this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: 200,000 people are in need of urgent help and more than 800 are confirmed dead after the earthquake and tsunami which struck indonesia. 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. judge brett kavanaugh, the supreme court nominee, should face a full fbi investigation into allegations of sexual assault according to president trump. one year after the worst mass shooting in us history, which left 58 people dead, we return to las vegas to talk to some of the survivors. it's been hard. i've already had six

surgeries, and just in the last few months, and trying to... i want to be able to feel normal again. # she may be the reason i'm alive... and, after a career spanning eight decades, the french entertainer charles aznavour has died, prompting tributes from around the world. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking another look at the papers with our reviewers, business journalistjohn crowley and jess brammarfrom huffpost uk. stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. more than 200,000 people are now in need of urgent help, following the earthquake and tsunami which struck parts

of indonesia on friday. at least 844 people are confirmed dead, but that number is expected to rise. large parts of the coastline of the island of sulawesi were destroyed by the 7.5—magnitude earthquake. many areas outside the main city of palu are still cut off. people there had no warning of what was about to happen, because the country's tsunami alarm system wasn't working. 0ur correspondent rebecca henschke reports. 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 rifts along it. translation: the soil somehowjust rose up and buried the 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 chasing us. it was a race between us and the waves. 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 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 supply of food is very limited, you know. 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 shop, so people have been coming in to take a equipment from it. you can see things like children's doonas and pillows amongst the rubble. residents say there are also dead bodies here, that they can't 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. well, our south—east asia correspondentjonathan head is in palu, and he gave us his assessment of the situation there. the areas hit by the wave are just appalling, i mean, just dreadful sort of scenes of absolute, complete and total destruction. i think there needs to be a more systematic effort by the authorities if they are going to find people who are still alive. it is all a bit haphazard. there aren't really enough people here,

there aren't really people in charge. there are lots of volunteers coming in, but in terms of a functioning town, palu has ceased to functioning town, palu has ceased to function at all. there is no normal services, and the living themselves are without absolutely anything. i mean, it is extraordinary to me people come rushing up to your car and begging you for water. there is no drinking water. they've got no power. it is absolutely desperate. i mean, part of the problem is this is a very, very isolated place, and it took me 21 hours to drive here today. the airport, as rebecca said, is damaged. it's very hard to get aid in. and yet you would think by 110w aid in. and yet you would think by now the government would be prioritising some absolute basic essentials. we're not seeing very much of it. there are an awful lot of people being left completely on their own, and there is a very, very

desperate atmosphere. people really feel abandoned. i think they will judge the government very harshly if it can't speed things up. as with his complaint, every time there's a disaster, about eight. but this time and feel that very little has been done up to now. that is the situation in one of the worst—affected areas, but a few hundred miles to the south of palu, a large part of the aid effort is being co—ordinated in makassar, where many evacuees have also been arriving. nick beake gave this update on the relief efforts. this place is the biggest indication of the level of support that indonesians are offering to the victims of this disaster. all of the aid in this room was donated just today, would you believe it. there are toiletries here, food is stacked up. they are just going through the clothes, putting it into different piles for men, women and children, and they have been working through the night here. i asked one man, why are you doing this? he said they are oui’ are you doing this? he said they are our brothers and sisters, we have to help them in their hour of need. but the reality is, as we were hearing from jonathan here, this is not hi—tech medical equipment, and there isa hi—tech medical equipment, and there is a feeling that all of this could

be too little, too late. this is not machinery, this is not diggers which could be used to prise people from the rubble, and there is a growing fear here, a reality, in fact, that many people may well have survived the initial earthquake and then the tsunami, but the fact remains that simply they have perished while they've been waiting for aid to arrive. the chancellor, philip hammond, has joined other senior ministers in urging the conservatives to back the prime minister's attempts to get the best possible brexit deal. in his speech to the party conference in birmingham, mr hammond predicted that the economy would be boosted once a brexit agreement was reached. his colleague the brexit secretary, dominic raab, insisted that britain would not be bullied into signing what he called a one—sided deal, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. where is the tories‘ identity? peep up there — is it in that private meeting of tory women, with a glimpse of the prime minister? thank you very much.

