our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. why not wait? of the supreme court nomination. to me doesn't matter! and then you're going to let people who do these things into power! had just announced he backed judge kavanaugh. these women weren't impressed. do you think that he's telling the truth? do you think that he's telling the truth to the country? yesterday's visceral testimony. brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most. i have never done this, to her or to anyone. what is the strongest memory you have? uproarious laughter between the two. and they're having fun at my expense. | don't know, have you? could you answer the question, judge? yeah and i'm curious if you have. i have no drinking problem, judge. yeah, nor do i. on—board, a vote was called for 1:30 today to approve his nomination. but something odd was unfolding. had senator flake gone flaky? the minutes ticked by. he wasn't in his seat. he'd been meeting democrats. into the deliberations. that we do due diligence. that the f

jon sopel formal and deeply ugly process. jon sopel, bbc news, washington.ill waiting for the senate committee to resume, stay with us, and have great triggers a tsunami in indonesia. we will have the latest from jakarta. in all of russia's turmoil it has never come to this, the president said the day would decide the nation ‘s destiny. the president said the day would decide the nation 's destiny. the nightmare are so many people feared for so long is playing out its final act, russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. the israel right when visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites which is an thinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlini million germans separate the birth of europe's biggest and richest nation. you are watching bbc world news, the latest headlines, members of the us s

the bbc's north america editor jon sopel starts the coverage. jon: brett kavanaugh until last week was gliding effort his seat on the all powerful supreme court. conservative, charming, popular, and well-connected, he seemed a perfect fit for the vacant seat. senatorr grassley: do you sw that the testimony -- jon: but now a woman has come forward to my psychology professor in california, saying she was sexually assaulted by kavanaugh when they wes teenagers yeo. christine blasey ford told "the washington post" that she was handed down on a bed by edm and he cover mouth when she tried to scream. "i thought she might advertently kill me," sh said. >> she is willing to hopefully tell her story in a manner that is a fair proceeding. jon: judge kavanaugh has issued a statement emphatically denying the charge. "this is a completely allegation," he said. "i've never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone." the white house is still pushin mination, but they will be watching anxiously in caserg anything emees. pres. trump: judge

jon sopel joined me a brief time ago from the white house. s the significance of th plea deal to the wider investigation? jon: well, campaign manager in the months leading up to the election when the republican national committee changed its policy, towards russen there was that meeting that took place in trump tower between paul manafort, donald trump, jr., jared kushner, and a russian lawyer with close links to the kremlin promising dirt on hillary clinton. as pt of the plea deal that has been arranged today, paul manafort has agreed that he will give interviews any and all matters to w ch the government deems relevant. in other words, robert mller has got a wristband now which has access to all areas written on it. he can go wherever he likes in his questioning of paul manafort. that is a big change from thest 24 hours. rajini: paul manort isn't the only former member of staff working for donald trump to now cooperate with robert mueller. what trouble could the president potentially be in? t n: well, when you have got now is that we don'all

jon sopel. you're watching bbc news.h palmer, on duty at westminster less than an hour before the attack. armed with a radio, a whistle, a stab—proof vest, cs spray and his baton. then, this. a car smashed into the side of parliament after killing people on westminster bridge. and witnesses saw khalid masood heading round the corner. police officers on duty at the entrance to parliament saw him coming through the gate. "i noticed a very large man with two extremely large knives, one in each hand," pc doug glaze told the inquest today. "he was walking like a robot, his hands moving up and down." pc glaze thought there might be multiple attackers. "i remember thinking, we're going to die," he said. antonia kerridge was watching from a nearby parliament building and she saw pc keith palmer fall over as khalid masood charged towards him. "the policeman had collapsed," she said today. "the attacker ran over to him, lent towards him and raised the knife quite high, and hejust stabbed him two, three orfour times." another witne

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.n the us east coast is still being counted and in north carolina, the worst affected state, the rain is still falling. flooding is driving hundreds of people from their homes with many having to be rescued as the waters continue to rise. from north carolina, our north america correspondent chris buckler sent this report. in north carolina, they need boats to race down many of the streets in this state. water levels continue to rise, leaving more people trapped in their homes. they had to do a swift—water rescue for someone who refused to leave and that... there is no way short of handcuffing someone that you can make someone leave during an evacuation. the decision to leave behind pets and possessions is always difficult, but storm florence has taken away any choice — and so much more. this house here, i lost everything, all the appliances. i never even dreamed something like this would happen. how do you recover from this? going to take a long time. initially as a hurricane, florence

