police have confirmed that 15—year—old jessica baker and coach driver stephen shrimpton died in a crash on the m53 in the wirral yesterday. 27 years after the death of tupac shakur, police in nevada charge a former gang leader for the murder of the american hip—hop star. let's bring you an update on a moving story to begin with. armenia's government says more than 100,000 ethnic armenians have now fled nagorno—karabakh. that's after azerbaijan took control of the disputed enclave after a lightning military campaign earlier this month. nagorno—karabakh was controlled by armenian separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. the united nations says

it's sending a mission to the region this weekend to assess the humanitarian situation. the team will look at the needs of people remaining in the territory as well as those who are on the move. azerbaijan has said it would allow such a visit to take place. live now to danny aeberhard the world service europe regional editor. what is the latest on the border? we know... what is the latest on the border? we know -- sorry. _ what is the latest on the border? we know... sorry, we _ what is the latest on the border? we know... sorry, we are _ what is the latest on the border? we know... sorry, we are only— what is the latest on the border? we know... sorry, we are only getting i know... sorry, we are only getting every other _ know... sorry, we are only getting every other word. _ know... sorry, we are only getting every other word. we _ know. .. sorry, we are only getting every other word. we will- know... sorry, we are only getting every other word. we will try - know... sorry, we are only getting every other word. we will try to i every other word. we will try to reconnect the line with the later on. but thank you anyway. we will try to get that line back. live now to dickran khodanian, a freelance journalist who is currently in goris.

just checking you can hear me. yes. i can hear yom _ just checking you can hear me. yes. i can hear you. thank _ just checking you can hear me. yes. i can hear you. thank you _ just checking you can hear me. yes. i can hear you. thank you for - just checking you can hear me. yes. | i can hear you. thank you for coming on and talking _ i can hear you. thank you for coming on and talking to _ i can hear you. thank you for coming on and talking to us. _ i can hear you. thank you for coming on and talking to us. can _ i can hear you. thank you for coming on and talking to us. can you - i can hear you. thank you for coming on and talking to us. can you talk- on and talking to us. can you talk us through the situation on the ground there?— us through the situation on the ground there? right now, i'm 30 minutes from _ ground there? right now, i'm 30 minutes from the _ ground there? right now, i'm 30 minutes from the checkpoint - minutes from the checkpoint azerbaijan has set up. as of now, there are around 100,000 armenians in the republic of armenia. to give you an idea, the population here is 20,000. one of the first stops as the city because this is where they are registering and later sent for accommodation in different cities. they're providing aid and necessary supplies at this moment but that's what's going on in the ground right

now. for what's going on in the ground right now. ., ., , .,, what's going on in the ground right now. ., ., , ., now. for more people continue to arrive in the _ now. for more people continue to arrive in the days _ now. for more people continue to arrive in the days ahead? - now. for more people continue to arrive in the days ahead? they . now. for more people continue to l arrive in the days ahead? they can't be that many more than 100,000 people in nagorno—karabakh in the first place. people in nagorno-karabakh in the first lace. ., . ., first place. according to official re orts, first place. according to official reports. the — first place. according to official reports, the armenians - first place. according to official reports, the armenians have i first place. according to official i reports, the armenians have left first place. according to official - reports, the armenians have left the region. there is currently on their way. 50 region. there is currently on their wa . ., region. there is currently on their wa. ., ., way. so that will basically mean effectively _ way. so that will basically mean effectively almost _ way. so that will basically mean effectively almost every - way. so that will basically mean effectively almost every person | way. so that will basically mean - effectively almost every person who had a home and lived in nagorno—karabakh has now left. nagorno—kara bakh has now left. that's nagorno—karabakh has now left. that's a huge number of people that armenia will now have to integrate. exactly. armenia will now have to integrate. exactl . ~ ., ., armenia will now have to integrate. exactl . ~ . . . ., , ., exactly. what are the challenges of doinu exactly. what are the challenges of doing that? — exactly. what are the challenges of doing that? especially _ exactly. what are the challenges of doing that? especially with - exactly. what are the challenges of doing that? especially with the - exactly. what are the challenges of doing that? especially with the size of the country. {line doing that? especially with the size of the country-— of the country. one of the biggest challenaes of the country. one of the biggest challenges is _ of the country. one of the biggest challenges is the _ of the country. one of the biggest challenges is the fact _ of the country. one of the biggest challenges is the fact that - of the country. one of the biggest challenges is the fact that the - challenges is the fact that the province currently borders

