you're watching beyond one hundred days. they cued in their hundreds at the conservative party conference, for a speech that was given rock star billing. but not in the main hall, and not for the party leader. this was borisjohnson‘s day. another opportunity to lambast the prime ministers brexit plan. mrjohnson said theresa may's proposal for leaving the eu is an "outrage" that will reduce britain to being "locked in the tractor beam of brussels". this is the moment to check chequers. the one thing we all know was that he will put on a good show. what we are doing here at conference, and what matters to be blood there is what the government does and focuses on in terms of their day—to—day lives. president trump says brett kavanaugh, his supreme court nominee, has been doing pretty well in the past 2a hours and that he hopes he'll get voted through by the end of the week. hopefully they will be a vote by the

end of the week, and it will be a positive vote. it will be dependent on what comes back from the fbi. also on the programme..... president trump has become camapaigner in chief. tonight's stop— mississippi, where he hopes to fire up voters befor the midterm elections. and with all eyes on the fbi right now, one agent got more than he bargained for with a booby trapped hot tub and that's only half the story. hello and welcome, i'm christian fraser in london, jane o'brien is in washington. the conservative party conference got properly underway here in the uk today, but the biggest crowds were not for the home secretary who was setting out the uk's future immigration plan in the main hall— but for boris johnson— the former foreign secretary, now constant thorn in the prime minister's side. his speech attracted so much attention an upper tier had to be opened in the room he was speaking to allow more people in to what was supposed to be a fringe event.

mrjohnson shied away from suggesting he was actually making a pitch for the leadership, but he seized the chance to stick the boot into theresa may s chequers proposals, and many have interpreted his speech as a blatant bid for herjob. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. deep breath, was he ready? was the party ready? this conference hadn't seen anything like this. chief brexit supporter, now with the prime minister's critic in chief. proposals show that the united kingdom, for all its power, and might, and network of influences around the world, for all its venerable parliamentary history, was

unable to take back control. do not believe that we can somehow get it wrong now, this is the moment to chalk chequers. this stage was his, not just chalk chequers. this stage was his, notjust an chalk chequers. this stage was his, not just an brexit, chalk chequers. this stage was his, notjust an brexit, his spotlight alone. except, of course, boris johnson is not the leader, not the prime minister. today, at least, she is in his shadow. did you watch boris johnson's speech? know, i've been meeting activists, talking to people about conference, and i've been seeing a party that is in really good heart. this is the man, who until recently, you trusted to be your foreign secretary, do you wa nt to be your foreign secretary, do you want to stand up to him? first of all, when he was foreign secretary he signed up to the chequers plan,

and then resigned from the cabinet. but is he challenging your authority, prime minister? he has come here and trampled all over that, you must be crossed, how can you put up with it? there are one or two things that boris said that i am cfoss two things that boris said that i am cross about, he wanted to tear about guaranteed to the people of northern ireland. northern ireland as part of the united kingdom, you know, he and i. the united kingdom, you know, he and i, all members here, are members of the conservative and unionist party. we believe in the union of the united kingdom and northern ireland is part of that union. we have a guarantee for the people of northern ireland and are upholding that. the chequers plan is the only plan on the table at the moment that does. he left almost as quickly as he arrived, but theresa may knows that borisjohnson is arrived, but theresa may knows that boris johnson is not just arrived, but theresa may knows that borisjohnson is notjust allowed most brexit supporter, but a rival, who will not be here today and gone

tomorrow. let's get more from our chief political correspondent vicki young who's at the conservative party conference in birmingham. the one thing that has been left unsaid is what borisjohnson is going to do if theresa may doesn't dump chequers? exactly, that's the question a lot of people are asking. of course, he can descend on this place like a whirlwind, there is a media storm, you saw the pictures of the scrum with dozens of photographers, hundreds of people in the audience. we know that he can raise the roof and get people excited, he has an optimistic vision, the question is, yes, what does he do? does he challenge now? no one thinks he will do that. what does he do beyond brexit? that's why i think that this speech, because it was more wide—ranging felt like an alternative leader ‘s speech, in a

different war, the day before the prime minister gives hers. it's interesting, they were certainly ministers today who were very rude about him, as you would expect. even brexit supporters who feel theresa may needs to be given space in negotiations to get a deal for the uk, and he should be behaving himself. another said boris attracts lots of attention but now is the time for a credible, serious plan and credible unserious leadership. some struggle to provide that type of leadership. that is what you are getting from those who have decided to stay within the cabinet. as you say, a crucial time, what can theresa may do to unify her party? what can we expect to hear from her tomorrow? it's very difficult, isn't it? she has come up with a unifying plan, that was the point of chequers, it's a compromise to keep the uk, when it comes to goods, far too close to the eu for some of

