this is bbc news i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at eight. two hundred thousand people need help urgently — according to the united nations — after the earthquake and tsunami that struck an indonesian island. this town enters its fourth day without power and clean water. people are getting desperate. the chancellor urges conservative party members to get behind theresa may's plan for brexit, and remains confident she will strike a deal with the eu. when the prime minister gets a deal agreed, there will be a boost to our economic growth. a deal dividend. president trump insists he wants a comprehensive fbi investigation into sexual assault allegations against his supreme court nominee — brett kavanaugh. and a plastic poser on a beach near portsmouth. thousands of plastic pellets have been found washed up on the coast.

and it's not clear where they've come from. the united nations says almost two hundred thousand people in indonesia are in desperate need of help after the earthquake and tsunami on friday that left hundreds dead. many of the victims have been buried today in a mass grave. more than 800 people are known to have died on the island of sulawesi but that figure is expected to rise as rescuers reach more remote areas. palu was one of the worst hit. people there had no warning of what was about to happen because the country's tsunami alarm system wasn't working. from palu, 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. in palu, more than a8,000 people are unable to return to their homes, many of which lie in rubble. this used to be a road. the residents say the ground rose several metres, swallowing homes and leaving huge risks along it. translation: the soil rose up and buried their houses. in my heart i said, if this is the time i die, what more can i do. ijust prayed to god. when the huge waves hit the coast, this woman picked up two youngest children and ran. translation: we were running for our lives. the waves chased us and it was a race.

it is like a bad dream, when is help going to arrive. when will the government pay attention to ask? they are turning to creative ways to get their plea for help out. her family has painted this line which says pray for a palu, we miss our home and we need help. in an attempt to try and get attention from passers—by. this town enters its fourth day without power and clean water, people are getting desperate. the city is almost out of petrol, the people queueing for hours for what little is left. there is no electricity, no communication, no gas. everyone is queueing for this and especially supplies of food are very limited. desperate people are now trying to salvage anything of worth from the debris and today there has been more looting as people

take what they need. this was a building sharp, people have been coming in to take a equipment from it. you can see things like pillows amongst the rubble. residents say there are also dead bodies here, that they cannot retrieve and there is a smell of decaying corpses in the air. up in the hills, authorities have dug mass graves, enough for thousands of bodies in an attempt to stop the spread of disease. as things worsen, people are desperately trying to get out, crowds flooding the small, damaged airport in palu, hoping to get on limited military and commercial flights to nearby cities. hundreds of homes, shops and livelihoods destroyed. let's speak now to massud

siddique, head of the asia region at islamic relief, an international aid charity which is assisting the rescue efforts in donggala and palu. he is in our birmingham studio. we're very critical for you coming in to talk to us. would you give us the latest on what your colleagues are telling you what is happening on the ground 7 are telling you what is happening on the ground? we have a team that is headed by the islamic relief, with 13 member team, they have been travelling for the last 72 hours to reach out to the most affected area. we are carrying loads of items, food, baby milk and etc. and are

hoping that in the next three to four hours, and the next three to four hours, and the next three to four hours, and the next three to four hours, they will be reaching out to the most affected people and donggala. the obstacles they're facing in trying to get to the regions to get help to the people who need it. yes, we are trying to reach the most affected people listened as possible. and among the eye ngos, reaching up to that place. with some food and nonfood items. and what are the main priorities? the main priorities are saving the lives. that is the main thing, we are talking about saving lives. and you're still confident that more

people's lives can be saved to show what we are confident that more peoples lives can be saved. although oui’ peoples lives can be saved. although our relief team has not reached the location, our partner organisations and local ngos, are there and saving lives, rescuing people. and so far oui’ lives, rescuing people. and so far our information is 1203 deaths. more than 49 people in the location that we are walking and now are missing and more than 550 people were affected. their limbs are gone, head injuries, also with the accidents they have faced. day and you and others were trying to help will be

facing the difficulties that roads are damaged, bridges or damage, there is no electricity. this is very difficult conditions. we are operating in a very difficult condition, gurry mentioned about them. the last 72 hours has been trying hard reaching out to be effective people —— affected. roads are blocked, communication is not very conducive and there are reports of violence and looting. and we are not protected by the local police so we are hopeful that at the end of the next four or five hours we are hopeful that at the end of the next four orfive hours in we are hopeful that at the end of the next four or five hours in the morning, we will be able to start delivering at a particular point. one night while we wish you luck and thank you so much. thank you.

