. >> with a full life of dougla douglas, did an early book on douglas the dissertation on douglas, 1989 to autobiographies, et cetera i. but also the narrative to teachers i went to savannah georgia a couple years ago to talk to teachers with the douglas narrative apologies to some of those who have heard the story. but my host at the georgia historical society was a local collector wants to meet you and have lunch. i said that's fine. that collector was walter evans who is now a dear friend and this book is in part dedicated to him. he took me to his house and we sat at his dining room table he deserves a moment the way i speak about this i give him as many moments as i can and african-american retired surgeon who grew up in segregated savanna. went to the michigan medical school practiced in detroit 30 some years which has a lot of common because i grew up in flint. he already had season tickets to the chargers and i could never afford to them. [laughter] so he started collecting in the seventies rare books and manuscripts and art. and in his remarkable house in savannah is a library

douglas and the admirals decided to start the ceremony. the first person to sign the surrender document would have itsu.mr. shigemu the third person would be general much douglas -- general douglas macarthur himself. he did not represent the united states. that would be the fourth person to sign. nimitz. m there are two copies of the surrender documents. what japan, so, we do not display the originals, for obvious reasons. we have replicas on board. the originals are in the national archives in washington, d.c. and a war museum in tokyo. have a replica of one of macarthur's pens. he used six to sign a document, which sounds a bit strange. he chose to use sixpence for arthur, for aand very simple reason that we still do today if you look at with important laws. he wanted to give these pens away as souvenirs. following the last signature, he stepped up to a microphone and said simply, these proceedings are closed. thousand signal and a allied aircraft flew in formation. from the beginning at the ceremony at nine or two bam, to the end, was -- the beginning of the ceremony at 9:02, to the end was 20 minutes. now we are back on the uss missouri. we have come to recognize this part o

douglas. justice douglas was, i think he might be the longest-serving or close to the longest serving justice on the court, and he was extremely, famously, liberal or further left than any other justice, according to many scales. the interesting thing about justice douglas is that he was personally something of a wild man. he was known as a womanizer, among other things. and when he was confirmed he did not have a confirmation hearing at which he testified, because that did not happen in those days, but the story he told about himself and his biography turned out not to be too. has been so fascinating biographical work about the things that he said about himself that turned out not to be true. in today's world, that could never happen. you could not create a false biography for yourself and to be nominated, then confirmed to the supreme court. host: from california, the independent line. kathleen, good morning. caller: your last comment makes me even more interested in the idea of the advising consent and respect for the confidentiality, my understanding the confidentiality of the process, because yesterday on the show the guest said, how do we know there has not been a sexual allegation since the clarence thomas hearing -- and i am thinking, we're not

douglas. >> justice douglas was extremely -- i think he could be the longest-serving justice on the court. he was famously extreme lyly further lacked any other justice according to many scales as people measure them. the interesting thing about justice douglas is that he was personally something of a wild man. he was certainly known as a woman eiser, among other -- womanizer, among other things. when he was confirmed, he didn't have a confirmation hearing because that didn't happen back in those days. the stories that he told about himself and his biography turned out not to be true. so in later years there's been some pretty fascinating biographical work about the things that he said about himself that turned out to be untrue. in today's world that couldn't happen. you couldn't create a false biography for yourself and be nominated and then confirmed to the supreme court. >> from the california, the independent line. kathleen, good morning. >> good morning. your last comment makes me more interested in the idea advice and consent. yesterday eleanor clinton said how do we know there hasn't been another allegation since the clarence thomas hearing? this whole weaponizing of the process and i think a lack of respect of the process is curious.

tuesday, federal appeals court judge douglas date -- douglas ginsburg on the evolution of the nation's debate over original is him. wednesday on lectures in history , a discussion on southern culture in the u.s. with a history professor. yearsay, a look back 100 at german u-boat campaigns during world war i, starting with the 1918 u-boat attack that sank the ss marak. and on friday, descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt share family stories at the kennedy center for performing arts in washington. watch american history tv next week in primetime on c-span3. ♪ >> the c-span bus made the long journey to hawaii for the 39th stop of our 50 capitals tour. join us all weekend to watch the visit to hawaii on c-span's book tv and american history tv. we will feature stops across the hawaiian islands, showcasing its natural beauty and literary culture of the 50th state. ♪ >> tomorrow, democratic senator -- [horn] >> now we all know the stories about duke, about his swimming, surfing, travels around the world. one of the truly great world-famous native

douglas bli douglas brinkley and rice university history professor. i bring up this clip because that is what presidents are supposed to do. >> i'm so glad, brooke, you played that clip of bill clinton because that's exactly what donald trump should have done, talked directly to the american people. after all, the president is a public information officer. there's a lot of confusion going on now. imagine if you worked in a post office today. imagine if people all over the country are looking suspiciously at their packages. and president trump's determined to be a one-note person, which is midterm elections are coming up and i represent the republicans. he needed to have pivoted and addressed the country. he should have made a phone call to barack obama and hillary clinton, george soros and the others. he should have talked to jeff zucker at cnn. it was a moment to heal the country, pull it together and explain what's happening, sort of like governor cuomo did in the first part of his interview with you. but alas, donald trump is all about winning in the midterm, and he sees this as a political trick. so he's avoiding being presidential. >> governor cuomo saying that trump did call him, but again, president trump, listening to him, hasn't reached out, hasn't called former presidents obama and clinton. didn't even mention them in his speech last night. i just wanted to take a moment, douglas covered president after president. how extraordinary is it that there was an assassination attempt against two of the six living presidents in the very same day? >> it's truly unprecedented. it's a horrific event that occurred. we have political terrorism going on right now. the president keeps talking about people from honduras eventually showing up at the border, but in our country now there is a bomber that has been sending so far ten packages out there, two presidents with assassination attempts. the whole world is watching and we have a largely mute donald trump. he just doesn't want to believe this is happening. and so, you know, it's never a good idea in a national crisis for a president to be flippant. i remember when george w. bush right when katrina hit on august 29th, 2005 continued to give a speech in san diego on foreign affairs and then played air guitar. and he was round lily criticize for that. you have a situation here where donald trump did a little bit in wisconsin

raise thed to subject, on nixon's birthday in 1968 he went to go on the mic douglas show. -- mike douglas show. l -- rogerith roger ailes. while joe mcknight is in his book references the fact that nixon in 1960 was somewhat afraid of television, roger ailes looked nixon in the eye and said, sir, you need to make television your friend. , easter nixon said, i want you to arrange for that man to meet with ray rice, the first stop on the line of things. roger came up the next week and met with ray price and then met with shakespeare and the people who were part of the television team. one of the most significant things about 1968 was nixon's use of television. for a person who everyone thought was not good on television, and the myth of that spun out of the jack kennedy masteredixon television. pat talks about the telethon on election night. but we had these television programs called the man in the arena, where nixon would stand in the center and there were either citizens or press people all around and he had a standup mic and they could go at him and he could answer. this was incredibly

douglas -- >> i think presidents endorse different things. maybe not a book. sometimes they endorse businesses. >> i got to get douglas the last word because i'm really out of time. douglas, go on. >> the problem is, donald trump demonizes the press. he called the press the enemy of the people. we have a journalist that was butchered in saudi arabia. and we don't have a president of the united states standing up for real journalism, real reporting. he does news as entertainment. but he doesn't like investigative reporters and he declares war on them all the time. he's one of the worst presidents for understanding the importance of freedom of the press. >> thank you, all. i appreciate it. we'll be right back. the nature of a virus is to change. move. mutate. today, life-changing technology from abbott is helping hunt them down at their source. because the faster we can identify new viruses, the faster we can get to stopping them. the most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. >>> joining me now, harry enten and mark preston. harry, i'm going to start with you. 20 days out from the midterms, your latest forecast for th

it's douglas over at luxos taxi. >> douglas o'conner. luxor taxi. i had a solution.i want to throw out a solution for the medallion crisis. the regulatory creation of what i call a temporary rest vehicle. i submitted a proposal of this new type of industry due to the insurance and liability i think the taxi industry would be perfect to create this new t.r.v. vehicle and it would actually allow the medallion holders to pay for their cars and eastern money and revenue creating a vibrant world. i've submitted and a t.r.v. is a car napping service so it's almost creating airbnb on wheels. and i believe there should be an exemption, special ex pemion for taxis. due to this medallion crisis. and what this would do is solve the problem of drivers working 12 hour days, you know, passing out due to exhaustion because they can earn money off their vehicles while they're not actually driving it. and that would be a facility like the sutter stock and garage. i believe that's what my solution is. i oppose these solutions being offered but my solution is like hey, let's put our he

you may purchase an assault weapon, like the ar-15 use that marjorie stoneman douglas -- used at marjorie stoneman douglasought to getn: we a salt rifles off the street. we ought to pass a comprehensive background check, a universal and comprehensive background check like the one i have voted on. until we do that, we are going to continue to have the problems that we are having. now, this is particularly sensitive to us because of the parkland shooting. nightclub.he pulse in the front row is fred. his daughter jamie was gunned down. fred wakes up every day and goes to the cemetery first thing. he will never have another birthday for jamie. ratingnent has an a plus with the nra. he has passed more nra-backed legislation than any other governor in the history of this state. -- ie emma governor, that hope, governor, that you will look fred in the face and tell him you are not going to support those kinds of policies that you have with the nra. moderator: go ahead, governor scott. off, forscott: first fred's family and all the families that lost loved ones at parkland, my heart goes out to them. i believe in

the student survivors from stoneman douglas, the families from stoneman douglas have continued to pressdidates around the country to stand with them against the gun lobby, and i'm confident that they're going to be successful in so many races. i don't know that the president even remembers that he made that statement, but he ought to go back and take a look at it. he can do it. it is the right thing to do. whether he does it or not, the american people understand why it is necessary for us to finally stop talking and show some courage and do something to help make our communities safer, whether it is a school, whether it is a synagogue, whether it is a sikh temple, whether it is a church. people shouldn't be afraid to go to pray. they shouldn't be afraid to go to get an education. the president has to understand that. that's really what this upcoming week is going to be about in so many ways, wolf. >> counselingman deutsch, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. i appreciate it. >>> just ahead, more on president trump's response to the synagogue massacre. will he be wel

douglas. justice douglas was, i think he might be the longest-serving or close to the longest serving justice on the court, and he was extremely, famously, liberal or further left than any other justice, according to many scales. the interesting thing about justice douglasat he was personally something of a wild man. he was known as a womanizer, among other things. and when he was confirmed he did not have a confirmation hearing at which he testified, because that did not happen in those days, but the story he told about himself and his biography turned out not to be too. has been so fascinating biographical work about the things that he said about himself that turned out not to be true. in today's world, that could never happen. you could not create a false biography for yourself and to be nominated, then confirmed to the supreme court. host: from california, the independent line. kathleen, good morning. caller: your last comment makes me even more interested in the idea of the advising consent and respect for the confidentiality, my understanding the confidentiality of the process, because yesterday on the show the guest said, how do we know there has not been a sexual allegation since the clarence thomas hearing -- and i am thinking, we're not suppos

douglas slade. a dangerous and manipulative paedophile. briton douglas slade now behind bars in the uk. would entice children into his home and abuse them. whenever i remember the things he did to me, the way he abused us, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they say they suffered. it's thought to be the first case of its kind to reach the high court. i think the message needs to be sent out to those who, in the west in particular, who think that they can go to far—away places such as the philippines and sexually abuse children and young people that you are not beyond reach. slade may spend the rest of his life in prison here, but children on the other side of the world are still seeking justice. slade also appeared on video link from parkhurst prison on the isle of wight. he sat in a wheelchair

douglas. >> presidents endorse different things, maybe it is not a book. sometimes they endorse business. >> i got to give douglas the last word and i am out of time. >> douglas >> the problem is donald trump demonizes the press. he calls the press the enemy of the people, we have a journalist that was butchered in saudi arabia. we don't have anyone to stand up on him. he declared war all the time. he's the worst president in understanding the importance of freedom of the press. >> thank you all, i appreciate it. we'll be right back. (vo hand) can we talk? you know i miss playing catch with the... grandkids and teaching them how to give a good handshake. now look at me... i'm all bent out of shape. (vo tv) if you have bent fingers and can't put your hand flat, talk to your doctor. it may be dupuytren's contracture. (gary) see ya! (hand) you're all about friendly service, and you won't even shake hands? come on! (vo) your hand is talking. isn't it time you listened? learn more about dupuytren's contracture... at factsonhand.com. the information could be quite handy. >>> joining me now, mark preston, and harry, gentlemen, good to see you. 21 days of the midterm

douglas said i am going to stand up. and douglas his mind he does a fight if you read the section of douglas his autobiography carefully, he says, from that time on i ceased to be a slave. he sees that is the moment of his liberation. he is technically a slave. no one knows the person he is fighting with. that is the case with douglas. it's a complicated story. think about this. the message of resisting, the methods of resisting slavery -- slave rebellions. that is what nat turner is all about and other people who engage. someone like nat turner gives up his life. if nat turner is the guy who is willing to die in order to attack slavery, this is a challenge they don't normally get. when you run away you are not risking your life in a way that not turner risked his life. from the master class point of view, all these methods of undermining slavery, don't strike at the heart of the matter from the master's point of view. an enslaved person is quite different. the master's point of view it does not. they have to reinterpret turner and make them into a coward, this is what they do. this guy stands up, gives his life to end s

douglas brinkley, susan hennessey and harry litman. it's good to have you on. douglas, people are increasingly asking me how do we put things back together again after the last few years. what are your thoughts? >> we're not going to be able to do anything, don, with the elections looming. if you were opposed to judge kavanaugh and you're angry tonight, you have to do what barack obama always says and get out there and vote. you've got to look for democratic candidates you like. if you didn't like seeing all you know white men on the judicial committee, you've got to vote for claire mccaskill for senator in missouri or jackie rosen in nev. this is one battle in a larger fight where the country is headed in the future. it's a big loss for the democrats but it's not a time to throw in the towel. after the election, there may be time to rethink how we don't have to have this debris strewn ugly fight that's so brutal for our supreme court nominees kavanaugh will be on the court. today was the best day of trump's presidency by getting had imhis second justice through. >> susan, we heard republican lisa murkowski a moment ago saying that the judge's behavior was one of the reasons that she could not vote for him. why was she -- why do you think she was the only one on the republican side that that mattered to in the end? >> i don't know that she was the only one that that mattered to, but i think this was the thing that pushed over the edge, the open partisanship we saw from cav maug in the thursday testimony. she was speaking to yes, the supreme court has always been a somewhat political body but the basic legitimacy of the court depends on viewing judges as making rulings based on the law and not on their political preempbss. she was speaking to the idea that will brett kavanaugh can't unring in bell. the op-ed seemed to make things worse. now that he has been openly partisan in front of the american people, every single decision he makes i think there's going to be a question marking about whether or not they should be viewing this as legitimating. > you know, harry, what kinds of rulings do you think we'll see coming out of this court? how will this change america? >> well, i this i we can expect in fact the consolidation of a conservative majority for upwards of 20 years. but senator murkowski is dead on. there will be some 5-4 decisions that will come out and they will all of them have this sort of double asterisk on them. the court all it really has is its credibility which has been historically high. there were several junctures where it took a real hit all based on decisions by the court. here you have from the outside this problem visited on the court a perception of partisanship that will be renewed with every new 5-4 decision which you just have to imagine will happen. i don't think that you'll sesay roe versus wade overturned but there are many areas and executive power, federalism, church and state, et cetera that the five-person majority will flex its muscles. with each time, the scab will be kind of torn off again and the feeling of unfairness of the process will be renewed. >> you know, douglas, this is i guess the question is, does the process matter once he's on the supreme court? because when kavanaugh joins the supreme court, he's going to be a majority minority justice. in other words, he'll be in the majority on the supreme court but nominated by a president that lost the popular vote and was con filmed by senators that are represented a minority of the of american population. is that a problem? >> it is a problem but it reminds me back when fdr didn't like the supreme court's decisions being made so he tried to pack the supreme court from 9 to 15 and he created a huge brouhaha but he did get in william o. douglas, the longest serving supreme court justice in u.s. history. the republicans never liked douglas. they tried to impeach him in the 1960s and '70s for some of his behavior, articles he wrote in magazines and the like. i think the democrats have to be careful to not start the impeach kavanaugh movement. right now you're getting the democratic party being anti-tr

in a private conversation with douglas, he talks over this momentous scheme to have douglas had a network of recruiters or messengers, black men whose job it would be to go into the south behind confederate lines and give news of the emancipation proclamation to slaves far from the scenes of battle and far from the lines of the union army. and to encourage them to run for federal lines. what you have in 1864 is abraham lincoln talking over a plan of a massive slave runoff that is not so dissimilar from what frederick douglass had discussed at times with john brown in the 1850s. again, the radicalism of the change that is wrong over the course of the war. the point is, lincoln is thinking he's going to lose, he also sees that most slaves still remain enslaved. upwards of 500,000 enslaved men and women runaway to union lines during the war. the vast majority remained behind confederate lines during the war. the vast majority did not reach union lines or come within the union lines as the extended south. so, lincoln sees that the emancipation proclamation is not going to be enough. even afte

douglas esd board. esd's serves all of the vulnerable kids in douglas county. each area has their own esd. it is a little-known school board people do not remember, educational service district. we provide the specialists you need. we definitely need a specific goal -- specific fund for the vulnerable population. >> our next question. fromr next question is jason. he's 17 and from pendleton. he wants to ask about education funding. >> my question is for governor brown and representative buehler . as a student who has attended a large, private public school, just school located outside of pendleton, oregon, i have noticed a great discrepancy when it comes to teaching students about native american history. historical trauma, national resource management, and topics vital to understanding indigenous populations better. what specific steps will you take to solve the issues of underrepresentation of travel history all across oregon? -- tribal history all across oregon? gov. brown: it has been my honor to work with the nine federally recognized sovereign nations in the great state of oregon. i

douglas triano? [applause] announcer: in his 2014 book "alvin york, a new biography of the hero of the argonne," and him is public talks, douglas masri and argues he has pinpointed the exact spot in france where out -- where alvin york earned his medal of honor on october 8, 1918. a newly published book argues its findings are mistaken. we are joined on the phone by military historian brad posey who is a contributor to the book "hero on the western front: discovering alvin york's wwi battlefield." what is the sergeant york project that is the subject of this book? founded byroject was dr. tom noland who was then the director of special technology at the university. initially, he got involved in this as his doctoral dissertation. later, it evolved into this project. what he set out to do was spatial interpretation to the location of where sergeant york action occurred. this was due to the combined application of archaeological research, and geographic information science is. host: remind us quickly, what was the actions, sergeant york winning the medal of honor, described how he earned that medal of honor? brad: his unit was adv

