31 welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. —— a very warm. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump praises nikki hailey after her shock resignation as us ambassador to the un. but is she after his job? we're all happy for you in one way, but we hate to lose you. hopefully you will be back at some point, maybe in a different capacity, you can have your pick. hurricane michael strengthens as it bears down on america's gulf coast. forecasters warn of three metre storm surges and winds approaching 200 kilometres an hour. fresh revelations about the second russian suspect linked to the nerve agent attack in england. we travel to his home village and talk to people who know him. turkish authorities are to search the saudi consulate in istanbul as the investigation into missing journalist jamal khashoggi gathers pace. over the past two years we've had a lot of well trailed high profile

departures from the trump administration, but today there was a shock resignation. un ambassador nikki haley's exit didn't come via a tweet. instead she got the oval office treatment. he said his door was always open to her. she heaped praise on the president, and very publicly, insisted she is not considering a bid for mr trump's job in 2020. the bbc‘s nick bryant starts our coverage. through the revolving door of the trump administration, another shock departure. the un ambassador, nikki haley, by far the most high—profile woman in the cabinet. she has done an incrediblejob. she is a fantastic person. they both stress this was an amicable separation. donald trump lavishing her with what is, for him, high praise. saying she brought more glamour to the role. i think it has become maybe

a more glamorous position than it was two years ago. maybe i wonder why, but it is. she made it a very glamorous position. this was far from glamorous but showed her eye for a television moment. brandishing pictures at the security council of children killed in a chemical weapons attack in syria. many think she is a future president, but today this high—flying republican ruled out challenging donald trump. no, i am not running for 2020. i can promise you that what i will be doing is campaigning for this one. i will look forward to supporting the president in the next election. it has been a dizzying 2a hours of comings and goings in the white house. the new supreme courtjustice brett kavanaugh up paraded last night on prime—time in what felt like the season finale of a reality tv show. the president confirming he is hired with a partisan blast at the democrats. on behalf of our nation, i want to apologise to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. those who step forward

to serve our country deserve a fair and dignified evaluation. not a campaign of political and personal destruction, based on lies and deception and with that i must state that you, sir, under historic scrutiny were proven innocent. thank you. applause. a normally solemn ceremony became a republican victory rally. the party's leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, given a standing ovation. but with vital congressional elections now less than a month away, the politics of the brett kavanaugh nomination battle are by no means clear cut. the republicans claim they are already seen evidence of a brett bounce that will help them retain control of the us senate. the democrats claim that there will be a backlash from female voters that will help them regain control of the house of representatives. and both are probably right.

as if to emphasise the politicisation of this moment, the white house released what looked like a campaign video, but will this triumphalism hurt donald trump? nick bryant, bbc news, washington. live now to south carolina's state capital columbia and to matt moore. matt, you were republican party chairman there from 2013 to 2017 and worked closely with nikki haley while she was governor — i know you're also a personalfriend. what was going through her mind sitting in the oval office?” what was going through her mind sitting in the oval office? i think many of us were surprised today as we re many of us were surprised today as were many of the viewers, no doubt. nikki haley is one of the most talented political leaders of this generation. she is the smile of ronald reagan and the steel of margaret thatcher. her future ronald reagan and the steel of margaret thatcher. herfuture is bright. i think nobody believes that

today's‘s announcement is the final chapter that. there is a lot of speculation about what comes next. their believe she was a fantastic of me here in south carolina. she did a meeting things and was perhaps an even better un ambassador in new york. she received rave reviews featuring the time. you have given her quite a buildup. you think she was sizing up the oval office, she like it is a place to work, was she thinking? who knows? it is easy to ascribe aspirations to those who serve in high office. i know with her experience, she has used every opportunity to do the best for the people she serves. she did that at the un and that it would be a great president. she is one of the front runners for when president trump leaves office. why has she gone now? that is an interesting question. she came from the private sector,

