to montserrat caballe, the spanish opera singer, who's died at the age of 85. judge brett kavanaugh has been sworn in as the newest member of the supreme court, hours after the tightest vote in the senate for more than a century. it is an historic win for president trump and it also ensures a conservative majority among the justices — who have the final say on us law. the supreme court has released two photographs of the oath ceremony which has taken place in the last couple of hours and it comes despite weeks of heated and divisive political debate — after allegations of sexual assault. our correspondent nick bryant reports. chanting: our court! our court! on the steps of the us capitol, the kind of scenes that to define an era. chanting: shame, shame, shame! an era of rage. an era of american division. an era in which women are even more determined to make their voices heard. i am just disgusted, i'm just disgusted. outrageous, it's humiliating and horrible. chanting: hey hey, ho ho, kavanaugh has got to go! the most explosive fault lines of us politics have long converged on the supreme court, but brett kavanaugh's nomination has stirred passion seldom seen before in a battle for senate confirmation. this has been in such a cultural clash as two divergent americas, an epic struggle and one that will end with a historic and hugely consequential victory for american conservatives. ..so help you, god? i do. brett kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault, an allegation he fiercely denies. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. but at the end of it he will occupy a lifetime seat on america's highest court. it's a huge victory for the president who not only nominated him but also stood by him. he will be a greatjustice of the supreme court. people have thought that for ten years, they thought that he's just an extra ordinary person, a great, great talent and i think he is going to make us all very proud. ahead of the final vote, an all—night session in the senate. recriminations round the clock. every american is entitled to the benefit of that the doubt but not everybody is entitled to a seat on the united states supreme court. a vote to confirm judge kavanaugh today is a vote to end this brief dark chapter in the senate's history and turn the page toward a brighter tomorrow. when the climactic vote came, some final futile voices of protest. yelling. the vice president mike pence trying to maintain order. but nothing now could stop brett kava naugh's confirmation. the ayes are 50, the nays 48. the nomination of brett m kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. chanting: shame, shame, shame, shame! it's a vote that will change america. for the first time in decades, the country's highest court has a decisive conservative majority. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. let's get some of the day's other news. in indonesia, the bodies of more victims from the earthquake and tsunami have been unearthed, taking the death toll to around 1,650. more than a week after the disaster, officials say they're moving closer to calling off recovery efforts. the country's security minister says some of the worst affected areas will have to be declared mass graves. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, is due to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un in pyongyang. mr pompeo flew in from tokyo which was the first stop of his east asia trip. he told reporters there that he hoped to settle the details for a second summit between president trump and mr kim on denuclearisation. but north korea insists it has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons as long as sanctions continue. there is growing concern over the fate of a saudi arabian journalist who disappeared while visiting the kingdom's consulate in the turkey. turkish police sources suggest he may have been killed inside, but there has been no official response from the country's authorities. saudi arabia says the accusations are baseless. caroline rigby has more. jamal khashoggi entered the consulate in istanbul on tuesday. he hasn't been seen since. the alarm was raised by his turkish fiance who had been waiting outside. since then, rumours have been swirling about what might have happened to him. appearing here on the bbc, he is a journalist who, in recent years, has been critical of some moves by saudi arabia's crown prince and had been living in self—imposed exile outside of the kingdom. speculation in turkey has suggested mr khashoggi may have been abducted or even killed within the consulate. but following an investigation by police, there has, as yet, been no official response from the turkish authorities. saudi arabia has dismissed talk of an abduction. it insists the journalist left the building shortly after he entered it. the kingdom's consul general in istanbul confirmed his country was helping with the search. he opened the doors to the consulate on saturday in an effort to demonstrate the missing man was not in sight. translation: i would like to confirm that the citizenjamal is not in the consulate, nor in the kingdom of saudi arabia and the consulate and the embassy are working to search by him and we are worried about his case. as the days pass, fears increase for mr khashoggi's welfare. calls for press freedom and the protection ofjournalists grow louder, too. washington post has left jamal khashoggi's column blank to mark his disappearance. —— the washington post. what's clear is that the longer this mystery remains unresolved, the more it threatens to deepen strains on an