those brexit supporters with the common rule book. there are others who think that she should be even closer. she has an issue there and a lot of speculation about whether she will come up with a new kind of plan to get enough people behind what she's got. it's interesting that behind—the—scenes, privately, many cabinet ministers are still pretty optimistic that she'll get some kind of deal. the pressure will be huge on those conservative mps, are they really going to vote with some of those brexit supporters, and risk bringing the government down, risk bringing the government down, risk bringing ina bringing the government down, risk bringing in a labour government? that's when things get very, very interesting. today was all about borisjohnson reminding interesting. today was all about boris johnson reminding the interesting. today was all about borisjohnson reminding the glass roots, i'm here if you need me. borisjohnson reminding the glass roots, i'm here if you need mem certainly was. for all his detractors, he does energise the grass roots brexit supporters. this

is the queue outside the fringe events today. look at that, queueing up events today. look at that, queueing up in their hundreds. they had to open an upper tier to get all the people in. compare that to the main hallway sajid javed was the going around the same time, he was setting out his new plan unveiled today, for future immigration policies. you can see polite applause there, go wide, and look, there are huge spaces that are unveiled. it's a big day for theresa may, and we all remember the speech last year, the calf, the velcro sign falling off the back, she can't afford anything like that tomorrow, particularly since she has been booed by delegates who want to drop this chequers plan. tomorrow has to go well for her. that was an awful speech she made last year, but no sign of any velcro this year, and no sign of any velcro this year, and no sign of any velcro this year, and no sign of a cold! i'm glad she's not sitting next to me, or she would

need lozenges tomorrow. you can tell my children are back in school. i hope it goes well tomorrow, we shall see. president trump now says the fbi can question ‘anybody‘ within reason over the allegations of sexual assault against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. but he wants the inquiry to be done quickly, and the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has indicated that he expects to move forward with the nomination this week. investigators have already interviewed one hopefully, we will have a vote by the end of the week, and it will be a positive vote. it will be dependent on what comes back from the fbi. the fbi years is working very hard, the fbi. the fbi years is working very ha rd, let's the fbi. the fbi years is working very hard, let's see what happens. the fbi years is working very hard, let's see what happens. investigators have already interviewed one of the key witnesses, markjudge, and they will speak to dr blasey ford who gave evidence to congress on thursday. but, according to some reports, they do not plan to question the third accuser ofjudge kavanaugh, julie swetnick. let's talk more about the investigation with former

fbi agent mike campi, who joins us from new york. just set it out for us, how will the fbi get instructions from the white house? is there a paper, a directive that comes from the white house counsel? not that i'm aware of, i've never participated in an investigation directed by the white house. i've been an investigator for decades, i'm retired, and typically, investigation focuses on, in this instance, the witnesses with regard to doctor ford's allegations. that would be a limited number of people. i think they were three issues that i would pursue, the polygraph examiner, in his process of this polygraph exam. i'd go through that process and my understanding is listening to his interview he was contacted at 8pm by the attorneys who represented doctor ford, he did

the polygraph till i was later. his typical process involved basically getting a statement from the subject being polygraph, if that statement wasn't prepared by his interview that next morning, and is that provided by the attorneys i would drill down on that. the second incident that i would address is she a p pa re ntly incident that i would address is she apparently had a recovered memory, with regard to this incident. recovered memories can be an issue, there are false memories, they can be created by recovered memories. she is a doctor, and that's one of the things i would question her about, i would ask how her therapist participated in this process. was she familiar with recovered memory, medication can be utilised to recovering memory. you can create a false memory where somebody could actually pass a polygraph and

believe this occurred. that could be faulty, i would walk the latter as well. mike, is there enough time to do all this? the interludes of doctor ford, yes, and the interview with regard to the witnesses identified, yes. with regard to the process of the polygraph you can drill down on all those details and conduct that on a matter of days. the third part that i would pursue, would be the interludes with regards to why the senator sat on this information sincejuly. to why the senator sat on this information since july. my, i see you are having trouble with your earpiece there, can you tell me, is there a different standard of proof between this, which is an extended background investigation under criminal investigation? well, when you conduct an investigation you are

just trying to connect the dots with regards to the accuracy of the information that occurred. a criminal investigation still involves the same steps. asking the questions, who, what, when, where, how? and following up to corroborate the information provided to you, and the information provided to you, and the logic of what occurred. doctor ford seems credible, but she had issues with regard to memory, she didn't remember if the polygraph occurred the day of her grandmother's funeral, or the day after. that type of thing, or the day before, or that seems suspect. you are wondering, how did she come to this memory where she was certain about this sexual assault that occurred by brett kavanaugh. brett kavanaugh rider documents that were created decades ago, and you can corroborate whether these documents existed yea rs corroborate whether these documents existed years ago. obviously we've got a lot of information that they

