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this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top story: growing anger among survivors of

indonesia's earthquake and tsunami, as they face a fourth day with no water, no power,

and little sign of help. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh is accused of lying under

oath about heavy drinking. president trump says he wants a comprehensive fbi investigation.

protesters clash with police in barcelona, as thousands took to the streets there and

in other cities across catalonia. hello, bombardier. 0k hello, bombardier. ok when you are. and

reliving a real—life bombing mission over berlin. how a wartime recording by the bbc

was brought back to life by virtual reality. and in business briefing: bumpy road ahead

for the global car industry, as it gathers in paris for the motor show. we talk to the

bosses of the world's biggest carmakers to get their take

on tarrifs and brexit. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to

know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: the creator of the world

wide web, sir tim berners—lee, warns the web has evolved into an engine of inequity

and division, and says we should have more control of our data. do you agree? are you

concerned about what happens to your data, or is it a small price to pay for free use

of the likes of google and facebook and others. tell us what you think. just use the hashtag

#bbcthebriefing. five days after an earthquake and tsunami hit the east of sulawesi

island, in indonesia, volunteers have begun burying victims in mass graves. the united

nations is warning that more than a 190,000 people urgently need help. the government

has called for international aid, including air transport assistance and heavy lifting

equipment. almost 850 people are known to have died so far, but it is feared the final

figure will run into the thousands. jenny kumah has the latest. and lives destroyed

in palu. the survivors are facing their fifth day without power and water. around 48,000

without power and water. around a8,000 people have nowhere to live. but, amid the despair,

there is

hope. after days under the rubble, rescu e rs hope. after days under the rubble, rescuers

managed to release this man from his concrete tomb. the authorities have confirmed there

was authorities have confirmed there was a fault with the tsunami detection system. a

warning was sent out, but but it appears to have underestimated the scale of the waves,

and many didn't get the alerts because of power cuts. when the flooding hit, this mother

picked up the flooding hit, this mother picked up her two children and ran. we were running

for our lives. waves chasing us. running for our lives. waves chasing us. it was a race

between us and the waves. it's like a bad dream. when this help going to arrive? when

will the government pay attention to us? rescuers face a massive task, especially in trying

to reach remote areas. foreign aid is on its way. uk aid stands ready 24/7 to help and

such circumstances and in addition

to the work we do without on the on the ground, the un and the red cross, we have also made

some additionalfunding cross, we have also made some additional funding available to

help with immediate need, and following a request from the indonesian government, we

have employed a team of disaster response experts. thousands are desperately trying

to escape the disaster zone, with commercialflights escape the disaster zone, with commercial

flights limited at the small, damaged airport in palu, the military has put on services

to help with the evacuation. let's bring you live pictures from palu in indonesia where

the rescue operations are continuing. as we have been hearing, it is extremely difficult

to get too many areas, and many who are in the most remote areas are not getting any

help. there is no water, no aid, no food. it isa there is no water, no aid, no food.

it is a very difficult situation. irwan firdaus is from 0xfam indonesia, and joins me live

from makassar in southern sulawesi. just tell us about what you are

hearing. you are trying to get to palu as well. how are you preparing for that trip?

yes, as the first batch from 0xfam indonesia, we are going to visit palu. and now we are

preparing to see what material we can bring to support are responding tea m can bring

to support are responding team as well. so we are now in makassar, in the city of makassar.

it is one night and day road trip to palu. it is around 24 hours' driving on the roads.

we would like, of course, other like other people who would like to respond to palu,

the

flyby aeroplane, but since there is still a limited capacity of the airport in palu,

we have to go by road, unfortunately. and here in makassar, we are preparing to buy

a material to support us as well, as well as material that we can support the survivors

of the earthquake in palu. so we plan to have, at least in our plan, clean water at several

points in palu. because at the moment water is one of the main problems in palu. another

thing, as you have said just now, in palu there is no electricity. people

still are trying to have foods and drinks. there are reports that people still cannot

have food for the last three days. so that is the situation in palu. and that is why,

even as volunteers or the ones who wa nt to even as volunteers or the ones who want to

support, people have to be prepared as well with ground materials, food, drink, including

tents, torches, as well as other necessities. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate

the fact that you are preparing for that very difficult journey. we that you are preparing

for that very difficultjourney. we will check in with you again. thank you. as and

when we get more detail and can speak to some of our correspondence we re speak to some

of our correspondence were also there, we will update you on the situation in indonesia

