welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: in the us, brett kavanaugh admits he was too emotional at the senate hearing into allegations of sexual misconduct, as congress considers the fbi report on the supreme court nominee. as the west accuses russian cyber spies of hacking into governments around the world, moscow says it‘s hacked off with the lies. too little, too late. anger and frustration as supplies finally arrive a week after indonesia's earthquake and tsunami, and rescuers prepare to end their search operation. and why is a japanese city severing its ties with san francisco over this statue? hello.

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." here's our north america editor, jon sopel. outside the capital, anger and bitter division over brett kava naugh's nomination to the supreme court. it's 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 from yelling. this is what terrified me the most. i have never done this, to her or to anyone. inside the capital it's no different, just as much anger, just as much partisan poison.

and the new fbi report has changed nothing. democrats say it's a whitewash. what i can say is that the most notable part of this report is what's 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 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. the supplemental fbi report was demanded after this senator, jeff flake, was ambushed in a lift by two women protesters last friday. you're 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, has said, "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 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 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, scorched—earth battle. earlier i spoke to

professor sahar aziz. she is director of the centre for security, race & rights at rutgers law school and she talked about the letter being sent by law professors against mr kavanaugh's nomination. we just wejust had a we just had a letter signed wejust had a letter signed by we just had a letter signed by 2&00 law professors in the us that asked the senate not to confirm him along with 900 signatures from female lawyers across the country also wanting to end his nomination. will this have on impact, is it unprecedented? they are unprecedented? they are unprecedented by the volume of signatures. law professors are not known for being activists or for engaging in very quick collective action, and for them to sign a letter within a few days,

and these are professors from all over the country, different 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 temperament, that he will not be able to exhibit the level of impartiality that is necessary for a supreme courtjustice, 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 that for all the detailed investigation of what he may have been up to as a young man, there is so much we do not know about what he did or did not sign 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 intemperate 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 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. 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. 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. —— co—oporation to confront russia's spies. let's get some of the day's other news briefly. 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." 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 her bodyguard forjust over $6 million. she was robbed in paris two years ago by a gang of five men, dressed as police, who put a gun to her head before tying her up and locking her in a bathroom. the insurer aig paid for the stolen jewellery, but claims pascal duvier and his company protect security were "negligent" in protecting the private apartment. dozens of charities across the world

have launched appeals for emergency funds to help survivors of last 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. the bbc‘s mariko oi is in palu and has more. 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. people are starting to selling it on the street as well.

0f of course, it is also the final push to find survivors trapped underneath the rubble. you can probably see that big crane behind me. we have been broadcasting here all week and they got that in yesterday to start clearing up. but of course some people are still looking for their missing loved ones. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head met with one family. 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. jonathon head with that report. certainly from there, so close to it, you can only wonder about people's resilience and tenacity, when they are not only short of everything they need to lift that they are grieving, as well? indeed. we have been struck by the generosity of people here. even though they themselves have been struggling to get hold of water and food. when they got it, they started offering it to us. we have been staying poolside at a hotel, because it inside the hotel would have been dangerous during after—shocks. the owner has been so kind. this is a hard time, but the country is prone to earthquakes and people are somewhat used to it, i guess. we have met so many nice families,

children smiling, laughing with us, and sharing their food and water. so while it is a really challenging time, we have been struck by their resilience and generosity. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: theatre of war. just why did the opposing sides in a 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. the latest headlines:

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. 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 on friday. the city of osaka, has ended its 60—year "sister city" relationship with san francisco to protest against a statue that depicts women forced to work as sex slaves for japanese soldiers during world war ii. osaka mayor hirofumi yoshimura said the "comfort women" monument "destroyed the two sides' relationship of trust." it is estimated that some 200,000 women were kept in these military brothels, which the japanese government vehemently denies. joining me now from tokyo is michael penn, president

of shingetsu news agency. it is clear that varies so much pain still around this, but there is politics, too, isn't that? this a story of two cities and to me as? this is an issue between cities and very much an issue at the japanese government itself, which has a very conservative government, which has been very attached to this particular issue more than previous governments have been. definitely it isa governments have been. definitely it is a multisided contest, you might say. it is a big issue, still, particularly for shinzo abe? that is right. his own family is connected to the prewar leadership of the country. he and his main constituency, his political base, as well as the political base of the mayor of osaka is very connected to

the idea that yes, the japanese army did terrible things in the pacific war, and world war two, but it was nothing so unusual. it was the same sort of violation of human rights conducted by many countries at the time. the prime minister's perspective is that japan should not be singled out. ever ready view that come as a way we getting the blame is that we didn't do anything worse than anybody else did. we have seen a monument to the comfort women going up in taiwan in the 2a hours, but shinzo abe's government to the philippines, and they got rid of one of the beach. but there is no doubt that comfort women existed on a large—scale. that comfort women existed on a large-scale. the japanese right—wingers not say that the comfort women didn't exist. the extreme position is that these were professional prostitutes and not

victims ripped out of their homes and forced to be sex slaves. that is their position. outside of the japanese conservative in right—wing circles there is almost nobody who accepts this. but they are so obsessed with this issue and push on so many forums and its only times that they have gotten an outsize voice simply by being determined to try to rewrite this part of history. i know this sister agreement has beenin i know this sister agreement has been in place for decades with san francisco. how big a deal is ending it's the major consequences of it are probably few. and it is essentially a cultural exchange agreement. so citizens groups in san francisco and in osaka have had these exchanges going on for over 60 yea rs. these exchanges going on for over 60 years. the agreement was signed in october 1957, so it is one of the older sister city agreements. it is

a lost opportunity for people to have exchanges at a citizen to citizen level. it is a shared national politics will have this fa ct. national politics will have this fact. but it is not something that will reshape the dynamics of the region. that was michael penn, president of shingetsu news agency. thank you forjoining us. thank you. 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 years ago these men were trying to kill each other. now, together, they are making art. british and argentinian veterans of the falklands war appearing in a play 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. 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. finally, some pictures to show you. this bumpy landing comes with a bit ofa this bumpy landing comes with a bit of a thud. it carries a russian cosmonaut and to nasa astronauts. it came to ground in kazakhstan. that in fact was not a heavy landing, but the thrust a rock gotze at the last minute cushioning the impact. ——

thruster rockets. thank you 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. the headlines on bbc news: president trump's nominee for the supreme court says he regrets being too emotional in his senate testimony last week. members of congress are digesting an fbi report into allegations of sexual misconduct against brett kavanaugh. most republicans are saying the fbi has found no reason to refuse

the judge's confirmation. dozens of charities across the world have launched appeals for emergency funds to help survivors of last week's earthquake and tsunami on the indonesian island of sulawesi. at least 1500 are thought to be dead, missing or injured. and that number is still expected to rise. britain, the netherlands and the us have set out detailed allegations against russian military intelligence, accusing it of a widespread campaign of cyber attacks. american prosecutors have charged seven people. russia denies the allegations and dismisses the claims as western spy mania. it's just gone a:30am, which means it's time now for hardtalk.