this is bbc news i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 8:00. snp leader nicola sturgeon — says her party would back a new brexit referendum — if the proposal was put forward at westminster. i said before we would not stand in the way of a second referendum, the so—called people's voye. i think the snp mps would undoubtedly vote for. 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. two men have died after running in the cardiff half marathon — both runners were treated after completing today's race. 20 people are killed in a car crash involving a stretch limousine in the us state of new york. victory for president trump, as brett kavanaugh is sworn onto the supreme court, after weeks of debate over sexual abuse allegations. and in half an hour the travel show explores the vast central asian landscapes of kazakhstan. 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. 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. chanting. 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. sarah smith, bbc news. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages ff at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and the entertainment journalist caroline frost. 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 suppliers. 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. two runners in this year's cardiff half marathon have died after suffering suffered cardiac arrests. the two men were in their 20s and 30s, and were treated by paramedics after crossing the finishing line. china has confirmed it is holding the missing head of interpol, chinese national, meng hongwei. beijing said he was under investigation by the country's anti—corru ption body for unspecified breaches of the law. 0ur correspondent simon jones is here. remind us, meng hongwei is a man who

had caused concern a couple weeks ago when he wind missing first of all. it has all been a bit of a mystery. he had not been seen for almost two weeks after he left the head of interpol, he left the headquarters in france and headed over to china. the alarm was raised to his wife. today she gave a news conference in which she was visibly upset. in that she said that she was thinking he was in danger. last she heard from him was on social media on the day he disappeared. she said she sent him on social media a picture of a knife, and that is why she was worried. he is a former official in the communist party. he had a role in the public security ministry. he rose to prominence under a minister who was jailed for yea rs under a minister who was jailed for years ago for corruption, and it is possible it is believed that the chinese authorities may be wanting to talk to him about that. the latest development, because there was a little bit of an lack of clarity, latest development is in

france they have received is resignation. yes. that came after we got some information from the chinese authorities who confirm that they had in fact detained him. the announcement came from their anti—corruption announcement came from their anti—corru ption authority, but announcement came from their anti—corruption authority, but they did not specify what he was being investigated for. it's at for possible violations of the law, but did not give us any further clarity on that. what we have learned from interpol as he has now quit as the head of the organisation. and there will be a successor. and that will be voted on next month. but we have tonight and this mystery is a little bit of clarity. it certainly seems he is in china, we don't know where but he is being investigated, but his ultimate fate is far from clear. thank you very much for keeping us up—to—date on that. simonjones. 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 170 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. a little earlier we spoke to local reporter steve hughes who is at the scene of the crash. this is a very popular local business for the fall season. it is a lwa ys business for the fall season. it is always very crowded, there are cars parked on the road. the store is located at the bottom of a steep hill, the limo may have mist or run the stop sign and collided with another vehicle, basically pushing it into a smaller ravine. when you spoke with the employee of the store earlier, they are very upset, they had a lot of young employees here. what happened. —— they saw what happened and they say this has been a dangerous intersection for a really long time. they have had to tractor trailers blow through that stop sign as well and drive into the

parking lot at high speeds. they are kind of concerned that no one has been able to fix this problem. state police are going to hold a press conference at 3pm local time. 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're really trying to find out is the names of who was involved and maybe they will have an answer to what happened, as to whether the limo had a malfunction or whether the guy just did not see the stop sign. i'd go with the man earlier became by the scene pay his respects. he was supposed to be at the wedding that this limo was coming from. he had chose not to attend. he was a little shaken up. federal investigators will invest the steps of crashes, just found on the scene, but the businesses open and people are coming in and they are stopping to look at the crash site. but that has not been a large outpouring of

family and friends yet. i suspect they're waiting for the media attention to die down a little bit. steve hughes reporting. labour have said they would scrap the new welfare benefit, universal credit, they say the reform has been a failure and is causing hardship for many people. it follows claims that some families will lose £200 a month with its introduction. the government has insisted that universal credit means that work pays, and it ensures fairness for taxpayers. 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. the body of a man — believed to a kayaker who went missing during a race off the dorset coast — has been recovered from the water after an extensive search. 60—year—old alistair collier from worcester was last seen yesterday near the start of the course. 0rganisers raised the alarm

when mr collier failed to finish the race from knoll beach to swanage. 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, touring a camera crew and 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 consulate 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. commentator, critic, columnist. 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. 8:14pm. 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.