and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages. at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the businessjournalist, john crowley and the head of news at huffpost uk, jess brammar. senior conservatives have appealed to party members to support theresa may's approach to leaving the european union. the chancellor, phillip hammond, told the party's conference in birmingham that the government would prove the eu was wrong to dismiss the prime ministers so—called chequers plan for future trade relations. our political editor laura kuenssberg sent this report from birmingham. where is the tory‘s identity? people up there, is it in that private meeting of tory women with a glimpse of the prime minister? thank you very much. is it with hard—core brexiteers? who find plenty of fans here. or is it with the chancellor?

pushing gradual moves in line with tory tradition. we need to have the courage now to regenerate capitalism once again, to pass on something worthwhile to the next generation. that is what being a conservative is all about. applause. and to those who will say that the measured message of evolution will be drowned out by this real voices of the demagogues and the populace, i say, put our trust in the common—sense of the british people and they will put their trust in us. applause. strange as it may seem, for the tories who have traditionally been behind business, there are chancellor felt the need to say this. let me say it loud and clear, the conservative party is and always will be, at the party of business. applause. it is a brilliant speech inspiring

confidence in the future of this country. it reminds you of ayew became a conservative in the first place. it is nice to be reminded why you joined. that does not ring true for some of the other money men in the party. the prime minister herself has not shown enough concern for how the country pays its way, according to one major tory backer who has given the party millions. i would say the conservatives have lost their way. i think the prime minister has let yourself down by not being a champion of business to the extent that she could or should be. you might make a legitimate excuse that she has been so busy on brexit she has not had time to focus on it but post brexit, this is one of the key issues that the conservative party must address. do you believe she is the person to get the tories back to

their way? is it conceivable that she does a brilliantjob in brexit? of course. we will have to wait and see. there are plenty of people here who want to talk about who the tories are and who they are for, but quiet arguments about moderate change simply cannot compete with all the shouting about brexit and it will be hard for the tories to find themselves again, until the clamour dies away. farfrom going quietly, brexit backers who hate the prime minister's compromiser here in full force. campaigning to get her to ditch her so—called chequers plan that would see parts of the economy is closely tied to the european union, even after we leave. any deal that prevents us from taking back control and the sovereign and any deal that looks like chequers or the opinions proposed by the eu would be a deal that stands in defiance of our democracy. applause. many here though are not

in the mood for trouble. the former foreign secretary was spotted casuallyjogging through the countryside today. he will arrive in this city tomorrow. even though many of his colleagues wish he would stay away. 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 ordered the inquiry on friday at the request of a senate committee, the fbi only has days to investigate, before the senate votes on his nomination later this week. let's speak now to our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghue. he's been asked about these reports about the nature of the fbi

investigation. asked to do whatever the senate wants to do. he does not wa nt the senate wants to do. he does not want a witchhunt, he wants it to be confined in some sense, he was asked quite a lot about the evidence that brett kava naugh gave quite a lot about the evidence that brett kavanaugh gave last week, talking about how much beer he drank. sometimes he he drinks too much beer. the president said that he was surprised at how vocal the judge was about his approach to alcohol and had this to say about his own views on alcohol. i can honestly say i've never had a beer in my life, 0k? it's one of my only good traits. i don't drink. whenever they're looking for something good, i said i've never had a glass of alcohol. i've never had alcohol. for whatever reason. can you imagine if i had? what a mess i'd be? i'd be the world's worst. but i never drank, ineverdrank, 0k? but i can tell you, i watched that hearing it i watched a man saying that he did have difficulty as a young man with

drink. the one question i didn't ask is how about the last 20 years? have you had difficulty the last 20 years? because nobody said anything bad about him in many, many years. they go back to high school. sorry to interrupt. ijust sorry to interrupt. i just want to ask you, this is a very partisan and nomination and i just wondered ask you, this is a very partisan and nomination and ijust wondered how politicized the fbi investigation was becoming? well, don't try to stay out of that. they're asked to doajob, stay out of that. they're asked to do a job, they do not have to come toa do a job, they do not have to come to a conclusion, the desire to present the evidence that they find in the white house and they choose whether to make that public or not. i think the interesting thing is on the one hand, the president is insisting that he is an open mind and see what the evidence turns up. on the other hand, he was saying that he had been treated very unfairly, that his family have been treated very unfairly. so it's kind