or is it with hardcore 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 the shrill voices of the demagogues and the populists, 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, their chancellor felt the need to say this. let me say it loud and clear.

the conservative party is, and always will be, the party of business. applause. what ijust heard is a brilliant speech, inspiring confidence in the future of this country. it reminds you of why you became a conservative in the first place. it's nice to be reminded why you joined. that doesn't ring true, though, for some of the party's other money men. the prime minister herself has not shown enough concern for the way 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's 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? well, is it conceivable that she does a brilliant job in brexit? of course it's conceivable. we'll 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 all that clamour dies away. farfrom going quietly, brexit backers who hate the prime minister's compromise are here in full force, campaigning to get her to ditch her so—called chequers plan, that would see parts of the economy closely tied to the european union, even after we leave. any deal that prevents us from taking back control and being 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. today, a former classmate of his said he was not telling the truth about his drinking in the past. 0ur north america editorjon sopel reports from washington. after the traumatic she said and the

defiant he said, and the bitter division over the nomination of brett kava naugh to division over the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court, the fbi has now been given a week to investigate the allegations. but, at a rose garden news conference, the president was repeatedly asked would investigators be free to talk to whoever they like? i think the fbi should interview anybody that they want, within reason. but you have to say within reason. but you have to say within reason. but you have to say within reason. they should interview, but they should also be guided. and i'm being guided, by what the senators are looking for. because they have to make the choice. and the president told me he still had an open mind onjudge kavanaugh. mr president, if the fbi does find something, and brett kavanaugh falls, is there a plan b? i don't want to talk about a plan b, because i hope that he gets a proof. i hope that the report comes out, like i really think it should, i think it will, i hope, i hope. but

i'm waiting, just like you. certainly if they find something i'm going to take that into consideration. absolutely. i have a very open mind. a prosecutor engaged by the republicans on the committee to question doctor christine blasey ford has written to senators saying that, in her legaljudgement, because of the he said, she said nature of the claims, i do not think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the committee. sometimes i probably had too many beers, and sometimes other people had too many beers. we drank beer, we liked beer. by the college mate of great kava naugh we liked beer. by the college mate of great kavanaugh has also come forward to say that the judge wasn't being honest when he spoke under oath about his drinking. and, on the subject of drinking, the

teetotal president cracked a joke at his own expense. 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. can you imagine if i had, what a mess i'd be? i'd be the world's worst. the supreme court opened a new session today, still one person short, still farfrom clear that brett kava naugh one person short, still farfrom clear that brett kavanaugh will be the ninth justice. a man has been found guilty of murdering his eight—year—old daughter and threatening to kill his former partner, after finding out she was in a relationship with another person. 55—year—old william billingham, from brownhills, near walsall, stabbed his daughter mylee at his home injanuary. billingham will be sentenced tomorrow. it is 11:15am. the headlines on bbc news: the un says 200,000 people are in urgent need of help after an earthquake and tsunami struck indonesia. so far, more than 800

people are confirmed dead. the chancellor says he believes there will be a brexit dividend when britain secures a deal to leave the eu, as he urges party members to back the prime minister. president trump says he wants the fbi to conduct a comprehensive investigation into sexual assault allegations against his supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. 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. my colleague clive myrie has returned to the city to speak to some of the 400 people who were shot in the incident and survived — people whose lives were changed forever that night. you may find some of the images distressing. worth and in the fabric of the stars

and stripes is a profound belief in the power of firearms to promote liberty and maintain freedom. but that devotion carries a price. the bullet went through my chest and through my stomach, my liver, my spleen. there was so much shrapnel in my right eye that it broke the machine that they were suctioning it out with. i can hear the sounds, i can feel the bullets. the bullets we re can feel the bullets. the bullets were six edges from a head. this is a story not about the dead, but about those who lived. edith piaf meet —— meet rosemary, 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. various times when i thought, i don't have the strength, because