two men have died after running in the cardiff half marathon — both runners were treated after completing today's race. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh ferriss. good evening. in four games last season liverpool and manchester city provided 18 goals. today the top two in the premier league couldn't manage one. but the leaders came close to ending their horrible run at anfield. asjoe lynskey reports. inside anfield, this is where the energy comes from. it is an atmosphere that has intimidated manchester city. twice last season, they were dismantled here. even their manager admits playing liverpool brings danger. this was one of the most anticipated matches of the year but the first half was an anti—climax. city slowed the game down and dampened the noise. it almost panicked liverpool

into an unforced error. with his back to goal, sergio aguero was brought down but no penalty. city have not won in anfield for 15 years but slowly they were starting to show their quality. mahrez‘s flashing shot was the first sign of progress but his afternoon would get more significant. city went to increase the speed with the pace of leroy from the bench. this time, the trick brought the chance. even in man city's collection of riches, mahrez is the record purchase. the money was spent for moments like this. in penalties, he is not the usual taker. sergio aguero watched him sky it from the bench. fittingly, this is the action this game will be remembered for, this expensive assembly producing a damp squib. chelsea havejoined liverpool and manchester city on 20 points. and sit between the two in second on goal difference after their 3—0 win over southampton. premier league top scorer eden hazard was the main man once again.

he got cheslea's first for his seventh of the campaign. ross barkley added their second, in the same week he earned a re—call to the england squad. alvaro morata got a late third for maurizio sarri's side — who remain unbeaten so far this season. for a while today arsenal were the closest team to liverpool and manchester city. after their 5—1 win at fulham. it's another victory in a winning run that's their best for three and a half years. alexandre lacazette got their first at craven cottage. and after the home side equalised. he got their second too. and then they pulled away. with aaron ramsey's clever flick the pick of the goals. it was just his second touch after coming on. pierre emerick aubameyang also made an impact from the bench. getting goals four and five for arsenal. who win for a ninth time in a row in all competitions. rangers have ended hearts unbeaten start to the scottish premiership season. steven gerrard's side beat the league leaders 3—1 at ibrox. celtic meanwhile were 6—0

winners at stjohnstone. despite their worst start to a season in 20 years brendan rodgers' side went into half time 5—0 up. four of those goals coming from wingerjames forrest in just 30 first half minutes. celtic are now up to third in the table. mo farah has won the chicago marathon and broken the european record. as well as his own british record in the process. farah crossed the line after two hours, five minutes and 11 seconds despite far from perfect conditions. it's his first victory in only his third marathon. the four time olympic champion was 37 seconds quicker than the european record and improved his personal best british mark by a minute and 11 seconds. lewis hamilton is on the verge of winning a fifth formula one world championship. the mercedes driver could wrap up the title as soon as the next race in the united states after today dominating to win the japanese grand prix his main rival — ferrari's sebastian vettel — tried to gain ground from eighth place on the grid but span to the back after colliding with max verstappen. vettel recovered but could only finish in sixth place. hamilton meanwhile led serenely

from pole for the entire race to seal his ninth win of the season and move 67 points clear at the top of the standings wth four races remaining. that's all the sport for now. thanks very much. 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. hywell griffth, bbc news. new royal navy contracts worth more than a billion pounds have been announced. the ministry of defence says the deals will see 17 ships serviced and fitted with the latest equipment — as our business correspondent, joe miller, reports. they supply britain's warships with fuel, ammunition, and food, take part in disaster relief operations around the world, and even patrol the ice waters of the antarctic. but the navy's royal fleet auxiliary and survey and hydrographic ships are in need of a spruce up. now, dockyards in birkenhead, falmouth, and tyneside have been awarded contracts to look after 17 vessels, keeping them fitted with the latest equipment over the next ten years. the ministry of defence says the new war work will support 700 jobs and save the government £100 million.

but service contracts are not the main prize for britain's maritime industry. lucrative contracts for the building of three entirely new non—combat ships had yet to be awarded. at a speech in glasgow in may, labour leaderjeremy corbyn criticised the government for allowing non—uk firms to bid for the work. workers in uk shipyards from plymouth, where i was last week, and glasgow to belfast, share a proud tradition of building some of the best ships in the world. unfortunately, the conservative government is currently trashing that tradition by offering up the ministry of defence's most recent contract for three new fleet solid support ships to overseas companies, to be built elsewhere. there might be some good news in the offing for the country's shipyard workers. the government wants to add at least five new frigates to the fleet and says they will have to be built on british shores. joe miller, bbc news.

