this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at 11:003m: northern ireland's political leaders meet the eu's chief brexit negotiator, after the irish prime minister said a brexit deal could be reached in as little as two weeks, if border plans can be agreed. unilever, which owns dozens of household brands, scraps plans to move its headquarters from london to the netherlands. a criminal investigation is launched into how a backlog of medical waste, including body parts, was able to pile up at six disposal sites. three hundred people are arrested at protests against president trump's nominee brett kavanaugh outside the us supreme court. a sharp rise in the number of crimes recorded on britain's railways. fears the death toll in indonesia

after the earthquake and tsunami could rise dramatically. there are fears a thousand people could still buried in a housing complex in palu. and this year's nobel peace prize has been awarded to campaigners against rape in war — nadia murad and denis mukwege. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the head of the european commission says they have been "working day and night" to try and make progress on brexit. jean claude juncker said that not reaching a deal would be "devastating". and the irish prime minister said that a deal could be reached in as little as two weeks, if it includes a plan to avoid a hard border between the republic

of ireland and northern ireland. today the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, is meeting with four of northern ireland's pro—remain political parties in brussels. with me now is our reality check correspondent, chris morris. those northern ireland parties which are supported the remain side of the argument and overall majority of people in northern ireland voted to remain so what are they going to be talking about? what's happening is after the party conference season is over that meant politically, we have two weeks of intense negotiation to try and make progress on the irish border issue before that is an eu summit in two weeks' time. the eu wa nts to summit in two weeks' time. the eu wants to talk to all parties and so does the british government so today it's those parties who are concerned

about what this could mean for the future of northern ireland. we are a test with ireland because after brexit the land border between the european union and the uk will be that border in island. both sides have agreed they should be no border infrastructure there but the argument is, if trade is more difficult after brexit then where do those frictions come? the answer from the european union is they have become in some form along the irish sea. they say they're going to needs checking of certain things going between great britain and northern ireland. that's part of the debate. we often hear the term backstop used. it's that legal guarantee they would be no hard border between the

republic of ireland and northern ireland after brexit. but the irish prime minister was sounding pretty optimistic in the last 2a hours that this could be worked out after seemingly being in deadlock. they have been a lot of things going on behind the scenes. the public gaze was on the labour and tory party conferences. officials have been working on this behind—the—scenes. that is a prospect now of language emerging in the next two weeks that may resolve this in some form. whether that language is good enough to get through the house of commons and the subsequent vote is another matter but i think what they are looking at is something which would enable the european union to say the sanctity of the single market is preserved and the british government

and politicians in northern ireland will be satisfied that the sovereignty of the uk is preserved. it's typical to get it right but if you remove some of the issues about sovereignty and set about practicalities there are ways it can be done. we had a good series of meetings and it's important now that everyone gets down to business. we are entering a decisive stage in the negotiations and there is good opportunity to clinch a deal over the next couple of weeks running through october into november. you talk about language emerging but it's got to be something pretty tangible. what does it mean in terms of the border and what is the latest we are hearing about those proposals that theresa may is working on? we are expecting to hear in the next few days new proposals emerging from both sides. where they appear to be converging suddenly on single market

issues, they would be some sort of checks between great britain and northern ireland and there is an argument that is already a principle that established because livestock moving from britain to ireland is checked up the port. you would need to expand that to next —— include all food produce because the regulations surrounding food, animals and plants are strict in entering the single market. the other thing we could well be seeing isa other thing we could well be seeing is a proposal that after brexit a customs union, a temporary customs arrangement could emerge which could create a customs union between the eu and the whole of the uk notjust northern ireland the some years. in theory, that would get rid of the need for customs checks that the british position is we would still like to be able to grow and they don't trade deals around the world. then you get back to can you find the right language to say to the

europeans were not find the cherry pick the best bets and say to the uk this is going to work. the language can be found it's a question whether the politics are lines in time. unilever, which makes marmite and dove soap, has scrapped its plan to move its headquarters from london to rotterdam in the netherlands. the anglo—dutch company had wanted to simplify its corporate structure, but british investors complained that the move would force them to sell their shares. the number of rail passengers falling victim to crime has increased in the last year. figures from the british transport police show that more than 60,000 offences were recorded in the year to the end of march, a i7%. ben ando reports. until last year, crime on the railways was going down but british transport police to cover the network in england, scotland and wales say that has changed. overall, crime is up i7% to 61,159 and the proportion of violent crimes is up by more, nearly one in five.

sex crimes are up, too, by i6%, and now comprise one in 25 of all crimes committed on the network. so, why the increase? the police say they've got better at recording crime and all new trains have cctv cameras on board, meaning there's more likely to be evidence that can be taken to court so victims and witnesses have the confidence to come forward. these figures are worrying but it's important to maintain a sense of perspective. there are just 19 crimes for every million passengerjourneys. meaning that statistically you'd have to travel via rail every day for 144 years to become a victim of crime. but while not a crime, an increase in the number of people trying to self harm on the railways is also causing concern. statistics show that five times every day police officers or rail staff intervene to stop someone hurting themselves. while more than 300 people

did take their lives on the railways last year. ben ando, bbc news. power has been restored to parts of the indonesian city of palu, a week after it was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. more than moo people are confirmed to have died. hwyel griffith is in palu and has been speaking to someone from the indonesian board for disaster management about the recovery operation. it's now one week since the earthquake and since then there has been a search and rescue mission, very difficult in the first few days, we're told things are improving. iamjoined days, we're told things are improving. i am joined by a days, we're told things are improving. iamjoined bya member of the bnp be. how has the first week on the island gone? for the first three days it was difficult.

now it's getting better because there is more fuel. we see things are improving but are the areas you have not been able to reach? some places. because of landslides. we can reach them by using air operation and use helicopters and the medical teams are already there. we have heard that the death toll rises every day

but should we expect a big increase. i think it will increase because many buildings and houses were destroyed. so entire villages are buried? yes. is there any way for you to find those bodies? it's very difficult. we wish you all the best in your endeavours. it is obviously still a testing situation there. international aid is on the way but

it might be a deal to before the ship but arrived. the environment agency says it's launched a criminal investigation to establish how tonnes of medical waste, including body parts, have built up at disposal sites across england. it emerged yesterday that a contractor had been failing to dispose of the hospital waste within the regulatory time—frames. the company blamed a shortage of incinerators. the department of health said there's no risk to patients or the public. let's get more on this with our corresponden lauren moss. how much more do we know about the extent of this problem? news of it emerged in the last 2a hours but the health service journal emerged in the last 2a hours but the health servicejournal is reporting the government was made aware of it last month and the health secretary cheered a cobra meeting to discuss the situation. it centres around five sites in england and one in scotla nd five sites in england and one in scotland which deal with clinical waste. this can be pharmaceutical referees like chemicals and even body parts. the responsibility of

removing that waste lies with the firm health care environment services. they are a contract that removes the waste in hospitals in england and scotland. the waste has been stored in secure containers whilst waiting for them to the incinerated but it has not happened in the correct time limit trading this backlog. one site in north yorkshire the levels went up to 350 tonnes last month. so what further response has there been from the government. labour has been talking about this as well. patients and families will also be wondering if there is any risk or knock on effect to them as well because of this. the short answer to that is no. the

literal department of health says there is no risk to the public patients and they say they are monitoring the situation. they say their priority is to present —— prevent disruption to the nhs and the vital public services and work is under way to ensure it organisations dispose of waste efficiently. the environment agency has launched a criminal investigation and says the firm is in breach of its permits and they are looking at alternative ways of clear this backlog. attention will now turn to how this happened in the first place. the contract says the uk has been experiencing a reduced capacity to incinerate waste over the last few years. it says it has raised this repeatedly with the authorities. they are putting it down to ageing infrastructure, equipment breaking down underfocus on incinerating more waste which is affecting companies. 50 nhs trusts to have contracts with this firm but it's understood nowhere else is

experiencing any disruption to their waste collection. the headlines on bbc news: four political leaders from northern ireland are meeting the eu's brexit negotiator in brussels, to discuss the irish border question. unilever, which owns dozens of household brands, has abandoned plans to move its corporate headquarters from london to the netherlands. a criminal investigation has been launched into how a backlog of medical waste, including body parts, was able to pile up at six disposal sites. joseph marie neill has been back in front of the cameras this morning. he had very little to say on the clu bs rece nt he had very little to say on the clubs recent run of poor form. —— jose mourinho. lewis hamilton was fastest in first and second practice