sometimes i felt so weak and my husband stayed, he is the one who gave me the strength to get through, because there are so many nights and days i didn't know, because i didn't feel good. it 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 a0 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, like rosemary's husband steve. it has been hard. she has cried. i have cried. just

watching her pain. but she suffered. most people don't know what she has gone through. yes, i need to remove a small piece of her intestines. rosemary's doctor matthewjohnson understands the continuing trauma is. their whole lives get changed and that doesn't even include the psychological injuries. and years, i mean, it can affect your whole way of life. you can't work and normal job that you used to work. if you don't have disability insurance, then, i mean, you could end up on then, i mean, you could end up on the streets. but elsewhere, life is serene. the streets. but elsewhere, life is serene. the hotel the killerfired from has no trace of carnage. and the business of selling guns is undimmed. the murderer passed background checks using an arsenal of more than 20 high—calibre weapons, because he could. 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, a8 hours later, those words had disappeared and it was back to selling as usual. you are looking at live pictures in florida where there are is an active shooter. people die and america moves on, but some can't do that. they say lessons must be learnt. that the past must inform the future. i used to watch the shootings on tv before it happened to me. it is another level to have gone through one. and then to have it happen, it is like a punch in the soul. with every mass shooting, lee so soul. with every mass shooting, lee so revisits that night in vegas. soul. with every mass shooting, lee so revisits that night in vegasm knocks you back again and you can feel it, you can see it, smell it, all of it —— lisa. and knowing, like, the sadness of knowing what those victims are going to go

through. but what should america do? debates on gun control come and go. nothing changes. but everything has changed for vegas survivor chelsea, who lost an eye. it has been hard. i have had six surgeries just in the last two months. my son, if i go somewhere without him, he says mum, go somewhere where you don't get shot. so he fully understands what happened and the pain you went through? yes. the many tens of thousands injured in gun related incidents every year up america's dirty secret. they live changed, quiet lives. chelsea, rosemary and so many others are paying the price for this country's love affair with the gun. clive myrie, bbc news, in las vegas. tens of thousands of people have gathered across cities

and towns in catalonia to mark the one—year anniversary of the contested referendum on independence. in barcelona, riot police charged to break up hundreds of protesters in front of the main door of the catalan parliament. earlier, crowds of pro—independence students marched through the city, waving separatist flags, and demanding recognition of the vote which took place last year. madrid said the referendum was illegal and imposed direct rule on the region after it declared independence. primera air, a budget airline that began offering long—haul flights from uk airports earlier this year, has collapsed after 1a years of operating. the icelandic—owned airline said it had failed to secure long—term financing — meaning it had no choice but to file for bankruptcy. two flights to washington and new york due to leave stansted have been grounded. a senior scientist who said physics "was invented and built by men" has been suspended with immediate effect

from working with the scientific research centre, 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. dr sheila kanani is a planetary scientist and education outreach and diversity officer at the royal astronomical society. i asked her what she made of professor strumia's comments. it is quite mind blowing that he could come across saying things like that. we've got so much evidence of women being integral to physics over the years, the many, many years it has sort of been around, you know, from women astronomers thousands of

yea rs from women astronomers thousands of years ago to all the amazing women that it so much work hundreds of yea rs that it so much work hundreds of years ago when they still had to pretend that maybe their husbands we re pretend that maybe their husbands were doing the work for them, then the unsung heroes like caroline hershel, who spotted eight comets and worked alongside her brother, william hershel, it isjust unfounded that you could believe what he was saying. he says of course it is not an opinion but comes from the date he has looked at. he has now been suspended, do you think that is the right thing to have done? i think it is a really strong message from cern to show that someone who is senior like he is, that, you know, they can't get away with saying things like that. it is not ok to say something like that. and then to remain in that position, i think it was certainly the right thing to do from cern, yes. speaking a little more broadly can you give us a yes. speaking a little more broadly can you give us a sense yes. speaking a little more broadly can you give us a sense of how far his comments reflect a wider sexism within science? i think it is actually... yes, there are people like that out there. and