of trying to write both horses in this case. and what happens later in the week? well, the fbi has until friday and some suggestion that though do it sooner than that, the evidence together and be handed over to the white house. we don't know whether it will be made public or to what extent so will be made public, fairly personal details of the witnesses they talk to. in the senate will get a look at it and at some point, they the full senate will a vote on and if the republican leadership think they can get it through. a man who stabbed his eight—year—old daughter in an act of revenge against his ex—partner has been found guilty of murder. william billingham used a kitchen knife to kill his daughter mylee in his bungalow near walsall in january. our midlands correspondent sima kotecha has been in birmingham crown court, and sent this report.

eight—year—old mylee billingham, nicknamed moo. but on the evening of the 20th of january, this man, william billingham, her father, killed her at his home. the court was told that the murder was an act of revenge. billingham's former partner, tracey taundry, who is also mylee's mother, was in a relationship with another woman, something he was struggling to deal with. hours before the killing, this cctv footage shows the father and daughter at a local newsagents, happily buying treats. after eight o'clock, when miss taundry came here to pick up mylee, billingham held a knife to her throat and said he was going to kill her. she managed to get away. she pushed mylee, but the child slipped. billingham then dragged his daughter by the hood of her coat, back into his bungalow, while she shouted, mummy,

mummy and, please daddy, no. daddy, stop it. using a knife, he stabbed her in the chest. hours later, she was pronounced dead. police say what mylee's mother went through is unimaginable. her daughter was dragged away from her grasp. she knew that billingham was armed with a knife. albeit, she feared the absolute worst, i believe there was a big part of that thought that mylee would walk out of that address without a hair harmed on her head. those who knew her have described mylee as a sensitive child, full of energy. billingham will be sentenced tomorrow. the headlines on bbc news. the united nations warns that around two hundred thousand people could be in urgent need of help after friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

the chancellor insists that the economy will be boosted once brexit is agreed. president trump says he wants the fbi to conduct a comprehensive investigation into sexual assault allegations against his supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. 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 but it looked like business as usual for the players this morning. it's the worst start to a season for united in 29 years — and mourihno, well he 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. when we lose the responsibility is the responsibility of everyone. there's one game in the premier league tonight — bournemouth are hosting crystal palace. and the hosts are already one nil up, thanks to an early goal from david brooks. eddie howe's side looking to bounce back from a surprise four nil loss away at burnley last time out in the league. palace looking for a third win of the season have their star man wilfried zaha up front. 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 2012, but not in rio two years ago. in the women's champions league, chelsea have been drawn against italian side fiorentina. the blues were one of eight seeded teams for the draw in nyon earlier. glasgow city will face barcelona, who have england s toni duggan amongst their ranks. holders lyon will face dutch champions ajax. tyson fury and deontay wilder appeared to have to be separated at their press conference in london earlier, as they announced the staples centre 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 two and a half years 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. two fights, ten fights, what does it matter? i'm a fighting man, a boxing man, i have boxed and fought all my life, even fought to be sat here today. every day i wake up is a fight. deontay wilder does not have anything i'm afraid of, not at all. he does not possess anything i'm afraid of or scared of. this is a mega—fight. you have two different personalities, so charismatic guys. filled with energy and emotions 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. tennis now and british number one kyle edmund has reached the second round of the china open.

he fought back from a set down to beat world number 70, germany's peter in beijing. he'll now face either italy's matteo berretini or argentina's leonardo mayer next. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. a senior scientist who said physics "was invented and built by men" has been suspended with immediate effect — from working with cern. professor alessandro strumia, a theoretical physicist from pisa university, was speaking at a workshop on sexism in science. 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 have made 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. we can speak now

to dr sheila kanani — a planetary scientist and education outreach and diversity officer at the royal astronomical society. she's in lytham st annes in lancashire. thank you so much forjoining us. ijust wondered i just wondered what you made ijust wondered what you made of these comments and whether you were offended. it is quite mind blowing that he could come across and say things like that. we've got so much evidence that women being integral to physics over the years. the many many years it has been around, women astronomers thousands of years ago to all the amazing women who have done so much work hundreds of years ago when they had to pretend that their husbands are doing the work for them in the unsung heroes who