already difficult relationship between turkey and saudi arabia. caroline rigby, bbc news. joel simon is executive director of the international committee to projectjournalists. i asked him what the next steps in the search for the missing journalist should be. first of all, i'm gravely concerned. i'm following developments, i'm reading more and more reports. there are strong indications that turkish authorities are convinced that mr khashoggi has been killed. we certainly don't know if that's true but this is the time for anyone with any information, notably the saudi authorities, they must come forward and make it public. this is a very grave moment and we need those with information to share it with the public. if he has been targeted, why do you think that would have been? well, he was a criticaljournalist, or he is a criticaljournalist. that's the thing we really need to stress that, that we really hope that this is not... he is a criticaljournalist, he has written critically about the crown prince. he has been sceptical of some of the reforms the crown prince has implemented. he has been critical in his column for the washington post about some of the saudi policies in yemen. there is no question he has been a thorn in the side of the saudi authorities and the crown prince and so there is a lot of speculation that they had an animus and that's why people are concerned. let's broaden this out slightly. i know you as an organisation have had concerns about saudi arabia and journalists working there and commenting on it for awhile. absolutely. saudi arabia, there is a lot of talk about reform but there is not any significant political reform. saudi arabia remains one of the most censored countries in the world. we're getting regular reports about journalist being detained. one was recently sentenced to a long prison sentence. at the end of last year there were seven saudi journalists in prison. we believe there are more at this time, it's difficult to get information. there's no question that saudi arabia is an extremely controlled and restricted country for the media and thatjournalists who criticise the authorities do so at their peril. and just for people coming into this the first time, a journalist walking into a consulate and then disappearing and obviously we have stressed quite clearly that we don't know what has happened but how unusual is that? i've been doing thisjob, executive director of the committee to protectjournalists, for a decade. before that i worked in cpj's latin america programme so i've seen a lot. this, i really hope this is not true but if he went into an embassy and was killed, this would be one of the most grave and frankly craven crimes that i've ever heard of. that was joel that wasjoel simon that was joel simon speaking that wasjoel simon speaking to me earlier. pope francis has ordered a thorough review of all the documents related to accusations of sexual abuse by a former us cardinal, theodore mccarrick, who resigned in july. it follows allegations that the pope himself was complicit in a cover up. our europe regional editor, danny aeberhard has more. pope francis, seen here greeting young visitors to the vatican, is credited in many ways with renewing the roman catholic church. but the issue of clerical sexual abuse continues to shake the institution to its core. the vatican is keen to show it is taking action. its latest statement on the matter is measured, but its implications could be profound. it concerns theodore mccarrick, a senior us cardinal who resigned amid accusations that he had sexually abused a teenager nearly 50 years ago. the vatican warned that by reviewing the documentation on investigations into cardinal mccarrick, it could emerge that choices were taken that would not in keeping a contemporary approach. pope francis spoke out against sexual abuse and clerical cover—ups on a bruising trip to ireland in august. good morning. he called them a scourge that had to be eliminated at any cost. but during the trip, a former vatican diplomat, archbishop carlo maria vigano, alleged that the pope knew of the accusations against the cardinal five years ago. he called on the pontiff to resign. he has claimed that pope francis was told about the character behaviour with adult seminarians and was told that benedict xvi, his predecessor, had placed sanctions on theodore mccarrick. apparently the pope did nothing and somehow rehabilitated mccarrick. there is evidence in what vigaro is saying, in terms of documentary evidence. pope francis declined to respond directly to archbishop vigano's claims. the vatican does not mention them specifically but it repeated a promise made by the pope three years ago. "we will follow the path of truth, wherever it may leave". stay with us on bbc news, still to come: torn to shreds — the banksy original that destroyed itself the moment it sold for $1.1! million. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but, even as divers work to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is an this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: brett kavanaugh has been sworn in as a justice on the supreme court after earlier being confirmed by the us senate. his confirmation comes despite huge protests outside the senate building. demonstrators are angry over claims of sexual misconduct, which judge kavanaugh denies. let's get more on that now. nikki gagnon is a sexual assault survivor from maine, a constitutent of senator susan collins. she was at the protests yesterday. thank you to being with us. senator collins voted in favour of charge kavanaugh. you have a meeting tomorrow with her. what do you hope tomorrow with her. what do you hope to get out of that? tomorrow afternoon, a lot of protesters are going to the portland jet port and we are hoping to meet with senator collins when she flies in. we are not sure if she is going to show up but we will be there regardless and are hoping to let her know how disappointed we are with her decision to confer kavanaugh. why the disappointment from your specific point of view? well, last november, i was kidnapped and raped here ina november, i was kidnapped and raped here in a local area and my case is going to trial and so like a lot of people here, i have a personal stake in this issue and ijust can't express how upset i am that she voted affirmatively for kavanaugh. do you believe that voices like yours and many others right across the country just haven't yours and many others right across the countryjust haven't been heard? yeah, absolutely. up until the final vote, i was hoping that our state m e nts vote, i was hoping that our statements would have an impact on her but it really feels like we haven't been heard. i protested three times in the past week and i was up at her office three times. the police kicked us out. each time, i was arrested yesterday and i feel i could did everything i possibly could to be there and to try to let them hear my voice but the staff was just very cool and very rude with us and i'm not sure what else we could have done. the protests we have been watching from right around the world, the different protests in washington dc, this feels like a particularly divisive moment in us history. it really is. it feels like for people like me, our country is kind of slipping out of control. but as someone who really believes in protest as a force for change, i feel like we can't give up at this point, we have to keep working and keep up the momentum. november six is coming and that's when we will be voting. i wanted to pick up on the mid—term elections. what kind of impact do you think these decisions will have? it will have a huge impact. in the last day, we have raised $4 million to fund whomever is going to run against senator collins. we don't know who that person will be but the democratic candidate is going to have an incredible amount of resources to run against her. obviously november we will see what effect that has on elections. thank you so much to sharing your story with others. the uk government has voiced its concern over hong kong's decision not to renew a work visa for a british journalist. victor mallet is vice—president of the city's foreign correspondents' club. it was criticised by beijing after it hosted an event featuring a pro—independence activist. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. fluttering in the breeze, a symbol of who ultimately rules the city. not that these protesters need much reminding. they came to the immigration department calling for press freedom, worried a red line has been crossed. it's notjust barring victor mallett from working in hong kong. the government is barring all future journalists from having to report on hong kong independence or any opposition voices. victor mallett writes for the financial times and is vice president of the hong kong foreign correspondents club, or fcc. in august, the group posted an event featuring andy chan, head of the hong kong national party which advocates independence. china called for to be cancelled but the fcc declined. subsequently the party was banned and now a victor mallett does not subsequently the party was banned and now victor mallett does not have a work visa. it was not unexpected there would be a further clampdown on the media but it's unexpected that we're fighting a rearguard action here. all this comes just days after the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the so—called umbrella movement. these were protests calling for greater democracy rather than independence but they unnerved the local government and beijing. for more than 20 years, hong kong has operated under the formula of one country, two systems. some here are increasingly concerned the emphasis is now more on the former than the latter. tim allman, bbc news. it's every artist's worst nightmare. a painting spontaeneously self—destructs just moments after being sold at auction for more than 1.4 million dollars. duncan kennedy explains. yesterday, during an auction in london, the art world was stunned when it was ripped to pieces by a shredder hidden inside its own frame. so far so bizarre. but what had happened and who did it? well, tonight, another video has emerged. a video on banksy‘s own instagram page apparently showing him hiding the shredder inside the frame. why? well... banksy‘s video then shows friday's auction. as the bidding for the painting hits 850,000, this happened. the picture is sliced into bits. stunt or serious statement? no—one knows. but his fans believe it's banksy at his baffling best. i thought it was absolutely brilliant. banksy has taken good ideas and made them universally great, made them universally acceptable. when before banksy came along painting on the street was a criminal act. if banksy does a painting on the wall, suddenly it's art. what's the difference? sotheby‘s has expressed bewilderment about all of this and hasn't revealed what the person who bought the picture thinks about having half a picture. social media is awash with claims, but it is the truth that may have been shredded in all of this. as for banksy, well, seeing any bit of him, if it is him, is a rarity itself. painter, prankster, and now paper shredder. his talent for spectacle and publicity clearly placing him at the cutting edge of art. duncan kennedy, bbc news. tributes have been paid to the opera singer montserrat caballe who's died aged 85. her career spanned 50 years, and included a duet with freddie mercury. frankie mccamley reports. # barcelona. # it was the first time that we met. # barcelona.