azerbaijan. most armenians coming to this region are now fearing that they may suffer a similar fate as they may suffer a similar fate as they did in their homes in other parts of nagorno—karabakh. so they have no idea where they will move, their plans are uncertain and they want to get as far as they can from the border because azerbaijan may continue with their animosity and aggressive rhetoric behind the mic towards the people. but azerbai'an has so clearly fl towards the people. but azerbai'an has so clearly that d towards the people. but azerbai'an has so clearly that they i towards the people. but azerbai'an has so clearly that they are i towards the people. but azerbai'an has so clearly that they are not i has so clearly that they are not requesting anyone leaves, they say people are welcome to stay and form part of a multiethnic azerbaijan. that's message is clearly rejected by these people who are leaving. mat by these people who are leaving. iirrt necessarilyjust rejected but azerbaijan's true actions could prove to be otherwise. they launched an unprovoked attack before that had traces of characteristics of ethnic

purging and genocide. so these people are not voluntarily leaving their homes, they are being displaced and evacuating for their safety because they don't feel they can live a safe life under azerbaijan. i can live a safe life under azerbaijan.— can live a safe life under azerbaijan. i see. and the azerbaijan _ azerbaijan. i see. and the azerbaijan government i azerbaijan. i see. and the | azerbaijan government has azerbaijan. i see. and the _ azerbaijan government has previously denied that. let's go back to the people crossing the border. we've been seeing pictures of bottles of water and bits of aid. what are the supplies that are most needed thereby meet people where you are? right now, there's been food and water and basic necessities passed out immediately but it will be a cold winter and they need resources to survive the cold winter. and food

and in addition to the rest. freelance journalist there. thank you forjoining us. the us government will run out of money to fund itself by the end of saturday, unless congress can agree a last—minute deal. it would be the 22nd time in the past 50 years that us government services have had to be shut down because of a budget deadlock in congress. the house of representatives will reconvene in washington on saturday morning local time. sean dilley has the latest. well, this is what you get when the house of representatives is led by a different party to the one that controls the senate and also occupies the white house. deadlocks, not unheard of. the government shut down six times since 1990. and when they happen, they can last for a short time, even days. but there's usually a very clear reason why. last time, for example, the government shut down in 2018. it was 35 days that those services were stopped. and this was because of a very clear

disagreement about donald trump's wish to build a wall on the southern border. 2013, similarly, very clear policy disagreements saw a 16—day shutdown when representatives fell out over the provision of 0bamacare. this time, though, the reasons are far less clear. the republican speaker, kevin mccarthy, says that he thinks the biggest issue is president biden's wish to send more money to ukraine. but he said a short term deal probably could have been done before now in exchange for stronger border protections on the south of the country. now, it probably is the case that kevin mccarthy could drive through a short—term funding deal to keep the government running. but that would mean working closely with democratic representatives to push through a funding deal already agreed by both the republicans and the democrats in the upper chamber, the senate. but around nine hard—line republicans have made it very clear that if he works with their opponents

to pass the deal, he'd be forced from office. so then what are we left with? congress has until midnight tonight to see if they can reach a deal. it's possible, i guess, but right now it feels pretty unlikely that they're going to do that. and if they don't, days and weeks of uncertainty would surely follow. many thousands of federal employees would be placed on unpaid leave. staying in the us, a supporter of donald trump has become the first defendant to plead guilty to interfering with the election in the us state of georgia during the last presidential poll. under the terms of a deal with prosecutors, scott hall agreed to testify against the 18 others accused in the case. they include the former president. the trial of two other defendants including a former lawyer for mr trump, is due to begin in october. moving to pakistan, investigations are under way into two deadly explosions which killed nearly 60 people. the first explosion was near a mosque in the south—western

province of balochistan as people celebrated the birth of the 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. bbc urdu's saher baloch has the latest from mastung. i'm in mastung city right now, which was rocked by a blast yesterday. the police says that it was a suicide blast. if you look around, there are a lot of slippers and belongings of people that are strewn around here. the police has also tried to clean the area, but it seems like they were not able to do so properly. as soon as i got here, i was told