have two sift through, it's very difficult for the fbi. thank you very much forjoining me. i think it's fair to say that nobody is going to be completely satisfied with this investigation, least of all the democrats who say already that they have severe opposition to brett kavanaugh. that they have severe opposition to brett kava naugh. interesting that they have severe opposition to brett kavanaugh. interesting to hear what donald trump has been saying. he says it's a scary and difficult time for young man in america, when you can be found guilty of something before you are presumed innocent. nobody doubts the capability of the fbi, the issue is the time. we heard that they want to put it to the floor by the end of the week, for a full vote by sunday. indeed, and that raises the question again, whether or not this will be seen by the wider public as a cover for the republicans, two of which, are still very ambivalent about which way they

are going to vote. a very interesting time indeed. as the fbi investigation into brett kavanaugh remains the folks in washington president trump is on the campaign trail head of the mid—term elections. he is holding three rallies in four days and at each stop he is making it clear that his supporters need to get to the polls. well, tonight's stop is in southaven, mississippi where republicans are working to hold on to a senate seat. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan is already there and joins us now. its president trump going to be a help or hindrance here? well, he is preaching to the converted here, you canjust preaching to the converted here, you can just see behind preaching to the converted here, you canjust see behind me preaching to the converted here, you can just see behind me the crowds that have gathered in the searing heat. it's boiling here in mississippi. all of these people have queued up some five hours before these rallies are due to start. everyone is solidly behind him. it definitely is going to be an asset. he is here to support one of

the candidates for the senate. she's going to be taking part in the jungle primary on the sixth. there isa jungle primary on the sixth. there is a republican tea party candidate who is also in the race. and a democratic candidate as well. president trump is here to boost cindy hyde smith in this race, because the republican vote could be divided. its key for the republicans that they hold onto both of the seats you in the state of mississippi. thank you very much. it looks like a nice day down there in mississippi. so for all the president's efforts will republicans be able to match democrats in enthusiasm this november? and how much does the confirmation vote of brett kavanaugh hang over the polls? joining us now from oklahoma is republican congressman steve russell. congressman, thank you very much for joining me. how confident are you that brett kava naugh joining me. how confident are you that brett kavanaugh will be confirmed if they vote is brought

this week? i'm very confident. there is no ponderings of evidence, he's had six fbi background investigations, i think the atmosphere across the country as, kind of, one of shock. once you get the polarisation set—aside, the accusations with no evidentiary standard, can be brought and that you can trash somebody‘s life based on yellow, all we've seen in this from the time in his youth. i'm confident that he will be confirmed in the short term, if not this week, the beginning of next week. barring some and believable revelation that comes but no one expects, from the fbi. for republicans who are campaigning in the midterms, how do they decide whether to get close to president trump or stay away from him? well, i think it's not that

much different from members of parliament, elections are local, you all have your local concerns, your regional concerns and state concerns, and there are national issues, for me in oklahoma, i have a capital city, so they may have different concerns than the rural parts of the state. but when it comes to national security, things about the economy, about people's daily lives, jobs, they see that things are moving forward, i was going to use a football analogy, but things are moving forward. people look at that, regardless of the vitriol on both sides, people do see that policies are being implemented that policies are being implemented that have been very effective thus far. congressman, a lot of america's allies are very critical of some of those policies, if you polls show that president trump is not going to

national ratings are pretty dismal. does this actually bother you? is that concern? i've got a masters degree in history and i like to look at context, i think one of the things you examine in your poll is that many of the numbers that are being used are actually higher than what they were during president bush's to him. a lot of the time it's how it is betrayed, it's what's going on in the country, the atmosphere at the time. you have to look around the world. if you are in east asia right now, if you are in japan, the philippines, some of these areas, south korea, where the outlook and concerns are much different than that participated in the survey, their outlook is much more favourable and positive. that's true in israel and the middle east, that would be true in africa,

african countries, when they see engagement with the united states are very favourable and stop brazil, for example, they see their neighbour, venezuela, and some of these other things going on, you have to look at the regions of the world. if you are in sweden maybe you don't like the things that you see on television. congressman steve russell, thank you forjoining us. more than 1,200 people are now known to have died in the earthquake and tsunami that struck indonesia last week as the death toll continues to rise. the united nations says around 200,000 people are in desperate need of help with food and water in short supply and hospitals overwhelmed with the injured. and there are fears some survivors may still be trapped under the rubble. our correspondentjonathan head is in palu, one of the worst hit areas on the island of sulawesi. three days under the ruins, but he's alive. few of the victims have been

as lucky as this 30 age old man pulled out after a three—hour rescue operation. many more are still buried in these impassable mountains of rubble. in the city centre, they are trying to open some of the blocked roads. from the air you can see what the government is up against. this is a village which was literally swallowed by the liquefying ground churned up by the earthquake. and here it they were hit by a mudslide. sometimes it seems this city has been hit by a whole series of catastrophes, not just the earthquake and salami, in this neighbourhood of mud fell down the mountain, and has buried all of the mountain, and has buried all of the houses, right up to half way. and some of the inhabitants to. this man has come back with his son to

