this is bbc news. i'm sophie long. the headlines at seven. bothjump both jump out! —— the them out! this is the scene in the us senate, as lawmakers take part in the final debate before the, we'll bring you the latest developments. this is the scene live in the us senate. lawmakers take part before that confirmation. a government review reveals that toxic air pollution is far worse in some areas of england than previously thought. the doctor will see you all now. gps trial a scheme where some patients share their appointments. one of the fathers of british sitcom, ray galton, has died at the age of 88. if we was to kill off all the dirty old blokes like you, we wouldn't have any diseases any more. with his co—writer alan simpson he created classics — steptoe and son and hancock's half hour. going, going, actually gone,

an original banksy self—destructs, moments after selling for more than a million pounds at auction. and at 7:30, sportsday will bring you the latest asjose mourinho's manchester united are in trouble as they host newcastle at old traffrd. good evening. welcome to bbc news. in the next few hours, the us senate will almost certainly confirm president trump's controversial nominee for the us supreme court, even though he's facing a series of allegations of sexual assault. it's thought brett kavanaugh does now have the support of enough senators,although he's still facing ferocious opposition from the democrats, and protestors outside capitol hill. nick bryant reports from washington.

# hey, hey, ho, ho. # kavanaugh has got to go #. the protests are continuing but the fight now is over. brett kavanaugh will be confirmed by the us senate, on a day that could change america for decades, a milestone moment with the potential to make this a more conservative country. inside the halls of congress, protests in the offices of wavering senators who've ended up backing brett kavanaugh‘s nomination. manchin, do the right thing. one of them is democratjoe manchin, who's broken with his party and who was heckled as he tried to explain his decision. shame on you! the senate was in session all night, recriminations round—the—clock. every american is entitled to the benefit of the doubt but nobody is entitled to a seat on the united states supreme court. this body has had a test

and we are failing that test. this body has had a chance. this body has had a responsibility and we have surrendered that responsibility. the supreme court wields society—changing power. in the 1950s, it ordered the desegregation of southern schools. in the 1970s, it liberalised abortion rights. more recently it has handed down landmark rulings — bolstering gun rights. now it will have a decisive, conservative majority for the first time in decades. the committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god. i do. brett kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault, an allegation he fiercely denied. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. at the end of this vicious fight, he'll occupy a lifetime seat on america's highest court.

his sponsor, donald trump, hasn't been seen in public since late thursday night but soon he'll celebrate victory. he's tweeted, it's a big day for america and it's one that gives him an instant legacy of making the usjudiciary more right wing. let's ta ke let's take you live to capitol hill now. this is the scene outside the senate on capitol hill as protestors demonstrate against the nomination of brett kavanaugh. there have been weeks of protesting. we are expecting that vote to take place would think at about 8:30pm oui’ place would think at about 8:30pm ourtime place would think at about 8:30pm our time but you can see even though it now does seem that president trump will get his way, and victory for him, his second nomination to the supreme court, that does appear to be set to happen but you can see

the protest continued outside. we will be live in washington for that. barbara will keep us up—to—date as senators continue to debate. you see the chance continuing outside. —— b protest chance. air pollution in parts of england is much worse than previously thought, according to new scientific data released by the government. it shows that nitrogen dioxide, which is emitted from vehicles and can cause heart and lung, will not fall to legal levels for another ten years. ministers have ordered eight local authorities to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide at pollution hotspots. but environmental campaigners accuse the government of trying to pass the buck. jon donnison reports. it is easy to see why parts of broxbourne have some of their worst levels of pollution in the country. around 30,000 cars go up the a—io everyday. the government has been forced to acknowledge that this is one of eight local authorities efforts to tackle air pollution are failing.

not great if you live next door. it does worry me. you do not want to be breathing in all this rubbish. they are always going on about london but we really, really do get bad traffic along here. it has been ten years since the eu set maximum levels for nitrogen dioxide. the government had been aiming to comply by 2021. it admitted today it will not achieve that until 2028. doctors say air pollution is linked to the early deaths of 40,000 people a year in the uk. the government has told local councils they need to do more to tackle pollution hotspots. here in broxbourne, research says it could take ten years to bring air pollution down to legal levels. client earth, the enviromental law charity who won the case falls in government to improve its egg quality plan said ministers had shown a shocking lack of leadership.

