this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at six. snp leader nicola sturgeon — says her party would back a new brexit referendum — if the proposal was put forward at westminster. i have said before we would not stand in the way of a second referendum. i think snp mps would undoubtedly vote for it. pret a manger says a supplier was to blame for a second death — believed to be caused by an allergic reaction to one of its products. 20 people are killed in a car crash involving a stretch limousine in the us state of new york. also coming up, donald trump gets his pick for supreme courtjudge brett kavanaugh has been sworn in, following protests over claims of sexual assault, which he denies. and in sportsday in half and hour we'll bring you the latest on all the premier league action, including chealsea extending their unbeaten start to the season at southampton. good evening.

the scottish national party leader nicola sturgeon has said her party's 35 mps would vote in favour of another eu referendum — if given the opportunity to do so at westminster. her comments are a boost to the campaign for a so—called ‘people‘s vote‘, although the first minister said the "real solution" for scotland was independence. the scottish national party leader nicola sturgeon has said her party's a so—called ‘people‘s vote‘, although the first minister said the "real solution" for scotland was independence. it comes as theresa may seeks to strike a deal with the eu in the next few weeks — would then need parliamentary approval. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. calls for a second referendum on the terms of brexit were accompanied through central london today by hundreds of dogs. their owners delighted to hear the snp now support their cause. while labour has not ruled out supporting a so—called people's vote, theresa may has said it will not happen. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marr show that, faced with a choice between a cobbled—together brexit deal or no deal at all,

mps should look at an alternative. there is no doubt the calls for a second referendum would grow in those circumstances and i've said before, we would not stand in the way of a second referendum, a so—called people's vote. i think the snp mps would undoubtedly vote for that proposition. they would. that's a very important moment. the snp are the largest uk party to party to commit to a second referendum on brexit, with 35 mps now prepared to support it. but for many nationalists, that's not the referendum they really care about. tens of thousands joined a march in edinburgh yesterday in support of a second referendum on scottish independence. opinion polls published today suggest support is growing, but the question is when to call another vote. as soon as possible because we are out of europe by april. when would it be right to have another independence referendum? two years after brexit.

i think then we will see the damage that's been done to the scottish economy. i understand why there is a delay because you need to find out what the terms of brexit are before we have a second referendum. nicola sturgeon promised an update on the timing of an independence referendum this autumn. now she says we must wait until we know the details of any brexit deal. the challenge is how to maintain her supporters‘ enthusiasm as she keep them waiting. police have confirmed 20 people have been killed after a a crash involving a limousine in upstate new york. the limousine, which was reportedly carrying a wedding party, collided with another vehicle in schoharie, which is 100 and 70 miles north of new york city. an investigation is currently under way to determine what happened and new york state police say they are not revealing the names of those killed at this stage. let‘s speak now to steve shoes — who is a local reporter for the times union newspaper

in new york state and is just a few hundred yards away from where the crash happened. just update us please, what are you seeing and what are the latest details? right now, we still don't know a tonne, they are having a press c0 nfe re nce know a tonne, they are having a press conference in about two hours what we are to learn the names of the victims. but this is very popular local business for the fall season, always very crowded, cars parked on the road. what we... the store is located at the bottom of a detailed, del amo may have run the stop sign and collided with another vehicle pushing it into a small... how is the local community reacting to this? we spoke with a employee of the store earlier. they are very upset. they had a lot a young

employees here hysaj what happened. they say this is been a dangerous intersection for a very long time. —— hysaj what happened. they had to tractor trailers blow through that stop sign at high—speed before. they are concerned nobody has been able to fix the problem. hopefully we will hear more from the police soon, what more can you tell us about that? there'll be... the safely followed a press conference at three o‘clock local time, —— state police. they have been really tight lipped about what happened, the road was shut down for about ten hours last night, the only other thing we are trying to find out is the names of who was involved and maybe they have will have an answer to what happened and whether the limo had a malfunction or the guy didn‘t see the stop sign. do we know if they we re the stop sign. do we know if they were all local people? the stop sign. do we know if they were all local people ?|i