with the japanese grand prix. he was have a second clear of any other driver. sebastien vettel was a distant third. and in tennis british and one cal edmund is into the semifinal of the china open. i will be back with more on those stories at 11:30am. congolese doctor denis mukwege and yazidi campaginer nadia murad have been jointly awarded the nobel peace prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. denis mukwege has spent two decades helping women recover from the violence and trauma of rape in war—torn eastern democratic republic of congo. nadia murad is a 25—year—old yazidi woman who was kidnapped by islamic state militants in 2014 and endured three months as a sex slave before managing to escape and tell her story. our diplomatic correspondent

caroline hawley is here. tell us more about these two people, the doctor who is helping women who have been affected by sexual violence and the survivor of sexual violence. two extraordinary people from different generations and different continents but who share a mission and that is to draw attention and fight against the use of sexual violence against women. the committee said both of them had put their personal security at risk to do so. they said its message in giving them this prestigious prize is that women need to be protected from these kinds of crimes. two extraordinary people. in 1999 denis mukwege set up a hospital and the

hospital was treating women which had been gang rates. if we move onto nadia murad, she was subjected to a horrific ordeal when iis militants kidnapped her and she was bought and sold and subjected to rate and then she came out to tell her story and the nobel committee said she had shown an common carriage in doing so and speaking upon the half of about 3000 of the victims who went through what she did. they said she had refused to accept the social codes that meant she was supposed to be ashamed of what happened and to stay silent. so two extraordinary people and the un has said it's a fantastic

award. listen to what you are telling us, people who have not heard of these two individuals will be learning more about them, to which draw very people. whenever extraordinary fact, the nobel peace committee has not been able to reach either of them. they have been trying to phone them but were not able to reach them and one of my collea g u es able to reach them and one of my colleagues got through to the hospital in eastern congo and they we re hospital in eastern congo and they were scenes of wild celebration but denis mukwege was in surgery and could not talk. what a wonderful story. what we have this year is a synchronicity with the award to these two people fitting in with the need to movement. exactly. the aim of the nobel committee is to draw

attention to the crime of perpetrating sexual violence against women. denis mukwege has been on the shortlist for a long time but finally he has been awarded and hopefully someone will get through to him later. these are seen as very worthy winners. very different but united in one purpose. we will return to the story about the environment agency launching criminal investigation to establish out tens of medical waste including body parts have built up at six disposal sites. it emerged yesterday contract had failed to dispose of the hospital waste within the time frames. let's cut the reaction of labourfor as much frames. let's cut the reaction of labour for as much as frames. let's cut the reaction of labourfor as much as health secretaryjohn ashworth. when did you first discover this?”

discovered this last —— yesterday when the news broke and a magazine lea k when the news broke and a magazine leak the story. it's horrific and quite staggering this has been allowed to happen. there are no serious questions the government. the government have known about this sometime convened a cobra meeting, yet they did not inform parliament even though this affects 50 different hospital trusts. also serious questions about this private firm and how they were handed this contract in the first place. they we re contract in the first place. they were taken to court so there are serious questions for nhs bosses as

well. we need to know whether there are credible contingencies in place now. i simply wanted to clarify whether you as shadow health secretary had only discovered this yesterday. were you aware of the company involved which is saying there is an issue with the capacity for incineration for a number of yea rs. were for incineration for a number of years. were you aware of any such concerns? it was last a rival company concerns? it was last a rival co m pa ny lost concerns? it was last a rival company lost the bid for this contract company lost the bid for this co ntra ct to company lost the bid for this contract to nhs england to court and i was aware they were broader issues but i was shocked when i found out yesterday through the leaked documents about the scale of the problem. it's unbelievable really. what is shocking and disappointing is that parliament was not told. if this issue was serious enough for a

criminal investigation to be launched a serious enough for the environment agency to raise concerns about the wider environmental health consequences and serious enough for the health secretary convened a meeting of cobra in september, why was it not serious enough for parliament to be informed, for mps to be able to speak and questioned the health secretary under half of the health secretary under half of the 50 hospitals affected. i think it is usually negligent on their half of the health secretary and i hope next year when —— next week when parliament returns we get a statement detailing what has gone wrong, why things have gone wrong and what the contingency plan is now. two companies which sponsor footballer cristiano ronaldo have expressed concern about an allegation of rape which has been made against him. nike described the claim as "disturbing" and

the video game maker, ea — which publishes the fifa game, said it was "closely monitoring the situation". the footballer has strongly denied any wrongdoing. caroline rigby reports. as one of the biggest names in sport, cristiano ronaldo is used to being in the spotlight. his performances on the field have attracted huge endorsement deals, but it is an allegation of an incident off it that has led to two of his biggest sponsors expressing concern. with a contract reportedly worth £800 million, the us sportswear giant nike has said... a sentiment echoed by another sponsor of thejuventus star, ea sports. pictured here with kathryn mayorga in las vegas in 2009, shortly after this photo was taken she claims the footballer raped her in the penthouse suite of this hotel. the former manchester united and madrid star insists he is innocent, tweeting... the portuguese international has

been left out of the squad for this month's matches against poland and scotland. his coach isn't saying why. translation: do you think i will tell you here what i discussed with the player, how he felt or not? i will not. these are intimate, personal issues. as for ronaldo, he kept his head down as the left training in turin. some news just some newsjust coming in out some news just coming in out of paris that french police have opened an investigation after the wife of the president of interpol reported her husband missing. this is

according to police sources in the last few minutes. he is the president of the executive committee of interpol and we're told that his wife contacted the police after not hearing from her husband since he travelled to china in late september. he used to be the vice minister of public security in china. but french police have opened an investigation after the wife of the interpol director reported her husband missing. she had not heard from him since he travelled to china in late september. if we get any more developments on that story, we will bring those to you. leading scientists are meeting

in south korea this week to discuss if global temperatures can be kept from rising by more than 1.5c this century. on monday they will publish an eagerly awaited report —— which is expected to say that urgent and dramatic action is needed to keep temperatures below the target level. many low—lying countries say they may disappear under the sea if the 1.5c limit is breached. our science editor david shukman has travelled to the mekong delta in vietnam —— one of the areas most vulnerable to the effects of climate change —— and sent us this report. i'm in the incredibly hot mekong delta in the south of vietnam. this region is one of the most vulnerable in the world to the effects of climate change. i'm on board with a tea m climate change. i'm on board with a team of scientists. one of the scientists on board is dan parsons. what are you trying to find out? we

are using this acoustic sonar technology to map the flows of water and sand across this land. how much is this region changing? rapidly. very significantly. the amount of silt carried by the river has produced —— reduced dramatically. how serious is the situation? the silt & are the only thing of setting sea level rise across the entire delta. this is a hotspot for climate change. what they did so vulnerable? it's low—lying, it's a large delta plane and its sinking and the sea level is coming up. let's go and see what else is happening. one of the really big concerns is food supplies because the mekong delta is another greatest regions producing rice.

professor steve darby is looking into this. what are the risks to rice production? the first and most important is with rising sea levels we re important is with rising sea levels were seeing a flow of that saltwater onto the agricultural soils. sea water is getting into the fields and doing the dry season that saltwater can doing the dry season that saltwater ca n flow doing the dry season that saltwater can flow over onto the rice growing areas and seep into the soils and contaminate rice agriculture. rice cannot grow when the water is too salty. that's right. some should be she's got crop varieties are very intolerant to that saltwater. what are the indications long—term? unless there's a switch more tolerant varieties which can withstand that salt pollution the

current system of agriculture will have to change to magically to be able to continue. to try and end on able to continue. to try and end on a positive note, what can be done? all of us need to do what we can to stop climate change but we have to find ways to learn how to stop the worst impacts. we are now waiting for a report from the climate panel looking into the indications of trying to limit global warming in a way that vietnam and other countries want. now it's time for a look at the weather. these decisions have to be made. how much progress is being made their? the scientist have a meeting here all week. they've been trying to hammer out this report on degrees.

