i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: scrambling for aid after indonesia's earthquake and tsunami — our correspondent mariko oi is with rescuers as they prepare to end their search operation. here in the city of palu electricity is back up and the economy is starting to move again. us senators have the fbi report on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh who's been accused of sexual misconduct — key democrats say it's incomplete. we have many fears that this was a very limited process that would constrain the fbi from getting all the facts. having received a thorough briefing on the documents, those fears have been realised. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: western nations accuse russian cyber spies of hacking into governments and institutions around the world. and we visit vietnam to find out why it's so vulnerable

to climate change and rising sea levels. it's iam in london, 8am here in singapore and also in palu in indonesia, where the death toll from last weeks 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami currently stands at 1,424. most of the dead accounted for have been from the main city of palu, while figures for some remote areas remain partially or totally unknown. more international aid is arriving, but reports says it is likely to reach only a fraction of the people who need it. my colleague mariko oi is in palu and has been following the efforts to find survivors and the aid response. today marks one week from that deadly earthquake and tsunami which killed, as you mentioned, at least moo people. but here in the city of palu, we actually got electricity back up last night after president widodo said it could take weeks to get it restored. and in terms of food and water, we have been talking about how

survivors were struggling to get hold of them all week. but we are starting to see quite a lot of them on the street. people are starting to selling it on the street as well. at the same time, the last push to find those survivors is continuing. and also the recovery of bodies. for example here at this ramayana plaza where we have been broadcasting all week, we finally got this big crane yesterday afternoon, and they started to clear the area. the body — one body at least, when we were here, was discovered, and there were police officers and military personnel looking for more bodies yesterday. there are fears that more could be found and that is because the earthquake of course hit at 5pm local time on friday when many people could have been inside shopping there. that is why the local authority say the death toll could rise even further.

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. bevita dwi meiditawati

from world vision joins us live. thank you forjoining us this morning. can you tell us when you manage to get into palu and what kind of work you have been doing? i have arrived here on october i. so far, we are already giving psychosocial support to some of the children. we have managed to deliver some aid to affected people. we found ourselves — it was quite tricky to get to palu. what's been the biggest challenge so far? yes, the biggest challenge so far of course is the transportation, how to reach the area. we also have shortage of fuel. we also have difficulty co—ordinating with other organisations, and finding the needs of affected people. here in the city of palu, it feels like things

are starting to improve. but, of course, there are smaller villages that haven't actually got any supplies as well. and president widodo has been criticised for not doing enough for them. have you managed to reach those villages? yes, of course. we were actually already here in 2010, and our area is also in that small village. so yes. what have the villages been telling you? are they critical of the government? yeah, they are questioning why the aid is so late to arrive their area. but now the government has already managed to establish the public kitchen as part of their approach to the community. and what kind of need when you visited them? what do they need exactly right now? so food and water is basically it. that is the priority of need. and shelter and some medical treatment. of course there are also children as well. are there any special need that people need?

because the children are so affected because of the tsunami and earthquake, they are kind of stress with the situation. school buildings are collapse. they have no place to have the education activity and also they have no place to play. so they have two live in a small tent with all the family and the other families, so that is what they need at the moment we try here actually giving the psychosupport to the children. bevita dwi meiditawati, thank you forjoining us this morning. as we have been reporting, things are starting to improve slowly but surely here are the city of palu. and we have really been struck by the generosity of people all week, even though they have very limited food and water. as soon as they started to get hold of them, they started offering it to us. so the resilience of people has been very noted. back to you, kasia. let's take a look at some

of the day's other news. there are mixed views coming out of washington on the report into allegations of sexual misconduct against president trump's supreme court nominee. republican majority leader, mitch mcconnell, speaking in the senate, said the latest fbi background check found no evidence to prove any of the allegations levelled against judge brett kavanaugh. however democrat minority leader, chuck schumer, said he wanted the redacted documents published, and feared little had been achieved by the investigation. we had many fears that this was a very limited process that would constrain the act be eye from getting all the facts. having received a thorough briefing on the documents, those fears have been realised. second, i disagree, having

received this briefing on all of the documents, i disagree with the senator's statement that there was no hint of misconduct. —— with senator grassley‘s statement. in other news, an investigation has begun in malaysia into how a team of six rescue divers drowned while trying to find a teenager who fell into a pool at a disused mine. they were searching for the 17—year—old on wednesday when they were caught in a whirlpool. officials said the divers were all attached to a single rope and were unable to pull themselves out of the vortex. russian president vladimir putin is visiting india for talks with the prime minister narendra modi. he's expected to confirm a $5 billion deal for anti—aircraft missiles. russia remains india's top military supplier, depsite the fact the united states has warned any deal would result in sanctions. mr putin and mr modi are also expected to discuss the possible