spotted eight comments and worked alongside her brother. just unfounded that he could even say that. he says that it is not an opinion that comes from the data he has looked at. he has now been suspended, do you think that is the right thing to have done?” suspended, do you think that is the right thing to have done? i think it isa right thing to have done? i think it is a really strong message to show that someone who is senior like he is, that they can't get away with saying things like that. it is not 0k to say something like that and then remained in that position. i think it was certainly the right thing to do. speaking a little bit more broadly, can you give us a sense on how far his comments reflect on a wider sexism within science. i think it's actually, yes there are people like that out there and particularly in physics, but there are really positive brigade of us there are really positive brigade of us who are championing physics and

astronomy. events are going around and people are talking about diversity in all types. notjust the incidence of astronomy and in the wider stem of the environment, and i think we have to celebrate these positive changes and educate the future generations. interested in that statistic in that report there that statistic in that report there that only 4% of physics professors are women and i wondered if you could perhaps give us some insight as to why that might be.|j could perhaps give us some insight as to why that might be. i can't speakfor the as to why that might be. i can't speak for the woman professes because i had never made it personally, but i did get my phd and in research environment it can be quite difficult if you're female, or if you do have another kind of string to your bow that is quite more diverse. it can be difficult to get those research papers out there, but one of the main problems is a must you get this research papers out there, you often don't get your

pundit. so to the publishing results at all times, it is really high. the problem with that is of course that women do have time out of work to have children and families and they do find it hard to get back in, so if you are not able to publish those papers to get the funding, and it is harder to progress in your career. saying that it is the wider cultural change? definitely. we have been talking about cultural change for quite some time. we really want to look at it from the point of view of the community, on how we do change the community, on how we do change the culture and how we do make it less funding driven, i know people need to get paid, but it shouldn't be about academic publishing in order to get funding. the is to be something else, a different way of measuring success. one that we know how important female role models are for young women, but i know that you

are also a secondary school teachers. it i want to note that sort of stereotypes you encounter about female scientists among your pupils. we do have certain stereotypes, we try to shatter those as much as possible. we are often the young people are often surprised that i'm a physicist and that i'm female, that i look quite young and that we work in talk to them about how women can be astronomers as well in overtime, and over during this time working with them and showing them how amazing physics and astronomy is and that is notjust the boys, we're hopefully changing the boys, we're hopefully changing the landscape. it is been great talking to you we appreciate your time thank you so much on bbc news thank you. temporary look at the weather forecast now. things have been clouding overfrom the north—east today, and these

cloudy skies in chester will spread further south—east. and with this, some rain and some fairly warm, moist air some rain and some fairly warm, moistair in some rain and some fairly warm, moist air in from the atlantic, so likely to turn misty and murky in wales and the south—west. even where we see some clear spells across the north of scotland, cabbage would drop too far, but here we will develop a brisk breeze, the wind a real feature of the weather in northern scotland tomorrow, reaching 50 or 60 mph. southern scotland and northern england see brighter skies developing, for northern ireland, wales, the midlands, the south of england, cloud and patchy rain gradually moved south. any brighter brea ks gradually moved south. any brighter breaks in the south—east could lift temperjust 21 breaks in the south—east could lift temper just 21 celsius. breaks in the south—east could lift temperjust 21 celsius. in a lot of dry weather through wednesday and thursday, some rain and the north—east, and tempered as around 15 to 19 celsius. hello, this is bbc news.

the headlines — the united nations warns that 200,000 people need help urgently, after the earthquake and tsunami that struck an indonesian island. the chancellor, philip hammond, joins senior ministers in urging tory party delegates to support the prime minister's chequers plan for brexit. president trump authorises the fbi to expand its investigation into allegations of sexual assault against his supreme court nominee brett kavanagh, according to the new york times. and thousands of plastic pellets have been washed up on the south coast of england. it's not clear where they've come from. let's return to the conservative party conference and the issue of brexit. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at the conference in birmingham for us. there hasn't been that much chat

