the dutch authorities accuse russian intelligence of mounting a cyber attack on the international chemical weapons watchdog. they say they caught these four russian agents with a car boot full of electronic equipment outside the headquarters of the opcw. at the time, it was investigating the nerve agent attack in salisbury that poisoned sergia and yulia skripal. britain says the russians were trying to clean up their mess. if anyone had any questions in their mind about russian military involvement in the salisbury attacks, this will put to rest those doubts because here you have evidence of the russian military launching a cyber attack on the very organisation, international organisation, in the netherlands set up to investigate those novichok attacks. and why would you do that if you weren't the guilty party? we'll be live in the hague with more details on the alleged russian plot and how it was foiled, and we'll have reaction from moscow. also this lunchtime...

british aid agencies launch an appeal to help victims of the indonesian earthquake and tsunami. senators in washington study an fbi report on donald trump's controversial nominee for the supreme court. the boss of one of britain's biggest banks tells the bbc a no—deal brexit could send the economy into recession. and a new study says most children under the age of five now have access to smartphones, tablets and computers. and coming up on bbc news... joe ledley misses out on the wales squad for their matches against spain and the republic of ireland through injury... but gareth bale is included. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one.

the dutch authorities say that russian intelligence launched a cyber attack on the international chemical weapons watchdog in the hague. they say it happened in april, at the time the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons was investigating the nerve agent attack in salisbury that poisoned sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. dutch intelligence say they caught four russian agents with a car full of electronic equipment near the headquarters of the opcw. the british authorities say the men were from russia's gru military intelligence — trying to "clean up the mess" it had made in salisbury. this report from naomi grimley. it is seven months since the first chemical attack in britain since the second world war and even now another extraordinary twist. did

russia's gru not only send the would—be assassins but also send a tea m would—be assassins but also send a team to spy on the body that tested the samples of the nerve agent? today the dutch authorities said they caught russian agents red—handed trying to snoop on the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. on organisation for the prohibition of chemicalweapons. on the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. on the 13th of april this year, they carried out an operation, targeting the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. four russian agents were discovered in a car near this building with laptops and in tonight and multiple mobile phones. they were trying to get into the jew‘s wi—fi network. they had taxi receipt showing they had travelled from the gru headquarters to moscow

airport and some of their equipment had been used in other hacking attacks around the world. the british foreign office believes it knows exactly what was happening. this was not an isolated act. the unit involved, known in the russian military as unit 26165, has sent officers around the world to conduct brazen, close access cyber operations. we will increase further oui’ operations. we will increase further our understanding of what the gru is doing and attempting to do in our countries. we will shine a light on their activities, we will expose their activities, we will expose their methods, and we will share this with our allies. the four russian agents were expelled unceremoniously from dutch soil. the us will name them formally later. it's a jigsaw of evidence which the uk believes is compelling.“ anybody had any questions in their

mind about russian military involvement in the salisbury attacks, this will put to rest those doubts because here you have evidence of the russian military launching a cyber attack on the very organisation, the international organisation, the international organisation in the netherlands, set up organisation in the netherlands, set up to investigate those novichok attacks and why would you do that if it you weren't the guilty party? meanwhile the uk has also compiled a list of cyber attacks which it says are not the actions of lone maverick groups but rather the products of russia ‘s intelligence machines, including a cyber attack on the kiev metro, and the hacking of the world anti—doping agency, which saw the confidential medical files of international athletes leaked. yesterday president putin thumbed his nose and britain again by calling sergei skripal scumbag.

today the uk ‘s allies have hit back by listing the ways in which they believe vladimir putin is using his secret state to disrupt and medal in the affairs of the west. in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent sarah rainsford in moscow, but first anna holligan is at the hague in the netherlands for us. you were at that extraordinary news conference, where this extraordinary plot was revealed. exactly, and the dutch defence minister has released this case file of evidence, and it reads more like a spy novel. i will ta ke reads more like a spy novel. i will take you through some of the highlights in chronological order, so highlights in chronological order, so the taxi receipt that show the journey from outside the gru barracks in moscow to outside the airport on the day these men arrived in the netherlands. a photograph of them at the airport accompanied by a member of the russian embassy here