the stop sign. do we know if they were all local people? i believe so. i spoke with a man earlier who came by to pay his respects. he was supposed to be at the wedding that the limo was coming from, he had chose not to attend, so he was a little shaken up, he probably knew a lot of the victims. it looks like and we have a selection of pages here, emergency vehicles around the crash site. this happened at night, didn‘t? crash site. this happened at night, didn't? no, this happened in the middle of the day, about two o‘clock local time in the afternoon. so what is going on now then, what activity is going on now then, what activity is taking place now? right now, there isn‘t much. federal investigators have just gotten on the scene, but the business is open and people are coming in and stopping to look at the crash site. there has not been a large outpouring of family and friends, i expect they‘re waiting for the media hype to die down a little bit.

steve, we live in different now. more information coming from the press and police conference local time. the sandwich chain pret a manger has said another of its customers has died from a suspected allergic reaction. the company is blaming one of its, it says a yoghurt, which was supposed to be dairy—free, contained traces of milk protein. the supplier, a company called coyo, has dismissed the claim as "unfounded". it follows the death of another pret customer, 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse, from a reaction to sesame seeds. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in bath. this is the type of super veg rainbow flatbread at the centre of this incident. the person who ate one died in december last year. we don‘t have details about the person who bought a sandwich from the shop, but it is believed they had an allergic reaction to the product which was supposed to be dairy free,

but in fact, contained some dairy proteins. the death has now led to a furious row between pret a manger and one and one of its suppliers, a company called coyo. in a statement, pret a manger said... it went on... coyo based in canton says the claims are unfounded. they say they did have a recall of food containing dairy and say this was after the death. in a statement, coyo said... this latest tragedy comes after the death of natasha ednan—laperouse, who died from an allergic reaction after eating

a sandwich two years ago. after her inquest, herfamily welcome the pret announcement that in future it will list all ingredients on its freshly made products. the death involving the bath pret a manger is not about labelling. instead, it appears to be another incident connected to food allergies, which affects thousands of people. police in merseyside say a 27—year—old man has been shot dead in liverpool by a gunman riding a bicycle. emergency services were called to the belle vale area of the city, this morning. a man was treated at the scene but died later in hospital. police have appealed for witnesses to come forward. in an extraordinary diplomatic development, turkey has accused saudi arabia of murdering a well—known journalist, inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. jamal khashoggi, a saudi national

who writes for the washington post, has apparently not been seen since visiting the consulate on tuesday. saudi arabia says the accusation is baseless. mark lowen reports from istanbul. jamal khashoggi, mysteriously disappeared, or brutally murdered? the high—profile saudi dissident has long been a thorn in the side of his government. he hasn‘t been seen since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul last tuesday to get marriage papers. his turkish fiancee waiting outside sounded the alarm when he didn‘t emerge. turkey says it believes mr khashoggi was killed inside the consulate in a premeditated murder involving a saudi hit squad who removed his body. the saudis said that was baseless, opening cupboards in a bizarre attempt to show the journalist is not inside. they claim he left the building and don‘t know where he is.

translation: i would like to confirm that the citizen jamal khashoggi is not at the do it nor in the kingdom of saudi arabia and the embassy is working to search for him and we are worried about his case. the turkish president said police are examining cctv footage and called mr khashoggi a friend. after the claims of assassination, he sounded a little more cautious. translation: my expectations are still positive, god willing we do not face a situation that we do not want. his fiancee‘s hopes are the same. if it is proved that jamal khashoggi‘s life ended here, it would plunge already strained turkey saudi relations into crisis and could also force london and washington and other western governments to rethink their embrace of crown prince mohammed bin salman because this would amount to state—sponsored

