jonathan head is in palu and has been to some of the worst affected areas. even now, five days after the earthquake, the tsunamis, and the mudslides, the damage wrought on this part of indonesia still has the power to shock. some buildings crumpled... others were literally swallowed by mud. it was the mud that did for petobo, a neighbourhood to the east of the city. fields of rice, shaken

. —— jonathan head. —— jonathan head.er the earthquake, the tsunamis and the mudslides, the damage wrought on this part of indonesia still has the power to shock. some buildings crumpled... others were literally swallowed by mud. it was the mud that did for petobo, a neighbourhood to the east of the city. fields of rice, shaken loose by the earthquake, that poured down the hillside. it buried the mother and baby sister of fiona, not yet two years old, who was pulled from the mud by her older brother. she's being cared for by her aunt. translation: she often asks, "where's my mum?" "where has my mother gone?" i tell her we're still looking for her, or i say, "your mother has gone on a long journey." if she has a loud noise or a plane going overhead, she's scared. she's still traumatised. over here, it was even worse. a road, and all the houses along it, obliterated by mud. astonishingly, this cornfield has travelled more than a mile. and this mad jumble of wreckage is the remains of at least two villages. they scarcely kno

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia.than head that wasjonathan head reporting from palu, and getting these survivors those crucial supplies, food, water and petrol, has been the major challenge. the local airport has been shut for commercial flights. they were open to chartered planes and helicopters bringing in those supplies, but because the airport was damaged by the tsunami, that has been quite damaging to make challenging. and as we experienced ourselves, the road journey is quite long and very challenging as well. the international community has started to offer some help, and the indonesian authorities have been saying things like sanitary facilities, clean water, tents, fuel service, blankets, are still in need, because remember, thousands of people, tens of thousands of people, took refuge in the hills. and they have now been brought back down, but they need all the help they can get. the uk's offer of help should be arriving on thursday. hywel griffith reports from makassar, where the aid agencies have been org

jonathan head. now we can speak to oui’ jonathan head.eak to our correspondent nick beek, to talk about the effort, what do you make of the level of support they are getting there now? this place is the biggest indication of the level of support that indonesians are offering to the victims of this disaster. all of the aid in this room is donated just today, would you believe it. there are toiletries here, food is stacked up. they are going through the clouds separating from men, women and children. they have been working through the night. i asked one man why he's doing this and he said there are brothers and sisters, we have to help them in their hour of need. but the reality is, as we had from jonathan. this is not high—tech medical equipment and there is a feeling that all of this could be too little too late. this is not machinery, this is not diggers which week could use to price people from the rubble and there is a growing fear here, a reality in fact, that many people wait —— people may have survived the earthquake that perished w

our first report this evening is by our correspondent jonathan head, who's in palu, one of the worstsulawesi. three days under the ruins of an office building but he's alive. few of the victims have been as lucky as this 38—year—old man, pulled out after a three—hour rescue operation. many more are still buried in these impossible mountains of rubble. in the city centre they're trying to open some of the blocked roads. but from the air you can see what the indonesian government is up against. this is the village of balaroa, which was literally swallowed by the liquefying ground churned up by the earthquake. and here in petobo they were hit by a mudslide. sometimes it seems this city's been hit by a whole series of catastrophes, not just the earthquake and the tsunami. but in this neighbourhood a sea of mud that fell down the mountain and has buried all of the houses right up to halfway, and some of the inhabitants too. this man has come back with his youngest son to check what's left of his home. they had a narrow escape. "the mud came down right after the earthquake," he told me. th

the bbc's jonathan head is in palu, one of the worst-hit areas in the island of sulawesi. jonathan: three days under the ruins of an office building, but he is alive. few of the victims have been as lucky as this 38-year-old man, ut after a three-hour rescue operation. many more are still buried in these impossible mountains of rubble. the city center, they are trying tin to open some blocked roads. from the air you can see what the indonesian government is up. agai this village was literally swallowed by the liqfying ground churned by the earthquake. and here they were hit by a mudslide. sometimes it seems that the city has been hit by a atole series oftrophes, not just the earthquake and the tsunami. in this ighborhood, a sea of mud that fell down the mouain and buriede all of thuses right up to halfway, and some of the inhabitants, too. he has come back with his youngest son to check what is left of his home. they had a narrow escape. the mud came down right after the earthquake, he told me. three or four minutes later. wi and his family just ran only the clothes they we