public talks douglas mastriano argues he has pin pointed the exact spot in france where alvin york earned his medal of honor. on october 8, 1918. a newly published book argues that douglas mastriano's findings are mistaken. we are joined on the phone by military historian brad posey who is a contributor to the book hero on the western front. discovering alvin york's world war i battle field. what is the sergeant york project that is the subject of this book? >> the sergeant york project was founded by dr. tom nolan of as then the director technology and initially he got volved in this for his doctoral dissertation and it later evolved into this project. this was through the combined research, battle field archeology and geographic information sciences. >> remind us quickly what was the action? sergeant york winning medal of honor briefly described how he arned that medal of honor. >> his company was on the far left flank of his unit and in fact of the division. the 28th division, they were supposed to k joined with the 28th division on the left flank. didn't advance that morning. basically the whole left flank was unprotected. when they got back behind them they discove

douglas to run the family business. >> did he really think, up until the point where douglas was picked, that -- that he had a shot at it? >> he was groomed for it. that was supposed to be his -- his job. he was upset. it had a devastating effect on bob. >> reporter: and that is when the little known and reclusive bob durst went off on his own, to embark on a strange new life. what we wanted to know is how and why trouble seemed to be his traveling companion. >>> when we return, more mysteries and more questions for robert durst, and a peek at his new life on the lost coast. >> hanging out at a homeless shelter/soup kitchen -- >> reporter: wait a minute, he bought a house, he hangs out at a homeless shelter? you keep doing you. we'll take care of medicare part d. by helping you save up to five dollars on each prescription, and with free one-on-one pharmacy support, we've filled over 2 billion prescriptions and counting. stop by walgreens and save today. walgreens. trusted since 1901. on our car insurance when we switched to geico. this is how it made me feel. it was like that feeling when you're mowing the lawn on a

douglas. i am working three jobs and iam douglas.e jobs and i am still struggling month—to—month, borrowing, it is shocking. it is not on. i pay all my bills the day i get paid. carers, cleaners, caterers and nursery workers are among the thousands expected to strike. glasgow city council said it was close to agreement with the unions and had been working hard to try and resolve the dispute, adding there was no justification for the disruption which it says will hit the city ‘s most vulnerable the ha rd est. the city ‘s most vulnerable the hardest. it is really unnecessary. i don't think it's fair on the claimants, it is not fair on the women. they will lose pay over the next couple of days, those who are not going to work, who are going to go out on strike. there is good to be enormous disruption caused in glasgow. and to some of the most vulnerable people in the city. the council says it is committed to making an offer to those on strike in december. it is not yet clear how they will settle the bill which could run to hundreds of m

douglas macarthur's father arthur plants one of the first flags over missionary ridge, the center of the confederate line, and later earned the medal of honor. if you want to understand douglas macarthur, what inspires him, study that. in many ways, what drives him is emplar,her as an ex planting the 24th wisconsin flag on missionary ridge. goes a long way to explain what drives, inspires douglas macarthur. but that is a whole other talk for another time. suffice it to say, look at what grant date in 1863 compared to any other federal officer. he opened the mississippi river, rescued the army of the cumberland, and is positioned with a dagger against the vitals of the deep south of the confederacy. from chattanooga, they can go to alabama, to atlanta, a likely destination. they can also move into east tennessee, complete the liberation of that area, which they managed, which an expedition does assisting ambrose burnside around the knoxville area. so grant has managed to do many things lincoln wanted done through the war, and managed to do it with the resources on hand, without lecturing the commander-in-chief, the president of the united states, about military matters. this looks pretty good to lincoln. and then, this is something that is underappreciated, that winter as grant, and this is appropriate, by the way, because grant as commander-in-chief of all forces in the west h

douglas slade lived in the philippines between 2009 and 2015. slade, who was jailed two years ago, denies the claims. angus crawford reports. a dangerous and manipulative paedophile, douglas slade, now behind bars in the uk. but, for 30 years, he lived here, angeles city in the philippines. neighbours say he threw sweets down to children in the street, inviting them in through what they called the magic door, it is claimed, to be sexually abused. the way he abused us, i'm teased, i'm too embarrassed to get out of the house. if i'm with all my friends, they called me by slade's name. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, in 2016 he was tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they allege they suffered. he says their claims are a total fabrication. the first witness appeared on a big screen in court 20 on a live video link from manila. he was only referred to by the initials pvx. in a statement already submitted to the court, he said he was sexually abused forfour years, starting in 2009. his abuser, he claims, was douglasleged victims coming forward and saying, no, just because we live on the other side of the world in poor circumstances, we are going to be heard and we are going to use the british justice system to ensure that we are heard and that there is accountability. angeles city, once slade's home, now notorious for the sexual exploitation of children by foreigners. corruption and inadequate law enforcement leaves many victims unprotected but campaigners hope the case against slade will send a powerful message. we will pursue them whenever possible and we continue to search and try to catch them here in the philippines. and wherever they will be, we will pursue them with legal action. slade may spend the rest of his life behind bars but, on the other side of the world, there are those still seeking justice. angus crawford, bbc news. the time is 6.15pm. our top story this evening. the second suspsect in the salisbury nerve agent attack has been unmasked as a highly decorated doctor in russian mi

down to his role model douglas sirk and with american cinema the cinema of the stars where the women were already big heroines in the fifty's or even von. german director douglas sirk whose career started with a who for went into exile in hollywood in one nine hundred thirty seven where he rose to become the king of melodrama encounter with cirque was a turning point in fasb and as work the two became friends for brown he was inspired by sex a time to love and a time to die fassbinder took on the language the warm colors and stylized backdrops of his mentor he even took inspiration from the story it's about a missing soldier returning from the front to a germany in ruins. she . says that. he said you're a moral in this scene you don't have a bad conscience when you see him you're just full of joy. maybe if it doesn't even occur to you that you're doing something that could hurt him a key piece to see orchy need badger's piece that you're doing something bad. because you always kept the most important part of yourself back for tomorrow in the event that your husband returns. and then you commit this murder as if in a trance. you take the bottle and kill him as

of mckenzie, east of eugene, i served on the douglas esd board which you and your brother are probably familiar. esds serve all the vulnerable kids in douglas county, 13 school districts, and each area has their own esd, the little known school board people don't remember. educational service district. and we provide all the specialists that you need, speech pathologists and all those other folks and we need a specific fund for the most vulnerable populations. thank you for the question. >> answer your question? >> yes. >> shasta, our next question? >> thank you. our next question is from dayson. he's 17 and from pendleton. he wants to ask about education funding. >> my question is for governor brown, representative buehler. as a student who has attended a large public school and as well as a small public charter school, which is located on the indian reservation, just outside of pendleton, oregon, i have noticed a great discrepancy when it comes to teaching all students about native american history, historical trauma, resource manage ant and other topics that are vital to understanding indij nous populations better. what steps will you ta

mckenzie, east of eugene, i served on the douglas esd boardroom which you and your brother are probably familiar. esd serves all of the vulnerable kids in douglas county. there are 13 school districts. each area has their own esd. it is a little-known school board people do not remember, educational service district. we provide the specialists you need. speech pathologists and all those other folks. we definitely need to have a specific fund for the vulnerable populations. thank you for the question. >> did they answer your question? >> yes. >> ok. our next question. >> our next question is from solomon -- no. [laughter] >> this is from jason. he's 17 and from pendleton. he wants to ask about education funding. >> my question is for governor brown and representative buehler. as a student who has attended a large, private public school, as well as a small public charter school located just outside of pendleton, oregon, i have noticed a great discrepancy when it comes to teaching students about native american history. historical trauma, national -- natural resource management, and topics that are vital to understanding indigenous populations bet

douglas is one of them. there's a speech that he goes after on this question of property and man and that is what the speech is all about. and douglas is a complicated figure politics will be going in several different directions but this is clear and he never changes his mind. it's one of the things that brings him closer to lincoln. that is one of the reasons because he could see himself and abraham lincoln. it was ellis island for black people. 48% i believe according to the transatlantic for the civil war particularly reconstruction of anti-black racism and proslavery is part of the dna into the display off this happens in south carolina. >> as you say, the port of entry but it's also in aristocratic kind of state they were aristocratic of the slaveholders he has a great resistance to all of this that goes hand in hand. the final thing you can be against slavery o there are two completely different things he wanted to move them out if the country so those two things have been completed later. that whole thing about coming out of that great moral rupture and people have to think about this and it takes a couple of generations for

douglas macarthur, supreme allied commander for the occupation of japan, launched missouri. pacific fleet commander and admiral halsey welcome douglas macarthur and his chief of staff, admiral sutherland on board. they escort them to the missouri's deck wit where it 20 minute ceremony is to take place. this is on december 2, 1945. ♪ >> right now, we are on the first level of the battleship missouri, also known as the veranda deck. we now call this deck the surrender deck, this is rather september 2, 1945, the chinese -- the japanese friend the conditional surrender ending world war ii. different, thed tort behind me was rotated 30 degrees to star board in order to make more room on the deck for all the officials who would be on board. if you would've looked around and above us that day, you would have seen members of the missouri crew, chris from other ships, trying to get a glimpse of what was to a car on the deck. onwhat was supposed to occur the deck. members of the japanese delegation made their way on board, 11 of them made their way up the ladder behind me and at 902 in the morning -- 9:02 a.m. in the morning, the generals and admirals ascended from above to strut the ceremony. words, the opening first person to sign would have been signing on behalf of the delegation, and also on behalf of the japanese military. the third person to send the documents was general douglasur himself. he signed as supreme allied commander, he did not actually represent the united states. following him was a rest of the allies, china, great written, ussr, australia, canada, new zealand, each in order and in turn. there are two copies of the document, want to be kept by the united states and want to be kept by japan. we do not display the originals, they are in the national archive in washington dc, and the war museum in tokyo. we also have a replica of one of macarthur's hints, he used six of them to sign -- he used six pens to sign the documents. he did this for a very simple reason, one that we actually still to this day, if you look at lawmakers when they sang important bills, what do you want to do afterward? to give the pens away as souvenirs. following the last furniture, macarthur said simply, these closed.ngs are to give a signal and above the missouri, over 1000 allied aircraft flew information. from the beginning of the --emony at 9: to the bit 9:02 a.m. to the

douglas slade lived in the philippines between 2009 and 2015. slade who is already serving a prison sentence denies the claims as our correspondent angus crawford reports. a dangerous and manipulative paedophile, douglas slade, now behind bars in the uk. but, for 30 years, he lived here, angeles city in the philippines. neighbours say he threw sweets down to children in the street, inviting them in through what they called the magic door, it is claimed, to be sexually abused. the way he abused us, i'm teased, i'm too embarrassed to get out of the house. if i'm with all my friends, they called me by slade's name. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, in 2016 he was tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they allege they suffered. he says their claims are a total fabrication. the first witness appeared on a big screen in court 20 on a live video link from manila. he was only referred to by the initials pvx. in a statement already submitted to the court, he said he was sexually abused forfour years, starting in 2009. his accuser, he claims, was douglasctims coming forward and saying, no, just because we live on the other side of the world in poor circumstances, we are going to be heard and we are going to use the british justice system to ensure that we are heard and that there is accountability. angeles city, once slade's home, now notorious for the sexual exploitation of children by foreigners. corruption and inadequate law enforcement leaves many victims unprotected, but campaigners hope the case against slade will send a powerful message. we will pursue them whenever possible and we continue to search and try to catch them here in the philippines. and wherever they will be, we will pursue them with legal action. slade may spend the rest of his life behind bars, but on the other side of the world, there are those still seeking justice. angus crawford, bbc news. 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 c

douglas slade lived in the philippines between 2009 and 2015. slade, who is already serving a prison sentence, denies the claims, as our correspondent angus crawford reports. a dangerous and manipulative paedophile, douglas slade, now behind bars in the uk. but for 30 years, he lived here — angeles city in the philippines. neighbours say he threw sweets down to children in the street, inviting them in through what they called "the magic door", it's claimed, to be sexually abused. the way he abused us, i'm teased, i'm too embarrassed to get out of the house. if i am with all my friends, they call me by slade's name. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, in 2016, he was tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk. but today, he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they allege they suffered. he says their claims are a total fabrication. the first witness appeared on a big screen in court 20, on a live video link from manila. he was only referred to by the initials pvx. in a statement already submitted to the court, he said he was sexually abused for four years, starting in 2009. his abuser, he claims, was douglasorward and saying no, just because we live on the other side of the world in poor circumstances, we are going to be heard and we are going to use the british justice system to ensure that we are heard, and that there is accountability. angeles city, once slade's home, now notorious for the sexual exploitation of children by foreigners. corruption and inadequate law enforcement leaves many victims unprotected, but campaigners hope the case against slade will send a powerful message. we will pursue them whenever possible, and we continue to search and try to catch them here in the philippines. and wherever they will be, we will pursue them with legal action. slade may spend the rest of his life behind bars, but on the other side of the world, there are those still seeking justice. angus crawford, bbc news. 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 s

douglas was there when the man decided to get that shot.. for the first time ever. brea douglas/reporting:when 50-year-old loren martin got the flu this past winter, he thought it was nothing he couldn't handle.03:12:53 loren martin "stay at home with some chicken noodle soup and i would get over it eventually." that didn't happen. within 7 days, martin was rushed to the hospital.03:11:14 loren "by the time my wife had come home and found me, i was delerious on the front porch without air."martin's flu turned into pneumonia and lung failure. he was put into a medically induced coma and didn't leave the hospital until 2 months later.03:15:09 loren "there were at least four different incidents that i probably shouldn't have survived." 03:12:17 "i was the miracle patient."this flu season, martin's not taking any chances.nat sound from nurse 03:17:35 "this arm is going to be sore tomorrow. now it does take 2 weeks for the flu vaccine to be completely affective." (after shot) loren: "that was it? i didn't feel a thing."03:21:49 christina snyder, nurse "get your flu shot, it's the number one thing you can do to prevent it." 03:22:14 "so far this season is just starting and we have seen a few cases already."this scar will always remind martin of the trache put in his neck while battling flu complications, but he says it wasn't in vain if his story encourages someone to get a flu shot.03:14:45 loren "if just one person, it saves their life, all of this would been worth it." (ken)that was brea douglasreporting. flu season is expected to last through march. if you do get the flu, nurses say it can be less severe if you go to the hospital for treatment within the first couple of days of symptoms. (pam) a new report from the world health organization says.... more than 90-percent of the world's children breathe toxic air.... putting their health and development at serious risk. in children under age five, air pollution is linked to one- in -ten deaths. children are more susceptible to pollution because they breathe more often.. and are closer to the ground. the w-h-o wants to see the dependance on fossil fuels.. reduced further and increases in renewable energy ... the organization also suggests moving schools and playgrounds farther away from busy roads and factories. (pam) today is the last day to enjoy edna -- the 35- foot tall polar bear sculpture made out of recycled car hoods along san francisco's embarcadero. it first made an appearance during the global climate action summit l

douglas alone joins us live now from washington d.c. he's a democratic strategist and senior principle consultant at national capital strategy group douglas what do you make of this memo from the white house edging house republicans. why they sent this out and is being seen as a threat perhaps well i don't know if you would consider this is a threat president trump's approval ratings the disapproval ratings are at all time highs believe just earlier this week it was a fifty three percent approval rating versus a forty two percent disapproval rating and just two weeks goes as high as fifty six disapproval and thirty eight approval rating so the strategy for republican candidates to hitch their way games to this train doesn't seem to brood and then seems to fly in the face of reason so sounds to me like a great opportunity for the democrats of this is what the republicans are pushing yeah it's an interesting point you make douglas i mean how much of a political gamble is this for republicans ahead of the midterms and could this backfire on trump. it is a huge gamble it is really one could say maybe the only play they have left in their deck. everybody's everyone's polls is showing through z. as i'm for democratic voters and on the part of independents and republicans you're seeing disapproval towards trump so to kind of turn the tables in ask republican candidates to embrace president with such high disapproval ratings is bold but also a bit foolhardy so it again it could be a boon for the democrats and it very well could and i it spec'd will backfire on trump as you say this on this may first of all you yeah i'm going to say as you say that's obviously a difficulty that many people have in embracing such a polarizing president but hard core republicans douglas will vote for trump anyway when they. well actually those are generally trump supporters there are people out there that are there are going to vote and

douglas macarthur's father, arthur, plants one of the first flags on missionary ridge and earns the medal of honor later for leadership under fire. if you want to understand douglas macarthur to study that action because in many ways, what drives him is his father as an example are in this moment of an 18-year-old grabbing this flag on missionary ridge goes a long way to explaining what drives and inspires douglas macarthur. but that's another talk for a whole other time. suffice it to say, let's see what grant has done in 1863 compared to any other officer. he's open to the mississippi river. he's rescued the army of the cumberland and he is positioned -- position the army against the vitals of the deep south. they can go to alabama, atlanta, and they can also move up in the east tennessee to complete the liberation of the area, which they madden -- managed to do around knoxville. so, grant has managed to do many things that lincoln has wanted to have done all through the war and managed to do with the resources on hand and without lecturing the commander in chief, the president of the united states, about military matters. this looks pretty good to lincoln. then, this is something that is underappreciated. that winter, as grant -- this is appropriate because grant is commander-in-chief and has a key role in whatever happens in 1864. so halleck, lincoln through halleck begins to solicit genera

douglas slade was jailed for 24 years in 2016 for abusing five boys here in the uk. our correspondent angus crawford reports. a dangerous and manipulative paedophile. briton douglasived here, angeles city in the philippines. it's claimed he would entice children into his home and abuse them. whenever i remember the things he did to me, the way he abused us, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they say they suffered. it is thought to be the first case of its kind to reach the high court. i think the message needs to be sent out to those who, in the west in particular, who think that they can go to far—away places such as the philippines and sexually abuse children and young people, that you are not beyond reach. slade may spend the rest of his life in prison here, but children on the other side of the world are still seeking justice. angus crawford, bbc news. prison offic