murder on foreign soil. from exile in the us, the washington post left blank space forjamal khashoggi‘s regular article, saying it would be monstrous and unfathomable if he had been killed. the man who went to his consulate to help him get married, now the subject of an international murder inquiry. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. president trump has told a rally of his supporters that the confirmation of brett kavanaugh as a us supreme courtjustice has energised the republican campaign for the us midterm elctions. brett kava naugh‘s nomination was finalised last night despite a series of allegations of sexual misconduct, which he‘d strongly denied. president trump says the battle showed what is at stake for the midterms. from washington, barbara plett—usher reports. the brutal partisan fight over brett kava naugh‘s nomination is over. but it‘s set the battle lines for what is to come. president trump is

on the campaign trail. he did a victory lap over his supreme court success, but pivoted quickly to mid—term elections as the way to protect his historic achievement. on november sixth, you will have the chance to stop the radical democrats, and that's what they've become, by electing a republican house and a republican senate. we will increase our majorities. the gripping drama over judge kavanaugh‘s nomination raised the stakes on both sides, not only over the direction of the supreme court, but also over the direction of the metoo movement. those on the left accused republicans of soft—pedalling sexual assault. those on the right accused democrats of weaponising the metoo movement to assassinate the character of an innocent man. democrats, too, are capitalising on that anger. this is not a time to curl up. it is not a time to shut up,

it is not a time to give up. it is a time to get up, to rise up, to speak up. and that‘s what women in particular are doing, not only in washington but in cities around the country. both parties are seething with anger and set on channelling that outrage to elections. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, washington. niall stanage who is a white house columnist at the hill gave me the latest. it is difficult to play this out without absolute certainty, clearly there are republicans who do feel they have scored a big victory here. there were social conservative voters in this country who held their noses when voting for donald trump, for precisely this reason and he hope he would turn the supreme court and a conservative direction

and he has not done that. but your report i think indicated the extent to which this has really ignited anger among women. “— to which this has really ignited angeramong women. —— he to which this has really ignited anger among women. —— he has done that. that could hurt the lender clearly rebound to the democratic advantage. how you think is episode will be read in thejudicial advantage. how you think is episode will be read in the judicial history of america? we are learning so much now about the role of the supreme court. yes, i think people outside the us don‘t always see the supreme court as quite as important as it is. the supreme court rules on a lot of the most divisive issues in american public life. going back to the 1950s on issues like racial segregation in education or interracial marriage. but up to the present day were things like same—sex marriage or abortion is pa rt same—sex marriage or abortion is part of the course‘s jurisdiction. this will be critical and now there isn‘t an in—built strong conservative majority of the court asa conservative majority of the court as a very significant thing. and me, some‘s legacy is going to endure

potentially for decades. —— and means that donald trump. there was a professor saying we might be heading into the most conservative ever since 1937. many people are now looking to their all—important female boat, but on both sides, what side is most likely to come out and be galvanised ? side is most likely to come out and be galvanised? the democrats are the republicans. —— female vote. be galvanised? the democrats are the republicans. -- female vote. it would appear the democrats have the edge here. people talk about the t—mobile but it is more complicated than that. the basic contours are non—white woman bowl or more glyph for the democrats, what woman without college education boat heavily for the republicans. which leave college educated white women has a swing vote. now that has been sounds already of erosion of support among that group for republicans to miss signs of erosion. a report last week so republicans almost 20 points behind with college—educated white women. before this bread, not

episode had fully reverberated. the study rose and become a clout for republicans? —— before thisjudge, not happen. there would be major repercussions in the elections beyond the midterm. in terms of repercussions, talking about the midterms in the twenty20 election, what about the scrutiny that the supreme court and questioned about his legitimacy really arising out, do you get the feeling that americans to have that confidence that it americans to have that confidence thatitis americans to have that confidence that it is independent?” americans to have that confidence that it is independent? i feel that confidence is almost certainly declining. and for good reason. it used to be that the supreme court was seen as above used to be that the supreme court was seen as above politics to some degree. of course people realise that certain justices would have a conservative or liberal philosophy of jurisprudence, conservative or liberal philosophy ofjurisprudence, but it would looked deep, not hearing last week, it seems like he was almost positioned himself as a republican.

