hello and welcome to bbc news. judge brett kavanaugh has been sworn in as the newest member of the us supreme court. it ensures a conservative majority among the justices — who have the final say on us law. two photographs of the oath ceremony have been released. our correspondent nick bryant reports. chanting: our court! our court! on the steps of the us capitol, the kind of scenes that to define an era. chanting: shame, shame, shame! an era of rage. an era of american division. an era in which women are even more determined to make their voices heard. i am just disgusted, i'm just disgusted. outrageous, it's humiliating and horrible. chanting: hey hey, ho ho, kavanaugh has got to go! the most explosive fault lines of us politics have long converged on the supreme court, but brett kavanaugh's nomination has

stirred passion seldom seen before in a battle for senate confirmation. this has been in such a cultural clash as two divergent americas, an epic struggle and one that will end with a historic and hugely consequential victory for american conservatives. ..so help you, god? i do. brett kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault, an allegation he fiercely denies. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. but at the end of it he will occupy a lifetime seat on america's highest court. it's a huge victory for the president who not only nominated him but also stood by him. he will be a greatjustice of the supreme court. people have thought that for ten years, they thought that he's just an extraordinary person, a great, great talent and i think he is going to make us all very proud. ahead of the final vote, an all—night session in the senate. recriminations round the clock. every american is entitled to the benefit of that the doubt

but not everybody is entitled to a seat on the united states supreme court. a vote to confirm judge kavanaugh today is a vote to end this brief dark chapter in the senate's history and turn the page toward a brighter tomorrow. when the climactic vote came, some final futile voices of protest. yelling the vice president mike pence trying to maintain order. but nothing now could stop brett kava naugh's confirmation. the ayes are 50, the nays 48. the nomination of brett m kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. chanting: shame, shame, shame, shame! it's a vote that will change america. for the first time in decades, the country's highest court has a decisive conservative majority. nick bryant, bbc news, washington.

some other stories now: in indonesia, the bodies of more victims from the earthquake and tsunami have been unearthed, taking the death toll to around 1,650. more than a week after the disaster, officials say they're moving closer to calling off recovery efforts amid concerns over the health risks posed by decomposing corpses. the country's security minister said some of the worst affected areas will have to be declared mass graves. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, is due to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un in pyongyang. mr pompeo flew in from tokyo which was the first stop of his east asia trip. he told reporters there that he hoped to settle the details for a second summit between president trump and mr kim on denuclearisation. but north korea insists it has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons as long as sanctions continue. there is growing concern over the fate of a saudi arabian journalist who disappeared while visiting the kingdom's consulate in turkey. turkish police sources suggest he may have been killed inside, but there has been no official response from

the country's authorities. saudi arabia says the accusations are baseless. caroline rigby has more. jamal khashoggi into the saudi court in istanbul on tuesday. he has not been seen since. the alarm was raised by his turkish fiancee, who had been waiting outside. since then, rumours have been swirling about what might have happened to him. appearing here on the bbc, he isa him. appearing here on the bbc, he is a journalist who, in recent yea rs, is a journalist who, in recent years, has been critical of some moves by saudi arabia's crown prince, and had been living in self—imposed exile outside of the kingdom. speculation in that turkey has suggested that jamal khashoggi may have been abducted or even killed within the consulate. but following an investigation by police

buhas, as yet, been no official response from the turkish authorities. saudi arabia has dismissed talk of an abduction. it insists the journalist left the building shortly after he entered. the consulate general in istanbul confirmed his country was helping with the surge. the open the doors to the consulate on saturday in an effort to demonstrate the missing man was not inside. translation: i would like to confirm that the citizen jamal khashoggi translation: i would like to confirm that the citizenjamal khashoggi is not at the consulate nor in the kingdom of saudi arabia and the consulate and empathy are working to search for him and we are worried about his case. -- embassy. as the days pass, fares increase for mr khashoggi's welfare. calls for press freedom and information for journalists increase as well. there is no question that saudi arabia is an extremely controlled and restrictive country for the media and that journalists

restrictive country for the media and thatjournalists who criticise the authorities do so at their peril. the washington post has left mr khashoggi's column blank to mark his disappearance. what's clear is that the longer this mystery remains unresolved, the more it threatens to deepen strains on an already difficult relationship between turkey and saudi arabia. caroline rigby, bbc news. 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 disease, 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's easy to see why parts of broxbourne have some of the worst