jonathan head reports from palu, one of the worst-affected areas. jonathan: a government office in palu, d tempers are fraying. this woman wts to know why no help has come to her neighborhood yet. "i am also a victim," a volunteer shouts back, "but at least we're doing what we can." six days into the overwhelming saster, they are trying to count the missing -- names and photos left taped on the walls.h amon, a university student in palu. her family traveled 300 miles from her hometown to try to find her. they made photocopies of her description. she was right in its path when the tsunami struck. yet they believe she might be alive. "we think so," says her uncle. "we have already seen so many bodies and opened so many body bags, and she wasn't among them." o wherecide to go back she was last friday. passing apocalyptic scenes thaen must have beisheartening for them. they stuck her photo onto whatever posts were still standing after the tsunami.er and her showed it to the police. she was wearing a yellow shirt and black trousers, he explained. it ring

laura: our correspondent jonathan head is also in palu and give us this update a short time ago. jonathan: the areas hit by the waves are just appalling, just dreadful scenes, absolute, complete, total destruction. i ink there needs to be mo systematic effort by a authorities if they find people who might still be alive. it has been haphazard. there are not enough people here, there clearly are not people in charge. ther coming in, but in terms of a functioning town, palu has seized auctiont all. there is no normal services. the living themselves are without absolutely anything. it i people come rushing to your car and begging you for water. there is no drinking water. they have no power. it is absolutely despe part of the proble ais that this ery isolated place. it took me 21 hours to drive here today. the airport, as rebecc said, is damaged. and yet you would think by now that the government would be prioritizing absute basic essentials. we have not seen much of it. is awful lot of people left on their own. there is a very, very desperate atmosphere. people feel abandoned. i thi

our correspondent jonathan head sent this report from palu, one of the worst-hit areas on the island of sulawesi. jonathan: even now, five days after the earthquake, the tsunami, and the mudslides, the damage wrought still has the power to shock. some buildings crumbled. others were literally swallowedm . it was the mud that did this to a neighborhood east of the city. t elds of rice shaken loose by the earthquake thapoured down the hillside. it buried the mother and baby sister of fiona, not yet two years old, who was pulled from e mud by her brother. she is being cared for by her aunt. >> she oen asks, "where is my mom? where has my mother gone?" i tell her we e still looking for her, or say that she has gone on a long journey. if she hears a loud noise or a plane overhead, she is sllred. she is sraumatized. jonathan: over here it was even worse.ro and all the houses along it obliterated by mud. astonishingly, this cornfield has traveled more than a mile. and this mad jumble of wreckage is the remains of at least two villages. they scarcely know where to begin recovering the bodies

jonathan head, bbc news, palu,do sia. one of the world's newest nobel peace laureates says she isor incredibly h and humbled by the award. nadia murad has been organized for her work fighting against ure use of rape in war. she herself was to and sexually abused by islamic state militants in northern iraq. she shares the prize with denis mukwege, a gynecologist who has treated thousands of victims. the bbc's lyse doucet has more. lyse: a peace prize to fig one of the worst weapons of war, sexual violence. 25-year-old nadia mud was brutalized by islamic state fighters. it all came back when she returned to her village in northern iraq last year. horrific memories of being rape everday for months.er her mond six brothers killed when islamic state stormed into the yazidi heartland. t visited the village just weeks ago, a monum a massacre. almost everyone killed or captured, women sold as sex slaves nadia spoke of it when i met her in new york with her lawyer. nadia: i went to visit my family home a few mons ago. it was compl

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia.to two people who have campaigned against sexual violence in war. one is a yazidi human rights activist nadia murard — the other is a congolese gynaecologist denis mukwege. the nobel committee said it wanted to send a message of awareness that women are being used as weapons of war and the perpetrators should be held to account. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. a peace prize to fight one of the worst weapons of war — sexual violence. 25—year—old nadia murad was brutalised by islamic state fighters. it all came back when she returned to her village in northern iraq last year — horrific memories of being raped every day for months, her mother and six brothers killed when islamic state stormed into the yazidi heartland, including their village of kojo. we visited kojo just weeks ago — a monument to a massacre, almost everyone killed or captured, women sold as sex slaves. nadia spoke of it when i met her in new york with her lawyer, amal clooney. translation: i we

