welcome to bbc news. broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: too little, too late. anger and frustration as supplies finally arrive a week 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 has been restored and the economy is starting to move again. brett kavanaugh admits he was too emotional at last week's senate hearing into allegations of sexual misconduct, as members of congress ponder the fbi report on president trump's supreme court nominee. western nations accuse russian cyber spies of hacking into governments and institutions around the world. dozens of charities across the world have launched

appeals for emergency funds to help survivors of friday's earthquake and tsunami on the indonesian island of sulawesi. at least 1500 people are thought to be dead, missing or injured and that number is expected to rise. let's go live now to mariko oi and her bbc team, in palu. today marks one week from the deadly earthquake and tsunami and here in the city of palu, things are improving for the survivors. last night we had electricity back even though the president said it could ta ke though the president said it could take weeks before it was restored. food and water, which we were talking about earlier in the week and mentioning that survivors were getting —— struggling to get hold of

any, they have come and people are now selling food on the streets. it is also the final push to find survivors trapped underneath the rubble. you can probably see a big cranes behind me. we have been broadcasting from here all week and they got that in yesterday to begin clearing up. of course, some people are still looking for their missing loved ones. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports 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. from here and i'm sure is certainly from there when you are so close to it you can only wonder at the resilience of people and the tenacity. they are not only short of everything they need to live that so many are grieving as well. indeed. we have been struck by the generosity of people here, even though they themselves were struggling to get hold of water and food. as soon as they got some they started offering it to us. we have been stained by the poolside of a

hotel because we are told inside is dangerous. the owner has been so kind to us as well. of course this isa kind to us as well. of course this is a hard time but the country is prone to earthquakes so people are somewhat used to it, i guess, and we met so many nice families and smiling children who shared their food and water. so although it is a challenging time we have been struck by their resilience and generosity. thank you very much to you and your team. with members of the us senate still digesting an fbi report into allegations of sexual misconduct against president trump's nominee for the supreme court — most republicans are insisting it provides no reason to refuse brett kava naugh's confirmation. and the man himself has been making himself heard again. this time in an op—ed in the wall streetjournal. he admits he may have been "too emotional at times" in last week's senate testimony, but says it reflected his "overwhelming frustration at being wrongly accused." democrats agreed that the scope of

the investigation should be limited. we do not agree that the white house should tie the fbi ‘s hand. it is incredible to say the public telstra moni is a substitute for interviews by fbi agencies. —— public testimony. not in the new fbi investigation, not anywhere. sa har aziz is professor and director of the center for security, race & rights at rutgers law school. she's in newjersey. thank you very much for your time. it does look as if he is very likely going through. what do you make of that? i am not as optimistic. i think there needs to be two votes and those two votes may actually

incur -- and those two votes may actually incur —— occur in terms of voting against him. to people from the republican party, it could be from the state of maine or from alaska. there are two women as well asjeff fla ke there are two women as well asjeff flake from arizona who said that perhaps we should have an fbi investigation. we had a letter signed by over 2&00 law press professors a cross signed by over 2&00 law press professors across the country that asked the senate not to confirm him, it in addition to another letter signed by 900 female law professor is also opposing the nomination. those of those letters likely to have impact? are they unprecedented? they are by the sheer volume of signatures. law professors are not known for being activists or for engaging in quick and collective action and for them to sign a letter

within a few days, these are professors from all over the country. different rent law schools with different political views, clearly there is an alarm sounding within the legal academy by those training the next generation of judges, saying that we are concerned about his lack of temperamental, that he will not be able to exhibit the level of impartiality that is necessary for a supreme court justice, particularly because there are so many cases coming justice, particularly because there are so many cases coming before the supreme court that will also affect the rights of millions of women across the country. we have been seen many protesters trying to get members of congress to change their point of view. it is interesting as well, that for all the detailed investigation of what he may have been up to as a young man, there is so been up to as a young man, there is so much we do not know about what he