—— correspondents who are also there. president trump now says he does want a comprehensive

fbi investigation into historic allegations of sexual assault againstjudge brett kavanaugh,

the man he has nominated for a seat on the us supreme court. judge kavanaugh faces allegations

of assault by several women, which he has denied. but now, a former classmate of his

has said he was not telling the truth about his drinking in the past. 0ur north america

editorjon sopel reports from washington. after the traumatic "she said," and the defiant

"he said," and the bitter division over the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the supreme

court, the fbi has now been given a week to investigate the allegations. but at a rose

garden news conference, the president was repeatedly asked, would investigators be free

to talk to whoever they liked? i think the fbi should interview anybody that they want,

within reason. but you have to say, "within reason." they should interview, but they should

also be guided,

and i'm being guided, by what the senators are looking for, because they have to make

the choice. and the president told me he still had an open mind onjudge kavanaugh. mr president,

if the fbi does find something, and brett kavanaugh falls, is there a plan b? i don't

want to talk about plan b, 'cause i think — i hope that he gets approved. i hope that

the report comes out, like i really think it should. ithink it will, i hope, i hope.

but i'm waiting, just like you. certainly if they find something, i'm going to take

that into consideration, absolutely. i have a very open mind. a prosecutor engaged by

the republicans on the committee to question dr christine blasey ford has written to senators

saying that, in her legaljudgement, because of the "he said, she said" nature of the claims...

sometimes i probably had too many beers, and sometimes other people had too many beers.

we drank beer, we liked beer. but a college mate of brett kavanaugh has also come forward

to say that the judge wasn't being honest when he spoke under oath about his drinking.

and, on the subject of drinking, the teetotal president cracked a joke at his own expense.

i can honestly say i never had a beer in my life, 0k? it's one of my only good traits

— i don't drink. can you imagine, if i had, what a mess i'd be? what i'd be — i'd be

the world's worst. the supreme court opened a new session today, still one person short,

still far from clear that brett kava naugh will be the ninth justice.

let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: save the children says suspected

cholera cases have almost tripled in yemen's coastal hudaydah region, up from nealy 500

cases injune to more than 1,300 in august. the charity is renewing its call for all the

warring parties to stop the fighting to help save lives. a new study from the netherlands

indicates that almost a half of women and a third of men will develop dementia, parkinson's

disease, or have a stroke during their lifetimes. the conditions predominantly affect older

people, and the lower rate for men is because on average they don't live as long as women.

new research suggests one of the greatest obstacles to deep—space travel could be

tummy upsets. nasa scientists experimented on mice and discovered that radiation exposure

on a long trip to mars or beyond could significantly damage astronauts' stomachs and intestines,

ultimately leading to an inability to absorb nutrients, or even cancer. the british prime

minister has been

expanding on her pledge to take back control of britain's borders once the uk has left

the european union. she has confirmed there will be a single immigration, system with

no preferential treatment for eu citizens. theresa may said the british government would

end freedom of movement once and for all. her remarks come as borisjohnson prepares

to address a fringe meeting at the conservative party conference later. priya lakhani, founder

and ceo of century tech, a uk—based education technology platform, joins me now. good to

see you. as per usual. this isa good to see you. as per usual. this is a really important

story for the tech industry, isn't it? it is so

important. in this country we rely on immigration. it is, there are lots of sectors where we

rely on european workers, but particularly with data related roles in business intelligence,

there is a shortage. today we are a small company. we employ people in the uk, we employ

a lot of british people as well. we are lot of british people as well. we a re really

lot of british people as well. we are really struggling to find these techies with these

skills. two years ago we were looking, and there were so many applications with people

wanting to work into london and work with us. what they have dwindled so much, there

is so much competition for them, it is impossible. and it is partly to do with competition. it

is partly to do with competition. it is not just is partly to do with competition. it

is notjust london which is desperate for these skilled workers, it is berlin, it is all the

cities in europe. it is the world. and also companies in silicon valley have really struggled

since the trump administration changed its immigration policies, and it has become a

real problem. it is a

problem, and these are the companies that are helping economies to grow. we need that

talent and so there is a new proposal that they will open the doors to skilled workers.