russian construction of another nuclear plant and russian training for indian astronauts. pakistan's government has ordered international ngos to end their operations and leave the country within 60 days. one of the organisations, actionaid, has been told that it could "re—apply for registration" in six months‘ time. but it says the move is part of what it called a "worrying escalation of recent attacks on civil society" in pakistan. bahrain is getting a $10 billion aid package from its neighbours saudi arabia, kuwait and the uae. the bahraini economy has been hit hard by lower oil prices in recent years, and there are fears of a potential financial crisis spreading across the region. the aid is expected to be delivered over five years. more than half a billion chinese have been enjoying the week long national holiday which started on monday. many take advantage of this period to spend time with family

and firends, enjoying the beautiful autumnal scenary. 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. russia has denied it all, dismissing it as western spy mania. our security correspondent gordon corera reports from the hague. 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 salisbury, as well as a chemical attack in syria. the salisbury attack would eventually lead to the death of dawn sturgess, and has been blamed on russia. the four russians arrived on april 10th. they were using diplomatic passports, and carrying 20,000 euros and $20,000. they were secretly photographed carrying out reconnaissance of the opcw the next day. in the boot of their car they had what's called close "access equipment," this would allow them to intercept passwords as opcw staff logged into their computers, so that the russians could break

into the systems. but the dutch, with help from the british, had been watching and waiting. we were watching them closely at that moment and as soon as we had the idea that the equipment was getting working, we disrupted the operation. and you're confident this is russian military intelligence, the gru? we are 100% confident this is the gru, russian intelligence, yes. so, what ties the men to the gru, based here? their phones were activated right by a gru facility. one even carried a taxi receipt from outside a gru base in moscow to the airport on the day they left. and information on the laptop of one of the men, pictured here,

links his computer directly to a series of cyber attacks, including the hacking of the invesigation into the malaysian mhi7 flight shot down over ukraine. also today the british government said the porton down laboratory, which had tested samples from salisbury, was targeted remotely by hackers in moscow, as was the foreign office and other businesses. the way that we are going to prevent an escalation is that when this kind of thing happens that russia knows that it is a red line, that there are consequences, that the price will be too high. within hours, the us department ofjustice issued its own detailed indictments against seven gru offices for a range of cyber attacks. it was the final act in a day of unprecedented international corporation to confront russia's spies. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a journey to vietnam to find out why it's one of the must vulnerable countries in the world to climate change and rising sea levels. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom.

they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but, even as divers work to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. welcome back to newsday on the bbc.

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: people are still scrambling for aid in indonesia after the earthquake and tsunami, as rescuers make a final effort to find survivors before ending the search operation. us senators have the fbi report on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexual misconduct. key democrats say it's incomplete, but many republicans are satisfied. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. starting with the south china morning post, the paper reports on the impact the us—china trade war will have on the hong kong economy. almost half of chinese goods are shipped via hong kong to the us

and factory owners are rushing to deliver goods before tariffs rise in january. next, the straits times leads with the corruption charges against malyasia's former first lady. rosmah mansor, who is married to former prime minister najib razak, has plead not guilty to 17 counts of money laundering, and tax evasion of more than $2.3 million. sharanjit will have more on that story a little later. and, finally, the japan times has a story about two japanese giantsjoining forces. toyota and softbank are working together to develop self—driving technology and on—demand services like food deliveries, medical care and office space. you're up to date with the papers. thanks, kasia.

you're right, i am going to cover that story. rosmah mansor, the wife of former malaysian prime minister najib razak, has pleaded not guilty to seventeen charges of money laundering and tax evasion. both she and her husband appeared in court in kuala lumpur, albeit on separate charges. i've been speaking to malaysian journalist and commentator, umapagan ampikaipakan, about the reaction to rosmah mansor‘s arrest. the reaction has been somewhat mixed. you will remember that when najib razak was first arrested, a couple of months ago, everybody was a little more — excited is probably the right word, and i mean that both in a good and bad way. there were protesters outside the court, there were supporters for him and for the former ruling party. and here is the weird thing. it has been two months now, and with rosmah mansor‘s arrest, i think the reaction has been somewhat muted. and i think that comes with a little bit of fatigue, probably. we have been bombarded with this news non—stop since the 9 may election, and i think it's only

to be expected that people are a little tired. and we know, though — you say the reaction is mixed and people are fatigued, but rosmah has always been the focus of a lot of press because of her very expensive lifestyle. she has been described as the malaysian imelda marcos. malaysians were outraged initially at the seizure of $230 million worth of cash, goods and gifts, a lot of them luxury things like designer handbags. so is there a sense, though, that malaysians would like to see their former prime minister and his high—spending wife behind bars? i think that is correct. i mean, first things first — imelda marcos has nothing on rosmah mansor. if you look at the siege that took place at the pavilion residences just after the elections, the handbags and money that came out were — we heard about in gossip for the last few years. you say press, but obviously the press in malaysia never really

