our thoughts and condolences to families and friends at this tragic time. suicide bombers target mosques in pakistan. more than 50 people die in two explosions. a 17—year—old boy appears in court charged with the murder of british schoolgirl elianne andam, who was stabbed to death on wednesday. people in the uk conceived using donated sperm or eggs will soon have the right to know their biological parents�* identity. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in the uk, where two people have died and a major emergency response operation has been going on in the north west of england. a coach carrying schoolchildren overturned on a motorway this morning. police have confirmed that the two people who died were a 14—year—old schoolgirl and a coach driver. a local children's hospital had

declared a major incident. it said it's treating several people. about 50 others were assessed at the scene. police were called to the m53 motorway in the wirral — near liverpool — just after eight o'clock, when the incident happened. the road has been closed ever since. chief superintendent graeme robson confirmed that a girl and the driver were killed. emergency services were called to report of an overturned bus on the m53 atjust after 8:00 this morning. we can confirm that the bus was a school bus taking pupils to west kirby and calder grammar schools on the will. we understand there were 5a people, including the driver on the bus and sadly i can confirm that the driver and a 14—year—old schoolgirl have died. two children were taken from the scene to alder hey children's hospital. 50 of the children were taken to an emergency training centre where they were medically assessed.

and eight of those children have been taken to the countess of chester and arrowe park hospitals. our thoughts and condolences are very much with their families and friends at this tragic time. family liaison officers are providing specialist support to both families and we are working with the schools wiltshire council and cheshire west council to ensure the necessary trauma support is in place for the children on the bus. we also know that other children from both schools were on buses travelling in convoy with the bus involved in the incident and they witnessed the incident and they too will be provided with specialist trauma support. the motorway is expected to be closed for a number of hours whilst investigative work is carried out and we would like to thank motorists for their patience while the investigation is ongoing. diversions are in place and we encourage people, where possible, to take alternative routes. i would also like to remind people that there is an investigation

ongoing and would ask people to refrain from posting anything on social media that could hamper the investigation and not to speculate. let's go to our reporter nick garnett who's at alder hey hospital in liverpool, where some of the injured are being taken to. water authorities saying to you and what the hospitals saying? this water authorities saying to you and what the hospitals saying?- water authorities saying to you and what the hospitals saying? this is a secialist what the hospitals saying? this is a specialist children's _ what the hospitals saying? this is a specialist children's hospital - what the hospitals saying? this is a specialist children's hospital and i specialist children's hospital and two children injured in the crash were brought here immediately after the crash and after the ambulance crews arrived at the scene. they are seriously injured and treated him. their families with them and specialist help us be provided by the hospital to help them as they with their children and hoping that they get better as quickly as possible. a number of other people were injured in this crash. this happened on a motorway on a

peninsula of land, the wirral, on the other side of the river mersey. it's probably around 18 kilometres from here and the children brought here were brought by ambulance under a tunnel in the river and is quite a long journey to get here. most children were treated at a triage centre set up, and emergency casualty centre. 50 children were taken there. eight of them were taken there. eight of them were taken to two other hospitals nearby within 20 kilometres radius. 0ne taken to two other hospitals nearby within 20 kilometres radius. one was in chester and another around five minute drive away from where the crash actually happened. so far, we know 39 patients have been discharged and those are 39 children. this from two schools, west kirby and cordy grange. the bus was on its way to school in the morning for normal lessons and had been picking children up. they were

taken to hospital. was complicated about this is in operation is that the vehicle, the coaches on that side and there is broken glass around it and it's very obvious it was a dangerous situation. firstly, the crews had to get the children inside out and to safety and had to make sure nothing happened at the scene because there was the danger of spilled fuel because of the vehicle being on that side. there was all taken care of but the motorway itself stays shut because of investigations and trying to remove it and clear up the scene and get that road back up and running again. there have been various messages from local politicians and national politicians as well, passing on their condolences and thoughts with everyone injured or affected by this terrible accident. thank you.