check what is left of their home. they had a narrow escape. the moat came down right after the earthquake, he told me. three or four minutes later he and his family just ran with only the clothes they we re just ran with only the clothes they were wearing. he and his neighbours have salvage what they can, but it isn't much. they need everything, and they aren't getting it yet. the inhabitants are taking matters into their own hands. here trying to break into a small supermarket, and then being driven back by police officers who seemed afraid of being overrun. one hour later the police relented, and the cloud poured into the shop. they did make a token effort to stop nonessential items being looted. but the government are unable to help most of these

earthquake victims, and they can't really stop them helping themselves. the first real sign of order we saw, this extraordinary line for petrol, each bottle with its own queue number on its own sitting in the shade for long hours they will have to wait. with its in the shade. dreadful scenes bearing indonesia. we'll talk a bit more about that later in the programme about that early warning system, why there wasn't one, and whether it made it different. that rubble would have made a difference. that rubble would have made a difference. you remember, jane, how indiana jones survived, in raiders of the lost ark. how he outran that huge boulder that rolled towards him, or ducked the darts fired from the wall, or managed to escape the walls that closed in on him. yes. well that, or something similar to it,is how a court compared the scene that officers encountered in williams, oregon recently. an fbi agent had been called to a house that had been put up for sale, which a real estate agent had reason

to think was a bit suspect. the agent did make it past the hot tub that had been turned on its side and rigged to roll over anyone who triggered the tripwire, conveniently it had been placed at the top of a hill near a gate so it would roll quicker. but then the agent and three bomb technicians fell victim to the empty wheelchair that, unbeknownst to them, was rigged to fire live ammunition. reportedly a fishing line, and tied to a shotgun and with the slightest push of the door the wheelchair opened fire and shot the agent in the leg. the makeshift weapons were created by 66—year—old gregory rodvelt, who was forced to forfeit the property as part of an abuse case involving his own mother. that sounds horrific! you've got to feel bad for the agent who got shot in the leg, i've got past that hot tub and i'm home and dry. anyway,

you know plenty of fbi agents, have you know plenty of fbi agents, have you here daily stories like that? the worst one recently was strategically placed cans of tobacco spit that would fall over when the agent walked into the door. not quite live ammunition but pretty gross all the same. who would be an fbi agent? who would be an fbi agent? this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: are democrats in texas about to shake things up in the midterms? we have a special report. and the scientists investigating why 80 whales have washed up on scottish and irish beaches since the summer? battle still to come. —— that's all still to come. good evening. the weather has not

treated us all equally today. northern areas have the best sunshine albeit with a few showers and blustery wind. that is how it looked in aberdeen. that was south wales. he went for a bit lighter but there was a lot of cloud and misty and merck and spots of drizzle. from the satellite picture many southern areas as well as northern ireland had quite a lot of cloud for the day. we did see breaking toward e sta nley day. we did see breaking toward e stanley and the southeast. however as this worker and got northeastward during tonight, we're going to see a renewed push of cloud from the atlantic, and with that some fairly humid and moist air. things are going to turn quite misty and murky in places as well. this is how tonight hands out ahead of that area of cloud across eastern scotland in northeast england. it will turn pretty chilly for a time under clear skills, but west cloud amounts will start to increase temperatures, double digits for london, cardiff and plymouth. northern scotland

winds easing significantly from where they have been today. as we go through tomorrow the weather front continues to drift northeastward and rain across northern areas of scotland. otherwise just a rain across northern areas of scotland. otherwisejust a lot rain across northern areas of scotland. otherwise just a lot of cloud to take a three day. misty and murky for some coastal hills for the west. some of us will seek cloud breaking to give us spells of sunshine, with the warm air in place any sunshine could live temperatures up any sunshine could live temperatures up to around 20 degrees. thursday morning is likely to start off with mist and fog in places, particularly towards the south. large area of cloud, but should be mostly dry. some outbreaks of rain, more of a breeze here. through thursday night into friday, rain in the northwest will stagger its way further southwards, the ring tending to fizzle away. by friday we are left with this wriggling weather front dividing the country into. very split fortunes for friday. friday morning across the south, likely to start off with very dense fog patches. during the day it will stay

predominantly cloudy. a few sunny spells. further north brighter skies. in between a band of cloud and patchy rain. to the north, a cool feeling day but still pretty warm down to the south. in the weekend, some uncertainty but it looks wet for someone saturday. brighterfor most looks wet for someone saturday. brighter for most on sunday. this is beyond 100 days... with me jane o'brien in washington, christian fraser is in london our top stories: at a packed event at the conservative party conference borisjohnson makes a blunt attack on theresa may's brexit plan describing it as a constitutional outrage. the prime minister says she's cross about the comments. everything is bigger in texas — including the stakes of the senate race. after decades of voting republican — democrats are hoping the state will change its tune. coming up in the next half hour... as survivors continue to be pulled from the rubble, the number of people known to have died