air pollution in the country. around 30,000 cars go up and down the a10 every day. the government has been forced to acknowledge this is one of eight local authorities where efforts to tackle air pollution are failing. not great if you live next door. it does worry me, because obviously you don't want to be breathing in all this crap. i mean, they are always on about london but we really, really do get bad traffic along here. it's been ten years since the eu set maximum legal levels for nitrogen dioxide. the government had been aiming to comply by 2021. but admitted today it won't achieve that until 2028. meanwhile, doctors say air pollution is linked to the early deaths of 40,000 people in the uk each year. the government has told local councils they need to do more to tackle pollution hotspots. but here in broxbourne, research says it could take ten years to bring air pollution down to legal levels. but client earth, the environmental law charity who won the high court case, forcing the government to improve its air quality plan,

said ministers had shown a shocking lack of leadership. we're astounded it's taken so long to find out the true extent of the problem. and the government, instead of dragging its feet and passing the buck onto local authorities has to start taking real action now to start to protect people's health from illegal and harmful levels of air pollution. in a statement the government acknowledged further action was still required but said air quality had improved significantly in recent years. jon donnison, bbc news, in broxbourne. pope francis has ordered a thorough review of all the documents related to accusations of sexual abuse by a former us cardinal, theodore mccarrick, who resigned in july. it follows allegations that the pope himself was complicit in a cover up. our europe regional editor, danny aeberhard has more. pope francis, seen here greeting young visitors to the vatican, is credited in many ways with renewing the roman catholic church.

but the issue of clerical sexual abuse continues to shake the institution to its core. the vatican is keen to show it is taking action. its latest statement on the matter is measured, but its implications could be profound. it concerns theodore mccarrick, a senior us cardinal who resigned amid accusations that he had sexually abused a teenager nearly 50 years ago. the vatican warned that by reviewing the documentation on investigations into cardinal mccarrick, it could emerge that choices were taken that would not in keeping a contemporary approach. pope francis spoke out against sexual abuse and clerical cover—ups on a bruising trip to ireland in august. good morning. he called them a scourge that had to be eliminated at any cost. but during the trip, a former vatican diplomat, archbishop carla maria, alleged that the pope knew of the accusations against the cardinal five years ago.

he called on the pontiff to resign. he has claimed that pope francis was told about the character behaviour with adult seminarians and was told that benedict xvi, his predecessor, had placed sanctions on theodore mccarrick. apparently be pope did nothing and somehow rehabilitated mccarrick. there is evidence in what vigaro is saying, in terms of documentary evidence. pope francis declined to respond directly to archbishop vigano's claims. the vatican does not mention them specifically but it repeated a promise made by the pope three years ago. "we will follow the path of truth, wherever it may leave". christopher lamb is from the the tablet — an international catholic weekly — he gave us some background to the story. this is different from the abuse

allegation first launched with the vatican in 2017. that the archbishop abused a minor. that has been dealt with separately. the review is what the vatican knew about the misconduct allegations against seminarians. that is a key part of archbishop vigano's explosive testimony against pope francis, saying he knew about the archbishop's sexual misconduct behaviour and did not take sufficient action. archbishop vigano is the former papal ambassador to the united states and released his testimony last month. he called on the boat to resign. it has been a huge issue for the papacy of pope francis —— called on the pope. the

khyber that he will not say anything about the allegations. what we are seeing from the vatican is an institutional response to the legitimate concerns of how archbishop mccarrick‘s case was managed. and what the vatican are trying to do is respond to the concerns of catholics on the ground about how they dealt with it. what is coming into focus is the whole question of sexual misconduct by seniorfigures in the question of sexual misconduct by senior figures in the church. question of sexual misconduct by seniorfigures in the church. not when it comes to children, but when it comes to priests or seminarians in their charge. it is the me too moment in the catholic church that is being examined. that was christopher lamb. voters in brazil are preparing to go to the polls, after a bitterly divisive presidential election campaign. the front runner is the far right nationalist, jiar bolsonaro, who was stabbed by a protester on the campaign trail. among voters biggest concerns are corruption, rising crime and a stagnant economy, as katy watson reports from brazil. the proud host of the olympic games, rio was brazil's showpiece.

