you for sharing your memories of charles aznavour with us today. thank you. very nice to speak to petula clark and nice to speak to her today particularly because she knew charles aznavour very well and performed with him so our thanks to him. the time is 5:30pm. we will have the headlines injust him. the time is 5:30pm. we will have the headlines in just a him. the time is 5:30pm. we will have the headlines injust a moment and he spoke in a short while but in the meantime, let's catch up with all the gay‘s weather. —— all the day's weather. brightness around, more anyway of

sunshine indeed, this photo sent in by one of our weather watchers of the cloud and our bags of these weather fronts and gradually pushing their way south and east as we move through the night and there is some high pressure across the south and thatis high pressure across the south and that is robbie will see the dry weather so through tonight, outbreaks rain, gradually working their way south and east, quite windy across the far north of scotla nd windy across the far north of scotland with costs of 50 mph. temperatures in towns and cities warmer than last night, cooler than accurately and 80 patches of mist and fog from western and coastal areas over the hills. tomorrow, or milan today, a bit more anyway of cloud from northern ireland, england and wales, outbreaks of rain and drizzle possible through the morning, sunny spells for scotland and one at you over the far north with a blustery day for most of us. in the south—east, 20 celsius in the sunshine possible. this is bbc news.

the headlines: indonesia's disaster response agency tells the bbc that the country's tsunami detection system was not working when the earthquake struck last friday. over 800 have been confirmed dead, so far. the chancellor tells the conservative party conference a brexit deal will boost the uk economy and urges members to back the chequers plan. eight—year—old mylee billingham's father has been found guilty of her murdering his daughter at his home near walsall injanuary. a sport with sarah now. tyson fury and deontay wilder had to be separated at their press conference in london earlier, as they announced the staples center in la as the venue for their world heavyweight title fight. it's fury‘s third bout sincejune, as he comes back from more than eighteen months away from the ring. both are undefeated and will fight for wilder's wbc belt,

the only one fury didn't win off vladmir klitschko before having to give them up. it's hoped the winner will fight anthony joshua to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion. it's a day to be great move, but two fights, ten fights, what does it matter? i a fighting man, a boxing man, i have boxed and fought all my life, even even thought to be sat here today. everyday i wake up is a fight. deontay wilder does not have anything i'm afraid not at all. he does not possess anything i'm afraid of all all scared of. this is a mega— fight. you have two different personalities, so charismatic guys. filled with energy and emotion is sometimes get the best of each other. when we get put in a room

together, you can feel the energy to the point where you need security. to the point where people feel the tension and the intensity of the fight. this is a huge fight. manchester united manager jose mourinho says some players care more than others at the club after their failure to win any of their past three games. mourinho was speaking before united play valencia in the champions league on tuesday and it looked like business as usual for the players this morning. they know it's the worst start to a season for united in 29 years — and mourihno, well he also denied that another loss would lead to him losing hisjob and says it's everyone's responsibility. everybody in the club has a role to play. everybody has a role to play. the nutritionist has a role to play. i have a role to play, everybody has a role to play. when we win we all win, when we lose we all lose. buemi

lose the responsibility is the responsibility of everyone. great britain are hoping to have a women's football team competing in the olympics in tokyo in two years time. fifa have accepted an application from all four home nations to nominate england to try to qualify. the agreement only applies to the women's team and not the men's. team gb comepeted at the home olympics in 201, but not in rio two years ago. and after beating the usa by the biggest margin in twelve years to regain the ryder cup...team europe have been celebrating ever since. it was an emphatic victory in paris — and away from the thunder claps and fist pumps — much of the talk from the players has been about the teamwork, the friendships and the passion they showed across the three days... led by thomas bjorn — who tweeted this early this morning — "when you need to go to bed but you don t want to let go!" he has been up and about with the trophy since then and told our correspondent andy swiss they did let their hair down — some more than others. there was a lot of celebrations

going on, a lot of dancing. a lot of emotions, a lot of hard work, a lot of... it was a tough week for them so they came back to the hotel last night and had a good time. this is not a me and 12 men, this is the whole team behind, caddies and a whole team behind, caddies and a whole backroom team and the staff of the european tour. everyone was there last night having a great time, lots of people put a lot of ha rd time, lots of people put a lot of hard work into the ryder cup. you mention dancing, anyone in particular leading the dancing? tommy fleetwood should not share his dancing to the world! he is better playing golf i think. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. more now on the conservative party conference, where today we've been hearing from the chancellor philip hammond who has urged the party to back theresa may's chequers plan in order to get the best possible brexit deal. a very divisive plan as we know.