two deadly explosions have rocked pakistan. more than 50 people are dead. the first explosion was near a mosque in the southwestern province of balochistan as people celebrated the birth of prophet muhammad. police say at least 52 people were killed there, with another 50 injured. police suspect it was a suicide attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. these pictures are from balochistan, pakistan's largest province. the region has suffered mutiple attacks from groups including the pakistani taliban and islamic state group. and in a separate explosion, at least five people are reported to have died at a blast at a mosque near the city of peshawar. many more were feared trapped under the collapsed building. 0ur correspondent saher baloch in islamabad gave us this update at the moment what we know is that in hangu, which is a district in khyber—pakhtunkhwa, the rescue workers have completed the operation and people have been taken out of the rubble. and also there are four dead in that incident as well.

in balochistan, what we know so far is that the police says that they think that this is a suicide attack and they have called it a suicide attack, especially the police chief of balochistan confirmed it to bbc as well. so now what the reporters and the police is thinking right now is that the bigger question is whether this was initiated by the taliban or whether this was actually some other group and what was their motivation. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. more than one in 20 children are sleeping on floors because they don't have beds of their own. new research by the charity barnardo's has found �*bed poverty�* is increasing because of the cost of living crisis. the government says, it's providing record levels of support. a ban on some single—use plastics is due to come into force across england this weekend.

from sunday, businesses will have to stop using single—use plastic cutlery, plates and containers. there are exemptions for takeaways and retailers, though. environmental campaigners say the ban does not go far enough. police say cannabis farms are driving a major increase in cases of electricity theft in england and wales. electricity theft is the tampering or bypassing of metres to avoid paying for energy. thefts have grown by more than 75% since 2012. you're live with bbc news. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of elianne andam, the schoolgirl who was stabbed to death in south london on wednesday. the boy appeared at a youth court in croydon this morning. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is there for us. elianne andam was on her way to school when she was stabbed to death at a bus stop. with ambitions to be a lawyer,

she was described by her family as the light of their lives. today, at croydon magistrates�* court, a 17—year—old boy appeared charged with her murder and with possession of a kitchen knife without good reason. because of his young age the boy can't legally be named. he sat in the main area of the court instead of the dock. he was wearing a police—issued grey sweat shirt and tracksuit bottoms. he spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth and his lawyer said there was no indication at this stage which way he would plead. elianne andam had been on her way to school when she died. she was wearing her green school uniform and was with two friends. she'd just started year 11, her gcse year. police forensics teams spent two days at the scene and detectives say they've recovered a knife two thirds of a mile away. yesterday elianne's mother led a large group of herfamily, who paid an emotional visit to the bus stop where she died. they said elianne's dreams had been shattered and their hearts

were broken by her senseless death. the 17—year—old boy was told he would be kept in youth detention accommodation until he makes an appearance at the old bailey on tuesday. daniel sandford, bbc news, at croydon magistrates�* court. dianne feinstein, a veteran democratic party senator representing california, has died at the age of 90. senator feinstein had been in poor health for some time, and announced earlier this year, that she would not run for re—election in 202a. she became san francisco�*s first female mayor in 1979 and took office in the us senate in 1992. she was the first woman, alongside congresswoman barbara boxer to be elected to the senate from california. the uk is on track for record levels of taxation, according to a leading think tank. it says they are rising at an unprecedented rate. the institute for fiscal studies forecasts that taxes will amount

to about 37% of national income by next year�*s general election — a level not seen since such records began in 19118. here�*s what the ifs had to say. people are living longer. that�*s something to celebrate. people are living longer with multiple chronic conditions, which makes them more expensive to treat. they�*re also claiming state pensions and needing social care for longer. all of that comes with a price tag and those pressures aren�*t going anywhere. so whoever wins the next election in the face of those pressures is going to be facing lots of demands on state services. and it�*s very difficult to see how you can do anything other than maintain or perhaps even increase taxes in the face of that. 0ur head of statistics robert cuffe explained the details of the hidden tax rises that form a major part of this rise and how the uk�*s tax levels will compare to other countries�*. this parliament is on course to raise taxes by more than any other since the second world war, according to new analysis from the institute for fiscal studies.