about brexit in the main hall. philip hammond the chance we on the touching upon the issue. but elsewhere around this confidence, there is a lot going on. there is an alternative conference by the brexiteers where they are criticising the chequers plan that theresa may has, and have also been some events around the so—called people's lord, the call for a second referendum on brexit. —— people's vote. why are you backing that plan? many people say the decision has been made and you're just being a sore loser. because in the last two and a half years, everyone has come to understand the complexity and challenges on brexit, and before we proceed with that i think we need to get the informed consent on the people in the final say, a second referendum. what would the question be? because there is a danger that evenif be? because there is a danger that even if you got to divide up having a second vote, it does not clear things up anyway, it's just leaves us things up anyway, it's just leaves us in situation where things are as confused as they are now. we need to

wait to see the deal that the government is working on, and i think that should be put against remaining in the european union, that's the question i would put. she, though, has obviously sad that this is a compromise, and it is the only compromise that you can have, and actuators staying put across to the eu in terms of trade. —— it is staying pretty close to the eu. the eu in terms of trade. —— it is staying pretty close to the sum you are going to do brexit, intellectually i can follow the jacob rees—mogg plan in wanting to be completely cut off from europe, into the atlantic, i can hear it. i don't agree with that but i can follow the intellectual thought. if we are not good to do that, then every other version towards remain, you might as well stay in the union, make it better, because it does need to improve, ship it from within. i think this halfway house, the worst of both worlds, is supported by who voted remain in 2016 or indeed by people who voted brexit. the question is, how many people back your idea? there was talk about it

at the labour party conference last week, but in your own party, the many supporters of this idea of another referendum ? many supporters of this idea of another referendum? it is a growing number, we are on me at a modest seven i think, publicly, but to be honest, if there is a free vote at the moment in parliament, i think we would have many more. you understand the complexity of the politics at westminster, and this is going to go down to the wire, i think. collea g u es down to the wire, i think. colleagues will wrestle i think with their confidences consciences over what is best for the country. personally, i was persuaded a few months ago when i resigned injune that we needed to seek the informed consent of the people in order to proceed. because if we do not, i am convinced that brexit will continue to bea convinced that brexit will continue to be a running sore, even after the proposed date of leaving next march. thank you very much indeed. and that campaign is supported by some people from the main political parties. of course, all eyes will be on what if

any deal theresa may brings back from brussels. vicky younger, chief political correspondent. 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. one of them has onlyjust been released from hospital a year later. 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 that 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, into my stomach, my 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 rosemarie mela nson, a survivor of the worst mass shooting in american history. for close to a year, her home has been this hospital room, because of a gunman's bullet. there is times where i thought, i don't have the strength, because sometimes i felt so weak and my husband stayed... he's the one that gave me the strength to get through. because there were so many nights, and days, i didn't know, because i just didn't feel good. it was a present from her daughters. an evening at a country music festival. gunfire gunshots. panic. a man high up in a hotel nearby is firing round after round. he kills 58, but for every minute

he's firing, he injures a0 more. ten minutes pass before he stops. the dead are buried and mourned. yet the injured carry a special burden, as do those they love. i need to remove a small piece of her intestine... rosemarie's doctor matthewjohnson understands the continuing traumas once wounds heal. their whole lives get changed, and that doesn't even include the psychological injuries that they sustain. and years, it can affect your whole way of life, you can't work the normaljob you used to work. and if you don't have disability insurance, then, i mean, you could end up on the streets. i arrived in las vegas the day after the shooting to report on the tragedy last year, and many of the billboards here on the main strip were carrying words of condolence. by the time i left, 48 hours later, those words had disappeared

and it was back to selling as usual. you're looking at live pictures there of broward county, florida, where there is an active shooter... people die, and america moves on. but some can't do that. 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. with every mass shooting, lisa revisits that night in vegas. it knocks you back again, and you can feel it, you can see it, smell it, all of it. and knowing like the sadness of knowing what those victims are going to go through. the many tens of thousands injured every year in gun—related incidents are america's dirty secret. they live changed, quiet lives, paying the price for this country's love affair with guns. clive myrie, bbc news, in las vegas.