former cabinet minister and mp for lougborough — nicky morgan — joins me from the conference. thank you forjoining us once again. iam thank you forjoining us once again. i am wondering when mr hammond asks for people to come behind the chequers plan today, that is clearly his hope but it's not very realistic is it given what we've heard?” think it is right to say there are lots of questions about chequers and it isa lots of questions about chequers and it is a proposal rather than a deal so we know there is still much negotiation to be done. the government are right that we need to hear from the government are right that we need to hearfrom the eu government are right that we need to hear from the eu about the specifics of what they can agree and what they can't. i think that chequers is a workable basis for a plan and i

think those calling for chequers to be chucked or not kept to an missing the board appoints that the risk of having a no deal increases every time you say this is an acceptable or that is not acceptable. in the absence of chequers, it is a negotiation still in progress. it's difficult to see what else the government is coming up with. mrs may has been very clear about that. 0ne may has been very clear about that. one of the other big issues is what parliament is going to prove. the parliamentary arithmetic will be of critical importance. i think the prime minister like the rest of us wa nts prime minister like the rest of us wants there to be a deal. that must be approved by parliament so it's a question of the bits of chequers that both sides say they can live with. there will have to be more movements, i think there should be more of a discussion about further access by businesses to the single market. also of course we know it the eu have to the proposals to solve the irish border issue. how will that be addressed, what else

can happen? there will be more movement but the prime minister and the government are mindful that every time we move, they must come back and check the numbers of how this will be approved in parliament. ifirmly this will be approved in parliament. i firmly believe a parliamentary majority can be built to get this deal approved and to get on with it because that's what the public want. they understand but this is important, they have a real interest in making sure there is a negotiated settle m e nt in making sure there is a negotiated settlement and never like this to talk about all the other things we talk about all the other things we talk about all the other things we talk about him at the conference that don't always get the coverage we would like. when the prime minister addresses the conference later this week, she will be fully aware of course that there are lots of people and that all who are let's say is sceptical about the direction of the chequers plan. what must she say? what does he need to say to convince people or let's be honest, those people convincing? don't forget there are a number of different audiences. there are the party members and activists in the hall, some of whom will be standing

all be standing for election next may, wanting to about how that might affect their chances as the parliamentary party. there are people and my colleagues in parliament who are clearly not going to support chequers, some of them don't want there to be a deal at all but the vast majority think that would be fatal. there is also the audience in the country. something i i and others have said asi something i i and others have said as i hope the prime minister can keep things simple and straightforward on wednesday and just explain to people how she's got to where she's got to. why she has put forward chequers, why she thinks it's the right thing, where she thinks the negotiations might go, we people she does want a deal. i think that's important, that's what people outside, birmingham and the party and everything else, that's what they are looking for. that leadership to say this is how we get where we want to be. not that we will say yes to everything, but it isa will say yes to everything, but it is a negotiation, and will carry on until we get to settlement. what is

your message to those like boris johnson campaigning vigorously against the chequers deal?” johnson campaigning vigorously against the chequers deal? i think boris is following a path that will not end in success by him. i think he knows exactly what he's doing by writing a long articles, giving high profile speeches and everything else. there is a real mood in this conference that actually that's not helpful. leadership is not up for debate at this time, people determined that the prime minister is going to continue being prime minister, she's going to get to deliver the settlement, she's going to get to the 29th of march and all these noises are very unhelpful, very divisive, and as you say, the activists who are here, the people who work hard but the party, campaigning and knocking on doors, it does not help them at all. i hope you will be very aware of the mood of conference that will be reported back to him before he arrives there and before he speaks. thank you for joining us. more now on our top story — to indonesia, where more than 190