in the hague. they then conducted a reconnaissance mission on the streets around the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, they checked into the marriot hotel next door. jarring this press conference, one of the officers asked, how do we know these men weren't on holiday here in the hague? and not to the claim they we re hague? and not to the claim they were simply tourists in the uk. then he showed photographs of a number of mobile phones and a laptop, they managed to access the whole search history and find the wi—fi hotspots, this gru had been logging into. they even had things like google maps into doubt, they removed the rubbish from their hotel room and train tickets. this is surprising but also embarrassing that members of resident putin ‘s elite military squad could leave behind such a sophisticated paper trail of evidence. thank you. let's go to

sarah in moscow, and as we havejust been hearing, a vast amount of detail about what the gru have been up detail about what the gru have been up to. what has been russia's reaction? specifically on what it is accused of in the hague, we heard from the foreign ministry saying this is western spy mania ticking up pace and promised a more detailed statement to come. we heard the foreign ministry spokeswoman earlier today in her usual scathing form referring to allegations made by the british authorities about a wave of cyber attacks they are blaming on russia. she was calling that a diabolical cocktail of accusations. she said tish officials fantasy knew no bounds and wanted to look the person in the face who was making this up. traditional dismissal by russia when faced with accusations.

but evidence from the hague has been mounting, and particularly we can confirm from the names that have been released now in the hague, we can confirm that two of them are linked in public documents to addresses that belong to the defence ministry in moscow, independent confirmation of the allegations coming from the hague. uncomfortable evidence is mounting for russia, which so far is shrugging off the whole affair. thank you very much indeed. other news now, and british charities are appealing for emergency funds to help survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in indonesia. at least 1,400 people are known to have been killed in last friday's disaster and officials expect the death toll to rise. the disasters emergency committee says 200,000 people need clean water, food and medical care. charlotte gallagher reports. almost a week on, the devastation

from the earthquake and tsunami remains startling. homes, hotels and businesses flattened. these rescuers continue to search through what remains of the buildings. but they are finding more bodies, not survivors. teams believe they heard voices coming from the ruins of this hotel. this man is looking for his daughter. translation: we kept shouting her name, "it is me, your dad, with your brother" but no response, silence. i stayed there even with a couple of after—shocks, i would never give up. people who lost everything in the disaster are now living in makeshift

camps relying on charity. and more aid is desperately needed here. what is getting through is only a tiny fraction of what is required. today the disasters emergency committee a gallon and appeal for the 200,000 people in urgent need of help. the dc only launches these appeals when it meets our criteria and the scale is significant, and that's where we are with this emergency. the scale is huge. the member organisations of the dec can save lives and more importantly we know the british public would want to help. that's why we launched our appeal today. the indonesian military are guarding the aid which arrives here. there has been looting and soldiers have been ordered to shoot at people

caught stealing. now there's fears that disease could spread as many bodies still are not buried. the challenge is getting food, water and medical supplies to people before the situation gets any worse. and you can find out more about the appeal on the disasters emergency committee website. senators in the united states will today be studying an fbi report on allegations of sexual misconduct against brett kavanaugh, president trump's controversial nominee for the supreme court. bbc news understands the fbi haven't reached any conclusions about whether or not the claims are true. our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington. gary, the whole nomination is controversial and so too is this fbi investigation into brett kavanaugh.

yes, and it's for this reason the democrats believe the fbi should have interviewed more people. they interviewed nine, the democrats had a list of two dozen people they want interviewed. the democrats want the inquiry canfind interviewed. the democrats want the inquiry can find as much as possible so inquiry can find as much as possible so today we will have 100 senators looking at this one copy of the report in a secure room inside congress. they are not allowed to ta ke congress. they are not allowed to take it away, they are not allowed to ta ke take it away, they are not allowed to take any notes out of the room, so to take any notes out of the room, so they will come away with their memory of what is in it and start to spin it from there on. that will be theissue, spin it from there on. that will be the issue, the battle over the narrative of the report. and when are we going to get a vote on this nomination, and how is it likely to go do you think? thanks to the intricacies of the senate process, tomorrow we will have a procedural vote which will give a clear indication about these wavering republican senators and whether they will go with the nomination. then