you remember back in the paris agreement that are signed in 2015, we talked about 2 degrees. scientists have been a ps 1.85 because small islands have been saying, 2 degrees, they will be so much flooding we won't be able to survive, we need to have that measured at 1.85. there wasn't a lot of scientific literature on that. but scientists have been revealing that and they are going to release the report on monday. if they agree a tear the next day or so they will release that's report which will clarify their position on that. how much unanimity is there on what needs to be done and ultimately an action may agreeing a position that can then be presented to government, saying this is what you need to do? the scientist site unanimous about what needs to be done. they've been trying to meet government

representatives and hammering an agreement out. we have got about 140 countries here, many of them fossil fuel producers, who are not happy about the direction of travel this report would indicate. it is massive addictions in fossilfuels, carbon emissions, the rapid move to renewables. some pushback from the governments. they will be talking late into the night, perhaps into tomorrow, to see if they can hammer out a position. thank you very much for bringing us up to date. i think we can show you a tweet from michel barnier amat the eu chief brexit negotiator. he is pictured there with four leaders from northern ireland's political parties. the leader of sinn fein, the green

party, the sdlp and deputy leader of the alliance party, saying work continues in brussels today. to discuss the ongoing brexit negotiations and the importance of a legally operative backstop for northern that ireland. they will be northern that ireland. they will be no hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland after brexit. any more details from those talks in brussels and we will bring them to you. now it is time the milk at the weather forecast. the uk is split in two seasons at the moment. we've got apache mist and fog around but that a break—up. they will be some sunshine. temperatures here getting up to about 22 celsius in sussex. a real taste of summer. further north, it's much chillierfor taste of summer. further north, it's much chillier for scotland and northern ireland. you will notice that chill it is in the middle when

we have cloud, outbreaks of rain and thatis we have cloud, outbreaks of rain and that is the dividing line between the warm weather to the south and the warm weather to the south and the chilly weather in the north. 12 celsius in northern parts with outbreaks of cloud and rain. temperatures about 16—18, 22 celsius and the south—east. tonight, this area of rain will intensify. wet day from many parts of england and wales and feeling chilly compared to today. some sunshine. and in northern ireland. on sunday it is the reverse. this is bbc news. our latest headlines — northern ireland's political leaders have met the eu's chief brexit negotiator, after the irish pm says a brexit deal could be reached if plans to avoid a hard irish border can be agreed. the consumer goods company unilever has scrapped plans to relocate from london to the netherlands after some

shareholders objected. the government has launched a criminal investigation after medical waste, including body parts, were allowed to build up at six disposal sites. more than three hundred protesters were arrested overnight in washington as they marched against donald trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. there's been a sharp rise in the number of crimes recorded across britain's railways. and later we'll hear from the film maker danny boyle about the details of his plan to gather people on the beaches of britain to commemorate the 100th anniveray of the end of the first world war. sport now, here's holly hamilton. well, we've become used to a fairly guarded jose mourinho in recent weeks and months but it's fair to say he hasn't been too open with the press today.

the whole section of his regular friday press conference reserved for broadcast media lasted just over three minutes. when asked about going five matches without a win for only the second time since 1998, all mourinho had to say was "i accept." he was also asked why his side have been underperforming so far this season. for many different reasons. can you tell as those reasons? no. only one defeat at home all season. only one defeat at home all season. only one defeat in their last seven matches. but no victories at home. in the past three matches. three draws. not the feeling of defeat but that the happiness of the victory. yes, it is

important for us to try and win this match. lewis hamilton was fastest in first and second practice for the japanese grand prix. however, in the earlier session he did narrowly avoid a huge crash wiht toro rosso's pierre gasly who was handed a reprimand afterwrads. didn't seem to phsae hamilton though, he was 0.833 seconds clear of title rival sebastian vettel‘s ferrari, and nearly half a second faster than team—mate valtteri bottas. they don't make tracks like this any more. there is very, very little room for run—off. a little touch of the grass and you are off the wall. it is very marginal being on the limit. it's so quick through the first section. it has to be one of my favourite circuits, if not the favourite. british number one kyle edmund is through to semi final of the china open after beating croatian qualifier dusan lajovic in stright sets.

edmund, won the first set 6—3 but was taken to a tie break in the second which he won 7—4. it's his third semi—final of the year and he's guaranteed a new career—high ranking on monday. that's all the sport for now. head over to the bbc sport website to follow england's first warm up game ahead of their one day series in sri lanka. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. there are reports from russian news agencies that russia is summoning the dutch ambassador in moscow. it comes a day after dutch authorities said they had disrupted an attempt in april by russian intelligence agents to hack the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. keir giles joins us now who's a senior consulting fellow at the russia and eurasia programme at chatham house. thank you very much for your time today. does it surprise you this news the dutch ambassador is being

called perhaps to give his explanation of bad news conference yesterday? if not supply their she will seek some way of hitting back. what is said to the dutch ambassador now, russia plays it publicly, that'll be the interesting thing to see how it develops. we have seen less of the russian tactics of blanket denials and activating patrol armies and a fellow sympathisers to deny everything. the dutch were thorough in presenting the evidence that left very little wriggle room for anybody who wanted to say this is not a russian state sponsored attack. russia find other ways to head back. we saw the russian military claiming once again the united states has a biological weapon facility in georgia. we can expect other forms of disinformation and destruction from the real issues to come back from russia. we are seeing some copy emerging from delhi vladimir putin he is signing some

contracts on the sale of surface to air missiles to india. a kremlin spokesman has said president vladimir putin's talks with the indian prime minister have not been influenced by western and spy phobia. he says the agenda here is more linked to real offence and mutually beneficial cooperation, it is free from hysterical manifestations. beyond the policy of denialfrom russia, there is any russian involvement in the incidence we we re russian involvement in the incidence we were hearing about from dutch investigators yesterday, what do you think the motive is in russia not trying to engage or in anyway answer these accusations? it may be a change of tactics based on the fact thatis change of tactics based on the fact that is so little room for them to cast doubt on what has happened. the irony is, russian talking about spy phobia and hysteria after vladimir putinjust a phobia and hysteria after vladimir putin just a couple phobia and hysteria after vladimir putinjust a couple of phobia and hysteria after vladimir putin just a couple of days ago, to use them intemperate language, the

real spy phobia is with putin. this is the root of the attacks on the skripals in salisbury. if russia is interested in cooperation, that path surely there's, i'll isn't in the interest of cooperation with countries like the netherlands. absolutely not, the pattern we have seenis absolutely not, the pattern we have seen is the reverse. russia being more content to go down the path of being a rogue state can a pariah state, one that care is not about its international reputation. that is dangerous because it means russia may be less restrained in future in carrying out attacks, caused damage to many people. a lot of the

coverage that emerged from the hague yesterday in the papers today talks about the bungling spies, the bungling operatives although commentators i spoke to were saying and then a this was a sign of russian arrogance. do you think this is russia saying to the world, we feel comfortable with the degree of power, the degree of breach that we have and we don't mind showing it off to the rest of the world? there are several possible explanations. they were incompetent, but seems implausible. that leaves the fact they were comfortable they were not being observed, they were overconfident and this is the reason why they reused equipment that traced back to previous attacks that have been carried out and was so careless about covering their tracks, or the third one is the explanation a lot of people are saying, this is a demonstrative attack. they don't care if they are caught in the same way the two individuals that carried the attacks

in salisbury took little care to make sure they were not caught. if thatis make sure they were not caught. if that is the case, it reinforces the point about russia simply not caring about its reputation, not caring people realise it is the state of open conflict with the west and therefore going a dangerous path. thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on that story today. a man who punched a young woman outside a paris cafe has been sentenced to six months injailand fined. video footage of the assault went viral and caused outrage. it resulted in france adopting a law imposing on—the—spot fines for cat—calling and sexual harrassment. russell trott reports. the scene outside a typical parisien cafe, but look towards the left of the shot. the woman in the red dress, marie laguerre, hasjust been struck by a passer—by, the man in the black t—shirt, who she says had been shouting obscenities and threw an ashtray at her after she told him to shut up. the encounter lasted just seconds, but has had a lasting impact, afterfootage

of the incident went viral. it sparked outrage and provoked international debate about the level of harassment experienced by women on a daily basis. the 22—year—old student's attacker has now been sentenced to six months in prison and fined more than $2,000. prosecutors deem there to be insufficient evidence to find him guilty of sexual harassment. yet ms laguerre believes the treatment he will receive alongside his sentence could have the greatest impact. translation: what satisfies me the most is that he will be forced to do training on sexist violence towards women. that is the most satisfying thing. it's wonderful. just days after the attack, french lawmakers passed new legislation to crack down on sexual aggression on the street, including predatory remarks and catcalling, actions

which could now attract on—the—spot fines of up to 750 euros. marie laguerre has now set up a website for other women to share their stories. she hopes that this will bolster the conversation already in full flow thanks to movements like #metoo. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. four political leaders from northern ireland are meeting the eu's brexit negotiator in brussels, to discuss the irish border question. unilever — which owns dozens of household brands — has abandoned plans to move its corporate headquarters from london to the netherlands. a criminal investigation has been launched into how a backlog of medical waste, including body parts, was able to pile up at six disposal sites. i'm maryam moshiri