that in the hospital near me there are many unidentified people as well. so around 52 people were dead, pronounced dead on arrival. and at the same time, there were 139 people who were injured in this incident as a result of this incident. the police says that it was a suicide blast, but so far, none of the militant organisations have claimed responsibility for it. the people i spoke with over here, they are saying that who basically did that and what was their motivation. what exactly happened yesterday was that people congregated on this area, around this place and they were going to start marching or to celebrate the birth anniversary of prophet muhammad, because this was a tradition that was practised over here for many, many years. i also roamed around a bit in this area, and i got to know that there are many unidentified bodies still lying in the hospital. some of them some of the people were identified and they were taken to quetta. but a lot of bodies are still unidentified. at the same time, the people around here are questioning the investigation of the police and they are also questioning

like why repeatedly such attacks are happening in masoom. the police officers that i spoke with over here, they are not taking any names any more because since the time they named pakistani taliban and they backed off from it and they said that they have nothing to do with this incident at all. the police has not said anything at all about who could be responsible for this. so for the time being, the people over here still have a lot of questions that need answering. here in the uk, police have now named the two people who died in a school bus crash in merseyside yesterday. police say 15—year—old jessica baker and the coach driver ao—year—old stephen shrimpton both died in the incident. several other children were injured. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson has the latest. this is 15—year—old jessica baker, one of the schoolchildren on the bus who was killed in the crash. the driver, stephen shrimpton, also died. more than 50 children were on their way to school when theirjourney ended in tragedy.

this is the aftermath of the crash on the m53 on merseyside. the coach overturned. it happened just after 8:00 yesterday morning. a major incident was declared. police, ambulance and fire crews were quickly sent to the scene. 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, wirral council and cheshire west council to ensure the necessary trauma support is in place for the children on the bus. a 14—year—old boy is also being treated for life—changing injuries. other children were also injured. 50 children were transported to a casualty clearing centre at the emergency service training centre in wallasey. of those 50, 39 have now been discharged. the remainder have been taken

to hospital for further treatment. the children were going to two schools, the boys to call calday grange grammar school and the girls to west kirby grammar school. they're being provided with specialist trauma support. so too are the children from both schools who were on buses travelling in convoy with the one that crashed and saw what happened. police have appealed to anyone who has dashcam footage to contact them urgently as investigators establish how the crash happened. a crash, which has left two families devastated, school children injured and so many likely traumatised by what they experienced and what they saw. helena wilkinson, bbc news. 27 years after the killing of the hip hop artist tupac shakur, police in las vegas have charged a former gang leader with his murder. 60—year—old duane davis,

who's also known as keefe d, is accused of planning the rapper's shooting. tupac shakur was hit four times in a drive—by shooting aged 25, until now, no—one had ever been charged over the death. the arrest was made two months after police searched a home near to the location the killing happened at a property linked to a man who had previously said he witnessed the shooting from a car. 0ur north america correspondent barbara plett usher has the details. # i see no changes. # all i see is racist faces. tupac shakur is still one of the best selling and most influential rappers of all time. he took off after the release of his debut album in 1991. just five years later, he was gunned down. his career cut short. shot on the las vegas strip while waiting at a red light. hit by bullets fired from a passing cadillac, he died six days later. now, after 27 years, police have finally arrested a suspect. 27 years.

for 27 years, the family of tupac shakur has been waiting forjustice. we are here today to announce the arrest of 60—year—old duane keith davis, aka keffe d for the murder of tupac shakur. he was the leader of a gang that was feuding with tupac�*s record label, death row records. police said the whole thing started with this fight at a las vegas hotel. tupac and record executive shug knight punched and kicked a rival gang member. keefe d is accused of then hatching the plan to retaliate. fast forward to july this year. police raided his home in a los angeles suburb. he's the man on the right. the case had been revived in recent years, using his own words about the incident published in a memoir. tupac�*s musical legacy was honored at the hollywood walk

of fame earlier this year. the questions surrounding his death have also gripped his fans. they may soon get their answers. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. rail passengers in the uk are facing more disruption parts of the uk today as around 12,000 train drivers stage their latest one—day strike over pay and conditions. the fresh wave of action, by members of the aslef union, means fewer than half of trains will be operating. further delays and cancellations are expected next week as the rail union stages an overtime ban. and a number of hospitality businesses are calling for the festive season to be protected and for an urgent resolution to the ongoing rail dispute. live now to the rail delivery group's robert nisbet. hi, robert. good afternoon. what's

