judge brett kavanaugh is now to be the new us supreme courtjudge. s it? is this where the story ends with mac that‘s where this chapter ends... i think it has triggered a lot of other things that will continue over the next weeks and months. as we have been talking about, perhaps the soonest we will see it is in the mid—term elections, we will see in five weeks whether this is still as hot an issue as it is now. it certainly has fired up democrats who say that they are going to come out ina larger say that they are going to come out in a larger numbers to vote and we heard chuck schumer‘s pitch to vote. in that sense, that could have a lasting impact, certainly in the wider sense, the direction of the supreme court, yes. this isjust the beginning, because it means there is now a solid conservative majority on the court of nine judges. the judge who he is replacing was conservative, but he was sometimes side with the liberals on certain issues. judge kavanaugh has a clear record of conservative positions on all issues that will come up before the supr

us. the supreme courtjudges said the conclusions reached today were not intended to diminish the need to saying it would be an affront to human dignity to refuse someone an affront to human dignity to refuse someone servers an affront to human dignity to refuse someone servers based on sexual orientation but that does not have that happened in this case. the original cake cost £36. legal bills are no more than 200,000. the westminster terror attack inquest has heard from one of the bodyguards who eventually helped to bring the attack to an end. the close protection officer told the old bailey how he saw khalid masood advancing towards him and his colleague outside parliament, wielding a large kitchen knife. helena lee was in court. he and a colleague were in new palace ya rd he and a colleague were in new palace yard on that day, they were close protection officers to a minister, it had been prime minister's questions, they described to the court how they first heard a loud explosion, they went over to carriage gates wear pc keith palmer was stationed. they saw uniformed officers and mem

us. the supreme courtjudges said the conclusions reached today were not intended to diminish the need toimination, saying it would be an affront to human dignity to refuse someone servers based on sexual orientation but that does not have that happened in this case. the original cake cost £36. legal bills are no more than 200,000. with me is our legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman. this is an absolutely fascinating case, isn't it, legally. what is at the heart of this judgment? case, isn't it, legally. what is at the heart of thisjudgment7m case, isn't it, legally. what is at the heart of thisjudgment? it is about discrimination and it is about whether the discrimination was discriminating against gareth lee because of his sexual orientation. the court found it wasn't discrimination against mr lee as an individual, the whole case revolved around the message, support gay marriage. in effect, orthe around the message, support gay marriage. in effect, or the court found, the archbishop of canterbury had gone into that shop and asked for the cake that is iced with those words, they wo

us. the supreme courtjudges said the conclusions reached today were not intended to diminish the need toination, saying it would be an affront to human dignity to refuse someone a service based on their sexual orientation. but that that was not what had happened in this case. the original cake costjust £36. the legal bills are now more than £200,000. emma vardy, bbc news, at the supreme court. with me now is the lgbt and human rights campaigner peter tatchell. good evening. your thoughts about what the supreme court decided today. first, let me say that i disagree with asher‘s bakery, they support discrimination in marriage law and i don't believe discrimination is a christian value. but as someone who supports freedom of expression, i don't believe they should be compelled to put a message ona cake should be compelled to put a message on a cake supporting gay marriage if thatis on a cake supporting gay marriage if that is their view that it is wrong. so, for you it is a principle of free speech? absolutely. i disagree with asher‘s bakery but i will defend their right to hold their point

the independent leads with the us senate voting to confirm brett kavanaugh as a supreme courtjudge.ver carries a letter from the prime minister calling on labour voters to give the conservatives a chance. the mail on sunday reports the army is offering recruits thrown out for taking drugs £10,000 to come back at the same rank. the sunday telegraph says brexit supporting conservative mps would support eu officials being stationed at uk ports if it helped unlock a brexit deal. the sunday times leads withnews that the uk security services have war—gamed a cyber attack on moscow. the paper also reports the sandwich chain pret a manger is investigating the death of a second customer who may have suffered an allergic reaction to its food. so, a varied set of front pages there — let's take a look at some of the stories in more detail. let's look at some of those stories in more detail. 0nly let's look at some of those stories in more detail. only one story to start with, those dramatic events tonight in washington. extraordinary. like watching a film on fold in front of your eyes. trump as

appointment of a supreme court judge extremely acrimonious appointment of a supreme courtjudge may be closing, but with the userm elections just four weeks away, the political fallout could be critical to the future of donald trump's residency. —— presidency. peter bowes, bbc news. an investigative website has named the second russian who britain says was responsible for poisoning a former russian spy with the chemical agent, novichok, in salisbury last march. bellingcat says the real name of the man previously known as alexander petrov is dr alexander mishkin. it said he'd graduated from one of russia's elite military medical academies, where he was recruited by the gru military intelligence. daniel sandford reports. the cathedral city of salisbury in march, and the two men suspected of poisoning sergei and julia skripal with the nerve agent novichok. police believe the two men arrived in the country using false identities. the man on the left has since been identified as anatoliy chepiga. the man on the right has tonight been named by the bellingcat investigation website as a doctor — dr alexander yevgenyev

this chapter in the extremely acrimonious appointment of a supreme courtjudge may be closing, but with the us be critical to the future of donald trump's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news. a new report says a man with a history of mental illness had told nhs staff that he had fantasies about murdering and raping women before he killed a young teacher in a horrific sex attack. carl langdell was jailed for 26 years two years ago after admitting the murder of 23—year—old katie locke. but the review found that there had been systemic missed opportunities in his care. let's talk to our correspondentjo black. there are two reports out today. talking about what was happening backin talking about what was happening back in december 2015. car langdale sexually assaulted katie locke and strangled her. he was known to police here and also in the south—west. the reports say he was emotionally unstable and his behaviour could be volatile times. he was also known to the police and probation service, and as you were just outlining, he talked nhs staff about fantasies of killing and raping women, and he had

us state of new york. also coming up, donald trump gets his pick for supreme courtjudge.n at southampton.