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia. ave been displaced as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. thousands are now desperately trying to leave the island. many are heading to the airport, which has become a makeshift hospital. it is also the hub for the relief effort, where aid is slowly arriving. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith, reports from the airport in palu. they want a way out, but for many camped overnight at palu's airport, there's no prospect of leaving. after the tsunami, thousands flocked here, hoping to be airlifted. but five days on, rani and her family of 20 are still here, still waiting. she told me that they felt the tremors continue. she's so worried another earthquake will come, she won't go inside the terminal, in case it collapses. and you can see why. inside, walls have fallen, the building has buckled. it may not look like it, but this airport is stilljust about able to function, despite bricks falling from the wall, broken glass, tangled metal over in the baggage hall. this is the only airport a

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia. that's jonathan head reporting from palu. i have to say we were getting a little nervous, becausejonathan told us that there were some clashes between the police and local residents. but as we drove in, it felt fairly calm, and it seems quite peaceful this morning, though we were kind of feeling a bit of a shake, and people started to look rather nervous around us, as well. and of course, there's also that smell that you can observe, that thousands of people definitely died. that even though mass burials have been taking place, that bodies are still lying around in the city. rico. and mariko, more than 1,300 people have lost their lives in this devastating earthquake and tsunami, and according to the united nations, more than 200,000 people urgently need help. a lot of families have lost their loved ones. how are they trying to trace them, amidst this chaos? rico, honestly, it's the most basic method. literally just walking back there, you know, trying to get rid of the rubble with your own hands, trying to look for your love

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia.g live to palu to hear from another of our correspondents there — that's in just a few minutes. she will give us the very latest very soon. the british government has accused russian military intelligence of a series of major cyber attacks around the world. the so—called gru is also alleged to be behind the nerve agent poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal in south—west england in march. caroline rigby has the story. russia stands accused of state—sponsored cyber attacks targeting political institutions, businesses, media and sport. 0rchestrated by its military intelligence service, gru, britain holds the kremlin responsible. in a statement, the uk's foreign secretaryjeremy hunt said... britain's national cyber security centre has revealed it's highly confident a group of hackers belonging to the gru were responsible for a series of attacks. using names like fancy bear, bad rabbit and cyber caliphate, they are accused of numerous actions, including hacking the world anti—doping agency

that is a hell of a position to have achieved from a man who started his company only in 1989. jonathan headrom bangkok. let's go live to king power and speak to ian bason, he's chair of the foxes trust — a leicester city supporters club. iimagine the i imagine the reaction this morning is one of shock and horror about what happened last night. is one of shock and horror about what happened last nightm is one of shock and horror about what happened last night. it is shock, and incredible sadness. you come away from the game having reasonably enjoyed the game and suddenly this news breaks. we are totally stunned. the whole community of leicestershire, notjust leicester city fans, completely in shock. we have not had confirmed who was on board but the bbc understands the odour was on board the helicopter. in your terms, as a fan of leicester city, sum up what he contributed to the club. he bought the club and took us through the divisions, the championship and into the premier league, he has put in over £100 million and we won the premier league which was an amazing achievement and something w

jonathan head there.ed miles to the south of palu a large part of the aid effort is being co—ordinated in makassar. nick beake is there. well, this place is the biggest indication of the level of support indonesians are offering to the victims of this disaster. all of this aid was donated just today, would you believe it. there are toiletries here, snacks. they arejust going through the clothes, putting it into different piles for men, women and children, and they have been working through the night here. i asked one man, why are you doing this? he said, they are our brothers and sisters. we need to do all we can to help them. now, this is not high—tech medical equipment, but it will be extremely well received by those in need. there is a concern as well that it is too little, too late, and crucially, it is not the sort of machinery needed to free people from the rubble. so the fear is that many people who may have survived the initial earthquake and then the tsunami may well have perished while they have

