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 in urgent need of help. challenging cuts to special educational needs by surrey county council.

four mothers take their case to the high court — claiming the cuts are unlawful because they weren't consulted. and for the first time in 55 years — the nobel prize for physics is awarded to a woman —— for work with lasers. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has told the bbc that borisjohnson makes her cross after he launched a scathing attack on her chequers plan for leaving the european union, at the conservative party conference. addressing a crowd of more than 1,000 people,

the former foreign secretary said theresa may's strategy was not what people had voted for, calling it "dangerous." but the prime minister hit back saying her plan was the only one that guaranteed northern ireland would remain part of the uk, and she dismissed borisjohnson, saying he put on a good show but she was concentrating on what mattered to people's lives. from birmingham, here's our political editor laura keunssberg — her report contains some flashing images. deep breath. was he ready? was the party ready? this conference had not seen anything like this. is this the leadership bid, mrjohnson? brexiteer in chief, now the prime minister's critic in chief. what is he up to, borisjohnson? honestly, i think he's doing a truly useful and important thing here today.

boris is the one that they do want to hear, and they want to hear that vision directly from him. wondering how big a crowd he would find. borisjohnson. discovering, more than a thousand, many who hate theresa may's so—called chequers compromise, too. thank you, everybody. sit down. what the chequers proposals show is that the united kingdom, for all its power and might, and network of influence around the world, for all its venerable parliamentary history, was unable ultimately to take back control. do not believe that we can somehow get it wrong now. budget now, and fix it later. get out properly. that is a total fantasy. if we bottle brexit now, believe me, the people of this country will find it hard to forgive. there is time.

this is the moment to chuck chequers. applause the stage was his, notjust on brexit, his spotlight alone. except, of course, borisjohnson is not the leader, not the prime minister. today, at least, she is competing in his shadow. did you watch borisjohnson‘s speech this afternoon? no, this afternoon i had been meeting activists, i have been talking to people about the conference and i have been seeing a party that is in really good heart. well, people were certainly in good heart in the boris johnson speech. more than a thousand people cheered him for suggesting demanding that you drop your chequers compromise plan. he said it's not democracy if you continue. well, first of all, there is one thing we all know about boris, he will put on a good show. but what we have been doing here at conference, of course, and i think what matters

to people out there is what the government does and what we focus on in terms of their day to day lives, and what really matters to them. this is the man whom until very recently you trusted to be your foreign secretary. do you want to directly stand up to him? first of all, of course. boris when he was foreign secretary signed up to the chequers plan, and then no few days later resigned from the cabinet. but he's directly challenging your authority, prime minister. borisjohnson has come here today and trampled all over that. you must be cross. how can you put up with it? well, there are one or two things that boris said that i am cross about. he wanted to tear up our guaranteed to the people of northern ireland. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom. we are all, he and i, all members here, all members of the conservative and unionist party. that is because we believe in the union of the united kingdom. northern ireland is part of that union. and do you...? and we have a guaranteed to the people of northern ireland, and we are upholding that.

the chequers plan does that. it 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 boris johnson is notjust a loudmouth brexiteer, but her rival who will not simply be here today and gone tomorrow. laura keunssberg reporting there. let's speak to our political correspondent chris mason at the conservative party conference in birmingham. chris, undeniable irritation from the prime minister there when asked about boris johnson. the prime minister there when asked about borisjohnson. what i wondered was was there anything that he actually said or did today that changed anything? actually said or did today that changed anything ?|i actually said or did today that changed anything? i think that is the big question. 0n the face of it, the big question. 0n the face of it, the answer to that is no, but i think it is worth reflecting on what is the kind of showbiz arrival of borisjohnson at is the kind of showbiz arrival of boris johnson at a is the kind of showbiz arrival of borisjohnson at a conference like this. yes, he does it every year,

yes, for some the act is wearing a bit thin, but it's worth considering what was that the essence, at the heart of what we saw from boris johnson today. this, in theory, was a fringe event, that is how it is described in the conference diary, it was not in the main hall, and yet it was not in the main hall, and yet it was not in the main hall, and yet it was the only event really today, thatis it was the only event really today, that is what it felt like. it sucked all of the energy of the conference into that room, a french event with thousands of people in attendance, queuing around the block for an hour and a half in order to attend —— a french event. right at the heart of it, this is not new because he said this ever since he resigned as foreign secretary, he was shredding the government's key policy in the key pa rt the government's key policy in the key part of that discussion with the european union. you heard in the report, the reaction from the room when he reached the crescendo of his point, chuck chequers. in other words, shred the government's central policy. no wonder the by