that is different from saying that a judge with a conservative philosophy. so when you see that and we see the intensity of the democratic campaign against him, i think the supreme court is really falling victim to the broader polymerization we see here. breaking news now around the body of a man believed to be the missing kayaker, a man believed to be the missing kaya ker, 60—year—old and a man believed to be the missing kayaker, 60—year—old and is there has been found around 22 nautical miles of the dawson code. coming to us miles of the dawson code. coming to us from belize, he is the man who had been missing since yesterday. taking part in a race off of that land in dorset. —— coming to us from police. he was last seen around at the end of the pier, lou glassy with a red light jacket the end of the pier, lou glassy with a red lightjacket but we understand that it a red lightjacket but we understand thatitis a red lightjacket but we understand that it is to be his body according to local police. this is that the

body was found alongside his kayak by coast guards fix aircraft and the body has been recovered from the water and transferred to the hospital by helicopter. the search began yesterday after he failed to finish the race between a male beach and swatted pier. the headlines on bbc news... snp leader nicola sturgeon — says her party would back a new brexit referendum — if the proposal was put forward at westminster. pret a manger says a supplier was to blame for a second death — believed to be caused by an allergic reaction to one of its products. 20 people are killed in a car crash involving a stretch limousine in the us state of new york. officials in indonesia say the number of people confirmed to have died in the earthquake and tsunami, has risen to more than 1700. hundreds more are believed to be missing, buried

in rubble and mudslides. rescue officials say they‘ll abandon the main searches for victims this thursday. hywell griffth sent this report from petobo on the island of sulawesi. slowly, some sort of normality is coming back to sulawesi, a basic economy of the bare essentials. the indonesian government has told people they must start thinking about the future. but how do you do that when everything you own has been swept away? this 15—year—old and his father are hoping to salvage something from their home, but it‘s hard after the house was carried 400 metres by a mudslide. translation: i saw it from a distance. i was afraid. i was sad. i was searching around trying to find my mum and my sisters. his mother was found alive, but his sister and his niece were both killed in petobo‘s mudslide. 500 families used to live here.

so far, they‘ve found at least 300 bodies. but in reality, they may never be able to know exactly how many people were trapped in this mud. the indonesian government has announced it will end search and rescue operations on thursday. it‘s likely petobo will then be declared a mass grave. nearby, this school isn‘t ready to reopen, but emergency tent classrooms could be set up this week. for this boy and his father, planning a future is still difficult, but they are desperate to try to rebuild their lives. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said a labour government would scrap universal credit, describing it as a shambles. but the conservative party chairman, brandon lewis, has defended the controversial benefits system. our political correspondent jonathan blake gave us this update. it has been beset by delays

and problems and has been criticised by notjust the labour party, but select committee of mps and charities and the national audit office earlier this year had a report saying that eight years after the work had begun to combine six benefits into one single monthly payment, only 10% of those who were expected to eventually benefit were on the system. they also pointed out that it costed around £700 per claim, four times as much as the government intends to spend when the system is fully operational. it was due to be all done and dusted by last year, of course, that is now long delayed and it won‘t be until 2023 that the universal credit system is up and running. just this week, we have seen reports that the work and pensions secretary estimates, they had briefed cabinet colleagues about the extent to which some benefit claimants were going to lose out on the new system. for example, two thirds of couples with children, and half of parents would lose

the equivalent of around £2400 per year. the labour shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said that it is his view that the system should be scrapped. most people think it should be scrapped. i have been listening to people over the last few weeks about the roll—out in their areas and i have been looking at what the government has said, how they are seeking to reform it. the reforms haven't worked. i think we are at the stage now that it is not sustainable any more, it is not a system that can work, it is not a system that is providing. the safety net that people expect when they need support. i think we are moving to a position where it is not sustainable, it will have to go. until now, it has been labour‘s policy to pause universal credit system if a relative and see if an alternative could be workable. after all, so much money and time has been spent on this new system