the long—awaited first episode of the new series of doctor who was broadcast on bbc one this evening. the first time fans have seen jodie whittaker take over as the doctor. she's the first woman to play the role in the show‘s 55 year history. for those of you who missed it, here's a taster of tonight's episode. this is my home and i'm not having it being an alien battle ground. we stop the meeting, catch them, send them home. away from each other and away from earth. how do we do that? well, give me a minute. i'm working on it. can ijust ask well, give me a minute. i'm working on it. can i just ask about the dna bombs? how long have we got left? enough questions! you lots, you love to chat, i get it. lots to do, i'm working on it all. and i haven't forgot about your problems. give me nine minutes and a bit of quiet and i'll be ready to roll. jodie whittaker there. there were critics of the decision

to give whittaker the job, so how did she do on opening night? let's ask jenny colgan, she's an author who has written numerous doctor who stories and is also a self—proclaimed super fan. she was watching tonight's episode with her daughter. iam i am loving you have even got the jumperand a kind i am loving you have even got the jumper and a kind of all mods to the new doctor. what did you make of it? how did she do, the 13th. the? she did great, brilliant. they were very careful. sometimes new doctors can bea careful. sometimes new doctors can be a little wacky or a little out there am i but know she came in and hit the ground running. it moved fast and you just could tell the enthusiasm, the terrible jokes, fast and you just could tell the enthusiasm, the terriblejokes, you know, it all turned out all right. i thought she was tremendous. but relieved, can you imagine?” thought she was tremendous. but relieved, can you imagine? iwas looking on twitter and the overwhelming sense seems to be very positive in saying thatjodie whittaker within a few minutes, you have forgotten the whole issue of whether she was a girl or a boy. she was just the doctor. yes, whether she was a girl or a boy. she wasjust the doctor. yes, she is an

alien, thousands of years old. in fa ct alien, thousands of years old. in fact when you are buying into what i think very well tonight particularly for children, it was crazy new things are going to happen. you don't know how, but it will turn out all right. that is what you need. you are watching it with your daughter. there were so many fans now who are adults, but we must not forget this is aimed at family viewing. did he get that bob? absolutely. i think that she was announced last year i talked a lot about the female doctor. there was a lot of anger around that. you know what? children do not care. they're is like yeah, whatever. there are women everywhere, the prime minister, their gp is probably a woman. it was really interesting that the generation that cares is not the generation that it is aimed at. yet, no different for them. not the generation that it is aimed at. yet, no different for themm was a debut as well for the show

runnerfor the series. was a debut as well for the show runner for the series. what was your overall feeling about the shape of the episode, the storyline and the feel of it? do you know what i loved about it, chris is a really old cool fan as well. it has a real old 70s doctor, the wobbly alien thing was great. the new titles are really reminiscent. the music of that 70s era of proper dr who classic. using broad terms, this is a guy that really knows how to run tv and run a show that gets everyone involved and i thought you are handling a lot of characters and a lot of new people new stuff tonight going on. and it worked really well. can you tell i am relieved ? worked really well. can you tell i am relieved? i can tell you are very excited. we are delighted to hear your thoughts. thank you very much

indeed. jenny colgan there. sorry the quality was not that great on that line. i think you got the idea that she really liked it. 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. sir bob geldof. staying with music.

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. that thinks meet —— that makes me think of mud. i don't know what it will look like this week. now it's time for a look at the weather, with louise lear. that evening. sunny spells for somebody with a case of flipping the table in terms of the weather because it has been pretty wet today in scotland and parts of northern ireland as you can see. a couple inches of rain in scotland so far today. it has been pretty relentless. a different story from the south. we have had the sense of the south. we have had the sense of the unsigned. the night tonight we will the cloud pushing and across the southwest. that will prevent the temperatures from falling too in comparison to last night. 5—10d. still bad feet of wet weather. it is going to be fairly relentless for the next couple of days. affecting

northern ireland, west end scotland to start with but then it will push his way steadily north and east for scotla nd his way steadily north and east for scotland as we go through the day. south—westerly wind will bring in more cloud across us. eastern areas seen more cloud across us. eastern areas seen the best of the sunshine and the warmth with highest values of 18 degrees. it looks likely that we will see warmer weather still, with the rain slowly easing in scotland from wednesday. take care. he does look at her latest headlines. ahead of the snp party ‘s conference, nicola sturgeon says the party would fall for another eu referendum if it is proposed in the house of commons.