minister was cross. what is he going to do if theresa may does not chuck chequers? i suspect he will continue to say that if the last few months is anything to go by. quite a lot of the language today was striking, it was recycled from his colander —— paragraph he wrote last friday and the mantra of borisjohnson has not changed much as he resigned. his argument if he had not because it has been consistent, he wants the government to change tack and it has not. his critics say let's have more detail about your alternative proposals. yes, there are those in the conservative fold who have been wearing those badges and turned even today were desperate to see government shift it's caught a league record, the prime minister has been at pains all the way through conference —— shift its core. no doubt into her speech tomorrow at lunchtime to basically say nothing about brexit that she has not said before, because she

knows the real detail, the nitty—gritty of the brexit negotiations are still to come at the summit coming up in brussels and a couple of weeks' time and a subsequent one it would appear in november as well. and she does not wa nt to november as well. and she does not want to be seen to be getting any ground before she's heard more from the european union —— giving. to an extent, we are where we were, and yes this is a repeat of the boris johnson show at conference where he comes in and comes out in a hail of flashbulbs and all the rest of it, but it shows you the two polar camps if you like at the top of the conservative party, the prime minister and her team desperate to be as light as possible, most of her cabinet ministers, all of them, outwardly loyal in defending her and ignoring questions about boris johnson. but boris johnson representing this other big strand of the conservative opinion that says frankly, that the government's policy on brexit is completely wrong. good to talk to you, chris. 0ur political correspondent in birmingham, thanks. meanwhile theresa may has insisted

that the uk will have control of immigration for the first time in decades as the post brexit plans for who can come to live and work in the uk were unveiled. she's promised to reduce the number of low skilled workers coming to the uk — and treat eu citizens the same as those from other parts of the world. our home editor mark easton reports from bournemouth. regaining control of our borders is a fundamental aim of the government after brexit. among those who will be made less welcome, arriving here in dorset for example, are low skilled migrant workers. but what is a low skilled migrant? today, government ministers suggested it might mean a minimum salary, and the official advisers to the government have said that after brexit, a new immigration system should describe anyjob that pays less than £30,000 a year as low skilled. so, that would include many ca re workers, health workers, farm workers, construction workers, hospitality workers, the very people who currently keep this local area of

but the prime minister is clear, after brexit she wants the uk to become a low migration economy, with greater emphasis on british workers. we'll be bringing an end to free movement once and for all, so we'll be able to decide the basis on which people come to the uk. that has not been possible many years, for people coming from the eu, that will change. the government says the new immigration strategy will prioritise high skilled workers, with no preferential treatment for eu citizens, and a minimum salary requirement to keep out lower skilled migrants. but in leave voting retirement haven bournemouth, what might that mean for the care sector, for example? you are my sunshine... half of the staff at this care home are immigrants. the manager herself from slovakia, says without foreign staff the situation would be bleak. i think most of the care

homes will be shut down because they take european people who work for them here. but why can't bournemouth‘s care sector employing more local people? we haven't had much success to date in recruiting new workers to find interest in a career in social care. tourism and hospitality at almost £1 billion to bournemouth‘s economy, and employs close to 15,000 people. tea for you. without staff like lillian from spain, it has warned many businesses will close. service would be reduced considerably. it would have to come down to you carrying your own bags, you not having a restaurant in many of the hotels, and i'm afraid the service levels would be down to almost zero. it's the same question i'm asking everybody, why can't you get british people to do these jobs? i'm afraid the british people do not want to work and hospitality. the prime minister wants control of our borders, an end to free movement and a big fall in net migration, but she also wants to negotiate what is best for britain,

and that is where the debate will rage. and we'll find out how today's news from the conservative party conference —— and other stories —— are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the author and columnist tony evans of the london evening standard, and the author and journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown. the government says it is changing the law to allow heterosexual couples to enter into civil partnerships in england and wales, as an alternative to marriage. in june, the current system was found to be in breach of european law, because same sex couples are allowed to choose between a civil partnership or marriage. the change follows a legal challenge brought by charles keidan and his partner rebecca steinfeld. today the couple gave their reaction to today's announcement. we are delighted with this wonderful

news from the government today, and we thank the prime minister and the minister for women and equalities for finally announcing that they are committed to ending the current situation and the inequality, and opening civil partnerships to everybody, so that couples like charlie and myself can finally formalise our relationship in a way that we see fit, and have the legal recognition and the financial protections that we seek. more than 1300 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. jonathan head reports from palu — one of the worst hit areas on the island of sulawesi.