our hi, robert. good afternoon. what's your reaction _ hi, robert. good afternoon. what's your reaction to _ hi, robert. good afternoon. what's your reaction to the _ hi, robert. good afternoon. what's your reaction to the disruption? - your reaction to the disruption? well, it is usually frustrating for us who work in the industry who want to see a healthy and thriving railway industry. industrial action with the rmt and aslef have been going on for 15 months and the cost to the tax—payer is nearly three quarters of £1 billion. you mentioned hospitality, think of the impact on small pubs, restaurants etc putting the value on it of over £3 billion. you can understand why they are annoyed, especially when there are two good deals sitting on a table for the members to consider. the aslef example comes, a four—day week with overtime on top of that is the twice the average income in the country. but

the twice the average income in the count . �* ., the twice the average income in the count .�* ., . ., , country. but the union clearly disagrees- — country. but the union clearly disagrees. aslef _ country. but the union clearly disagrees. aslef are - country. but the union clearly disagrees. aslef are saying i country. but the union clearly. disagrees. aslef are saying the train companies have always failed to employ enough drivers to provide a proper service. is to employ enough drivers to provide a proper service-— a proper service. is that true? it is siml a proper service. is that true? it is simply not — a proper service. is that true? it is simply not true. _ a proper service. is that true? it is simply not true. there - a proper service. is that true? it is simply not true. there are - a proper service. is that true? it - is simply not true. there are enough drivers there. the problem here is the union is refusing to talk to us about workplace reform. we want a link workplace reform to this deal that would give them £65,000 for a four—day week. we think the terms and conditions of the railway operating at the moment are dated. in many cases, they go back to the 18005 in many cases, they go back to the 1800s and the railway has changed in its entirety. especially the impact of the pandemic and technology, for example, some new trains can't run on tracks until the unions give their say so. rostering at the weekends, you can put your name down to work on saturday or sunday but is

not compulsory. that has to change. we have to allow managers to manage a seven—day week railway rather than monday to friday. we are asking aslef to consider the fact that the railway is the railway of the past and needs to be for the future for the sake of passengers.— and needs to be for the future for the sake of passengers. where is the resolution here? _ the sake of passengers. where is the resolution here? they _ the sake of passengers. where is the resolution here? they need - the sake of passengers. where is the resolution here? they need to - resolution here? they need to acknowledge _ resolution here? they need to acknowledge the _ resolution here? they need to acknowledge the workplace i resolution here? they need to - acknowledge the workplace reform has to be on the table. as mentioned earlier, there are two unions involved, the current action is with us left but there is also the rmt union and over the last few weeks there has been some encouraging progress in the talks there. but not so with aslef who will not sit at the table if workplace reform is to be discussed and tied to the deal. we'd also say the economy of the railway is in such a parlous state at the moment that we have to consider these workplace reforms in order to refund the money we want to give ourtrain

order to refund the money we want to give our train drivers and that's also crucial to consider that the railway at the moment is running at a loss, revenue are still 30% below where it was before the pandemic. that means the tax—payer support of around £175 million a month is needed and that would be much better spent we argue in hospitals and schools and other public services. thank you for coming on the programme. here in the uk, since the prime minister rishi sunak announced plans to ban american bully xl type dogs, animal charities say they've had an increase in calls from worried pet owners. the government says it's taking quick action to protect the public after a series of recent attacks, but owners are now waiting to find out how a ban could affect them. john maguire reports. 0ne—year—old rufus is a happy dog, but with a very uncertain future. he's among the 20 here at the hope rescue centre in south wales that may be affected by the ban on xl bullies and staff fear there may be a lot more to come.

since the pm announced the ban on xl bullies, we've seen a massive increase in the number of phone calls, messages we're getting from panicked owners. firstly, they're worried about whether their dog is going to fit into this ban. so, we're hearing from not only owners of xl bullies, but owners of other american bullies and just large bull breeds. is their dog going to fit this ban? and what will that mean for the dog? if people are panicked and they're not sure what to do, are we then going to see a higher number of dogs coming into our care? which at the moment, when we are already working at capacity, is really scary for us. good lad. i'll tip it up slightly for you, if you want. good boy. yeah. good boy. just gets him used to putting his face in different things, making it nice and simple. this is the second time simone and nick have brought their xl bully, creed, to be trained to wear a muzzle.

