this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11pm: western governments accuse russian spies of launching cyber attacks on institutions around the world. the dutch unmask four men they say plotted to hack the international chemical weapons watchdog. it's also claimed russia hacked into the porton down defence research facility. both organisations had been investigating the salisbury novichok poisonings. democrat senators heavily criticise the fbi report into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, but leading republicans say they found "no hint of misconduct" and that he should be confirmed on saturday. for the first time under the modern slavery act, a drug dealer who trafficked children to sell heroin and crack cocaine is jailed for m years. hundreds of tons of body parts and nhs medical waste piles up after a disposal company fails to incinerate it. the government takes emergency action. and in advance of a major climate change report,

we're in vietnam, where millions of people live just above sea level. even a small rise could be devastating, which is why vietnam and dozens of other countries facing the same threat want to see global warming limited as much as possible. and at 11:30pm we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, talkradio presenter daisy mcandrew, and katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator. stay with us for that. good evening. in a co—ordinated fightback, britain, the netherlands and the usa have set out detailed allegations against russia, accusing it of carrying out a widespread campaign of cyber attacks against western targets. those targets include organisations in the uk, including the foreign office,

and the porton down defence research facility. russia has denied it all, dismissing it as western spy mania. here is our security correspondent gordon corera. caught in the act. the moment four russian spies were detained in thenetherlands. their plan — to use the equipment in the boot of their car to hack into computer networks. the story was made public today in an extraordinaryjoint british and dutch news conference, in which the details were laid bare and the finger pointed at the gru — russian military intelligence. the gru is an aggressive, well funded official body of the russian state. it can no longer be allowed to act aggressively across the world against vital international organisations with apparent impunity. this is where the russians were

caught — in this hotel car park in the hague in april of this year. the reason they were here is because just next door is the headquarters of the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. at the time the opcw was investigating the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal in salsbury. as well as a chemical attack in syria. the four russians arrived on the 10th of april. they were using diplomatic passports and carrying 20,000 euros and $20,000. they were secretly photographed carrying out reconnaissance of the 0pcw the next day. in the boot of their car they had what is called close access equipment, this would allow them to intercept passwords as 0pcw staff logged into their computers so that the russians could break

into the systems. the dutch, with help from the british, had been watching and waiting. we were watching closely at that moment and as soon as we had the ideathat the equipment was getting working, we disrupted the operation. you are confident this is russian military intelligence, the gru? we are 100% confident this is the gru, yes. what ties them to the gru, based here? their phones were activated close to a gru facility. 0ne carried a taxi receipt from the gru base in moscow to the airport on the day they left. information on the laptop of one of the men, pictured here, links the computer directly to a series of cyber attacks, including the downed malaysian flight shot down over ukraine, and hacking of athletes data

from the world anti—doping agency. the way to prevent an escalation is to make sure when this kind the way to prevent an escalation is that when this kind of thing happens russia knows it is a red line and there are consequences, the price will be too high. in the final co—ordinated move, this afternoon the us department of justice issued detailed indictment against seven gru offices for a range of cyber attacks. the final act in a day of international corporation to trump russian spies. the us senate has now taken delivery of a report by the fbi into historic allegations of sexual misconduct againstjudge brett kavanaugh, the man nominated by president trump for a seat on the supreme court. the senate is due to vote on the nomination within days. some democrats have criticised the investigation, ordered last week, as incomplete. but key republicans now appear ready to confirm judge kavanaugh, who's expected to become the deciding conservative voice on the country's highest court.