you only have to look at what's behind me, this was the largest shopping mall in palu, and the rubble tells you just how hard hit this city has been. you get a sense really, at four days after both the earthquake and tsunami and indeed devastating mudslides as well, that the authorities still haven't really fashioned a coherent response to this disaster. what help people are getting is only small and piecemeal and we have seen increasing signs of really angry frustration growing among people as they wait for the most basic forms of assistance. this is a very isolated place, but it's remarkable how little is happening on the ground to help people. they are still pulling bodies out of new areas. they are finding that have been buried. more than 30 students were taken out of a bible college early today, but there have been at least a few bright spots in this occasion at this very grim story. three days under the ruins of an office building, but he's alive. few of the victims have been

as lucky as this 38—year—old man. pulled out after a three—hour rescue operation. many more are still buried in these impossible mountains of rubble. in the city centre, they are trying to open some of the blocked roads, but from the air you can see what the indonesian government is up against. this is a village which was literally swallowed by the liquefying ground turned up by the earthquake. —— churned up. and here, they were hit by a mudslide. sometimes it seems the city has been hit by a whole series of catastrophes, not just the earthquake and the tsunami, but in this neighbourhood a sea of mud that fell down the mountain and has buried all of the houses right up to halfway, and some of the inhabitants also.

this man has come back with his youngest son to check what's left of his home. they had a narrow escape. the mud came down right after the earthquake, he told me. three or four minutes later he and his familyjust ran. with only the clothes they were wearing. he and his neighbours have salvaged what they can, but it isn't much. they need everything, and they're not getting it yet. so, palu's 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 though the police relented, and the crowd poured into the shop. they did make a token effort to stop nonessential items being looted,

but a government unable to help most of these earthquake victims cannot 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 while its owners sit in the shade for the long hours they will have to wait. the headlines on bbc news... the former foreign secretary launches a fierce attack on the prime minister's chequers plan — telling activists it's time to chuck the proposals. new rules to control immigration as theresa may says a new system will focus on the skills people bring —— not where they come from. rescue teams in indonesia reach some of the worst areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami. at least 1300 people are known to have died. sport now, and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. hi there. thank you, rebecca. starting with the champions league is after their opening loss to manchester city have bounced back with a 2—1win away. they manchester city have bounced back with a 2—1 win away. they left manchester city have bounced back with a 2—1win away. they left it late with david silva with the winner three minutes from time. the first home appearance in the group stages of the competition. in culture watch this one for us. as manchester city strived to win the champions league hoffenheim simply getting here has been some story. from the german nights in the 90s to the first home game in europe's top table tonight, how best to mark the occasion then. that ought to do it. inside a minute. inside the box at inside a minute. inside them; at other end sergio aguero, a the other end sergio aguero, a striker very much used to this stage. the floodgates look like they might open, but despite this, the often times the radar was off and

when it had been recalibrated all of her tap the german side in it. credit to hoffenheim, they didn't hold back but allowed city space behind where aware of failed the roseane eight tried instead penalty, surely. as the storm clouds gathered city found their silver lining, david on hand on target, right on time. hoffenheim learning the hard way just what the champions time. hoffenheim learning the hard wayjust what the champions league is all about. manchester united kicked off at five past eight after traffic delayed their team bus arriving at old trafford. they're taking on valencia after their opening win. it is: is there. lots of early goals to tell you about elsewhere. 0ne of early goals to tell you about elsewhere. one of the goals for benfica leading athens 2—0 at the moment. matt put bayern munich ahead. real madrid away at cska in moscow without gareth bale and they

are losing at the moment. the home side ahead after two minutes. roma has won on the sheet. —— one. given this 13-0 has won on the sheet. —— one. given this 13—0 in the day's early game. there's one tie in the league cup this evening, everton taking on southhampton in the third round. it is goalless so far and the winner of this one will travel to leicester in the next round. there are seven games in the gibeon ship tonight with lead and the past middlesbrough looking to overtake west brom at the top of the table. leeds currently away at hull. burro on the road 2—0 up. aston villa hosting the bottom cloud at preston, villa currently leading 1—0 thanks tojonathan. the plan to hold both the scottish league cup semifinal at hampden on the same day is set be changed after