what is really interesting is there is a notion that highly skilled workers will get priority

and they will bring their immediate families are sponsored by the employer. what we have

to be careful of is that there is not too much red tape. if this is a proposal to get

these data scientists and engineers into london, and other companies paying the same as the

us, what has to happen is that start—ups and scale ups do not continue to struggle.

we will continue this discussion in the news briefing, because we have to talk about boris.

we will have more on business briefing. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: tyson

fury squares up to wbc heavyweight champion deontay wilder ahead of their world title

fight in los angeles. in all russia's turmoil,

it has never come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny.

the nightmare that so many people had feared for so long is playing out its final act here.

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. israel's right—winger, ariel sharon, visited the religious compound,

and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites

— an idea that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one.

in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation.

you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines — us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh

has been accused —— there's growing anger among survivors of indonesia's earthquake

and tsunami — as they face a fourth day with no water, no power and little sign of

help. us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has been accused of lying under oath about

heavy drinking. president trump says he wants a comprehensive fbi investigation. protesters

have clashed with police in barcelona as thousands took to the streets there and in other cities

across catalonia to mark the first anniversary of a controversial referendum on independence

from spain. more than 180,000 demonstrators marched in barcelona. police charged in to

break up a demonstration in front of the catalan regional parliament. lebo diseko has more.

they say time heals all wounds, but this one is still raw — angry scenes between police

and pro—independence protesters on the streets of barcelona. the demonstrators removed barricades

and forced their way to the regional parliament, with some sticking up signs saying "republic

under construction" on the door. riot officers charged in to break up the crowd, firing rubber

bullets, using batons, and pulling people away from the building. for many, the violence

will have echoes of this time last year, when police from outside catalonia forcibly stopped

people from taking part in an illegal independence referendum — something still in people's

minds as they gathered to protest earlier in the day, holding signs that read "no forgetting,

no forgiveness." translation: we saw on television what beasts they were. it was total incivility

but on their part, because we have not done anything. they remain defiant, but the pro—independence

dream is at the very least on hold. many of their leaders are in prison or self—imposed

exile, and madrid only lifted direct rule in june. translation: we are a little disappointed,

because right now we're at a point where we see that independence isn't happening, and

everything is very paralysed. the separatist movement may be vocal, but the strength of

feeling for those who want to stay part of spain is just as strong. an opinion poll injuly

suggested nearly 47% of catala ns want independence, while 45% don't. with feelings running so

deep on both sides, this is a region still bitterly divided. now it's time to get all

the latest from the bbc sports centre.

hello, i'm marc edwards. welcome to your tuesday sport briefing. lots to talk about — the

champions league returns — with manchester city and united both in action together with

roma, real madrid and juventus on tuesday. there's some lovely handbags and pantomime

play fighting as fury and wilder square up in london, while caroline wozniacki blitzes

bencic in beijing. hello there. it's matchday 2 of the uefa champions league and manchester

united are gearing up for their clash with valencia but alot of the focus is on manager

jose mourinho and his future at old trafford. the club has endured their worst start to

a season for 29 years after suffering a 3—1 defeat at west ham at the weekend. mourinho

has denied that another defeat would cost him hisjob and says it's everyone's responsibility.

everybody in the club has a role to play. everybody has a role to play.

the nutritionist has a role to play. i have a role to play, everybody has a role to play.

when we win we all win, when we lose we all lose. when we lose the responsibility is the

responsibility of everyone. there was the usual big talk, pushing, shoving and general

posturing as tyson fury and deontay wilder served up a slice of faux fighting at their

press conference to announce the venue for their world heavyweight title slu gfest. it

will take place on december 1st at the staples center in los angeles. it's only fury's

third fight since coming back injune from more than 18 months out of the ring. they

will fight for wilder's wbc belt, the only one fury didn't win off vladmir klitschko

before having to give them up. it's hoped the winner will fight anthony joshua to become

the undisputed world heavyweight champion. if you do to be great.

two fights, ten fights, what does it matter? i'm a fighting man, a boxing man, i have boxed

and fought all my life, even fought to be sat here today. every day i wake up is a fight.

