it this is bbc world news, i'mjoanna gosling. our top stories... police in houston open a criminal investigation into the texas music festival crowd surge that left eight people dead. the environment secretary george eustice has denied that the government's vote on owen paterson was about rejecting the report into him breaching lobbying rules. the vote was not to reject the report that had been put together, it was to establish an appeals process. i it was to establish an appeals rocess. ., �* ~ , ., ., process. i don't think you are anywhere _ process. i don't think you are anywhere else _ process. i don't think you are anywhere else with _ process. i don't think you are anywhere else with a - process. i don't think you are j anywhere else with a straight process. i don't think you are - anywhere else with a straight face could say this prime minister is the man to clean up politics and demand higher standards in public life because he is in the sewer with this

trip. ——troop. iraq's prime minister mustafa al—kadhimi survives an attempt on his life as rockets hit his home in baghdad's high—security sector. borisjohnson has called for ambitious commitments and bold compromises, as the un climate negotiations in glasgow enter their final week. terrifying footage of dangerous driving — police in yorkshire launch a major road safety campaign to tackle falling standards post lockdown hello and welcome to bbc news. police in the united states have opened a criminal investigation after eight people died at a music festival in texas on friday. many people were also hurt when the crowd surged forward —

on the opening night of astroworld in houston. investigators are also looking into claims that someone in the crowd was injecting other people with drugs. this report from simonjones contains flashing images. a concert venue that's become a crime scene. shortly after this footage was taken, the crowd, made up of 50,000 people, began to surge towards the stage. it's not clear why. the dead are aged between 14 and 27. police say they are determined to find answers for the families of those who lost their lives. i will tell you, one of the narratives was that some individual was injecting other people with drugs. we do have a report of a security officer, according to the medical staff that was out and treated him last night, that he was reaching over to restrain or grab a citizen and he felt a prick in his neck. when he was examined, he went unconscious. the security arrangements are also being looked into.

there had been chaotic scenes as the gates opened at the start of the event. no—one, no parent, no friend, no sibling, should see their loved one off to a concert by a world—renowned artist and not be able to expect them to come home safely. flowers have been laid to mark the lives lost. i just want to send out prayers to the...to the ones that was lost last night. we're actually working right now to identify the families so we can help assist them through this tough time. and festival—goers are left trying to make sense of what happened. oh, man, there wasjust so many people there, it felt like a million people there at once, people just passing out and you could barely catch your breath. it'sjust sad. everyone should go to a concert to have fun, this shouldn't happen. the organisers say they are

committed to working with officials to find out what went wrong. simon jones, bbc news. the environment secretary george eustice has denied that the government's vote on 0wen paterson was about rejecting the report into him breaching lobbying rules. speaking on the andrew marr programme, he said: "the vote wasn't to reject the report that had been put together. the vote was to establish an appeals process." his comments come after the government u—turned on their plans to overhaul the standards system 0ur political correspondent ione wells is here. interesting comments from the environment secretary. his argument is that the vote on the suspension of all when patterson was not about overturning the suspension just about establishing an appeals process for any mps judged by the current standard system as it is in future. i think this argument may feel a little hard to stick today

given that the government itself is already apologised and said it was a mistake that they introduce this amendment for mps to vote on which would essentially have had the effect of overturning the suspension of all when patterson when the try to overhaul the system to mp contact. as we had this morning he was pretty adamant this was all about inducing an appeal system. it was open to parliament to do that but the vote was not open to reject the report that had been put together but to establish an appeals process so that mps in the sort of possession that 0wen patterson was then and others in future would have then and others in future would have the right to appeal and i think it is important to have the right to appeal but we can only take that forward with the agreement on cooperation of other parties and at the moment the opposition have said

they're not willing to engage in a discussion about such a process so thatis discussion about such a process so that is why we withdrew the motion that is why we withdrew the motion that was put forward. the environment _ that was put forward. the environment secretary i that was put forward. the environment secretary they're claiming this really wasn't to do with overturning the suspension of mr pattison but i think his argument is proving pretty difficult to stick especially given the amendment to overhaul the system to judge the behaviour of mps were put forward by allies of mr patterson, something widely reported that his allies rallied round him to try to support. it is true the government does want to reform the appeal system, look at reforming the appeal system more generally but the suggestion this was not to do with the suspension even though plans to overhaul the system were very directly tied to the vote and whether or not 0wen patterson should be suspended for 30 days for breaching lobbying rules has been rejected both by some conservative mps and the opposition. this is what keir starmer said this