the same day is set be changed after the as at a waved their legal obligation to stage both at the national stadium. rangers are set to face aberdeen at noon with the celtic against hearts in the evening. the first match but now ta ke evening. the first match but now take place at murrayfield. police scotla nd take place at murrayfield. police scotland had been against the double—header and also transport companies who say they were not consulted. it might only be 0ctober but we are already looking ahead to this year's bbc sport personality of the year with some changes to the format being implemented. it will be staged once again in birmingham which was the venue in 2016 when andy murray last won the title. although he was in miami at the time. 0rganisers have revealed that we will have to wait until the night it self to find out the names of the nominees this year along with the addition of a new accolade for greatest sporting moment, which obviously celebrates the standout moment of 2018. that is all your sport for now. i will have all of

that detail on the football in sports day at half past ten. super, sarah. thank you, see you then. four mothers — who all have children with disabilities — have gone to the high court to challenge plans by surrey county council to cut the special needs budget by £21 million. the council is contesting claims by the women that the cuts are unlawful. it's the second such case to reach the high court within months. 0ur education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. do you want something to eat? would you like a sandwich? her son kian has settled in school. toast. 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. i do worry about transport because if he loses his transport then i cannot work because i will have to drive him to school. and collect him from school and the

state would have to pick up the cost of rent and pay the bills and support me not working. today she was one of four mums 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 since the second world war.

and the political pressure is building. when parents, particularly when they are trying to use a case to win our government at a time when privately many conservative mps know 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 their children's extra needs. is not about getting extra violin lessons or something for our kids. this is about the support they need to achieve theirfull this is about the support they need to achieve their full potential. they now have to wait to hear from the court. another similar case will be heard within weeks. 0ther another similar case will be heard within weeks. other parents have raised money to challenge the government on special—needs budgets. joining me from brighton is valenteen mulholland

who is head of policy at the national association of head teachers. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. £21 million of cuts. can you give us a sense of what the consequences of those cuts will be in the classroom? yes, our school lead —— as school leader members we represent 28,000 school leaders, and they are saying to us that the pressure both for high needs funding which is the funding for children with the highest personal educational needs and for the mainstream funding is having an enormous impact on schools, and we watched a report earlier last month where people were, our members were telling us 94% of them were saying that they had seen aida klein in that they had seen aida klein in that funding. what that means is —— they had seen a decline in that funding. they're they had seen a decline in that funding. they‘ re not they had seen a decline in that funding. they're not able to pay for the kind of support staff, additional teaching staff they need for those pupils, and they're not able to pay for things like beach

and language therapy, educational psychologist, counselling, depending on the needs of those children there is insufficient funding. in fact, oui’ is insufficient funding. in fact, our members told us that for those children with the highest levels of special educational needs we need an educational health care plan, only 296 educational health care plan, only 2% of those members thought they we re 2% of those members thought they were properly funded, so we are just kind of getting by on a wing and a prayer, really, in terms of the education of our most honourable children and that is clearly wrong. ina children and that is clearly wrong. in a mainstream school, does that have a knock on effect to every other people as well? -- pupil. school leaders are really struggling in mainstream school to meet the needs of their pupils with the highest need, but also ensure that all pupils are able to realise their potential. as we have seen, mainstream funding has been cut, so not just special—needs education funding that local authorities distribute but the mainstream funding. so, as we have seen a cut

in support staff, teaching assistants, pastoral care, all the additional services that were critical, that is hurting children who don't have special educational needs, but also hurting those who do, and the resources are having to go further and further. for example, members are saying that in some cases where a child has funding for additional support, they're than having to make that funding go across two or three children because those children are failing to secure anyfunding. we those children are failing to secure any funding. we are talking about those children's wives, one goat with education. if we get it wrong at the moment, those children will not get those years again, which is why we are pressing, and we think obviously we understand why parents are taking action against local authorities and their frustration, but it is the chancellor who needs to be listening. we know that local authorities in 2017—18 have got £800 million in deficits for children social care. they are not hanging onto that money, they are just

simply struggling to meet the needs. you know that the government would say that there must be different ways, and that councils need to be more innovative and more efficient. i think after the number of years of austerity we have had, we have seen that local authorities have been as innovative as they can, and we cannot pretend we can keep cutting and cutting without hurting children and cutting without hurting children and young people. we cannot pretend that. you will also be aware that council budgets are under pressure as you have been saying yourself, and if cuts are not made from children with special educational needs, they will be made from people with other needs, won't they? and i think that is one of the problems. it is that actually the local authorities are under increasing pressure. they have a lot more children they are looking after. they have a lot more issues that they are dealing with for vulnerable children, so actually their resources to support all children are struggling. so, what our