deontay wilder does not have anything i'm afraid of, not at all. he does not possess

anything i'm afraid of or scared of. to tennis now and world number two caroline wozniacki

is through to the last sixteen of the china open after a straight sets win over belinda

bencic. the former world one won three of her four break points in the first set and

didnt let up in the second to take the match 6—2, 6—3.. the match 6—2, 6—3. she'll

play petra martic of croatia in the next round. and a nice one doing the rounds on social

media is of a referee getting involved in the play during a match in dagestan. i say

involved and i mean involved. he actually scores! of

dahadaevskiy.

this penalty kick was awarded when the score was 4—2. the ball bouncing off the head

of the referee atay daudov — who seemed to feign injury and then proceeded to allow

the goal to stand, which was weird. the game ended in a 4—4 draw. daudov later explained

that, according to the rules, referees are active, so he had to allow the goal. you can

get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me marc

edwards and the rest of the sport team — that is your tuesday sport briefing. when the bbc

journalist wynford vaughan thomas joined the royal air force on an air raid over berlin

in 1943, he had just a voice recorder to document what he witnessed. now 75 years later, virtual

reality has added new depth to his words from that night with a visual interpretation of

his famous report. robert hall reports. (tx) this is the story of lancaster f

freddy. a famous wartime broadcasts and a blend of history and technology which could

take all of us technology which could take all of us into the dangerous skies above germany.

among those preparing to ta ke germany. among those preparing to take off on the evening

of september three, 1943 were two civilians. bbc correspondent winsford vaughan thomas

joined correspondent winsford vaughan thomasjoined f correspondent winsford vaughan thomas joined

f freddy's group to record their bombing mission over bu rley record their bombing mission

over burley in. —— berlin. record their bombing mission over burley in. -- berlin.

this is the recording equipment that would have been used. the car to head actually cut

of groove into that disk, recording the sound. the recording engineer had to keep the blank

discs inside his flying jacket to make sure they were warm enough to cut. s i was sure

they were warm enough to cut. s iwasa sure they were warm enough to cut. s i was a aware

of this fantastic

piece of recording that had happened in 1943 piece of recording that had happened in1943

and piece of recording that had happened in 1943 and could see it was potentially a good

bit, having worked with vr. because the audio is an actual recording of what happened, it

makes the cgi undeniably real. 0k happened, it makes the cgi undeniably real. ok when

you are. f freddy's, was —— never told his granddaughter about his wartime service.

we will take you on a virtual time machine writeback to 1943. 081, navigator. 0k. wow.

i thought it was incredible, it was amazing. it's just surreal listening

because we have heard the audio before so many times but to sit and hear the audio alongside

everything they would have experienced that evening was emotional and incredible. eric

goes, our first sight of england, a little light flashing. i have no this story all my

life but to bid to see and experience that, and tojust see how brave all those young,

young men were. robert hall, bbc news. great use of virtual reality. stay with me on bbc

news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. hello.

0ctober got off to a chilly start, but something a bit milder and warmer for many of us over

the next couple of days, initially on tuesday between these weather fronts, you can see

the warm colours have started to move in. two weather fronts are close by, fair amount

of cloud to be found, into northern ireland, a large part of england and wales with patchy

rain and drizzle to begin tuesday, the best of the sunshine from north—east england

into scotland. scotland will have the lion's share of the sunshine in the day ahead. showers

rattling through the north on a strong wind and, well, when you start with cloud it should

brighten up a little, but further south in northern ireland, north—west england and

the west midlands, a chance of patchy rain even at this stage of the day at 4pm. and

it will be blustery here, the winds are stronger, further north in northern england, especially

into scotland, black arrows showing the gusts into northern scotland with gusts of 60 mph

and the showers rattle through quite quickly on the wind. now, as we go on through tuesday

evening, well, we are going to turn

things a little more chilly through eastern spots under the clear sky. but the cloud moving

into the west and thickening with patchy rain and drizzle will serve to keep temperatures

up. so an east—west split in temperatures as wednesday begins. now on wednesday this

next weather system coming from the atlantic around the area of high pressure pushing this

weather front our way will be the source of a fair amount of cloud, and particularly through

parts of northern ireland, but mostly into western scotland, some patchy rain. and in

north—west scotland later in the day, the rain will start to turn heavier. so, on through

the day, then, cloud around wherever you are, but some bright or sunny spells and the lion's

share of these will be across eastern parts of england. let's look at how thursday is

shaping up, and, well, there could be some fog to begin the day where the wind is light

in southern england, slow to clear, in places, and some rain in northern ireland and scotland

turning heavier through the day, some might be reaching into northern england later. it

will turn cooler through the weekend, low pressure close by. some of us, but not all

could see some heavy rain. we will keep

you updated on that.

