the world. order to shoot looters as survivors from friday s earthquake and tsunami desperately search for food aid is slowly arriving on the island of soloway zee where hundreds of thousands of people have gone hungry for days aid workers are calling for more body bags to be sent to the worst affected areas more than fourteen hundred people are now confirmed dead with rescuers expecting the death toll to rise well andrew thomas joins us live now from city it s been six days now since the earthquake what s the situation like now. it s still very very bad there and this is still a city completely wrecked by that ship that was pushed to shore by the tsunami hit . more because that is a symbol of the city than anything else it s been left exactly as it was on friday afternoon there s a little bit of yellow tape you can probably hardly say it in a screen that s been put around that ship as if so mark the fact that something needs to be done where there s a some point but nothing
the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said her mps would vote in favour of another referendum on eu membership, if that proposal was put forward at westminster. speaking at the start of the snp conference in glasgow, ms sturgeon also suggested scottish independence was inevitable . the snp leader said the party s mps would oppose any brexit deal that falls short of staying in the single market and customs union. we cannot have a situation of fire or frying pan. in those circumstances, mps of all parties should come together and look at the alternatives, no doubt a second referendum would grow in those circumstances and i have said before that we would not stand in the way of a second referendum or a people s vote, snp mps would vote for this. our correspondent nick eardley spoke to us from the conference. nicola sturgeon had always been clear that the snp wouldn t stand in the way of another eu referendum, but this morning, she has gone further. in that clip, she
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two men have died after running in the cardiff half marathon both runners were treated after completing today s race. pret a manger confirms a second case where a customer is believed to have died from an allergic reaction, this time to a sandwich which was supposed to be dairy free. turkish officials say they have concrete evidence that a renowned saudi journalist was killed in his country s consulate building in istanbul. victory for president trump as brett kavanaugh is sworn onto the supreme court after weeks of debate over sexual abuse allegations. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. breaking news coming to us from interpol, who say that france has received the resignation of the president of interpol with immediate effect. you may recall that he had been missing after boarding a plane from lyon in france, where interpol has its headquarters back to china at the end of september. his family reported him missing. china has since confirmed that they have detaine
stand in the way of a second referendum, i think the snp mps would undoubtedly vote for it. 20 people are killed in a car crash involving a stretch limousine in the us state of new york. press on] confirm the second games we re press on] confirm the second games were a customer is press on] confirm the second games were a customer is believed to have died from an allergic reaction, this time toa died from an allergic reaction, this time to a sum which which was supposed to be dairy free. pret a manger confirms. ‘s saudi officials says that they have concrete evidence that a reminderjournalist was killed at the consulate building in istanbul. ‘s bret kavanaugh is sworn onto the supreme court over weeks of debate over sexual abuse allegations. ‘s now, it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: a mahrez miss is the most the premier league top two can muster as the blockbuster predicted between liverpool and man