douglas slade was jailed for 24 years in 2016 for abusing five boys here in the uk. angus crawford reports. a dangerous and manipulative paedophile. briton douglas slade now behind bars in the uk. but for 30 years, he lived here, angeles city in the philippines. it's claimed he would entice children into his home and abuse them. whenever i remember the things he did to me, the way he abused us, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 19605, 705 and 805. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they say they suffered. it is thought to be the first case of its kind to reach the high court. i think the message needs to be sent out to those who, in the west in particular, who think that they can go to far—away places such as the philippines and sexually abuse children and young people, that you are not beyond reach. slade may spend the rest of his life in prison here, but children on the other side of the world are still seeking justice. back to the latest on brexit. we know that the dup leader has been meeting the eu's chief brexit negotiator in brussels and has repeated that she will not accept any customs barriers within the united kingdom. so the issue of the irish border is centre stage once again. let's speak to our reality check correspondent chris morris to find out what makes coming to a deal so difficult. yes, we know that there's onlyjust over a week to go until the next eu summit, so it really is coming close to decision time. but why is ireland such a big issue in these negotiations? the map tells the story — after brexit, the land border between northern ireland and the republic will also become the only land border between the uk and the eu — which will be two separate economic areas. both sides have agreed that there should be no new infrastructure or checks on the border, basically keeping things as open as they are now. and they've agreed that there should be a backstop plan — or guarantee — to avoid a hard border "in all circumstances". they hope that they can solve all these border issues as part of a long—term agreement on a future trade relationship. but the backstop would automatically kick in if there was a delay or an outright failure to secure such as agreement. so what does that mean in practice? back in february the eu put out a draft legal text for the backstop that would — in effect — keep northern ireland in the eu customs union, with no customs checks or payments, and in the single market for all trade in goods and agriculture — following all eu rules. but that would mean you'd need checks between northern ireland and great britain instead. no way, said the government. that would break up the uk — but eight months later, we're still waiting for detailed alternative proposals which may emerge this week. they're likely to include a plan for the whole of the uk to stay in a customs union with the eu for some time after brexit. and a compromise which would see some checking of goods, in particular of food and animals, moving between great britain and northern ireland. which brings us to this: no border in the irish sea. the democratic unionist party, on whose support the prime minister depends in parliament, is not alone in insisting that any suggestion of a border would be unacceptable. but the eu, and it seems the government, will argue that it won't be a border, just a series of checks that few people will notice. in the longer term though, if northern ireland was tied more closely to the rules of the eu customs union and single market, and great britain wasn't, then most trade deals the government was able to negotiate in the future, with other countries around the world, wouldn't apply to northern ireland. that's a big problem, which could be very difficult to fudge. but if there's no backstop agreed, then there would be no overall withdrawal agreement, and then the uk could leave the eu with no deal at all. the girlfriend of comedian seann walsh has insisted she is leaving him and that she is "not a victim" after he was caught kissing his strictly come dancing partner. rebecca humphries said she had suspected something was going on but that her boyfriend had denied it. lizo mzimba has the story. seann walsh and his partner katya jones wowing the audience and the judges on saturday night's strictly. watched by millions at home and cheered on by walsh's girlfriend, rebecca humphries. but soon afterwards, a newspaper revealed that after a day of rehearsal, seann walsh had kissed katya jones after a night out. they both apologised, walsh saying, "this is no excuse, "but it was a one—off drunken mistake which i am truly sorry for." walsh's girlfriend, rebecca humphries, responded on social media, saying she was ending the relationship. she said that earlier on the night in question, which was also her birthday, she voiced her suspicions about walsh and his dance partner. humphries wrote: "we spoke, and i told him, not for the first time, that his actions over the past three weeks have led me to believe that something inappropriate was going on. "he aggressively and repeatedly called me a psycho, nuts, mental, as he has done countless times throughout our relationship when i've questioned his inappropriate and hurtful behaviour. " there's a lot of pressure on people to look good, isn't there? go on these extreme diets. even i'vejuiced. over the past few years, walsh has become increasingly popular as a stand—up comedian, performing around the uk and on tv. no solid food, just guinness... because of the allegations made against him by his now former girlfriend, if he does appear on strictly this weekend, it's uncertain what kind of reception he'll receive. watch this space. we'll have the latest business news in a minute. first, the latest headlines. a second suspect in the salisbury nerve agent at that has been identified as a military doctor working for the russian military intelligence unit, the gru. a waste disposal company has been stripped of its nhs contract after hundreds of its nhs contract after hundreds of tonnes of medical waste from hospitals, including body parts, we re hospitals, including body parts, were allowed to pile up. in brussels to talk brexit, the leader of the democratic unionists, arlene foster, has again insisted she will not accept any customs barriers within the united kingdom. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the bank of england has called on the eu to do more to protect financial services in the event of a hard brexit. the bank's financial policy committee said that the need for action "is now pressing". it's warned that insurance, derivatives and the transfer of data are all at risk. a committee of mp5 say water companies should be able to force customers on to water meters, to reduce usage. the environment, food and rural affairs committee also says targets for companies to reduce water leaks do not go far enough. aviva boss mark wilson is to stand down after more than five years at the helm. mr wilson will leave the role immediately, but remain with the group until april 2019 while a successor is appointed. his move follows a decision tojoin the board of rival asset manager blackrock, which angered some shareholders. i know that you would like to talk more about strictly but we are going to talk more about water meters instead. iam to talk more about water meters instead. i am surprised that we are not forced to have water meters. it would cost you more if you use the lot. it might make you think harder about how much you're using. this is the point for a group of mp5. they want water companies to be able to force customers to have a meter installed, to cut how much we use. but they're also demanding tougher targets for companies to cut water leaks, after figures showed three billion litres is lost from the water network each day. that is every day, 3 billion litres. so the water companies are being pressurised quite a lot. we spoke to neil paris, the chair of the committee. he explained why he thinks we all need water meters. about 15% of water is leaked through the pipes, and i think we can get a reduction of about 50% of usage by customers, by bringing in metres. that brings in about one third less water being used, because at the moment we are just wasting the resource, we are taking more water out of rivers and water courses and reservoirs than we need, especially at times when we have had a drought situation this year, we are getting weather patterns bringing in tighter conditions on water supply. we want to keep our rivers and good environmental condition but we also want to have enough water for our population. and i think it is right that we should pay for the water that we use, but not for what we don't use. so that's the issue of water meters. let's talk about the uk tourist industry. it is booming, apparently. according to visit britain, over 40 million annual inbound visits will be acheieved this year. that's two years ahead of schedule. people just cannot get enough of the uk. why? we spoke to the lady from visit britain earlier. she said people from the gulf states like to come to london, people from germany like the south—west. different kinds of tourists have their own preferred areas, and uk tourists are enjoying the uk as well. it is up 6%. because the uk as well. it is up 6%. because the weather is so good. we don't need a trade deal to grow. we are a growing industry and we can do more and we can be even more competitive. there are things we need as an industry. we need frictionless borders as much as possible. we need to make sure that we have got great connectivity and that airlines can continue to come in and out of the country and that message of welcome is so important. two thirds of visits at the moment come from europe, and we need to be continuing to betray britain as a country that welcomes all of our visitors and offers great value and great experiences, as well. apostasy in britain, of course. and now a new venture for microsoft. —— lots to see in britain, of course. tech giant microsoft says it will invest in singapore—based ride—hailing company grab, as part of a new strategic partnership. talk me through exactly what interests microsoft have in this company. grab will notjust be a ride hailing company. that is the reason for this deal between microsoft and grab. they want to invest in artificial intelligence, and get involved in everything, mobile payments, deliveries. they really wa nt mobile payments, deliveries. they really want to go beyond just right hailing. if you think about how things work in south—east asia, look at companies like tencent or alibaba, they at companies like tencent or aliba ba, they occupy at companies like tencent or alibaba, they occupy more than one space, so what grab are trying to do is to emerge as a similar kind of player and is tying the microsoft comes with technology and of course, although microsoft didn't say how much money it was contributing. although microsoft didn't say how much money it was contributingm might do eventually. semiregular new york, thank you very much indeed. you might not know about microsoft but you know about the markets. so, greggs, in the hot summer heatwave people still did well, going to greggs and buying the hot food. its share price is up on the back of that. oil share price is up on the back of that. oil prices are back up again after falling back ever so slightly yesterday. thank you very much indeed. see you later on. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. we are in for a stunning spell of weather over the next couple of days, particularly tomorrow, looking like being the best day of the week with temperatures hitting the mid—205 in the south and whiley into the low 205 further north. but it is not like that everywhere. in western scotla nd not like that everywhere. in western scotland it has been absolutely pouring down, particularly in the western isles. through this afternoon we have continued to see heavy rain, but eventually that will move away by the time we get to early wednesday morning. we have southerly winds across the uk, not a desperately mild morning, single figures everywhere, under clear skies, but the sun will be out, the skies, but the sun will be out, the skies will be clear, blue skies for many and look at the temperatures going orange across the midlands and yorkshire. temperatures at least 22 in london. we might get to 20 in the lowla nds in london. we might get to 20 in the lowlands of scotland as well. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm ben brown. today at 3pm: the second suspect in the salisbury nerve agent attack is identified as a military doctor working for the russian intelligence service, the gru. they are a military outfit that is very aggressive and ambitious in doing things, and they don't necessarily care as much about the consequences as the more traditional secret agencies. a waste disposal company is stripped of its nhs contracts after hundreds of tonnes of medical waste from hospitals, including body parts, were allowed to pile up. in brussels to talk brexit — the leader of the democratic unionists, arlene foster, insists again that she won't accept any customs barriers within the uk. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with holly. good afternoon. the jose mourinho soap opera continues. we may be into the international break, but we are still talking about the manchester united manager. today, wayne rooney hasjumped united manager. today, wayne rooney has jumped to his defence for a change. more on that later. thanks holly, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. tomasz has all the weather. it is certainly turning warmer. tomorrow is expected to be the best day of the week. thursday onwards, it is all change. also coming up: the strictly curse strikes again — seann walsh's now ex—girlfriend hits back, saying she is not a victim. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. more details are being revealed about the second man suspected of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent attack. he has been identified as a doctor with the russian military intelligence agency, the gru, who was made a hero of the russian federation — the country's highest honorary title — four years ago. the investigations website, bellingcat, has named him as alexander mishkin. the bbc understands british officials are not disputing the identification. naomi grimley reports. until now, this man has been known to the world as alexander petrov. he is a suspect in the salisbury poisoning case which started as an attempted assassination of a former russian spy and his daughter, and then, three months later, led to the death of a british woman, dawn sturgess, after she accidentally handled the deadly nerve agent. the website bellingcat, run by investigative journalists, has revealed the man's real identity is alexander mishkin. it even obtained images of his passport. so what do we know about him so far? well, he was born on the 13th ofjuly 1979 in northern russia. his rank is unknown, but he is believed to be a military doctor. he was recruited by russia's military intelligence agency, the gru, as a student. he was made a hero of the russian federation in 2014 after his actions in ukraine. unlike the other suspect in this case, who's already been named, mishkin has less of an online presence. so it's taken longer to establish his true identity down to his hometown. the journalists who did this work found themselves heckled at westminster by people who think they are stooges. the man who started bellingcat said that his information comes bellingcat said that his information co m es m ostly bellingcat said that his information comes mostly from open sources. we have had the availability of satellite imagery becoming more common, with the likes of google earth and other platforms and websites. google street view as well. all kinds of information being shared online. you can piece that together to create a greater understanding of different situations. that is something people are coming round to recognising on a larger scale. 0nly last week, we learned how the gru had sent a team of spies in the hague to try and hack the computer systems of the 0pcw, the body responsible for testing samples of the nerve agent. the dutch authorities laid out in embarrassing detail the workings of a spy mission gone wrong, which should have been top—secret. they are a military outfit that is very aggressive and ambitious in doing things, and they don't necessarily care as much about consequences as your more traditional secret agencies. all the investigative digging of the intelligence agencies and journalists means the story the two salisbury suspects told about visiting the city's famous cathedral spire is now looking ever more threadbare. let's get the latest from russia. joining me now is our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford. we have had more detail about the second suspect. what more have you found out about him? we have been trying to stand up what to andrew brayshaw has reported. we have a team heading to try to find things out first hand, but certainly even by contacting people on social media and by phone, the russian service here in moscow has managed to speak to three people who grew up with alexander mishkin in that very remote village in the north of russia, who has seen his photograph and have seen him paraded here as theyis and have seen him paraded here as they is supposed civilian on russian television. they believe he is alexander mishkin, a man who bellingcat is an intelligent agent for russian military intelligence, the gru. 0ne for russian military intelligence, the gru. one person described a young man who he says was not aggressive at all, very friendly, very easy—going, a good student who a lwa ys very easy—going, a good student who always had ambitions of going to medical school, according to this friend. he also described him as being really into computer games come in music and running the school disco. he founded to believe that it is the same man being accused of a nerve agent attack in the uk. all of this must be acutely and harassing for the gru, for the kremlin. —— acutely embarrass. what is the reaction to all of this coming out? if it is embarrassment, nobody is showing any sign of that, as you might expect. the kremlin has changed tack in the last few days will stop they have been commenting on reports and rumours. 0bviously from the beginning, the russian authorities denied any involvement in the salisbury poisoning. the kremlin has started to say they will not comment. unless evidence come directly from the british authorities, and that comes to the releva nt authorities, and that comes to the relevant authorities in russia, the kremlin would bother commenting on rumours and speculation in the press and stop that is a giant sidestep away from some uncomfortable questions coming about the identity of the key suspects. a lot of russians beyond those who watch state media, those who read social media and for the own opinions, they are quite surprised to see what appears to be a not very confident admission, let's say, by their intelligence agents, many people who have been held if not in high esteem but were considered to be efficient and effective. 0n social media, there is a backlash against that. people are surprised and joking about what the intelligent agents have been up to. one wonders whether all of this might cause russia to step back a bit. the gru has been heavily involved in ukraine and syria and so on. maybe russian intelligence in general will step back and not be quite as bold and adventurous. i don't think so. that is not what we will see. there might bea is not what we will see. there might be a pause. it depends how many gru agents have been compromised by the intelligence work from western agencies by all of this. we understand that dozens if not hundreds of people might have been exposed. certainly the mood here... i was the two to three separate individuals the other day and every sickle one said, we are at war, this will not change was up a battle may have been lost but the kremlin thinks this is an ongoing fight. they may retreat and lick their wounds for a while, learn some lessons, the might be some purge at the gru, people will lose their jobs, but they consider it to be a warand jobs, but they consider it to be a war and the fight will go on. thank you. prison officers in england and wales are to be issued with canisters of synthetic pepper spray to help deal with violence and disorder. the spray will be carried by officers in all publicly—run prisons for men from 2019. the announcement comes as the prison governors association accused the government of failing to react quickly enough to a "crisis" injails. the duke and duchess of cambridge have taken part in a summit in london aimed at helping to improve mental health around the world. prince william and kate were greeted by the health secretary matt hancock as they arrived at the first global ministerial mental health summit. experts from around the world and policy makers are attending the two—day event to discuss issues such as how to deal with the stigma attached to mental health. scotland's first minister and snp leader, nicola sturgeon, will be addressing her party's annual conference shortly. we know she is expected to contrast the chaos of westminster to what the snp can offer. we willjoin politics like now for full coverage of her speech. and we can welcome viewers from the news channel who have joined and we can welcome viewers from the news channel who havejoined us and we can welcome viewers from the news channel who have joined us for coverage of the speech which should begin in next five minutes or so. keeping me company here, a former snp mp and a former adviser to alistair darling when he was labour chancellor. it is difficult for her now. we heard from our correspondent that this speech from nicola sturgeon is a holding speech. which way does she go now when it comes to independence? i think she has got to talk about achievements, because they had been in powerfor ten yea rs. they had been in powerfor ten years. because you cannot promise independent square to muck a thick they have got to talk about that anyway. the person who talks about independence mostly is ruth davidson. she wants to build a unionist majority, which she has done successfully. nicola sturgeon has been in power with the snp for ten years. they have to talk about policies and achievements. they are 20 points ahead of the tories in the latest poll, and she has got to talk about why they are there. why they are in this dominant position in scottish politics. she has got to claim the credit for the policies. she has got to keep the crowds enthusiastic and looking to the future without promising... timetable for a date. she does not wa nt to timetable for a date. she does not want to hold a referendum until she thinks she can win it. how do you manage to square the circle that labour and the tories in scotland cannot capture? i don't think she can. following that film, i think quite a few of the delegates will be disappointed. she will not announce a referendum, she will take the referendum into the long grass on a second independence referendum. she cannot be blamed for that because she will not have one until she thinks she can win it, and the indications are she will not win it. we have got to keep coming back to the economy. the questions they did not answer at the 2014 referendum are still not answer to stop they have answered some of them. on the currency, there was a proposal on the currency. you are right, i think at the last referendum the snp failed to lay out the policy around currency in away people found acceptable. it handed a lot of power to george osborne so he could say no. so you would be happy for an independent scotland to go back into the eu, which is what they would try to do, and adopt the euro?|j the eu, which is what they would try to do, and adopt the euro? i always thought that what we should have offered was an independent currency that we could peg to either sterling or the euro. to go into an independence referendum, if you don't offer a currency option, i think people think it lacks confidence. yes, and they don't know quite what they will put forward as firm proposals. and i think we don't even know if nicola sturgeon likes the growth commission and its suggestions because it does not discuss this big. it is all free well to save we can take it to the pound. but who will underpin it? it is difficult. we don't want scotland to be the panama of the united kingdom. i think these very theatrical comparisons, i don't think they work any more. you can't talk about scotland as panama. in the last independence referendum, we had it as fast becoming the albania of europe. people are tired of it. would you accept that she is still the queen of scottish politics? yeah, she's ahead in the polls. good for her. that might be a refection on the other parties as much as on the snp. i don't think... i hope she talks a lot about policy because they have not been a great progressive success we were looking for. education is not a great advert for. education is not a great advert for the prize that scotland once had and could have again. they were a lwa ys and could have again. they were always seen as being ahead on that. why she isn't concentrating on education and saying, let us be the jewel of the united kingdom. london education is miles ahead of scottish education. in fairness, she came down and she looked at london education and look at the progressive radical steps they have taken to improve london education but it hasn't come back. and london, for example, look at scotland on violent crime and said, you have done so well on this, modern and the lessons. but an education... it is so important. let's talk about everything. it is very important to learn from best practice elsewhere. so you can see that standards have slipped? in some places, they have slipped. the first one is to has said she is determined to get scotla nd said she is determined to get scotland back to its pre—eminent place. all of us want education to be the best it can possibly be. i think there is huge similarities between labour and the snp in terms of the overall attitude towards education. attitude is one thing... except for university education, because we support free tuition fees will stop which policies could have been enacted by the snp that could have prevented some of the slides in standards in some areas of education? 0ne standards in some areas of education? one thing they are keen on is early—stage testing. you know how children are performing. 0ne on is early—stage testing. you know how children are performing. one of the interesting things, because people are talking about the need for snp politicians to take brave decisions. there is some speculation thatjohn swinney might ignore an advisory vote on testing, because all the other parties got together to overrule the snp government on the question of testing for the very youngest children. he is saying, listen, i have spoken to educationalists who are keen on testing, to establish wherejordan are. he may well press ahead with that. —— where children are. are. he may well press ahead with that. -- where children are. injohn swinney's own constituency, he advertised for graduates to teach with no pay. there is something wrong in the education system. testing works in some places, i don't think universally educationalists like testing 5 euros. it goes far beyond testing. there is a serious problem in scottish education, and a just god is education. it is a big problem. in the round, it is important to remember that after ten years they are 20 points ahead and that labour has slipped even further behind. where ever they are doing, they are doing something pretty well. it is not just about independence doing something pretty well. it is notjust about independence but doing something pretty well. it is not just about independence but also about policy management and proposals will stop people think in scotla nd proposals will stop people think in scotland that they are a hard—working government. scotland that they are a hard—working governmentm scotland that they are a hard-working government. is that right? well, some people think that. i come from the highlands and they are dismayed at such a centralised government. they don't know why they have done that. they have pulled the public bodies back to edinburgh.“ that were true, the labour party would be doing so much better. that were true, the labour party would be doing so much betterlj can't get the wording edgeways! keith brown, the warm up who will be introducing nicola sturgeon, who we expect to come from backstage rather than a walk that we can then film. skating. what is this? just because theresa may danced onto the stage, will they skate on? you can call it dancing. it was joking, will they skate on? you can call it dancing. it wasjoking, wasn't it? she is an ice skater, isn't she?“ doesn't look as though she is on skates, does it, at this particular time. here is nicola sturgeon, first list and leader of the snp to her speech to the annual conference. friends, let me clear something up right at the start. you will have noticed my shoes. laughter .ican laughter . i can barely walk in the seals. dancing was never an option. —— in these heels. friends, 25 years ago today, i sat in another auditorium in this city, listening in to the great nelson mandela. it was an extraordinary occasion, one that no one who was present will ever forget. the occasion, one that no one who was present will everforget. the people of glasgow were the first in the world to grant mandela freedom of the city. applause and in so doing, they lead the globalfight against and in so doing, they lead the global fight against apartheid.“ was shortly after his release from prison that he came here to say thank you. nelson mandela knew then what we all know now. people really do make glasgow. conference, there are many privileges that come with thejob of first are many privileges that come with the job of first minister. 