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Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for research leading to new successful

cancer treatments.

Nobel officials announced in Sweden Monday American James Allison and Japan's Tasuku

Honjo were winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

They will share a $1-million award that comes with the prize.

The two researchers discovered a process that helps a person's own immune systemattack

cancer in the body.

They have been independently working on the treatment since the 1990s.

The process targets proteins that help control the action of T-cells, which destroy foreign

agents in the body.

These proteins block the T-cells from attacking the body itself.

Cancer cells are not wholly foreign, so they are able to avoid T-cell attack.

The researchers discovered a way to use drugs to block the proteins from stopping T-cells.

It permits them to recognize the cancer cells as foreign and attack them.

The discoveries led to greatly improved therapies for skin cancer, as well as cancers of the

lung, head, neck, kidney and liver.

Such cancers can be hard to treat, and therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation can do

damage as well as good.

The new treatments represented "a landmark in our fight against cancer," the Nobel

Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said in announcing the winners.

It said Allison and Honjo's work "revolutionized cancer treatment and has fundamentallychanged

the way we view how cancer can be managed."

Jedd Wolchok is the chief of melanoma and immunotherapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering

Cancer Center in New York.

He spoke to the Associated Press.

In his words, "an untold number of lives… have been saved by the science" the two

men discovered and developed.

American James P. Allison, U.S. and Tasuku Honjo of Japan are named the winners of the

2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology, for their achievements in cancer treatment

at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden October 1, 2018.

Tasuku Honjo, a professor at Japan's Kyoto University, said winning the prize was "a

great honor."

He told the Nobel organization in a telephone interview Monday he was "very pleased to

hear what I have done is really meaningful."

Honjo said he hopes to keep working on the research in an effort to save more cancer

patients.

James Allison released a statement through the University of Texas' M.D. Anderson Cancer

Center in Houston, where he is a professor.

"I'm honored and humbled to receive this prestigious recognition.

"I was doing basic science to do basic science, but you know, I had the good opportunity to

see it develop into something that actually does people good," Allison said.

"That's gratifying."

Nobel officials will announce the physics prize on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, they will announce the chemistry prize.

And the Nobel Peace Prize will be named on Friday.

Also in Stockholm Monday, the husband of former Swedish Academy member Katarina Frostenson

was found guilty of a rape in 2011.

A court sentenced Jean-Claude Arnault to a two-year prison term.

Seventeen other women also have accused him of rape or sexual assault.

The case caused a crisis in the Swedish Academy.

Several Academy members resigned after officials permitted Frostenson, a poet, to remain in

her position.

Later, she left the Academy also.

The Swedish Academy canceled this year's literature prize as a result of the crisis.

I'm Caty Weaver.

South and North Korea are reported to have started removing landmines from along their

heavily defended border.

South Korea's Defense Ministry said the two sides began removing mines on Monday.

There has been no immediate confirmation from North Korea that its troops have begun working

on the project.

The work is part of an agreement between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean

leader Kim Jung Un.

They expressed support for the project during talks last month in Pyongyang, the North's

capital.

On Monday, a South Korea statement said that the two sides agreed to remove all landmines

in what is called the Joint Security Area within the next 20 days.

The area includes the border "village" of Panmunjom.

The agreement also calls for an effort to clear mines from an area near Cheorwon in

Gangwon province.

The goal is make the area safe for troops from both North and South Korea.

In 2019, the troops are to search for the remains of hundreds of soldiers who died in

the Korean War.

It is believed that South Korean, United States, French and Chinese soldiers are buried there.

Extremely heavy fighting took place in October 1952 in a place known as "Arrow Head Hill."

In addition to mine clearing, the agreement calls for the removal of guard stations and

weapons from the Joint Security Area.

Troops remaining in the area are to be unarmed.