particularly in physics, but there isa particularly in physics, but there is a really positive brigade of us who are championing diversity in physics and astronomy. there are some very, very strong people and lots of events going on and people talking about diversity of all types, not just the talking about diversity of all types, notjust the gender divide, in physics, in astronomy and in the wider sort of stem environment, and i think we have to celebrate these positive changes, and educate the future generations. i was interested in that statistic in pallab ghosh‘s report that only a% of physics professors are women, and i wondered if you could perhaps give an insight as to why that might be?” if you could perhaps give an insight as to why that might be? i can't speakfor the as to why that might be? i can't speak for the women professors because i never made it personally, but i did get my phd and the research environment can be quite difficult if you are female, or if you do have another kind of string to your bow that is slightly more

diverse, it can be quite a scary place and it can be difficult to get those research papers out there. and one of the main problems is that u nless one of the main problems is that unless you get those research papers out there you don't often get your funding. so the pressure on women and others to be publishing results all the time is really, really high. and the problem with that is of course that women do have time at work to have children and have families, and then find it harder to get back in. so if you are not able to publish those papers or get the funding, then it is harder to progress in your career. so are you saying that in order for there to be real change, there has to be a much wider cultural change? definitely. we have been talking about cultural change for quite a long time and we really wa nt change for quite a long time and we really want to talk, from the royal astronomical society's point of view, to the wider community's point of view, on how to change that culture and how we make it less funding driven. i know people need to get paid but he shouldn't be

about academic publishing in order to getfunding. about academic publishing in order to get funding. there should be something else, a different way of measuring success. dr sheila kanani there from the royal astronomical society. tributes have been paid to one of france's most popular singers and entertainers, charles aznavour, who has died aged 9a. during a career which lasted more than 70 years, he recorded more than 1,000 songs and sold more than 100 million records around the world, but he also campaigned on humanitarian and political issues. lucy williamson reports. # you never know... he complained about his appearance, his personality and even his voice, but none of it stopped charles aznavour from being one of france's best known stars. before aznavour, a fellow french artist said despair

was unpopular. i am dealing with sadness and with melancholy, and with everyday‘s little trouble. with the problems of the ageing man with the problems of the ageing man with the young girl, or the lost love. # iam the young girl, or the lost love. # i am still single but happy. charles aznavour was born in france to armenian parents. he joined aznavour was born in france to armenian parents. hejoined edith piaf before world war two before his career took off. he knew that girls looked differently at him when he was on stage. # she may be the reason i survive... his 1973 recording of she topped the uk single starts for several weeks. a5 yea rs later single starts for several weeks. a5 years later he was still performing and last year he travelled to hollywood to unveil his star on the walk of fame. # la boheme... nowhere was he cherished as he was here in

france. aznavour spanned a century of french life and his song la boheme described how music had changed in montmarte. how do people remember him? translation: he manages to translate the everyday life of ordinary people, theirjoy and their sorrows, like the great poets of france his songs will never grow old. one of the many who marked his death on social media was the french president emmanuel macron. charles aznavour‘s unique brilliance, he said, will stay with long after he is gone. # la boheme... charles aznavour, whose death was announced today. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. —— with nick miller. hello, 0ctober got off to a chilly start, but something a bit milder

and warmerfor start, but something a bit milder and warmer for many of us over the next couple of days, initially on tuesday between these weather fronts, you can see the warm colours have started to move in. two weather fronts are close by, fair amount of cloud to be found, into northern ireland, a large part of england and wales with patchy rain and drizzle to begin tuesday, the best of the sunshine from north—east england into scotland. scotland will have the lion's share of the sunshine in the lion's share of the sunshine in the day ahead. showers rattling through the north on a strong wind and, well, when you start with cloud it should brighten up a little, but further south in northern ireland, north—west england and the west midlands, a chance of patchy rain even at this stage of the day at apm, and it will be blustery here, the winds are stronger, further north in northern england, especially into scotland, black arrows