this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm. president trump has a warning for saudi arabia if claims it's involved in the murder of a saudi journalist are stood up. we're going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment. parts of wales suffer their worst flooding in 30 years. as storm callum causes misery with torrential downpours. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own mps to find extra funding for universal credit. also in the next hour, an amnesty on hospital equipment. patients are urged to return crutches, walking frames and wheel chairs to the nhs so they can be reused or recycled. good evening and welcome to bbc

news. donald trump has said the us will inflict "severe punishment" on saudi arabia — if its found to be responsible for the death of a journalist. jamal khashoggi a critic of the saudi government, vanished after visiting its consulate in istanbul earlier this month. turkey says it has audio and video evidence proving that he was murdered inside the building. but the saudi interior minister described the allegations as lies. mark lowen‘s report contains some flashing images. what dark secrets of jamal khashoggi's end lie within these walls? saudi arabia's istanbul consulate, a place of diplomatic protection, it seems became a site of horror. turkish officials say they have recordings to prove khashoggi was murdered here by a saudi hit squad. jamal khashoggi... president trump warned today of consequences if the saudis had killed mr khashoggi, but said he would not cancel an arm deals with them. i don't want to lose an order like that and there are other ways of punishing,

to use a word that is a pretty harsh word but it is true. we're going to get the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment. it's11 days since jamal khashoggi entered the consulate to get papers for his wedding. he has not been seen since. it's alleged that the body of the critical journalist was dismembered. the saudi interior minister repeated his government's denial of what he called baseless allegations and lies. rallying his supporters, president erdogan is being cautious and hasn't echoed accusations of murder. he has even accepted the saudi's request for a joint inquiry but says they must provide evidence. turkey's strategy is two—pronged. it's treading carefully to protect an important relationship with riyadh especially amid economic problems here. but at the same time it is leaking incriminating evidence to build international support and warn the saudis — co—operate or else. after other killings not the least

of which in salisbury, the un secretary—general told the bbc he feared a pattern. i'm feeling worried with this...apparent new normal. because these kind of incidents are multiplying, and it's absolutely essential to make sure the international community says clearly that this is not something that can happen. as they investigate the missing journalist, turkish police haven't managed to search the consulate — reportedly because the saudis limited their scope, prompting the question, will we ever really know the awful truth hidden here? mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are rachel cunliffe, who's the comment and features editor at cityam, and the political strategist, jo tanner, who worked for borisjohnson and david cameron. parts of wales have suffered their worst flooding in 30 years

after being hit by storm callum. the heavy rain and strong winds have also left 2000 homes and businesses in england without power — with some flood defences breached. people in one village in south wales spent last night on evacuation alert because of the rising water levels, from where tomos morgan reports. yeah, so it's streaming through the middle of the house at the moment. yeah, and you've made a kind of drainage by taking up all the panels. yeah, we're trying to keep it as central as possible. vickie leclerc‘s home in aberdulais has been ruined by storm callum. 0vernight the torrential rain that caused havoc across south wales has decimated her family's home. ijust don't know how long it's going to take for it to all go down, so it'ss just waiting for everything to dry out, i guess, and then see what happens from there, but now a lot of people on the street haven't got insurance

or anything, so i don't know what they are going to do or i'm going to do. i'm not sure. the 29 houses on canal side where vickie lives were offered the voluntary evacuation last night, but all the residents refused and stayed with their belongings and homes. it's south wales that's borne the brunt of storm callum. travel has been severely affected, with several roads remaining closed. here on a470 between merthyr tydfil and the brecon beacons, thejcb has been called in to create extra drainage, as water pouring down the mountain has been bringing debris with it, creating a huge risk for vehicles trying to pass on this road. in lampeter businesses have been severely disrupted due to the heavy rain. the local superstore and its car park under a foot of water. some of the smaller cars are trying to get through and then, well, they're going through but at the other end they're just breaking down because it's so deep on the road. i've been here 26—27 years, i was born here. i've never seen it this bad. it's quite bad.