it has taken a long time to show the true extent of the problem. they have to start taking real action now. in a statement, the government acknowledged that the action was still required. it said air quality had improved significantly in recent years. let's return to our main story — the vote in the us senate on president trump's controversial nomination for the supreme court — brett kavanaugh. 0ur correspondent, barbara plett usher, joins me now from washington. if the senators vote as they said they intend to do, it will be a very good day for president trump. yes, it would be a huge political victory for him. a lot of conservatives who held her nose and voted for him were

looking for something exactly like this, it is very important for them to get another conservative justice on the supreme court bench because thatis on the supreme court bench because that is then going to tip the scales on the supreme court towards a conservative direction. thejudge, that kava naugh would conservative direction. thejudge, that kavanaugh would be replacing, oi’ that kavanaugh would be replacing, or sometimes a swing vote. brett kavanaugh, his position on those issues are very deeply conservative. this is something extremely important to mrtrump. this is something extremely important to mr trump. if he is able to pull it off, even given the rockets and very better political fight that have ensued in the process of getting to this point it will be seen as a victory for him and part of his legacy because this is going to go on long after he leaves. this would change the direction of the supreme court for a good generation. it does seem that this is very likely to go ahead and happened, there are still a very

loud protesters we are watching alongside you on the screen there outside of capitol hill. yes. i was just outside there talking to them. they are very motivated by frankly, the meat to movement. the sexual assault allegations against kavanaugh and assault allegations against kava naugh and intersecting assault allegations against kavanaugh and intersecting with this. —— the metoo movement. women coming forward in talking about the expenses are wanted to be heard. they feel the fact thatjudge kavanaugh they feel the fact thatjudge kava naugh looks as they feel the fact thatjudge kavanaugh looks as though it will become firm means that the boys of his accuser, christine blasey ford, is not being heard and they are very unhappy about that and continue to process but even if they have lost this battle and it looks like they have, i think this kind of activity and action will be happening because it is and is a bigger issue. we are coming up to the midterm elections when people who have been angered by what they have seen kenny go to the polls and vote is a bigger issue. we

are coming up to the midterm elections when people who have been angered by what they have seen kenny go to the polls and vote and suddenly the democrats are planning to galvanise this kind of anger to their advantage for the midterms but i have to say the republican base has also been stirred up by this, filling their candidate got was treated unfairly and he was basically seen as guilty before being proven innocent and he was the victim of political conspiracy. so there are a lot of angry people on both sides of this argument. little more on that. one of the vendors we can see, november is coming, clearly a reference to those midterm elections. —— one of the banners. it will be interesting to see how this plays out. a mri woman on the republican certainly backing kavanaugh on the republican certainly backing kava naugh has well. on the republican certainly backing kavanaugh has well. this does not just abide did the lies. —— a number of women on the republican side. if you are republican and he is your man who represents what you want to see in the supreme court, you are more likely to him against doctor ford, and if you are on the

undecided more likely to believe her and both of them gave very emotional testimonies. diametrically opposed to each other and judge kavanaugh claimed that he was the victim of a political conspiracy, that is something that apollo crews supporters the male or female, seemed to accept. —— republican supporters. it is not as black and white than that. you have women on the republican side who would be empathetic towards christine blasey ford, but as i said, it is notjust divided along gender lines. thank you, barbara for now. we will be back with her throughout the course of the evening. we expect that chambers senate developed and that vote to take place sometime about a 30 pm this evening our time. join us we will have all that life for you of course. —— 8:30pm. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has offered an upbeat assessment of the brexit talks — saying he believes it's possible to reach a deal by the end of the year.

his comments came after another senior eu official — jean claude juncker, president of the european commission, also suggested the chances of a an agreement have risen in the last few days. one week after the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami — officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the mud and rubble. so far the official death toll is around 1500. hundreds of buildings were destroyed in the city of palu when it was hit by a wall of water. yet alongside the despair, there have been stories of hope, as our correspondent nick beake reports. within this devastated city you find incredible stories of survival. 12—year—old football fan rizki was in an internet cafe in palu watching highlights of his beloved manchester city when the earthquake struck. "suddenly the earth started to shake," he tells us.

"i started to run, my hand was crushed, but i was able to stick out my other hand. i waved it, someone saw me and helped me out." he still hopes to achieve his dream of becoming a footballer, joining his heroes at his favourite team. who is your favourite manchester city player? riyad mahrez. algerian international riyad mahrez became manchester city's record signing when they bought him for £60 million this summer. we thought manchester city may want to know about their young fan's amazing story of survival thousands of miles away. so we got in touch. and it turns out riyad mahrez wants to send a personal message. now, rizki doesn't know anything about this. hi, rizki. somebody wants to say hello to you. hi, rizki. how are you? i hope you're getting better.