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia. mariko 0i is also in palu and joins us now.nse of the scale of devastation from that report. it must be extremely difficult still for those effort to rescue anyone still buried. indeed. it is stilla very challenging time continuing the rescue operation. at also to get those crucial supplies into palu has been very, very tricky. i spoke to you just before we started driving here on monday south of the island, it took us 30 hours, a lot longer than expected because the last 200 kilometres to palu, we had to be escorted in by the police because of reports of looting. i have difficulties calling them looters because they are just survivors really desperate for food and water, but we did see some of them asking for some necessities as we drove in as well, and that meant the journey took a lot longer. that has been a major challenge of those aid agencies, trying to get the supplier. we are starting to see some of them trickling in. when we came in, there was a convoy of about 50 trucks with water, food, petrol, you name it. we have b

jonathan head is our correspondent in bangkok. they remembering him that? not at all, in fact. the company is ina not at all, in fact. the company is in a state of paralysis, really, given that it is a strictly family run company, and the other senior members of the family, his children, have gone to the uk to deal with mr vichai ‘s death. nobody in the company appears to know what to do. there has been literally no indication, no statement, no sign whatsoever that this company is in crisis, which in effect it must be now. mr vichai built this company from nothing in 1989 on the back of a very controversial monopoly on duty—free sales. it was a very personally run company, rather secretly run as well. not a lot of information given out about it. it isa information given out about it. it is a private company, not a public company, and you get the sense here that nobody has any idea what to do. the impact of his death is not being noted at all here, unlike the scenes that you are getting outside leicester city football club.|j that

our south east asia correspondent jonathan head met with one family.lu and tempers are fraying. this woman wants to know why no help has come to her neighbourhood yet. "i'm also a victim," a volunteer shouts back, "but at least we're doing what we can." six days into this overwhelming disaster, they're now trying to count the missing. names and photos left taped on the walls. among them, a university student in palu. her family has travelled 300 miles from her home town to try to find her. they've made photocopies of her description. she was right in its path when the tsunami struck, yet they believe she may be alive. "we think so," says her uncle. "we've already seen so many bodies and opened so many body bags and she wasn't among them." they decide to go back to where she was last friday, passing apocalyptic scenes that must have been disheartening for them. they stuck her photo onto whatever posts were still standing after the tsunami, and herfather sadran showed it to the police. she was wearing a yellow shirt and black trousers, he explains. it ri

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia.l and is "ready to return to action" despite being accused of rape. shares in the italian football club juventus, where he plays, have fallen by 5% following the allegation which dates back to 2009. it comes as new pictures emerged of the footballer in a las vegas nightclub which are said to show him with his accuser kathryn mayorga. cristiano ronaldo strongly denies the allegation made against him. a man who tried to push two people onto the tracks on the london underground has been found guilty of attempted murder. paul crossley said he had chosen his victims at random and hadn't intended to kill them. one of the people he pushed was the 91—year—old former boss of eurotunnel, sir robert malpas, who was left with a fractured pelvis. richard lister‘s report contains some shocking images. watch the man in the mac, sir robert malpas, aged 90, and he never saw this coming. sir robert is badly hurt. commuters try to raise the alarm. eventually one of them pulls him to safety. a little earl

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia.at hundreds of tonnes of body parts and other medical waste have been stockpiled by a private contractor, working for nhs hospitals in england and scotland. it blames a lack of capacity at incinerators. it's emerged ministers met last month to try to deal with the problem. the department of health insists there's no risk to the public. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. how did we get to this position? this is about the disposal of medical waste, this is about the disposal of medicalwaste, including this is about the disposal of medical waste, including body parts from hospitals, a significant number in england and scotland. the waste disposed to be disposed of in a timely fashion at designated sites by the contractor but this it seems hasn't been happening. it backlog hasn't been happening. it backlog has built up so the environment agency, the regulator, which has known about this, is working with the contractor to reduce it. according to the health service journal who broke the sto

one more victim to add to a growing total. jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia.rnments accuse russian spies of launching a series of cyber attacks on institutions around the world, including the international chemical weapons watchdog. leading democrats criticise the fbi report into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, but republicans say they found no hint of misconduct, and that he should be confirmed on saturday. for the first time under the modern slavery act, a drug dealer who trafficked children to sell heroin and crack cocaine is jailed for 14 years. the government is facing an investigation over its claims about school funding after it emerged that a figure quoted included student tuition fees for universities and private school fees. the independent uk statistics authority says it will look at whether ministers ignored expert advice or used figures in a way which could be misleading to the public. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has been looking into the story. school funding in england has become a big political issue, so what is the picture? jus