morning. it this is what keir starmer said this morninu. , . ., morning. it is a pattern of behaviour _ morning. it is a pattern of behaviour and _ morning. it is a pattern of behaviour and what - morning. it is a pattern of| behaviour and what makes morning. it is a pattern of- behaviour and what makes me morning. it is a pattern of— behaviour and what makes me most angry is the prime minister is trashing the reputation of our democracy and our country so this is far from democracy and our country so this is farfrom a one off and a u—turn, a bad week for the government. it is a pattern of behaviour by a prime minister who does not know how to uphold standards in public life. what happens next? does this go back to the house of commons? as we had from eustace the government is still keen to have some reforms but are now seeing any future plans would have to receive cross—party consensus. the chair of the existing standards committee, chris bryant, has said there is a committee to judge mps which he is chair of and thatis judge mps which he is chair of and that is not going away anytime soon and i think the goodwill from opposition parties to reform the

system is now pretty low. chris bryant is also said mps should still pass the motion to suspend 0wen patterson for saturdays. it would now be symbolic as he has now resigned as an mp but will be the right thing to do to clearly declare what he did was wrong in his breaching of lobbying rules. also he said his standards committee are going to be considering proposals for any reform to the system and going to put together a report before christmas about any possible changes to the standard system so mps will have a chance to consider those in the new year but i think this debate will carry on into next week with the liberal democrats securing a debate on this tomorrow and the houses of department for mps to debate all these issues that have cropped up over the past few days. security officials in iraq say the prime minister, mustafa al—khadimi, has survived a drone attack. they said rockets from the drone

hit his home in the high security green zone in the capital, baghdad in the early hours of sunday. the united states has condemned the attack as an apparent act of terrorism. following the incident — mr al—kadhimi called for restraint. translation: my house was the target of a cowardly attack. _ thanks to god, i and those who work with me are in good shape. your heroic security and army forces are working on protecting iraq and its stability. cowardly rockets and cowardly drones do not build countries or futures. we are working on building our homeland by respecting the state and its institutions and by building a better future for all iraqis. the british prime minister is urging countries at the cop26 climate summit in glasgow to "pull

together and drive for the line," as the conference enters its second and final week. borisjohnson said �*bold compromises' and �*ambitious commitments�* were needed to tackle climate change. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. it is half—time at the climate summit. the people most affected by climate change are no longer some imagined future generation but young people alive today. perhaps that will give us the impetus we need to rewrite our story. to turn this tragedy into a triumph. in the first week, familiar faces strolling the glasgow stage. big numbers, big promises and faraway dates, but some optimism from the government. i think always when you have a multilateral event like this, to try to get agreement, there is going to be a lot of work and a lot of diplomacy goes to get an outcome.

i'm talking to people here at this conference have been pretty much to every cop since it began and they are telling me at this one, they are actually seeing action, they are seeing things take shape in a way they've not seen before. so what has been achieved so far? ministers point to new commitments to net—zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century, meaning 90% of the world economy is covered, ending and reversing deforestation with more than 120 countries signed up, and over 100 countries have agreed to cut their methane emissions by 30% by 2030. but there are plenty, including campaigner greta thunberg, who think this is nowhere near enough. this is no longer a climate conference, this is now a global north greenwash festival, a two—week—long celebration of business as usual and blah blah blah. they cannot ignore the scientific consensus and, above all, they cannot ignore us, the people, including their own children. the big aim of this conference is to limit the global temperature rise

to 1.5 degrees compared with pre—industrial times, to minimise the impact of climate change, but this is a huge challenge. it is complicated and it is difficult, involving around 200 countries, each with their own other priorities and concerns. and so the second week begins. the search for compromise, agreement and promises continues. chris mason, bbc news. rising global temperatures are, of course, being discussed in glasgow. i took that issue up with sharon george from keele university. and asher minns from the tyndall centre for climate change research. we are already atjust over one degree of average global warming which has increased byjust over one degree already so you can imagine that another a degrees

