this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. /i'm the ben brown. —— i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11pm: an upbeat rallying call from the prime minister as she promises better days ahead for britain. the decade after the financial crash, people need to know that the austerity it led to is over, and that their hard work has paid off. applause she also called on her party to show unity over brexit. if they all go off in different directions in pursuit of our own visions of the perfect brexit, we risk ending up with no brexit at all -- if risk ending up with no brexit at all —— if we all go off. the death of a police officer in the westminster bridge attack last year

could have been prevented according toa could have been prevented according to a coroner. also this hour: time's running out for survivors of the indonesian earthquake and tsunami. rescue and emergency aid teams are still struggling to reach remote areas that were hit. we hearfrom sir david attenborough as he urges the world not to panic about the state of the planet. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. kate proctor from the evening standard, and kevin schofield from politicshome. good evening. the prime minister has warned the conservative party that continued divisions over brexit could derail the uk's departure from the eu. she told the party conference in birmingham that pursuing

a perfect brexit could result in no brexit at all. she suggested that a favourable brexit deal could lead to the end of austerity policies, which started a decade ago. she announced an end to the cap on local authority borrowing in england to boost the building of new council houses, and she announced a new cancer strategy, pledging to increase early detection rates from 50% to 75% by 2028. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. that really is abba. that really is the prime minister dancing onto the stage, laughing with herself, when her political situation has been anything but funny. # you can dance, you canjive...# in a time of division, a plea, to her party, and to the country — to stick together. let's make a positive case

for our values that will cut through the bitterness and bile that is poisoning our politics, and let's say it loud and clear — conservatives will always stand up for a politics that unites us rather than divides us. applause we need to be a party for the whole country, because today, millions of people who have never supported our party in the past, are appalled by whatjeremy corbyn has done to labour. they want to support a party that is decent, moderate and patriotic, one that puts the national interest first. we must show everyone in this country that we are that party. first, with a personal story, a new plan for cancer testing. a few years ago, my god—daughter was diagnosed with cancer, she underwent treatment and it seemed to be working, but the cancer came back. last summer, she sent me a text

to tell me she was hoping to see another christmas. but she didn't make it. today, i can announce a new cancer strategy, funded through our 70th birthday investment, which will form a central part of our long—term plan for the nhs. there was no hiding from the fact her brexit plans have been trashed by some at this conference. we've had disagreements in this party about britain's membership of the eu for a long time, so it's not surprise we've had a range of different views expressed this week. but myjob as prime minister is to do what i believe to be in the national interest, and there plenty of prominent people in british politics, in parliament and out of it, who want to stop brexit in its tracks. we had the people's vote, and the people chose to leave. beyond brexit, though,

a vow to make it easier for councils to build more houses, and then a direct promise to the public that might be hard to keep. because you made sacrifices, there are better days ahead because a decade after the financial crash, people need to know that the austerity it led to is over and that their hard work has paid off. applause quite some claim. there's no sign the chancellor is in much of a mood to write bigger cheques. and theirfate, herfate, the country's fate will be shaped by the final stages of the brexit talks in the next few weeks. we stand at a pivotal moment in our history. together, let's seize it. together, let's build a better britain! applause relief written on her face,

and heard in their applause. her moment, then his moment too. theresa may's dilemmas don't disappear. but today, she found her voice again. that was a hug of congratulation, not comfort. for a prime minister who's been almost permanently under attack, this was a day to show you and them in the hall that she thinks she still has what it takes. what you saw was a prime minister coming onto the stage, bursting with energy, dancing literary onto the stage, comfortable in her own skin. do you think that speech might have changed the mood? it's been a difficult time for the party. i think it's definitely

changed the mood. you can feel it now. you can feel the buzz. this is a leader to take us through this critical moment in our history. she's found her mojo. thisjob done, she leaves birmingham seeming less at the mercy of events. many here still wonder if she can really make it through. but now it's back to work. after today, she has a little more space to try. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham. so, after the prime minister declared an end to austerity in her speech today, our economics editor, kamal ahmed, gave us his take on how theresa may's words might have gone down at the treasury ahead of the budget at the end of the month. in three weeks time, the chancellor of the x to deliver this budget, and certainly before this rather optimistic speech about the public finances and the economy, the

treasury was being cautious, pointing out all the hard work that had gone into fixing the public finances shouldn't be thrown away on more borrowing and more spending, saying the big pledge on the nhs already had to be paid for probably by tax rises and of course the big risk around brexit. certainly the prime minister has changed the tone of that type of narrative, saying that ruling out one big possibility ofa that ruling out one big possibility of a tax rise, the tax rise on petrol, saying that won't happen. increasing borrowing, borrowing for housing meaning there's more debt for the government to carry. and the end of austerity, the facts tell a slightly different story. the amount per person being spent at the moment on schools and police is going to fall this year, next year and a year after following the announcements by the government. and of course we still have £12 billion worth of benefit cuts to come. so the prime minister's making a promise or the future. the reality today is that