across the uk thousands of homes have been without power. flood alerts remain in place across wales and the north of england. and the met office has warnings in place for heavy rain in these areas until midnight this evening. for vickie and her neighbours in aberdulais, they are boxed in. water flowing from the back of the houses, and at risk of the canal overflowing from the front. their clean—up operation won't be able to begin on until this later storm has run its course. tomos morgan, bbc news, the vale of neath. tomos was able to give us the latest from the vale of neath. one of the other things that the villagers at aberdulais have had to contend with is the raging river neath which has become dangerously close to bursting its banks and causing furtherflooding here in aberdulais. but it's notjust south wales that's just been affected by storm callum. the storm has been wreaking havoc across other areas of the uk. high winds have been causing issues of planes landing across airports in the uk.

there have been severe delays on trains going from preston to southern scotland. around 2000 homes and businesses have been without power across england. the flood warnings have been lifted in scotland. but several remain in place across england and wales. as the met office has put a yellow warning out for heavy rain until midnight this evening across wales, northern england and scotland and the advice is to only travel if completely necessary. more than 100,000 people have believed to have taken part in a demonstration against the shift to the right in german politics and society. the rally comes after a number of far right protests were held in cities across the country in recent weeks. 0ur berlin correspondentjenny hill followed the demonstration and gave us this update. people are marching officially under the slogan "unteilbar" which means indivisible. the official aim is to promote a free, fair and open society.

it's been organised by hundreds of groups and individuals, many of whom have different political leanings and agendas but almost without exception everyone we have spoken to here says they are here because they are concerned about the impact and influence of the far—right on german society and politics. there have been a number of big demonstrations loosely against the far—right in germany and it comes at a time when germany has seen protests by the far—right. think back to september and the violent scenes on the streets of kemnitz by far—right anti—migrant protesters. this is designed to counter those attitudes. one woman said in the crowd that she is ashamed that germany is getting that reputation, those pictures from kemnitz

that were beamed all over the world from that protest. she and others came here on berlin's streets today because they want to counter that reputation. what is key here is three years after angela merkel welcomed refugees into germany, migration politics is still a divisive subject and still has the power to bring people onto the streets. jenny hill in berlin. the chancellor, philip hammond, is facing what's been described as a "significant" revolt from conservative backbenchers, if he doesn't find extra money for universal credit in his budget later this month. around 30 tory mps are said to have significant concerns, after the government admitted some people would be worse off under the new benefit system. we are nowjoined by political correspondent alex forsyth. quite a few mps of may different parties have expressed concern over universal credit. the wise is being brought to the chancellor's attention that? the first reason is nested that is when the big roll—out

of universal credit happens. this is the system that takes six existing benefits and rolls it into one the idea being that if you work it doesn't mean you are worse off overall and you gradually reduce her benefits. nestor and if it —— every benefits. nestor and if it —— every benefit claimant is due to go on universal credit. we are approaching the time to is big roll—out. a politically it's for the budget. i think mps are sensing an opportunity to put pressure on the chance to get more money within the system and to iron out some the problems that have arisen. the work and pensions estimate today when pressed said that some people will see their benefits go down by a considerable sum. a recent study said that some 3 million households could lose around £2000 a year. —— £200,000 a year. they made the point that the point of universal credit is to try to

allow people to increase their overall income through earning more via work. she did make the knowledge meant and what is interesting is that iain duncan smith and the former work and pensions secretary who designed the system said that there needs to be more money put in there needs to be more money put in the system to try and stop anybody been left off in some £2 billion. but the idea that they might stop the roll—out, that is i getting any traction. i think it has a white support brace and a cross party support brace and a cross party support base. the idea of bringing a welfare system to bring and pay it is the way that it is being implement it does cause problems. the pressure is from the backbench tory mps and also labour is pressing on this. it's worth mentioning the government has set aside £3 billion for a transitional phase but the argument is more money is needed over also that people are not left