in indonesia as a result of friday's earthquake rises to more than 1300. the new rules denying visas to some unmarried, same—sex partners of united nations employees, staff are told they have until december to comply. in just five weeks, voters here in the us will cast their ballots in the midterm elections. all eyes will be on the democrats to see if they can pick up key seats and tip the balance of power in washington. of the 35 senate races taking place, one of the most closely watched is in texas where sitting republican senator ted cruz is trying to fend off a challenge by democrat beto o rourke. from dallas, the bbc‘s james cook reports. # we're the kids in america. # whoa. # we're the kids in america. texas is changing. # we're the kids. it's becoming more urban and less white.

the democrats haven't won a senate seat here for 30 years. but maybe the lone star state is about to see a new wave. applause. hey, everybody. how are you? good to see you. this former punk rocker wants to shake things up. reforming police and prisons, embracing immigration, spending more on health and education. critics call beto o'rourke a socialist, a dirty word here. these are common—sense, texas, american values. and i think that, no, i know that from listening to people in every one of these counties that we are beyond partisanship and the labels. we just want action. we want to get things done. the energy surrounding this campaign is rooted in the hope of people who are disenchanted. with the state of this rich and powerful nation.

and it is the latest evidence that americans are prepared to consider some very different solutions. to their country's problems. # only in america. that will be the day, many texans who preferr tradition. in buddy holly's hometown, ted cruz has been forced onto the attack to defend his senate seat. this is fundamentally a debate between the crazy left wing and the great people of the state of texas! applause. they like the style of the man in the ostrich skin boots. why do you like ted cruz? he has conservative values. ijust really like his morals. i think he's a very christian man. and that's the most important thing to me. but he is not turning the other cheek, calling this a fight against the tyranny of socialism.

socialism is government ownership or control of the means of production or distribution in the economy. and congressman o'rourke doesn't support that, does he? he supports socialised medicine and socialised medicine is socialising medicine, i mean, it is very simple, you're from the uk, i take it? yeah. so you're familiar with socialised medicine, that is what it is. as margaret thatcher said, the problem with socialism, eventually you run out of other people's money. but younger texans sound much more open to trying something different. in the bars of dallas it's beto o'rourke who is the talk of the town. texas is changing. i've seen a lot of o'rourke on lawns. of people campaigning. i think the folks here at this table have really been excited for beto in a way that is really invigorating and exciting for america. they want someone younger who they can relate to who has been through similar struggles.

and who is conscientious of the privileged that he has been afforded. even with the support of willie nelson, beto o'rourke's task is tough. but a liberal victory in conservative texas is no longer looks impossible. james cook, bbc news, dallas. i remember a moment in the 2016 election when ted cruz faced up to the camera and said to donald "you're a sniveling alex mack" and donald trump qu bec that ted cruz had done nothing in texas all his life. how does he get past that? trump is apparently going to be campaigning for ted cruz sometime in and —— in october. it'll be interesting. i think that is part of the problem ted cruz has. donald trump supporters have not quite forgiven him for such a reluctant endorsement of trump during the presidential campaign. but trump himself is not actually that like in the state as deep red as texas. he

has only done something like a 38% job approval rating compared to 29 for the —— 29% who strongly disapprove of him. christine, moving on. “— disapprove of him. christine, moving on. —— christian, moving on. the big focus at the conservative party conference this year is immigration. theresa may is promising the uk will have control of its immigration policy for the first time in decades after brexit. but the prime minister is having to share the limelight with an alternative party conference that is being run by conservative brexiteers — ten miles from the main stage in birmingham. this rival event has been taking place over two days — supported by party members and voters who feel the main conference is "no longer for conservatives". one of the speakers this week was the former international development secretary priti patel whojoins us from birmingham. welcome to you. should the conservatives be rallying together at this crucial moment when two mixed —— two weeks away from a very

important summitand mixed —— two weeks away from a very important summit and here again we see conservatives at each other‘s necks was blue first of all we are here altogether so i don't know where this idea for an alternative conference has come from. we are all under the same roof literally campaigning and speaking side by side on many of the fringes, on the big issues that confront it in today, but also in the future. including brexit. we have been speaking about the economy, free market, capitalism conservative values and believe in him and economic and political values. we are on a crossroads in our politics. a crucial time we have a check of proposal that you would know about. i'm one of those including many other colleagues who have been not right speaking out but actually saying that there are alternatives out there that should be considered so out there that should be considered so that we can deliver as conservatives and government what did you make of borisjohnson's alternative beach today? it was not an alternative theatre speech —— it