did ordid not so much we do not know about what he did or did not sign for when he was working for the bush administration. there are many aspects to this process that are unprecedented and unusual. one of which is the refusal by the government to disclose his entire record. the way that he behaved in the hearing when he was in temperate and disrespectful to the senators, he lost his cool in a way that, frankly, reflected someone who is in adolescence, not a sitting judge on the court of appeal. and there are many people across the country in the judicial system or the criminal justice country in the judicial system or the criminaljustice system, including the law professors, who are concerned that he simply does not have the character and the judicial temperament. putting aside his ideological leanings or politics, this is someone who is unfit to be on the us supreme court

and if we want that court to continue to have legitimacy, which is important because the court frequently makes decisions that over half the country disagrees with. you need to make sure that the people respect the decision even if they don't agree with it. so much in the political balance here. it sounds at the story may still have some turns in it. thank you very much. rising sea levels, floods, punishing droughts, life—threatening heatwaves — all impacts of global warming. most world powers have agreed to take some action — to limit the rise in average temperatures to two degrees. but in truth they're nowhere near it, and now un climate scientists are discussing whether even that limit is too high — whether a limit of 1.5 degrees might give the world's most vulnerable countries a chance, at least. one of those is vietnam — our science editor david shukman is there. 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 lam van nghia, 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. over the centuries, floods have brought rain to the paddy fields. the rising ocean has meant 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's floating. so that is very salty. it is about like seawater. so you cannot grow any rice on that. yes, we cannot grow rice in that. many parts of the delta have already given up on rice. this farmer has switched to hay, 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. 80% of the rice that comes from this region goes into export, so it's a big economic risk for vietnam. so what does this

mean for the future? three years ago, this primary school was 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. ten—year—old loi has something shocking on his mind. the people scream out for help. scream out for help, right. florence then asks the children draw pictures of flooding, and they conjure 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: theatre of war — why did veterans of conflict come together to make art? 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. this is bbc news.

the latest headlines: people are still scrambling for aid in indonesia after the earthquake and tsunammi 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's been accused of sexual misconduct. key democrats say it's incomplete, but many republicans are satisfied. in a co—ordinated fightback, britain, the netherlands and the us have set out detailed allegations against russia, accusing it of a widespread campaign of cyber attacks. american prosecutors have charged seven people over claims that a nuclear facility and anti—doping agency were hacked. russia denies it all, dismissing it as western spy mania. this report from our security correspondent gordon corera. the gru has interfered in free elections and pursued a hostile campaign of cyber attacks against

state and civilian targets. 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. ryan kalember is senior vice president of cyber security strategy with the security company proofpoint. he's in palo alto, california. welcome. thanks for your time. this openness of information by so many countries and these very specific allegations is very unusual. what does it tell you about the detail and about the scale of all this? well, it goes to... inaudible. in the private sector we have been able to attribute them to the gru. line—out and they don't appear to be well disguised, it is what we call operational security. the second bit which is quite critical here is the

fa ct which is quite critical here is the fact that these attacks are simply not being stopped in the traditional manner. they simply are relying on public shaming in a co—ordinated effort to try and get the gru to behave differently than they have in the past. could they be stopped in a cool ward naked man? the truth is that all sides are at it. —— co—ordinated manner? that all sides are at it. —— co-ordinated manner? it is highly unlikely. in this case the tactics of the gru have gone well beyond what had been sort of agreed as permissible between the various different factions here. if you are engaging in typical sort of espionage functions there is a broad international consensus that is within the realms of statecraft. in this case they are destroying the equipment of various different organisations around the world. they are interfering with international organisation by reputable bodies which is beyond what they have done in the past, even those associated with international intelligence community is a. are there particular

things about the way russian military intelligence operates? —— communities. the attitude is quite striking. there is an arrogance about it. you get the sense russian leadership knew when they were talking about the novichok nerve agent poisoning that the idea of going to see salisbury cathedral was ridiculous and they didn't care, they were effectively saying we will do what we want. indeed, and that is the overriding sentiment here, not caring if you are being caught. i think at this point the detail that has gone into these reports, that has gone into these reports, that has been shared publicly. this is the sort of thing that intelligence agencies would never have disclosed before because it would lead intelligence agencies to gather how you got the information. if the information is out in the public it changes. inaudible. having that holiday in spain, that might be one of the few weapons left