business, and this will be the end of two terms as governor here in south carolina. certainly the prospect of go back to the private sector must be appealing to her. south carolina police is only she misses. but this is a tumultuous time in politics and it is a natural reflection point. now is as good a time as any. some of the recent appointments, it has been said, could have stepped on her toes. there was also report from an anticorruption there was also report from an anticorru ption watchdog, said there was also report from an anticorruption watchdog, said that she took seven luxury plane trips as gifts from business leaders, then under declared their value in disclosure reports. allah is embarrassing, wasn't at? -- that was. some democrats in washington

wa nt to was. some democrats in washington want to make this something that they do believe to be an issue. rex tillerson was on and unconventional secretary of state, and she was in unconventional un ambassador, with an important profile as a governor here in south carolina. mike pompeo isa here in south carolina. mike pompeo is a more traditional secretary of state with a more traditional chain of command. from all accounts, from what i've heard in the white house, she has been an important team player to mike pompeo on things like north korea, will that as well, and in the recent un general assembly meeting. there are always disagreement in white house administrations. but she was a consummate team player in this white house. interesting to talk to. thank you for much. —— very much. let's get some of the day's other news. president trump says a second meeting with kim jong—un is happening — and officials are working to set it up right now. he told reporters that it would take place after the mid term elections on november 6.

three or four locations are under consideration, although singapore probably won't be the venue again. the international monetary fund has warned that there is a real risk of a new and widespread shock to the world economy. imf said global investors should beware of complacency over rising stock markets and warned governemnts to spurn nationally based policies over global solutions to inequality. australia's government has rejected a report by the un's panel on climate change which urged countries to stop using coal by 2050 to avoid increasing global temperatures. australia's deputy prime minister says coal plays an important part in the country's energy supply, and there are no plans to change that. brazil's social democrat party has said it will not openly support the left—wing presidential candidate, fernando haddad. the announcement is a major upset for mr haddad, who lagged behind the far—right candidate, jair bolsonaro, by 17% in the first round of voting on sunday. hurricane michael is speeding

towards the florida panhandle, and 120,000 people in its path have been told to evacuate. it's currently a category three storm, swirling in the gulf of mexico, and it's expected to make landfall on wednesday late afternoon. it's wide, and it's moving quickly, leaving residents with just hours to get out of the storm's way. laura trevalyn has more on what we can expect. hurricane michael seen from space, a monstrous storm still strengthening, barrelling towards the north—eastern gulf coast of florida. this family are heeding the warnings, taking no chances, and ending their beach vacation in panama city early. three kids. if it was just the adults, we would have rented out. we need to be said because they are with us. the roads are crowded with people flee the coastline. already gases in short supply. as the authorities warned that as well as dangerous winds and up to 12 inches of rain,

hurricane michael could bring record storm surge. eight to 12 feet feet storm surge. eight to 12 feet feet storm surges deadly. i cannot tell you how deadly this will be. we have seen tsunamis you how deadly this will be. we have seen tsunamis were you how deadly this will be. we have seen tsunamis were it has just been three feet, and deadly. 8— 12 feet is absolutely deadly. there are states of emergency in alabama and parts of georgia and florida as the region prepares the hurricane michael. heavy rain is forecast for the carolinas as the storm crawls up the carolinas as the storm crawls up the east coast, possibly dredging areas still recovering from hurricane florence. the president says his administration is at the ready. we are very well prepared. fema is ready. hopefully we'll get lucky, but maybe that won't happen. we are prepared. despite warnings, not everybody is leading down. we have generator and plenty of water. we are good to go. already the storm has claimed 13 lives in central