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia.ercy of westminster". speaking at the party's conference, adam price compared brexit with the sinking of the titanic. he said voters should be given a chance to "avert disaster" through a fresh referendum on any final deal with the eu. but it's the people that are left locked in the third class cabins below. we've got to break that deadlock. we've got to give people a chance and a choice to avert a disaster for which it is they that will pay the heaviest price. which is why we say it's time for a people's vote. applause at their annual conference, the green party have suggested that the amount of spare time people have should be used as an official measure of wellbeing. the party says a "free time index" of time spent away from work or commuting would be better than gdp, which focuses on economic activity. it's time to shift away from the culture of work that sees us work harder and harder. the longer and longer. 0ften about with the leg reward your satisfaction and to recognise that t

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia. jonathon head with that report.ose to it, you can only wonder about people's resilience and tenacity, when they are not only short of everything they need to lift that they are grieving, as well? indeed. we have been struck by the generosity of people here. even though they themselves have been struggling to get hold of water and food. when they got it, they started offering it to us. we have been staying poolside at a hotel, because it inside the hotel would have been dangerous during after—shocks. the owner has been so kind. this is a ha rd owner has been so kind. this is a hard time, but the country is prone to earthquakes and people are somewhat used to it, i guess. we have met so many nice families, children smiling, laughing with us, and sharing their food and water. so while it is a really challenging time, we have been struck by their resilience and generosity. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... theatre of war: just why did the opposing sides in a conflict come together to make art? this was a celebr

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia. so sad. we will keep covering that. some other news...he rape allegations made against him by a former model — saying his conscience was clear. the footballer has been accused of rape by kathryn mayorga, who says ronaldo attacked her at a las vegas hotel in 2009. police in las vegas confirmed they had investigated a complaint at the time and said they have reopened the investigation at the request of ms mayorga. in a tweet on wednesday, the juventus forward said ‘rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that i am.‘ one of china's highest paid actors, fan bingbing, has been fined the equivalent of almost 130 million us dollars for tax evasion and other offences. ms fan disappeared injuly for over 100 days amid speculation that she had been detained by chinese authorities. the x—men star posted an open apology to her fans on social media on wednesday, saying that she accepted the penalty. ms fan has been told she will avoid prison if she pays the fines. the duke and duchess of sussex have made their first official visit to t

let's bring in jonathan head and. i don't mean takes i'm not mean i just want to ask you this question you know your insisting. on your free trial can type play somewhere internationally just talk us through what that could look like is it the international criminal court is it means of course of justice went or is there another way of doing it do you think. it will tookie does certainly have jurisdiction and that is one option but given the sensitivities in the profile of all of this case another option that should be looked at is an international court there's the i.c.c. the magic could really go before it on the basis of a security council referral and the incident in istanbul the mistake that they would have to be placed in a wider context of other crimes that are being committed in saudi arabia with widespread and systematic crimes but this certainly evidence of that so the court there it could have jurisdiction all one could look at an ad hoc arrangement and talk international regional court with the assistance

our southeast asia correspondent jonathan head has been speaking to people in a village in one of thworst-hit areas. jonathan: if you want help in paluyou have to turn up and demand it. even that doesn't always work. these men vive come from a age submerged under a sea of mud. i met them yesterday after the request for government been turned down. but today, when we went to see how they were living, our arrival coincided with that ace po truck carrying much appreciated rice and and noodles, albeit enough only for a couple of days. they showed up outside of the blue, said one of the men i met in palu, "just as our supplies were running out. we are really happy." it was a welcome opportunity, tro, for some community oueach by a police force accused by so locals here of insensitivity to their plight. these offirs wanted to correct that impression. "this is actually our own food," said the colonel, "but we heard about these people and we felt sorry for them." so many of palu's inhabitants are still living like this. day-to-day challenges are hard enough, but their biggest concern is over when and

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia. ake and tsunami. thousands are now desperately trying to leave the island. many are heading to the airport, which has become a makeshift hospital. it is also the hub for the relief effort, where aid is slowly arriving. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith reports from the airport in palu. they want a way out, but for many camped overnight at palu‘s airport, there‘s no prospect of leaving. after the tsunami, thousands flocked here, hoping to be airlifted. but five days on, rani and her family of 20 are still here, still waiting. she told me that they felt the tremors continue. she‘s so worried another earthquake will come, she won‘t go inside the terminal, in case it collapses. and you can see why. inside, walls have fallen, the building has buckled. it may not look like it, but this airport is stilljust about able to function, despite bricks falling from the wall, broken glass, tangled metal over in the baggage hall. this is the only airport anywhere near the disaster zone, so it simply ha