0ne are many privileges that come with the job of first minister. one of them is being patron of our women's national football team. cheering i was given that on a two years ago. shortly afterwards, they qualified for the european championships. this year, and the brilliant leadership, they have gone one better. don't worry, i'm not about to break into a chorus of we are on the march with sheuey chorus of we are on the march with shelley was matter army yet. it is our women leading the way at the world cup. the achievement of shelley and the tea m the achievement of shelley and the team is just one of many memorable moments for scottish sport this year. the city playing host to the european shipping chips, and a rugby tea m european shipping chips, and a rugby team lifting the calcutta cup. it is a lwa ys team lifting the calcutta cup. it is always brilliant watching our athletes succeed at the highest levels. there is achievements inspire us. setting goals, perseverance, resilience. eyes on the prize, no matter how hard the path at times might seem. for many in the snp's long history on our goal, the goal of independence, would have seemed a long way off. but the dedication to building a better scotla nd but the dedication to building a better scotland never wavered. 0ver the decades, victor is in motherwell, hamilton and others laid the foundation for the success we enjoy today. we are much more privileged generation. 0ur enjoy today. we are much more privileged generation. our goal is clearly in sight. it is now up to us to honour those who went before and when our country's independence. cheering and applause in government now, we're building a country that plays its part in meeting the global challenges of our age. climate change, automation, and ageing population, countering the forces of intolerance, how we respond to these challenges will affect how we live, work and interact with each other for generations to come. much of the pressure politicians face today is for instant pressure politicians face today is for insta nt a nswers pressure politicians face today is for instant answers and short—term action. governments have a journey to plan for the —— have a duty to plan for the future. the scottish government is owning up to that responsibility. by contrast, the westminster government stumbles from disaster to disaster. it is a shambles. it's hard to watch that unfolding calamity with anything other than horror. let's be frank, a political system that throws up jacob horror. let's be frank, a political system that throws upjacob rees mogg or boris johnson system that throws upjacob rees mogg or borisjohnson as contenders for prime minister has clearly gone very, very adding wrong. —— badly wrong. that is why it is up to us, now more than ever, to offer optimism and hope. it was once said that to be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing. never giving in to despair, making hope possible. that is the difference between our party and westminster. of course, making hope possible is not just about words. it's about action, delivering progress in the here and now, giving a secure home to those without a roof over their head, helping families on the lowest incomes, supporting children at risk of going hungry. 0ur incomes, supporting children at risk of going hungry. our goal is to create a fairer, more prosperous scotla nd create a fairer, more prosperous scotland with that sort of intervention no longer necessary. in government, we're working day in, day out, step—by—step, to change lives for the better. that is something to be the proud of. it might not always be recognised by the doom mongers in the opposition parties. i will rephrase that, it is never recognised by the miserable doom mongers in the opposition parties. although there is so much more to do, the ground—breaking work already being done here in scotland is recognised across the uk and around the world. our actions to tackle climate change have been called exemplary by the united nations, and they will make scotland... applause they will make scotland one of the first carbon neutral countries anywhere in the world. the work of the violence reduction unit has won plaudits from the world economic forum and is now being commended by the mayor of london. even the uk tories praise our approach to community sentencing and reducing reoffending. it isjust approach to community sentencing and reducing reoffending. it is just a pity that the shameless opportunist in the scottish wings continue to oppose it at every single term. 0ur oppose it at every single term. our work to tackle period poverty has drawn praise from the united states. awesome and important, thank you scotland for leading the way, that was chelsea clinton. just two weeks ago, bernie sanders praised our actions on their work. of course, in the interests of balance, i should point out that the current incumbent of the white house has not said anything nice about us at all. laughter and applause i think we should take that as a condiment. —— as condiment. ——asa condiment. —— as a complement. then there is labour, i won't waste too many words on scottish labour except to say that branch office now seems a gross exaggeration of their status. but the uk labour conference two weeks ago was like an snp policy tribute backed. so here is an offer, jeremy. you say you want to bring water into public ownership. the next time you are in scotland, i will show you how to run a public water company. and while you are here, i will show you how to abolish prescription charges. i will show you how to get rid of tuition fees... i will even take you to dl steelworks or the fort william smelter and show you how to deliver an active industrial policy. and while you talk about the fairer tax system, i will show you how the snp has already delivered a fairer tax system. you see, for the snp it isn'tjust rhetoric. we win public support, we get ourselves elected. we put our money where our mouth is and we improve lives in scotland each and every single day. and just think how much more we could do three of the chaos and incompetence of westminster. just think how much more hope will be possible when we ta ke more hope will be possible when we take scotland's future into scotland's hands and become an independent country. applause. an independent scotland, just as scotla nd an independent scotland, just as scotland is now, will be a beacon for progressive values, equality, opportunity, diversity and fairness. indeed those values feel more important today than at any time in my life. in the face of rising prejudice and intolerance across the world, iam proud prejudice and intolerance across the world, i am proud that our party welcomes those who come here from other countries. to everyone who has chosen to make scotla nd to everyone who has chosen to make scotland your home, no matter where you come from, let me say this again today. we value your contribution. 0urs today. we value your contribution. ours is today. we value your contribution. 0urs isa today. we value your contribution. ours is a much better country for having you here and we want you to stay. and to the prime minister, my message is blunt. it is great that the son of an immigrant is your home secretary but don't expect praise when you are denying others the chance to build a life here. actions, prime minister, speak louder than words. and you're hostile environment policy, and end it now. the snp is meeting the challenges of the future head—on. that means building afairand the future head—on. that means building a fair and inclusive economy. we are providing more help to business than ever before. we know that without sustainable economic growth there can be no sustained social growth so we will a lwa ys sustained social growth so we will always champion scotland '5 businesses but we will never ever accept a tory race to the bottom on wages and workers' rights. we are committed to fair work, more security, decent pay and a greater voice for workers in the companies whose wealth they help to create. firework is good for everyone, it drives innovation and productivity and that makes for better businesses and that makes for better businesses and higher profits. of course westminster still controls employment law and labour and the tories want to keep it that way. i know why the tories don't want the scottish parliament to protect workers' rights, labour backs that position too. proof, if it were needed, but labour isn't the workers party, labour is just the westminster party. 0nly party, labour is just the westminster party. only with the power of independence, give the full force of law to our aspirations but we will push the boundaries as fast as we possibly can. we have already made payment of the real living wage pa rt made payment of the real living wage part of our procurement process. we have extended it to adult social ca re have extended it to adult social care workers and will soon do the same to early years workers. as a result of all of that, i can confirm today that scotland now has the highest proportion of employees paid the living wage of any uk nation. but we must do more. last month we said business support grants from scottish enterprise would have living wage, zero—hours contracts and gender pay criteria attached. some saw that as a challenge to companies like amazon. well, last week amazon announced it would pay the living wage, so i can announce today that working with unions, business and the public sector, we will extend that approach. we will adopt a new default position. their work first. the support amazon received is just one type of is miss grant public money pays for. by the end of this parliament we will extend firework criteria to as many funding streams and business support gra nts funding streams and business support grants as we can. we will also extend the range of scottish government and public sector contracts that fair work criteria will apply to and we will maximise the benefit of public contracts to small businesses and local supply chains. yes, details will vary depending on the size of companies and the circumstances of different sectors, but let me be clear what ourfairwork sectors, but let me be clear what ourfair work first sectors, but let me be clear what our fair work first approach means. investment in skills and training, no exploitative zero—hours contracts, action on gender pay, genuine workforce engagement including with trade unions and payment of the living wage. we may not yet have the constitutional power to make fair work a legal requirement but we do have the financial power of government to make it a practical reality and we will make sure that counts. conference, we are doing even more to boost the economy for the long—term. by the end of this parliament, scotland will have a new government—owned national investment bank. that will be transformational. we will be well on the way to meeting our new target for infrastructure spending. that commitment will mean £7 billion of extra investment in schools, hospitals, housing, transport and low—carbon solutions. that will be transformational too. a new infrastructure commission will advise, and it will explore the feasibility of a government—owned national infrastructure company, a policy backed by this conference in june. we are building a new scotland here at home and we are putting scotla nd here at home and we are putting scotland firmly on the map. when the government of the uk turns inwards, the scottish government is looking outwards. building our nation's reputation and connections. we are extending our international presence to boost exports. we now have permanent operations in dublin, fossils, washington, beijing, london and berlin —— brussels. last month we opened an office in the capital city of canada and i can confirm today that our new office in paris will be open for business next month. not so much an old alliance but new alliances, not just in not so much an old alliance but new alliances, notjust in france and europe but right across the world. the prediction is coming true, we don't even have to stop the world, scotla nd don't even have to stop the world, scotland is just getting don't even have to stop the world, scotland isjust getting on. 0ver over the past year, our overseas goods exports have grown faster than any other nation. a of our long—term commitment a national manufacturing institute. based in renfrewshire and backed by £65 million, it has been called a factory for the future. today i can announce even more support, to spread the benefits of that new institute we will target up to £18 million of european funding to £18 million of european funding to set up an advanced manufacturing fund, helping small and medium—sized businesses. in the 19805, the tories did their very best to wipe out scottish industries. the effect was to de—industrialise our country. now we are rebuilding, the snp is re—industrialising scotland. friends, we are building an economy for the future, making hope possible. that starts in the earliest years with our commitment to double childcare, and it runs through our work to close the skill attainment gap, a top priority, and ensure attainment gap, a top priority, and e nsu re a ccess attainment gap, a top priority, and ensure access to university. providing world—class education and flexible skills is the best long—term plan to tackle poverty, but every decent society also needs a strong social security safety net. social protection is a collective endeavour. a national expression that we care for each other, that we belong to something bigger than ourselves. the wilful damage being done to social protection by the uk government is a scandal. the two child cap, attacks on disability support, sanctions that leave people destitute. it is callous. it lacks heart. it is the hallmark of a government that just doesn't heart. it is the hallmark of a government thatjust doesn't care. universal credit is causing misery. that is now beyond any doubt. even the minister responsible says it could cause families £200 a month. while the prime minister tries to claim they are ending austerity! shame on them. experience in areas where universal credit is implemented, like the highlands, dundee, east lothian and south lanarkshire highlands, dundee, east lothian and south la narkshire is highlands, dundee, east lothian and south lanarkshire is rent arrears and increased reliance on food banks and increased reliance on food banks and next in the firing line is glasgow. friends, it is unacceptable that in 21st—century scotland, people are not able to eat as a direct result of westminster government policy. to the tories we say this, find some compassion, halt the roll—out of universal credit now. with our limited new powers over social security, we are building modern rights —based system. we have set upa modern rights —based system. we have set up a new agency, social security scotland. it will employ 1500 people between its dundee hq and its base here in glasgow, and a further 400 in local communities across the country. which just goes to show, more powers for the scottish parliament means more services delivered in scotland and that means morejobs for people delivered in scotland and that means more jobs for people who live here. just one more reason why scotland should become independent. the new agency has made its first payments already. 0ver the new agency has made its first payments already. over the last few weeks more than 76,000 people have received first instalment of the new carer‘s received first instalment of the new ca rer‘s allowance supplement. received first instalment of the new carer‘s allowance supplement. that is an snp policy giving carers more than £400 a year extra. let me... applause. let mejust share applause. let me just share with you a message i got from a carer at the other day, one of many. she said, "i just received my carer‘s allowance supplement and i'm not ashamed to say i had a wee cry to myself. it is the first time i have been thanked for what i do and not questioned." that is real, it makes a difference, it speaks to the kind of country we are working to build. just like the baby box, the £100 school clothing payment, the new best start grants, it is happening only in scotland and it is happening only in scotland and it is happening only in scotland and it is happening only because of the snp. it is making hope possible, thatis snp. it is making hope possible, that is what our government is all about and i am proud of it. building houses people can afford is another strand of our long—term work. last week theresa may made a big deal about lifting the borrowing cap on local councils. the snp has never applied a cap in scotland. which maybe goes some of the way to explain this quite remarkable fact. 0ver explain this quite remarkable fact. over the last five years, more council houses have been built in scotla nd council houses have been built in scotland and south of the border. multiple prussian —— proportionately, we have built more council houses than a country ten times our size! 0verall overall we have delivered 78,000 new affordable homes in our time in government and i can confirm today that we are on track to reach our 50,000 target in this term of parliament. and that is vital to meeting our moral responsibility to eradicate homelessness and rough sleeping. 0f eradicate homelessness and rough sleeping. of course, many people have come homeless have complex needs that requires specialist support as well as a home. traditionally the approach has been to provide support and get a person tenancy ready before providing house but that can make it harder for them to address the other issues they face. we want to change that. we joined with the charity social bite to introduce what is called housing first, to get people into housing first so they can access support from the security of their own home. social bite is contributing money raised from an event last year that saw 8000 hardy souls, including our own deputy first minister, sleep outside on one of the coldest nights of the year. i say that's what deputies are for! social bite's investment will enable 200 people with some of the most complex needs to be supported into permanent accommodation. people are already benefiting. 0ne permanent accommodation. people are already benefiting. one man, who has been homeless on and off since the age of 16, said this... housing first has given me the key to a whole new life. before, every day was a struggle, but now i am so happy here. we want to help social bite go further so i can announce the scottish government will increase our investment to £65 million. applause. this will allow not 200 but 800 people to be lifted out of homelessness for good. that is making hope possible. friends, the national health service is our most precious public service. all political parties say the same, but not all political parties are the same. to those itching to open up the same. to those itching to open up our nhs is part of the trade deal with donald trump, let us be clear. if you go down that road, prepare for the political fight of your lives. we will never allow you to put scotland's nhs in danger. applause. like health services everywhere, ours faces big challenges. with our commitment to record investment and vital reform, we are determined to meet and overcome them. at the heart of the nhs are all those who work in it. every patient, every parent, every family in every home in scotla nd every family in every home in scotland knows how much we owe them so let's thank them again today for all that they do. applause. but thanks alone won't ensure that we have the staff we need to keep the nhs going strong, that's why we have given our nurses the best pay rise in the uk. and as the reason for another commitment i'm making today... in england the number of trainee nurses has fallen dramatically as a result of the decision to scrap the student nurse bursary. in scotland we retain the bursary, it is not means tested and its value today is £6,500 per year. recruitment is a big challenge and it will get even bigger as brexit bite so we need to attract more people into nursing. that's why i'm announcing today a three stage plan to increase the support we provide. at our last conference i said all carer experience young people at couege carer experience young people at college or university would get the bursary of £8,100, equivalent to the real living wage. this year we will match that for all care experience student nurses. from next year... applause. from next year, the payment for all student nurses, care experienced or not, will rise to £8,100 per year. and then from the year after, every student nurse will get a bursary of £10,000 per year. we know the value of our nurses. we know the value of our nhs, and to anyone from across the uk attracted toa anyone from across the uk attracted to a career in nursing, our message is simple. come to scotland. friends, our government is taking action to improve lives now and prepare scotland for the future, but all of that is happening in the shadow of brexit. labour and the tories promised in 2014 that westminster would provide strength and security. that boast was at the very heart of the project fear campaign. now it lies in the brexit ruins. westminster has not delivered strength and security, it has brought chaos, incompetence and confusion, and it has killed off any project fear campaign against independence once and for all. applause. brexit is costing jobs and hitting living standards. 0ur young people are losing the opportunity to study, travel and work freely across the eu. the work of our world—class universities, researchers, creative artists and so many others is already being damaged, and for what? in 2014 we were told we had to reject independence to protect our place in europe. today we face warnings of medicine shortages, grounded aeroplanes, gridlock airports and the haemorrhaging of investment. they have even appointed minister for food supplies for goodness' sake. we haven't had one of those since winston churchill was prime minister. it brings to mind those immortal churchill words about the sacrifices of the raf in world war ii. never was so much owed by so many to so few. but when the history books tell the story of this tory government, selfishly driving the uk towards a ha rd government, selfishly driving the uk towards a hard brexit, the verdict will be damning. never has so much been lost by so many to satisfy so few. applause. the snp supports membership of the european union for a simple reason. independent nations should cooperate for the common good. the eu isn't perfect but it's one of the worlds best exa m ples perfect but it's one of the worlds best examples of that principle action, and whatever disagreement there is about whether scotland is better off inside or outside the eu, one thing is not in doubt, this uk government's handling of negotiations has been chaotic and incompetent. applause. 838 days since the brexit referendum happened, just 171 days until exit, and yet no one has any idea what the uk s until exit, and yet no one has any idea what the uk 5 future relationship with the eu will be. that is a disgraceful failure of leadership. these negotiations have also brought into sharp focus the difference in status between scotland and independent members of the eu. independent ireland has received nothing but solidarity from its european partners. westminster has shown scotland nothing but contempt. applause. friends, the independence we seek is the very opposite of brexit. brexit is about turning inwards, pulling up the drawbridge, retreating from the world. independence is about being open, outward looking, aspiring to play our full part in the world around us, and it is about partnership, real partnership, with our sister nations across the british isles and ourfriends in europe and across the globe. you know, it seems to me that one of the lasting casualties of brexit is the notion that the uk is in any sense of partnership of equals. 0ur vote to remain in the eu ignored. the scottish government's compromise plan to stay in the single market dismissed. 0ur request for a role in the negotiations cast aside. a raid on our parliament's power, and when the scottish parliament said no to that raid, the uk government could and should have respected that decision. instead they took us to court. that is not partnership, it is westminster control. scotland deserves better. and now we have tory and labour politicians queueing up to tell us that the decision about scotland's future belongs not to the people but to westminster. that they will decide if and when we can choose to be independent. let us send this message to date. you can oppose independence, that is your democratic right but you cannot and you will not deny scotland's right to choose. cheering and applause friends, scotland chose to remain in the eu. we did not choose this westminster fiasco. in recent days we have argued for the article 50 process to be extended to allow disaster to be averted. it would allow more time before a sensible single market option to be pursued and time for another vote to take place. on that, let me make our position clear. if there is a proposalfor position clear. if there is a proposal for another position clear. if there is a proposalfor another eu position clear. if there is a proposal for another eu referendum, snp mp5 will vote for that but let's not kid ourselves. there is no guarantee that another vote will not deliver the same outcome. scotland choosing to remain but still facing exit against our will. brexit is a serious problem for scotland. but thatis serious problem for scotland. but that is only because of a more fundamental issue. 0ur that is only because of a more fundamental issue. our future that is only because of a more fundamental issue. 0urfuture is not in ourown fundamental issue. 0urfuture is not in our own hands. scotland's future is in westminster‘s hands and the only solution to that is to become an independent country. applause isaid i said earlier that independence is the opposite of brexit. the way we make and with our case must also be a stark contrast to a leave campaign that was shameful, deceitful, and very possibly illegal. applause people look at how parties campaign and conduct themselves and they make judgments about who we are, the values we hold dear and the kind of country that we want to build. so, let us resolve to date, in everything we do, to embody the positive, progressive, inclusive change that we want to see. the passion in our movement demonstrated on the streets of edinburgh at the weekend is wonderful. cheering and applause it gladdens my heart. to those who say there is no demand for scotland to have a choice about our future, i'd say the polls and people are telling a different story. 0urjob is to take that passion and blend it with pragmatism, perseverance and patience to persuade those not yet persuaded. if we... if we do that, then, believe me, the moment for independence will be simply unstoppable. so let the passion shines through but let us always strive to see the argument from the other point of view. we have a duty to answer questions as fully as we can. we owe the people of scotland no less. the future relationship between the uk and the eu will determine the context in which scotland would become independent and so the detail of that will shape some of the a nswer of that will shape some of the answer is that people want. but, as we wait, impatiently at times i know, for this phase of negotiations to conclude and for the fog of brexit to clear, no doubt about this. the last two years have shown wide scotland needs to be independent and i am more confident than ever that scotland will be independent. applause 0ur task now is to step up our work, to update and strengthen the case. the sustainable growth commission set out the opportunities that are there to be grasped in an independent scotland. we must show people that come up with the powers of independence, we can fully realise our country but the vast potential and we must take our case to every home, community and workplace across the land. with independence we can turn our wealth and resources into better lives for eve ryo ne and resources into better lives for everyone who lives here. we are a renewable energy powerhouse. 0ur universities are among the very best in the world. our food and universities are among the very best in the world. 0urfood and drink industry is the very best in the world. applause 0ur tourism industry is booming. we are at the cutting edge of the technologies of the future. above all, we eyed talented and educated people so, yes, let's debate scotland's economic future, address concerns and answer questions but never ever let anyone tell us that scotla nd never ever let anyone tell us that scotland does not have the talent and the resources to be a independent country. the economic potential of our nation is enormous. and more people now think the scottish economy would be better off with independence than staying with westminster. it is our job to build on that growing sense of confidence so that when the time comes, and it will, the choice facing the scottish people will be this— the ever tightening grip of westminster control or a hopeful, outward looking independent country. an independent country in a modern partnership of equals across our islands. a country with the ability to ta ke islands. a country with the ability to take our own decisions, to invest in our economy, schools, hospitals and our people, and not waste a single penny on weapons of mass destruction on the river clyde. cheering and applause friends, i don't really think of scotla nd friends, i don't really think of scotland as a small country. i think of it as a big family. and, yes, that does mean the occasional disagreement. but, throughout it all, we care for one another. we fight each other‘s corner, we have big hearts and we're not afraid to show love and there is so much about scotla nd show love and there is so much about scotland to love. the majesty of our landscape, the humour and ingenuity of our people, and a huge contribution we have made and continue to make across the globe. but pride in who we are today must never stop as believing in and working for an even better country and afairer working for an even better country and a fairer world. that is why all of us are in this party. ijoined the snp in 1986. trust me, in those days you had to be an optimist to join the snp! we have come so far since then, both our party and our country, and we will keep moving forward by using the privilege of government now to change lives for the better and by offering a vision of even brighter days ahead. i was an optimist back then and i am an optimist still. 