there will be a final vote on saturday. as it stands is looking likely brett kava naugh saturday. as it stands is looking likely brett kavanaugh will get confirmed but there has been so many twists and turns in this story that i wouldn't put any money on it between now and saturday. gary, thank you very much indeed. the chief executive of royal bank of scotland has warned that leaving the eu without a deal could tip the uk into recession. ross mcewan has told the bbc his bank is becoming more cautious about lending to some sectors of the economy, especially retail and construction. our business editor simon jack is here. simon, tell us more about what he's been saying. it is important what he says because rbs is the biggest lender to uk business, and it is a very good proxy, they have a good ringside seat for the economy as a whole. he said that whilst no deal is not the preferred outcome, if we were to crash out in march next year it

could tip the whole economy into reverse. we look at what we expect ona reverse. we look at what we expect on a normal run rate with economic consensus, which next year is about 196 consensus, which next year is about 1% toi.5% consensus, which next year is about 1% to 1.5% growth in the economy, if we get an ok brexit scenario. if we get a hard deal scenario we have other factors that show it will be less than that, and the economy may go down to zero or negative growth next year. so is he saying obviously negative growth means potentially recession. he also said the is and this was holding off on borrowing and investing, although smes continue to do that. he also said the bank itself was getting relu cta nt to the bank itself was getting reluctant to lend to construction and retail sectors, hardly surprising, but withdrawing credit is often a silver bullet, if you

like the fatal blow, for many struggling businesses so more woes foran struggling businesses so more woes for an already beleaguered retail sector. thank you. our top story this lunchtime. the dutch authorities say they caught these four russian agents trying to mount a cyber attack on the international chemical weapons watchdog — the opcw. and coming up — why people's attitude towards plastic has led to a big comeback for the paper straw. coming up on bbc news... arsenal are one of three british clubs who could make it two wins out of two in the europa league tonight. they've travelled to face the champions of azerbaijan — fc qarabag. three quarters of children under the age of five now have access to a tablet, smart—phone or computer, according to a new study. figures from the research group childwise also suggest they're watching up to three hours of video content every day — either on these devices or tv.

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. what about this one — the round one? for decades television has been a big feature in the lives of very young children, but now new technology is changing the way they view and what they see. which one was that? oh, yes, of course. meet six—year—old dara and four—year—old alana. they are allowed to watch one hour of television and video content a day. their dad julian says he doesn't want to ban them completely. i think it's important that children's culture is of their time, they're exposed to that, otherwise i think they'll feel left out. but i do try to keep a limit on it. but it does depend on the content. some things that dara for example brings back from school are internet based. i wouldn't include that in the hour of television. this research shows that three quarters of under five—year—olds now have access to a connected device,

such as a tablet or smartphone, and half of all three and four—year—olds have their own one. what are they doing with them? playing games and watching a lot of video. childwise questioned 1000 parents of under fives. they revealed that their children watch tv and online video for two hours and 48 minutes a day on average. the cbeebies was still the most popular channel, with 63% watching, but that's dropping as they turn to services like youtube, which was viewed by almost half of all preschool children. there is a danger in 20 years' time that particular aspects of technology that we haven't looked into closely, that we might find some detrimental effects. some of the new technologies that are coming in, such as virtual reality, we know virtually nothing about how children engage with that and what safe uses are for young children, so we definitely need more research in this area to give parents advice and to give teachers advice. boys are watching for longer periods than girls, but overall viewing is on the rise and children

are getting access to a wide range of programmes on everything from the disney channel to netflix. the research also found voice controlled gadgets such as the amazon echo or apple siri were in two thirds of preschool children's homes, and they were using them to play nursery rhymes or ask questions, such as "how big is the moon?" rory cellan—jones, bbc news. new car sales fell in september byjust over 20% on the year before. the society of motor manufacters and traders says there was a dip in the number of diesel and petrol cars registered, but a small rise in the sales of hybrid and plug—in electric vehicles. they said a number of factors had affected production last month, including model changes, planned maintenance shutdowns and preparation for september's new emissions standards. hospitality workers, couriers and cab drivers have been carrying out a day of action including strikes in separate disputes over pay