members, educational health care plans for children who got the vessel educational needs need funding for education budgets, but also from health and social care, and 83% of our members said they don't receive any funding from health and social care to help with tile's education. that was never the intention of the legislation does support children with special educational needs. but again it's about local authority budgets being stretched in all directions to meet all kinds of children's needs and it's not possible. really good to hear your thoughts. many thanks. thank you. the nobel prize in physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years. donna strickland, from canada, is only the third woman to win the award. along with g rard mourou, dr strickland 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. speaking at a news conference, doctor strickland said she was honoured to be part of the team which won the prize. all i can say is that i'm overwhelmed, really. iwill tell you that over the years, because this is for work done a long time ago, somebody did comment, someone from the nobel prize, they think is the first time ever someone got it for the very first paper. so over the yea rs the very first paper. so over the years when i have met people they have said haven't you got that nobel prize yet? but i always thought they we re prize yet? but i always thought they were getting with me, so i didn't ever think that the cpa would merit that. 0bviously, ever think that the cpa would merit that. obviously, it is a real breel and i'm looking forward to talking to gerard about it. people ask me that a lot too out of the 600 e—mails i have received so far today we have not talked to each other yet about it. the nobel prize winner

donna strickland. coming up in the next half an hour on bbc news. more details on the fbi investigation into sexual assault allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh — as us president donald trump says it's ‘a scary time for young men in america'. now it's time for a look at the weather. good evening. the weather did not treat us all equally today, northern areas had a blustery wind, showers yes but sunshine as well. further south a lot of cloud, certainly as we started the day the crowd broke up we started the day the crowd broke upa we started the day the crowd broke up a little across some southern and eastern areas, but as we go through tonight that cloud will feed its way backin tonight that cloud will feed its way back in from the southwest. with it, some fairly warm and moist air, so there'll be the odd spot of drizzle. further north and east, northeast scotla nd further north and east, northeast scotland and the easing when the while back i will be continuing its journey northward and eastward with

the odd spot of drizzle, misty and murky conditions for health and coast in the west and rain for the northwest of scotland. i'm hopeful things will brighten up a little bit in places into the afternoon and if you do see sunshine developing, those temperatures could get up to 19 or 20 degrees. thursday and friday could bring foggy mornings in the south, but then things should brighten up. further north, some rain to come on thursday, brighter skies by friday. kavanaugh hello this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines. former foreign secretary boris johnson uses a fringe event at the conservative conference to criticise the prime minister's chequers plan — claiming it "cheats" the electorate. a new plan for immigration — the prime minister tells the bbc her post brexit rules will mean an end to the free movement of people from the eu. we will be able to decide the basis on which people come to the uk. that hasn't been possible on the basis of people coming from

the eu. that will change. survivors are still pulled from the rubble in indonesia after last week's earthquake and tsunami — at least 1300 people are now known to have died. four mothers — who all have children with special educational needs — go to the high court to challenge cuts to services being made by their local authority. and all couples in england and wales will be able to enter into a civil partnership, as the government agrees to change the law following pressure from hetrosexual couples. the prime minster has expressed her anger at the latest intervention from herformer foreign secretary, not least on the question of the irish border, and the validity of her chequers plan. let's hear more from her. she's been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. there's one thing we all know but

worse is that he will put on a good show, but will be have been doing here and what matters to people out there is what the government does and what we focus on in terms of their day—to—day lives and what matters. in order to deliver on that plane ndidi authority and to need your behind you and poem about ideal. in boris johnson your behind you and poem about ideal. in borisjohnson has come here today and trampled all over that. you must be crossed, how can you put up with it? there are one or two things he said that i am cross about. he wanted to tear up our guaranteed the people of northern ireland. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom. all members here are members of the conservative union of this party. we believe in the united kingdom. northern ireland is part of that union and we have a guarantee of the people there and we are upholding that. our chequers plan does that and it's the only

plan does that and it's the only plan on the table at the moment that does. do you think that he could ever be prime minister? i'm not speculating about or commenting aboutjobs. for speculating about or commenting about jobs. for individual speculating about or commenting aboutjobs. for individual members of parliament this is not about the jobs of politicians, this is about thejobs of jobs of politicians, this is about the jobs of people out there in our country. you are setting out your new policy today. the thick ordinary people will feel the difference when they look at the country after your new immigration policy has been brought in? i think people will feel a difference because they will know that for the first time in decades it's the uk government that is deciding who can come into the country. because we'll be bringing an end to free movement once and for all. we will be able to decide the bases on which people come to the uk. that has not been possible for yea rs uk. that has not been possible for years and for people coming from the eu that will change. what other