0ptimistic for our country and hopeful yet for that better world. our goal is simple. a fairer country, for all those born here, for those who've chosen to make this their home, and for the generations yet to come. that is why we believe in an independent scotland. so no this. leaving this. work for this. hope is possible. a better future is within our grasp. and together we are going to make it happen. cheering and applause studio: a standing ovation for nicola sturgeon who spoke forjust over 50 minutes, a fairly low—key end. part of the speech were quite reflective. as we all expected, she devoted a large portion of her speech to annual conference on brexit and saying that it is the reason that independence now is going to happen, she said, it will happen, but of course has not named the date. she dangled the prospect of independence and said everybody in the hall had to work towards it but without, as i say, putting a date on it. no doubt pressure in the hall—johnson to do that but she has said they need to wait until they know the shape of the brexit deal —— in the hall to do that. she said westminster under the conservative government was an unfolding calamity, a political system that throws up boris johnson calamity, a political system that throws up borisjohnson and jacob rees—mogg is protect —— perspective by minister shows it is a system where something has gone wrong. she talked about optimism, hope of course as being the slogan of the conference, and she mentioned it numerous times, i lost count in fact full the she contrasted brexit, which she described as pulling up the drawbridge, and an independent scotla nd the drawbridge, and an independent scotland which she said would be an example of opening outwards. she even quoted winston churchill, former prime minister, although she twisted his words by saying the hard brexit, never has been so much been lost by so many to satisfy so few. she also talked about the domestic agenda and the fact that the snp have been a beta of progressive values which he talked about before the speech —— had been a beacon. she also addressed the issue of the economic future of scotland and the questions that would be raised again if there were moves towards a second independence referendum. this was something she said they would address, that they would answer those questions. john nicolson, what did you think? i think it was a lovely speech and a reflective speech. i said lovely speech and a reflective speech. isaid before lovely speech and a reflective speech. i said before that she would wa nt to speech. i said before that she would want to dwell on the achievements of the snp of the ten years in power which is a long time for one party to be in power and extraordinary that the snp is 20 points ahead of its nearest rival, the conservatives. also extraordinary that it conservatives. also extraordinary thatitis conservatives. also extraordinary that it is the conservatives. reflective speech talking about their achievements. there were quite a lot of international references, mentioning all of the officers that the scottish government is opening across the world and i thought that was very interesting. a new office opening in paris, on top of 1's in washington, berlin and elsewhere.- this point we will say goodbye to viewers on the news channel. thank you very much for the coverage from nicola sturgeon's speech. while we were listening, news has been coming in from washington that nikki haley, the us ambassador to the united nations, is leaving the job. she has been holding a news conference with president trump in the oval office also be said that nikki haley at that a fantastic job and would leave at the end of the year. he also said that she'd probably told them about six months ago that she wanted to take a bit of time off. she has not given a glut of details, it does not seem to be apolitical falling out —— a lot of details. thank you very much, everyone. before we begin i willjust say that we are very well—prepared for the incoming hurricane, we have another coming and we have done very well. north carolina, south carolina, texas, puerto rico, so many places and we have another coming and a big one, bigger than they anticipated a week ago. i heard for the first time there was a very small drop of whether that looked like it was forming and now it is pretty close toa forming and now it is pretty close to a category three if not already. we are very well—prepared. i spoke with governor scott and everybody you have to speak to and think hopefully we will get lucky but maybe that won't happen but we are prepared. i wanted to do this because nikki haley, ambassador to the united nations, has been very special to me. she done an incredible job. special to me. she done an incrediblejob. she is a special to me. she done an incredible job. she is a fantastic person, very importantly, but she is also somebody that gets it. she has been at the united nations from the beginning with us, right from the beginning, and work with us on the campaign. it has been a long time, very intense, and she told me probably six months ago, she said, you know, maybe at the end of the two—year period but at the end of the year, i want to take a little time off, little break. she is been very successful governor of south carolina for 80 years. and —— eight yea rs. carolina for 80 years. and —— eight years. and this is possibly even more intense, and very dangerous and a lot of things. but she has done a fantastic job and we a lot of things. but she has done a fantasticjob and we have done a fantasticjob and we have done a fantastic job together, fantasticjob and we have done a fantasticjob together, we have sold a lot of problems and we are in the process of solving a lot of problems. in the beginning, north korea was a massive problem and now it is moving along really nicely. i can speak for secretary of state mike pompeo, he thinks the world of nikki so we are all happy for you in one way but we had to lose you but hopefully you will be coming back at some point. ijust want hopefully you will be coming back at some point. i just want to hopefully you will be coming back at some point. ijust want to let hopefully you will be coming back at some point. i just want to let you know, at the end of the year nikki will be leaving and will be in co nsta nt will be leaving and will be in constant touch. i know it you have ideas you will call me because you know all the players. that was what she did best at the un, she got to know all the players, china, russia, india, she knows everybody on the very first name basis and they like her. except for maybe a couple which is normal! but they really do like herand, is normal! but they really do like her and, more importantly, they respect. i just wanted her and, more importantly, they respect. ijust wanted to tell you that we will miss you. we will be speaking all the time but we will miss you nevertheless and you have done a fantasticjob and i want to thank you very much. thank you very much. i want to say, first of all i wa nt much. i want to say, first of all i want to thank the president forjust allowing us to come out and talk to you this way. it has been an honour ofa you this way. it has been an honour of a lifetime. i said i am such a lucky girl to have been able to lead the state that raised me and to serve a country i love so very much, it has really been a blessing i want to thank you for that. i'm most excited, look at the two years, what has happened in two years with the united states on foreign policy. now the united states is respected. countries may not like what we do but they respect what we do. they know that if we say we will do something, we follow it through and the president proved that, whether that was with chemical weapons in syria, with nato, saying other countries have to pay their share, the trade deals which have been amazing. they get at the president means business and they all agree with that. and then if you look at just these two years at the un. we cut1.3 just these two years at the un. we cut 1.3 billion in the un budget, we made a stronger and more efficient. south sudan, we got an arms embargo which was a long time coming. three north korean sanctions packages which was the largest in a generation done in a way that we could really work towards denuclearise inc north korea. the iran deal, bringing attention to a country that everyone has to understand you can't overlook the bad things are doing, you have to see them as the threat they are possibly lack of beads and thai israel bias and the strength and courage that the president showed in moving the embassy and showing the re st of moving the embassy and showing the rest of the world that we will put our embassy where we want to put our embassies. all of those things have made a huge difference in the us' standing but i can tell you, us is strong again and strong in a way that should make all americans very proud. i do want to say that it is notjust the proud. i do want to say that it is not just the president proud. i do want to say that it is notjust the president i want proud. i do want to say that it is not just the president i want to thank. the family in general. the first lady has been nothing but very kind to me. i can't say enough good things about jared and ivanka. jared is such a hidden genius that no one understands. what i have done working with him on the middle east peace plan, it is so unbelievably well done. ivanka has been a great friend and they do a lot of things behind the scenes that i wish more people knew about because we are a better country because they are in this administration. ijust had to say also, thank you to my family. michael is a saint and my two little ones, i adore them. and to team us un, they sacrificed a lot and put a lot of time and energy into it but they have a lot of heart and really wanted to make america proud. with that, i'm not leaving until the end of the year. my goal is we make sure everything is in a good place for the next ambassador to come in. but it's a great day in the united states and i'm proud to have been pa rt of states and i'm proud to have been part of the team. now i don't have anything set on where i'm going to go. i think the main thing was, i was governor for six years and we dealt with the havoc on, thousand year flood, church shooting and school shooting and a lot and to do two years of russia and iran and north korea, it has been eight years of intense time. i think you have to be selfless enough to know when you step aside and allow someone else to do the job. thank you, mr president, it has been the honour of a lifetime. i will say this. for all of you who were asked about 2020, no, i'm not running. i can promise you what i will be doing is campaigning for this one and i look forward to supporting the president in the next election. that was nikki haley with the news that she is resigning as us ambassador to the united nations and also saying she is not planning, there had been suspect elation she might run as a rival to the president but she is not, in 2020. that is the latest from washington, more on that this afternoon and this evening here on bbc news. more details are being revealed about the second man suspected of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent attack. he has been identified as a doctor with the russian military intelligence agency, the gru, who was made a hero of the russian federation — the country's highest honorary title — four years ago. the investigations website bellingcat has named him as alexander mishkin. the bbc understands british officials are not disputing the identification. naomi grimley reports. until now, this man has been known to the world as alexander petrov. he is a suspect in the salisbury poisoning case which started as an attempted assassination of a former russian spy and his daughter, and then, three months later, led to the death of a british woman, dawn sturgess, after she accidentally handled the deadly nerve agent. the website bellingcat, run by investigative journalists, has revealed the man's real identity is alexander mishkin. it even obtained images of his passport. so, what do we know about him so far? well, he was born on the 13th ofjuly1979 in northern russia. his rank is unknown, but he is believed to be a military doctor. he was recruited by russia's military intelligence agency, the gru, as a student. he was made a hero of the russian federation in 2014 for actions in ukraine. unlike the other suspect in this case, who's already been named, mishkin has less of an online presence. so it's taken longer to establish his true identity down to his hometown. the journalists who did this work found themselves heckled at westminster by protestors who think they are stooges for western intelligence services. the man who founded bellingcat said that a lot of their material comes from open sources. there's an awful lot of information that's become available, partly from the rise of the use of smartphones and apps and social media sharing. we have had the availability of satellite imagery becoming more common, thanks to google earth and other platforms and websites. google street view as well. all kinds of information being shared online. you can piece that together to gain a greater understanding of different situations. that is something people are coming round to recognising on a larger scale. 0nly last week, we learned how the gru had sent a team of spies in the hague to try and hack the computer systems of the 0pcw, the body responsible for testing samples of the nerve agent. the dutch authorities laid out in embarrassing detail the workings of a spy mission gone wrong, which should have been top—secret. they are a military outfit that is very aggressive and ambitious in doing things, and they don't necessarily care as much about consequences as your more traditional secret agencies. all the investigative digging of the intelligence agencies and journalists means the story the two salisbury suspects told about visiting the city's famous cathedral spire is now looking ever more threadbare. joining me now is sir andrew wood, uk ambassador to russia from 1995 to 2000. as we said, there is an embarrassing wealth of detail we now have about these people behind the salisbury attack. yes, which is thanks to bellingcat in particular which has been very active in this area and no doubt other sources. it is striking. in our military we have doctors to save lives, including enemy lives. in russia, they recruited people to kill people. i think that is a particularly repellent aspect of this discovery. what do you think about the gru? they seem to have made so many mistakes, frankly. their tradecraft and spy craft was amateurish, not only in the salisbury bid with what the dutch intelligence revealed. what will be going through the minds president putin and people in the kremlin? how embarrassed will they be? will there be repercussions for people who run the gru? according to well—established russian reporter, they have already been given a tremendous... and reminding —— i'm trying to think of a polite... telling off! which in itself is a confession of guilt. what has angered the president is apparently that they bungled, not that they we re that they bungled, not that they were wrong to be trying to kill people and i think that tells you a lot about the nature of russia today. the gru have been accused of doing all sorts of things in ukraine, in other theatres, doing all sorts of things in ukraine, in othertheatres, syria and so on. do you think if all of this from their point of view has gone wrong and backfired in terms of pr, might they step back a little bit from what they have been doing around the world ? bit from what they have been doing around the world? no, i think they are more likely to double or quits and try to do it better next time. what they did in ukraine is different order of things. they went into crime area —— crimea to seize it, pretended they were nothing to do with the russian military. they have established a rain of repression in eastern ukraine, i think quite successful if you look at it like that. i don't think both operations were just about a particularly good but they achieve their objectives but not this time. i have seen it said, one of the things the russian have always prided themselves on is that they are very good at espionage, spy craft. if this is a humiliation, it isa craft. if this is a humiliation, it is a humiliation relief for the whole russian state. yes. if you read books about the gordievsky saga for example, you will discover they make quite a lot of mistakes in that as well and it is only human to do that. in terms of what putin does now, you don't think he will retreat into his shell at all because of what are perceived to be failures? no, i don't. what is he going to do? can he keep going with all of these cyber attacks and everything else? he has been in the kremlin for a long time. it is a very lonely place to be and he has been increasingly isolated within russia, let alone from the outside world. that can create a dangerous attitude towards power in general. it doesn't necessarily create a long—term, considered strategy which i don't think he really has. thank you very much. a clinical waste disposal firm has been stripped of nhs contracts after allowing medical waste to pile up at its facilities. healthcare environmental services had been responsible for removing medical waste from many hospitals in england and scotland. our health editor hugh pym has this update. the story only emerged at the end of last week, even though the environment agency had informed the government back injuly that there was this problem with medical waste from hospitals going to sites in england and in scotland as well, and at some there was a backlog building up. it was not being disposed of in a timely fashion. it wasn't going to incineration in the time that should have been allowed. now, what's happened today is that the company who had this contract with about 50 hospitals has been stripped of that contract at 15 of them. the government made a statement this morning. another contractor has been found, called mitie, well—known in the outsourcing world, and they have taken over that contract. but that still leaves 35 or so other hospitals still working with hes. now, in due course, their contracts will be moved. there have been assurances that there is no risk to the public or patients, and that there is no problem with getting that moved. but those hospitals will still lead to have contingency plans. ministers have been criticised for not telling the commons about this. matt hancock, the secretary of state for health and social care, chaired an emergency cobra meeting in september, and yet the story only emerged at the end of last week. what they're saying is they had to get the contract in line before they could make today's announcement. time for a look at the weather. tomasz schafernaker has joined me and we are talking about the hurricane heading towards the united states. in fact donald trump did mention it, so how dangerous is that hurricane going to be? how much devastation could cause when it gets there? iamjust there? i am just going to check the microphone is switched on and so bear with me, i do apologise. all in good time! it is looking like it will be a serious storm. this time yesterday we were looking at a potential pretty bad storm, now it looks like it will be a major hurricane. it will make landfall on the panhandle of florida towards the north so well away from miami and florida, but further north closer to the capital tallahassee, and on la ndfall the capital tallahassee, and on landfall that could create a tremendous storm surge, perhaps 12 feet. that is a lot of water that will be flooding in very low—lying areas, barely above sea level. on top of that, the national hurricane centre in florida is predicting gusts of wind could be heating up 150 mph so this is a very serious storm and it is making a beeline for the coast and it won't be long before we start to see the effect of this system. here is the track, so what all of this means is the blue area is the area, so for anyone in this area right here they are getting out of it, they should have gone by now. on top of that, ten, 12 inches of rain so this will be a real headache for the us once again. that is an understatement, a potential real disaster on the way. some stormy weather also heading towards us? yes, tropical storm leslie. perhaps there were thoughts that might be brushing us but in fa ct we that might be brushing us but in fact we are getting our own autumn storm generated in the north atla ntic storm generated in the north atlantic and that will come off the back—end of what we are experiencing, a bit of an indian summer, so it is warm and then towards the end of the week it is looking stormy. we will go to the details now and see what's happening. right across europe we are experiencing well above average temperatures, the star east as the very far west of russia and into scandinavia as well. warm air coming straight out of north africa so temperatures well into the 205. in central parts of france not far off 30 degrees. here in the uk this afternoon, a fine end to the day, this is more or less right now but i must stress that in western scotland you are wondering, my goodness, where is this indian summer? it has been pouring with rain, there has been pouring with rain, there has been flooding and landslides. it will get better through this evening and overnight. that weatherfront will get better through this evening and overnight. that weather front is finally pulling out to see. it is these warm southerly winds pushing them back out to seize this time tomorrow the weather is great across the uk. from the tip of cornwall all the uk. from the tip of cornwall all the way to lerwick we are looking at sunshine, which doesn't happen very often. the top whack will be 24 in london. that will be the best day of the week. thursday, things are going downhill. this is the storm i'm talking about, you can see it here, but on thursday we have a weather front approaching us. eastern parts of the uk, the winds are coming from the south so there will still be warmeraircoming in, so the south so there will still be warmerair coming in, so eastern areas like london, norwich, newcastle, aberdeen, still a decent day. there might be a shower but the temperatures will still be well above average. then western areas, notice the weather front comes in, then this just about on the edge of then this just about on the edge of the screen, this is the next weather system coming in, the nasty low—pressure. at the moment, eyeballing this low, the worst of the winds are actually going to the north—west of the uk so perhaps for many further south across the country it is not the wind but the rain will be the real problem. the best message is for friday, if you are travelling and through the weekend, take note of the weather forecast because there could be severe weather not 1 forecast because there could be severe weather not1 million miles away from you. staging and to updates for sure. —— state this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the true identity of the second suspect in the salisbury novichock attack has been revealed by the investigative website, bellingcat. it's identified alexander mishkin as a doctor working with russian intelligence, who was given the title ‘hero of the russian federation' by vladimi putin in 2014. the united states' ambassador to the un, nikki haley, has resigned. donald trump accepted her resignation at the white house today and said she would leave the post at the end of the year after doing an "incrediblejob". a company responsible for the disposal of medical waste has been stripped of its nhs contract after it emerged that hundreds of tonnes of waste had been left to pile up at sites across england and scotland. the dup leader, arlene foster, has met with the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, today, and has made a fresh warning that her party won't accept any deal that leads to economic barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. good afternoon. the winner of the royal institute of british architects' most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced on wedneasday night. announced on wednesday night. the nominations to become britain's best new building include a student housing development, a cemetery, and a nursery school. we've been looking at each building in the shortlist over the past few days and today it's the turn of storey‘s field centre and eddington nursery in cambridge by muma, which was commissioned by the university, for the new community of north—west cambridge. inspired by the college cloisters and courts of the city, this project has a sustainability agenda at its core. with this building, the client wished to create a new focus at the heart of the new community in eddington, cambridge. the building comprises a community centre and a nursery, and those two parts of the building are rather different. the community centre is outward engaging, something of the community. the nursery is for children's education, a secure place for play for kids. with a building of two parts, we've worked carefully to balance the nature of the architecture. with the nursery, we've created moon gates, portal windows, the sunburst grill. all of these are highly crafted elements made from brick, made from metal, made from timber. as we move through the building, then, into the main hall of the community centre, there is more of a sense of gravitas. we see this as a room that might suit a wedding or a memorial service, so we're balancing the different uses through the articulation of the architecture. the spaces that we see around us are, for the most part, very elegant and refined. and what i really enjoy are the occasional moments when that's interrupted and there is a delight. when you walk into a nursery classroom and you see a triangle, a square and a circle on the wall or a constellation of windows or a very, very elegant staircase in the main hall that actually creates wonder and excitement while you're in the spaces. it's amazing. we feel really lucky being able to live in this place and have such an amazing community centre. we feel like it's our own place. we're really happy about that, aren't we? yes, we are! you can find out more about all of the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and watch this year's riba stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel tomorrow evening between 8:30 and 9pm. with me here is an expert on new buildings and how buildings make us feel. how important do you think architecture is in terms of our mental health and the way we feel? it is incredibly important for mental health and it is something thatis mental health and it is something that is only just mental health and it is something that is onlyjust been properly recognised. i think we have always recognised. i think we have always recognised architecture can make you feel happy or yes happy but it can have long—lasting effects on anxiety, depression, things like that so there is a really big opportunity here. what about a building would make us feel happy for example? what is it that gets us feeling better? there's three main things, one is connection to the outside world though it tends to be that the building that feels like a fortress is not especially good for the mental health of the people in it or outside of it. being connected in terms of natural light for circadian rhythms or views of nature, and any tangible connection with the community that you are placed within. then physical activity, people think of as a thing for physical health, but actually regular physical activity is really important for mental health as well so designing to facilitate that is great. and finally social interaction, all of these things can really help with your mental health. that sounds fine in theory, give some examples of architectural works that you think have had that impact, made people feel better and improved mental health. i'm interested to look at the current contenders for the riba prize and some of those incorporate what we have been thinking about. for example in terms of being connected to the community outside the building, the bloomberg new building has this glass corridor that essentially connects right to the other side and they have also created a street that runs through the building, which brings extra value to the community, it makes people come in and feel that they area part people come in and feel that they are a part of it. in terms of the tate in st ives, it is interesting that there is these big windows that look out, that sort of make you feel like the community, the people outside are the art and it's a very grounding thing. some of the buildings that have been interesting over time for example are the new coca—cola headquarters injapan which i was lucky enough to visit recently. they have done lots of good thinking about how you can get people using the stairs. how can you get them having meetings looking out over parkland and things like that. all right, layla mccay, good to talk to you. thank you. you are watching bbc news. a convicted british paedophile is being sued for damages by five young people who claim they were sexually exploited by him while he was living in the philippines. douglasme, the way he abused us, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 19605, 705 and 805. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they say they suffered. it is thought to be the first case of its kind to reach the high court. i think the message needs to be sent out to those who, in the west in particular, who think that they can go to far—away places such as the philippines and sexually abuse children and young people, that you are not beyond reach. slade may spend the rest of his life in prison here, but children on the other side of the world are still seeking justice. angus crawford, bbc news. marion is here with the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live... the second suspect in the salisbury nerve agent attack is identified by an in

