:00:00. > :00:00.Donald Trump is defiant tonight, despite widespread anger over his
:00:00. > :00:23.The Republican nominee says it won't stop his presidential campaign,
:00:24. > :00:27.but apologises after the recording of him bragging about groping women.
:00:28. > :00:32.Anyone who knows me knows these words don't reflect who I am.
:00:33. > :00:37.I said it, I was wrong and I apologise.
:00:38. > :00:40.A number of prominent Republicans have urged him to stand down -
:00:41. > :00:45.his wife called his lewd comments "offensive".
:00:46. > :00:48.Also tonight: Police in Germany hunt for a Syrian man they suspect
:00:49. > :00:52.of planning a bomb attack after explosives
:00:53. > :00:57.Hurricane Matthew leaves nearly 900 people dead and hundreds
:00:58. > :01:01.of thousands in need of help in Haiti.
:01:02. > :01:03.And England take a comfortable win over Malta
:01:04. > :01:25.in Gareth Southgate's first match as interim manager.
:01:26. > :01:29.Donald Trump has rejected calls for him to withdraw from the race
:01:30. > :01:31.for the White House - saying there is "zero
:01:32. > :01:39.The Republican presidential nominee is facing widespread condemnation
:01:40. > :01:42.for bragging about groping women and using his celebrity status
:01:43. > :01:46.His comments emerged in a video from 11 years ago and have attracted
:01:47. > :01:49.widespread criticism from within his own party -
:01:50. > :01:58.Here's our North America Editor, Jon Sopel.
:01:59. > :02:02.2005, and Donald Trump is on a promotional bus tour
:02:03. > :02:42.for a TV show, his lewd conversation captured on a live microphone.
:02:43. > :02:46.Social media went into meltdown, with even Trump's running mate
:02:47. > :02:50.describing his comments as indefensible.
:02:51. > :02:51.The Republican leadership used the words "Sickening,
:02:52. > :02:58.Martha Roby, a Republican congresswoman, said "Donald Trump's
:02:59. > :03:01.behaviour makes him unacceptable as a candidate for president
:03:02. > :03:05.For hours last night, Donald Trump was totally
:03:06. > :03:11.I've never said I'm a perfect person, nor pretended to be
:03:12. > :03:16.I've said and done things that I regret, and the words released
:03:17. > :03:20.today on this more than a decade-old video are one of them.
:03:21. > :03:25.Anyone who knows me knows these words don't reflect who I am.
:03:26. > :03:29.I said it, I was wrong and I apologise.
:03:30. > :03:33.But very quickly, contrition turned to defiance.
:03:34. > :03:36.Bill Clinton has actually abused women, and Hillary Clinton
:03:37. > :03:42.has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims.
:03:43. > :03:44.We will discuss this more in the coming days.
:03:45. > :03:49.But that sort of threat to fight dirty is not what a lot
:03:50. > :03:52.of Republican senators and congressmen want to hear.
:03:53. > :03:55.They're now fearful about their own political survival,
:03:56. > :04:00.and worry that Donald Trump is going to cost them their careers.
:04:01. > :04:02.Some are getting ready to abandon him.
:04:03. > :04:07.It's sad, but I can't endorse Donald Trump for president
:04:08. > :04:12.after those comments and the way he said them.
:04:13. > :04:14.There's no way I'm voting for Hillary Clinton,
:04:15. > :04:16.but I can no longer endorse Donald Trump for president.
:04:17. > :04:23.And even Melania Trump has joined the chorus of condemnation.
:04:24. > :04:25."The words my husband used are unacceptable
:04:26. > :04:29.This doesn't represent the man that I know.
:04:30. > :04:31.He has the heart and mind of a leader.
:04:32. > :04:37.I hope people will accept his apology, as I have".
:04:38. > :04:40.Donald Trump will take to the stage tomorrow for the second
:04:41. > :04:43.presidential debate, his presidential ambitions seriously
:04:44. > :04:49.damaged and a Republican party deeply uneasy.