# the duet that brought pop music and opera together. montserrat caballe and freddie mercury's 1987 hit single barcelona. which became the anthem of the 1992 summer olympics in the city. last night, the 85—year—old passed away after being hospitalised for two weeks. tributes were paid to the star known as the world's greatest diva at the opera house in barcelona where she performed more than 200 times. montserrat caballe was a fantastically important singer, a perfect technique that fascinated, with wonderful phrasing, with wonderful expressivity as a singer, by being so unbelievably perfect. born in barcelona, montserrat caballe, at the age of nine, was accepted for training at the city's music college. after graduating in 1953, her career, which spanned 50 years, went from success to success. appearing on stage all over the world. starring in 90 opera roles with nearly 4000 performances. her lead roles gave her international stardom. despite a glittering career, there was some controversy. in her later years montserrat caballe was given a six—month suspended sentence for tax fraud. she was also dogged by ill—health, spending three months in hospital with a brain tumour and receiving treatment for heart trouble. as her body arrived at a funeral home in spain, media gathered and the country's royal family paid tribute, calling the singer "the great lady of the opera". her funeral is expected to be held on monday in the city she clearly loved, barcelona. remarkable voice. good morning. i think is pretty safe to say whatever the weather you had yesterday you will have the opposite today. let us look at why. we had a weather front moving across england and wales yesterday which brought heavy prolonged rain for a time. further and west under an influence of high pressure we had some drier sunnier weather conditions. it was a north—south divide across the country. the best you could do to entertain yourself in the afternoon was perhaps a splash in muddy puddles across england and wales. the north it was a glorious afternoon for getting out and about. a little on the chilly side but beautiful with some sunshine. those clear skies continuing. that means a chilly start to sunday morning. we will see single figures quite widely across the country. and maybe a little bit of mist and maybe in some areas light frost. we could be greeted to a scene like this first thing. the only exception to that is further north and west. there is a weather front pushing into scotland as we speak, it is bringing strengthening winds, gusting to gale force through the day and some heavy, persistent rain into scotland and perhaps gradually into northern ireland. a real contrast in what you had yesterday. further south, it is a completely different story. we will continue with the blue sky, the sunshine, and a degree or so warmer as well. a beautiful afternoon for spending time outside. temperatures will be up on where we were yesterday. we should see highest values perhaps of around 14—16 degrees. further north, 11—14 at the very best. we still have this north—south divide into monday. much of england amount under the influence of high pressure. this weather front acting like a conveyor belt. bringing a pulse of rain. there may be the potential for localised flooding before it eases into western scotland, as we see another day through northern ireland and much of central and western scotland seeing some persistent rain. further south, the south—westerly bloke driving in more cloud. a degree or so warmer with some sunshine, highs of 18 degrees. that will be the trend as we go through the middle part of the week. we keep the south—westerly flow and temperatures will start to pick up. notjust across england and wales, even into scotland, particularly eastern scotland. if it's the warmth that you are after, you won't be disappointed with this forecast as we go through the middle of the week. likely to see high teens, low 20s across the country. with elements like early—morning frosts, a little bit of mist, but also some warmth, we could be asking the question, are we going to experience an indian summer? until then, take care. this is bbc news. the headlines: brett kavanaugh has been sworn in as a us supreme courtjustice, hours after being confirmed in the tightest vote in the senate for more than a century. his appointment cements conservative control of the court. mr kavanaugh has denied allegations of sexual assault. the turkish authorities say they believe a prominent saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi, has been murdered inside the kingdom's consulate in istanbul. mr khashoggi, who has criticised some of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman‘s policies, has not been seen since entering the consulate last tuesday. the vatican's announced that pope francis has ordered a thorough review of all the documents related to accusations of sexual abuse against a former us cardinal, theodore mccarrick. the pope accepted cardinal mccarrick‘s resignation in july. he'd been accused of sexually assaulting a teenager nearly 50 years ago. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week:

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