in the business news. unilever, which makes marmite and dove soap, has scrapped its plan to move its headquarters to the netherlands after growing criticism from investors. but investors said the move could force uk shareholders to sell their shares. more on this in a moment. japanese car giant toyota has announced a recall of more than 2.4 million hybrid vehicles worldwide because of a fault in their systems that could cause them to lose power. the recall of prius and auris cars includes about 55,000 in the uk. cars affected were produced between october 2008 and november 2014. men with fewer qualifications in manualjobs are more likely to be hit by post—brexit trade barriers, according to new research out today by the institute for fiscal studies. the company behind marmite and pot noodle has abandoned plans to move its corporate

headquarters after growing critisism from its investors. the firm which has headquarters in london to rotterdam in the netherlands announced in march that it planned to have just one hq located in the dutch city, but investors said the move could force uk shareholders to sell their shares. a u—turn from unilever. the consumer goods giant, famed for brands like marmite and ben and jerry‘s icecream, has announced it won't be joining us now is simon french, chief economist at panmure gordon and co. this isn't about brexit, is it? this is about unilever changing its mind thanks to pressure from investors. explain to the viewers and white it wa nted explain to the viewers and white it wanted to move its headquarters to the netherlands? you can trace this decision to try and do a single headquarters in the netherlands down to two factors, first, in february 2017 the american giant craft heinz

launched a hostile takeover and that spurred the management of unilever to look at how they could reduce costs. pa rt of to look at how they could reduce costs. part of doing that was to do a single headquarters and that was further incentivised by a promise, this is the second point, from the dutch government to reduce dividend taxation from the current 15% to 0% which would make it more attractive to hold shares in a dutch donside country. that'll be the backdrop to this grabban than it being brexit. that rather. it shows the power of the london market and the investors. institutional investors in people who run a lot of the pension funds we have access to, they have been speaking to unilever in recent weeks and months saying they are unhappy with this, not least because the

likelihood would be unilever would leave the headline index, the ftse. a lot of shareholders would not be able to own their shares, they would sell it. that has been unpopular. that soft pressure on unilever has led to this reversal. what does this mean for the company? things stay as they are? unilever have continued to try and engage with the idea of a cost reduction programme, improving their profit margins. that is the job the chief executive will look to sta ke job the chief executive will look to stake out. it is embarrassing but he will try and exemplify what has been a growth of profit margin story in recent months that has attracted shareholder value. as always, good to have you on the programme. let's take a look at some of the other business news around today. men with fewer qualifications in manualjobs are more likely to be

hit by post—brexit trade barriers, according to analysis out today from the institute for fiscal studies. it suggests factory workers in industries that sell a large amount to the eu are particularly at risk. the uk has extensive trade links with the european union, with 44% of uk exports destined for the bloc, and more than half of import. a government spokesperson said it had proposed frictionless trade between the uk and the eu. young people in the uk are losing the savings habit, according to figures out today from the office for national statistics. more than half of 22 to 29—year—olds living with no savings at all, some 53% of this age group have nothing in a savings account or individual savings account. the squeeze on pay and the prevalence of insecure work mean many cannot put money aside. ten years ago, at the start of the financial crisis, 41% had no savings. among those who are saving now, seen in the chart below, nearly four in ten have no more than £1,000 tucked away. waitrose is to test a delivery service which will allow drivers to enter a customer's home while they are out, and put their groceries away.

the trial uses smart lock technology to allow customers to set an access code for their door lock which is deleted when the delivery is complete. the pilot starting later this month will involve 100 homes in south london. profit margins on home deliveries are thin, and one analyst said the aim was to boost loyalty and profitability. these delivery men will have cameras attached to themselves that so you will be able to see what they see. the market and not looking very good. that the roundabout the business. delivery men in your own home? and packing for you is mike they were know which cupboards! the oscar—winning film director, danny boyle is calling on people across the country to remember the millions of men

and women who lost their lives in the first world war. the director is asking for people to gather on beaches on armistice day to participate in a new informal gesture of remembrance. let's find out more about it. we can speak to danny boyle now who is on folkestone beach. thank you very much for your time today and what a beautiful scene it is behind you. beaches are pretty evocative places, after they come is this why you decided to make this call for this particular act of remembrance to be made around beaches? very much so. it is interesting, i think we tend to associate the beaches with the second world war. because the beaches of normandy i do think of the film, dunkirk. when i was asked to come up with this project i started thinking about all the people who left to serve in europe.

they left from these beaches. there was no real air transport then in 1914. certainly, at folkestone, virtually, huge proportion of the people who served left from this harbour including one of the most famous casualties come if you like, wilfred owen, our great poem. he swa m wilfred owen, our great poem. he swam on this beach the nightie before he travelled to france never to return. on the 11th of november, if somebody was to come along and join in this act of remembrance, what would they be experiencing on the beach? and has a couple of things. on 30 of the beaches spread another country we have 12 of them indicated here. as you can see, they go all the way around the country. we hope to draw

in the sand hued portraits of individuals. at folkestone it probably will be wilfred owen because he swam on this beach. but it can be... people could be connected to people in the communities. at low tide we will draw their picture, a great piece of sand painting and then as the tide returns it will wash them away, perhaps for a final time. it is a big question for the country, do we keep commemorating the first world war after 100 years? people will be able to participate in that painting and also in other events on the beach and they will also have a poem which has been written by our poet laureate. we wanted people to read the poem on the day and that can be a communal events, all classroom of children, it could be individuals walking to the end of the beach and

reading it. it'll be printed on the back of a portrait that somebody on the beach connects with. this gentleman is somebody from my hometown in manchester, he was born in the street i of the school i went to. the statistics are, as you mentioned at the beginning, they are extraordinary. the millions of men and women, 9 million service people from all the countries involved lost their lives. if you work that out, thatis their lives. if you work that out, that is 240 lives in minutes, day and night for four years. if you connect that with portraits like this it renews our debt and our obligation to these people. we are wanting people to come to the beaches. it doesn't have to be a sad or solemn occasion although some people may choose to do that. we

will observe the two—minute silence. it's a joyful celebration of the occasion as well. i was involved in the olympic opening ceremony and many other drummers who played on that occasion have remained as a group. i hope they will turn up. it may be a joyous occasion. sorry to interrupt, you can show our viewers an image of one of these large scale portrays that will be other beaches, connected to specific communities. briefly, unfortunately we are running out of time, you raise a question about whether we keep continuing to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the first world war. what is your view on that? i began this project, it is interesting, i began this project feeling surely this is the perfect

moment we could and our commemoration of the first world war because it is 100 years, it is a perfect time to draw a line in the sand. but i've changed my mind. once you make these connections, nothing much has changed here since wilfred owen stood on this beach, you can feel a connection with them as they looked out to sea and imagined what awaited them. we know what awaited them thanks, partially, to the poets. i think it makes them alive again timmy and so i i've changed my mind. that is a question for the whole country. pleasure to talk to you. danny boyle in folkestone for us. time to look at the weather forecast now. there is going to be some

significant changes in the weather over the next 12 hours. we've got a weather front moving southwards at the moment across southern scotland, northern england and wales. that'll bring some cloud, patchy rain into the afternoon. across scotland and northern ireland, there will be sunny spells but a chilly feel compelled to yesterday. in the south—east, will hold onto this one. the orange is holding on. those temperatures up to about 22 celsius. but it is 10 degrees across northern areas. tonight, this rain will intensify across northern england, wales, midlands and south western areas of england. the lamest mild but further northwards and clear spells turning quite chilly into the weekend. they will be sunshine in scotla nd weekend. they will be sunshine in scotland and northern ireland before it clears easterners. more rain pushing into scotland on monday. this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at midday: fears the death toll in indonesia

after the earthquake and tsunami could rise dramatically. there are concerns a thousand people could still buried in a housing complex in the city of palu. political leaders from northern ireland are meeting the eu's brexit negotiator in brussels, to discuss possible solutions to the irish border question. meanwhile, unilever, which owns dozens of household brands, scraps plans to move its headquarters from london to the netherlands. a criminal investigation is launched into how a backlog of medical waste, including body parts, was able to pile up at six disposal sites. a sharp rise in the number of crimes recorded on britain's railways. three hundred people are arrested at protests against president trump's nominee brett kavanaugh outside the us supreme court. and this year's nobel peace prize has been awarded to two campaigners for their work in highlighting the use of rape as a weapon of war. good afternoon.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. there are fears that entire villages remain buried in rubble following the devastating indonesian earthquake and tsunami. it's emerged that in the city of palu more than a thousand people could have died after the collapse of a housing complex in the city. power has now been restored to the area but the recovery operation remains difficult. it's a week since the earthquake in which more than 1500 people are confirmed to have died. hwyel griffith is in palu and has been speaking to someone from the indonesian board

for disaster management about the recovery operation. it's now one week since the earthquake hit and since then there has been a search and rescue mission which was difficult for the first few days. in your view, how is the first week on the island gone? for the first three days there have been difficulties because of the lack of electricity. now it's getting better but here's there is fuel in 17 gas stations. many aircrafts at the airport. we see things improving in

the city. are there areas you have not been able to reach? some places. because of landslides. we can reach them by using a operation and using helicopters. the medical teams are already there. we have heard that the death toll rises every day but should we expect a big increase?” think it will increase because many houses and buildings are buried. so entire villages are buried? yes.