worse off. at the conservative party per —— conference we heard austerity is over, so what money does he have to play with? not much because while the permit was to put more into making people feel better off, in reality the finances are still tight. philip hammond has also said that he will be looking to see what happens with the president bush dishes before he knows how much money as a pilot down the line. he hinted at the possibility like —— at reducing... there will be difficult choices. where you put money in usually means you have to take it out. and he would be particularly mindful of that and have to rollback from previous budgets that have not gone well. after last year passed a budget he tried to make changes to national insurance contributions and that backfired spectacularly. the conservative party is already very fractured over brexit. the last thing the chancellor or prime

minister can afford to do is anger any of their backbench mps in any way. so this will be very careful juggfing way. so this will be very careful juggling act thatjust way. so this will be very careful juggling act that just with way. so this will be very careful juggling act thatjust with any budget measures play out publicly but how they play out with the conservative party to. alex, thank you very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this afternoon. small demonstrations have been taking place near a site in blackpool where fracking was scheduled to begin today. on friday, the high court rejected a last—minute challenge by environmental campaigners. the energy firm, cuadrilla, says bad weather has forced it to postpone drilling. it hopes to begin extracting gas from shale rock at the site on monday. thousands of patients with incurable breast cancer are being denied a dedicated specialist nurse, according to a leading charity. the government promised all cancer patients would have access to their own nurse by 2020. but according to figures gathered by breast cancer care, almost three—quarters of nhs trusts across the uk are not providing them. the department of health said it's "committed to increasing the capacity". a man in his 20s has been stabbed to death in a car park near a shopping centre in dudley, in the west midlands

in the early hours of saturday. west midlands police say three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody. at least eight climbers have died on a mountain in nepal after their camp was devastated by a violent snowstorm. it happened on mount gurja in the west of the country. some of the victims were members of a south korean expedition team. an amnesty is being launched by the nhs, to stop thousands of nearly—new crutches and wheelchairs going to waste. patients will be able to return equipment for re—use or as a donation to charity. hospital bosses say it's to reduce costs and the impact on the environment. jo black reports. crutches, walking frames, wheelchairs. if you're injured or struggling to walk, they're invaluable, but many of us are hanging onto these devices and cluttering up our homes. now, we're being encouraged to give them back. health bosses say returning equipment like this not only saves the nhs money but also helps to reduce waste.

within our budget, that's £125 billion. to date, this perhaps has been seen as a small value item, that the cost of things like crutches is relatively low compared to many of the other things that the nhs is dealing with, so i don't think it's had sufficient priority within the nhs. a set of crutches costs approximately £7. a walking frame, around £18. figures provided by the department of health show that last year, 212 trusts spent £61; million on walking aids, and half of that was on crutches. here at the mid essex hospital trust, reusing and recycling equipment is a big thing. around 2,000 pieces have been returned this year — that's a saving of £25,000. but returning nhs equipment can be confusing. there's no national policy. some hospitals tell people they don't need the items brought back, and quite often, patients forget they

have even got them. yes, they are some of the cheaper and smaller items used by the nhs but if returned, they could make a big difference. jo black, bbc news. emergency services have been called to a large fire at a b&m store in york residents near the clifton moor retail park in the city have been advised to stay indoors and close their windows until the incident has been dealt with. north yorkshire police said the blaze, which broke out in the building's storage yard, has created "hazardous conditions". police say the store was evacuated and all emergency services were in attendance. the headlines on bbc news. president trump says saudi arabia will be punished severely if claims it's involved in the murder of a saudi journalist are substantiated. strong winds and heavy rain brought by storm callum have continued to batter northern ireland and western parts of britain. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own mps to find extra funding for universal credit.