that it would be very difficult to reverse the changes. he is clearly going further there and in effect pre—empting a consultation which labour is engaged in about what it should do about universal credit. the government is not putting forward any plans to change the system, it is staggering the roll—out and says in places where it is up and running, it is working. the conservative party chairman, brandon lewis, was asked for his response to mr mcdonnell‘s call.. we have outlined, even in the prime minister's speech, moving the borrowing cap on councils for building houses is a very clear indication of moving forward to a different structure as we go forward. that is what we mean by the change in the end of austerity. we are clear about the fact that for public sector pay, we will look at what independent panels come back with. we have always got to make sure that it pays to work, we are making sure we help people get back into work and do it in

a way that is fair for the taxpayer. that is what the government hopes universal credit can achieve, make it better for people to be in work than on benefits, providing a fair system for the taxpayer. at every turn, it is facing criticism about universal credit and the way it is implemented. scientists and representatives from nearly 200 governments have been meeting in south korea all week to try and agree a new report urging more ambitious global warming targets. tomorrow, they‘re expected to say increases in temperatures should be capped at 1.5 degrees celsius above pre—industrial levels. their report will warn countries that the existing target of two degrees, adopted in the paris agreement of 2015, is no longer enough. earlier one of the report‘s authors, professor myles allen, explained the impact such a temperature change could have on our lives. that was a huge achievement of the paris agreement but of course, everybody recognised at the time that the science

available at the time didn‘t tell them what exactly that would mean. what were the benefits of limiting it to1.5, as opposed to allowing it to rise to two? and how much harder work would it be to meet a 1.5 degrees goal rather than settling for two. this is why they commissioned this new report. it is a very special report, but it is also a report specifically requested by the international community, asking us as academics to fill in the details, explain to them exactly what this 1.5 degrees goal means, so that they can then continue to discuss how they will manage to get that. it does, it is no secret that the implication of talking about 1.5 rather than two degrees is that we are talking about changes that will happen in our lifetimes. so, halting the increase in global

temperature will require us to limit omissions over all time of carbon dioxide, reducing carbon dioxide emissions not by 20%, not by 50%, but actually by 100%, all the way down to zero. that means big changes. for example, if you‘re driving a car with a internal combustion engine. this is difficult it unless it is driven with hydrogen, it is difficult for that to be a zero carbon activity. so, most transition pathways envisage massive electrification of transport. that is one of the areas, because it will no longer be consistent with achieving our climate goals to continue to dump carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as we have been doing in the past. leading british musicians including ed sheeran,

rita ora and sting havejoined forces to warn about the impact of a no—deal brexit on the music industry. they‘ve signed an open letter to theresa may, which was orchestrated by sir bob geldof. they claim that crashing out of the eu will seriously damage a creative sector worth an estimated four—point—four billion pounds a year. playing music and broadcasting that around the world is what we have done since the ‘60s, since the beatles. it has been a giant influencer, it is the actual voice of britain. so, when the brexiteers talk about a global britain, that is it. and that business, that industry which generates £91; billion a year, will be decimated by brexit. tickets for next year‘s glastonbury festival have sold out in just over half an hour. a record number of people tried to buy tickets when sales lines opened this morning according to organisers. around 200,000 people are due

to attend the festival at worthy farm, somerset, injune. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. the sun has been back today. it's hello. the sun has been back today. it‘s been a thorley soggy day. —— eight thorley soggy day. rain continues across the north of scotland and some flooding here in the next few days full stop further south, it is staying dry and sunny to finish the day little milder than yesterday. a mild night tonight, winds coming from the south—west so a blustery day. wind not as strong in the north as they have been, but the wind will continue to feed the milder air here. further rain in northern ireland and central and southern scotland. a brighter start in northern scotland, make the most of it, because the rain starting in northern ireland will make its way to the north. there will be some splashes in northern england and wales, but for the rest will be a dry and bright day. sunny spells in the south—east

and highs of around 18 celsius. for all, temperatures on the up, some rain in northern ireland and dry on tuesday, drier and better midweek.