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia. people have been displaced as a result of the disasters and thousands of people are now trying to leave the island, heading to the airport, which has been shut for commercial flights until very recently. the airport has become somewhat of a makeshift hospital as well. they want a way out, but for many camped overnight at palu's airport, there's no prospect of leaving. after the tsunami, thousands flocked here, hoping to be airlifted. but five days on, rani and her family of 20 are still here, still waiting. she told me that they felt the tremors continue. she's so worried another earthquake will come, she won't go inside the terminal, in case it collapses. and you can see why. inside, walls have fallen, the building has buckled. it may not look like it, but this airport is stilljust about able to function, despite bricks falling from the wall, broken glass, tangled metal over in the baggage hall. this is the only airport anywhere near the disaster zone, so it simply has to keep going.

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia. bevita dwi meiditawati from world vision joins us live.ou forjoining us this morning. can you tell us when you manage to get into palu and what kind of work you have been doing? i have arrived here on october i. so far, we are already giving psychosocial support to some of the children. we have managed to deliver some aid to affected people. we found ourselves — it was quite tricky to get to palu. what's been the biggest challenge so far? yes, the biggest challenge so far of course is the transportation, how to reach the area. we also have shortage of fuel. we also have difficulty co—ordinating with other organisations, and finding the needs of affected people. here in the city of palu, it feels like things are starting to improve. but, of course, there are smaller villages that haven't actually got any supplies as well. and president widodo has been criticised for not doing enough for them. have you managed to reach those villages? yes, of course. we were actually already here in 2010, and our area is also in that small village. so yes. w

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia.some of the other stories making the news... the us newspaper, the washington post, has left a column blank in protest at the disappearance of one of its contributors, the saudi arabian journalist jamal khashoggi. the newspaper says it's worried about the fate of mr kashoggi, who went into the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul on tuesday and has not been heard from since. shares in the italian football club juventus have fallen by 5% after a us court re—opened an investigation into rape allegations against its player cristiano ronaldo. juventus had tweeted that the allegations dating back to 2009 had not diminished their appreciation for the player. but his sponsor, nike has said it is deeply concerned. france has paid homage to the late singer, charles aznavour, at a national ceremony in paris. the french president, emmanuel macron, and the armenian prime minister, nikol pashinyan, led the tributes to one of the masters of french song. mr macron called him a poet who sang as if his

remote areas on the island of sulawesi that have been cut off. 0ur south—east asia correspondent, jonathan heading to people in a village just south of palu, one of the worst hit areas, where people are struggling to cope. if you want help in palu, you have to turn up and demand it. and even that doesn't always work. these men have come from a village submerged under a sea of mud. i met them yesterday after their request for government aid had been turned down. but today, when we went to see how they were living, camped in the local mosque, our arrival coincided with that of a police truck carrying some much appreciated rice and noodles, albeit enough only for a couple of days. "they showed up out of the blue", said this man, one of the men i had met in palu just as the supplies were running out. "we're really happy. " it was a welcome opportunity, too, for some community outreach by a police force accused by some locals here of insensitivity to their plight. these officers wanted to correct that impression. "this is actually our own food", said the colonel. "but we heard about these people and

jonathan head, our correspondent, has been to the city as well, and he has been speaking to some of thevors. three days under the ruins of an office building, but he is alive. few of the thames has been as lucky as this 38—year—old man, pulled out after a three—hour rescue operation. many more are still buried in these impossible mountains of rubble. in the city centre, they try to open some of the blocked roads. from the air, you can see what the indonesian government is up against. this is the village which was literally swallowed by the liquefying ground churned up by the earthquake. and here, they were hit by a mudslide. sometimes it seems the city has been hit by a whole series of catastrophes, not just hit by a whole series of catastrophes, notjust the earthquake and tsunami. in this neighbourhood, a sea of mud that fell down the mountain and has buried all of the houses right up to half way, and some of the inhabitants do. this man has come back with his younger son to check what's left of his home. they had a narrow escape. the mud came down right after the earthquake, he told m