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.she says, is aimed at asserting control of britain's borders and controlling immigration. and this week, with just over six months to go to britain's planned departure from the eu, we'll be looking at some of the key questions in the brexit process, and tonightjohn pienaar considers brexit and immigration. how will trade work after brexit? will we be richer or poorer? why haven't we left yet? will migrants still be able to come? corn fritters, anyone? first, someone has to pick it. and here, on this farm outside peterborough, for ten hours a day, the answer's this team of bulgarians and romanians. does britain need so many migrants? well, not enough natives want to do work like this. not here at this farm outside peterborough, not in a lot of places. florin, do you think you're taking british jobs? yeah, i think yes, because they don't want to do this job. we need money and should take this job. some places where you rarely see a migrant voted for brexit, too. so who will get a welcome

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. mesmerising and extraordinary. 0ur correspondent chris buckler joinsngton. last time we spoke just after the testimony had finished. we were still unclear as to whether a vote would take place. any more news on that? yes, republican senators have been meeting at the senate. they have been having conversations, and also four senators who are republicans regarded as being moderate republicans and potentially swing voters, people who could potentially support brett kavanaugh oi’ potentially support brett kavanaugh or the other hand could have listened to christine blasey ford and said actually we don't want to support him at this stage. now, we don't know what they thought, but there is an indication from the republican senators that they are preparing to go ahead as a group with a vote tomorrow. we have just heard from two of the senators, but this meeting has continued, and we believe the judiciary this meeting has continued, and we believe thejudiciary committee will vote tomorrow as planned. that is just a matter of 13 hours from now. it gives you a r

jon sopel, bbc news, new york.llion cases of malaria worldwide each year. well, scientists here in london have succeeded, for the first time, to completely eliminate populations of mosquitoes in the lab. the team used gene editing to block the abilty of female mosquitoes to breed. they want to see if the technology could one day be used to control mosquito populations in the wild. professor andrea crisanti from the faculty of natural sciences at imperial college london led the team. i spoke to him earlier.. gene drive is the technology allows genetic modification to spread from a few individuals to an entire population. this is what we are seeing in the lab. this particular solution of gene drive is to selectively attack a gene that is the switch for sexual development. so the genetically modified mosquitoes, as soon as they inherited this modification, were unable to differentiate into female. so the population, as the gene drive spread, progressively produced more males, and less and less females. so essentially

. —— delay. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has more. the all—powerful supreme court. conservative, charming, popular, and well—connected, he seemed the perfect pick to fill the vacant seat. do you swear that the testimony that you're about to give... but now a woman's come forward — a psychology professor from california — to say that she was sexually assaulted by mr kavanaugh when they were teenagers some 35 years ago. christine blasey ford told the washington post that she'd been pinned down on a bed by him and that he'd covered her mouth when she tried to scream. the white house is still pushing his nomination, but they'll be watching anxiously in case anything else emerges. judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people that i've ever known. he's an outstanding intellect, an outstanding judge, respected by everybody, never had even a little blemish on his record. i want him to go in at the absolute highest level, and i think to do that, you have to go through this. if it takes a little delay, it'll take a little delay. we've been here

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.rliament. tobias ellwood was speaking at the inquests into the the victims of the westminster bridge attack. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. the photographs of the minister, tobias ellwood, helping in the desperate efforts to save pc keith palmer's life became some of the defining images of last year's westminster attack. today he arrived at pc palmer's inquest to give his official account of that traumatic day. he described the panic inside parliament, with people shouting "go back" as he went forward, and how he walked past a line of armed police officers pointing their guns to go and help their unarmed colleague who had been stabbed by khalid masood. when he got there, he found pc palmer with, among other injuries, a serious knife wound under his left arm pit. "he had lost a lot of blood and he was unconscious," tobias ellwood told the court. "i checked for a pulse. there was a pulse." the minister described how he tried to stem the bleeding but pc palmer's h

jon sopel, bbc news, washington., watching proceedings, was the bbc‘s chris buckler, whojoins me now. can any real investigative work done injusta can any real investigative work done injust a week? can any real investigative work done in just a week? that is a good question. some former fbi agents would say no, particularly when you are talking about are those that may oi’ are talking about are those that may or may not have happened some 36 yea rs or may not have happened some 36 years ago. it is also interesting just to look at the terms of reference of the investigation. the white house has said it must be completed in less than seven days. and that it will be very limited in scope. he can only look at what it calls current credible allegations against brett kavanaugh. that is deliberate. they tried to make this a quick process. they feel they have had too many delays. donald trump is made clear his frustration. on twitter he has been reflecting this is now the seventh at the eight investigation into brett kavana