america. the effects have been felt in cuba. forecasters say this is the most serious hurricane in threat to florida's northern gulf coast in more than a decade, and the country leaders now. —— the time to leave is now. laura trevalyn reporting there. and for more on the storm and all our stories, just go to our website: bbc.com/news. the turkish president has challenged the saudi authorities to produce the evidence that the journalist jamal khoshoggi is safe. mr khashoggi left saudi arabia last year, fearing retribution for his criticism of saudi policy. he was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul and there are fears he was murdered. the uk's foreign secretary jeremy hunt has told riyadh that britain expects urgent answers over the journalist's disappearance. our correspondent mark lowen has the latest from istanbul. weeks since he disappeared at this daddy consulate, the saudi authorities have given a turkish immensity of team access inside the consulate building. the leaks from that kesic investigation alleged

that kesic investigation alleged that mrjamal khashoggi was killed so that mrjamal khashoggi was killed so because the building by a saudi hit squad. the focus of the investigation is looking at various black bands that left the saudi concert later that day. could they have contained jamal khashoggi's body? and to saudi planes that also flew from istanbul back to re— out later that evening. there are even reports that the saudi king could have taken reports that the saudi king could have ta ken cctv footage reports that the saudi king could have taken cctv footage from inside the consulate with them. —— riyadh. the turkish staff working he were given the day off that day. the saudis have denied the whole thing. the saudi ambassador to the us yesterday said that the accusations we re yesterday said that the accusations were false and baseless. jeremy hunt says he wants answers from the saudi government. if it is concerned, this could put a lot of pressure on western governments to give a tough response to the saudi government. that, say critics of riyadh, it should have happened years ago. more details are emerging about the second suspect in the poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter. according to the investigative website bellingcat, the alleged

attacker‘s real name is alexander mishkin, a man whow was decorated by president putin himself. mishkin is a doctor who worked for russia's military intelligence service. although he lives in moscow, he is originally from the remote village of loyga in the north—west of the country, from where our correspondent steve rosenberg sent this report. there are some places in russia so remote, they cannot be reached by car because there are no roads. but we're lucky. the train to archangel will pass through the village we're trying to get to. this is loyga, population 1000. only in winter when the ground freezes can you drive here. it's emerged that one of the salisbury suspects was born and raised in the village. his true identity has

now been revealed. he's not businessman aleksander petrov, as he'd claimed, but gru officer alexander mishkin. "yes, that is alex mishkin," a man in the village confirms to me when i show him the suspect‘s photograph. according to the investigative website bellingcat, alexander mishkin was born in loyga in 1979. he went on to train as a doctor at a military medical academy in saint petersburg, where it's believed he was recruited by the gru. in 2014, he was given the hero of russia award by vladimir putin. the british authorities do not dispute these claims. so now the two men moscow says were salisbury tourists have both been unmasked as russian agents. the other officer was identified last month as anatoliy chepiga. britain says they tried to kill sergei and yulia skripal with novichok nerve agent.

they survived, but dawn sturgess died when she came into contact with novichok hidden in a perfume bottle. this is a world away from salisbury, which is 2500 miles to the west. and people here are shocked that someone from this village has been accused of deploying a chemical nerve agent on the streets of britain. in loyga, not only do they not believe it, some here think that russia should strike back. "i'd drop a bomb on those british," he tells me, "so they'd all blow away and stop bothering russia." russia may feel increasingly isolated, but it's no mood to change. our correspondent steve rosenberg, reporting from north—west russia, with the latest on the investigation into the salisbury chemical attack. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come: controversy over bangladesh's plan to resettle rohingya refugees to an uninhabited island in the bay of bengal. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but, even as divers work to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor.