is there any way for you to find those bodies or will they be just left? it's very difficult to reach the bodies. we propose to bury the bodies. we wish you all the best in your endeavours for the next few weeks. it is obviously a very testing situation here. international aid is on the way but it might be a dear to the fore those ship months sailing to the island. eu brexit negotiator michel barnier has stressed the need for a binding deal to avoid a hard border for northern ireland. he made the comments during a meeting in brussels with pro—remain leaders from northern ireland, who have expressed concern about the impact of brexit on the country. it comes as european commission presidentjean—claude juncker says he hopes for a deal to be reached by november. our correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. what are you hearing about those

talks going on between michel barnier and those programme northern ireland politicians? we have had a tweet from michel barnier and he has said that everyone around the table agreed the need for illegally operable backstop being written into the agreement. the eu wants this solution to be written into the withdrawal agreement in case the future trading relationship agreed with the uk does not prevent a hard border. they wanted as an insurer ‘s policy. it's part of the diplomatic drive. michel barnier talking about the changes he has made his proposal for the backstop and he will talk to unionist and meps next week and some northern irish businesses will be

here on monday to your details from michel barnier‘s team as well. here on monday to your details from michel barnier's team as well. good series of meetings and now very important over the next few weeks we get down to business. we are entering a critical stage of these negotiations and that is a good opportunity to clinch a deal over the next couple weeks. so here's optimistic but that press conference he gave yesterday was interesting because there is lots of talk about what the uk is going to propose as its alternative to the backstop because it has rejected all along michel barnier's idea of keeping northern ireland and parts of the customs union. lots of rumours the uk will oppose that alternative and it will be made up of three elements. there will be a uk wide customs arrangement for the uk, there would be light touch readily to the checks between northern

ireland and the rest of the uk and a stormont assembly would have the power to approve any new regulatory checks that came in. that is the uk's dream scenario for the backstop we think. leo blacker poured cold water on two of those elements yesterday said a lot of the eu leaders think that customs arrangement with a matter for the trade negotiations not a matterfor the backstop the rotations. he also pointed out that because of the political impasse in northern island at the moment there is no assembly and that is the government that could in future approve any theoretical new checks. here's optimistic a deal can be done but was a little bit pessimistic about those elements. his main message was get a move on, you have to publish these plans in advance of the next

eu summit on the 17th of october. unilever, which makes marmite and dove soap, has scrapped its plan to move its headquarters from london to rotterdam in the netherlands. the anglo—dutch company had wanted to simplify its corporate structure but british investors complained that the move would force them to sell their shares. our business presenter ben bland is here. investors here complaining of the move would force them to sell their shares. yes potentially. this move would have had no effect probably on their pot noodles or marmite. but because it is too listed and it's got headquarters in both the netherlands and the uk, it can be listed on the london stock exchange. that matters because a lot of funds not only are allowed to invest in

the ftse100 companies that some of them are compelled to. if it lost its london headquarters some of those companies would have been forced to sell their shares. that becomes a problem because if a lot of shares are sold at once it drives down price. is there a brexit element to this because unilever announced it was planning this move and there was speculation it was tied into brexit. inevitably there was speculation. the company is adamant and has denied that. the reason it gave was having to headquarters made it not very agile and they said the real reason was to defend against takeover plans partly because uk law very much put the interests of shareholders as paramount when a takeover is coming through. unilever says it wanted a

situation where it didn't have that sort of pressure. some say part of the move was to make it more agile to be able to launch takeover bids of its own. you have two different headquarters trend get everyone together at the same time to discuss whether they launch eight takeover bid is more difficult than if they are all in the same place. the flip side is that this decision, although it was not linked to brexit initially, the decision to keep the london headquarters some will say is a real boon for london and shows it still has that power despite the imminent brexit that london is a place where big investors and shareholders want to see big global companies have presence. french police have opened an investigation after the wife of interpol director meng hongwei reported her husband missing. meng's wife, who lives in lyon, where interpol is based, contacted the police after not hearing from her husband since he travelled to china in late september.

meng used to be vice minister of public security in china. the number of rail passengers falling victim to crime has increased in the last year. figures from the british transport police show that more than 60,000 offences were recorded in the year to the end of march, a 17% rise. ben ando reports. until last year, crime on the railways was going down but british transport police to cover the network in england, scotland and wales say that has changed. overall, crime is up 17% to 61,159 and the proportion of violent crimes is up by more, nearly one in five. sex crimes are up, too, by 16%, and now comprise one in 25 of all crimes committed on the network. so, why the increase? the police say they've got better at recording crime and all new trains have cctv cameras on board, meaning there's more likely to be evidence that can be taken to court so victims and witnesses have the confidence to come forward.

these figures are worrying but it's important to maintain a sense of perspective. there are just 19 crimes for every million passengerjourneys. meaning that statistically you'd have to travel via rail every day for 144 years to become a victim of crime. but while not a crime, an increase in the number of people trying to self harm on the railways is also causing concern. statistics show that five times every day police officers or rail staff intervene to stop someone hurting themselves. while more than 300 people did take their lives on the railways last year. ben ando, bbc news. congolese doctor denis mukwege and yazidi campaigner nadia murad have been jointly awarded the nobel peace prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. denis mukwege has spent two decades

helping women recover from the violence and trauma of rape in war—torn eastern democratic republic of congo. nadia murad is a 25—year—old yazidi woman who was kidnapped by islamic state militants in 2014 and endured three months as a sex slave before managing to escape and tell her story. we heard from our diplomatic correspondent earlier and she said when colleagues tried to contact denis mukwege, he didn't even know and was operating in the clinic at that time. he had been on the shortlist for a few years but this year has been announced as a winner. more on today's main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye

to viewers on bbc two. the headlines on bbc news: there are fears the death toll in indonesia after the earthquake and tsunami could rise dramatically — a thousand people could still buried in a housing complex in the city of palu. four political leaders from northern ireland are meeting the eu's brexit negotiator in brussels, to discuss the irish border question. unilever, which owns dozens of household brands, has abandoned plans to move its corporate headquarters from london to the netherlands. we've become used to a fairly guarded jose mourinho in recent weeks and months and it's fair to say he wasn't extatic to face

the media this morning. the whole section of his press conference ahead of the game against newcastle lasted just over three minutes. when asked about the posibility of going five matches without a win for only the second time since 1998. and if he accepts that's not good enough, all mourinho had to say was "i accept." he was also asked why his side have been underperforming this season. only one defeat at home all season. only one defeat at home all season. only one defeat in the last seven matches. but no victories at home. in the past three matches. three draws. but the feeling of defeat but not the happiness of victory. so yes it's important for us to try to win this match on saturday. lewis hamilton was fastest

in first and second practice for the japanese grand prix in his mercedes. however in the earlier session — he narrowly avoid a huge crash wiht toro rosso's pierre gasly who was handed a reprimand afterwards. didn't seem to phsae hamilton though — he was 0.833 seconds clear of title rival sebastian vettel‘s ferrari, and nearly half a second faster than team—mate valtteri bottas. british number one kyle edmund is through to the semi final of the china open after beating croatian qualifier dusan lajovic in straight sets. edmund, won the first set 6—3 but was taken to a tie break in the second which he won 7—4. it's his third semi—final of the year and he's guaranteed a new career—high ranking on monday. a big blow for england's rugby league side, their star forward sam burgess has been forced to withdraw from the squad to face new zealand in the upcoming tri—series. he captained england in last year's world cup final, but shoulder and wrist surgery means he won't feature in wayne bennett's side.