and union recognition. staff from several branches of mcdonald's and tgi fridays, as well as couriers from several delivery firms, have been taking industrial action. union leaders and labour politicians voiced their support — taking part in a rally in london. bbc news has learnt that a second british woman has died from so—called "brazilian butt lift" surgery. this is a cosmetic procedure made popular by celebrities, but the british association of aesthetic plastic surgeons has called it the most dangerous one to undergo. fat is taken from one part of the body and then injected into the buttocks. surgeons warn that many people are putting themselves at risk by travelling abroad to have the procedure more cheaply. a warning to viewers that this report by chi chi izundu does contain photographs taken after the surgery. in august, 29—year—old leah cambridge died after having cosmetic surgery to enhance her buttocks. it was done at a clinic abroad.

she's one of two british women to have passed away as a result of having what's known as a "brazilian but lift", or a bbl. they are now part of a growing trend of young women who want to have a small waist and a pronounced backside, to look like social media stars and celebrities like kim kardashian. and the only way they feel they can get that look is by having cosmetic surgery. so there was not much of a help... two years ago this woman had surgery in turkey. she said she wanted it because her body had changed after having kids. a few days after, i woke up with really high fevers. didn't tell any of the nurses. ijust wanted to go home and just get to the uk doctors to have a look at me. bbl surgery is the most dangerous cosmetic procedure, with a death rate of one in 3000, and today, the british association of aesthetic plastic surgeons have said they are so concerned about it they are calling on their members not to perform this surgery in the uk. i got admitted to hospitalforfive days and ended up on iv antibiotics. luckily one of them worked for me.

for the first few days nothing was working. my infection was getting worse and worse and worse, and i know other girls where the antibiotics didn't even work for them so they end up with really bad infection wounds all over the buttocks area and the thighs and everywhere. british women are paying between £3,000 and £5,000 for bbl surgery abroad. the gluteus maximus or the buttock muscles are the biggest muscles almost in the body, so the vessels are really big and the veins are really big, and if the fat is injected into the vein it can go into the circulation, through the heart and into the lungs — and that can cause death. we spoke to other girls who'd undergone bbl surgery. these pictures are of a 23—year—old from wales, who says she is scarred for life as a result of her procedure. hi, guys. mela rose is a youtuber with hundreds of thousands of followers.

she nearly had bbl surgery abroad, but didn't. sometimes as an influencer you don't realise how much influence you actually have. so it's like now if girls are like, her body isn't perfect, she's got a belly, she's got a bum, she's still embracing herself, why can't i embrace myself? so that epiphany really settled into me and i wasjust like it really doesn't need to be done. but experts worry with the power of social media more and more women will seek to have bbl surgery abroad. chi chi izundu, bbc news. the lawyer representing a woman who says she was raped by cristiano ronaldo says the #metoo campaign inspired her to come forward. kathryn mayorga says she was attacked by the footballer in a las vegas hotel room nine years ago — something he strongly denies. our correspondent james cook reports from nevada. kathryn mayorga accuses cristiano ronaldo of raping her in a hotel room here in las vegas in 2009. she says she reported the incident to police immediately and then reportedly the next year reached

an out—of—court settlement with the footballer, in which she was paid around £290,000 to remain silent about the alleged attack. now what she's seeking to do is to extricate herself from that deal. at a news conference here in las vegas, her lawyer said she'd been frightened by what had happened. it had had a profound effect on her. he said she'd suffered from post—traumatic stress disorder and depression, but he said recent events had given her the courage to come forward. the #metoo movement and the women who have stood up and disclosed sexual assaults publicly has given kathryn a lot of courage. and has to a great extent enabled her to come forward and to file her civil complaint and also to go to the police department.