two years on, that pride has turned to shame. police shootouts, funerals and painful goodbyes. where people's lives and up like this. violence has become a key election issue. 13—year—old maria eduarda 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 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. josilene shows me where she was killed. so every single one of these hearts, you can see, there is a gunshot. these are all gunshots

from the day that maria died. josilene takes me through the valour where she lives. she has lost faith in politicians. her only faith is now in god. she keeps herself busy now, building a small church. but the memory of her little girl is always close by is not translation: everyone of this is a lost dream. she 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 to rio struggling. so the army was brought in to restore order. that is music to leading presidential candidates

jair bolsonaro's ears. a man who speaks fondly of military rule. residents in these slums, though, live a different reality. the army is training the police to do theirjobs better, with low salaries and poor conditions, corruption is rife. we have corruption on one hand, and on the other hand we have the rifles among the criminals, which is a very evil combination. and they are using the inhabitants as human shields. but when you have corrupt police, they are also being used, at the end of the day. yes, we are also working to expel the bad cops from the police ranks. corruption has played a big part in rio's financial woes. unemployment has soared. elene lost herjob and now sells food on the city streets. hundreds of others are doing the same thing, she says. it is a symbol of all that has gone wrong in brazil. translation: i will vote,

but i feel like voting for nobody. i want somebody who is clean. brazil is a horror, it is a disaster. as campaigning wraps up, the stakes are higher. a vote for far right bolsonaro, or this man, fernando haddad, his political opposite. faced with extreme choices, brazilians are deeply worried about the country's future. this is bbc news. our main headlines: brett kavanaugh has been sworn in as a justice on the supreme court, after earlier being confirmed by the us senate. his confirmation comes despite huge protests outside the senate building — demonstrators are angry over claims of sexual misconduct, which judge kavanaugh denies. the government has voiced its concern over hong kong's decision not to renew a work visa for a british journalist. victor mallet is vice—president of the city's foreign correspondents' club.

it was criticised by beijing after it hosted an event featuring a pro—independence activist. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. fluttering in the breeze, a symbol of who ultimately rules the city. not that these protesters need much reminding. they came to the immigration department calling for press freedom, warrior to a red line has been crossed. it's not just barring victor mallett from working in hong kong. the government is barring all future journalists from having to report on hong kong independence or any opposition voices. victor mallett writes for the financial times and he is vice president of the hong kong foreign correspondents club. or scc. in august, the group posted

an event with andy chan, the head of the hong kong national party which advocates independence. china called for to be cancelled but the fcc declined. subsequently the party was banned and now a victor mallett does not have a work visa. it was expected there would be a further clampdown on the media but it's unexpected it would be deceptive. all this comes just days after the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the so—called umbrella movement. these were protests calling for greater democracy rather than independence but they are unnerved at the local government and beijing. for more than 20 years, hong kong has operated under the formula of one country, two systems. some here are increasingly concerned the emphasis is now more on the former than the latter. tim allman, bbc news. after 83 years, tokyo's world

famous fishmarket has held its final day of business before being relocated to a new site. it's the largest in the world, but it has been forced to close to make way for redevelopment plans. cordelia hemming has the details. gathering before dawn for the market's final tuna auction, fish mongers bid for the best deals in what has become a popular spectacle for tourists visiting the japanese capital. tokyo's and tsukiji fishmarket is the largest in the world and has been operating at this site for 83 years. now hundreds of fish mongers are having to pack up shop and move to a new, more modern, site. it's part of the redevelopment for the 2020 olympic games.

but the relocation has not gone down well with many of the vendors. a survey by a group opposed to the relocation found that 80% of the fish traders were against the move. translation: tsukiji is now a brand—name and people buy from here because it is tsukiji. i'm hearing from a lot of people worried that will not be the same and that is why they do not want to move. i have been working a 23 years and do not want to move either. the iconic markets first opened in 1935, quickly growing into a majorfood and earning it the nickname the kitchen ofjapan. on a good day it would see up to 60,000 people bustling through its alleys and shops. the hope now is that the soul of the market won't be lost when it reopens in its new location on thursday. cordelia hemming, bbc news. it is every auctioneer‘s worst

nightmare, not to mention the poor by up's. 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. yesterday, during an auction in london, the art world was stunned when it was ripped to pieces by a shredder hidden inside its own frame. so far so bizarre. but what had happened and who did it? well, tonight, another video has emerged. a video on banksy‘s own instagram page apparently showing him hiding the shredder inside the frame. why? well... banksy‘s video then shows friday's auction. as the bidding for the painting hits 850,000, this happened. the picture is sliced into bits.

stunt or serious statement? no—one knows. but his fans believe it's 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? sotheby‘s has expressed bewilderment about all of this and hasn't revealed what the person who bought the picture thinks about having half a picture. social media is awash with claims, but it is the truth that may have been shredded in all of this.