douglas slade while he was living in the philippines. mr slade says the claims against him are a "total fabrication". our news correspondent, angus crawford has more. a dangerous and manipulative paedophile, douglas lage, now behind bars in the uk. but for 30 years he lived here in the philippines. it is claimed he would entice children into his home and abuse them. whenever i remember the things he did to me, the way he abused as, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two yea rs paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 19605, 705 and 805. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they say they suffered. it is thought to be the first case of its kind to reach the high court. i think the message needs to be sent out to those in the west in particular who think that they can go too far away places, such as the philippines, to sexually abuse children and young people, that you are not beyond reach. slade may spend the rest of his life in prison here, but children on the other side of the world are still seeking justice. angus crawford, bbc news. angus crawford, bbc news. the international monetary fund has warned that a trade war between the us and china risks making the world a "poorer and more dangerous place" in its latest assessment of the global economy. the imf has lowered its forecast for global growth this year and next. it said that a full—blown trade war between the two superpowers would put a significant dent in economic recovery. 0n the last day of the scottish national party conference, the first minister, nicola sturgeon will make her keynote speech. it is thought she will renew calls for independence. and she is expected to say that scotland needs to offer people "optimism and hope" to contrast with what she'll call the "unfolding calamity" of a westminster government. women who need treatment for urinary incontinence should only be offered mesh surgery as a last resort, according to new draft guidelines for the nhs. the national institute for health and care excellence — or nice — says non—surgical options, like pelvic muscle exercises, should be the first choice. the nhs in england has already put restrictions on mesh operations after safety concerns. and victoria will be speaking to nice — the organisation which drew up those guidelines — plus the campaign group sling the mesh shortly. prison officers in england and wales are to be issued with canisters of a synthetic pepper spray to help deal with violence and disorder. the announcement came as the president of the prison governors' association, andrea albutt, accused the government of failing to react in a "timely manner" to the "crisis" in jails. prisons minister rory stewart said prison officers' ability to keep control of prisons, and the ‘chaotic‘ individuals within them, is vital to ensuring everyone's safety. elon musk‘s spacex com pa ny has successfully launched its latest satellite into space wowing social media users in the process. lighting up the skies above california, the falcon 9 rocket went into orbit and returned 8 minutes later to an air base north west of los angeles. the satellite will be used to track natural disasters, crop yields and soil—moisture levels from 385 miles above the earth. rebecca humphries, the former girlfriend of strictly come dancing contestant seann walsh, has said she is "not a victim", after he admitted kissing his dance partner. comedian walsh and katya jones, who is married to fellow strictly professional neiljones, apologised after they were pictured kissing on a night out. actor rebecca humphries tweeted that "she's not a victim and is now free". that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. manderson e—mails to say i think sean welsh should leave, the public is not impressed and it means he will most likely be voted off this weekend. stewart on twitter says, we will all be watching them on saturday to see what happens next with the dancing going on in the background. east enders comps to strictly. and this on mental health and how long you have waited for treatment. clare says, i am a0 years old, i have a breakdown three months ago andi old, i have a breakdown three months ago and i have been diagnosed with ptsd, clinical depression and anxiety. i am still waiting to see a psychologist to work through those issues. i have been waiting three months and i now face having my wages cut to half because i have been off sick for so long. 0n wages cut to half because i have been off sick for so long. on top of the mental health illness i am incredibly anxious that i cannot afford to live or pay my bills. sometimes i wonder why i bothered begging for help. get in touch with your own experiences. let's get some sport. holly hamilton is at the bbc sport centre. tell us more about eden hazard. he admitted his dream was to play for real madrid. having played for chelsea at the last six seasons he wa nts to chelsea at the last six seasons he wants to try something different. but the blues have been enjoying live under the new manager maurizio sarri and eden hazard is the top scorer and chelsea fans hoped he might be ready to sign a new deal at sta mford might be ready to sign a new deal at stamford bridge when his contract i’u ns stamford bridge when his contract runs out in 2020. instead he has admitted that once again that he is torn and he cannot make his mind up. he has been honest, he says, i do not want to say yes to signing a new contract and in the end i do not end up contract and in the end i do not end up signing. he says chelsea have given him everything and sometimes he wakes up thinking he wants to go and sometimes he thinks he wants to stay. no formal talks have taken place yet and he wants to see it out until the end of the year. so no panic for chelsea fans just yet. he is one of the nominees for this yea r‘s is one of the nominees for this year's barn door, but there are a lot of players from real madrid on the list. there are eight. it is after their champions league success last year. gareth bale is included, along with lu ka last year. gareth bale is included, along with luka modric. he won the golden ball as the best player at this year's world cup for croatia. they finished runners—up. last month he got that best men's player award, given to the well‘s top layer. many people feel he could win that award this year. there are a record number of premier league players on the list as well, 11 in total. among them is tottenham's harry kane, who helped england reached the semifinals of the world cup in russia. he was awarded the golden boot as well. but it is hard to ignore the presence of these two. they have dominated the bal en door over the last decade. cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi. they have w011 ronaldo and lionel messi. they have won it five times each, ronaldo for the last two years. can anyone steal their crown this year? for the first time there will be a woman's award. it is hard to imagine this award has been going since 1956 and this will been going since 1956 and this will be the first time a female footballer will be recognised. 15 nominees alongside the men released, including two england players. lucy bronze was part of the lyon side that won last season's champions league and is already widely considered the best right back in the women's game. also frank kirby who won the super league and fa cup double with chelsea last season and she is the reigning player as roma player of the year and the women's footballer of the year, so you imagine she would stand a good chance. if you want to see the full list, all those details are on the bbc sport website. the ceremony will be held in paris on the 3rd of december. looking forward to it. thank you very much. just on past nine. people diagnosed with mental health illnesses are waiting months — and sometimes even years — for specialist treatment, according to research by the royal college of psychiatrists out today. in one case — astonishingly — a man waited 13 years from initially being referred, to getting the right treatment. the royal college says it's a "scandal" that's being caused by lack of workforce in mental health. the government says it's "transforming services with record amounts of funding", with the nhs spending almost £12bn on mental health last year. so what's going wrong? let's talk now to dr kate lovett from the royal college of psychiatrists, rachel bannister whose daughter has anorexia but had to wait eighteen months for treatment, kerean watts who waited a year, and leane stevenson whose daughter is currently waiting for a bed in a mental health ward. welcome to all of you. leanne, your daughter is 19 and she has complex drug—resistant daughter is 19 and she has complex drug—resista nt psychosis. briefly explain that. complex in that not only does she hear voices, but she sees things, she hallucinates. she also has a sensation of pace, so she can also has a sensation of pace, so she ca n taste also has a sensation of pace, so she can taste things that are not real. and she can also feel things. it is complex and drug—resista nt and she can also feel things. it is complex and drug—resistant in that we have tried nine anti—psychotics with no effect at all. she was being treated for three years by an early intervention team and that has now stopped. the funding ran out. we we re stopped. the funding ran out. we were not made aware of it and only recently found out that you get three years with early intervention in psychosis, who should be the specialists with psychosis, and we recently found out she has got to go into the community health team. in the interim we do not have any support for her. what is that like for you and how? it is horrible. somebody with a mental health illness feels very vulnerable and alone anyway. then to be abandoned, her psychosis takes control of that. it latches on, so you are worthless. you are not worth a recovery, it is not worth investing in you. it is ha rd not worth investing in you. it is hard not only to carry a person, but to carry on mental illness on top of that. it is heartbreaking watching somebody suffer and that is what she is doing. she suffers every single day. and really hard for you as well. yes, it is heartbreaking as a parent, you are helpless. all i am doing is trying to keep her safe. she is here tomorrow and tomorrow we fight a new battle and we believe tomorrow is going to be a better day. do you have any idea when this bed in the specialist unit might be available? no, i am being told soon, but i have been hearing that for quite a long time. there were 20 beds on the specialist unit and there are now 18. i do not know where that funding is going, we hear about all this funding come into mental health, because my daughter is not seeing it. my heart goes out to you, leanne. what a terrible story to hear. i wish i could be positive and say that since we have beenin positive and say that since we have been in the service things have improved, but they have not, they have deteriorated. the government comes up have deteriorated. the government comes up with all these millions, but it is meaningless. if this money was enough, it would be getting through. they are spending more and putting these big figures out, but they are not spending enough, we do not have enough people in the workforce , not have enough people in the workforce, we do not have enough psychiatrists. what upsets me is the psychiatrists. what upsets me is the psychiatrists spend time getting to know you and hear your story and give you a diagnosis, but they have got nothing in their tool box. if somebody mentioned ptsd and if that is diagnosed in some parts of the country he will not be able to get one of the recommended treatments. your daughter lucy began experiencing anorexia at the age of 13. how long did it take? it was not anorexia initially. she struggled with eating, she was anxious at school and wanted to do well in her exams. the pressure did not come from us, it is this obsession with grades. she took some exams early. but there was not a treatment path. there was no dietician that saw her. i look back at her records and it was march 2013 and a bmi of her weight, it breaks my heart to look back and think she was that ill. a year later her weight was still the same. it was a lost opportunity. if we had had a fully resourced service at that time and she had seen a dietician, we could have thrown everything at her, which is what i expected. sorry to interrupt. iwant to ask about the effect on one of your other daughters as well will stop it had a massive effect on us all, it made me ill. when she was away from home and kept on going and when she came out, i hit a wall and was very poorly. how old was she? she had just turned 15. it was a four—month wait for a bed. it was awful. each time it happens to you you think it will be better this time. eventually they will not send her home and not give her more? but they do and it is not the fault of they do and it is not the fault of the clinicians and the psychiatrists. they are all really hard—working, passionate people. nobody works in the nhs for the money, they want to transform lives. but those people are on their knees. ca re but those people are on their knees. care coordinators said to us, i am oi'i care coordinators said to us, i am on my knees, i have not got time to go to the toilet and eat my lunch. my middle daughter was diagnosed with anxiety quite soon after and was taking depressants aged 13. i did not want her to go on them, by husband and i were against it, it terrified me. but we were reassured she would have the right therapy for that period, but she did not. almost two years before she had any therapy and it was a time—limited thing, filling in worksheets and filling in pictures. it was terrible. a month ago we finally got a diagnosis of ptsd that has come from what has happened to our family. four years oi'i happened to our family. four years on medication and she is now getting the treatment. kerean, you waited a year from the treatment. kerean, you waited a yearfrom a the treatment. kerean, you waited a year from a referral from your gp aged 13 to getting treatment for what? i went to see my gp because i was experiencing quite severe feelings of depression and anxiety. i was turned away from the gp quite a few times, which had a massive toll on me. it made me feel like the feelings i was experiencing and the issues i was having why my fault. it was not worth bothering other people for, it was not worth seeking help for. it took a year before i was able to see somebody in mental health services and it was a few months further down the line before i was able to start getting regular treatment. i knowl i was able to start getting regular treatment. i know i am one of the lucky ones. we saw the case of a man who had to wait 13 years. it comes from the fact that whatever the government says, they are putting all this money in, they are not putting it into psychiatrists and staff. this is a statement we have received from them. mental health is a key priority. we are transforming services with record amounts of funding with the nhs spending almost £12 billion on mental health last year. we have introduced access and waiting times standards, expanded talking therapies. we are revitalising crisis care services and we are on track to help 70,000 more children and young people with their mental health every year by 2021. we know there is more to do, which is why our long—term plan sets out how many more patients will get better access to mental health services. rachel, iwant better access to mental health services. rachel, i want to bring you in. sorry, kate. doctor kate lovitt from the royal college of psychiatrists. it is your survey today. it is not huge, 500 people, but it suggests a lot of people are waiting a very long time. this research was a poll of 500 people are representative of the population of the uk, and it showed 2a% of people are waiting three months or more for the treatment they need for diagnosed mental health condition. why are they waiting? it is complicated, but one of the key things is we simply do not have enough staff. we know we have a national shortage of psychiatrists, co nsulta nt national shortage of psychiatrists, consultant psychiatrists, about 13% short. we have 13% vacancies currently. we know historically we have not only failed to produce enough doctors in this country to start our nhs adequately, to provide enough gps, but out of that pool we have and are produced psychiatrists. in the last five years the number of co nsulta nts in the last five years the number of consultants in the nhs went up 21%, but in psychiatry only rose by 3%. the number of child psychiatrists actually fell. yes. it is a serious problem and we have been doing a lot of work to try and understand the reasons why and to do something about that. that is why we are launching our campaign to try and encourage more medical students to come into the profession. i think i have got the bestjob in the world. there is nothing more satisfying than seeing somebody who is really suffering and going through dark times get better and get back to their job, times get better and get back to theirjob, get back to their family. we have seen from this survey the devastating impact that waiting can have on people's lives. this person says, i waited over nine months for treatment to do with my sleep disorder, anxiety and depression. good luck to those waiting. my son had a serious catatonic breakdown which lasted a year. 18 months later and still no therapy is offered. he has autism, but no one has experience in this field. maria says, there are psychology and counselling students and trainees stu d e nts counselling students and trainees students out here being told we are not needed while we watch many people being left on a waiting list. we are trained at a university degree level and are ready to do the necessary training and help people out there, why not give us the job? it isa it is a really good point, we need people keen to work on mental health and we know that young people particularly have a burning interest in the subject. would you be happy with trainee students? yes. to distinguish, psychiatrists are medical doctors who then go on to specialise in mental health, it is like if you had a heart problem you would probably want to see a co nsulta nt would probably want to see a consultant cardiologist. but these people have said they would have the psychology counselling students. people have said they would have the psychology counselling studentslj think psychology counselling students.” think the psychology would be part of the package that is being referred to, so psychotherapists, people qualified unchanged, while the government cutting back on nursing bursaries, why are they making it so hard for people to go into training? jamie had not told me ——jeremy hunt into training? jamie had not told me —— jeremy hunt did not tell me when i met —— jeremy hunt did not tell me when imet him —— jeremy hunt did not tell me when i met him injanuary that there were 500 psychiatrists, that had gone down to 250. i would like to ask where are those psychiatrists at jeremy hunt as health secretary told me about, i think the college would agree they are not there. we are working very hard to increase the numbers, there have been green shoots. we have increased the number of young doctors coming into the specialty by 30% over the last 12 months, we are working very hard but we wa nt months, we are working very hard but we want to get the message out for everybody about working in the field of mental health. but the government needs you to reassess and dream look at why there is mental health and physical health? —— the government needs to reassess. there should not be eight is —— divide, mental health isa be eight is —— divide, mental health is a disease. theresa may and david cameron and his then deputy nick clegg before her talked about this ambition of parity between mental and physical health. simon says i had a breakdown nearly five years ago, i lost myjob. i have been on a waiting list for counselling for 13 months, six weeks later i had my first appointment and was passed between different therapists for another six months. i eventually gave up after my counsellor said she knew i needed more support but my time was up and i could ask for a further referral. just before i had another breakdown i fortunately found a private therapist who turned my life around. i am back working full—time and can enjoy my life but iam sick full—time and can enjoy my life but i am sick of successive governments claiming things will get better, they are pointless sound bites. thank you all for your time, and keep your experiences coming in of how long you have waited to receive treatments for mental health issues. still to come... on this programme we've highlighted how thousands of women have been left with chronic pain after having vaginal mesh surgery. health officials have now published new guidelines saying that women should only be offered the implants as a last resort. we will talk about those and speak to nice. and we hear the remarkable story of a 22—year—old woman who, last year, became the youngest person in america to receive a full face transplant. time for the latest news — here's annita. the headlines on bbc news... the second suspect in the salisbury nerve agent attack has been named. the investigative website bellingcat says the man who called himself alexander petrov and claimed to be a tourist is in fact a military doctor, employed by the russian intelligence service the gru. donald trump has hosted a ceremony at the white house after the swearing—in of brett kavanaugh as a justice of the us supreme court. he had been accused of sexual assault and the us president apologised to him, saying he'd endured terrible pain and suffering. a convicted british paedophile is being sued for damages by five filipino boys who say they were sexually exploited by him overseas. they'll give evidence via video link about alleged abuse by douglas 2a years in 2016, for abusing five boys in the uk. the international monetary fund has warned that a trade war between the us and china risks making the world a poorer and more dangerous place in its latest assessment of the global economy. the imf has lowered its forecast for global growth this year and next. it said that a full—blown trade war between the two superpowers would put a significant dent in economic recovery. prison officers in england and wales are to be issued with canisters of a synthetic pepper spray to help deal with violence and disorder. the announcement came as the president of the prison governors association, andrea albutt, accused the government of failing to react in a timely manner to the crisis in jails. prisons minister rory stewart said prison officers' ability to keep control of prisons, and the chaotic individuals within them, is vital to ensuring everyone's safety. rebecca humphries, the former girlfriend of strictly come dancing contestant seann walsh