i heard that you are a big city fan. so ijust want to wish you a good recovery. i hope you get better and we will give you the best wishes from man city. he also said that he'd like to send you a signed shirt as well. "i can't wait to get better and wear it". in the city of sorrow, where they have lost so much... thank you. ..a smile goes a long way. scientists and representatives of 195 governments have a approved a report on limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. the finalised report — due to be published on monday — will sound a warning about the speed and scale of measures required to protect countries vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels. it's expected to prompt calls for urgent steps to cut greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050. and we'll bring you the full

details of that report in our special coverage of the the intergovernmental panel on climate change on monday. the headlines on bbc news... president trump's supreme court nominee is expected to be approved by us senators later, despite allegations of sexual assault. toxic air pollution is much worse in eight areas of england than previously thought, a government review reveals. ray galton, one half of the writing duo behind hancock's half hour and steptoe and son, has died at the age of 88. tens of thousands of people have marched through edinburgh in support of scottish independence. historic environment scotland said their priority was to "facilitate the march safely". they had earlier said the rally could not be held as events of a "political nature" are not allowed. catriona renton reports.

a sea of people make their way down edinburgh's royal mile, bringing together supporters of independence. in the lead up to the event, organisers said they anticipated the march to be the biggest and boldest demonstration for independence in scotland's history, and today, they are delighted with the turnout. i'm not a member of the snp. i'm not a member of any political party, i support grassroots organisations. but at the end of the day, that is what it is all about. getting people together to free our country. the rally planned for the end of the march just beyond the scottish parliament at holyrood park did not have permission. as historic environment scotland do not allow events about political nature here. but it went ahead. people showing their support for the cause. the movement is growing. the more, the merrier. it is amazing. supposedly they said there will be about 100,000. we are hoping that there is.

cos it is still coming. we have been fighting for scotland and we know that scotland will probably get its independence. a spokesperson for historic environment scotland said it is their priority today to work with partners including the police to facilitate the march safely in the park and they will review the situation after the march. some patients could see theirgps in groups, under plans being considered by the nhs in england. doctors have been trialling shared appointments for up to 15 patients with the same condition — ranging from raised blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis, to chronic back pain and asthma. the royal college of gps says patients like getting the support of others — while gps say it stops them having to repeat advice. mary henfrey is a patient who's taken part in group—led sessions — she said other people asked questions she might not have thought of.

i used to go to see doctor birrell each week and it was a three—hour group session and the good parts about it were people ask questions that you might not have thought of asking yourself and also it was nice to see other people and talk to them and get their experiences as well. brazilians will vote tomorrow for the country's general election. 13 candidates are running for the presidency amidst a devisive and violent campaign process. the economy, crime amd corruption remain top of voters concerns, as the bbc‘s katy watson reports from rio de janeiro. the proud host of the olympic games, rio was brazil's showpiece. two years on, that pride has turned to shame.

police shoot outs... funerals... and painful goodbyes — where people's lives end up like this. violence has become a key election issue. 13—year—old maria was affectionate and studious. a keen basketball player, she never once missed training, but one day, she didn't come back. in this video, police shoot dead to drug traffickers. two drug traffickers. maria was caught in the crossfire, shot three times on the basketball court at school. a year later, her mother still struggles. she shows me where she was killed. so these, every single one of these hearts if you can see, there is a gunshot, and these are all gunshots from the day maria died.

she doesn't believe in politicians. her only faith now is in god. translation: every one of these medals is a lost dream. maria told me she was going to travel to switzerland and the us to be a flight attendant and a basketball player. others here also have dreams, but as one little boy told us, life is cruel. while we were filming, drug traffickers with machine guns watched our every move. years of corruption and economic mismanagement have left real struggling, so the army was brought in to restore order. that is music to leading presidential candidate jair bolsonaro's ears, a man who talks fondly of military rule. residents in these slums, though, live a different reality. the army's training the police to do theirjobs better. with low salaries and poor condtions

means corruption is rife. you have the corruption on one hand and on the other hand, you have the rifles among the criminals, which is a very evil combination. corruption played a big part in rio's financial woes. this woman lost herjob and now sells food on the city's streets. hundreds of others are doing the same thing she says. it is a symbol of all that has gone wrong. translation: i will vote, but i feel like voting for no one. i want somebody who is clean. brazil is a horror. it is a disaster. as campaigning wraps up, the stakes are high. vote for far right bolsonaro, or this man, his rival and political opposite, fernando haddad. faced with extreme choices, brazilians are deeply worried about the country's future. ray galton, one half of the "galton and simpson" comedy writing duo,

has died at the age of 88 after a battle with dementia. together they created iconic sitcoms including "hancock's half hour" and steptoe & son. david sillito takes a look back at his life. i thought you came here to give us some of your blood. that is just a smear. it may be a smear to you but it is life and death to some people. it is a comedy classic. tony hancock, the blood donor. how much do you want? a pint, of course. have you gone raving mad? the work of ray galton and alan simpson. a pint? that is very nearly an armful. it had all begun at milford chest hospital. they started to write for hospital radio and then sent a script to the bbc. eventually, they got the attention of a comic, tony hancock. as he went past he said, did you write that?