along the coastline, our correspondentjonathan villages along the coastline, our correspondent jonathan headillages along the coastline, our correspondentjonathan head visited an area which was affected by them. even now, five days after the earthquake, this armies and the mudslides, the damage wrought on this part of indonesia still has the power to shock. some buildings crumpled, others were literally swallowed by month. —— mud. it was the mud that did for the neighbourhood to the east of the city, shaken by the earthquake, mud pour down the hillside. this child not yet two years old was pulled from the rubble by her brother, she is being cared for by her arms. translation: she often asks where is my mum? where she gone? i tell her we are still looking for her or saying her mother has gone on a long journey. it is a loud noise or plan going overhead, she is scared. she is still traumatised. over here, it was even worse. the road and all the houses along was obliterated by mud. astonishingly, this cornfield has travelled more than a mile. and this mad jumble of wreckage is the remains of at

first to our correspondent jonathan head, who is in the devastated city of palu.he areas hit by the wave arejust appalling. i mean, just dreadful sort of scenes of absolute, complete and total destruction. i think there needs to be a more systematic effort by the authorities, if they are going to find people who might still be alive. it is all a bit haphazard. there aren't really enough people here, there aren't clearly people in charge. there are lots of volunteers coming in, but in terms of a functioning town, palu has ceased to function at all. there's no normal services, and the living themselves are without absolutely anything. i mean, it's extraordinary to meet people rushing up to your car and begging you for water. there is no drinking water. they've got no power. it is absolutely desperate. i mean, part of the problem is this is a very, very isolated place, and it took me 21 hours to drive here today. the airport, as rebecca said, is damaged. it's very hard to get aid in. and yet you would think, by now, the government would be prioritising some absolute

rebecca henschke, bbc news, palu. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head is also in palu.e gave us his assessment of the relief effort there. the areas hit by the wave arejust appalling. i mean, just dreadful sort of scenes of absolute, complete and total destruction. i think there needs to be a more systematic effort by the authorities, if they are going to find people who might still be alive. it's all a bit haphazard. there aren't really enough people here, there aren't clearly people in charge. there are lots of volunteers coming in, but in terms of a functioning town, palu has ceased to function at all. there's no normal services, and the living themselves are without absolutely anything. i mean, it's extraordinary to meet people rushing up to your car and begging you for water. there is no drinking water. they've got no power. it is absolutely desperate. and i mean, part of the problem is this is a very, very isolated place, and it took me 21 hours to drive here today. the airport, as rebecca said, is damaged. it's very hard to get aid in, and yet you would think by

jonathan head, bbc news, palu, indonesia.by a golf ball says she was lucky not to be killed and is planning to sue the organisers. corine remande was struck as golfer brooks kepka teed off on the sixth hole. she's been speaking to our sports correspondent david ornstein. this time last week, golf fans corine and rafaela arrived in paris thrilled at the prospect of witnessing the world's leading players in action. instead, their enjoyment was cut short by a life changing injury. as american brooks koepka teed off at the sixth hole in the ryder cup, with thousands lining the ryder cup, with thousands lining the fairway, no—one could have foreseen the devastating effect is wayward shot would have. and suddenly i feel something on me, but i don't realise what is it. it is all the people around me said, oh, look, this lady, the ball catch this lady. corine underwent emergency surgery on lady. corine underwent emergency surgery on her right eye but has been told she will never regain sight. there is nobody that feels worse about th

our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, reports from palu — one of areas worst hit.pers are fraying. this woman wants to know why no help has come to her neighbourhood yet. "i'm also a victim", a volunteer shouts back, "but at least we're doing what we can." six days into this overwhelming disaster, they are now trying to count the missing. names and photos left taped on the walls. among them, a university student in palu. her family has travelled 300 miles from their hometown to try to find her. they have made photocopies of her description. she was right in its path when the tsunami struck, yet they believe she may be alive. "we think so," says her uncle. "we've already seen so many bodies and opened so many body bags and she wasn't among them." they decide to go back to where she was last friday, passing apocalyptic scenes that must have been disheartening for them. they stuck her photo onto whatever posts were still standing after the tsunami and her father showed it to the police. she was wearing a yellow shirt and black trousers, he explains. it rings a bell wi