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.lion facebook users have had their accounts hacked in the latest security breach to hit the social media network. the company says hackers had full access to the accounts and were also able to access any third—party account that used facebook asa login. ceo mark zuckerberg was among the users affected. he says the accounts are now secure but that it's too early to know what data was accessed, how it was used and indeed, who was behind the attack. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports. voiceover: we didn't come here for click bait, spam, fake news and data misuse. it's a business trying to regain the trust of its users after a major privacy scandal so the last thing facebook needed was a security flaw which allowed hackers to get access to 50 million accounts. the vulnerability was in a feature called "view as" which lets you see your profile as others see it and it allowed the hackers to steal the access tokens, the digital keys, that keep you logged in to the app. th

jon sopel at the white house, thank you.as criticised pret a manger for inadequate allergy labelling and for not taking allergy monitoring seriously. it follows the death of 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse. she suffered a fatal allergic reaction and went into cardiac arrest on a flight after buying a sandwich from pret a manger two years ago. her family said food labelling laws "played russian roulette" with their daughter's life. sarah campbell has more. best friends, looking forward to a summer holiday. by the time this was filmed, around take—off, the sesame seeds natasha had unwittingly eaten were already starting to cause an allergic reaction, from which she would never recover. in the two years since natasha died, her family — mother tanya, brother alex and father nadim — have been waiting to understand why they lost their daughter and sister. they've been at the inquest every day and today, heard the corner‘s conclusions. 0ur beloved daughter died in a tragedy that should never have happened, and we believe that t

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.poke to andra gillespie, associate professor of political science at emory universtiy. i asked her what she thought the fbi investigation could accomplish in a week. well, they are just going to interview more people and compile a list of facts. they probably won't make any conclusions one way or the other. but this sort of stanza is a chance to do due diligence. and if we think back to the anita hill and clarence thomas debates in 1991, that investigation took only a few days. so they actually have more time to conduct an investigation now than they actually took in 1991. do you think the episode so far, particularly the visceral debate in that committee room yesterday, has really, has the potential to affect the way women vote in the mid—term elections? well, there has always historically been a gender gap with women voting more democratic. a lot of that has to do with race, because women of colour are more likely to be democratic. but there are already women who are already riled up

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.er explains the scope of the fbi investigation. the white house has now ordered this. we can give you some idea what the terms of reference for it will be. they say that there will be an update, essentially, of brett kavanaugh‘s file. now, what's this is is a background investigation by the fbi. effectively, a background check into judge kavanaugh. it is not a criminal investigation and we cannot say that clearly enough. what is very clear is that the white house says it will be very limited in scope. first of all, it will only be into what they describe as the current credible allegations. secondly, it must be completed one week from now. that gives you an indication that the white house know they have to accept this in order that they ensure they do have the votes inside senate to push this forward. however, they do not want a delay and they want to try and deal with this as quickly as possible. of course, as i think we have proved in the last couple of weeks, one week is a very long

jon sopel at the white house.election watchdog misterpreted the spending restrictions on the eu referendum which allowed the vote leave group to break the rules. the campaign group paid £625,000 to clear bills allegedly run up by a pro—brexit activist. the electoral commission initially said they didn't think this was a ploy to get round spending limits. but it later changed its mind and fined vote leave and the activist involved. vote leave deny wrongdoing. funerals have been held for four children who were killed when their home in greater manchester was firebombed in the middle of the night last year. more than 200 people lined the streets of walkden, to remember demi, brandon, lacie and lia pearson, who were aged between 15 and three. their mother, michelle, who was injured in the attack, couldn't attend the funeral because she is unwell. two men are serving life sentences for the murders. prison officers across england and wales staged a walk out earlier today in protest at what they say are unsafe conditions