we thought, should we own up or not? we said, yes. he said, very funny. and walked off. and those were our first words with tony. alan types on and ray takes up his favourite position for inspiration. shutting out the hungry cry for more, as they develop new themes, dream up more ideas. after hancock came a one—off comedy playhouse. the offer about rag and bone men — steptoe and son. in the ‘60s it was so popular, the bbc were contacted by the then labour leader harold wilson. he was worried voters would not turn out if it was on before polls closed. harold thought we wouldn't get a turnout of labour voters. he wanted the bbc to put it on after 9pm or cancel the programme. the partnership, apart from one

venture in the ‘90s, was essentially over by the late ‘70s, but their brand of comedy, rooted in class and thwarted aspiration, was, in its day, all conquering. i'll be 110 by the time you've finished. ray galton, a pioneer of the british sitcom. a stencil spray painting by elusive artist banksy, has attracted controversy after it self destructed just moments after being sold for more than £1 million. the framed girl with balloon, one of the artist's best known works, was auctioned by sotheby‘s in london. the piece shows a girl reaching towards a heart—shaped balloon — and was the final work sold at the auction. duncan kennedy reports. title, girl with balloon.

artist, banksy. conclusion, fine. well, sort of. because this is what happened as it was auctioned in sotheby‘s in london. as the hammer came down, so too did the picture, down into a hidden shredding machine encased in the frame. the audience couldn't believe it. the painting had just sold for over £1 million. sotheby‘s aren't saying the who or whether that contract is also in tatters. but collectors say this is banksy at his baffling best. i thought it was absolutely brilliant. banksy has taken good ideas and made them universally great. made them universally acceptable. when before banksy came along, painting on the street was a criminal act. if banksy does a painting on the wall, suddenly it's art. what's the difference? the enigmatic banksy appeared to post this instagram

message after the event. with the cheeky observation, "going, going, gone." yet there are plenty on social media who believe it's the truth that's been shredded and that it's all a hoax. but whatever has happened to the girl with balloon, it's unlikely banksy‘s reputation will be deflated. or who'll become an artist whose market has dropped out the bottom. duncan kennedy, bbc news. thousands of people have packed the streets of liverpool as enormous puppets parade though the city for a second day. known as the giants, the over—sized marionettes are back for a third and final time after visits in 2012 and 2014 attracted six—figure audiences. but visitors are being warned to prepare for disruption, as rmt members on northern are striking. andy gill sent this report. music brea kfast for

music breakfast for the little boy, real milkshake, real fruit. no breakfast for the little boy, real milkshake, realfruit. no dogs at the table, please. tough luck committee, i've got your sausages. —— tough luck committee. then off to town. we came all the way up from herefordshire to see it. it is amazing. quite a spectacle. the little boy probably needed a good brea kfast after little boy probably needed a good breakfast after the exertions of last night's show. back to today, and the big giant gets a helping hand tojump and the big giant gets a helping hand to jump over and the big giant gets a helping hand tojump overa and the big giant gets a helping hand tojump over a giant washing line. i am really lush with this. just amazing. you cannot find

where... we want them to come back. then a spot of angling for the little boy. not to catch fish, though. cheering music #we though. cheering music # we all live in a yellow submarine. the giants lead liverpool for the last time tomorrow. —— leave liverpool. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear good evening. it's been a saturday of contrast across the country for some and we can't heavy persistent rainfor some and we can't heavy persistent rain for much of the day, fell pretty cold and dismal. for the north with another area of high pressure building, quieting things down. that means to the night, we will continue to see clear skies for many in the temperatures falling away. the rain will slowly clear away. the rain will slowly clear

away from the essex coast but at the same time in the extreme northwest we will have more rain pushing it but it will be a chilly start to our sunday morning with temperatures and single digits. and a touch of low single digits. and a touch of frost. but at least there will be a lovely spells of sunshine and for many, where we see the rain today, it could be a different sort them all. dry settled and we the bust to the sunshine today, and to scotland, a day had mixed fortunes in your sunday will be a wet area. it looks likely that the rain will continue across the northwest at the side of the work week, getting a little bit warmer in the southeast. welcome back. this is bbc news. let's have a look at the headlines. president trump supreme court nominee expected to be approved despite allegations of sexual assault which he denies. toxic air pollution here as much work in eight areas of england than previously thought. the government review reveals. one week after the indonesian earthquake and tsunami officials say more than 1,000 people

could still be missing beneath the rubble. ray galton — one half of the writing duo behind hancock's half hour and steptoe and son — has died at the age of 88.