as for banksy, well, seeing any bit of him, if it is him, is a rarity itself. painter, prankster, and now paper shredder. his talent for spectacle and publicity clearly placing him at the cutting edge of art. duncan kennedy, bbc news. tributes have been paid to the opera singer montserrat caballe who's died aged 85. her career spanned 50 years, and included a duet with freddie mercury. frankie mccamley reports. # barcelona. # it was the first time that we met. # barcelona.# the duet that brought pop music and opera together. montserrat caballe and freddie mercury's 1987 hit single barcelona. which became the anthem of the 1992 summer olympics in the city. last night, the 85—year—old passed away after being hospitalised for two weeks. tributes were paid to the star known as the world's greatest diva

at the opera house in barcelona where she performed more than 200 times. montserrat caballe was a fantastically important singer, a perfect technique that fascinated, with wonderful phrasing, with wonderful expressivity as a singer, by being so unbelievably perfect. born in barcelona, montserrat caballe, at the age of nine, was accepted for training at the city's music college. after graduating in 1953, her career, which spanned 50 years, went from success to success. appearing on stage all over the world. starring in 90 opera roles with nearly 4000 performances. her lead roles gave her international stardom. despite a glittering career, there was some controversy. in her later years montserrat caballe was given a six—month

suspended sentence for tax fraud. she was also dogged by ill—health, spending three months in hospital with a brain tumour and receiving treatment for heart trouble. as her body arrived at a funeral home in spain, media gathered and the country's royal family paid tribute, calling the singer "the great lady of the opera". her funeral is expected to be held on monday in the city she clearly loved, barcelona. weather now with louise lear. good morning.

i think is pretty safe to say whatever the weather you had yesterday you will have the opposite today. let us look at why. we had a weather front moving across england and wales yesterday which brought heavy prolonged rain for a time. further and west under an influence of high pressure we had some drier sunnier weather conditions. it was a north—south divide across the country. the best you could do to entertain yourself in the afternoon was perhaps a splash in muddy puddles across england and wales. the north it was a glorious afternoon for getting out and about. a little on the chilly side but beautiful with some sunshine. those clear skies continuing. that means a chilly start to sunday morning. we will see single figures quite widely across the country. and maybe a little bit of mist and maybe in some areas light frost. we could be greeted to a scene like this first thing. the only exception to that is further north and west. there is a weather front pushing into scotland as we speak, it is bringing strengthening winds, gusting to gale force through the day and some heavy, persistent rain into scotland and perhaps gradually into northern ireland. a real contrast in what you had yesterday. further south, it is a completely different story. we will continue with the blue sky, the sunshine, and a degree or so warmer as well. a beautiful afternoon for spending time outside. temperatures will be up

on where we were yesterday. we should see highest values perhaps of around 14—16 degrees. further north, 11—14 at the very best. we still have this north—south divide into monday. much of england amount under the influence of high pressure. this weather front acting like a conveyor belt. bringing a pulse of rain. there may be the potential for localised flooding before it eases into western scotland, as we see another day through northern ireland and much of central and western scotland seeing some persistent rain. further south, the south—westerly bloke driving in more cloud. a degree or so warmer with some sunshine, highs of 18 degrees. that will be the trend as we go through the middle part of the week. we keep the south—westerly flow and temperatures will start to pick up. notjust across england and wales, even into scotland, particularly eastern scotland. if it's the warmth that you are after, you won't be disappointed with this forecast as we go through the middle of the week. likely to see high teens, low 20s across the country. with elements like early—morning frosts, a little bit of mist, but also some warmth, we could be asking the question, are we going to experience an indian summer? until then, take care. this is bbc news. the headlines: brett kavanaugh has been sworn in as a us supreme courtjustice — hours after being confirmed in the tightest vote in the senate for more than a century.

his appointment cements conservative control of the court. mr kavanaugh has denied allegations of sexual assault. the vatican's announced that pope francis has ordered a thorough review of all the documents related to accusations of sexual abuse against a former us cardinal — theodore mccarrick. the pope accepted cardinal mccarrick‘s resignation in july. he'd been accused of sexually assaulting a teenager nearly 50 years ago. the uk government has voiced its concern over hong kong's decision not to renew a work visa for a british journalist. victor mallet is vice—president of the city's foreign correspondents' club. it was criticised by beijing after it hosted an event in august this year — featuring a pro—independence activist. ray galton, one half of the galton and simpson comedy writing duo, has died at the age of 88 after a battle with dementia.