thousand people urgently need help following a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 840 people. the indonesian government has called for international help. we sadly expect that number to rise considerably. we have been reporting on some of the help already going camilla knox—peebles is 0xfam's deputy humanitarian director and has over 20 years experience working across indonesia. tell us a little more about your experience in that area and where you think therefore this help can be properly focused. the current scene is one of complete devastation. there was not the pre—requisite warnings to allow for evacuation. normally indonesia is quite well

organised that way. the other thing is that the scale and magnitude of the tsunami was completely unexpected. so, what you have is a lot of people who have been displaced, who have lost their houses and their livelihoods. in quite a buoyant economic area where there is lots of agriculture and tourism happening, who suddenly have nothing. above all, most tragically, many of them have also lost loved ones. one of the reports earlier, the bbc was told the early detection systems, tsunami detection systems, simply were not working. there were either broken or had been vandalised. 21 of them we were told in one instance. what is your response to that? there have been conflicting reports on the warning. what is clear is that there were not the pre—requisite time for to leave their homes and evacuate ge

evacuation sites. they were clearly shortfalls in the morning and i think that's seen in the new level of devastation and also in the preparedness of government. let's talk briefly about the efforts that 0xfa m talk briefly about the efforts that 0xfam and indeed the uk will face now, sending aid and workers now to the area around which is obviously difficult in terms of access. the roads are currently blocked, many of them, with landslides. in major bridge that connects two areas has also collapsed. the airport, the main airport, is still only working to half its capacity. we are having to half its capacity. we are having to use alternative routes to get to the area and everything is taking a lot longer. i think it's worth saying that the government of indonesia has done a tremendous job

in its rescue and search. trying to find people, tracing people, but the need now is to go beyond that. continue but go beyond and also look at assisting the many displaced and that's what 0xfam is doing. at assisting the many displaced and that's what oxfam is doing. we wish you well. thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news... the uk is to send aid workers to indonesia to help the response to friday's earthquake and tsunami in indonesia. more than 800 people have died. the chancellor — phillip hammond — insists the uk economy will be boosted once a brexit deal is agreed, urging the party to get behind the chequers plan. eight—year—old mylee billingham's father has been found guilty of her murder. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. trading is still going on in the us.

donald trump has insisted that he wants the fbi to do a ‘very comprehensive investigation' into sexual assault allegations against his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the president added that he would leave the parameters of the probe to senate republicans. president trump ordered the inquiry on friday at the request of a senate committee. mr kavanaugh denies the allegations against him. in the last few minutes, the president has been answering reporters' questions at a news conference at the white house. i think the fbi should do what they have to do to get to the answer. at the same time, just so we all understand, this is our seven investigation of a man who has really, you know, you look at his

life until this happened, what a change she's gone through. what his family has gone through. the trauma, for a family has gone through. the trauma, fora man family has gone through. the trauma, for a man that has never had any accusation, any he's never had a bad statement about him, i think he was number one in his class at yale, he was number one in his law school at yale, and then what he has gone through over the last three weeks is incredible. i want to fbi... this is another the seventh investigation. it's not like they are just starting. i want them to do a very comprehensive investigation, whatever that means according to the centres and the republicans and the republican majority. i want them to do that. i wanted to be comprehensive, i actually think it's a good thing forjudge cavanagh. i think it's a good thing, not a bad thing. i think it's a good thing.

president trump speaking in defence of his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the father of natasha ednan—laperouse, the teenager who died from an allergic reaction, after eating a pret a manger sandwich, has described how he had to ring his wife to tell her their daughter was going to die. natasha went into cardiac arrest on a flight from london to nice, after buying the baguette at heathrow airport in 2016. herfather nadim and her mother tanya have today spoken in detail about what happened for the first time since an inquest ended last week. her midriff, if you like, she lifted up her shirt in the flight and i saw she was totally covered in what looked like very large jellyfish stings. big, red welts all over her body. the last moment was in the toilet of the plane when she said, "daddy, please get the second pen, i can't breathe, i can't breathe. daddy, help me." those were her final words.

he called me and he said she's going to go completely in the next minute, maybe two. you have to say goodbye to her right now. right now, quickly, say goodbye to her. i'm putting the phone by her ear so she can hear you. i spoke to my mother back in london and i said, please go and buy the same sandwich from your local pret a manger. she went to the counter and asked the staff where you pay, she said, is there anything in this sandwich to be concerned about? the staff then went back to somewhere in the back room and handed my mother a folder. a typical folder you would find in any office and said there is some information in there. my mother noticed immediately the sesame seeds were highlighted as an allergen in the sandwich. and my mother was stunned. she said to the staff, where are the sesame seeds because they are not even visible to the naked eye? she was told by the staff there,

well, they are baked into the dough. at which point my mother screamed and she said, you've murdered my grandchild. and the uk is sitting on a time bomb of someone dying yet again, that's how serious it is. i think ask anyone, do we want anyone to die again? no, nobody wants anyone to die, not even pret a manger. so then if that's the case, do something. not words, but deeds. right now. not to see your child ever again is incomprehensible, unless you live through it. even then it's difficult, it's unexplainable. nadim and tanya ednan—laperouse talking about the death of their daughter natasha. earlier we spoke to michael gove, the secretary of state for the environment,

food and rural affairs about natasha ednan—laperouse's case, and this is what he had to say. it is terrible and tragic. my heart goes out to be parents. it is unimaginable to face the type of loss that they face, and we do need to act. as soon as i was told about this case, i asked the department to look at what we could do to more effectively enforce the rules, and revisit rules overall, in order to ensure that everybody is safe. i hope to have the chance, i'm waiting to talk to notjust the department, but people in the food industry, i want to make sure that we get the right laws in place, quickly, because a tragedy like this teaches us all the vital importance of acting to keep children and all of us safe. a leading italian scientist has caused outrage by claiming that physics was ‘invented and built by men,‘ professor alessandro strumia, a theoretical physicist from pisa university,

was speaking at a workshop on sexism in science organised by the european research organisation, cern. he also said that male scientists produce better research than females. the organisers have described the comments as ‘highly offensive‘, as our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. cern, a world—leading particle physics lab just outside geneva. it employs thousands of physicists studying the behaviour of subatomic particles. relatively few of them are women. so the management here organised a workshop to attract more female researchers. at the meeting, alessandro strumia told an audience of young female scientists that physics was invented and built by men, not by invitation. he also showed cartoons making fun of women campaigning for equality in science and presented an analysis that he claimed showed there was no sexism in physics.

i did the simple checks i believe everybody should have done before making this claim. and with some surprise i find it is the opposite. if you are to be hired it is easier if you are women than men. drjessica wade was at the meeting. she was upset and angry at what she heard. i think it's damaging because it tells a whole generation of young scientists who are working in string theory and high—energy physics and physics more broadly, that senior people in authority think that women are inferior and shouldn't be trying out for these positions and shouldn't be doing it and should have been there due to tokenism. there are more women working in physics than ever before, but they are still underrepresented, particularly in senior positions. of those studying physics at university, 21.6% are women. as they getjobs as research assistants, that figure falls to 15.5%.

and as they progress in their careers to becoming lecturers, it is 10% and for the very top jobs, professors, it‘s only 4%. cern has described the talk as highly offensive. researchers here are asking why the organising of a meeting on sexism in physics, could have invited professor strumia to speak without first checking what he was likely to say. palab gosh, bbc news. it‘s exactly a year since 58 people were killed in america s worst ever mass shooting. it happened in las vegas — when a man opened fire on crowds attending a country music festival. more than 400 people were shot in the incident and survived. clive myrie has returned to las vegas to speak to some of the injured — people whose lives were changed forever that night — and a warning his report contains some distressing images. no other modern democracy venerates

the gun as highly as america, and no other country pays such a heavy price. the bullet went through my chest and through my stomach. my liver, my spleen. i can hear the sounds, ican liver, my spleen. i can hear the sounds, i can feel the bullets. the bullets were six inches from my head. this is a story not about the dead but about those who lived. meet rosemary. a survivor of the worst mass shooting in american history. for close to one year, her home has been this hospital room because of a gunmen‘s bullet. been this hospital room because of a gunmen's bullet. there were times when i thought i don‘t have the strength because sometimes i felt so wea k strength because sometimes i felt so weak and my husband stayed. he‘s the one they gave me the strength. to get through. because there were so many nights and days i did not know because i just didn‘t feel good.

many nights and days i did not know because ijust didn't feel goodm was a present from her daughters. an evening at a country music festival. gunshots. panic. a man high up in a hotel nearby is firing round after round. he kills 58 but for every minute he is firing, he injures more. ten minutes passed before he stops. the dead are buried and mourned, yet the injured carry a special burden. as do those they love. rosemary‘s doctor matthew johnson understands the continuing traumas once wounds heal. their whole lives get changed. that does not even include the psychological injuries. it can affect your whole way of life, you can‘t work, the normaljob you

way of life, you can‘t work, the normal job you used way of life, you can‘t work, the normaljob you used to work, if you don‘t have disability insurance them, i mean, you could end up on them, i mean, you could end up on the streets. i arrived in las vegas the streets. i arrived in las vegas the day after the shooting to reports on the tragedy last year and many of the billboards here on the main strip were carrying words of condolence. by the time left, 48 hours later, those words had disappeared and it was back to selling as usual. you are looking at live pictures, there is an active shooter... people die and america moves on. but some can‘t do. shooter... people die and america moves on. but some can't do.” shooter... people die and america moves on. but some can't do. i used to watch these shootings on tv before it happened to me. it is another level to have gone through one. and then to have it happen, it‘s like a punch in the soul. one. and then to have it happen, it's like a punch in the soul. with every maths shooting, lisa revisits that night in vegas. it knocks you back again and you can feel it, see it, smell it, all of it. knowing,

the sadness of knowing what those victims are going to go through. the many tens of thousands injured every yearin many tens of thousands injured every year in an related incidents are america‘s dirty. they lived changed, quiet lives, paying the price for this country‘s love affair with guns. time for a look at the weather. lucy is back with me with the weather now. a call feel to things today but we have seen some sunshine. the best of that autumnal sunshine further south and east. this beautiful photos sent in by weather earlier. summer weather fronts working their way in from the north and west, high pressure dominating across south. through tonight, outbreaks of rain pushing south and east. turning

quite breezy across the far north of scotla nd quite breezy across the far north of scotland and the northern isles, gusts and 50 miles an hour. cloud and outbreaks of rain spreading south, turning misty and murky for western coastal areas and hills. temperatures in towns and cities milder than last word but a touch cooler than that in the countryside. afairamount of cooler than that in the countryside. a fair amount of cloud around for northern ireland, central southern england and wales, some cloud and drizzle, like rain, gradually working south. some sunny spells developing for north england, southern scotland, a mix of sunny spells and showers further north. blustery again for the northern isles and the far north of scotland, temperatures a max of 20 in the south—east. the desperate search for survivors in indonesia four days

after a devastating tsunami and earthquake — almost a thousand people are dead. the waves which were almost 20 feet high in places — swept ashore with no warning — almost 200 thousand people now desperately need help. this town enters its fourth day without power and clean water. people are getting desperate. there was no warning that the tsunami was about to hit becuase the detection system wasn‘t working. also tonight. the chancellor, philip hammond, joins senior ministers in urging tory party delegates to support the prime minister‘s chequers plan for brexit. the parents of the 15—year—old who collapsed after an allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette describe what happened before she died. he called me and he said, she is going completely