with taxes forecast to rise from 33% of everything we earned before the last election to 37% before the next one. now, some of that is unwinding the unusually low tax rises we saw after 2010, and some is response to covid and the war in ukraine. a large chunk of the rise, more than a quarter and one that hits your paycheque directly is the hidden effect of freezing the tax bands. now, the tax bands are the point at which you start to pay, around £12,500 in england, or pay higher rate tax, just over £50,000. say you get a pay rise thatjust about keeps up with price increases. even though your salary�*s gone up, you�*re no better off than you were last year because you can just about still afford to buy the same lifestyle. but say you started here. your salary rise brings you up and drags you into a new tax band. suddenly you�*re paying more of your wages in tax, and now you�*re worse off despite a decent pay rise. because after tax, you can�*t afford the same standard of living that you did last year. governments used to shift these

tax bands up so that you wouldn�*t fall into the net, but they stopped doing that in 2021, and that�*s going to affect more than 5 million people by 2028, according to the uk�*s government finances watchdog. freezing tax bands will drag an extra three million people into paying any tax and shift another two million people into paying the higher rate. it is hidden, but more people are paying more tax now. add that to corporation tax rises and other elements. we are heading for record levels, but it�*s probably not going to shift the uk�*s position in the international league tables. if you look at the latest data we have for 2021, you can see that our taxes may be high by historical standards for the uk, but we�*re in the middle of the pack when you compare us to other major advanced economies. the forecast rise...up to here, about 37%, doesn�*t really change the picture very much, even if the other countries don�*t grow their tax base that much in response to the covid fallout or the war in ukraine. now, one word of caution on league tables like this. these different tax takes by very

different levels of public services. take america. most people don�*t pay for health care through taxation in the us and taxes are much lower there. but they are still paying for the health care. the leaders of nine mediterranean, and southern european countries are in malta for talks expected to focus on migration. the gathering comes as the un refugee organisation says this year, more than 2,500 people have died, or disappeared in the med, attempting to cross the sea — substantially more than at the same time last year. the number of those who made it to europe has also risen markedly. 11,000 unaccompanied child migrants have made dangerous sea crossings to europe this year — that�*s a 60% rise. the un childrens agency says the mediterranean has become a �*cemetery for children�*. i�*ve been speaking to sasha 0ckenden from sos humanity, which is a search and rescue organisation that has worked to help migrants found at sea in the mediterranean. he explained what it is like for migrants who make these perilous crossings. i�*ve been out there myself on the rescue ship, the humanity 1. we carry out search and rescue

and what i saw my own eyes i can only describe as a humanitarian crisis. as you say, more people are attempting to cross the mediterranean, many more people are drowning and the reasons for that is that there is a total absence of coordination of search and rescue the mediterranean. you have a small number of ngos such as ourselves carrying out rescues but there is still no coordination on a state level between these nine countries who are meeting today in malta and for that reason, there are many boats we don�*t know about, many shipwrecked and far too many people have lost their lives already this year. i read in those statistics the number of children has risen by 60% and has come from unicef. does it feel like that? can you see that in terms of real—time experience? absolutely. a large proportion, something like a quarter or more of the people

we rescued have been minors and most of those unaccompanied. i spoke to a young man who travelled around 5,000km before he arrived in tunisia. he was imprisoned and beaten and blackmailed and made this dangerousjourney on his own in order to escape what he was experiencing in tunisia. that�*s just one of thousands of stories of children, also men and women, making this dangerous crossing. all of them are vulnerable and have human rights and all deserve protection from the european community. as these countries meet to discuss solutions and policy, how imperative is it that somewhere within all of this they actually make progress? it is so important we see progress. we�*ve been calling for the past seven years, we�*ve been calling

for a european financed search and rescue programme which still hasn�*t happened. all the discussions taking place on a national and diplomatic level, there are a lot of complex issues at play but for us first and foremost, we have to see progress with the fact that so many ships are crossing. you mentioned more than 2,500 people lost their lives already this year. we rescued people who�*d been drifting at sea for up to five days, some of them in the middle of storms and many had no food or water. i asked myself how can it be that in this day and age we as international community are unable to monitor and co—ordinate rescues on what is essentially european unions external border. briefly, if you could, we know that some of those countries have been adopting a tougher approach. how difficult is it to navigate all of that? and if you had to find one solution in terms of making progress on this,

what would it be? as i mentioned before, ithink the coordination of rescue at sea. these countries are meeting today in malta. the maltese authorities often don�*t respond to such an rescue request. we see a shipwreck in the maltese area and contact the authorities and they don�*t pick up the phone. it�*s like calling 999 and nobody picks up. that can�*t be a state of affairs that can last. alongside that, we have pressure from italian government trying to restrict ngos working in the mediterranean and trying to penalise us legally. this campaign of blaming rescuers has to stop we have to move towards a situation where whatever else is discussed as a diplomatic level, those who decide to risk their lives making this incredibly dangerous journey are put in the centre of the debate and we create a system that can rescue them, protect them, pregnant women are vulnerable people, minors, people suffering from discrimination,

their rights must be put in the centre of the debate. in the uk, people conceived using donated sperm, eggs or embryos will soon have the right to know the identity of their donors. the new rule applies only to those who turn 18 from this sunday 1st of october onwards. the uk�*s fertility regulator warns that access to the information won�*t be quick. this report is from tink llewellyn, who has a very personal connection to the issue. hello, are you ok? i�*m good, thank you, you? yeah, good thanks. twins matthew and phoebe have always known they were conceived using a sperm donor. we know he�*s like a second generation born colombian, his height, his build, eye colour, hair colour. and that�*s pretty much everything they told us, really. but next year, when they turn 18, that will all change. ijust think it's really cool that part of us is from a different country. so when we have a conversation at home, he's usually referred to as the colombian guy, orjust...

..orthe dad. i suppose, when they are growing up as well... - for their parents, sean and sarah, it�*s a date they�*ve always known would come. we decided because the change in law was coming up in 2005, _ that we would wait because it wasn't fair to deny them that opportunity i to find out who our donor was. but not everybody will benefit. donor—conceived people born before the law change won�*t have this right. i know, because i�*m one of them. oh, i love this picture. this is one of my favourites. this is me when i was little with him. i lost my dad last year, and that�*s encouraged me to start thinking about my donor family. and i�*m not alone in feeling like this. gary and his three daughters live in essex. about 1975, i think it was. he donated sperm in the �*80s, and was recently contacted by a donor daughter. i can see it now.

she embraced me, i embraced her. it was very emotional, something that happened so long ago that i did, i could never dream that it would be like this. ijust did not — i could not foresee it. gary�*s donor daughter didn�*t want to be identified on camera. but she did write us a letter that his third daughter, michelle, will read out to us. so it begins, "i never thought my biological father would want to meet me, let alone be part of my life. i love gary to bits and i'm so grateful for how he's treated me, and the same goes to my sisters." oh, that makes me feel so emotional. i�*m gon e ! not everybody wants a relationship with a sperm or egg donor. but for those who do, things are about to change for the better. so when you�*re both 18 now, next year, are you going to apply for more information? yeah. and what are you hoping for to come out of that? just to meet him, really. we've got two amazing children.

you know, our life's so different as a result of that person's kindness. so, it would be nice to shake him by the hand and say thank you. it might be a tree... but to many people it was so much more. and so the reaction has been incredible — overwhelming — since news that one of the uk�*s most famous trees, had been deliberately chopped down. the landmark at sycamore gap next to hadrian�*s wall, had delighted tourists and photographers for generations. this picture was taken by landscape photographer sophie henderson. but a quick pointer, because over the past 2a hours — people have been posting their best pictures — if you head to the bbc�*s live page, you�*ll see a roll—call of some of the more amazing moments. sophie henderson is a landscape photographer based in the north east. the sycamore gap tree has been

the subject of much of her work. she explained how she took her most recent shot of the tree. i was there about a fortnight ago and i was there to try to record the milky way. i wanted to record the it over the tree and over my shoulder i could see the northern lights in the sky so quickly set my camera up and was blown away by the images i was getting a couldn�*t believe how lucky i was to be there at the right time. you say lucky and it�*s just the most stunning image. is there right alongside you as you�*re talking. how much planning and choreography goes on something that? a lot. capturing the northern lights isn�*t easy and it�*s so hard to do because they are so unpredictable. it�*s one of my career highlights being able to get that photograph. absolutely.