douglas mcmillan with us, a reporter with "the wall street journal" and he has been following this google story for a long, long time. douglas, welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me. stuart: google denied suppressing conservative opinion. do you believe him? >> well this is a issue that goes to the core of google's business. the vast majority of their revenue comes from their search engine. it's a big problem if half or more of the country believes there is suppression of certain idealogical opinions in their search results. they need to maintain fair and unbalanced search results or at least perception of it in order to keep operating that business. the questioning and perception of bias is a big deal that google is starting to react to. you're starting to see this with sundar pichai making a trip to washington to meet with lawmakers. stuart: is there any way a company like google could indeed be absolutely fair and straight down the middle when it comes to their algorithms and what we are supposed to read and not read? >> it is very difficult. this is a company that is creating an, an algorithm is not created by a computer, but created by humans at the end of the day. there is some influence, some effect of what those people who are creating algorithms believe can somehow affect the search results. however i think, you know at this point there is no kind of conclusive evidence their search results are biased towards one political ideology or another. i think it is more the perception of bias that google needs to go out to defend itself today. stuart: at the end of the day if any regulation comes down the pike at google, what do you think that regulation will be? >> i think it is more likely there will be regulation than not and it is more of a question whether that regulation is going to nibble at the edges of their margins or whether this is going to fundamentally alter google's business model. it is looking very likely there will be some kind of privacy bipartisan move towards privacy legislation and google being the biggest online advertising company in the world and probably has more data about us than any company will feel effects of that legislation. there is momentum towards that. there is also starting to be calls towards potential antitrust action looking at the competitive laws around google and its market power which would potentially deal more devastating blow to google in the long run. so there is pretty big concerns for this company in washington, a young leader in sundar pichai, going out there to try to defend this company. how he manages washington will be a big part of the story of this company in the next few years. stuart: so far the stock has not been negatively affected. it still keeps going up. douglas"wall street journal" guy. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks a lot. stuart: facebook, also very much in the news these days. well they're facing a billion dollar fine over that big 50 million accounts data breach. 50 million is the right number. liz: that is not moving the stock. it is the right number. this is ireland's data protection watchdog saying hey, we may slap you with a maximum 1.63 billion fine. that is the fear on wall street. they have 40 billion in cash, equivalents, short term securities on balance sheet. 40 billion versus 1.6 is not a lot. there is no concrete proof users cared. are people breaking into user's bank accounts? are they ruining their airbnb or spotify log-ins because those are built on the facebook log-ins. users don't seem to care. ashley: europeans want to replenish the old bank account. it is so vague. supposed to notify them, 48, 72 hours. they will nitpick, what safety measures you put in place? not good enough. two billion dollars or eu