police here in las vegas have reopened the 2009 enquiry but say that the alleged victim at the time did not state where she had been attacked or by whom and they did not identify a suspect. that is disputed by kathryn mayorga's legal team. the lawyers for cristiano ronaldo say they will sue the german magazine der spiegel, which originally published the claims. james cook reporting. it's been almost a year since the bbc‘s blue planet two series highlighted the damage plastic is doing to life in our seas and oceans. the programme led to calls for change in the way that food is packaged. well, in the months since, businesses have been trying to keep up with consumers who now demand more environmentally friendly products — such as straws. here's colletta smith. and this is lovely! this time last year, sandra and herfamily were doing what most of the country were doing. everyone was talking about blue planet, and we were watching it and we were thinking, you know, there's something we can do here.

but unlike the rest of us, sandra and a group of friends decided to take a pretty bold decision. so we said, let's try and go and do this. let's go and get some paper straw machines and try and get rid of the plastic straws out there, that you find on all the beaches, and on the streets, and in the gutters, and all the rest of it, so that's what we did. they became the first paper straw factory to be operational in the uk. we started with one machine. we didn't know how to work it, but now we're at four machines. it's still small—scale at the moment, but these machines are churning out one million straws a week. there's a growing list of orders, as customers in hotels, cafes and pubs are demanding change. we do find that people are deliberately asking to not have the straw in the drink. it's not until we tell them that we actually do have paper straws that they will accept it anyway. so people are worried about having a plastic straw. have you seen a big change? definitely, i mean it's one of the things where people will make a point of not accepting one

in their drink at all, which i suppose is where the effort is coming from both sides, both customer and business. it's kind of organically happening at the same time. i think it's a good idea. it's important for the world that we use less plastics. obviously we're seeing everything in a news recently, it's good that everywhere is taking it on board really. there's certainly more visibility about the impact of plastic on the environment, i think. about the impact of plastic on the environment, ithink. whether about the impact of plastic on the environment, i think. whether people are paying too much attention to thatis are paying too much attention to that is another question but certainly up there and people are more aware of it. if it's carrying on the way it is i'm sure the manufacturers will get them a lot better and more sturdy so you can use them for longer. bars, restaurants

with bars, restaurants and cafes all struggling to keep up with customer demand at the moment, if you are given a paper straw, the likelihood is it's going to have been flown in from china, and that raises more questions aboutjust how green it really is. so this is our main warehouse where we pick our main orders. there's been a big change in orders at henry's catering supply company. they now sell more paper straws than plastic ones, but he has to fly them in, as no—one could make enough straws quickly enough here. customers will buy a box of 250 of the plastic straws, they probably pay about 75p to £1 for a box of those. the paper straws are £3 and £4 for a box of 250. still four times the price, three to four times the price of the plastic straw. have bars and restaurants been coming to you saying that customers are demanding paper straws? yes, it's driven by the end—user. even companies as big as mcdonald's have now swallowed that extra cost and switched to paper straws, as customers want to feel like they're doing their bit for the environment.

coletta smith, bbc news. to make it a greener choice, sandra is hoping more of those straws will be made here in the uk. we're really excited with the process and it's great to be making change. coletta smith, bbc news. astronomers have pinpointed what appears to be the first moon detected outside our solar system. the exomoon is believed to be the size of neptune and is about 8000 light years away. it orbits a gas planet much bigger thanjupiter and is unlike any other moon researchers have seen before. lets see what the weather is doing to us down here on earth. chris fawkes lets see what the weather is doing to us down here on earth. chris fawkes can tell us. hello, the weather has not been out of the world, great, low cloud and mist fog patches around as well. some of that was captured by these spiders' webs in dorset. there will be changes the next 12 hours. a cold front is

working into the north—west of the uk bringing much cooler conditions to scotland and northern ireland over the next 12 hours or so. the forecast today, we have rain working into scotland and northern ireland. a few patches for northern england and the north of wales but further south of the cloud is pretty thin. it's grey and low but only 300 metres thick and it's starting to clear away. for the midlands, metres thick and it's starting to clearaway. forthe midlands, east anglia, southern counties of england, we should get quite a bit of sunshine in the next few hours. tonight, the weather front thinks southwards clearing scotland and northern ireland but stalls across northern england and north wales. it will be there throughout the night and into friday. a lot of low cloud developing, some drizzle, mist fog patches further south. further north, the colder air is moving in, temperatures could get low enough for a temperatures could get low enough fora nip of temperatures could get low enough for a nip of frost in the countryside