burgess, who plays his club rugby for south sydney, will remain in australia in preparation for the 2019 season. the three—test series starts at the end of the month. just time to tell you that england's cricketers need 150 to win from 20 overs in theirfirst warm up game before the one day series against sri lanka in colombo. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. hundreds of protesters, opposed to president trump's supreme court candidate, brett kavanaugh, have been arrested in washington. in an interview with the wall streetjournal, mr kavanaugh said his testimony last week was "too emotional". our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. the senate, like america, is divided. and protesters have been doing all they can to be heard by the small handful of politicians who're still deciding

whether they will vote for brett kavanaugh. a vote for kavanaugh is a vote saying women don't matter. yes. let's stay together, let's fight, let's keep showing up! cheering. before the senate'sjudiciary committee, christine blasey ford accused brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago at a party when they were both teenagers. his at—times angry denials in which he attacked the democrats led almost 2,500 law professors to question whether he has the temperament to become a supreme courtjustice. in an article for the wall streetjournal, judge kavanaugh has now admitted, "i might have been too emotional at times." but donald trump is continuing to fiercely defend the man he selected for the supreme court. democrats have been trying to destroyjudge brett kavanaugh.

the protests and politically charged debate will continue, but a final vote on whether brett kavanaugh should have a seat on america's highest court now seems likely this weekend. jane o'brien is in washington for us. what's the latest on how the arithmetic is looking as to whether brett cava naugh will arithmetic is looking as to whether brett cavanaugh will be confirmed or not? we just don't know yet. all eyes a re not? we just don't know yet. all eyes are on three senators of the moment. we have also got a democratic senator and he is defending his seat in the deep red state of western virginia. he is torn and needs to try and reconcile

his democratic colleagues and also his democratic colleagues and also his republican constituents who will decide his fate in 30 days. so it's an extraordinary situation that that this late moment when we're down to a few hours when brett kavanagh could be decided that we still have this debate. we still have this and decided senators even after an fbi background report and we've had protests, the debate is continuing. at the moment, in the next few hours we are expecting senators to decide whether or not to proceed to that crucial vote to confirm brett kavanagh. if crucial vote to confirm brett kava nagh. if they crucial vote to confirm brett kavanagh. if they do decide to go ahead with it we can expect that possibly tomorrow. clearly those protests in washington fuelled by donald trump's mocking of christine blase forward on the campaign trail of the days ago just as republicans are saying they are being fuelled by attacks on president tom's nominee.

how is all of this going to play into those midterms in a few weeks' time? that is the big question. we are time? that is the big question. we a re less time? that is the big question. we are less than 30 days away and the democrats are energised and have been motivated since 2016 and their main aim is to try and get donald trump out of office and get the republicans out of office. but what we're seeing now is this whole confirmation process has been playing into the wider culture of the united states and it's all so galvanising the republican base, particularly men. donald trump really playing into those fears that a vote against brett kavanagh, losing the mid—term elections would be detrimental to republican men in particular. two companies which sponsor footballer cristiano ronaldo have expressed concern about an allegation of rape which has been made against him. nike described the claim

as "disturbing" and the video game maker, ea, which publishes the fifa game, said it was "closely monitoring the situation". the footballer has strongly denied any wrongdoing. caroline rigby reports. as one of the biggest names in sport, cristiano ronaldo is used to being in the spotlight. his performances on the field have attracted huge endorsement deals, but it is an allegation of an incident off it that has led to two of his biggest sponsors expressing concern. with a contract reportedly worth £800 million, the us sportswear giant nike has said... a sentiment echoed by another sponsor of thejuventus star, ea sports. pictured here with kathryn mayorga in las vegas in 2009, shortly after this photo was taken she claims the footballer raped her in the penthouse

suite of this hotel. the former manchester united and madrid star insists he is innocent, tweeting... the portuguese international has been left out of the squad for this month's matches against poland and scotland. his coach isn't saying why. translation: do you think i will tell you here what i discussed with the player, how he felt or not? i will not. these are intimate, personal issues. as for ronaldo, he kept his head down as the left training in turin. the environment agency says it's launched a criminal investigation to establish how tonnes of medical waste, including body parts,

have built up at disposal sites across england. it emerged yesterday that a contractor had been failing to dispose of the hospital waste within the regulatory time—frames. the company blamed a shortage of incinerators. the department of health said there's no risk to patients or the public. the shadow health secretary told me earlier the government should have informed parliament sooner. it's horrific. it's staggering this has been allowed to happen. there are no serious questions for government. government have known about this for some time and even convened a cobra meeting, yet they did not inform parliament even though this affects 50 different hospital trusts. there are also serious questions about why this private firm was handed this

contract in the first place. there we re contract in the first place. there were questions about whether they we re were questions about whether they were able to provide the service demanded. they were taken to court on the awarding of this contract. serious questions for nhs bosses as well. we need to know whether there are credible contingencies in place now. let's talk about this further by the head of health at the unison union. you only discovered this news yesterday. yes through the news. it's shocking. as well as the issues around parliamentary scrutiny and lack of transparency, once the issues were known about, there is a bigger issue about the whole contracting process. there was a challenge to this contract when it was awarded and in 2007 we saw a

report that questioned whether this company could actually provide the services for the low—cost of the bid. the signs were there and they we re bid. the signs were there and they were health and safety breaches and were health and safety breaches and we would like to know why it was ignored us along. the company on the bed and the company is saying that it has been aware for some time now ofan it has been aware for some time now of an issue with capacity in terms of an issue with capacity in terms of the number of incinerators to deal with processing this waste in the properfashion deal with processing this waste in the proper fashion and say they have raised concerns about this a number of times. it sounds as though they have done what they ought to do. the issue about how the information was put through and how people responded to it, the government is panicking now about what has happened. it will be interesting to see whether that emerges but to me the real issue at about why it is that we think services, about how we clean our

hospitals, are seen as services that can be pa rcelled hospitals, are seen as services that can be parcelled out into contracts and given to the lowest bidder. you think this would not have happened if the service had remained in—house? if the service had remained in-house? we can say this particular situation would not have happened but there is a much higher level of scrutiny and accountability where services are covered by the regulators and where there is a board level responsibility for delivering the service as well as contracting it. who manages the incinerators themselves? it's not something i know about. it's the management of the contract within the nhs and why it was when those contracts were failing the relevant people were not alerted and if they we re people were not alerted and if they were alerted why they didn't act in a more transparent way to bring this to public attention. so it looks

like quite a conjugated process to pick apart to see where the problems we re pick apart to see where the problems were occurring and why there was not better communication. in deed and if there is a lesson that we have learnt over the last 18 months around contracting, it's that where beds are made on a low—cost basis they are very few checks to make sure those contracts can be delivered to the expected standards for that money. sometimes those contracts work surely. how do you predict which one will work? exactly which is why it might sound old—fashioned but our view is the most efficient and cost—effective way of delivering those services is to deliver them in house so that the nhs has full control over them. and so nhs has full control over them. and so that the people who are accountable for delivering those services have access to all the

information they need about how the services being provided. thank you very much. let's get more now on the noble peace prize. two different people but who share the same mission to draw attention to fight against the use of sexual violence against women. the norwegian nobel committee said both of them had put their personal security at risk to do so. they said its messaging giving them this prestigious prize is that women need to be protected from these crimes. two extraordinary people. in 1999

denis mukwege set up a hospital and realised the hospital was treating women who had been gang rates and had to shift the focus and is now an international expert in repairing the internal damage caused to women. nadia murad was kidnapped. she came out to tell her story. the nobel committee said she had showed uncommon courage in doing so. speaking up on behalf of about 3500 victims, women who went what she did. they said she had refused to accept the social codes which meant she was supposed to be ashamed of what happened and to stay silent.

two extraordinary people at the un has said it is a fantastic award. they are an absolutely, listening to you, people who haven't heard of these two individuals will be learning more about them now. two extraordinary people. the nobel peace committee has not been able to reach either of them. they were trying to call them on the phone. one of my colleagues got through to the hospital in eastern congo and a p pa re ntly the hospital in eastern congo and apparently there were scenes of wild celebration there for denis mukwege, but he was in surgery and could not talk! he still doesn't know he has been awarded this but what a wonderful story. after last year's winner which was an organisation working against nuclear arms, what we have this year is a certain synchronicity with the award of these two people, fitting in with

these two people, fitting in with the #metoo movement. the aim of the committee was to draw attention to the crime of perpetrating sexual violence against women as a weapon of war. denis mukwege has been on the shortlist for a very long time but finally he has been awarded. hopefully, someone will get through to him later. we will hear how he reacts. he is seen as a worthy winner. very different but united in one purpose. time now for the weather forecast. we've got some glorious sunshine across scotland and northern ireland but it is turning chilly. we've got any area of rainfor turning chilly. we've got any area of rain for northern england, north wales are becoming more patchy through the afternoon. they cloud breaking up in the south—east to bring some sunshine. temperatures could hit 22 celsius later this

afternoon given a bit of sunshine coming through the cloud. overnight, we will keep that area of rain across northern england and were. turning heavier in time. to the south—east, some low cloud. a bit of drizzle. it's still pretty mild across this south—east corner with temperature 10—12dc. contrast that with the cold air where they will be frost. saturday, england and wales first of all, band of rain pushing eastwards. fine sense then for the north and west of the uk but wherever you are it is going to feel to be with highs of between 10—14. this is bbc news. our latest headlines — there are fresh concerns the death toll after the earthquake and tsunami in indonesia could dramatically increase, with reports a thousand people could be buried under a huge government housing complex.