0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. 0utside outside the capital, anger and bitter division of the brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. it is another day of protests. more will follow. the scars left by last week's searing testimony as raw as ever. brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me yelling. this is what terrified me most. i have never done this, to her orto most. i have never done this, to her or to anyone. inside the capital it is no different, just as much anger, just as much partisan poison and the new fbi report has changed nothing. democrats say it is a whitewash. what i can say is that the most notable part of this report is what is not in it. i disagree with senator grassley's statement that there was no hint of misconduct. and

lawyers for christine blasey ford who wasn't interviewed for this new report have reacted furiously. but from republicans, a very different message. they say brett kavanaugh different message. they say brett kava naugh has different message. they say brett kavanaugh has been given a clean bill of health. what we know for sure is the fbi report did not corroborate any of the allegations againstjudge kavanaugh. corroborate any of the allegations against judge kavanaugh. the supplemental fbi report was demanded after this senator, jeff flake, was ambushed ina after this senator, jeff flake, was ambushed in a lift by women protesters last friday. you are telling me that i don't matter. visibly shaken, he said more time was needed, but if he wobbled then, he seems back on board now, saying... and another republican waverer, susan collins from maine,

says it appears to be a thorough investigation. the way the votes are stacking up it looks like these women will be disappointed when the vote co m es. women will be disappointed when the vote comes. it looks like the republicans have the vote. donald trump will chalk this up as a victory. but in this process there are very few winners. and as anti— kavanaugh are very few winners. and as anti— kava naug h protesters occu py are very few winners. and as anti— kavanaugh protesters occupy senate buildings, maybe the biggest loser will be the prestige of the supreme court itself, the highest court in the land, where the most consequential decisions are made, has been sullied by this partisan, ugly. has been sullied by this partisan, ugly, earth battle. —— ugly, scorched—earth battle. a man has been sentenced to 14 years in jail after trafficking and grooming children who were persuaded to sell crack cocaine and heroin on his behalf. it's the first time the police have secured child—trafficking convictions against a drug dealer under the modern slavery act. zakaria mohammed from birmingham admitted running what police call a county lines drug network, sending children into provicinal towns to sell drugs.

0ur correspondent sima kotecha reports. zakaria mohammed? yes. you are under arrest on suspicion of supplying class a drugs. sixth april, and 21—year—old zakaria mohammed was arrested on his way into lincoln. it was from there that his drug operation took place. today, he was sentenced to 14 years injail, after supplying heroin and crack cocaine, and trafficking children to deal on his behalf. mohammed groomed teenagers, some as young as 14, into working for him, promising them a lavish lifestyle and then treating them like slaves. here the children are seen selling drugs. he befriended these children, he groomed them, but with one end in mind, and that was to exploit them. that he didn't see them as individuals, he saw them as a commodity. he didn't recognise their humanity. they were just there to be exploited, to extend his business. police were led to him

after children from birmingham were reported missing by theirfamilies. the teenagers were found holed up in a flat in lincoln. mohammed was running a county line supply chain — dealing drugs across counties and exploiting young people along the way. in many ways they're brainwashed to believe that they are an autonomous drug dealer and they are high up in the organised crime group, but actually they're at the bottom of a very large food chain. mohammed was put under surveillance after links were made between him and the drugs network. he was filmed buying tickets for the children from here at birmingham new street station to lincoln, where he made them live in the most appalling conditions. some of the missing teenagers were discovered during a police raid. inside the flat, no heating, no food. instead, 25 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine

and a pile of cash. now they've been reunited with theirfamilies. the judge described mohammed as cynical and ruthless. he looked down as he was led out of the dock. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. the government has confirmed that hundreds of tons of body parts and other medical waste have been stockpiled by a contractor working for nhs hospitals. it's emerged ministers met last month to try to deal with the problem. the department of health insists there's no risk to the public. our health editor hugh pym explains how the problem came about. they are supposed to be disposed of ina timely they are supposed to be disposed of in a timely fashion at designated sites. the contract healthcare environmental services has not done that. a backlog has built up. according to the health service journal which broke the story the company argued that incineration rules are tough so it can't keep up