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. buckler explains the scope of the fbi investigation. this is not a criminal investigation. what is very clear is that the white house says it will be very limited in scope. first of all, it will only be into what they describe as the current credible allegations. secondly, it will be completed one week from now. that gives you an indication that the white house know they have to accept this in order that they ensure they have the votes inside the senate to push this forward. however, they do not want the delay and they want to deal with this as quickly as possible. of course, as i think we have proved in the last couple of weeks, one week is a very long time in washington. when we are talking about the vote on the actual nomination itself, when can that possibly be? it the process could potentially begin as early as potentially begin as early as potentially next weekend. final vote, we could potentially see ten days from now. there are a lot of hoops to jump through at this stage. fun

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.ony finished just around 20 minutes ago, so we are getting lots and lots of reaction. donald trump has already tweeted about it. chris bucklerjoins us now from washington. chris has also watched every moment of this. has anything like this happen before? in terms of what we saw today, the emotions, that testimony, it has been extraordinary. yes, it was a remarkable hearing, and the way it it was powerful testimony from both the accused and the accuser. both stood there and made very clear their positions. they gave full evidence to this committee, spoke very clearly. they spoke emotionally, and if you listen to christine blasey ford, at times her voice was breaking, as she just recounted what she said happened 36 yea rs recounted what she said happened 36 years ago. and, in response, we heard from brett kavanaugh this very upset, at times angry fury at the way he feels he has been treated. but they both gave very strong testimony. and that is a difficult thing for the committee, as the

in a moment we will hem china correspondent john sudworth, but first, north america editor jon sopel. jon: it is a good time to be in the container business in the u.s., as more and more goods for -- pour in from abroad. but it is not good for the deficit, and donald trump from well before he became president harailed at the unfairness of trade between the u.s. and china. pres. trump: we are the e-bank to the world. we have , we have been ripped off by the european union, we have been ripped off by everybody. jon: in 2017, imports from china amounted $506 billion tariffs have beeapplied to $53 billion worth of chinese exports. the tariffs announced today will affect $200 billion worth of goods from china. there is a warning that that might rise by an additional two if china attempts further retaliation. use chinese action is already taking its toll on exporters. farmers on land and farmers on the sea are feeling the effect. lobster fishermen in maine are feeling a big drop in demand for their produce from which is exported to china. it is becoming too expensive for consumers there. ac

announced it'll slap taxes on £46 billion worth of us goods sent to china. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel the prime minister no sign of this coming to an end then? sophie, mean donald trump said trade wars have so easy to win, they are if your opponent raises their hands and hoists a white flag, china is showing no signs of wanting to do that, and that is why trade wars potentially are damaging on both sides, there are big risks for donald trump on this. if you put a tariff on good going in that will be passed on the consume consumer here. i think tellingly donald trump is saying we won't introduce that until after christmas, you won't hit consumers too hard. it is hitting exporter as well whole agricultural produce goes to kind and a lot of farmerles are suffering big time as a result of this. donald trump has reiterated again in the last half hour he is open to talks but for the moment, the language is war, his commerce secretary has said confidently and bullishly we will win this because the chinese are running out of bullets. thank you. israel has rejected russia's claim that it was r

jon sopel, bbc news, new york. i wonder when it comes to the laughter, which was extraordinary to watch, whether it speaks a little bit about the world donald trump works in, the fact that he surrounds himself with yes—men and people who flatter his ego, perhaps he is not used to that sort of reaction, people dig a link at the sort of exeter city ‘s wheat sione teu bassist —— people giggling at the eccentricities we see on a daily basis at. he has come off the campaign trail, going around these big rallies at which he talks about the triumph of his administration and he is met with applause and people loving what he is saying and saying yes, we love this. he is perhaps using that same line of talking about the triumphs of his administration but of course in a different venue and maybe he had not read the crowd well also i have to say, i thought his comeback was pretty good when he turned it into a joke, changing the mood in the room. one thingi joke, changing the mood in the room. one thing i would say, these speec

our north america editor, jon sopel has this update. had already been found guilty of bank and tax fraud and month ago, and he was due to face another trial when, at the eleventh hour, he cut a plea deal with robert mueller, the special counsel, the man investigating whether there was collusion between russia and the trump campaign and whether there was obstruction ofjustice. after manafort was found guilty a month ago and was facing ten years in prison, donald trump tweeted about what a brave man he was for not doing a deal, what an example he was for standing firm. well, now manafort has flipped. it means he will agree to testify in any other proceedings. he will hand over papers. and one other key phrase: "he will help on any and all matters as to which the government deems relevant." in other words, he is giving robert mueller, the special counsel, a kind of wristband with "access all areas" written on it. one of the key areas for questioning will be, what happened at that trump tower meeting with donald trumpjunior and a russian la