douglas slade while he was living in the philippines. mr slade says the claims against him are a "total fabrication". our news correspondent, angus crawford has more. a dangerous and manipulative paedophile, douglas slade, now behind bars in the uk. but for 30 years he lived here in the philippines. it is claimed he would entice children into his home and abuse them. whenever i remember the things he did to me, the way he abused us, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they say they suffered. it is thought to be the first case of its kind to reach the high court. i think the message needs to be sent out to those in the west in particular who think that they can go to far away places, such as the philippines, to sexually abuse children and young people, that you are not beyond reach. slade may spend the rest of his life in prison here, but children on the other side of the world are still seeking justice. angus crawford, bbc news. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. as mps return to parliament after recess, a former brexit minister warns that ‘at least a0' conservative mps are poised to vote against any deal based on theresa may's current plans. representatives of northern ireland's two main unionist parties meet the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, in brussels. the second suspect in the salisbury nerve agent attack is identified as a military doctor working for the russian intelligence service. i'm ben thompson with the business news. the bank of england has called on the eu to do more to protect financial services in the event of a hard brexit. the bank's financial policy committee said that the need for action "is now pressing". it's warned that insurance, derivatives and the transfer of data are all at risk. a committee of mps say water companies should be able to force customers on to water meters to reduce usage. the environment, food and rural affairs committee also says targets for companies to reduce water leaks don't go far enough. three billion litres of water are lost from the network every day. more on this shortly. aviva boss mark wilson is to stand down after more than five years at the helm. mr wilson will leave the role immediately, but remain with the group until april 2019 while a successor is appointed. his move follows a decision tojoin the board of rival asset manager blackrock, which angered some shareholders. would you use less water if you could see exactly how much you are using and how much it's costing? well, mps want water companies to be able to force customers to have a meter installed, to cut how much we use. but they're also demanding tougher targets for companies to cut water leaks, after figures showed three billion litres are lost from the water network each day. the chair of the environment, food and rural affairs committee is neil parish. he joins us now from westminster. good morning. let's start with those lea ks and targets good morning. let's start with those leaks and targets because we have talked about this a lot, that we have to put more pressure on firms to cut them and they are still not doing it. why not? we want ofwat to be much trouble with the water companies. nearly 20% of water, 3 billion litres, enough to fill over 1200 olympic style swimming pools, you can see a massive amount of full speed is a two pronged approach. companies have to reduce their water lea ks by 50% companies have to reduce their water leaks by 50% by 20a0 and also for consumers to be metered so many companies that have brought in metering like southern water tenths have found a 15% reduction in the amount of water is consumers use. we wa nt we want those with challenging incomes and also perhaps medical reasons for using more water to get help through water sure. you will see why help through water sure. you will see why consumers are help through water sure. you will see why consumers are reluctant to have a meter installed. it might make them use a few less litres, but we are also hearing that 3 billion litres are lost every day. it will not make any difference if we have a meter? of course it will because they balance each other out. about 1596 they balance each other out. about 15% of water that is leaked through the pipes, i think we can get a reduction of about 50% of usage by customers by bringing in metres. that brings in about a third less water being used. at the moment we are wasting the resource, taking more water out of the rivers and water courses and reservoirs than we need, especially in times when we have had a drought situation this year. we are getting weather patterns that are bringing in tighter conditions on water supply. we wa nt tighter conditions on water supply. we want to keep our rivered in good environmental condition but also we wa nt environmental condition but also we want enough water for our population. it is right that we should pay for the water we use but not what we don't use. and a lot of what we don't use is that wasted stuff and you might say we are still paying for that through our bills. you talk about 0fwat having more power, what would those powers look like? it seems we talk about it a lot, being tougher on water firms but they don't seem to play ball at 0fwat does not have the power to be able to fine them to a huge extent. michael gove raised it earlier this year, that water company ‘s are perhaps paying their executives too much and their shareholders too much and not investing enough in their business. from the secretary of state through to 0fwat there is no pressure on water companies to conform more. you also have the labour party talking about possible nationalisation in the future. i think water companies can work in private hands but they had to step up private hands but they had to step up to the plate and do better than they are at the moment. they do need to get water under control in their leakage in their pipes. they had better technology now, they can find the leaks that are deep in the ground. we can do much better and thatis ground. we can do much better and that is why the report emphasises on the water companies doing their part and also on consumers playing a role as well so that we don't need to use as well so that we don't need to use as much resource. and as our population grows and we build more houses, we have enough water in all parts of the country. as you know, the east in particular is challenged with water very often but even in the north—west of england this year we had almost a hosepipe ban. something we will keep a close eye on some action on both sides would make a difference. good to talk to you. in other business news, the british film institute says the uk film and tv industry generated a record £7.9 billion in 2016, helped by government tax relief. it said hm revenue and customs got more than that money back, gaining £2 billion in tax. films with a strong uk story, place and culture, such as harry potter, paddington and kingsman, have featured prominently in uk tourism campaigns. shoppers reined in their spending last month according to the latest survey from the british retail consortium and kpmg. the survey found stores suffered a "summer hangover" in september, with total sales growing byjust 0.7% from a year earlier. that was the slowest growth since october last year. greggs sales didn't suffer from a summer hangover, though. sales at the bakery chain grew over the summer, despite fears that the stores would see a drop off in demand during the heatwave. total sales rose 7.3% for the 13 weeks to the end of september, while like—for—like sales were up 3.2%. and the tech giant microsoft says it will invest in singapore—based ride—hailing company grab, as part of a new strategic partnership. the two firms will also collaborate on technology including artificial intelligence. microsoft and grab have not disclosed how much the deal is worth. a quick look at the board. it seems to be that greggs can do no wrong. aviva shares up a little bit. keep out for oil prices creeping up. $8a a barrel. that affect the price we pay for all sorts of things, goods at the shops have to be delivered with fuel and that means they do as well as the price of petrol. that's all the business news. you can tell it is getting too close to lunchtime when people talk about food! the winner of the royal institute of british architects' most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced tomorrow night. the nominations to become britain's best new building include a student housing development, a cemetery, and a nursery school. we've been looking at each building in the shortlist over the past few days, and today it's the turn of storey‘s field centre and eddington nursery in cambridge by muma, which was commissioned by the university, for the new community of north—west cambridge. inspired by the college cloisters and courts of the city, this project has a sustainability agenda at its core. with this building, the client wished to create a new focus at the heart of the new community in eddington, cambridge. the building comprises a community centre and a nursery, and those two parts of the building are rather different. the community centre is outward engaging, something of the community. the nursery is for children's education, a secure place for play for kids. with a building of two parts, we've worked carefully to balance the nature of the architecture. with the nursery, we've created moon gates, portal windows, the sunburst grill. all of these are highly crafted elements made from brick, made from metal, made from timber. as we move through the building, then, into the main hall of the community centre, there is more of a sense of gravitas. we see this as a room that might suit a wedding or a memorial service, so we're balancing the different uses through the articulation of the architecture. the spaces that we see around us are, for the most part, very elegant and refined. and what i really enjoy are the occasional moments when that's interrupted and there is a delight. when you walk into a nursery classroom and you see a triangle, a square and a circle on the wall or a constellation of windows or a very, very elegant staircase in the main hall that actually creates wonder and excitement while you're in the spaces. it's amazing. we feel really lucky being able to live in this place and have such an amazing community centre. we feel like it's our own place. we're really happy about that, aren't we? yes, we are! you can find out more about all of the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and watch this year's riba stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel tomorrow evening between 8:30 and 9pm. time now for the weather. you may have heard already we will get some quite warm weather tomorrow that it will turn unsettled again by the end of the week. all the details coming up. a lot of sunshine at the moment, this was in hampshire, a lot of blue skies for many parts of southern england and wales. further north in scotland, very different. awful weather in parts of scotland. this is where the rain has been so far, quite relentless in western scotla nd far, quite relentless in western scotland which has led to a few problems this morning. it will continue for the rest of the afternoon mainly across western scotla nd afternoon mainly across western scotland but still some patches in eastern areas as well also the rain in northern ireland will gradually move further north and west would but for england and wales, increasing amounts of sunshine and it will feel quite pleasant, maximum temperatures up to 21 degrees. tonight, a southerly wind starting to develop which will gradually edge the rain out of western scotland, may be affecting the far north—west still tomorrow morning with temperatures down to 8—11d, some patchy mist and fog possible in the south. that wind will push the weather fronts away and it comes all the way from northern africa. that airwillgive us the way from northern africa. that air will give us temperatures way above the average, maybe 5—9d above average. any mist and fog will clear and we have a lot of sunshine across the uk on wednesday will stop and it will be really quite warm also central and south—eastern area is perhaps the highest temperatures, 23 or 2a degrees but even as far north as scotland, 19 or 20 degrees here. 0n as scotland, 19 or 20 degrees here. on thursday, sharon was moving northwards and it will become largely drier in eastern and central areas “— largely drier in eastern and central areas —— showers moving. but the west, rain spreading in and that means it will be fresher as the rain clears with temperatures dropping down a touch. 0n clears with temperatures dropping down a touch. on friday, we have this deep area of low pressure spinning up in the atlantic and it will move closer to the uk. the ice close together, quite windy on friday. the strongest winds will be in scotland and parts of northern ireland and stormy in the north—west. quite widespread gales on friday with heavy rain and certainly worth staying tuned to the forecast. you're watching bbc newsroom live, it's midday and these are the main stories right now: as mps return to parliament after recess, a former brexit minister warns that ‘at least a0' conservative mps are poised to vote against any deal based on theresa may's current plans. meanwhile, penny mordaunt says she would debugger support the prime minister but refuses to back the chequers deal. the dup leader, arlene foster, insists she won't accept any customs barriers within the uk, following talks in brussels with the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier. it shouldn't be presented as a boarder in the irish sea, or a hard border on the island to island of ireland. those are not the choices. those are not the choices ahead of us. the second suspect in the salisbury nerve agent attack is identified as a military doctor working for the russian intelligence service. a convicted british paedophile is being sued for damages by five filipino boys, who say they were sexually exploited by him overseas. and the former girlfriend of strictly come dancing contestant seann walsh speaks out, after he admitted kissing his dance partner, katya jones. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. mps return to parliament today after the conference season and attention is likely to focus on brexit again with. the former brexit minister, steve baker, has warned at least a0 conservative mps are prepared to vote against theresa may's deal. meanwhile representatives of northern ireland's two main unionist parties have been meeting the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier. the dup leader, arlene foster, has again insisted she won't accept any customs barriers within the uk. they have been discussing the controversial backstop plan, relating to the border between ireland and northern ireland. we can cross to westminster and speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. so, steve baker, mark harper, others this morning, seeming to hint, to varying degrees, their concern about theresa may's current plan to deal with brexit. how worried should the prime minister be? deeply worried. all the signs are that she faces a titanic tussle, if she is to get her chequers deal through. steve baker, the former brexit minister, the mastermind behind the ardent brexit supporter saying there are 80 of us who don't like the chequers deal. evenif who don't like the chequers deal. even if the whips get to work, and drive down the numbers with the metaphorical thumbscrews, there will be a0 of us who will not budge. that's enough to defeat theresa may. and then there are signs within the cabinet, tensions over the chequers deal. we heard from penny mordaunt this morning, the international development secretary, who said zilch about the thing maxim sidwell struck. today she was doing a press conference would gearing international aid money, and inevitably, in the key one—day session afterwards she was pressed about chequers deal, and she refused to publicly come out and say, yes, i support chequers deal, it's a good deal. in fact, she didn't mention it by name. well, the prime minister can count on my support, but what i would say is that we don't know where this is going to end up. we are ata where this is going to end up. we are at a critical moment, the issue currently is that the ball is firmly backin currently is that the ball is firmly back in the eu court. we are waiting for them to respond. that suggests, to me, that miss mordaunt has deep concerns about the chequers deal. you get a sense of the tensions, and the unease felt by the tensions, and the unease felt by the likes of her, within cabinet. and at the same time we heard today from mark harper, he was the former tory chief whip, the man responsible for getting tory mps to vote for particular measures. a man who knows the numbers when it comes to winning votes. he said very clearly that theresa may is going to have to change course, and evolve her chequers deal into something more like canada if she is to get through parliament. i asked like canada if she is to get through parliament. iasked him if like canada if she is to get through parliament. i asked him if he thought theresa may could get the deal through parliament. thought theresa may could get the dealthrough parliament. my view is, i don't think she can. if you look at the majority, bailey in double figures, even without dup allies, we have significa ntly figures, even without dup allies, we have significantly more conservative mps who have made it clear they don't support the chequers deal. i wa nt don't support the chequers deal. i want the to be successful and get a deal she can bring back to parliament, and get through parliament. that's in the national interest. she can only do that if she can get conservative and dup mps to back her. i don't think the opposition parties are going to support the deal, whatever she brings back. so, is it good night, game overfor brings back. so, is it good night, game over for theresa may? brings back. so, is it good night, game overfor theresa may? perhaps not. the strategy seems to be to try and put the there of god into the potential rebels by saying, to those ardent brexit borders, vote down my deal and you might end up with no brexit at all. that might provide space for people to call for a second referendum, or even a general election and decor than government. if you vote down my deal you could put brexit at risk. at the same time, to say to remain as, labour remain as, if you vote down my deal you could end up with what you really there, which is no deal. cometh the hour, the tory whips will try and put the squeeze on potential rebels by saying, look, it is theresa may's deal, or potentially a much worse outcome. they will hope that mightjust much worse outcome. they will hope that might just be much worse outcome. they will hope that mightjust be enough to scrape through. 0k, thank you, norman. that was norman smith in westminster. meanwhile, in brussels, the dup leader has been talking this morning, following talks with the chief brexit negotiator for the eu. we can listen to what she had to say about the issue of the irish border. first of all, you are assuming that if something came forward, we would be standing alone on this issue. i don't think that's the case at all. certainly not from a conversation that we have been having in relation to regulatory and customs unions with the united kingdom. you know, you should not, actually, say which is worse, or which is better. border on the eye irish sea... that's not the choice. the choice is to actually, proactively look for solutions put forward. to deal with the border on the island of ireland. of course there is a boarder, two separate jurisdictions with two currencies, two regimes, but we need to deal with that in a proactive way. we've been saying that now for a considerable time. we need the political will, but it shouldn't be presented as a boarder in the irish sea, ora hard border on the presented as a boarder in the irish sea, or a hard border on the island of ireland. those are not the choices. i know that's the way some people would like to present the choices for particular reasons, but those are not the choices ahead of us. breaking news just those are not the choices ahead of us. breaking newsjust coming in, we are hearing that health care environment services, the company that had been charged with disposing of hundreds of tonnes of nhs waste including body parts, has been stripped of its nhs contracts. this follows, you may be aware of the story, the discovery that it had fallen behind on its targets to dispose, ina fallen behind on its targets to dispose, in a timely fashion, of this medical waste, including human body parts. we were told last week, they were allowed to pile up at its facilities. this was announced by the health minister, stephen berkley. mr barclay said nhs improvement concluded that hds, the private company, health care and environment services, failed to demonstrate they were operating within their contractual limits. they have been stripped of those contracts. mr barclay said, consequently, 15 nhs trusts in england and scotland have served termination notices to them to terminate contracts as of apm on sunday. new arrangements have been made with a facility's management company to replace the service. nhs services will continue to operate as normal. that news hasjust services will continue to operate as normal. that news has just coming to us. the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, is expected to bring up brexit when she makes her keynote speech to the snp conference in glasgow this afternoon. ms sturgeon will hit out at what she'll call the "unfolding calamity" and "despair" at westminster, as brexit negotiations continue. and she'll say that scotland, in contrast, needs to offer people "optimism and hope". let's talk to our correspondent in glasgow nick eardley, he's there in glasgow for the conference. within the context of brexit, how much room does this give nicola sturgeon to discuss the possibility of another independence referendum in scotland ? i think that issue will come up. they will be reference to independence, in nicola sturgeon's speech this afternoon. i don't think we'll get much further forward in terms of when that might be. the first minister has been pretty clear in the last few days that she's not ready to ask the question again, as things stand. i don't think that will change this afternoon. but they will change this afternoon. but they will be an outspoken attack on the way the uk government is approaching brexit. she will say that theresa may is overseeing a calamitous process , may is overseeing a calamitous process, that she is stumbling from disaster to disaster. it's not much ofa disaster to disaster. it's not much of a surprise that the snp are critical of the way that the uk government is going about the brexit process. they were particularly against leaving the eu in the first place. what's nicola sturgeon is going to try and do is contrast that with what she says is a level of optimism and hope, with her government, in edinburgh. so i expect we'll see policy announcements this afternoon as well. it will be a hint towards doing something other than focusing on brexit and independence. we understand that nicola sturgeon is going to be talking about something called fair work first, perhaps you can tell us more about that? yes, the scottish government has a lwa ys yes, the scottish government has always been keen to flag up its credentials when it comes to things like the living wage. there was an earlier adoption of that policy. this afternoon nicola sturgeon will talk about expanding that policy, within public bodies, to a fair work scheme to make sure that things like cereal i was contact which might in fa ct cereal i was contact which might in fact some stuff, they will be more details on that. —— zero i was contracts. they may touch on education, health, and the big devolved areas that the scottish government has control over. it wa nts to government has control over. it wants to be seen to be doing things, offering ideas i'm trying to contrast that with what nicola sturgeon argues is a stalemate at westminster, with the government's time taken up by brexit. thank you very much. nick nairn in glasgow. and a reminder you can watch full coverage of nicola sturgeon's speech, live from glasgow, here on bbc news this afternoon at 3.15. the international monetary fund has warned a trade war between the us and china risks making the world a "poorer and more dangerous place" in its latest assessment of the global economy. the imf has lowered its forecast for global growth this year and next. it said that a full—blown trade war between the us and china would put a significant dent in economic recovery. a committee of mps says water companies should be able to force just a reminder of our breaking news, a company which we learned last week had fallen behind on its contract last week had fallen behind on its co ntra ct to last week had fallen behind on its contract to deal with tens of nhs waste, including human body parts, has been stripped of those contracts. the health minister stephen berkley has announced. we heard that the company health care environment services had fallen behind dealing with incinerating waste in a timely fashion, and a number of sites in england and scotland. speaking to parliament mr barclay said nhs improvement had concluded that they failed to demonstrate they were operating within their contractual limits, new arrangements have been made with another company to replace the service will stop more today's restorers coming up, butfor stop more today's restorers coming up, but for now, goodbye to our viewers on bbc two. it is almost 1215. the recap of our headlines. the headlines on bbc news... as mps return to parliament after recess, a former brexit minister warns that ‘at least a0' conservative mps are poised to vote against any deal based on theresa may's current plans. the dup leader, arlene foster, insists she won't accept any customs barriers within the uk —— following talks in brussels with the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier. the second suspect in the salisbury nerve agent attack is identified as a military doctor working for the russian intelligence service. let's get the sport now. hi, sarah. wayne rooney has defended jose—maria former manchester united captain wayne rooney has come to the defence of managerjose mourinho, saying he's an easy target and the players need to do better. united have made their worst start to a league campaign for 29 years and mourinho is under increasing pressure. but rooney's view isn't shared by everyone. speaking on radio 5 live last night, the former blackburn and celtic striker chris sutton said the manager had to take they lost to brighton, lost to spurs, beat burnley, did 0k against watford. and then the wolves were better than united. derby were better than united. derby were better than united. they've hardly been tested all season and were lucky to get away with newcastle. as a whole, he isn't the right man to ta ke a whole, he isn't the right man to take united forward. 15 minutes shouldn't paper over the cracks. it has been appalling. blame. england's women continue their preparations for next year's world cup tonight, with a friendly against australia at craven cottage. australia are ranked sixth in the world, against england's third, so they'll offer another good test for the lionesses. it's going to be a real physical game, where australia, i think are similarto game, where australia, i think are similar to the usa in terms of physicality. they've got a real running power. regardless of who they brought, or not, they've got players who could play on any stage, and players are going to have to show the quality. a meeting with andreas seppi. wigan centre 0liver gildart has been called into the england rugby league squad for this autumn's internationals against france and new zealand. he replaces the injured sam burgess and will divert from the knights squad who travel to papua new guinea next week. gildart was super league's young player of the year in 2017 and he's played an important role in the wigan's progress to saturday's grand final. after winning rugby league's man of steel award last night, ben barba thanked his club st helens for helping him to enjoy playing the game again. barba joined saints last year after a spell with rugby union side toulon and he's now heading back to his native australia to play for north queensland cowboys. he was instrumental in st helens winning the league leaders' shield this season. and the first ever woman of steel award went to georgia roche of castleford. atjust 17, she's one of the youngest players in the professional game and she's in the england squad to face france later this month. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the second man suspected of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent attack has been identified. the investigative website, bellingcat, says the man who called himself alexander petrov and claimed to be a tourist is in fact a military doctor called alexander mishkin, employed by the russian intelligence service,the gru. andy moore reports. the men suspected of poisoning the skripals were caught on camera as they headed through salisbury. the investigative website bellingcat says it can now reveal the real identity of the man on the right. they say he's alexander mishkin, a military doctor who was working for russian military intelligence, the gru. they've published these three pictures of him and claimed to have spoken to many people who know him. they say until 201a he was giving gru headquarters as his home address in moscow. this is his passport in his real name. in his fake id he used the same first name and date of birth. this is dr mishkin on the right here, in an interview with russian state television, where the two men claimed they were just tourists. sergei skripal and his daughter yulia both spent months in hospital in comas before eventually recovering, but dawn sturgess died after being exposed to the nerve agent novichok. she had accidentally handled a fake perfume bottle that contained the poison. in the last few minutes the investigators from the website bellingcat have been revealing somemore of their research on this suspect. let's go now to my colleague ben ando who has more. do we have any more details yet? what we know is the way that the website operators to go online and use open source data to put together what you might call a digital jigsaw, to build up a picture of who these people are. they've looked at various issues, and one of the things they are targeting is the poisoning of the skripals. the reason they are doing this is the man who called himself petrov is actually alexander mishkin, they used facial recognition software to show that his current passport photograph, the one he used to travel to the uk matches one from 15 yea rs travel to the uk matches one from 15 years ago in russia under the name of alexander mishkin. the dates of birth are the same. these details have been given to mps to let them know why they can believe this finding by the bellingcat website. when are we likely to hear more from bellingcat, after this briefing going on with mps?|j bellingcat, after this briefing going on with mps? i suspect so, the briefing is going on at the moment. i don't know how long it will last. if you list all the things that tie m, if you list all the things that tie in, the little bits of evidence, the small bits of data they say build up this compelling enough to prove that alexander mishkin is alexander petrov. the home office here in the uk say this is a police matter. the police won't comment on what they call speculation. it's really telling that no organisation or authority has tried to deny or suggest there is anything wrong with the information being put out about the information being put out about the identity of this man. thank you very much. a review has found that a man with a history of mental illness, admitted to nhs staff that he'd had fantasies of murdering women and raping them, before he killed a young teacher in a horrific sex attack. carl langdell was jailed for 26 years injune 2016, after admitting the murder of 23—year—old katie locke. locke was strangled at a hotel in hertfordshire, on christmas eve 2015, after the pair met on an internet dating site. the independent review, commissioned by nhs england, said the incident could not have been predicted with any degree of certainty, that would have made it possible to prevent. but it also found there had been, what it called, "systemic missed opportunities". let's get more on this now from dr david levy, who's regional medical director of nhs england. thank you for your time today. there isa gap thank you for your time today. there is a gap year, clearly, between systemic missed opportunities, and the review, also saying that the incident couldn't have been predicted with any degree of certainty, isn't there? 0k, certainty, isn't there? ok, so, i think what we have shown with our investigation report which was published today, is that this is a very complex case. the patient had an unusual mental health problem. certainly, they were shortcomings and opportunities were missed to understand the complexity of this patient‘s problems. and to gather information from agencies, including mental health trusts, the police, and other services, to form a full picture, about the condition of this patient. and the care plan that was required to keep him safe, and members of the public safe as well. as we mentioned in the introduction, he had admitted to nhs staff about having these violent fantasies, at the time of katie locke's death he was under the supervision of the probation service for threatening to kill a community psychiatric nurse. was no 1's saying that he should have been, shouldn't have been in public at that point? that he should have been in some kind of psychiatric care, not allowed to mingle with the public, let alone be on dating sites, meeting women? certainly, he had an unusual condition. and the fact that he was complex enough that three consultant psychiatrists came to very different views about him. what should have happened, is that the mental health treatment requirements, ordered by the court, should have taken place. that would have given that fuller picture. unfortunately, due to the way the hospital trust, and agencies worked at the time, they were unaware of the need to work collaboratively to do that. our report issue is that they will work together in the future to ensure that patients in a similar position should be treated appropriately, with the appropriate care plan and that communication is improved. you say various agencies were that communication is improved. you say various agencies were unaware they need to work together, that seems astounding. i'm sure many people listening will think that's astounding when you think of the cases that have come to public attention where children have been murdered, other horrific cases where it was discovered after the event, that agencies were not communicating with one another. surely, this was a huge failure. can you say to katie's family, and the public, that those gaps in communication are now definitely closed? thank you for that point. in fact, what new to report issued today recommend, notjust what new to report issued today recommend, not just for local and national improvement, particularly around the sharing of data between mental health trusts, they should be collaborating. that work will be taken collaborating. that work will be ta ken forward over collaborating. that work will be taken forward over the next few months. the aim of our report, the independent review, is to learn from what may or may not have happened, what may or may not have happened, what went wrong, and to understand what went wrong, and to understand what improvements can be made, and make those improvements. doctor david leavy, thank you. donald trump has hosted a ceremony at the white house after the swearing—in of brett kavanaugh as a justice of the us supreme court. he had been accused of sexual assault and the us president apologised to him, saying he'd endured "terrible pain and suffering. after weeks of political rancour, a ceremonial swearing in ceremony forjustice kavanagh. greeted by an extended standing ovation from his supporters, the new member of the us supreme court took the 0ath of office with his wife and daughters by his side. less than two weeks ago, he angrily denied a charge that sexually assaulted christine blasey ford when they were both teenagers. president trump said mr kavanaugh was owed an apology. 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. justice kava naugh thanked the president for what he called his steadfast, unwavering support throughout the process. i'm grateful to you and mrs trump for the exceptional, overwhelming courtesy you have extended to my family and me. mr president, thank you for everything. applause mr kavanaugh also adopted a tone of reconciliation. the senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional. that process is over. my focus now is to be the bestjustice i can be. this chapter in the extremely acrimonious appointment of a supreme courtjudge may be closing, but with the us mid—term elections just four weeks away, the politicalfallout could be critical to the future of donald trump's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news. ina moment in a moment we'll take a look at the weather, first let's look at some of the most striking images of the day. wet and windy weather is causing disruption in scotland. roads have been closed due to landslides like this one. also, the a83 is closed in both directions, that is a road, if you don't know what it is. now, two ships have collided in the mediterranean, the vessels from tunisia and cyprus crashed near the french island of corsica. they remained stuck to avoid a major fuel spill, but the incident has already caused a fuel trace of several kilometres. elon musk‘s spacex company has successfully launched its latest satellite into space — wowing social media users in the process. lighting up the skies above california, the falcon 9 rocket went into orbit and returned 8 minutes later to an air base north west of los angeles. the satellite will be used to track natural disasters, crop yields and soil—moisture levels from 385 miles above the earth. and finally — a washing up bottle — at least forty seven years old — has been found on the shores of a beach in somerset. it's thought to be the oldest item to have been discovered washed up. . .. a stark reminder of how long plastics take to disintegrate. the price on the packaging shows it was produced before decimilisation in 1971. now, it's time for a look at the weather. let's catch up with thomas. the pictures that you were showing in scotland really did show what a contrast there is across the uk. 0ften contrast there is across the uk. often when we have warm weather heading our way it's full of energy and moisture. there is a weather front stuck somewhere and it's pouring on scotland at the moment. for most of us, it really is a fantastic afternoon, or rather, tomorrow is going to be the best day of the week. pleasant temperatures, the high teens, 20 degrees. in scotla nd the high teens, 20 degrees. in scotland that rain continues and will continue this evening, eventually, overnight it moves out of the way. southerly winds are pushing the weather front backwards. temperatures will be around about eight or 11 celsius overnight. tomorrow, watch the temperatures go. from the morning into the afternoon, look at that orange colour developing there. temperatures will peak in central london at 2a, we could hit 20 degrees in the lowlands of scotland. enjoy it. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the former brexit minister steve baker says he's one of at least a0 conservative mps who say they're willing to vote down theresa may's so—called chequers brexit deal. meanwhile in brussels, the eu's chief negotiatior, michel barnier, is meeting representatives of northern ireland's two main unionist parties to discuss the issue of the irish border. the investigative website bellingcat says the second suspect in the salisbury novichock poisoning case is actually alexander mishkin, a doctor who works for russian intelligence. he'd previously been named as alexander petrov. the notorious british peodophile douglase dancing star seann walsh, says she isn't a victim. she's spoken out on twitter after pictures emerged of him kissing his dance partner, katya jones. a convicted british paedophile is being sued for damages by five filipino boys who claimed they were sexually exploited by him overseas. they will give evidence via video link over alleged abuse by douglas laid while he was living in the country. he says the claims against them are a fabrication. angus crawford has more. for 30 years, but the slade lived here in the philippines. it is claimed he would entice children into his home and abuse them. whenever i remember the things he did to me, the way he abused us, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse