this is bbc news. the headlines at five... the qatar world cup has kicked off with a lavish opening ceremony, the host nation are playing ecuador right now and they are 2—0 down after the first half. the tournament is taking place amongst criticism of qatar's human rights record. fifa and government officials in doha say the country is being singled out unfairly. a shooting outside a gay nightclub in the us state of colorado leaves five people dead. police have named the suspected gunman who's been arrested. the suspect has been identified as anderson lee aldrich, a 22—year—old male. the housing secretary, michael gove, writes to every council and social housing provider in england, to warn that deaths like that of two—year—old awaab ishak must never happen again.

a murder investigation has begun after two children died and a woman was left critically injured in a fire at a flat in nottingham. good afternoon. let's get more now on the world cup, which kicked offjust over an hour ago. organisers hope questions about the wisdom of staging the tournament in qatar will be replaced by a focus on the football. officials in doha say, qatar is being singled out unfairly. lucy hockings is in doha, the capital city of qatar. welcome to doha, where 12 years after winning in r, welcome to doha, where 12 years afterwinning in r, ulster welcome to doha, where 12 years after winning in r, ulster —— after all the criticism, the football is

under way. all the criticism, the football is underway. it's all the criticism, the football is under way. it's qatar who are playing against ecuador, and i can bring you the score. ecuador have dominated so far, 2—0 up and we have seen some pretty impressive skills from the ecuadorians. pictures here when they celebrated their first goal. it is an early goal that was ruled out through the ar, but they've dominated the match so far. -- var. they've dominated the match so far. —— var. featuring a... the football world cup has begun in qatar with a spectacular firework display and a message of unity from the oscar—winning actor morgan freeman. we saw mascots, we saw flags, we saw fans from every single nation in attendance. the opening ceremony at the main stadium in doha, which resembles a bedouin tent, has been attended by football fans from all 32 countries involved. very much wanting the qatar people

to will welcome them to this venue. world leaders including the presidents of turkey and egypt and the saudi crown prince are also there. it's the first time the tournament's been held in the middle east. 32 teams are taking part. i'm just keeping an eye on the action but we're still at half—time. ecuador is 2—0 up against qatar. in the first half, qatar did not have a shot on goal. the qatari hosts have complained about unfair criticism. that's an issue that. earlier on the bbc, gary lineker spoke with our international editor, jeremy bowen, about the competition being held in qatar. jeremy, thank you very much forjoining us.

so much is being spoken about qatar's suitability to stage the world cup, but what do the hosts hope the world cup will give them? well, in a way, it's a culmination of a massive nation—building effort that has gone on for about 50 years, since britain gave them independence and they discovered they were sitting on this vast ocean of natural gas, so they were very, very rich. well, ifirst went to doha in 1990 just before the first gulf war. there was only one multi—story building, which was the sheraton hotel, the one that looks a bit like a pyramid if you see shots of doha, and now it's got a spectacular skyline. so, i think they would've done on the investment in things like hotels and the metro and that kind of stuff anyway, probably. but what the world cup gives them is this extraordinary global attention, and that's what they want because, for a country that is very small, they want to have an in the world that is more reflective of, if you like, their bank balance than the size of the population.

how significant is it for this tournament to be taking place in the middle east? well, it's massive. there is an enormous following for football in the middle east in countries like egypt and tunisia, morocco. when they have local derbies, it's every bit as passionate and as fervent and as anything in europe or south america. and football in the middle east has got a lot of political and cultural residents as well. after the 2011 arab uprisings against dictators in the middle east, organise groups of ultras, football fans, took to the streets and fought the police and very much saw themselves as the shock troops of the revolution. i saw them in egypt for fighting days and days.

breathing tear and live bullets, and as well as that, there's nationalism involved. there was a national team involved. there was a national team in algeria, they were still fighting for independence from france, and i think there's one more thing. in countries which are sometimes very divided against themselves, it's a bit of a breathing space, going to a football match, particularly when the national team plays, because it's then something people who disagree about a lot can get behind. people always talk about the legacy elements of big sporting events. what do you think will be the lasting impact of this world cup, jeremy? lasting impact of this world cup, jerem ? ., �* ., ., , lasting impact of this world cup, jerem ? ., jeremy? you've got to be careful about legacy- — jeremy? you've got to be careful about legacy- if _ jeremy? you've got to be careful about legacy. if you _ jeremy? you've got to be careful about legacy. if you look - jeremy? you've got to be careful about legacy. if you look at - jeremy? you've got to be careful i about legacy. if you look at russia, that was four years after they first invaded ukraine, and four years later, look where we are with russia and ukraine once again. so, i think... if you look at their website, they talk about making the stadiums into community hubs, they

talk about continued outreach, and there have been some reforms. limited and not enough in labour laws and that kind of thing, but i suppose you could say that the impact of the qataris on football has already been happening because they bought psg, they put in vast amounts of money, and not the first country to do that kind of thing, of course. and it's notjust coming from the middle east as well. also a lot from america, but i suppose when the legacies of all this is something that perhaps we knew already about the world and about football, which is money talks. jeremy bo and they are speaking to gary lineker. what's it like to be a fan here? ——jeremy bowen. lots of localfans fan here? ——jeremy bowen. lots of local fans dressed fan here? ——jeremy bowen. lots of localfans dressed up here. we

didn't see a lot of the travelling fans. it's very expensive to be here. but qatar has had to build a lot of accommodation in order to accommodate what they will say over 1 million fans who are coming here to qatarfor the world 1 million fans who are coming here to qatar for the world cup. bbc sport's nesta mcgregor is also here in doha. he's been showing us around the accommodation set up for fans here. we got everything from cruise ships to big hotels, but also some special tent on the outskirts of doha. there's still work going on here. it all feels very last minute, but is now open and nesta went to see what it was like. well over a million people are due in qatar for the world cup. it has 1,800 tents, costs £175 a night. it's just opened, and those fans have started to arrive. when we saw pictures online of this, it seemed like a really fun idea. kind of having the vibe.

like a festival. exactly. but once we got here, our impressions were not precisely all positive. the tents are made of this really thick plastic, which with the nice and warm weather we're having right now, right now, it's unbearable to be inside. have you had a wander to see the cubicles where you shower? yeah, i just showered. yeah, the water is, like, brown when you open it, so it's not really that exciting. i brushed my teeth with my water bottle because that was cleaner than the water over there. what do you think of the place? for me, it's no good experience. from my reservation, - it's a hotel, not a village, 0k? nesta gasps. so, 3,300 us dollars! very, very expensive. very~ _ it's not that good here. and you're going to walk away having spent that much money? yes. i feel excited,

you open and i go in. ok, i can do that. my heart's racing for some reason. welcome. 0h, 0k. it's nice. we have a fan. no air condition? no. no, no, just the fan. and locks for the door. so, this is security? yes. right, anyone staying in the fan village can also use this fan park just across the road. there was a big screen behind me where you can watch the game. you can also take a dip in the sea or have a beer. and all around me, you can see people frantically doing odd jobs, trying to get this place ready. the world cup is just hours away and the fans seem to be ready, but the venue doesn't appear to be. the staff at the village assured me that all of this would be ready in time for the big kick—off. and you can see the potential to deliver the month—long beach party that was promised. a first—ever winter world cup was always going to be a unique experience,

and for many reasons, qatar 2022 is living up to that. see you in the morning. and i did speak to nesta when he came back to the hotel in the morning. he said it was an uncomfortable night's sleep and he did speak to one fan who had decided he wasn't going to stay there any more. hejust gave he wasn't going to stay there any more. he just gave up and tried to find somewhere else. but others were determined to stay. if you are following the world cup on multiple devices, it's well worth going to the bbc website, because we have a live page up and running throughout the tournament for you, where you can find minute by minute action and all of the reaction from around the world from pundits, correspondence, tweets as well. do log on and take a look. ecuador r 2—0 up against

qatar. their captain has scored each of the last five goals for ecuador at world cup, and this is the first time in the world cup that the hosts have been two goals behind at half—time in their first match. spain 1—1 drew in 1982 against honduras. it is worth taking a look. lucy, thank you. a shooting at a gay nightclub in the us state of colorado has killed five people and injured at least 18. a statement by the q club in colorado springs said it was devastated by what it calls a hate attack. at a news conference, the police chief of the colorado springs police department, adrian vasquez, gave more details about the incident. the suspect has been identified as

anderson— the suspect has been identified as anderson lee aldrich, a 22—year—old male _ anderson lee aldrich, a 22—year—old male at_ anderson lee aldrich, a 22—year—old male. at least two firearms were found _ male. at least two firearms were found at — male. at least two firearms were found at the scene. we are still working — found at the scene. we are still working to _ found at the scene. we are still working to identify the firearms and who they— working to identify the firearms and who they belong to, but i can confirm — who they belong to, but i can confirm that the suspect used a long rifle confirm that the suspect used a long rifie during _ confirm that the suspect used a long rifle during the shooting. detectives are currently seeking multiple — detectives are currently seeking multiple search words, so please be patient _ multiple search words, so please be patient with police and information as this _ patient with police and information as this is _ patient with police and information as this is a — patient with police and information as this is a large and complex scene and will— as this is a large and complex scene and will be — as this is a large and complex scene and will be time—consuming to process — and will be time—consuming to process. detectives are also looking to identify _ process. detectives are also looking to identify if there were any other individuals who assisted the suspect _ individuals who assisted the suspect. the motive of the crime is part of— suspect. the motive of the crime is part of the — suspect. the motive of the crime is part of the investigation and whether— part of the investigation and whether this was a crime as part of that investigation. —— a hate crime. earlier our north america correspondent peter bowes gave us the latest about the shooting. the authorities, officials at that news conference, have been describing the timeline in terms of what happened. they started to unfold just before midnight local time. this started to unfold just before

midnight local time. it was four minutes to midnight when the police recieved the first call. there was an officer on the scene within four minutes, and two minutes after that, the suspect was arrested — not through the actions of those officers arriving at the club, but as officials have described, two heroic individuals, people who were already inside the club, who managed to stop that individual carrying on with that shooting spree, and it is clear from what the authorities are saying are very likely to have saved some lives. we know that five people have died, 18 have been injured and are in various states of health in hospital. some are in a critical condition with life—threatening injuries. the suspect is also in hospital at the moment, in custody also.

the injuries that that person has, that he has, we don't know about the details, with one of the officials saying that he won't be released from hospital care until the doctors give the say—so. and, peter, as we heard, the q club said in a statement that this was a hate attack, described as a hate attack, but as we heard in the press conference, the police are not saying anything definitive about the motive at this stage. they're not describing it as a hate attack at this stage, or indeed whether the investigation will be conducted on that basis. the reason being, it isjust simply too early to say, and they re still talking to people and interviewing people who were at the scene. that said, it has got to be said that the tone of the press conference was that an alleged hate crime on everyone's minds. there was talk of this club, the q club, being considered in the local community as a safe haven for the lgbtq community. so, that's where people's

mines are going, but officially, as far as the investigation is concerned, there is still much evidence to be gathered. developing countries have welcomed a landmark agreement aimed at compensating them for the damage done by climate change. nearly 200 countries at the cop 27 summit in egypt agreed to set up a fund. the summit also repeated a commitment to limit global warming to a one—and—a—half degrees celsius rise since pre—industrial times, but delegates couldn't agree on further commitments to cut emissions. here's our climate editorjustin rowlatt. this is what this climate conference will be remembered for. the objectives are so decided. an agreement to create a fund to help vulnerable nations with the loss and damage climate change is causing. the deal on loss and damage is undoubtedly a breakthrough, but there is huge disappointment in this room, disappointment that the rest of the text is not more ambitious. leaders of delegations met to discuss how they could change

the wording to increase the effort to cut emissions. the aim of these summits is to raise ambition every year but today's deal goes no further than what was agreed last year in glasgow. the aim of these summits is to raise ambition every year, but today's deal goes no further than what was agreed last year in glasgow. what is low—emission energy? there's even a clause which could allow natural gas to be classified as green. guys? excuse me? there was a very strong move by some of the petro states to try to unwind some of those decisions and in fact go back to pre—paris kind of arrangements and so, as you can tell, because of how late we are, there was trench warfare on that. many countries wanted the targets to be much stronger. emissions peaking before 2025, as the science - tells us is necessary. not in this text! clear follow—through- on the phase—down of coal. not in this text! a clear commitment to phase out all fossil fuels. _ not in this text! and the energy text weakened in the final minutes. _

but the deal on loss and damage is genuinely a breakthrough, says the woman who led negotiations for developing countries. it's given me hope, it's restored faith in multilateralism, it's given us all hope in the cop system. in the cop system, and literally, in the power of working together. the problem is, the rest of the deal is so disappointing. it means what could have been a triumph for egypt is likely to end up being judged a failure. justin rowlatt, bbc news, sharm el—sheikh, egypt. a murder investigation has been launched after two young children died and a woman was left critically injured in a fire at a flat in nottingham. let's get more on this from our correspondent anjana gadgil. it's obviously very early stages,

but what more do we know about the incident? fate but what more do we know about the incident? ~ ~' ., but what more do we know about the incident? ~ ,, ., ,., but what more do we know about the incident? ~ ,, ., ., ., incident? we know so far that emergency — incident? we know so far that emergency services _ incident? we know so far that emergency services were - incident? we know so far that i emergency services were called incident? we know so far that - emergency services were called to the clifton part of nottingham about 3:15 a:m.. the fire took place in a first floorflat in 3:15 a:m.. the fire took place in a first floor flat in a 2—story building. there are three people present who were treated for smoke inhalation. they were a woman and two young children aged just three and one. we know neighbouring homes were evacuated so that fire crews could carry out their work and the fire was extinguished at about four o'clock that morning. the three people were taken to the queen's medical centre in nottingham. both children died at the hospital and a woman —— the woman remains in critical condition. the fire was started deliberately and nottinghamshire police are now pleading for witnesses. what nottinghamshire police are now pleading for witnesses. what more have they said? _ pleading for witnesses. what more have they said? the _

pleading for witnesses. what more have they said? the investigation i have they said? the investigation was launched _ have they said? the investigation was launched later _ have they said? the investigation was launched later today. - have they said? the investigation i was launched later today. detective greg magill, who is leading the investigation, said the circumstances were tragic and very sad and his thoughts with the family of those involved. they're a feeling for witnesses and want anyone in the area at that time to come forward —— appealing. they also want local people to know that a team of detectives are working hard and will be in the local area. inquiries continue. nottinghamshire fire and rescue service also said they will be in the area to offer reassurance to residents over day.— to residents over day. an'ana, thanks for i to residents over day. an'ana, thanks for update. * the housing secretary, michael gove, has written to every council and social housing provider in england to warn that deaths like that of awaab ishak must "never be allowed to happen again". an inquest found that the two—year—old died from a respiratory condition caused by mould exposure in the housing association flat in rochdale where he lived.

conor 0'shea is from generation rent, the campaign group that fights for private renter�*s rights. he told me that the death of awaab ishak was terrible. mould and damp do kill, it's a simple fact, and the fact that it's prevalent anywhere in the rented sector is terrible, but the fact that it's quite so widespread is bad. and how prevalent is it in the private rented sector? because of course we have been hearing about its prevalence in social housing, but what about on the private side of things? it's actually more prevalent in the private rented sector than it is in the social rented sector, which is quite striking considering that this death occurred in the social rented sector. there's a number of reasons for that. the homes in the private rented sector tend to have slightly worse energy efficiency, which means that they're harder to heat, and that's exacerbated

by the current fuel crisis, which means that essentially, people are less likely to be heating their homes, and the homes that they do have, once they are heated and not as efficient as they could be, which means it's easier for damp to get in. michael gove has said that this must never happen again. how are reassured are you by his words? we have to be reassured that people are taking the issue seriously. it's of course terrible that it's taken the death of a young child for it to become a prominent national issue, but ultimately, the words need to be backed up with actions. we need to see more funding towards the councils, we need to see enforcement of the standards being made easy of the standards being made easier at local authority level, and we also need to see a change in the culture and the regulation around the private rented sector in general. the end of section 21 hopefully coming in the renters�* reform bill will hopefully give renters the power to not fear an eviction if they raise an issue in a flat, and it will hopefully mean that these issues are treated

earlier and not left to become the terrible situation that we see in for example russia. and do you think there is the willingness to see this change among all parties involved? we at generation rent have been assured that there is willingness for all of the political parties. reform in the private rented sector was part of the conservative party manifesto 2019. they have assured us that the reform bill is coming in this parliament, and that's been echoed by the other parties in parliament. ultimately, we need to see action, though. we can't wait on words and platitudes, we do absolutely need to see movement, because as you see, the situation in the private rented sector is poor at the moment. and in terms of private landlords, do you feel that this would be a fairly straightforward change to implement? we hope so. landlords generally speaking, we have good landlords, landlords, generally speaking, we have good landlords, and people will respond if they think that their tenants are in danger, that their tenants are in danger. but of course, those rogue

landlords, people who are living outside of regulation, need to be brought to line, and we need to make sure that the situation is caught earlier than we've seen obviously in the cases with terrible black mould taking the lives of children. labour has said it will replace the house of lords with an elected chamber if it wins the next general election. the party's leader, sir keir starmer, wants politicians stripped of the power to appoint people to the chamber — saying conservative leaders have handed peerages to "lackeys and donors". earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, charlotte rose, about labour's plans. he wants to get rid of the ability of prime ministers to appoint people to go to the house of lords. to understand what this means, we have to understand what the chamber does, and theirjob is basically to scrutinise and to make changes to legislation. so, quite often, bills will start at the house of commons,