i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: donald trump has accepted the resignation of his ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. she's dismissed speculation she's planning to run for president in 2020. let's get more now from jesse byrnes, associate editor of the hill in washington. this was quite a shock. what are your contacts telling you question are absolutely. i think most of washington is roiling from this news. it is not something republicans really anticipated or wa nt to republicans really anticipated or want to have to deal with just four

weeks from a major mid—term election. it is leaving a loss of them scratching their heads, especially since nikki haley has said she will stay on through the end of the year, many republicans are saying why didn't she wait to announce this until after the election at the end of the year? what do you think is going on? election at the end of the year? what do you think is going 0mm election at the end of the year? what do you think is going on? it is ha rd to what do you think is going on? it is hard to tell right now. there has been a flurry of different theories in capitol hill. there was an ethics investigation, a formal complaint that was launched yesterday by a group here in dc. i think most people don't necessarily attribute her resignation to that. she had a resignation letter she submitted to donald trump last week. but the timing of this is certainly come in the views of many republicans, suspect. but i think you are seeing, donald trump, he doesn't always hold a meeting in the oval office, it is very amicable breakup, if you will, with a top administration official.

it is something he took the time to do with nikki haley. the one thing she has stated for her departure is that she has been in public service for 1h years straight and she just wa nts a for 1h years straight and she just wants a break. we will see if there is an other major reason that maybe hasn't been reported down the road. just very briefly, the turnover at a high—level this administration has been amazing, hasn't it? it absolutely has. there have been dozens and dozens of top administration officials, ranging from boulom —— foreign policy to domestic affairs, who have left this administration in the first couple of years. nikki haley will be joining those people of the very highest ranks who will have departed. she will be putting in the two years, it seems, of service as the united nations secretary for the united states. all of those positions have seen different faces in the first couple of years of donald trump's presidency. jesse burns, thank you very much. good to

talk to you. —— jesse byrnes. for more than a million rohingya muslims, bangladesh was the only safe haven from the violence which drove them from their homes in myanmar‘s rakhine state. the influx of refugees has created huge pressure on resources in and around cox's bazaar — and now the bangladeshi authorities want to ease it, by relocating more than 100,000 people to a previously uninhabited island. yogita limaye reports. one year ago, this was a hastily set up camp. today, there's almost a sense of permanence here. bit by bit, people have been rebuilding lives shattered by unimaginable horror. in its congestion and chaos, they've managed to find some peace. now, though, many worry about plans to send some refugees to a faraway island. this woman says she doesn't want to move again. she and her family fled myanmar in september last year. translation: i left everything behind, my house, my cattle

and faced a lot of hardship. now we've just about settled down and they're talking about moving us to that island. i'm really scared. i don't want to go there. the government plans to move 100,000 refugees from cox's bazaar near the border with myanmar to the uninhabited island of bashan char in the bay of bengal. it only emerged from the sea less than 20 years ago. i have travelled 200 kilometres from the refugee camp to the city of chittagong. so that was a six—hour road journey. from this jetty by boat, it will take two or three hours, or perhaps more, in that direction to get to the island of bashan char. right now the navy has restricted access to it, so this is as far as we can get, but we have been told that workers are in full swing to prepare the island to receive a mass of people. a chinese company has been constructing housing for the refugees. the island is vulnerable to frequent

flooding and cyclones, so a british firm has been hired to build flood defences. bangladesh's government has said they're also setting up cyclone shelters. still, many aren't convinced the island was a good choice. bashan char is something that has to be investigated by independent technical experts. is it logistically feasible to have a bunch of people on an island? how are they going to have food, how are they going to have medical supplies, how are they going to have access humanitarian care? but authorities are under pressure to act. here in cox's bazaar, there's resentment about the influx of refugees. translation: we have become a minority in our own land, and the rohingyas have become the locals. they're willing to work for cheap, so they take away all the jobs. so far the government has given no details of when the refugees might be moved or who might have to go. in a life full of uncertainties, this isjust one more thing that's unclear. yogita limaye, bbc news, cox's bazaar. let's get some of

the day's other news. protestors in venezuela have accused the government of killing an opposition lawmakes who was in custody. authorities say fernando alban took his own life byjumping out of a window of the 10th floor of the intelligence agency headquarters in caracas. mr alban had been accused of taking part in a failed plot to kill president nicolas maduro two months ago. south africa's finance minister nhlanhla nene has quit after admitting meeting members of the gupta family, who have been accused of corruption. president cyril ramaphosa said he accepted the resignation "in the interests of good governance". the guptas deny the allegations. the leader of the scottish national party, nicola sturgeon, has told her party conference that she is ‘more confident than ever‘, that scotland will become an independent country.