to 1.5 degrees is not very far to go but we still see impacts of climate change that we are seeing already, floods and droughts and continued sea—level rise and with two degrees, effectively it gets worse. including looking at it from how many people are exposed to things like flood and drought and high temperatures and so there is a significant difference between 1.5 degrees and two degrees and i think it's very important that we look at that, people who are affected by that, mostly people from poorer countries from the global south than only as a temperature or

impacts on natural causes, on what is going on in the environment. sharon george, from what you have heard of the conference so far, is limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 celsius still an attainable goal? i'm quite sceptical about this. it is a huge undertaking. we are already approaching 1.5 and going to two degrees has enormous impact on vast amounts of people and some countries are much more vulnerable than others so actually the amount of action, the amount of reduction we need to see is hugely ambitious and that is going to take a massive reduction in — coal production, in c02 emissions but we are already past the point now ofjust looking at prevention. we are already seeing climate change happen so that mitigation and help for countries already suffering from climate

change needs to be in place and put pressure on things like agriculture. we listed the things that were achieved in the first week, that deal on reversing or stopping and reversing deforestation by 2030. more than 100 countries signing up to cutting methane emissions, more than a0 countries committing to shift away from coal. in the uk, large firms being encouraged to work towards the uk 2050 net zero target. there have been those agreements but in terms of the scale of what is needed, how far away is that from what you think needs to be done? it is still a very long way. there have been analyses done this week and maybe they have

been done a little bit quickly. i think sometimes in science and research we need to be a bit more measured and really work out what the numbers mean. so it is obviously brilliant to have long—term pledges, cuts in emissions and deforestation and methane like you are talking about. those are long—term cuts. what actually we need is short—term cuts, cuts now, not cuts in a few decades' time or longer. and that will be one of the things to be discussed in this coming week very much. the short—term action. because actually it is in the short—term action, you cannotjust keep kicking it down the road to another government sometime in the future, you need that. we were just hearing about where we are now and where we are at with temperatures, it is what happens now

and in the next decade, the result is all to play for in this decade. sharon george, what would you like to hear from the conference next week? i would like to see more solid plans around at the detail. we have seen promises before, we have seen failures to meet pledges and i would like to see more cooperation. it isn't a level playing field and that is the whole point this conference to get that cooperation in place and _ it is good to see the amount of investment pledged but this time that pledge needs to be withheld and we need to see countries that need that help to break the reliance on coal and fossil fuels to happen much quicker because every single molecule of c02 and methane and other greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere today are going to keep having that cumulative effect and build up so there is no time to lose. sierra leone's vice president says the state will provide economic assistance to the families of 100 people killed on friday

when a fuel tanker exploded in the capital, freetown. umaru fofana reports from freetown. the blast happened in eastern freetown after a truck rammed into a petrol tanker. people rushed to collect the leaking fuel, causing a heavy trafficjam, according to eyewitness accounts. there was a vast explosion, leaving fireballs spreading through the crowds. vehicles in the traffic jam were set alight. hospitals in freetown are overwhelmed with injured people, many in critical condition. most of the dead have been taken to the central mortuary. we started transporting bodies from 11 until four o'clock. the last set of bodies, i had to convey them with some soldiers to the morgue, for us to get a total headcount. just outside here are anxious relatives who have been asked to come and identify their loved ones. 0bviously, some of the bodies are beyond recognition, so that's going to be very tricky for them to do, but also a very emotional scene here. some of them have moved from hospital to hospital, trying to see if their loved ones

are actually either admitted or, in fact, dead. on behalf of the president, the government and the entire people of sierra leone, we sympathise... the country's vice president called the incident a national disaster. police, soldiers and firefighters have worked through the night to clear the scene. rescuers expect the death toll to mount. umara fofana, bbc news, freetown. the sudanese authorities have fired tear gas against pro—democracy protesters in the capital, khartoum. 0vernight demonstrators set up barricades for what is supposed to be the first of two days of civil disobedience to protest against last month's coup. 0rganisers want a return to civilian rule. the civilian prime minister abdalla hamdok remains under house arrest. the bbc�*s correspondent in khartoum andrew harding says mr hamdok is facing pressure from the military to cooperate with them. we were out last night in neighbourhoods where people were drumming up support, telling people to go