:04:50. > :04:52.Jon is in Washington for us now - could this end his
:04:53. > :05:06.If there was a simple mechanism, a magic wand that could be waived to
:05:07. > :05:10.make Donald Trump disappear, I think there are many in the Republican
:05:11. > :05:15.leadership who would say, let's take it. A whole slew of Republican
:05:16. > :05:18.congressmen and women, senators and others have come out today saying
:05:19. > :05:22.that Donald Trump should stand down. It is clear that there are tensions
:05:23. > :05:26.at the top of the ticket between Mr Trump and Mike pence. So yes, there
:05:27. > :05:30.are a lot of people who want to go. But against that, you have the
:05:31. > :05:36.complications. There is rule nine of the constitution of the Republican
:05:37. > :05:38.party, which does allow you to replace a candidate, but the
:05:39. > :05:42.candidate needs to go voluntarily. Donald Trump has said he's not going
:05:43. > :05:46.to do that. You have also got the situation that voting has started in
:05:47. > :05:50.an awful lot of places, you have the US military who have started casting
:05:51. > :05:54.their ballots. What happens to all those votes if Donald Trump isn't
:05:55. > :05:58.going to play ball? You also have the millions of Trump supporters who
:05:59. > :06:03.want him to stay in the fight, all of which leaves the Republican
:06:04. > :06:06.leadership in a position where they are furious, where they are in
:06:07. > :06:08.turmoil and ultimately powerless to do anything about it. Thank you.
:06:09. > :06:10.German police have arrested three people in connection
:06:11. > :06:12.with their search for a Syrian-born man suspected of
:06:13. > :06:17.A raid of an apartment in the eastern city of Chemnitz -
:06:18. > :06:19.where the suspect was thought to be hiding -
:06:20. > :06:21.led to the discovery of what they call "highly
:06:22. > :06:26.Our Europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports.
:06:27. > :06:29.This is the man hunted by German police, Jaber al-Bakr.
:06:30. > :06:32.He's 22 years old, from Damascus in Syria, and German police said
:06:33. > :06:41.They believe he may have been planning a bomb attack.
:06:42. > :06:43.It was a tip-off from Germany's intelligence services
:06:44. > :06:49.They raided the apartment in Chemnitz, close to the border
:06:50. > :06:54.Jaber al-Bakr had already gone, but hidden inside the property,
:06:55. > :06:56.police searches unearthed high explosives, possible evidence
:06:57. > :07:06.we are busy with final measures here, and we will
:07:07. > :07:10.But our main focus now is on the manhunt for the perpetrator,
:07:11. > :07:15.It comes at a time of heightened concern in Germany.
:07:16. > :07:18.In July, a teenage Afghan refugee wielding an axe injured
:07:19. > :07:27.A week later outside a rock concert, a Syrian man awaiting
:07:28. > :07:29.deportation blew himself up, injuring 15.
:07:30. > :07:35.The so-called Islamic State group claimed both attacks.
:07:36. > :07:37.It seems the man at the centre of this latest incident,
:07:38. > :07:39.Jaber al-Bakr, was known to German authorities.
:07:40. > :07:43.Police said the explosives they discovered today were highly
:07:44. > :07:45.volatile and they had to evacuate people from the area before
:07:46. > :07:51.Meanwhile, three arrests were made nearby.
:07:52. > :07:54.Not Jaber al-Bakr himself, but three people who it's believed knew him.
:07:55. > :07:56.They were all taken into custody while police continued their hunt.
:07:57. > :08:06.In Yemen, rebel officials say more than 80 people have been killed
:08:07. > :08:10.and hundreds injured in a strike on a funeral in the capital, Sanaa.
:08:11. > :08:13.Houthi rebels said the hall had been hit by an air strike carried out
:08:14. > :08:15.by the Saudi-led coalition, which backs the Yemeni government.
:08:16. > :08:20.The coalition has denied carrying out a strike.