to the five eyes international intelligence community. to the five eyes international intelligence communitylj to the five eyes international intelligence community. i think the technology is biting back at us, we are losing you every so often, we shall quit while we are ahead, thank you very much indeed. let's get some of the day's other news. apple and amazon are among 30 american companies and agencies who it's claimed have had data stolen by chinese spies. bloomberg reports that security testers found data being siphoned off by a hardware, rather than software, hack — tiny microchips inserted on server circuit boards. the companies deny the claim, and china's ministry of foreign affairs called the story a "gratuitous accusation." an investigation has begun in malaysia into how six rescue the us vice president has accused china of try to undermine president trump. mike pence claimed china is using its power to interfere in american domestic politics. an investigation has begun in malaysia into how six rescue divers drowned trying to save a teenager from a pool at a disused mine. authorities say the team were caught in a whirlpool, and sudden strong currents ripped

some of their equipment off. the search for the missing 17—year—old was called off. the record company executive marion suge knight has been sentenced to 28 years in jail for running down two men in his pick up truck. the argument on the set of the film straight outta compton left one man dead, another seriously injured. suge knight founded the label, death row records, which launched the careers of dr dre and snoop dogg. insurers for kim kardashian west are suing the bodyguard forjust over $6 million when she was robbed two yea rs million when she was robbed two years ago in paris by a gang of five men dressed as police who put a gun to her head before they tied her up and locked in a bathroom. the insurer aig paid for the stolen jewellery, but claims pascal duvier we re jewellery, but claims pascal duvier were negligent in protecting the apartment. it is a question that still causes tensions between britain and argentina — who should have sovereignty over the falkland islands, or las malvinas?

the two countries went to war in the early ‘80s, and now veterans from both sides have come together to mark the conflict in a unique way. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. 36 yea rs years ago these men were trying to kill each other. now, together, they are making art. rikishi and argentinian veterans of the falklands war are peering in a play thatis falklands war are peering in a play that is now a film. i came across a photograph of his family. that is now a film. i came across a photograph of his familym that is now a film. i came across a photograph of his family. it is about memory and loss. stories told from different perspectives. translation: what is groundbreaking about this is proposing a work between people who think differently about an important issue. the conflict remains, but nevertheless we can do something together. it doesn't matter if you are totally in agreement with someone else. many

times you can do things with another person who thinks differently than you do. the falklands war began when argentinian forces invaded islands they claimed as the las malvinas. britain sent a task force and after a bloody battle took control. 250 british soldiers died, as did 650 argentinian servicemen.” british soldiers died, as did 650 argentinian servicemen. i don't hear many politicians from both sides going to see the play, which i find quite interesting, you know. i think it might be a good lesson to them to come and sit through the play about the responsibilities, you know, for young men. the film has already won an award at the berlin film festival and will be shown at a festival in london later this month. proof that a legacy of war can eventually be friendships. 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 friends, enjoying the beautiful autumnal scenary. figures released show that a total of 502 million domestic tourists took part in activities over the first four days of the holiday period. it also accounted for the country's tourism industry, raking in more than $60 billion. just briefly, that means story again, dozens of charities across the world have launched appeals for emergency funds to help the survivors of last week's earthquake and tsunami on the indonesian island of sulawesi, we can see the scene right there now and there is heavy machinery now getting through the destroyed roads, trying to get to survivors, just possibly, but trying to pull out more bodies. at least 1500 people are thought to be dead, missing or injured. that is it for now. thank you so much for watching.

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. this is bbc news. the headlines: dozens of charities across the world have launched appeals for emergency funds to help the survivors of last week's earthquake and tsunami on the indonesian island of sulawesi. at least 1500 people are thought to be dead, or are missing or injured. and that number is expected to rise. president trump's nominee

for the supreme court says he regrets being too emotional in last week's senate testimony. members of the us senate are digesting an fbi report into allegations of sexual misconduct againstjudge kavanaugh — most republicans insist it provides no reason to refuse his confirmation. britain, the netherlands and the us have set out detailed allegations against russia — accusing it of a widespread campaign of cyber attacks. american prosecutors have charged 7 people. russia dismisses the claims as western spy mania.