things there will be discussions about is the mobility partnerships where in specific cases there may be accessed at uk for various groups of workers. can you now put a number on the number of people is that maybe it will to come in through those kinds of arrangements, and if you can't how is that taking back control? free-trade agreements anywhere around the world will have anywhere around the world will have an element of mobility and that's not about who will come to uk for long term it to work it to possibly settle in the country. that's covered by our immigration rules. what these arrangements will be about is things like short—term business visitors. ensuring that they are able to move on a basis that makes sense for both sides. that's common sense and we're not talking about preferential treatment for the eu orfor talking about preferential treatment for the eu or for another country, we are talking about these being elements in any trade agreement that we do. theresa may there.

two packages containing the poison ricin have been found at a pentagon mail screening facility. the screening area is not inside the main building and is now under quarantine. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, gary 0'donoghue. what has the pentagon been saying, gary? not a lot quite frankly. they say that these packages were discovered yesterday, they called in the fbi and they have sealed off this building as you say which is on the main pentagon campus which is a huge place. just outside the city limits here and they are taking away and doing tests but they believe it is ricin and we are told the envelopes were threat addressed to the defence secretary and the other to the head of naval operations. at this stage on their telling us is

that no one has been hurt, it's a serious operation obviously bear in mind the pentagon has 25,000 people working there each day. one of the biggest office buildings of the world in fact. and obviously highly sensitive and the target has been known for two well since 9/11. lice day ricin is lethal in very small doses. not the first time government buildings have contain packages containing deadly substances. it's not infrequent. there were several incidents after 9/11 of course of not just ricin but incidents after 9/11 of course of notjust ricin but also anthrax which was one of those things being sent through the post and we had insta nces sent through the post and we had instances in europe as well. we also had a case of alleged ricin factory and ten years ago in north london. so, yes, it's made from castor oil

and castor beans. it's an offshoot of that and can be absolutely lethal in very tiny amounts. and if it turns out to be ricin no one to know who sent it to does this will be a serious attack. gary in washington. thank you. president trump has said the fbi can question ‘anybody‘, within reason, over the allegations of sexual assault against the us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. investigators will speak to dr blasey ford, who gave evidence to congress on thursday — and they say they have already interviewed one of the other key witnesses, markjudge. but, according to some reports, the fbi does not plan to question the third accuser ofjudge kavanaugh, julie swetnick. the president said he wants the inquiry to be done quickly — but believed the senate would hold a vote by the end of the week that would have a positive result for his nominee. well, i say that it's a very scary

time for a young man in america when you can be guilty of something that you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. this is a very difficult time. what is happening here has much more to do than even the appointment of a supreme courtjustice. than even the appointment of a supreme court justice. it than even the appointment of a supreme courtjustice. it really does. you could be somebody that was perfect or entire lives and somebody could accuse you of something. does not necessarily have to be a woman as everybody says, but somebody could accuse you of something and you are automatically guilty. in this realm who are truly guilty until proven innocent. that's one of the very bad things that is taking place right now. earlier, former fbi agent mike campi told the bbc about the kinds of issues investigators may be looking at. i have never participated in an investigation that was directed by

the white house. i have been an investigator for decades, i'm retired, and typically investigations focus on, in this instance, the witnesses in regard to doctor ford's allegation. lb limited numberof doctor ford's allegation. lb limited number of people and there are three issues that i would pursue. the examiner in his process of this polygraph exam i would go through that process and my understanding of listening to his interview he was contacted at 8pm by the attorneys to represent a doctor ford. he did the polygraph 12 hours later. his typical process involved where you basically get a statement from the subject being polygraph and if that statement was not prepared by his interview that next morning and instead provided to him by the attorneys i would drill down on that. how they evolved. there's the

second instance and issue that i would address and that she apparently had a recovered memory with regards to this incident. and re cove red with regards to this incident. and recovered memories can be an issue. there are false memories that can be created by a recovered memory. she isa created by a recovered memory. she is a doctor and its love the things i would question her about. i would ask how her therapist participated with this process. was she familiar with this process. was she familiar with recovered memory and recovered memory medication can be utilised to re cover a memory medication can be utilised to recover a memory. you memory medication can be utilised to recover a memory. you can create a false memory for somebody could pass a polygraph and believe this occurred. that could be faulty and i would walk through that process as well. us first lady melania trump has kicked off her first major solo trip with a visit to a hospital in the capital of ghana. the week—long tour comes after president trump was reported to have made derogatory comments about some african nations. upon her arrival in ghana, mrs trump was welcomed