at least 12 people have been killed in an explosion at an election rally in afghanistan. police say explosives were stored in a motorcycle near the event in the province of takhar. officials say dozens of people have been injured in the attack, some are critical. this latest attack comes after a wave of others in recent weeks ahead of next saturday's parliamentary elections. the taliban and other islamist groups are opposed to the election process and have targetted campaign rallies to deter people from voting. but security is not the only thing affecting people — afghanistan is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. people are now growing increasingly disillusioned with politicians. secunder kermani reports now from herat. every day this five—year—old collects water from this pump for his family.

this poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of herat is not directly affected by the fighting elsewhere in the country, but hardly anyone has piped water, and electricity only runs for around four hours a day. the boy's father, a shopkeeper, says he will vote in the upcoming elections, but he does not have much faith politicians will improve life for his family. translation: in afghanistan, no one who has been in power has ever done anything for the country. they are just corrupt. poor people have nothing. despite billions of dollars of aid, afghanistan is a country still facing huge challenges. outside a united nations office in herat, a sum of around 200,000 people recently displaced from surrounding provinces by drought. translation: there was no water at all and no food to eat. all the streams and wells dried up.

now we are helpless. last year around a quarter of the entire afghan population faced crisis levels of food insecurity. this year, because of the drought, that figure will be even higher. the country has a long way to go before it can address people's basic needs. there has, of course, been some progress over the past two decades. as a woman, naheed fareed would not have been allowed outside her home alone under taliban rule. now she's an mp and is fighting for re—election. we are experiencing a very new era of politics as women, but according to the money that came to improve the situation for women, and the human rights, we actually are not satisfied, and i think part of this money went to the corruption,

to the pockets of a few people that they really did not have the willingness. internationally, these elections are seen as a dry run for the more important presidential elections scheduled for next year. will enough people feel safe enough to vote? will the results be marred by fraud? this is a young democracy, but already people's faith in it needs reviving. secunder kermani, bbc news, herat. hyperinflation has returned to zimbabwe, a decade after it destroyed the country's economy, and a year after robert mugabe was forced out of office. local and international businesses have been closing their doors and the value of the fragile local currency has plummeted. 0ur correspondent, andrew harding, reports from harare. zimbabwe is supposed to be on the mend, but right now, it doesn't feel like that.

0n the streets, hyperinflation is back. how much for one carrot? ten cents each. yesterday, how much for one carrot? five cents. as prices soar, people are panicking about how to feed their families. inflation here is too much. every day, every hour, every minute, the prices are changing. so what's going wrong? the politicians who kicked robert mugabe out of power last year insist they are taking tough steps to fix a broken economy. that means new taxes, and changes to a fragile local currency. people have to be patient, and this is the starting of bigger things. we have started on a very good note and the government is committed to reforms, so we need people to really be patient. but zimbabweans are not reassured. i remember coming here a decade ago. empty shelves and devastating

hyperinflation. people's savings were wiped out. well, i have just spent nearly a trillion dollars and i have got three tins of baked beans and some tomatoes to show for it. no wonder a nation cheered when president mugabe was finally pushed out a year ago. but the same party is still in power, and euphoria has turned to alarm. it is a complete dog's breakfast, a man—made dog's breakfast and one which is ridiculous because we have gone through this pain before, so it is a very depressing situation. there is no quick fix. cholera has now erupted in harare, the result of collapsing infrastructure, a reminder of the looting and the misrule of the mugabe era. it is no wonder that zimbabweans are worried. they fear that inflation will destroy their savings, again, they fear that this government will prove as corrupt as the last,

and they fear that getting rid of robert mugabe may have been the easy part. for now, long queues for scarce petrol. and plenty of disillusionment. i was really, really optimistic. and now? it does not look like much has changed. instead, security is being tightened here as the new zimbabwe struggles. andrew harding, bbc news, harare. an outbreak of the disease myxomatosis, is being reported in british hares for the first time. scientists fear it could infect hares in a similar way to rabbits — killing huge swathes of the population. countryfile's tom heap reports. myxomatosis is a viral disease causing inflammation of the eyes, ears and lungs with death following extensive convulsions. it's been present in uk rabbits since the 1950s,