mps debate them and they go to the house of lords, and there can be some quite big changes made, with large sections put in or taken out of bills. the commons in the lords have been at loggerheads in recent years, over the brexit legislation, but also in more recent times over the right of public protest. the chamber itself is made up of different groups, so you have nonpolitical peers, people who have been put there because of their expertise in different fields, and then you also have political lords, so those from the conservatives, labour, the lib dems and greens. you then have some hereditary peers and also some religious members as well, so there's a whole mix, all serving in the same chamber, but their role is really to look at legislation. and what is the nature of the criticism around the current system as it is? there have been concerns about the size of the chamber. at the moment, there are 784 peers, so there's concern about how much it costs the taxpayer, but also the idea that the government of the day is able to stuff the lords with their friends and allies in order to make it easier to get legislation through. there's been particular criticism of borisjohnson in that he appointed evgeny lebedev,

a newspaper editor and the son of a former kgb agent. there were questions about the security of that appointment. also mrjohnson has been accused of making offers to mps in order to curry favour with them that they can go to the house of lords, but then urging them not to resign from theirjob as an mp in order to not trigger a by—election. so, there have been a few controversies, and that seems to be what has prompted keir starmer to say that these changes are needed. so, how exactly would it work under labour's proposed changes? i think there's a lot of questions still to be asked, because we are being told, labour is saying, that they would have an elected that they would have an elected chamber, but we don't know what form of elections they would use, and clearly, this chamber is secondary to the house of commons, where we already elect mps, and they would then be questions about, well, which chamber is the most important. so, there's questions to be asked, and i don't think we can underestimate how radical a constitutional change this would be.

but we also have to remember that this is not the first time that this kind of thing has been suggested. back in 1997, labour had similar proposals for the reform of the house of lords, and they never made it into anything because it met with a lot of resistance, and the governmentjust put it in the "too hard to do" box, and this might be another issue where if labour did come to power at the next election, it might go the same way. the metropolitan police says a file of evidence about cash—for—honours allegations involving one of king charles' charities, has been passed to the crown prosecution service to consider if charges should be brought. 0fficers began an investigation in february, following a series of newspaper 0fficers began an investigation in february, following a series of newspaper articles which claimed that a former close aide to the then—prince of wales had offered to help a saudi donor to one of his charities

secure a knighthood. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent simonjones. that was following a series of newspaper allegations in which it was alleged that the then head of the prince's foundation charity, michael fawcett, had offered to help a prominent saudi businessman and donor, a man called mahfouz mubarak, get an honour, and also british citizenship. now, in september, we know that the police spoke to a man in his 40s and a man in his 50s under caution, and now scotland yard have said they have given a file of evidence to the crown prosecution service. it will now be up to the cps to consider that evidence, to consider whether there is enough evidence to bring any charges and whether it would be in the public interest to do that. but in terms of buckingham palace, what they have said is they don't want to give a running commentary on an ongoing police investigation, but when these allegations first emerged, the spokesperson for the then prince of wales denied he had any knowledge of what is claimed, any knowledge of what potentially might have happened. now, in terms of michael fawcett, he has always said he will cooperate fully with the police investigation, and the saudi businessman has said he has done nothing wrong. 0ur correspondent simonjones. donald trump's twitter account

has been reactivated, after its new owner, elon musk, let his followers decide in an online poll whether mr trump should be allowed back. the former president was banned from the site injanuary last year following the rioting on capitol hill. mr trump then set up his own platform — truth social — and claims to have no interest in returning to twitter. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello, more rain to come through this week ahead, but for tonight, things turning a good deal quieter. the showers you've seen through the day gradually fading away into the nights, continuing for a time inland and will continue in the very far north east of scotland. but later in the night, cloud, wind and rain starts to push in temperatures up here. but through much of england, north east wales, scotland, a widespread frost to take us into your monday morning. in the southwest, though, as i said, not quite as cold, but it's because here, we'll have some very strong winds to start the day, gusting up to around 70 or 80 miles an hour through the day

as they switch from a southeasterly direction to a northwesterly one as this area of rain goes through. so, a wet morning here. rain spreads through the morning through a good part of wales. it's there in northern ireland as well. through the afternoon, midlands, east anglia, the southeast will start to see cloudier, wet conditions develop. some of that will edge into parts of northern england. but the far north of england, much of scotland, you'll have a dry day. the winds will pick up. it will feel rather chilly, but a lot of sunshine, just a few showers in the very far northeast. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the qatar world cup has kicked off with a lavish opening ceremony, the host nation are playing ecuador right now and they are 2—0 down after the first half. the tournament is taking place amongsts criticism of qatar's human rights record — fifa and government officials in doha say, the country is being singled out unfairly. a shooting outside a gay nightclub in the us state of colorado

leaves five people dead. police have named the suspected gunman who's been arrested.