by traditional dancers and drummers although the public‘s reaction to her trip has been more low—key. the first lady was however well received at a local hospital where she spent time with children there. mrs trump will also take in kenya, malawi and egypt during her trip with a specific focus on promoting health and education. amazon says it is to increase the wages of its lowest paid staff. it will now pay at least £9.50 an hour in the uk, with a higher rate of £10.50 in london. the online retail giant has faced criticism over the amount of tax it pays. the charity save the children says suspected cholera cases have almost tripled in the past three months in yemen's coastal hodeidah region. the yemeni port city is on the front line of the battles

between a pro—government alliance and rebels. in latejuly, air strikes damaged a sanitation facility and water station that supplies the city with most of its water. after this incident, suspected cholera cases more than doubled there have been more than 23,000 suspected cases so far this year. 7,000 of those children are under five years old. the charity is renewing its call for all the warring parties to stop the fighting to help save lives. bhanu bhatnagar, from save the children spoke to us earlier about the most recent spike in cholera cases. there has been a cholera outbreak in yemen since 2016 and the disease has gone through peaks and troughs since then. we know about this recent spike since june and then. we know about this recent spike sincejune and august this year and whenever to the number of suspected cholera cases that were

admitted to our health centres. and we we re admitted to our health centres. and we were quite shocked to see a tripling of cases and within the third of them are children under five years old. they believe is caused by a number of different factors and first as you mentioned june marked the restarting of a military offensive by the saudi coalition to try to retake the city. this has displaced more than half a million peoplejust this has displaced more than half a million people just since june. this has displaced more than half a million peoplejust sincejune. many of them living in very poor conditions without access to clean water and sanitation. then as we observed in latejuly and series of air strikes on the main water station are making it even harder for communities to access clean water. add to that the fact that malnourished children are much more likely to contract and staff from diarrhoeal diseases like cholera and well—nourished children. the headlines on bbc news.

the former foreign secretary launches a fierce attack on the prime minister's chequers plan — telling activists it's time to chuck the proposals new rules to control immigration as theresa may says a new system will focus on the skills people bring, not where they come from. rescue teams in indonesia reach some of the worst areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami. at least thirteen hundred people are known to have died. since the start of august, 70 deep water whales have washed up dead on scottish and irish beaches. 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. 0ur 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 had 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. let's head to wales now where health spending is due to rise, but core funding for welsh local councils is likely to be cut again, under ministers' new spending plans. they've unveiled the welsh government's £15 billion draft budget. here s our wales political editor, felicity evans. in the dark clouds, unremitting

pressure is on budget and increased demands for spending have made this the most difficult draft budget yet according to the welsh government's finance secretary. but this budget is actually a more generous more than last year's. that is partly because of extra funding from the uk treasury. and partly because he has chosen to deploy some of his reserves. health is the big winner with an increase of more than half £1 billion. how much of that will get to the nhs front line does remain to be seen. the details of departmental spending plans will not will be published for another three weeks. all we get today's the naked headlines. mobile government which bears the response ability for delivering the local social services has been crying out for more help. 0n the face of it today, it looks like their core funding has been cut. but there are a variety of grants and other special funding awards that will bring their income up.

so they are waiting to see how the picture looks. in fact one senior welsh government source said to me that for them today is the overture before the opera. usually the draft budget revealed today is for one year only in terms of day—to—day spending. that is unusual, but it is because of the brexit uncertainties i'm told. there is another thing to mention. the welsh government has said it will start consulting on abolishing charitable rate relief for private schools and hospitals with a view to implementing it for next year's draft budget. the winner of the royal institute of british architects' most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced next week. the nominations to become britain's best new building include a student housing development, a cemetery, and a nursery school. we'll look at each building in the shortlist over the next few days, and today it's the bloomberg building,

by foster + partners, a highly—innovative new workplace in the city of london. bloomberg is a globalfinancial information company. in 2008, we realised we were running out of space. 0ur population in london was growing dramatically and so we commissioned ourown building. the building is thought to be the largest stone project in the city of london since st paul's cathedral. mike bloomberg felt very strongly that he wanted the outside and the interior to be completely contrasting so the outside would be restrained and elegant and the interior would be dynamic and open. unlike most offices, instead of a big central core with all of the elevator and staircases, we pushed them to the outside and actually made the people the core of the building. when you first control building, you will come to our discreet entrance, through which you will flow into the vortex, take the glass lift