out on the streets to express their real anger still with the military coup here. there is a sense of deep frustration about that. in the background we do know that talks are still going on about trying to steer this coup back towards the kind of messy, transitional process that was under way until the coup happened two weeks ago. we actually spoke last night to a spokesman for the senior military command here. he's still insisting there is no coup, there was no coup, this was a brief course correction to try and put this country back on the path towards elections and democracy. but a lot of sudanese are not buying that. i think the key issue right now, the key sticking point is the fate of the prime minister. the civilian prime minister who was supposed to be taking full charge of the country in the transition process in the coming weeks. he is essentially now being held hostage and being told he needs to negotiate from that position. and we understand that

prime minister hamdok is staying firm, refusing to compromise and the military spokesman last night told us, if he doesn't compromise, he's out and we'll find somebody else to do the job. so it looks like there's still a long way to go for these negotiations and a long way for sudan. because right now, its transition, its revolution is still very much on hold. the polish government has denied that the country's strict abortion laws are responsible for the recent death of a 30—year—old woman — who had complications with her pregnancy but wasn't able to get a termination. huge protests have been held in warsaw, and other polish cities, calling for the near total ban on abortion to be scrapped. poland is one of the most devoutly catholic countries in europe. courtney bembridge has this report. this the polish government has denied that the country's strict abortion laws are responsible for the recent death of a 30—year—old woman — who had complications with her pregnancy but wasn't able to get a termination. huge protests have been held

in warsaw, and other polish cities, calling for the near total ban on abortion to be scrapped. poland is one of the most devoutly catholic countries in europe. courtney bembridge has this report. chanting, "not one more," tens of thousands of protesters marched to the health ministry in warsaw after the death of a pregnant woman reignited the debate over the country's strict abortion laws. it's been a year since poland's constitutional court ruled in favour of a near—total ban on abortion. protesters are highlighting the recent case of a 30—year—old woman who died halfway through her pregnancy. herfamily says doctors had been aware of severe foetal defects but refused to perform an abortion while the foetus still had a heartbeat, fearing repercussions. this is what we call the �*frozen effect�*. that the doctors will be afraid to perform abortions so, in theory, abortion is legal in poland now, under the premise that a woman�*s life and health is in danger, but in theory we see many cases when the doctors wait until the last moment and they are afraid because they know they will be facing legal charges. translation: iza said to a woman in the hospital room, "i want to live, "i have someone to live for. "i don�*t want to die." iza did not receive help because she was pregnant,

because the heart of the foetus was still beating. the polish government denies the law is to blame and says an investigation is under way into the two doctors involved but these protesters claim there are similar cases happening right across the country and they say there will be many more unless the ban is scrapped. courtney bembridge, bbc news. dangerous overtaking and reckless speeding — shocking dashcam footage released by north yorkshire police shows how some people have been driving carelessly since lockdown rules were lifted. the force says standards on the roads have started to slip as more motorists get back behind the wheel again, as ian white reports. the terrifying moment a camper van

pulls out to overtake and drives towards oncoming traffic. just one example of careless and inconsiderate driving on north yorkshire�*s roads. it�*s these kind of incidents which can easily lead to a crash and all too often, these can be fatal. with more of us having dash cams in our vehicles, more frightening incidents are being sent to the police. the driver overtaking the lorry is met by a car heading straight towards them on the wrong side of the road. now the way the dash cam technology works, it is very high quality so if we can see a registration plate, if we can identify a vehicle, we can prosecute people and we have certainly done that. with so many deaths and serious injuries and north yorkshire�*s roads, release of launched operation boundary, flooding the roads around harrogate and rippon with marked and unmarked patrol cars, bikes and camera vans. as we�*ve come out of covid and restrictions have lifted what we�*ve seen lots of driving where we think drivers are a little are really falling. we�*ve seen lots of things come in through dash cams where highlighting dangerous