austerity is still with us, and that makes it a tough challenge for the chancellor and that budget in three weeks' time. our economics editor, kamal ahmed. the authorities in indonesia have set a deadline of friday to find anyone still trapped under rubble following last week's earthquake and tsunami. after that, they say there is little chance of finding survivors. at least 1,400 people are known to have died. 0ur correspondent, jonathan head, sent this report from palu, one of the worst—hit areas on the island of sulawesi. even now, five days after the earthquake, the tsunamis and the mudslides, the damage wrought on this part of indonesia still has the power to shock. some buildings crumpled... others were literally swallowed by mud. it was the mud that did for petobo, a neighbourhood to the east of the city. fields of rice, shaken loose by the earthquake, that poured down the hillside. it buried the mother

and baby sister of fiona, not yet two years old, who was pulled from the mud by her older brother. she's being cared for by her aunt. translation: she often asks, "where's my mum?" "where has my mother gone?" i tell her we're still looking for her, or i say, "your mother has gone on a long journey." if she has a loud noise or a plane going overhead, she's scared. she's still traumatised. over here, it was even worse. a road, and all the houses along it, obliterated by mud. astonishingly, this cornfield has travelled more than a mile. and this mad jumble of wreckage is the remains of at least two villages. they scarcely know where to begin recovering the bodies of the victims. this was a christian study centre. there were 200 students

there when it was torn from its foundations. just try to imagine the terrible force that uprooted these front pillars of the church and toppled them over, and that flattened this massive concrete roof here. even now, they don't know how many victims may still be underneath, and all of this was dragged by the mudslide, from right over there, behind those palm trees. one of the students was martin's 17—year—old son, gabriel. he's already resigned himself to the near certainty of his death. "every parent hopes for a son", he said. "now i just want to recover his body, for a proper burial in my home town." the collective loss suffered by the people of this city is incalculable. help is on the way now. it will be needed for a very long time. jonathan head, bbc

news, palu, indonesia. more than 70,000 people have been displaced as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. thousands are now desperately trying to leave the island. many are heading to the airport, which has become a makeshift hospital. it is also the hub for the relief effort, where aid is slowly arriving. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith, reports from the airport in palu. they want a way out, but for many camped overnight at palu's airport, there's no prospect of leaving. after the tsunami, thousands flocked here, hoping to be airlifted. but five days on, rani and her family of 20 are still here, still waiting. she told me that they felt the tremors continue. she's so worried another earthquake will come, she won't go inside the terminal, in case it collapses. and you can see why. inside, walls have fallen,

the building has buckled. it may not look like it, but this airport is stilljust about able to function, despite bricks falling from the wall, broken glass, tangled metal over in the baggage hall. this is the only airport anywhere near the disaster zone, so it simply has to keep going. the airport has also become a makeshift hospital, using the medical aid that's been flown in, but there are reminders everywhere that the death toll is rising. in the middle of all this, commercial flights have resumed, check in done by hand. most likely... this man has tickets for his whole family to leave, afraid that law and order in the city has broken down. even the government was being attacked, and when you were driving into car, you are constantly in fear of living, because you don't really know what's going to happen next. aid for those who remain is now getting through.

tomorrow, shelter kits and solar lanterns will be flown from britain. many here, help can't come soon enough. hywel griffith, bbc news, at palu airport. here, one of the last survivors to escape the grenfell tower fire has given evidence to the public inquiry into the disaster. he's one of the first residents of the block to do so. antonio roncolato said he only realised how serious the fire was when his son sent him a photograph of the burning building from outside. pret a manger is to label all of its products with a full list of ingredients following the death of a 15—year—old girl, who suffered a fatal allergic reaction to one of its sandwiches. natasha ednan—laperouse collapsed on board a flight injuly, 2016 after eating a product that did not have sesame listed as an ingredient. at the inquest last week, a coroner called for better labelling rules. the headlines on bbc news:

the prime minister calls on conservatives to unite, as she promises better days ahead for britain in her speech at the end of the party conference. an inquest into the westminster terror attack is told that it's "possible" pc keith palmer's death could have been prevented, if armed officers had been in a different location. the first grenfell tower survivor to give evidence to the inquiry describes being pushed back by thick black smoke as he tried to escape. more on one of those stories now. the metropolitan police has apologised after the coroner at the inquests into the westminster bridge attacks concluded the murder of an unarmed officer outside parliament could have been prevented. the coroner said if there had been armed officers present then they could have stopped khalid masood from stabbing pc keith palmer. four people died when masood ran over pedestrians on westminster bridge