ran those stories, but there was more gossip among the public. and, of course, the many books that have come out about the imdb scandal in the last few years — sorry, over the last few months, what has been made very clear is that there has been a lot of alleged squandering of national resources. and so yes, people are angry at these revelations, and i think they would like to see them at least face trial. the viewpoint there from malaysia. rising sea levels, punishing droughts and life—threatening heatwaves, these are the potential impacts of global warming. many of the world's most vulnerable countries say that the world must do more to limit the average rise in global temperatures. one of those is vietnam. from there, our science editor david shukman reports. the painful sight of homes lost to the waves.

the land here in the mekong delta is sinking. 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 are 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. so, what does this

mean for the future? three years ago this primary school were swamped by the river beside it. rising waters are becoming more dangerous. a researcher, florence halsted, is here to find out what the children think. i'm really interested in 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. people scream out for help. scream out for help. right. florence then asked the children draw pictures of flooding. they conjure up nightmare images of houses being washed away and hands reaching above the water. this ten—year—old sketches a girl in a boat shouting for help. another has featured a giant snake.

i ask her why. 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 is 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 of global warming of two degrees but they now say we need a lower target to avoid serious damage to countries like this. we're about to get a major report on how to do that. david shukman, bbc news, in vietnam. you have been watching newsday.

i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. i believe it is your birthday, kasia, so happy birthday is in order from me and the team. that is extremely sweet, but at my age there is not much to celebrate. thank you for watching newsday. we will see you very shortly. goodbye. hello there. we're going to end the week on quite a stark temperature contrast across the country. many northern areas, scotland and northern ireland, much cooler and fresher on friday, whereas further south it really will be quite warm, particularly where we see the sunshine. and the reason for it, well, we've got these weather fronts straddling central portions of the country, and by the end of the night, that cooler air will make inroads across scotland and northern ireland, whereas further south, we move into that very mild air mass. so rural temperatures starting the day off at 11—14 degrees, whereas further north, low single figures, perhaps a touch of frost in one or two of the glens, with some mist and fog. and as we head to friday itself,

that weather front barely moves. it stays static through central parts of the country, with brighter weather to the north and to the south. so we'll see outbreaks of rain throughout the day on friday throughout northern england, maybe the north midlands, into wales, scotland and northern ireland. bright, fairly breezy, but on the cool side. the south certainly will be dry, sunny and pretty warm. could see the odd shower around, maybe, across the western side of scotland. otherwise it's going to be mostly dry here, that cloud bringing outbreaks of rain to northern parts of england, into wales and the midlands southwards. a pretty glorious afternoon, in fact, with light winds, and that sunshine is going to feel more like summer than autumn. those temperatures topping out at around 22, maybe 23 degrees in the south—east. around the mid to upper teens celsius under that cloud, and for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures here ten to 12 degrees. so it will feel very different. now, as we head on into the start of the weekend, this weather front

peps up, and in fact an area of low pressure develops. looks like it could bring quite a lot of rain to parts of england and wales, but some areas could have a washout of a day. maybe an inch or more of rain as we head into the afternoon. it becomes more confined, slowly, to the south and the east of england, whereas further north, actually a lovely start to the weekend, with lots of sunshine around, but again feeling quite cool here. but much cooler across the south and east compared to friday. now, hopefully that area of low pressure eventually moves away into the near continent. a ridge of high pressure builds in, to settle things down, but then we see another weather system pushing into the north—west corner of the country, so here it'll turn wet and windy through the day. could be a bit of a hang back of cloud across the far south—east. eventually it should clear away, and a better looking day sunday for england and wales. some good spells of sunshine. but it turns increasingly wetter across scotland, perhaps into the far north

of england later in the day, and feeling a little bit warmer across—the—board, certainly, than on saturday. i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story: rescuers are making a final effort to find survivors in indonesia before ending the search operation. some remote areas are still cut off by severed roads and landslides. meanwhile, the scramble for aid continues. in some places, people are increasingly desperate for food and water, with only a trickle of aid getting through. the death toll is more than 1,400, but officials say it is certain to rise. us senators have the fbi report on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. key democrats say it is incomplete, but many republicans are satisfied. and this story is trending on bbc.com: western nations are attacking what they claim are russian spies hacking into governments

and institutions around the world. seven russian intelligence agents have been indicted in the us. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: a man has been jailed for 1h years