:08:21. > :08:22.Thousands of civilians have been killed since the war
:08:23. > :08:28.Nearly 900 people are now believed to have been killed
:08:29. > :08:31.by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti and officials warn the death toll
:08:32. > :08:34.could rise further as rescue teams reach cut off areas.
:08:35. > :08:38.Tonight, 10 people are reported dead in the United States as the storm -
:08:39. > :08:42.diminishing in strength - makes its way up the East Coast.
:08:43. > :08:49.This is Jeremie, a town of 30,000 people torn apart
:08:50. > :08:54.It has been cut off from the rest of the country for several days.
:08:55. > :08:58.Only now is aid beginning to arrive by air.
:08:59. > :09:00.The closer we got to Jeremie, the further from Port-au-Prince,
:09:01. > :09:06.Anything that was not concrete was flattened.
:09:07. > :09:09.Palm trees were bent over in half or completely
:09:10. > :09:16.There were several little fishing villages that just looked desolate.
:09:17. > :09:18.People are doing their best to rebuild their homes
:09:19. > :09:22.But Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world and people
:09:23. > :09:25.are not expecting much help from their government.
:09:26. > :09:30.Around 1 million people are said to be in urgent need of assistance.
:09:31. > :09:33.TRANSLATION: I heard a boom and then the roof came off my house
:09:34. > :09:38.The wind took the roof and it was just completely gone.
:09:39. > :09:42.As you can see, it took away everything.
:09:43. > :09:48.Our houses are destroyed, everything is gone.
:09:49. > :09:50.In the US, the hurricane hit a glancing blow along
:09:51. > :09:55.There was damage, but it wasn't as bad as expected.
:09:56. > :09:58.Millions had heeded the call to leave their homes.
:09:59. > :10:01.Further north, the storm surge brought some of the highest
:10:02. > :10:05.tides on record, flooding many low-lying areas.
:10:06. > :10:09.The National Hurricane Center says the storm has now made landfall
:10:10. > :10:11.in South Carolina and serious inland flooding is expected.
:10:12. > :10:26.There has been another twist in the controversy which left the Ukip MEP
:10:27. > :10:30.Steven Woolfe in hospital following an altercation with fellow party MEP
:10:31. > :10:33.Mike Hookem. Mr Woolfe collapsed at the European Parliament in
:10:34. > :10:37.Strasbourg on Thursday. He is still in hospital tonight and our
:10:38. > :10:39.political correspondent Alex Forsyth joins us from there. Alex, what has
:10:40. > :10:49.Mr Woolfe been saying? Two days after this event, the
:10:50. > :10:53.details of what occurred between these two MEPs are still unclear.
:10:54. > :10:57.Yesterday, Mike Hookem described it as no more than a scuffle after a
:10:58. > :11:01.meeting of MEPs in the European Parliament became heated. He says he
:11:02. > :11:06.did not punch, hit or slap Mr Woolfe and today he tweeted a picture of
:11:07. > :11:10.his hands, which he says prove it. But this afternoon, a spokesperson
:11:11. > :11:13.for Mr Woolfe said experts independent of hospital staff had
:11:14. > :11:17.examined his injuries and they were inconsistent with just a seizure or
:11:18. > :11:20.a fall. Now Mr Woolfe remains in the hospital here tonight and is
:11:21. > :11:24.expected to be released tomorrow at the earliest, but these conflicting
:11:25. > :11:28.accounts of what has occurred will only escalate tensions in Ukip, a
:11:29. > :11:33.party already divided, and could fuel critics who claim Ukip is
:11:34. > :11:35.losing its credibility. Alex, thank you.
:11:36. > :11:45.With all the sport, here's Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre.
:11:46. > :11:49.Three home nations were playing World Cup qualifiers today.
:11:50. > :11:51.England got off to a winning start under interim manager,
:11:52. > :11:54.Gareth Southgate, beating Malta 2-0 in their World Cup
:11:55. > :12:05.He had asked his players to excite the sell-out crowd.