but she said ‘the fog of brexit‘ would have to clear, before a second referendum could be held. the hubble space telescope has been placed in "safe mode" after it lost one of the gyroscopes needed to point the spacecraft. hubble had been operating with four of its six gyroscopes when one failed. controllers tried to switch on a back up but that was found to be malfunctioning. mission team members say they are hopeful it can be brought back to use — though they do point out the telescope could still work with only one gyroscope if necessary. a new telescope is scheduled to replace hubble in three years. an animal rescue in australia is proving very popular online. it is a baby whale being rescued off the coast of queensland. it became trapped in anti— shark nets. the

rescu e i’s trapped in anti— shark nets. the rescuers spent almost two hours trying to untangle the cars as two aduu trying to untangle the cars as two adult wales, one quite possibly its mother, stayed nearby. here it is, moving re— —— freely through the water after the rescue. some much more speedy pictures. and before we go — take a look at this indoor parcour challenge. swiss freestyle skier andri ragettli set up this course as part of his training programme we should say, we have sped it up a little bit — but you get the idea ofjust how tricky some of it is. it took him 53 attempts before he came up with this perfect run. when you see his face you can see how happy he was. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello. we will start the day with some

sunshine and end with something quite different, but for wednesday, the sunshine we saw on tuesday across england and wales extends across northern ireland and scotland. finally we say goodbye to this rain bearing front. however, it is all change again by the time we get to friday. potentially some disruptive, wet and windy weather pushing across the uk, but we will talk about that in more detail in just a moment's time. first wednesday, which is going to be a fine, dry day, plenty of sunshine across the uk. there will be a bit more cloud for the north and west of scotland, but it will soon thin and break. a noticeable south of south—easterly breeze, it may take the edge of temperatures. you can see how that warmth extends across england and wales into northern ireland and scotland. temperatures widely in the high teens, low 20 celsius, perhaps even 23 or 2a for east anglia and south—east england. skies will turn hazy across the south—west in southern england later in the day.

outbreaks of rain pushing their way northwards overnight into south—west england, wales, northern ireland, the midlands. northwest england staying mostly dry across scotland and the east of england. this is what you expect by day at this time of year. also a very mild night as we go into thursday. thursday is going to be a transition day, we have not one but two cold fronts moving their way across england. patches of early—morning rain in south—west england. more rain arriving into south—west england. it will eventually push its way up into the midlands and north—west england. ahead of this, we have still got some warmth across east anglia, south—east england. 21 or 22 celsius there. we will start to see something cooler further right. then some very cool weather potentially friday. the deep area of low pressure, tightly packed isobars, gales. multiple heavy warnings in place at the moment. the front will be pushing its way across the uk, bringing heavy rain to the west of scotland, wales and south—west england.

that rain may not get across to the far south—east of england until late in the day. these are the average, sustained winds, but the gales could well get up to 50 or 60 miles an hour, maybe even higher. some potentially disruptive winds, keep an eye on warnings. there are lots of them and they are all on our website. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has praised the outgoing us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, following her shock resignation. the move fuelled speculation that she has presidential ambitions. but in her resignation letter, she said she would support his re—election bid in 2020. hurricane michael has strengthened further as it bears down on america's gulf coast. forecasters have warned of three metre storm surges and winds approaching two hundred kilmetres an hour. mass evacuations are underway, and alabama, florida and georgia

have declared states of emergency. florida's governor has described the hurricane as a monster storm which kept getting more dangerous. turkish authorities are set to search the saudi consulate in istanbul as the investigation into missing journalist jamal khashoggi gathers pace. turkey's president has challenged the saudi authorities to produce the evidence that he's safe. it's just gone half past two in the morning.