nature has given it the best framing but how many times to be photographed it? 30 or a0 times. i never got bored of photographing it. it looked amazing different seasons and weather and was such an interesting place to photograph. the scenery and the settling of it was so spectacular it always makes a great photograph. i will put on the screen now pictures other people have sent in because it�*s had such an overwhelming response and i will read out a couple of quotes from some of the people. 0ne talks about going out with the family on her mum�*s 60th birthday on the 27th. they got to see it, had they gone a day later it wouldn�*t have been there. we had another comment saying she took a photo on a solo hike. you get a sense of what i�*m

talking about and the impact it�*s had on people. in terms of you, would you go back? or is it simply too sad to see it in the current state? yes, i actually went to the site yesterday because i couldn�*t believe it when i first saw the images, i thought it was a hoax. so had to go see for myself and it was awful and so upsetting. i don�*t think i�*ll return for long time. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. there are two sides to the weather story this weekend. one side of the story is some unseasonable warmth. we may see temperatures as high as 2a celsius. but there will also be some rain at times.

0n the satellite picture, you can see this area of cloud. this is a weather system that will push in from the southwest to bring rain for some of us during tomorrow. in the short term, though, actually quite a lot of sunshine out there. some showers, too, especially in western parts and most especially in the northwest of scotland where some of those showers will continue to be heavy, quite windy here through the afternoon. feeling quite fresh as well, 13 to 20 degrees, pleasant in any sunshine. and then through tonight, most of the showers will fade, will keep some going across the northern isles. but elsewhere, aside from a few mist patches, some largely clear skies overhead. that will allow it to get relatively chilly, not desperately cold for a late september night, but many spots will get down into single digits. but thanks to this ridge of high pressure, it�*s going to be a mainly fine start to saturday. however, this frontal system will be approaching from the west. initially that will throw some high

cloud across the sky, turning the sunshine quite hazy. and then the cloud will thicken out towards the west, with outbreaks of heavy rain pushing across northern ireland into western and northern parts of wales, the isle of man, northwest england into southern and central parts of scotland. it will turn relatively windy too for some of these irish sea coasts. temperatures 12 degrees in lerwick, 20 degrees in london. now, as you move through saturday night, this weather system willjust continue to wriggle around. there�*ll be some quite heavy bursts of rain, i think, across central parts of the uk. as this weather system continues to advance, it will draw in some really quite humid air as we head into sunday, a very warm, quite muggy start to sunday across southern parts. it will be quite misty and murky, too, for some of these western and southern coasts. we could well see some showery rain at times across central and southern parts of england and wales, sunshine and showers across northern ireland and scotland. but down towards the southeast with that humid air, we could well see temperatures up to 23 or 2a degrees. through next week,

quite a mixed affair. there will continue to be some rain at times. it will be quite breezy, but it may turn warm again towards the end of the week, especially in the south.

this is bbc news.

we are leaving our international coverage to focus on a political issue ahead of the general election. with the conservative party conference getting under way, it seems the prime minister is positioning himself to make a strong push to appeal to voters in the run—up to the campaign. rishi push to appeal to voters in the run-up to the campaign. rishi sunak is set to unveil _ run-up to the campaign. rishi sunak is set to unveil policies _ run-up to the campaign. rishi sunak is set to unveil policies aimed - run-up to the campaign. rishi sunak is set to unveil policies aimed at - is set to unveil policies aimed at drivers, including a possible ban on councils in england imposing 20 mph speed limit on main roads. where do these carfriendly speed limit on main roads. where do these car friendly policies leave cycling and walking campaigners? why is the prime minister appearing to specifically be after the motorists vote. let�*s ask our deputy political editor who joins us from westminster. talkers through what we

are expecting the prime minister to say.