up to the sixth floor and come out in the pantry, which is the heart of all of our bloomberg buildings. you get a stunning view of saint pauls. and then they can flow through this on an architectural masterpiece ramp. foster is really think outside the box. they were really creative in responding to our functional business needs. we developed the multifunctional ceiling. it deals with the acoustics and delivers cooling and also reflects the light around the space. i am really proud to work for a company that has invested so much in our working environment. it really embodies the spirit of transparency, collaboration, innovation, that is so fundamental to bloomberg's ethos. you can find out more about all of the nominated buildings

on the bbc arts website and watch this year's riba stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel next wednesday evening between 8:30pm and 9pm. blue placks have been around for more than 150 years , making it one of the oldest schemes of its kind. but now the chairman of an organisation that puts up the placks, says there are far too many of them, and that some had only a tenuous link to the person they honoured. duncan kennedy has the story. it's like a who's who, in blue. the plaques that take pride of place across britain. but are there too many of them? and are they all valid? take the hobbit author, jr tolkien, there is a plaque for him, here after he spent one night at this birmingham hotel. charles dickens is on about 50 blue plaques. mike reid, the former radio one dj

is head of the trust, and believes they may be becoming a little devalued. i remember another one that said ‘this house is very old.‘ i thought, we've got a lot of houses that are very old. you've got to be careful, and very selective. just how many of these blue plaques are there? in windsor alone there are 2a, with everyone from the bridge designer charles wallace to the less well—known a local man who decided to make a perfect windsor. around 900 of these plaques exist in britain today. there are three main types of blue plaques, including english heritage. when you hear that charles dickens has about 50... it's ridiculous. i'm on a blue plaque. i was part of a band in the 1960s. don't believe him ?

here's the proof. living or not, blue, white, they seem to have created their own mini war of the walls. duncan kennedy, bbc news. i love that story. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello, thank you very much and a very good evening to you. we had a few different types of whether to choose from today. of course you don't necessarily get to choose and the best of the sunshine was found across northern areas and that's how we looked caused aberdeen earlier on and further south it was south wales. it was mild and grabby hands damp and drizzly. if you have a solid picture the what is cloud spilt its way across the areas of england and wales and northern ireland, the best of the sunshine to be found in the northeast. as the

system put it this way northeast during tonight is the first part of tomorrow more of us will sit at cloudy weather and that damp weather because we'll have warm and fairly moist air working its way to the atlantic. as we get through the rest of this evening is or ireland and wales and the just south of england and west and scotland. for north east england we keep clear skies for the part of tonight and it will turn chilly down to the southwest 12 degrees in plymouth. pushing his way and tomorrow and with that some slightly misty and murky conditions. 0utbreaks slightly misty and murky conditions. outbreaks of rain into northwest scotla nd outbreaks of rain into northwest scotland but i'm hoping the cloud will break up and places to give spells of sunshine because the air is inherently quite warm and if you get sunshine in temperature will shoot up to around 20 or 21 degrees. that warm and humid and moist air will continue to feed and during

thursday into the southern areas that make a good start with quite dense fog patches here the morning. they should tend to clear here and for the north and west something a bit different. heavy rains west of scotla nd bit different. heavy rains west of scotland and northern ireland and that heralds the arrival of a study different type of weather. this cold front will sink a bit further south as we going to friday and then it develops a bit of a wriggle and sits in place across the middle of the british isles and to the north of it the cool air to the south of it still bring in the warm and humid air. 0n still bring in the warm and humid air. on friday that could be dense fog patches which had been cleared to give spells of sunshine and wants as well. the north of the front we will see sunshine but it will be significantly cooler and the front we will see sunshine but it will be significantly cooler and affronted several bring a bit of patchy rain that some will see heavy rain on saturday. but sunday it looks a little bit brighter with some spells of sunshine. hello, i'm karin giannone,

this is 0utside source. survivors continue to be pulled from the rubble, but the death toll from friday's earthquake in indonesia jumps to 1300 — and aid is desperately needed. the pentagon receives two suspicious items in the mail — and they've tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. the president reiterates his support for his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, as pressure builds on the fbi investigation into sexual misconduct allegations: it is a very scary time for young men in america when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. this is a very, very... this is a very difficult time. do get in touch on any of the stories we are covering — the hashtag is bbcos