in march last year before going on to attack pc palmer. from the old bailey, our correspondent daniel sandford reports. the last calm moments of what had been just another westminster spring day. american tourist kurt cochran with his wife melissa, pensioner leslie rhodes returning from hospital, aysha frade texting her husband on her way to pick up her kids from school, andreea cristea, a tourist from romania, and pc keith palmer, guarding the main gates to parliament. but in 82 seconds of terror, they were all left with fatal injuries. the shocking deaths produced searching questions, not least about armed policing in parliament. pc keith palmer's wife asked he was left alone and unarmed at the open gates to one of the country's top terrorist targets, where he heroically challenged khalid masood, who was wielding two knives. his attacker had to be shot dead

by a ministerial bodyguard. the armed officers who should have been at the gate were some 50 metres away. with pc palmer's family listening in, the chief coroner mark lucraft said today... that devastating finding prompted this immediate apology. even the possibility that the met lost the chance to prevent the murder of such a brave and courageous officer is unacceptable. for the loss of that possibility to protect him from khalid masood, we are deeply sorry. pc palmer's sister and mother have accused senior officers of closing ranks. there was also a lack of protection for pedestrians on the bridge.

masood used a rented hyundai 4x4 to run people down, first striking kurt cochran, whose wife melissa survived because he pushed her out of the way. knowing that he saved me sure makes me want to make him proud and... ..recover the best i can and just go on and do what i can for my family and... ..and myself. the bereaved families think attacks on pedestrians in nice and berlin the previous year should have led to barriers on westminster bridge. the last big issue is what m15 already knew about masood. a senior m15 official told the coroner that, over the years, khalid masood had been linked to an al-qaeda bomber and members of the banned group al—muhajiroun, and in 2010 had been listed as a known extremist and an official

subject of interest, before dropping off the radar. his murder of aysha frade left two daughters without a mother, and her husband told me he felt m15 had failed to protect her. the one thing that i absolutely want to do is to ensure that no other family goes through the horrendous pain that myself and my family have gone through. a pain also felt by pc palmer's widow, who said his force had left him — at a vulnerable location with no protection — to die. daniel sandford, bbc news. last week, president trump was full of admiration for the woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted, some 30 years ago, by brett kavanaugh, thejudge nominated by the president for a seat on the us supreme court. but that message had changed by last night, when the president ridiculed professor christine blasey ford, at a republican rally,

as our north america editor jon sopel reports. for two weeks' now since christine blasey ford's accusations of sexual assault against brett kavanaugh emerged the white house has kept a tight lead on its response. indeed, the day after her distressing testimony the president was full of praise and respect for her. i thought her testimony was very compelling and she looks like a very fine woman to me. but last night at a rally in mississippi that all changed. restraint, forget it. donald trump cracked his knuckles and was ready to fight. he mocked dr ford. "how did you get home?" "i don't remember." "how'd you get there?" "i don't remember." "where is the place?" "i don't remember." "how many years ago was it?" "i don't know." "i don't know..." cheering "i don't know!" "what neighbourhood was it in?" "i don't know." "where's the house?" "i don't know." "upstairs? downstairs?" "where was it?"

"i don't know." "but i had one beer." "that's the only thing i remember." and a man's life is in tatters. a man's life is shattered. and trump supporters we spoke to at the rally were singing the same tune. if i was a victim like she says she was, you think i'm going to go to my politician? i'm going to go to authority. i think that something happened but i think she's got the wrong person. anybody can sound believable. if i sit here and tell you, "0h, poor me," i'm like, "oh, this happened to me..." you sound good but you've got to have corroborating evidence. and despite the controversy his remarks have provoked there's no rolling back at the white house today. he's pointing out factual inconsistencies. do you have corroboration for her claims? have you found...? excuse me, can you fill in her memory gaps or her factual inconsistencies? that is part of the evidence gathering process in any hunt for truth. but this will be decided by senators on capitol hill and key republicans who will vote on the outcome were left uneasy. to discuss something this sensitive

in a political rally is just not right. it's just not right. i wish he hadn't done it and ijust say it's kind of appalling. the vote, when it comes, will be tight. naturally all attention has focused on those republicans oppose an brett kavanaugh. but in the opposite direction there are democrats in strongly republican areas facing re—election in a few weeks” time who might calculate their only chance of political survival is to vote for him. and in this town survival tends to come first. all eyes are now on this building. fbi headquarters. investigators are reported to have finished their supplemental background check on brett kavanaugh. the report won't be published but each senator will be able to read a copy. on that basis they'll cast their vote and bring this torturous and profoundly divisive episode to a close. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. russian president vladimir putin has

called former russian spy sergei skripal a "scumbag" and a "traitor". sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent in salisbury in march. mr putin said the former spy had betrayed his country. translation: i see that some of your collea g u es translation: i see that some of your colleagues are promoting a theory that mr scripal was almost a kind of human rights activist, party is just a spy. he betrayed his homeland. there is a term, traitor. he is one of them. imagine, all of a sudden you meet a man who betrayed his country. what would you say to him? to anyone? he isjust country. what would you say to him? to anyone? he is just riffraff,