:12:06. > :12:09.Wembley Park relies on voices of calm, those who keep going despite
:12:10. > :12:14.it all. And what they have at the station, they now need in the
:12:15. > :12:15.stadium. Gareth Southgate is England's accidental steward,
:12:16. > :12:19.trusted to guide them through the aftermath of Sam Allardyce's sudden
:12:20. > :12:27.departure. First up, an easy one in theory. Malta are ranked 176th in
:12:28. > :12:32.the world, a nation associated with crosses, they couldn't handle Jordan
:12:33. > :12:36.Henderson's. First relief, then belief. England is wedded to a
:12:37. > :12:41.second. Dele Alli exchange passes, then shots. 2-0, maybe the new job
:12:42. > :12:45.might be fun. There will be tough decisions, though, like what to do
:12:46. > :12:49.with Wayne Rooney. Booed by some at the start, but close to a third
:12:50. > :12:55.goal. Andrew Holborn in Kingston upon Thames will remember that save.
:12:56. > :12:58.Few will remember this game. There has been no Southgate revolution. He
:12:59. > :13:04.is a familiar face and this might not be the time for more change. We
:13:05. > :13:10.know what Gareth is about. He has come in and made it clear what he
:13:11. > :13:14.wants and we all believe in it. This was an unremarkable fixture after a
:13:15. > :13:18.disappointing summer and in a time of turmoil, but still, people came
:13:19. > :13:22.to see it in their droves. For Gareth Southgate, a sign perhaps of
:13:23. > :13:30.his job's potential, but also its pressure. Patrick Gearey, BBC News,
:13:31. > :13:35.at Wembley. Scotland beat Malta 5-1 in their World Cup qualifier. They
:13:36. > :13:41.scored an equaliser in the final minute of full-time. Gordon
:13:42. > :13:48.Strachan's team face Slovakia next on Tuesday night.
:13:49. > :13:51.Kyle Lafferty scored twice late on as Northern Ireland completed
:13:52. > :13:54.a 4-0 win over San Marino at Windsor Park.
:13:55. > :13:57.They play the group leaders Germany next week.
:13:58. > :13:59.Wigan Warriors have claimed their fourth Super League title
:14:00. > :14:01.after they came from behind to beat local rivals Warrington
:14:02. > :14:11.The Wolves also lost the challenge cup final this season and were
:14:12. > :14:17.hoping to end their long wait for the league title.
:14:18. > :14:21.The centrepiece to the showpiece of the season. Old Trafford the stage
:14:22. > :14:24.for Super League's night of explosive drama. Warrington, 61
:14:25. > :14:28.years since their last title triumph, hoping it would finally be
:14:29. > :14:35.there at night. They started strongly too, taking a 6-2 lead. But
:14:36. > :14:39.the match was more hard graft than pure crap. Warrington thought they
:14:40. > :14:44.would edge closer to that elusive trophy, but the match officials had
:14:45. > :14:50.other ideas -- it was more hard graft than pure craft. Josh
:14:51. > :14:54.Charnley, in his final Wigan match before switching to union, grabbed
:14:55. > :14:58.the game's decisive score. Warrington were bloodied, bruised,
:14:59. > :15:03.but refused to be beaten. But as has so often been the case, came up just
:15:04. > :15:07.short. The final chapter to a compelling season had no happy
:15:08. > :15:14.ending for Warrington. Wigan Warriors crowned champions.
:15:15. > :15:24.There could be a British double tomorrow, with Andy Murray and
:15:25. > :15:28.Johanna Konta reaching the finals. Just reaching the final means that
:15:29. > :15:32.Johanna Konta will be in the world top ten when the new rankings are
:15:33. > :15:34.released. Jo Durie was the last British woman to achieve that, back
:15:35. > :15:50.in 1984. Lewis Hamilton walked out of the
:15:51. > :15:51.meeting after qualifying, accusing the press of being disrespectful.
:15:52. > :15:53.That is all your sport. You can see more on all of today's
:15:54. > :16:16.stories on the BBC News Channel. Not much happening on the weather
:16:17. > :16:17.front across most of the