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our north america editor, jon sopel, is in washington.terms of the investigation how significant is this? very significant. paul manafort was facing ten years in prison for being found guilty a month ago and facing stress charges. at the 11th hour he has flipped. he is helping the prosecutors. it was only a month ago donald trump was tweeting what a brave man he was and how he had not buckled to the pressure of the justice department. he has and what is he going to serve up? what has he promised in return for his plea deal that will get him a lesser sentence? will he talk about the meeting that took place between donald trump junior and a russian lawyer with close links to the kremlin? donald trump has repeatedly railed against the investigation as being a witch hunt. there has been no comment from him today. his press secretary said the charges had absolutely nothing to do with the president or his victorious 2016 presidential campaign but you can be sure that the mood will have darkened in the white house and some of those close to the

jon sopel, bbc news, new york. staying with the un now. genieve abdo is from the arabia foundation.ing the iranian leader shouldn't be taken seriously. i think that we have to consider his tweet to be somewhat sarcastic, and i think that he has made very clear that that iran is a threat to middle east peace. he has made it very clear that the united states is concerned about iran's ballistic missile capability, and that there will be no deal with environmental other issues are addressed. and i have to say that i think that the policy of the us administration is working. with very few options on the table, the united states is basically trying to weaken the iranian economy and the sanctions that have been imposed are those that have been imposed are those that will be reimposed in november, are definitely having a significant effect on the iranian economy. and so, if you are sitting in trump's shoes, he seems to be successful. so, if you are sitting in trump's shoes, he seems to be successfulm the us, of course, is not the only one concerned about yvonne's increasing influence and su

jon sopel, bbc news, new york. stay with us on bbc news.sanctions on the venezuelan president. washington accuses them of plundering the country to help maintain their grip on power. still to come: health workers resume their battle against ebola in the democratic republic of congo. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so the british government has no option but to continue this action, and even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is bbc world news. the lat

jon sopel, bbc news in new york. cancer treatment has been used for the first time on a patient in the uk. the device at the royal marsden hospital in london allows doctors to monitor tumours as they administer radiotherapy, something that has never been possible before. it is hoped it will lead to more patients being cured of their cancer, with fewer side effects. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh was among the first to see it being used. this is a truly significant moment in cancer treatment, which has taken years of planning and £10 million investment. barry has prostate cancer, and is about to receive radiotherapy in this revolutionary machine called an mr linac. i will start the noisy scan... for the first time, the body's internal organs can be scanned using mri while the patient is treated. the machine combines two very different technologies — mri, which uses magnetic fields, and radiotherapy, which uses x—rays. it had to be specially designed so they would work together. tumours can move when patients b

practices — and said america was rejecting globalism, in favour of patriotism. 0ur north america editor, jon sopeland red lights on to think, there is not much excuse on to think, there is not much excuse for being half an hour late for a journey of less than a mile, but donald trump mr speaker slot this morning and made himself even later by stopping to talk to reporters on his way in. when it did get under way, he went on a bit of a victory lap with unexpected consequences. in less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's so true. didn't expect that reaction, but that is ok. the audiencejust that reaction, but that is ok. the audience just giggled. us presidents are occasionally reviled and sometimes adored, but they are rarely laughed at. last year, he threatens to destroy north korea and he taunted little rocket man. what a difference 12 months makes! the missiles and rockets are no longer flying in every direction. nuclear testing has stopped. i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the s

jon sopel, bbc news, new york.eral meetings at the un in new york later will be with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. will they discuss how to make peace with the palestinians? our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been speaking to the un's middle east envoy, nickolay mladenov, about how optimistic he is feeling about any possible progress: peace between israelis and palestinians has been on the agenda yet again here at the united nations general assembly. yet again here at the united nations generalassembly. president yet again here at the united nations general assembly. president trump mentioned it recently in his speech to the assembly, saying that he wa nted to the assembly, saying that he wanted to establish a peace, but that certain facts had to be acknowledged. president macron of france said there was no alternative to the two state solution. so what are the hopes for that elusive peace deal, even a peace process? joining us deal, even a peace process? joining us as deal, eve