the eu's chief brexit negotiatior has met with northern irish political leaders as they try to find agreement over the irish border. the consumer giant unilever says it has scrapped plans to relocate its headquarters from london to the netherlands after shareholders rejected the idea. labour's shadow health minister says it's "shocking and disappointing" that parliament wasn't told that medical waste, including body parts, have been left to pile up at six sites across england and scotland. more than 300 people were arrested in washington overnight as they protested against brett kavanaugh, the republican nominee for the supreme court. a man who punched a young woman outside a paris cafe has been sentenced to six months injailand fined. video footage of the assault went viral and caused outrage. it resulted in france adopting a law imposing on—the—spot fines for cat—calling and sexual harrassment. russell trott reports.

the scene outside a typical parisien cafe, but look towards the left of the shot. the woman in the red dress, marie laguerre, hasjust been struck by a passer—by, the man in the black t—shirt, who she says had been shouting obscenities and threw an ashtray at her after she told him to shut up. the encounter lasted just seconds, but has had a lasting impact, afterfootage of the incident went viral. it sparked outrage and provoked international debate about the level of harassment experienced by women on a daily basis. the 22—year—old student's attacker has now been sentenced to six months in prison and fined more than $2,000. prosecutors deem there to be insufficient evidence to find him guilty of sexual harassment. yet ms laguerre believes the treatment he will receive alongside his sentence could have the greatest impact.

translation: what satisfies me the most is that he will be forced to do training on sexist violence towards women. that is the most satisfying thing. it's wonderful. just days after the attack, french lawmakers passed new legislation to crack down on sexual aggression on the street, including predatory remarks and catcalling, actions which could now attract on—the—spot fines of up to 750 euros. marie laguerre has now set up a website for other women to share their stories. she hopes that this will bolster the conversation already in full flow thanks to movements like #metoo. the criminaljustice system "cannot cope" with the number of people looking at indecent images of children, according to the senior police officer in charge of child

protection in the uk. chief constable simon bailey says counselling should be available to those who are tempted to look at such images, before they do so. last month the government announced extra funding for charities that provide support. tim muffett reports. it's the darkest, most horrible thing, something you keep locked inside you. impulses which dave acted upon. we have changed his name, and his words are spoken by someone else. i started watching adult porn, eventually ended up looking at child imagery. i was arrested and taken into a police station one night. i told them straightaway they would find images on a certain laptop of children. i'm glad i got arrested, to stop anything happening further. i don't know how far i could have gone. dave received a two—year suspended prison sentence and was referred to a charity, stopso, a specialist treatment organisation for the prevention of sexual offending. they helped me understand what led me to looking at indecent images, a chance to identify my triggers.

i was depressed. it was just an image, i didn't touch them. but after treatment, it made me realise how, indirectly, i was abusing children. there will be some people watching this thinking, well, you don't deserve help and sympathy, you deserve to be punished. what do you say to those people? i do deserve to be punished, but this is a lot bigger problem than people think. we simply cannot cope with the volume of referrals that we are getting. simon bailey is the police chief in charge of child protection in the uk. he has recently become a patron of stopso, and believes more help should be given to those tempted to access indecent images of children before they do so. what i'm really keen on doing is encouraging those people who recognise from an early age they have a sexual interest in children that they need to seek help. there surely aren't many other crimes, are there, where someone would get preventative treatment before they thought they might commit the crime?

no, no, there are not. but we simply cannot arrest our way out of this problem. we are arresting 400 offenders every month. if we tackle it in that multifaceted way, we might stand a chance of actually beating what i believe genuinely is a scourge of society in the 21st century. hello, stop it now helpline. this helpline is run by the lucy faithfull foundation, another charity. amongst its many services, it offers support to people who think they might carry out child sexual abuse. last month, the government announced more than £2.5 million of funding for this type of preventative work. frustration and disappointment... money that could have been better spent, as far as fay maxted is concerned. her charity represents victims of sexual abuse. victims and survivors have to wait maybe up to nine months before they get the counselling they need. some of them will think that funding is always directed

in the wrong direction, and that, actually, their needs should be prioritised. dave says his illegal behaviour is behind him, and feels he could have stopped it much sooner. i wish i'd seeked help beforehand. it's about trying to put an end to it before it progresses. it is a controversial approach to preventing a sickening crime, and there is no conclusive evidence it works. but, for some, such a massive problem requires radical thinking. tim muffett, bbc news. a british man has died after being bitten by a sea snake in australia while working on a fishing trawler. emergency crews were called to a boat off the coast of groote island, 400 miles east of the capital darwin, but were unable to save the 23—year—old. police say uk officials have been notified. leading scientists are meeting in south korea this week to discuss if global temperatures can be kept from rising by more

than 1.5c this century. on monday they will publish an eagerly awaited report, which is expected to say that urgent and dramatic action is needed to keep temperatures below the target level. many low—lying countries say they may disappear under the sea if the 1.5c limit is breached. our science editor david shukman has travelled to the mekong delta in vietnam, one of the areas most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and sent us this report. i'm in the incredibly hot mekong delta in the south of vietnam. this region is described as one of the most vulnerable anywhere in the world to the effects of climate change. i'm on board with a team of scientists so let's find out what they are investigating. one of the scientists on board is professor dan parsons from the university of hull. just to interrupt for a second, what are you trying to find out here? we're using this acoustic sonar technology to map the flows of water, of sand, silt across this large delta plain. how much is this region changing?

it is changing rapidly and changing very significantly. you found out the amount of silt carried by the river has reduced dramatically. the silt is what actually builds the land up here. how serious is the situation? absolutely right, the silt on the sand delivered from the basin upstream are the only thing that is offsetting sea level rise across the entire delta. it is home to 18 million people. i mentioned this is a hotspot for climate change. what makes it so vulnerable? is low—lying, it is a large delta plain and it's sinking. the sea level is coming up. it is essentially drowning. serious stuff. many, many thanks indeed. let's go see what else is happening. one of the really big concerns is food supplies because the mekong delta is one of the world's greatest regions for producing rice. professor steve derby, university of southampton, you are looking into this. what other risks to rice production? well, there are a number.

the first and most important is with rising sea level we are seeing a flow of that salt water onto the agricultural soils in the delta. the sea water getting into the fields? yes, that's right. during the flooding periods and during the dry season that salt water can flow over onto the rice growing areas and seep into the soils. it can contaminate them for productive rice production. rice can't grow when the water is too salty? that's right. some species or some crop varietals are very intoelrant to that salt content. long—term, what are the implications? if you've got the land sinking, see rising, sea water getting into the fields, what happens? unless there is a switch to some more tolerant varieties that can withstand that kind of salt pollution, then the current system of agriculture will have to change dramatically in order to be able to continue. to end on a positive

note, what can be done? all of us need to do what we can to limit climate change but also we need to find ways to learn how to live with the worst impacts. many thanks for that. professor steve derby there of the university of southampton. we're waiting for reports from the un climate panel looking into the implication of trying to limit global warming in the way vietnam and other countries want. we will see if that is going to be possible. the headlines on bbc news — there are fears the death toll in indonesia after the earthquake and tsunami could rise dramatically, a thousand people could still buried in a housing complex in the city of palu. four political leaders from northern ireland are meeting the eu's brexit negotiator in brussels, to discuss the irish border question. unilever, which owns dozens of household brands, has abandoned plans to move its corporate headquarters from london to the netherlands.