this chapter in the extremely acrimonious appointment of a supreme courtjudge may be closing, but with the usst four weeks away, the politicalfallout could be critical to the future of donald trump's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, will deliver her key speech to the scottish national party conference today. she is expected to renew calls for independence. let's get more detail from our political correspondent, nick eardley who is in glasgow for us this morning. we were speaking to her here on bbc brea kfast, we were speaking to her here on bbc breakfast, the timing on any new vote on that is not clear, is it? no, i don't think it will be clearer today, because much of this conference and much of what nicola sturgeon will talk about today will be focused on brexit, and quite a scathing attack on the way the government in westminster is pursuing that, try to contrast that with what nicola sturgeon thinks is a more optimistic vision coming from her government in edinburgh. on brexit she will say ministers in london are stumbling from disaster to disaster,

us state of new york. also coming up, donald trump gets his pick for supreme courtjudge.rett kavanaugh has been sworn in, following protests over claims of sexual assault, which he denies. and in sportsday in half and hour we'll bring you the latest on all the premier league action, including chealsea extending their unbeaten start to the season at southampton. the scottish national party leader nicola sturgeon has said her party's 35 mps would vote in favour of another eu referendum — if given the opportunity to do so at westminster. her comments are a boost to the campaign for a so—called ‘people‘s vote‘, although the first minister said the "real solution" for scotland was independence. it comes as theresa may seeks to strike a deal with the eu in the next few weeks — it would then need parliamentary approval. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. calls for a second referendum on the terms of brexit were accompanied through central london today by hundreds of dogs. their owners delighted to hear the snp now support their cause. while labour has not ruled out support

this chapter in the extremely acrimonious appointment of a supreme courtjudge may be closing, but with the us four weeks away, the politicalfallout could be critical to the future of donald trump's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news. let's look at some of the other stories making the news. thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the ukraine following a large explosion at an ammunition storage facility overnight. it happened in ukraine's northern chernihiv region and the cause is currently unknown. ukraine's prime minister, volodymyr groysman, has tweeted that he is on the way to the area. 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 limousine that crashed and killed 20 people had failed an inspection and should not have been on the road, according to th

us state of new york. also coming up, donald trump gets his pick for supreme courtjudge brett kavanaugh has been sworn in,

this chapter in the extremely acrimonious appointment of a supreme courtjudge may be closing, but with the usst four weeks away, the politicalfallout could be critical to the future of donald trump's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news. a convicted british paedophile is being sued for damages by five filipino boys, who claim they were sexually exploited by him overseas. they'll give evidence via video link about alleged abuse by 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 u

supreme courtjudge. and mr trump is reviving the animating passion of his presidential campaign — immigration. he has seized on this caravan of central american migrants who say they are trying to reach the usn you have some very bad people. this will be the election of the caravan, kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts and common—sense. that‘s what it is, common—sense. hello, vegas. after many months enduring the trump era in silence, the previous president is now campaigning hard again, telling democrats the stakes are high. the consequences of anybody here not turning out and doing everything you can to get your friends, neighbours, family to turn out, the consequences of you staying home would be profoundly dangerous to this country. to our democracy. but back in houston, trump supporters also think the nation is under threat from invasion. i didn't see a caravan full of refugees. i saw an army coming across our borders and it scared me. it an invasion of our country, an illegal invasion of our country, without weapons. mr trump is now threatening to cut aid to honduras, guatemala and el salvador trying to evoke a sense of crisis just as early voting begins. as he approaches the midpoint o

this chapter in the extremely acrimonious appointment of a supreme courtjudge may be closing, but with the uslout could be critical to the future of donald trump's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. you have got news of another heading are ken heading towards the united states will stop you are therefore harry kane on. so you know about —— ewart therefore hurricane irma. this is the storm developing. this time yesterday, we were not sure weather it would develop into a hurricane. around florida here, it is very low—lying. with an intense storm pushing all of that sea water into this area here, where the coastline curves, this area here, where the coastline curves , you this area here, where the coastline curves, you get that amount of water, so there is likely to be stories of serious flooding and homes destroyed. this is another disaster on the way for the us, u nfortu nately. disaster on the way for the us, unfortunately. i will show you a track now where it is going. i will zoom ina track now where it is going. i will zoom in a little bit. the blue bit here

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supreme courtjudge. and mr trump is reviving the animating passion of his presidential campaign — immigration. he has seized on this caravan of central american migrants who say they are trying to reach the us, law and order, tax cuts and common—sense. that's what it is, common—sense. hello, vegas. after many months enduring the trump era in silence, the previous president is now campaigning hard again, telling democrats the stakes are high. the consequences of anybody here not turning out and doing everything you can to get your friends, neighbours, family to turn out, the consequences of you staying home would be profoundly dangerous to this country. to our democracy. but back in houston, trump supporters also think the nation is under threat from invasion. i didn't see a caravan full of refugees. i saw an army coming across our borders and it scared me. it an invasion of our country, an illegal invasion of our country, without weapons. mr trump is now threatening to cut aid to honduras, guatemala and el salvador trying to evoke a sense of crisis just as early voting begins. as he approaches the midpoint of his presidency, donald trump is supplying exceptionally divisive rhetoric, paintin