with the demand. now it is being monitored closely by the watchdog, the environment agency, which has known about this for a couple of months. ministers have met through the cobra committee to review contingency plans, if this company has to stop taking waste. sources have said there is no risk to patients or the public but labour argued it is has been known about for a few months why was parliament not told sooner? no fewer than 14 uk aid charities have launched an appeal for emergency funds to help the survivors of last friday's earthquake and tsunami on the indonesian island of sulawesi. more than 1,500 people are thought to be dead, missing or injured, although that number is expected to rise further. 0ur south—east asia correspondent jonathan head reports from palu, one of worst—affected areas. a government office in palu and tempers are fraying. this woman wants to know why no help has come to her neighbourhood yet. "i'm also a victim," a volunteer shouts back, "but at least we're doing what we can." six days into this overwhelming

disaster, they're now trying to count the missing. names and photos left taped on the walls. among them, a university student in palu. her family has travelled 300 miles from her home town to try to find her. they've made photocopies of her description. she was right in its path when the tsunami struck, yet they believe she may be alive. "we think so," says her uncle. "we've already seen so many bodies and opened so many body bags and she wasn't among them." they decide to go back to where she was last friday, passing apocalyptic scenes that must have been disheartening for them. they stuck her photo onto whatever posts were still standing

after the tsunami, and herfather sadran showed it to the police. she was wearing a yellow shirt and black trousers, he explains. it rings a bell with one of the officers. "i'm going to the hospital to see a body they have there," he told me. she also has black trousers, he's been told, although the shirt has been torn off. but as they are about to leave, someone shouts that they've found a body in the collapsed recreation centre where she had been last friday. this is an all too familiar scene in palu now, but for sadran, not knowing whether they might have found his daughter, it's a harrowing wait. as they bring out the body though, he hears it was a pregnant woman. it isn't her. the commanding officer commiserates with sadran. his search must go on.

today, this has become one of the most characteristic and mournful sights in palu — excavators pulling away at the rubble, trying to get at the bodies of victims. there is much more of this heavy machinery now than a few days ago. given the sheer size of this disaster, it's likely that many of the victims will never be found. these searchers think they've found another body, but they're not sure yet how to reach it. one more victim to add to a growing total. jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia. the headlines on bbc news: western governments accuse russian spies of launching a series of cyber attacks on institutions around the world, including the international chemical weapons watchdog. leading democrats criticise the fbi report into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, but republicans say they found no hint of misconduct, and that he should be confirmed on saturday.

for the first time under the modern slavery act, a drug dealer who trafficked children to sell heroin and crack cocaine is jailed for 14 years. the government is facing an investigation over its claims about school funding after it emerged that a figure quoted included student tuition fees for universities and private school fees. the independent uk statistics authority says it will look at whether ministers ignored expert advice or used figures in a way which could be misleading to the public. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has been looking into the story. school funding in england has become a big political issue, so what is the picture? just last week, head teachers took their campaign for

better funding to downing street. they came from all over the country to protest about the pressure on their budgets. but the schools minister, nick gibb, said... that includes most of the major economies in the world. head teachers in england are furious, and say it bears little connection to reality. we think it's time to stop patronising head teachers. they trying to do a difficultjob, they're cutting corners, the increasing class sizes, they're making people redundant, and at the very least the government should engage with us so we can discuss how we make education betterfor young people. so what do we know about education spending on schools? well, since 2009—10, spending per pupil has gone down 8% in real terms overall. that is when you take into account rising pupil numbers and costs such as teachers' pay. schools

are also doing more and hardest hit oui’ are also doing more and hardest hit our school sixth forms, down 20% per pupil. again, that is when the real increases in cost have been taken into account. the government's education figures have been questioned before. the department of education has played fast and loose ina number of education has played fast and loose in a number of occasions. in the short run, politician might get a hit i saying we are doing better than ever, but actually, in the longer run, trust is corrupted. government has got to be trustworthy, and to do that they have got to show that they use numbers in an accurate way. well, tonight the government said, as a result of protecting funding for primary and secondary schools, independent economists had found... the uk statistics authority says it will rule soon on the government's use of figures, but whatever the findings, there is a risk that it feels very distant from what teachers and parents are saying. rising sea levels, punishing