the oscar—winning film director, danny boyle, is calling on people across the country to remember the millions of men and women who lost their lives in the first world war. the director is asking for members of the public to gather on beaches on armistice day to participate in a new informal gesture of remembrance. i asked him a short time ago about the inspiration behind his latest project. it is interesting i think, we tend to associate the beaches of the second world war because the beaches in normandy and you think of the chris nolan film, dunkirk. but when i was asked to come up with this project —based thought about all the people who left to serve in europe, had left from these beaches. there was no real air transport then, 1914

through to 1918, or very little. at folkestone, virtually, a huge proportion of the people who served left from this harbour including, probably one of the most famous casualties, wilfred owen, our great poet. he swam on this very beat the night before he travelled to france, never to return. on the 11th of november, if somebody was to come along and join in this act of remembrance, what would they be experiencing on the beach? that is a couple of things. we hope on 30 of the beaches spread around the country, we have 12 of them indicated here, as you can see they go all the way around the country. on 30 of the beaches we hope to draw in the sand huge portraits of individuals. at folkestone here is probably will be wilfred owen because he swam on this beach. it

can... another beaches could be people connected to the communities. it isa people connected to the communities. it is a community driven celebration. at low time we will draw their picture, great piece of sand painting, and as the tide returns it will wash them away. perhaps for a final time. it is a big question for the country, do we keep commemorating the first world war after 100 years? people will be able to participate in that painting and also in other events on the beach. they will have a poem which has been written by our poet laureate, caroline duffy, and we wa nt laureate, caroline duffy, and we want people to read the poem on the day. that can be a communal event, a whole classroom of schoolchildren, individuals walking up to the end of the beach and reading it to themselves. the poem of the printed on the back of a portrait that somebody that beats connects with

like this gentleman. this is some from my hometown in manchester, he was born in the street i went to school in. we wanted people to find a connection which activate this statistics. as you mentioned, the statistics. as you mentioned, the statistics are extraordinary. the millions of men and women, 9 million service people from all the countries involved lost their lives. if you work that out, but is 240 lives a minute day and night for four years. when you connect that with portraits like this it renews our debt and with portraits like this it renews ourdebtand our with portraits like this it renews our debt and our obligation to these people. we wanted people to come to the beaches and it doesn't have to bea the beaches and it doesn't have to be a sad or solemn occasion, people may choose to do that. we will observe the two—minute silence. it may be a greatjoyful celebration of the occasion as well. i was involved

in the olympic opening ceremony and many of the drummers who played a lot occasion have remained as a group andi lot occasion have remained as a group and i hope they will turn up at some of the beaches and play. group and i hope they will turn up at some of the beaches and playm may be a joyous occasion as well. we are showing our view was one of these large—scale portraits that beyond the beaches, connected to specific communities. briefly, because we are running out of time, i would love to talk to you at greater length, you raised a question about whether we keep continuing to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the first world war. what is your the one that? i began this project feeling that? i began this project feeling that surely this is the perfect moment that we could and our commemoration of the first world war. it is 100 years, the perfect time to draw a line in the sand. but i have changed my mind. once you begin to make these connections and when you come to a beach which is a timeless place, little has changed

here says wilfred owen stood on this beach, and you can feel a connection with them as they look there to what awaited them. we know what awaited them thanks to the poets, partially. there is another connection as to why we asked caroline duffy to commemorate this day. it makes them alive again to me. i feel i commemorate this day. it makes them alive again to me. ifeel i have changed my mind. it is a question for the whole country, obviously. the winner of the royal institute of british architects‘ most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced next week. the nominations to become britain's best new building include a student housing development, a cemetery, and a nursery school. we'll look at each building in the shortlist over the next few days, and today it's the turn of chadwick hall at the university of roehampton in london by henley halebrown, which comprises three new buildings providing high—quality student housing on a modest budget we identified the need, as a campus

university, to provide as much residential accommodation for students as possible. the client really wanted as many rooms as they could get on what was a very controversial site, historic landscape, listed buildings and to do that in the least controversial way. the project consists of 210 bedrooms in three buildings in the grounds of a grade ii—listed house. the building is a marriage of two histories. the brickwork from the georgian house and the concrete frame from the 20th century estate. what i really like about the development we have done here is the way it sits with the surrounding buildings. they look like they've been here forever. one of the features that

really struck us was the bay window. that became the inspiration for a whole series of elements within the scheme. student housing is often very mean. and one of the meanest bits is the window but in this context, in a garden, we thought why not some french windows? generous, kind, and it gives them access to a balcony, wonderful daylight but actually outside space. it is important students don't feel isolated. it is very easy for them to live in their room. we have focused on making sure the communal spaces are bigger than you might expect. we've also created, used, if you like, the grounds to develop outdoor space where people can meet and means they are encouraged to socialise. very different from your typical student halls or accommodation. you see the greenery and you see the people. itjust add something different, you know it's a roehampton but it doesn't feels like roehampton, it feels like home.

you can find out more about all of the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and watch this year's riba stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel next wednesday evening between 8.30pm and 9.00pm. hundreds of thousands of people are expected in merseyside this weekend to watch giant puppets walk the streets. it's the third time they've visited the area. jayne's mccubbin reports. something has been raised from the depths of the mersey. what is happening? just a normal day in the office. crane operator, art critic. it's a big shoe. this giant shoe is just the start of a giant adventure, which will be seen by around one million people here

in liverpool this weekend. takes you back to your childhood, absolutely. i've got goose bumps. i'm really getting emotional. it's brilliant. give us a hug, you. you've got tears in your eyes, looking at a giant sandal! i know — wait until a see the man! this really is art which has the power to move people. the giants have visited liverpool twice before. they have played to 24 million people around the world. but this weekend's adventure will be their last adventure. three minutes to go! cheering and, even before the giants begin to move, the crowds arrive. i am so excited. get yourselves in, folks, enjoy yourselves.

inside st george's hall, a little boy giant sleeps, before his very last outing. it is all costing authorities here £5 million. they expect tenfold back to the local economy, and to enchant the city. it does cost a lot of money to put something like this on. we've just been talking about that. do you think it is money well spent? absolutely, absolutely. why? because it's life—affirming, and it's here in liverpool, and how lucky are we? jayne mccubbin reporting there. an eight—year—old girl in sweden has found a pre—viking—era sword while swimming in a lake in sweden during the summer. saga vanecek stepped on the sword while the water level was low at her family's holiday home. the sword is around 1500 years old. the discovery led to further excavations at the lake, which have so far found a brooch from the 3rd century. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news with jane hill.

but first it's time for a look at the weather. we've got some glorious autumn sunshine across scotland and northern ireland as well. earlier today, one of our weather watchers, the loch ness monster, surface to ta ke the loch ness monster, surface to take this picture. the cold air is rivers across the northern half the country. but that swings across so the rest of the country turning colder. if you look at temperatures today, compare them with tomorrow, for some places it is going to be nine celsius cooler. reading, 21 degrees today, 12 degrees as you look at the weather picture tomorrow. a big drop in temperature. it will turn colder. plenty of sunshine and the satellite and we got some sunshine across east anglia. between these two areas of

bright weather, we've got a weather front. that front gets more active. wales will have heavy rain. it will turn murky with low cloud, mist and fog patches and a bit of drizzle as well. to the north of the uk it is cold. scotland, northern ireland, they could be pockets of frost in they could be pockets of frost in the countryside. that is how the weekend starts. low pressure across england and wales bringing in rain. the ridge of high pressure for scotla nd the ridge of high pressure for scotland and northern ireland. they will be a few showers running into near coastal areas but apart from that it near coastal areas but apart from thatitis near coastal areas but apart from that it is sunny but quite cool, temperatures around 10—12. further south, on saturday with the cloudy started the day with outbreaks of rain pushing easterners. the rain turning heavier in south—east england with the wind is picking up as well. it is good to be a cool day with temperatures between 10—14 but it isa with temperatures between 10—14 but it is a big drop in temperature. it

will feel to me for england and well. looking through saturday night, clear skies in place and they will be patches of frost developing. it will be eternally started the day on sunday. the best of the weather this time will be across england and wales with autumn sunshine. for the north and west, we've got cloudy weather. and an northern ireland and the rain will turn heavy in western scotla nd buried under rubble after the earthquake and tsunami that hit indonesia. one week after the disaster, officials say they fear many more people than initially believed to have been buried in the area. we'll have the latest from sulawesi. also this lunchtime: a criminal investigation is launched by the environment agency after it emerged tonnes of medical waste, including body parts, have been stockpiled by an nhs contractor. political leaders from northern ireland meet the eu's brexit negotiator in brussels to discuss possible solutions to the irish border question.

fuelling climate change and producing too much waste — mps say britain's clothing chains are damaging the environment and must reduce their impact. and — what i did in my summer holidays: the eight—year—old girl who uncovered a 1500—year—old sword.