the discount supermarket chain aldi says it plans to open another 130 new stores in the uk over the next two years. the german firm says the expansion will create 5,000 jobs. aldi currently has more than 700 stores in the uk, and is britain's fifth biggest supermarket. tesco bank has been fined £16 million following a cyber attack nearly two years ago. the financial conduct authority said hackers had taken advantage of what it called "deficiencies" in the design of tesco's debit card. £2.25 million was stolen during the attack. tesco bank says it has enhanced its security measures. the government says it will urgently review food safety laws following the death of a teenager who suffered an allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette. the environment secretary,

michael gove, said any change could be named natasha's law in tribute to the 15—year—old who collapsed on a flight to nice. today, her parents have been describing what happened to their daughter two years ago. her father, who was with her on the flight, said it all happened very quickly. 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... she said, "daddy, please, get the second pen, i can't "breathe, i can't breathe, daddy, help me." and 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, and said, "there's some information in there". and my mother noticed immediately that sesame seeds were highlighted as "allergen" in the sandwich. and my mother was stunned, she told me, and she said to the staff, "where are the sesame seeds?" because they're not even visible to the naked eye. and she was told by the staff there, "well, they're baked into the dough." at which point my mother screamed and she said, "you have murdered my grandchild". ask anyone, do we want anyone to die again?

no, nobody wants anybody to die, not even pret a manger. so then, if that's the case, then do something, not words but deeds, right now. not to see your child ever again is incomprehensible and unless you live through it, even then, it's difficult, it's unexplainable. hundreds of people have gathered across cities and towns thousands of small plastic pellets have washed up on a beach near portsmouth. they're called nurdles, and are used to make everything from plastic bottles to bin liners. volunteers believe the pellets may have been spilled in the manufacturing process, and ended up being washed out to sea. our correspondent duncan kennedy is on hayling island. they're called nurdles. tiny plastic pellets that have washed up in their thousands on this

hampshire beach. so many, in fact, that volunteers have collected more than 20 sacks full of them. millions of them, and we couldn't physically sit here and pick them all up... they include bianca carr, who says the nurdles are used by industry to make everything from bin liners to bottles. and to give you an idea ofjust how bad the problem 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 and found a total of about 1,000 of these nurdles. no—one knows where these tiny white nurdles have come from. we're horrified by what we saw, in terms of all of these tiny, tiny plastic nurdles, which are about the size of a lentil and they're used in plastic manufacturing. they are everywhere around here. all around the shoreline. the discovery in hampshire coincides

with tonight's documentary on the wider problem of plastic pollution. this is a river in indonesia. oh, look at that, yeah.... ..while this is howe island, off australia, and the shocking discovery of what this bird has ingested. 0h! look at that. stomach full of plastic. one, two, three, four, five... 16 pieces of plastic. oh, look at that. yeah. six years ago, this wasn't snow in the pacific, but more nurdles, washed up in a typhoon. volunteers everywhere are cleaning up a worldwide deluge of plastic, but from hong kong... ..to hampshire, ourseas, rivers and oceans remain in a fragile struggle with human activity. duncan kennedy, bbc news, on hayling island. leading scientists are meeting in south korea this week to discuss whether global temperatures can be stopped from increasing by more than 1.5 celsius this century.

the intergovernmental panel on climate change is expected to warn the threshold will be breached by the year 20110, unless rapid action is taken. they'll recommend faster cuts in co2 emissions, and more investment in renewable energy, as our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, reports. after a summer of record—breaking heat and storms in many parts of the world, scientists are more confident than ever that the fingerprint of climate change can be seen in the severity and frequency of extreme weather events. while the paris climate agreement committed governments to keeping this rise in global temperatures this century to well under two degrees, many researchers believe this limit is in fact too high and exposes millions of people to very significant dangers of flooding from sea—level rise. it also threatens a huge loss of plants, animals and other vulnerable species around the world. to assess the feasibility of keeping the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees,

scientists from the ipcc are meeting this week in south korea to produce a report on this new, lower limit. we can expect to see more extreme weather... the study will say that unless rapid action is taken, the world will sail past this target by 2040. the authors say that every possible option to control emissions must be considered. the thing with climate change is, you don't always necessarily fall off a cliff at a particular level of warming. but the warmer it gets globally, frankly the worse it gets and we need to remember that every little extra we can do in terms of reducing emissions will bring benefits. global carbon output will need to peak by 2020, renewable energy will have to increase rapidly. even if these steps are taken, the report will likely recommend the controversial use of machines to suck carbon out of the atmosphere. many critics think it's a mistake to rely on expensive and untested technology. but first, the scientists will have