driving and careless driving, more so than me ever have before. we�*ve just had a vehicle come through, it�*s shown as uninsured so it a priority for us today. we need it stopped. out and about they were quickly finding offences being committed and dealing with them robustly. it�*s illegal, your numberplate. being committed and dealing with them robustly. it�*s illegal, your numberplate. being committed and dealing with them robustly. it�*s illegal, your numberplate. with them robustly. what we�*re doing today, we are dealing with a number of offences and having a zero—tolerance policy on any traffic offences. in a first for north yorkshire, the roads policing unit is being beefed up with special constablesjoining regular offices, all trying to cut the number of deaths on the roads. ijust implore people to just think about the driving and drive a little bit more safely and more considerately in future. it�*s the police officers who have to deal with the aftermath of road collisions, and a careless few seconds of bad driving can have implications that last a lifetime. ian white, bbc news. the terrifying moment a camper van

pulls out to overtake and drives the dress that the singer amy winehouse wore for her final performance is set to fetch around 14—thousand—pounds at an auction today. the singer wore the dress at a concert in belgrade, a month before she died in 2011. some more of the grammy—award winner�*s belongings will also go under the hammer — with all proceeds going to the charity set up in her name. hello there. for most of you, it�*s a dry sunday out there and will continue to be. so it has been a little bit wild and windy, though, across parts of scotland. some pretty rough seas around northern and western coasts. the strongest winds will continue to ease down through the day, initially gusting in excess of around a0 mph to 60 mph. it�*s because this area of low pressure has brought those strong winds pushes away, winds certainly falling lighter to the south and the west. it could be pretty cloudy, a fair bit of cloud and one or two showers and showers will continue in the far north of scotland but away from that, central and southern scotland, parts of eastern england,

seeing the best of the sunny eastern england, seeing the best of the sunny breaks of the afternoon. even although winds are easing down north and eastern areas still a bit of a blustery wind coming in from a north—westerly direction so it will feel fresher. in from a north—westerly direction already does feel fresher there compared with yesterday afternoon, so temperatures down a couple of degrees. although nine degrees to 13 celsius around the average for this stage in november. this evening and overnight those winds continue to fall lighter and with clear skies around, cooler air in place, there will be a frost in parts. parts of scotland, central and eastern england, maybe east wales where you see the best of the breaks is where temperatures could drop low enough for that frost to form. further west cloud will increase, that could be patchy rain there could be patchy rain and drizzle round western course, certainly cloudiest and mildest in northern ireland to begin monday morning�*s commute and that is because you�*re closer to these weather fronts which you�*re closer to these weather fronts which pull their way and link to a pretty lively low pressure system moving towards iceland. further south a ridge of high pressure holds on so staying dry here. the best of the morning sunshine across central and eastern areas. all areas will see cloud increase through the day,

greyer skies in the west, northern ireland, rain for the morning, into the afternoon good parts of scotland, north—west england, north and west wales. further south and east are staying dry through the day. a little bit cool after the chilly start, ten or 15 degrees out towards northern ireland. that milder air pushes to the south as we go through into tuesday. the weather front lingers across the central swathe of the country and links back into this next one which will work in. we will see some rain at times, not a desperately wet week but that is where the front will separate, milderair in the south, cooler conditions in the north and that cooler air will gradually win out as we go towards the end of the week and next weekend but for the time being temperatures at if not a little bit above the average at this stage in november but as i said midweek rain, mainly across some central areas. see you soon.

this is bbc news. the headlines... police in houston open a criminal investigation into the texas music festival crowd surge that left

eight people dead. sir keir starmer criticises borisjohnson�*s leadership following the government�*s attempt to reverse the suspension of owen paterson and overhaul the mps�* standards watchdog. the prime minister is trashing the reputation of our democracy and our country and so this is farfrom one—off. the vote wasn't to reject the report that had been put together. the vote was to establish an appeals process. iraq�*s prime minister mustafa al—kadhimi survives an attempt on his life as rockets hit his home in baghdad�*s high—security sector. terrifying footage of dangerous driving — police in yorkshire launch a major road safety campaign to tackle falling standards post lockdown. the weeks we have been telling you about the erupting volcano in la