The Joint Security Area is the only place along the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, where

troops from the two Koreas face each other.

It is believed that there are tens of thousands of landmines in the two areas to be cleared.

The United Nations Command supervises the DMZ, which is nearly 250 kilometers long,

and has troops stationed there.

The September Panmunjom agreement calls for the sides to "disarm" the demilitarized

zone over time to make it a "place for peace and unity."

The Associated Press reports that the South Korean and U.S. militaries have set one million

to 1.2 million landmines south of the DMZ.

North Korea is thought to have placed 800,000 to one million landmines on the north side.

The AP reports that the joint project this month is the first to remove landmines from

border areas since the early 2000s.

North Korea, South Korea and the U.S. have not signed the 1997 international treaty banning

landmines.

I'm Mario Ritter.

A new study predicts that warmer waters in the Atlantic Ocean will continue to increase

the number of major hurricanes.

The study, published in the journal Science, was based on research carried out by the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA.

Researchers say each hurricane season is likely to produce five to eight major hurricanes

by 2100.

In 2017, six major hurricanes formed in the Atlantic.

Three of them – Harvey, Irma and Maria – made landfall.

The storms hit parts of the United States and Caribbean, causing loss of life and an

estimated $265 billion in damages.

Since 2000, the Atlantic has averaged three major hurricanes a year.

Before that, the average was closer to two.

So far this year, only one Atlantic hurricane, Florence, reached major strength.

The new study used a computer modeling system developed by NOAA to simulatedifferent climate

conditions.

Researchers say they were able to correctly predict the active hurricane season in June

2017.

Additional experiments showed that the main driver of the 2017 hurricane activity was

a much warmer Atlantic Ocean.

Hiroyuki Murakami was a lead researcher on the study.

He is also a climate scientist and hurricane expert at NOAA.

He says the climate simulation system is an effective tool to help estimate current and

future storm activity.

"This new method allows us to predict hurricane activity as the season is happening, as well

as take into consideration the likely contribution of climate warming," Murakami said.

"We will see more active hurricane seasons like 2017 in the future," he added.

Murakami told the Associated Press his team found that a combination of natural conditions

and man-made climate change are making Atlantic Ocean waters warmer.

Man-made causes included the burning of coal, oil and gas.

Warm water is important because it acts as a fuel for hurricanes.

Water has to be at least 26 degrees Celsius for a storm to form.

The warmer the water, the more a hurricane can resist forces that would cause it to weaken.

The Atlantic is predicted to warm faster than the rest of the world's oceans.

This is why the study estimates the number of major storms will probably increase by

two or more on average.

And warm water is especially affecting one important area, Murakami said.

This box-shaped area includes a large territory south of Florida and north of South America,

extending all the way east to Africa.

Some of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes form off the coast of West Africa, before

heading west toward the Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast.

Ocean water in this box-shaped area averaged 0.4 degrees Celsius warmer than normal throughout

the 2017 season.

Murakami said the temperature was very unusual for a six-month time period.

Some outside experts had issues with parts of Murakami's study.

Brian McNoldy is a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami.

He told the AP it makes sense that unusually warm water caused the extra hurricane activity

in 2017.

But he was not willing to completely blame climate change.

"Hurricane seasons don't just keep getting more active as the climate warms.

There is enormous variability," McNoldy said.

Kevin Trenberth is with the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

He took issue with the fact that the study did not include research on large increases

in ocean heat in deeper ocean areas.

Trenberth said this can also be caused by climate change.

I'm Bryan Lynn.

Indonesia is recovering from a powerful earthquake and huge ocean waves that struck the island

of Sulawesi on Friday.

More than 800 people are reported dead.

Some experts are wondering whether a new warning system could have saved many lives if it had

been available.

Indonesia has been developing a new tsunami warning system with the help of American experts

for many years.

However, the Associated Press reported that it was not available for use because of delays

and disputes.

The AP reported that fighting at government agencies and delays in finding $69,000 needed

to finish the project stopped the system from warning the public.

The system is still a prototype and was developed with $3 million from the U.S. National Science

Foundation.

The magnitude 7.5 earthquake caused waves of up to six meters in height.

The deaths show the weakness of the old system and the lack of public knowledge about what

to do if such an event happens.