was not an alternative leader speech. i was there. was not an alternative leader speech. iwas there. it was not an alternative leader speech. i was there. it sounded wide ranging and full of promise for the future. i think it is important and i've given several speeches will stop it was a fringe event and i smoke that much smaller fringe events on similar themes. campaigning against jeremy corbyn and the labour party for what they are putting out there. we are as backbench mps comparably speaking about those issues, as has boris johnson. he did that today in his speech. but he spoke about brexit in a very consistent way. he said we talk about the breadth of vision which is consistently in government as well as out of government. he writes about his views on brexit frequently, too. do you actually have time to examine some of the alternatives that you are talking about and that mrjohnson is talking

about? absolutely. of course we do. these are not new alternatives. along with boris, we have the policy that we stood on our general election manifesto last year was to ta ke election manifesto last year was to take back control for our monies and borders, single market, customs union, policy for free trade, arrangement and the lancaster house speech. we spoke to all of that. and that was taking place. i think really right now the government has to level with the public and explain how we move from that position where we say we were going to leave the single market and the customs union, negotiate free—trade agreements with different countries. let me finish the point. negotiate free trade with different countries to where we are today, where chequers is saying we are a role taker and we cannot have an independent trade policy. that is not delivering the referendum mandate. we have time now and the government has time and a whole machinery as well of more civil servants that are working on this policy, to look at everything from

customs facilitation to free—trade arrangements, to draft free—trade policies as well. and arrangements that can be presented to the european union. to be fair, they should have been doing this over the la st two should have been doing this over the last two years as well. 0k, ok, we are out of time. thank you very much. the trump administration has begun denying visas to unmarried, same—sex partners of un diplomats. under the new rules — which came into force on monday — those who are already in the country, and unable to prove they are married by the end of the year, will lose their right to stay in the us. there are fears about the impact on diplomats from countries that don't recognise same—sex marriages, that's 90% of un member states. let's get more on this from our state department correspondent barbara plett usher. what has prompted this change in policy? well, a change in the law and the united states because same sex is legal here now. that is what state department officials say. to back up the little bit, what was the situation before? before diplomats

coming to the us and heterosexual relationships had to be married in order to get diplomatic visas for their spouses. but there was different for same—sex couples. they we re different for same—sex couples. they were exempt it from that. they did not have to be married. now they will also have to tie the knot before they come and the state department says this is just making things fair across the board. the reason they are doing it now is because supreme court decision legalizing same—sex marriage has felt it his way through their system and into their policies. from the 1st of october when they send diplomats overseas, if they are in same—sex relationships, they will have to be married in orderfor the spouses to get diplomatic benefits. they say they want the same from the pas and international work is coming —— diplomats. as you mentioned, it may be legal here same—sex marriage but it is not in most of the rest of the world. therefore same—sex couples should not be treated like heterosexual ones, it may create more difficulties for them, maybe possibly even dangerous. some

critics are also raising alarm bells about the direction that the administration is heading. the did tell us anything about the administration's attitude towards same—sex relationships and marriages generally? i think there's no question that this administration does not hurt ties the promotion of lg bt rights does not hurt ties the promotion of lgbt rights in the same way as the devious administration. for example there is an input position here to promote lgbt rights since the new administration took office. we do know that there are administration officials who personally believe same—sex marriage is wrong he also addressed this will not affect his confessional behaviour, he will not disseminate on the basis of it. we have seen in the past year or two the state department strongly condemning anti—lgbt grant rounds and other parts of the world. —— crackdowns in other parts of the world. we have seen those taking

pa rt world. we have seen those taking part in same—sex marriage conferences elsewhere. so it is difficult to say whether this is really indicative of a wider trend. but it has been criticised as unnecessary at this point. the state department insists that this is only something that has come out of the law. they are legalizing and codifying and prioritising aims in the way that the law suggests. they also say that most of the diplomats here are from countries where same—sex marriage is legal. i think the question is very much for those workers who come for international organisations. they do not represent states. therefore exemptions for them might be more difficult to get. thank you very much forjoining us. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other news now. the pentagon says it has received mail suspected to contain the deadly poison ricin. one envelope sent to the pentagon — and thought to contain ricin — was addressed to defense secretaryjim mattis. exposure to ricin can cause death within 36 to 72 hours. in a statement, the pentagon said its mailfacility was under quarantine and the fbi would be landing the investigation.