droughts and life—threatening heatwaves — these are the potential impacts of global warming. the world has taken action, agreeing to limit the rise in average temperatures to two degrees. but un climate scientists are meeting now to discuss whether that is too high, and whether a limit of 1.5 degrees might be safer. many of the world's most vulnerable countries say that is essential to save them. one of those is vietnam, from where our science editor david shukman reports. the painful sight of homes lost to the waves. the land here in the mekong delta is sinking. and at the same time, the sea is rising, as the world gets warmer. it is notjust houses being destroyed. farmland is vanishing as well. these farmers saw their fields slip underwater, and they are worried that it will never be possible to hold back the sea. climate change is getting worse,

says this man, and the water level is rising so fast we don't have time to build defences. the threat is felt throughout the mekong delta. in the city of can tho, we found this flood barrier half—finished. the homes behind it keep getting flooded. there are 18 million people living in this region, and they‘ re only just above the level of the sea. so even a small rise could be devastating, which is why vietnam, and dozens of other countries facing the same threat, want to see global warming limited as much as possible. 0ver over the centuries, floods have brought rent to the paddy fields. the rising ocean met seawater is now pushing inland, and the salt is poisoning the soil. a local scientist has developed a simple

test for farmers to check if the water is too salty. this water here, it is floating... so that is very salty. it is about like seawater. so you cannot go any race on that. yes, we cannot grow ricin that. many parts of the delta have already given up on rice. this farmer has switched to pay which is more tolera nt of switched to pay which is more tolerant of salt. the days of rice, a vital source of food, may actually be over according to the un's head of agriculture here. this is all under threat. the rice production is under threat. the rice production is under threat. the rice production is under threat. 80% of the rice that comes from this region goes into exporter, so it is a big economic risk for vietnam. so what does this mean for the future? three years ago, this primary school were swamped by the river beside it. the rising waters are becoming more dangerous. a researcher, florence halsted, is here to find out what the children think. what i'm really interested in is

what it's like in the flood season. so could you all close your eyes, and i want you to really think about being in the flood season. this ten—year—old has something shocking on his mind. the people scream out for help. scream out for help, fight. florence then asks the children draw pictures of flooding, and they conure up nightmare images of houses being washed away and hands reaching above the water. the hope is that encouraging this openness about flooding will prepare the children for the more hostile climate they're likely to face as adults. they live in a water world, and that's only going to increase. the water's not going away. they need to learn how to adapt, and whether that be through education like this, through community groups, that resilience really needs to be built up. back at the coast, work on new sea defences. scientists used to think

there was a safe limit for global warming of two degrees, but they now say we need a lower target to avoid serious damage to countries like this. and we're about to get a major report on how to do that. david shukman, bbc news, in vietnam. demand for new cars in the uk fell by a fifth last month. figures from the main industry body show around 339,000 new vehicles were registered, almost 90,000 fewer than last september. it is thought tougher emissions tests introduced across the eu are largely to blame. the prime minister is facing renewed calls to abandon her wrecks that plan, after donald tusk said the eu's proposalfor an plan, after donald tusk said the eu's proposal for an enhanced version of the free trade deal it negotiated with canada, sometimes

referred to as canada plus plus plus, was still on the table. the comments have been welcomed by some tory mps who are opposed to mrs may's current plan, because they say it keeps the uk tied to closely to the eu after brexit. new research suggests three quarters of children under five have access to a tablet, smartphone or computer, and preschoolers spend nearly three hours a day watching tv and online content. that is acording to a survey of more than 1,000 parents for the market research firm childwise. colletta smith has been talking to parents in manchester. just like adults, children are spending more time looking at screens. 0ver half of three— to four—year—olds have their own device, and in two thirds of preschool households, alexa or siri are on hand to help out. oh, wow, you found a ladybird! but it is not all about screen time. this survey also showed an increase in the number of preschoolers getting their hands mucky.