"To me this is a tragedy for science, even more so a tragedy for the Indonesian people,"

said Louise Comfort.

She is a disasters expert at the University of Pittsburgh.

She has led American efforts to develop the project.

Engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in the American state of Massachusetts

and Indonesian scientists and disaster experts also took part.

Comfort said it is difficult to think about the large number of deaths that could have

been prevented.

In 2004, a huge tsunami killed an estimated 230,000 people in 12 countries.

More than half of those killed lived in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

After the 2004 tsunami, an international effort was launched to improve tsunami warning systems.

That effort was mostly in the Indian Ocean area and Indonesia.

The effort included setting up 22 buoys connected to sensors at the bottom of the sea.

The sensors could send warnings before a tsunami hits land.

However, a large earthquake off the island of Sumatra in 2016 demonstrated that none

of the buoys were working.

Each of the devices cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Indonesia's current tsunami warning system uses stations that measure sea water height

and seismographs.

People are warned with sirens and text messages.

After Friday's earthquake, the government sent a tsunami alert that warned of possible

waves of 0.5 to three meters.

The government ended the warning at 6:36 p.m. local time.

The government said the warning ended after the tsunami hit.

It is not clear what time tsunami waves struck the Sulawesi city of Palu.

The old system was working, but it has limited effectiveness, Comfort said.

She said the government ended the warnings too soon because it did not have any information

from Palu.

Adam Switzer is a tsunami expert at the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

He said criticizing the government is a "little unfair."

"What it shows is that the tsunami models we have now are too simplistic," he said.

He added that models cannot measure more than one event, such as many earthquakes at the

same time.

Harkunti P. Rahayu is an expert at the Institute of Technology in Bandung.

She said the loss of electricity after the earthquake meant that tsunami warning signals

did not work.

The proposed system would use sensors on the sea floor, sound waves and fiber-optic cable

to replace the old one.

It also would provide a warning within one to three minutes—much faster than the older

system, experts said.

However, the new system needs just a few more kilometers of fiber-optic cable to connect

it to a station on an island.

From that island, information would be sent to the government agency overseeing warnings

and to disaster officials.

The AP first reported on the new system in January 2017.

At the time, the project was waiting for Indonesia to provide money for the cables.

Since then, there have been budget cuts.

And the project has moved from one government agency to another.

Those agencies fought over power and responsibility until the project stopped, Comfort said.

Indonesian officials who have been supportive of the new early warning system did not immediately

answer requests for comment.

Since the 2004 tsunami, some disaster officials in Indonesia have resisted a new warning system.

They say the earthquake itself is the tsunami warning.

After an earthquake, everyone should go to higher areas, the officials say.

Gavin Sullivan is a disaster expert who works for the Indonesian city of Bandung.

He noted that, during Friday's tsunami, people were on the coast watching the wave

move toward them.

That shows that education efforts about staying safe during a tsunami event have failed.

I'm Ashley Thompson.

I'm Caty Weaver.

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.

In the United States, fad diets come and go.

It is sometimes hard to keep track of them all.

However, one diet that always makes the list of healthiest is the Mediterranean Diet.

Well, now it has competition from the New Nordic Diet.

The New Nordic Diet comes from the part of Northern Europe that includes Finland, Norway,

Iceland, Sweden and Denmark.

This area is sometimes called Scandinavia.

Diet experts at Health.com explain that the New Nordic and the Mediterranean diets are

quite similar.

In fact, they were compared in a 2015 study.

The study found that the New Nordic Diet reduced inflammation within fat tissue.

This type of inflammation is linked to obesity-related health risks.

Both diets include lots of vegetables and fruits; whole grains; nuts and seeds; and

more seafood than meat.

However, one big difference between the two is the choice of oil.

The Mediterranean Diet uses olive oil.

Olives are not grown in Scandinavia.

So, canola, or rapeseed, oil is more common there.

And that leads us to the heart of the New Nordic Diet.

It considers the environment and food preparation.

It is rich in food that is local and seasonal.

As much as is possible, the New Nordic centers on fresh foods that are grown, raised or caught

where you live.

What you can find in the forests — wild mushrooms, berries and herbs — are all important

to this diet.

Also found in this diet are lots of root vegetables such as parsnips, carrots and beets.