that's it. president putin of russia. the footballer cristiano ronaldo has said he "firmly" denies raping a woman in a us hotel room nine years ago. the juventus striker said he was tranquil about any investigations as he had a "clear conscience". the claims against him were first reported in a german news magazine and relate to an alleged incident in a hotel in las vegas. ronaldo's lawyers say they will sue the publication. a spectator at the ryder cup in paris, who was blinded in one eye after she was hit by a golf ball, says she was lucky not to have been killed — and is planning to sue the organisers. corine remande was struck as golfer brooks koepka teed off on the sixth hole. she's been speaking to our sports correspondent david 0rnstein. this time last week, golf fans corine and raphael remande arrived in paris to watch the world's leading players in action. but their enjoyment was cut short. with the remandes among thousands

lining the fairway for this brooks koepka shot, few could have foreseen what was to follow. suddenly i feel something on me, but i don't realise what is it. it is all the people around me said, "oh, look, this lady, the ball catch this lady." corine underwent emergency surgery on her right eye but has been told she will never regain sight. it's the last thing they or koepka would have imagined. there's nobody that feels worse about this than i do, you know, it's a tragic accident, what happened. i mean, i'm heartbroken, i'm all messed up inside. as keen golfers themselves, corine and raphael accept the risks that come with buying a ticket. though they are calling

for improvements to spectator safety of these events. i hope that, with this terrible accident, to improve this kind of safety for all the public. the european tour's chief executive keith pelley told the bbc that fan safety is their paramount concern. to most, this ryder cup will be remembered for the right reasons. for corine and raphael, it won't. but the hope is their misfortune will not be repeated. david 0rnstein, bbc news, lyon. sir david attenborough has urged the world not to panic about the state of the planet, despite donald trump's decision to withdraw from the paris climate accord. in an interview with the bbc‘s newsnight programme, the broadcaster said he doubted the extent to which the usa would withdraw from global agreements on climate change. five years ago i was really, really very pessimistic. the paris agreement, as you say,

seemed at the time to be, at last, nations coming to their senses. i walked out of those conferences, i was there, alongside he was then the chief scientist of this country. and he was walking on air. he said, "we've got it, we've got it, we've got the agreement," and so on. and we have got that agreement. it is true that president trump doesn't go along with it, and to what extent the united states is going to withdraw from it, we will see. my suspicion is that people will realise that actually the united states, that attitude is outdated, it doesn't apply any more. and i think that will be overcome. and there are... there's a internationally a groundswell of recognising what we are doing to the planet and the disaster that awaits bonus we do something.

the trouble is that the problems are getting worse and worse and worse by the day, and we don't have time to spare. and that's the difficulty. no nation can act by itself any more, as it were, if they're going to get real effects. but the converse is true as well, even if a powerful nation withdraws, that isn't disaster. i mean, it's a big setback but it's not the end of the world. and i have an optimism there that the united states will come round and recognise these problems and throw its weight behind them, and be a very important member when it does. sir david attenborough talking to the bbc‘s newsnight programme. zoe ball has been announced as the new presenter of bbc radio 2's breakfast show. she'll be taking over from chris evans injanuary and becomes the first female breakfast show host on radio two, something she achieved on radio one. the bbc has not revealed her new salary yet, but say it will be made public in the annual bbc pay

disclosures next year. now it's time for the weather for the week ahead with louise lear. good evening. for many it was quite a cloudy start to the day. slowly and surely, as we went through the day, the cloud started to be in and break across the south and west. that allowed for some beautiful late afternoon sunshine to come through, as depicted by this weather watcher picture sent in from devon. it was devon that saw the highest value today with 21 celsius. different story where the cloud lingered in the northern isles just story where the cloud lingered in the northern islesjust got story where the cloud lingered in the northern isles just got degrees. it looks like the northern and western isles could see some cloud at outbreaks of rain through the night to night and a bit more of a breeze. elsewhere, the cloud will come and go. some patchy mist and fog could form across central and southern areas. a mild night with

double figures pretty much across the country. we start tomorrow with high pressure in the driving seat across england and wales. across the top of that height as weather front moves in and brings more persistent rain gradually through scotland as we go through the day. elsewhere, with that south—westerly flow, the risk of more cloud and murk along west facing close. the cloud should bin and as we go through the day. looking at the afternoon, that renders out of the great glen, across the spine of scotland into northern ireland. ahead of that we will see showery outbreaks of rain moving through the isle of man and into the lake district. for england and wales the cloud should break up into the afternoon and temperatures with some sunshine, again, like today should be into the high teens, maybe 20 degrees. cool to the far north. that weather front will gradually sink south, overnight thursday into friday. and pretty