the online retailing giant amazon is increasing pay for hundreds of thousands of uk and us workers. amazon's lowest paid us workers will now receive $15 an hour, while uk workers will see an increase of 1.50 an hour. the move comes after criticism of the company's employment practices, with complaints over working conditions in warehouses. amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world — worth almost $1 trillion. us first lady melania trump has begun her first major solo trip with a visit to a hospital in the capital of ghana. mrs trump will spend a week in africa and will tour kenya, malawi and egypt — with a focus on promoting health and education. the trip comes after president trump was reported to have made derogatory comments about some african nations. the number of people known to have died in indonesia as a result of friday's earthquake has risen to more than 1,300

according to officials. the 7.5 magnitude quake struck off the central island of sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the city of palu. police are guarding shops against looters as people desperately search for food, fuel and water. humanitarian relief convoys entering the city are being escorted by the military. there are also fears that some survivors may still be trapped under the rubble of buildings. and here you can see a phenomenon called "liquefaction", where an earthquake shakes the soil with such force that its particles loosen, and — saturated with water — the ground turns into a kind of quicksand. well for more on this, we are joined now by professor louise comfort, from the centre for disaster management at the university of pittsburg in california. good to have you with us. let's talk about liquefaction for a moment. i presume when you have the shaking of the soil and the water that gets into it, it is the foundations of

buildings that have not yet collapsed which are also suspect that willful well, the foundations actually sink into the soil and the building tips. and when it hits it often collapses. so the foundation may structurally be intact, but when the soil shifts under it and the building is no longer intact. and i do have to say, i am professor at the university of pittsburgh in pennsylvania, although at the moment lam in pennsylvania, although at the moment i am in physically in california. all right. what i wanted to talk to you about is the prototype that you we re you about is the prototype that you were gone. the early warning system which the us national science foundation planted $3 million in two. it was sent to indonesia. many people are perplexed at why that was not worked. the prototype needs to be installed and tested. it is not that it has not worked. we want to

install it to demonstrate that it does work. we've had very promising results. we have been able to achieve acoustic communication underwater. distances up to 25 and 30 km. this is very unusual. it is a result of the warm equatorial waters and the layer that allows the sound data is being communicated in the electrical charges to bounce up and then refer down again. it is a phenomenon that is very critical, very important in indonesia. it allows this kind of detection and underwater sensors and underwater knows. professor, could it have saved lives in this case? would have given people enough time to get to save given people enough time to get to save the? if the systems are tested

and deployed in coastal cities, yes. we think it absolutely will. he will give men more of warning time, —— it will give minutes more of warning time and enable people to recognise the risk and take action and move away from the beaches and out of the oncoming wave. but again this is a prototype. it would need to be implemented in coastal cities for it to be effective. professor louise comfort, thank you very much forjoining us. still to come — a day on from professor alessandro strumia's suspension from cern following his comments that physics was invented by men, a woman has been awarded the nobel prize in physics for the first time in 55 years. we'll discuss how she won it. four mothers of disabled children have gone to the high court to

challenge plans by a county council to cut the special needs budget by 21 million pounds. our education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. do you want something to eat? what you like a sandwich? her son has settled in school. he has autism and adhd. each day he gets council transport to a specialist school. it allows his mum to get his sister to school and her self to work. allows his mum to get his sister to school and her self to worklj allows his mum to get his sister to school and her self to work. i do worry about transport because if he loses his transport then i cannot work because i would have to drive him to school. today she was one of four months taking a case to the high court. challenging plans by surrey county council to spend less, less on services for children like kian with special needs or disabilities. asking the court to decide if they should have been

consultation. parents from around england were in court because they're fighting similar battles. counsel budgets are under increasing pressure. and in many areas, the demand for support for children with special needs is growing faster than the funding. in court, surrey county council's lawyers argued a decision to include savings in the budget does not equate to a decision to also services". experts say counsel budgets have faced their biggest reductions in the second world war. and the political pressure is building. my parents, particularly when they are trying to use a case to win our government at a time when privately many conservative mps now that there is a reaction against the so—called austerity, there is a risk that the government finds itself on the back foot when a number of these cases come to court. the mums tell me they will keep campaigning. many

have battled for support for the children's extra needs. they'd to wait to hear from the court. as they now have to wait to hear from the court. since the start of august, 70 deep water whales have washed up dead on beaches in scotland and ireland. many of the animals were cuvier‘s beaked whales — deep divers — which are normally found far out in the atlantic ocean. researchers have been trying to work out what caused their deaths. one theory is that military activity and sonar signals in the atlantic may have played a part. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports from tiree in the innes hebrides. the islands along scotland's west coast have become a graveyard for cuvier‘s bea ked whales. in one month, more washed ashore here than in the previous ten years combined. and scientists are trying to work out why they died. it's not a natural occurrence. is it concerning what has happened? it's very concerning. very, very concerning.