The New Nordic centers around home cooked meals.

Restaurant meals can be higher in fat and calories.

Eating better quality food but less of it is also part of this diet.

It avoids processed foods – generally mass-produced foods that come already cooked and packaged.

It stresses eating organic foods whenever possible and creating less waste as we cook

and eat.

The New Nordic is also an eco-friendly diet.

It is more of a lifestyle — a way of living and eating — rather than a list of foods

one can or cannot eat.

Because it centers around local foods, it should not be surprising that fish is a main

part of the New Nordic Diet.

Health experts on the Berkeley Wellness website say that people who eat fish "tend to live

longer and enjoy lower risks of cardiovascular disease."

They add that eating fish may even boost a person's brain health.

Fish, they say, "contains vitamins, minerals, and other fats that may work with the omega-3s

to protect the heart and overall health."

But these experts also warn that it is important to eat the right kind of fish.

Some are high in mercury.

So, they advise eating smaller fish.

They are "lower on the food chain."

And if you catch the fish yourself, make sure and check with local experts to make sure

the water quality is healthy.

The website suggests that anchovies, sardines, cod, shrimp and salmon are among the best

choices.

They say to avoid bigger fish such as shark and swordfish because they contain more mercury.

Also on the Berkeley Wellness website, diet experts make other suggestions about which

fish to eat.

And that's the Health & Lifestyle report.

I'm Anna Matteo.

Around the world, one is six deaths is from cancer.

And a new study notes an increase in cancer rates around the world.

This study comes from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an agency of the World

Health Organization (WHO).

It attempts to estimate the number of cancer cases and cancer death rates in 185 countries.

The study estimates that 18 million new cancer cases will be reported in 2018.

It adds that about 9.6 million people are expected to die of cancer this year.

The study found that, around the world, one in five men and one in six women develop cancer

during their lifetime.

It also found that more men than women die of cancer.

The study estimates that nearly half of the new cancer cases and more than half of cancer

deaths this year will take place in Asia.

This is partly because nearly 60 percent of the world's population lives on that continent.

The new study looked at 36 kinds of cancer.

The most common were: • lung

• breast • colorectal

• prostate • skin cancer (non-melanoma)

• and stomach Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of

death worldwide.

The study estimates that nearly 1.8 million people will die of lung cancer this year.

The study also attempted to show where in the world cancer rates are rising the most.

Freddie Bray is with the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

He says that by the year 2040, the number of new cancer cases is expected to rise to

29.3 million worldwide.

He said this will cause financial hardship in areas lacking the money needed to fight

cancer.

"The biggest increases in the cancer burden, a doubling of the cancer burden to 2040, is

going to occur in countries at the lowest levels of socio-economic development — some

in Sub-Saharan Africa, some in South America, some in southern Asia.

But the countries faced with this increasing cancer burden are presently ill-equipped to

deal with the pending increase."

The WHO reports that between 30–50 percent of cancers can be prevented by avoiding certain

risk factors.

Some factors may increase a person's chance of getting cancer.

Examples are: • tobacco use, including smoking cigarettes

and smokeless tobacco • being overweight

• having an unhealthy diet; not eating enough fruit and vegetables

• lack of physical exercise • alcohol use

• air pollution • burning solid fuels indoors

Etienne Krug is the director of the WHO's Department of Non-CommunicableDiseases.

To help protect yourself, he suggests several steps.

He says cutting down on tobacco and alcohol use may reduce your chance of getting cancer.

He also suggests that by exercising more and eating better, you may help to protect yourself

against cancer.

For some cancers, he says that getting vaccinated may also help.

Vaccines can help to strengthen the body's natural defenses against some cancers, like

cervical and liver cancers.

"And we also could do a lot by increasing immunization against some cancers like cervical

cancer and liver cancers, for example.

But for those who have cancer, cancer should not be a death sentence anymore."

Krug suggests that other steps can help to increase cancer survival rates.

They include strengthening health services, improving early diagnosis and providing access

to proper treatment.

He adds that special care should be given to patients with inoperable cancer to help

ease their suffering.

For more information, visit the website of the Global Cancer Observatory, which is part

of the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

It has created a detailed web page called CANCER TODAY presenting these findings in

easy-to-read infographics.

I'm Anna Matteo.

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