often killing 99% of the population in an infected area. but now, similar symptoms have been seen in brown hares in different areas across east anglia with hares in distress, dying and unable to run from humans. britain's leading authority on hares and rabbits, dr diana bell from the university of east anglia is leading the investigations. i wasn't expecting myxomatosis in hares. and i really hope that... hares have no protection in this country. 0n the continent, there is a closed season for shooting hares, not in the uk, so what i would hope for is an immediate ban on hunting. the scientists are awaiting postmortem confirmation of the virus. that could tell them how itjumped from one species to another and, most importantly, how virulent it could prove. tom heap, bbc news.

banksy‘s artwork, girl with a balloon, which shredded itself after going under the hammer last week has gone back on display. the renamed, love is in the bin, was sold at sotheby‘s auction house for more than £1 million, before destroying itself moments later with a device built in to the frame. here's ian palmer with more. applause. the moment banksy‘s girl with a balloon became love is in the bin. sold for £1 million before spontaneously shredding itself inside the auction house. today the artwork went on public display for the first time. it was a great piece of work in the first place, but now it's just had something added to it. it'sjust interesting, how they did it — like, does it go around and down or...? but, no, it is amazing. banksy installed the shredder into the frame before donating the painting in 2006.

the stunt has turned the art world upside down because no one knows how he managed to pull it off. the auction house denies any involvement. who other than banksy could create so much excitement by destroying their own work? the conception and execution of this elaborate stunt was such that it's probably worth more now than it ever was. banksy‘s identity remains unknown. he never shies away from making bold and often political statements. in this instance, by destroying his work he's created a new installation in its own right. ian palmer, bbc news. jewellery that once belonged to the french queen, marie antoinette, has gone on display in new york, ahead of an auction next month. thejewels have been held in private collections for more than 200 years. sotheby‘s has described the lot as "one of the most important royal

jewellery collections ever to come to auction", and estimates its value at almost £4 million. tim allman reports. for many, she is the ultimate symbol of opulence, decadence and self—indulgence. marie antoinette, queen consort of france, casualty of the revolution, victim of the guillotine. more than 200 years later, some of her jewellery is going up for sale. these are items that have a unique place in history. this collection has been in the family since she owned them. so there are records of her wrapping the jewels the night befores he went to prison, her last night of freedom was spent caring for these jewels and sending them back to first i think belgium and then austria,

where she was from. the collection includes brooches, earings and necklaces, also a monogrammed ring here on the left, that contains a lock of her hair. i think she probably was one of the original, the original it girl. honestly, in terms of her style and her relationship to fashion and jewellery, i think that still holds a lot of allure. the entire collection is estimated to fetch anything up to $3 million. you could certainly buy a lot of cake with that. proof that this is a woman who continues to fascinate and entice, centuries after her death. now, it's an awfully long time since he left aunt lucy back in peru. paddington bear is 60 years old. to celebrate, the royal mint has released two new 50 pence pieces. the coins depict the peruvian bear in two locations from his adventures, sitting on his suitcase at paddington station and on a day out at buckingham palace. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. he is older than i am. good evening.

their recount. we have some rather contrasting weather with us at the moment. we had the warmest and latest day of the year across eastern sides of the country. further north and west it has been abysmal with the rain and that brain just keeps falling. the met office amber warning has now lapsed but they're also low—grade warm is because as you can see we have seen rain in the evening and overnight. a warm night for us but where away could be a tad chilly. a much sunnier day tomorrow. you'll be glad to hearfor northern ireland and much of scotland by the afternoon, that rain is cleared away hopefully for the western side of payment and wales. in contrast it is much wetter for the ease. the winds will not be as strong but with that rain coming

down even if it is 18 degrees it will still be a miserable day compared the sunshine and 26 we had today.