moment we will hear from our china correspondent, jon sudworth, but first our north america editor jon sopelthe container business in the us as more and more goods pour in from abroad. but it's not good for the deficit and donald trump, from well before he became president, has railed at the unfairness of trade between the us and china. we are the piggy bank to the world. we have been ripped off by china, we have been ripped off by the european union. we have been ripped off by everybody. in 2017, us imports from china amounted to $506 billion. tariffs have so far been applied to $53 billion worth of chinese exports. the tariffs announced today will now affect $200 billion worth of goods from china. and there's a warning that might rise by an additional 267 billion if china attempts further retaliation. because chinese action is already taking its toll on exporters. farmers on land and farmers of the sea are feeling the effects. lobster fishermen in maine are finding a big drop in demand for their luxury produce, which is exported live to china. it is becoming too expensive to consumers ther

jon sopel, bbc news in new york.m cancer treatment has been used for the first time on a patient in the uk. the device at the royal marsden hospital in london allows doctors to monitor tumours as they administer radiotherapy something that's never been possible before. it's hoped it will lead to more patients being cured of their cancer with fewer side effects. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh was among the first to see it being used. this is a truly significant moment in cancer treatment, which has taken years of planning and £10 million investment. barry has prostate cancer and is about to receive radiotherapy in this revolutionary machine called a mr linac. i will start the noisy scan... for the first time, the body's internal organs can be scanned using mri, while the patient is treated. the machine combines two very different technologies, mri, which uses magnetic fields and radiotherapy which uses x—rays. it had to be specially designed so they would work together. tumours can move when patients breathe,

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. joining me now is our north america correspondent.tional day of testimony. are we at any further forward in terms of we have essentially, he said, she said here? that's certainly the case. this morning, the focus of the testimony was christine blasey ford, and now is continuing shortly, we're also hearing from brett kavanaugh. the democrats have consistently been saying to this hearing and before that this is not a conference of luck at the accusations made against brett kavanaugh, luck at the accusations made against brett kava naugh, accusations luck at the accusations made against brett kavanaugh, accusations he of course vehemently denies. there is more than one woman who came forward. he also said the first and most independent way of doing this is by making the fbi look into these accusations. i think no one at the moment is satisfied on that front, but at what we are here from the white house this evening is that they are pretty pleased with the performance that brett kavanaugh has given this afternoon. and it's been such a stu

jon sopel has the latest. why not wait?sible this confrontation in a lift in the senate building has altered the course of the supreme court nomination. you are telling me that my assault doesn't matter, that what happened to me doesn't matter! you are going to let people who do these things... republican senator jeff flake, a key swing vote on the committee, had just announced he backed judge cavanagh. these women we re backed judge cavanagh. these women were not impressed. do you think that we are —— that he is telling the truth? what they said clearly left a n the truth? what they said clearly left an impression after yesterday's visceral testimony. brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most. i have never done this, to herorto the most. i have never done this, to her or to anyone. what is the strongest memory you have? uproarious laughter between the two. and they're having fun at my expense. you are saying there has never been a case that he drank so much you didn't reme

encouraging senior government figures to remove the president from office. 0ur north america editor jon sopelgton has been raining today, and it is awash with rumours about the future of rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general. is he about to resign, is he about to be fired, or is he vowed to stay? the white house has done little by saying the president will see him when he gets back on thursday from new york to discuss his future. and rod rosenstein is critical, because he is the man who is overseeing the rush—hour investigation into whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and the russians in 2016. if he is removed, could it set the stage for someone much more sympathetic, who takes the president's view that the russia enquiry is a hoax and a witchhunt? and there are developments with the president's nominee for the supreme court, brett kavanaugh? yeah, so there is this guy, brett kavanaugh, who yeah, so there is this guy, brett kava naugh, who was yeah, so there is this guy, brett kavanaugh, who was jude yeah, so there is this guy, brett kavanaugh, who wasjude to be confi

jon sopel, bbc news, new york.15—year—old girl who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger has heard that nine other people had suffered similar allergic reactions. natasha ednan—laperouse, who had a severe sesame allergy, collapsed during a flight from heathrow to nice and died within hours in 2016. the inquest heard there were nine cases of sesame—related allergy incidents in the year before natasha died. a spokesman for pret a manger told the hearing the company changed stickers on fridge cabinets last year to include details of specific allergens. one of the victims of the contaminated blood scandal that's affected tens of thousands of people in the uk since the 1970s has called for those responsible to be prosecuted. as victims, families and lawyers made their opening statements at the inquiry, the scottish government was heavily criticised for not being a key participant at the hearings. claims were also made about attempts to destroy official documents as our health editor hugh pym reports. thejudge