to convince government representatives from all over the world that their report makes sense. there are concerns that countries highly reliant on fossil fuels, such as the us, australia and saudi arabia may attempt to water down some of the studies' recommendations. whatever the outcome, the report will likely say that keeping temperatures below 1.5 degrees can be done, but it will require a massive transformation of the global economy and society. matt mcgrath, bbc news. hundreds of people have gathered across cities and towns in catalonia to mark the one—year anniversary of the contested referendum on independence. pro—independence protesters attempted to block roads and train tracks, while regional leaders gave speeches and students filled barcelona's central square waving separatist flags. demonstrators also queued to re—enact last year's vote, which was banned by madrid and the courts for being against the spanish constitution. we can take you life to catalonia

now, and here are some pictures of what is happening as we speak on the streets of barcelona. as i said, thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across catalonia. in barcelona, they have obstructed major routes, and that would appear to be what we are watching at the moment. while they remember the police violence of a year ago, we also know that the blocked a high—speed railway line in girona, but as i say, you can see rather a tense looking situation there on the streets in barcelona, a year after the contested referendum on independence. the budget airline primera air has announced it will go into administration at midnight tonight. the icelandic—owned airline said over the past two years, a series of "unforeseen misfortunate

events" had severely affected its financial standing. our transport correpondent tom burridge explained what had gone wrong with the business. primera air started out in 2003. it was probably a scandinavian version of thomas cook chartered flights, but the within the last year or so, it really changed its business plan, which ultimately went wrong, but it's basically started running flights... it was running flights primarily for the uk, from stansted, birmingham, until august, and primarily for the uk, from stansted, birmingham, untilaugust, and from manchester to destinations around europe, but in may, the airline busy when announced it was good to start running transatlantic routes. it is a budget airline, running transatlantic routes. it is a budgetairline, a running transatlantic routes. it is a budget airline, a small airline, it had roughly ten aircraft, it isn't about reiner, it has around the 400 mark of aircraft. easyjet close to 300. so it was small, and

ran about 90 routes, but it basically went for a very ambitious business plan, which was to take on the likes of norwegian, which is now running cheap flights across a budget, but ultimately it failed. so this ambitious business plan is what has gone wrong? essentially, yeah. the airline has blend tonight, firstly that it cannot finance its long—term plans, —— the airline has blamed. so it was ticking on the likes of norwegian, but it could not secure long—term financing, and on top of that, it blames the fact that a fleet of new aircraft from airbus arrived late, which caused the airline to basically have two release of aircraft, cancel flights. on twitter this evening, as the rumours started to swirl, you got a sense of harmony people have been let down by primera air before it basically went bust, it is going bust at midnight, but it is imminent. and essentially, people had theirflights imminent. and essentially, people had their flights cancelled at the

last minute. we have been in touch with someone this evening who's right across the atlantic from birmingham was cancelled at the last minute. yves bissouma tried to get compensation of the airline for several weeks. now he is in a very uncertain position, i think like anyone else, due to fly with primera air, about whether or not it will get any compensation at all. well, as tom burridge mentioned there, we have been entitled someone who's transatlantic flight primera air was cancelled at the last minute, and who has been pursuing compensation, and we can speak to oliver knight now via webcam from birmingham. thanks forjoining us. you have flown with this airline, so first of all, tell us up what happened on your flight from birmingham to all, tell us up what happened on yourflight from birmingham to new york. they unfortunately cancelled our initialflight, york. they unfortunately cancelled our initial flight, moving york. they unfortunately cancelled our initialflight, moving it earlier by a day, and the flight we we re earlier by a day, and the flight we were promised it would be the year of us a321, but the boot is on a 757

from the 1980s. —— airbus. it was quite a bad experience, but at least we got there, and on the way back, they cancelled us again, diverting us to sta nsted they cancelled us again, diverting us to stansted instead of birmingham, and then that flight was delayed by i think 8.5 hours in the end. so what were they telling you? their communications have been pretty poor, today fell. so far, i've had six e—mails from them in a few months. the first cancellation, they cancelled it and didn't reply for two weeks to let me know when i would be rebooked. in thing on the way back, the e—mails me to say they would cover my travel expenses from birmingham to stansted, and then after i got back, i was e—mailing them every couple of days, butjust didn't receive any meaningful response from them. so how out of pocket are you? i would say... they

said... they offered me about £1300 in compensation and reimbursement for travel expenses, but i haven't seen a penny, and i doubt i will at the moment. they did say, didn't they, that they would try to send you a payment at one point, but no sign of that? how confident are you that you're going to get your money in the light of the news we have heard this evening? in the light of the news we have heard this evening ?|j in the light of the news we have heard this evening? i was quietly confident last week, but after the news today, i sort of resolved to the fact that i'm not going to get the fact that i'm not going to get the cash, probably. even though they have got all my bank details and they said they would send it weeks and weeks ago, but i've still received nothing, so i'm not that hopeful at the moment. received nothing, so i'm not that hopeful at the momentlj received nothing, so i'm not that hopeful at the moment. i don't know what happens in this kind of situation, but if an airline goes into administration, do you have anywhere else you can go for recourse? i have already made a claim with the civil aviation authority. i contacted them a few

months ago, but in truth, they didn't really follow it up either, they have had thousands of claims from different primera air passengers. you just have to look at twitter to see how many people were left stranded and that sort of thing, soi left stranded and that sort of thing, so i think theyjust had such a backlog, the civil aviation authority and primera air, so i am doubtful that many people will get paid now. 0k, doubtful that many people will get paid now. ok, oliver knight, thanks for talking to us about your experience. thank you very much, cheers. geoffrey hayes, who presented the classic children's tv show rainbow, has died at the age of 76. hello, everybody. did you like that song? i don't think i like sharing a bed any more. i think i should have a bed of my own. a bed of your own? yes! he hosted the programme, featuring bungle, george and zippy, between 1974 and 1992.

meanwhile in france, tributes have been paid to the singer—songwriter charles aznavour, who has died at the age of 94. he sold more than 100 million records during his career, which spanned 80 years, and he was often described as the french frank sinatra. our correspondent david sillito looks back at his life. # she may be the reason i survive. # the why and wherefore i'm alive. # the one i care for...# charles aznavour. fred astaire, bing crosby and frank sinatra all recorded his songs. bob dylan said he was one of the greatest live performers he had ever seen and those songs, a catalogue of heartbreak and life's many sadnesses. my songs are very solid. i write about everything. i write about... often my wife will say, you're not going to sing

about that in the song! and i say, yes, iam going to say it. the glamour of his heyday in the 60s and 70s was a world away from his childhood. charles aznavour‘s family were armenian immigrants. he left school and began performing when he was nine. and it was the great french singer, edith piaf, who gave him his big break, accompanying her on a tour of america. in an era of rock and roll, this five foot three and resolutely old school singer was himself surprised by his enormous success. he sang in six languages, he appeared in films, he was even named armenia's ambassador to switzerland. but charles aznavour‘s place in history is the songwriting. that gift for turning the joy, melancholy and pain of life into song. # she.#

charles aznavour, who has died at the age of 94. now it's time for a look at the weather. good evening. this is how the day endedin good evening. this is how the day ended in london. felt beginning to fill the sky, and he resorted looked across western scotland earlier on today. cloudy and wet weather will move further southwards as we head through the rest of this evening into the night. the rain quite light and patchy as it arrives across central and southern parts of england and wales. buying that, the skies a bit, but the wind will pick up, so that will hold temperatures up, so that will hold temperatures up, and further south, temperatures holding up at nine or 10 celsius where the extra cloud is. tomorrow,

quite a lot of cloud around generally, quite misty and murky here, but the cloud breaks for east anglia and the south—east, temperatures you could reach the low 20s. sunny skies for northern ireland and scotland, showers and the far north, and for northern scotland, busts of 52 maybe 60 mph for a time. further ahead into wednesday and thursday a of dry weather, generally quite cloudy, and the temperatures not doing badly at all for this time of year. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump authorises the fbi to expand its investigation into sexual assault allegations against his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh — but made it clear, he is defending his man: what his wife is going through. what his beautiful children are going through, is not describable. it's not describable. it's not fair. the bbc learns that none

of indonesia's tsunami detector buoys worked at the time of friday's earthquake — 800 people have died. and a leading scientist claims male colleagues produce better research than women, and that physics was invented by men. a leading astrophysicist at mit told me there is an old boys network