it is possibly the highest ever mortality, as a recorded mortality for this particular whale species, ever, anywhere in the world. cuvier‘s bea ked whales are creatures of the deep. they can dive to depths of almost 10,000 feet. research has shown they are sensitive to sound. after a spate of strandings in the canary islands, the use of sonar close to land there was a banned. since then, they have seen no bodies. those involved in the investigations here will be scanning ear bones taken from the remains to look for trauma caused by excessive underwater sound. they're also looking at samples to rule out infectious diseases or contaminants. these whales have already been dead for several weeks by the time their bodies reached land. but the fact they washed ashore in such a short period of time points to the possibility that a single event caused their deaths, hundreds of miles out into the atlantic. so could underwater noise or sonar be the cause? when groups of beaked whales strand

across tens of kilometres of coastline within a few hours, that been associated with naval and submarine warfare exercises. it appears that the sonar that they use to hunt for submarines triggers a panic reaction, then may disrupt their diving so they get decompression sickness. they then die at sea and they washed ashore. the british military have been asked to help at tracking down any source of noise in the ocean around the time of the animals deaths. the problem that we have is that they can only report on what they have been doing, they are not responsible or for that matter even have the information about what has been going on by other agencies within nato. the royal navy says it is takes its possibilities in safeguarding the environment very seriously, and when possible, operators take avoidance action should animals be detected before or during sonar operations. there is increasing awareness of the effect plastic has on marine life.

it's possible there may soon be proof that noise pollution in our waters can be deadly, too. lorna gordon, bbc news, tiree. for the first time in 55 years a woman is among the winners of a nobel prize in physics. donna strickland is a canadian scientist and is the third woman to ever win the prestigious award. dr strickland has spent much of her life studying and teaching physics, and describes her research as ‘fun'. she calls herself a ‘laserjock‘ — as she and her colleague g rard mourou developed a way of generating very small high intensity laser pulses — a technique now used in millions of eye operations each year. they share the prize with arthur ashkin for his work using high powered light to move objects. i was reading today that this was work from her very first scientific paper. i do not know if anyone has

been given a prize for their first scientific work. i would think that is pretty rare. but this technique she perfected is called pulse amplification and it is used in laser machines. it enables doctors to perform any millions of great of laser eye surgeries every year. this brings us mightily to the fact that this is one in the eye for that italian physicist yesterday who said "women get too much funding. they are promoted to positions of responsibility without deserving it". well, mr, take that. indeed, ta ke it". well, mr, take that. indeed, take that. you're right. and he really is interesting because one of the groups i follow on twitter is called 500 women scientists and it is really clear from their feed that they are doing this work and studying things that i have never even heard of far less able to pronounce. the thing that keeps coming up on their tweets is sexism. they are there, they are doing it. but they are really struggling for that recognition. when was there for

everybody to see this weekend. let's hope that donna strickland provide some inspiration for all those female physicists out there. well done to her. we will be back same time tomorrow. thank you very much for watching. we will see you then. good evening. the weather has not treated us all equally today. more than areas had the best of the sunshine. albeit with a few showers and a blustery winds. that is how it looked in aberdeen. that was south wales, the wins were a bit lighter but there was a lot of cloud and mist and marked in some spots of drizzle. as you can see from the satellite picture, many southern areas along with northern ireland had quite a lot of cloud than the day. you can see the cloud breaking a little bit towards east anglia and the southeast. however as this one front gets northeast words during tonight, we're going to see a renewed push of cloud from the

atlantic, and with that some fairly humid and moist air. it will turn white misty and murky and places. this is out tonight and found. ahead of that area of cloud across eastern scotla nd of that area of cloud across eastern scotland in northeast england, it will turn pretty chilly for a time under clear spells, further west that amounts will tend to increase, temperatures and double digits for london, cardiff and plymouth. winds across northern scotland easing significantly from would have been today. as we go through tomorrow the weather front i should you continue to drift northeast words, ran across northern areas of scotland. otherwise just a lot of wild to take us through the day. rather misty and murky for some hills in the west. into the afternoon, some of us will see that powerlifting and breaking to get some spells of sunshine. with that warm air in place, any sunshine could live temperatures to around 20 degrees. thursday morning is likely to start off with some mist and fog and places, particularly towards the south. large areas of clouds and a date. should be mostly dry. northern

ireland is collymore in the way of cloud than outbreaks of rain, more ofa cloud than outbreaks of rain, more of a breeze as well. thursday night into friday, the rain in the northwest will stagger into a little bit further south. the rain tending to fizzle away. by friday we're left with is wriggling weather front, dividing the country in two. very split fortunes for friday. friday morning across the south, likely to start off with some fairly dense fog patches and through the day and it will stay predominantly cloudy. a few sunny spells. further north brighter skies of scotland and northern ireland. in between we have to spend of cloud and patchy rain. to the north, a cool feeling date but still pretty warm down to the south. and then the weekend, some uncertainty. it looks wet for some on saturday, brighter for most on sunday. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at eight: the former foreign secretary borisjohnson critisises the prime minister's chequers proposals — calling them "dangerous and unstable. " there is time. this is the moment

to chuck chequers. cheers and applause. there are one or two things that boris said that i am cross about. he wanted to tear up our guarantee to the people of northern ireland. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom. also in birmingham today — the prime minister outlines new immigration rules after brexit — treating eu citizens the same as people from other parts of the world. survivors are still being found in indonesia after an earthquake and tsunami kills more than 1300 people and leaves tens of thousands