jon sopel, bbc news, new york.a 15—year—old girl who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger a has heard that nine other people had suffered similar allergic reactions. she had a severe sesame allergy and collapsed during a flight allergy and collapsed during a flight from heathrow to nice. she died within hours in 2016. the inquest heard there were nine cases of sesame related allergy in the zones in the year before natasha died. a spokesman for bread monday said the company changed stickers on fridge magnets last year to include details of specific allergens —— incidents —— for predator monday. one of the victims of the contaminated blood scandal that has affected tens of thousands of people in the uk since the 1970s has called for those responsible to be prosecuted. as victims, families and lawyers made their opening statements at the inquiry, the scottish government was heavily criticised for not being a key participant at the hearings. claims were also made about attempts to destroy official documents,

our north america editor, jon sopel, reports.there's not much excuse for being half an hour late for a journey of less than a mile. but donald trump missed his speaking slot this morning and made himself even later by stopping to talk to reporters on his way in. but when it did get under way, he made bit of a victory lap, with unexpected consequences. in less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's so true. laughter. didn't expect that reaction, but that's ok. the audience just giggled. us presidents are occasionally reviled, sometimes adored, but they are rarely laughed at. last year, he threatened to destroy north korea and taunted "little rocket man". what a difference 12 months makes. the missiles and rockets are no longer flying in every direction. nuclear testing has stopped. i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he is taking, though much work remains to be done. today it was iran in the crosshairs, america

here to help answer some of those questions is our north america editor, jon sopel.he united dates today. arquin 1991, is thinking about this in the united dates today. arquin1991, the supreme court nominee, clarence thomas, was accused of sexual harassment by a woman called anita hill. he was confirmed to the debris record despite those hearings. what is different today? and he is still on the supreme court. i think the a nswer on the supreme court. i think the answer is in your question, what is the difference between now and 2018? there is the need to movements. you have an awful lot of people who once upona time have an awful lot of people who once upon a time would have been dismissive answer to carers what she has to say, this was a long time ago. i don't think that politically that washes today. you have a woman who is prepared, apparently, to testify before congress. that will change her life. it won't go back to normal anonymity after this. achieving cities for civic duty. there will be a lot of people who think she needs to be heard. —— she thinks it is her

that takes, which part of special investigator robert mueller‘s investigation he‘s helping with. jon sopelrect boss mike ashley has accuded it shareholders accused shareholders of stabbing him and the company in the back. he said they had failed to support him and chairman keith hellawell, who resigned on wednesday. the bank of england governor mark carney says it‘s his job "not to hope for the best but to prepare for the worst" after brexit. in a speech in ireland, he said he had tested the country‘s banks for a no—deal brexit scenario with mortgage rates spiralling, a plunging pound and house prices crashing 35%. british steel has announced that it will cut 400 managerial, professional and administrative roles across its uk, ireland, france and netherlands operations "as part of the company‘s ongoing transformation." what about mr carney — what‘s he been saying this week? there have been a lot of headlines about house price crashes of 35% if we have no deal brexit. that has been implied but it‘s not quite like that because he has done a stress test on banks in the uk which means putting

in a moment, we will hear from our china correspondent, jon sudworth, but first we begin our coverage with our north america editorjon sopel. it is a good time to be in the container business in the us, as more and more goods pour in from abroad. but it is not good for the deficit, and donald trump, from well before he became president, has railed at the unfairness of trade between the us and china. we are the piggy bank to the world. we have been ripped off by china, we have been ripped off by the european union, we have been ripped off by everybody. in 2017, us imports from china amounted to $506 billion. tariffs have so far been applied to $53 billion worth of chinese exports. the tariffs announced today will now affect $200 billion worth of goods from china, and there is a warning that might rise by an additional $267 billion if china attempts further retaliation. because chinese action is already taking its toll on exporters. farmers on land and farmers of the sea are feeling the effect. lobster fishermen in maine are finding a big drop in demand for their luxury produce, which is exported live to china. it is becomin