my son's four, and he is diagnosed with autism. he seems to interact with screens better than he does with people. mastery of the it side of the job is a realadvantage, and... so you're getting them started young? yeah, i think — alongside sort of a variety of other interests, i think it's a valuable thing to do. he only tends to watch, really, youtube videos of nursery rhymes, and singing along and joining in the fun, really. and is that on an ipad, is that on a phone? we have a smart tv, so it's on a tv screen. almost half of all preschool households now regularly access content via youtube. although netflix and amazon prime subscription—based services have seen a big increase in the last year, it is still cbeebies that is the most popular channel for little ones. boys tend to watch for longer than girls, but for both genders, they are now watching on some kind of device for longer than ever before. if we go back even five, ten years,

children's television would be on at very specific times of the day. whereas what we know now is that you can access even good quality children's entertainment right around the clock. so this is a new challenge for parents, and a new challenge in terms of boundary setting. we are still working out the impact of screen time on little brains, with the average for preschoolers now up to two hours and 48 minutes a day. and we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the talkradio presenter daisy mcandrew and the political correspondent at the spectator katy balls. that is coming upjust after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it is time for the weather, with tomasz schafernaker. hello. well, the weather is going to be doing a lot of swinging over the next few days, from autumn chills in the north of the country to sum up

like warmth across the south. so actually we are in for a dose of some very pleasant weather across south—eastern and eastern areas for friday. this is the satellite image. the motion of the cloud in the south here, you can see the motion of the cloud in the north and this is where we are getting these distinct areas of weather, so that autumn chill coming out of the north atlantic, whereas in the south still that feed of continental warm air coming all the way from iberia and other parts of western europe. butjust a quick look out into the central atlantic. i want to point out this hurricane, it is not really bothering anybody out there, but just a it is not really bothering anybody out there, butjust a heads up that may be in the next week or so it will get absorbed into the jet strea m will get absorbed into the jet stream and perhaps the remnants of this weather system may come our way. but we will mention that when it is relevant. but for now here is the summer like warmth, cloudy across northern england and wales, and you've got sunshine across scotla nd and you've got sunshine across scotland and northern ireland. some lovely weather for friday, but quite

fresh in the north. friday night into saturday, a big change on the way for folks in the south of the country. look at this wall of water, this weather front intensifying. intensifying means that sometimes it sta rts intensifying means that sometimes it starts to produce a lot more rain. soa starts to produce a lot more rain. so a wash out from the south coast, central and southern england, into east anglia but the rest of the uk looking absolutely fine. manchester, belfast and glasgow have high pressure. and in the sunday that high pressure will build and actually push that nasty weather away from the south—east. so off it goes into france, where we canjust about see the shape of the high pressure extending all the way into scandinavia. but more weather fronts coming in here, driven by increasingly powerfuljet coming in here, driven by increasingly powerful jet streams. that means rain and wind on sunday in the north—west, whereas in the south we've got a much better day with some sunshine. let's have a look at the weather sunday night into monday. i mentioned thejet

stream, this weather front in the atla ntic stream, this weather front in the atlantic being pushed by the jet stream. you can see this weather heading into scotland, just about northern ireland, whereas in the south weather is a lot better. so here we have high pressure. this is high—pressure across the south. the weather front moves into northern ireland and scotland, a typical pattern for our part of the world, and that also means there will be some temper the contrast across uk. we will see 12 degrees in stornoway, high teens in london. this time of year, october, 17 degrees is nothing to be sniffed at. on tuesday, south—westerly winds, and that fine and warm weather continues across many parts of england. in the north—west we will continue to see whether fronts being north—west we will continue to see whetherfronts being pushed in by the jet stream, and whetherfronts being pushed in by thejet stream, and much pressure, temperature is around 11 to 1a celsius. next week, this is around wednesday, thursday and friday, we start to see an ever increasing jetstrea m start to see an ever increasing jetstream spinning low pressure at the end. this is the hurricane fly

mentioned earlier on in the forecast. —— hurricane unmentioned. and the remnants of this weather may be heading our way, for the time being, let's summarise. wettest and windiest next week in the north and west. the best of the weather, for sure, in the south. that's it from me. goodbye.