he's rewarded with treats and with gentle persuasion is making very good progress. his owners are being proactive, anticipating a proposed law that would change the way they live with their dog. i'd rather be ahead of the game and make sure we're prepared. creed's never worn a muzzle before and he doesn't particularly like things near his face, so we thought it could take quite a while to get him comfortable with it. and i also want to make sure that if and when they do bring this rule in, we're ready and we're not trapped in the house and not able to take him out on a walk because we can't get a muzzle on him. they believe dangerous behaviour is derived from irresponsible breeders and owners — caused by humans, not animals. ijust think it should be notjust xls. i think it should be tighter dog control for everyone. and i think if unfortunately your dog does attack someone, you should pay the consequences. it should be treated the same as, like, manslaughter or anything. and i think that would control a lot of issues on dogs. come on. here at the dog academy

near milton keynes, they've been inundated with requests for help since the prime minister announced his intention to ban the breed. people are getting really overwhelmed. there's a lot of people who have been coming in with dogs that they just weren't certain were ever going to wear a muzzle. i know a couple of people who've had their pets put to sleep already because they haven't either been able to afford it or the stigma attached to it. it's a really, really hard decision for a lot of people. put your nose in, and that's what we're asking for. kairo's owners have so far tried unsuccessfully to muzzle him at home. he's a large dog, but at nine months is still a puppy and is already taking to this method. his owners are not sure of his exact breed, but aren't taking any chances. he's showed so much potential as well. so we do feel like it's quite heartbreaking. so that's why we're trying to take these steps before anything comes into place. determining whether or not a dog belongs to a banned breed is difficult, and there are concerns

the law will affect responsible owners, while doing little to tackle those who already abuse existing laws, the system and the dogs themselves. john maguire, bbc news, buckinghamshire. in australia, one man has died and another is in hospital after a whale struck and flipped their boat during a fishing expedition. authorities say one man was pulled unconscious from botany bay, off the coast of sydney, and later died, while the other remains in a stable condition. the two men were thrown from the boat when it was hit by the whale — early morning local time. let's hear from the new south wales police minister yasmin catley. these circumstances, we have been advised early that a whale has been involved. i mean, whoever would have thought that that would have occurred? so it is terribly tragic. terribly tragic. and wejust, as i say, feel for those family and friends. you know, this morning two guys got

up to go out and enjoy themselves fishing, something that i and, you know, most people in new south wales love to do, and we have ended up in a tragic set of circumstances. staying in the uk, and to scotland where two people are in hospital after the flying scotsman steam train was involved in a crash with another heritage train in the cairngorms. the low speed collision took place at aviemore railway station, in the scottish highlands. three other people were treated at the scene. police said none of the injuries were serious. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. whilst some of you will stay dry and bright for the rest of the day, for others it will be quite a soggy saturday as we go through into the afternoon. it's all down to these weather fronts approaching from the south—west.

they'll bring outbreaks of rain particularly from the central strip of the country. it means the north of scotland will be dry and bright with some sunny spells, isolated showers, lighter winds than yesterday. the south of england into the channel islands staying dry with some breaks in the cloud. but in between, rain extensive and heavy through the afternoon in northern ireland. a bit more erratic to the north and west of wales, north—west england and turning wetter in south—west scotland. quite strong winds, a0—a5mph winds around the coast. a fresh day to the north but without strong winds. a warmish day of the south—east, 20—21 c. evening and overnight, rain sweeping north across scotland before clearer skies later but it turns wetter in parts of northern england, north and west wales into tomorrow morning. 12—16, maybe 17 degrees, a warm and humid start to sunday, particularly he further south you are. there will be mist and murk around, especially around south—western coasts. northern england and wales, further outbreaks of rain. heavy at times. that'll shift towards the south

and east, brightening up with sunshine, south—west england and the midlands turning cloudier and damper. south—east will stay sunny, 23, 2a celsius, pretty warm for the first day of october. into monday, high pressure across europe, they will be getting some unusual warmth there but we are on the edge of it and that will still allow further weather fronts to push their way in. the winds won't be particularly strong away from north scotland. but through parts of western wales we will see thundery showers. warm and humid in the south—east corner. still a few glimpses of sunshine, warm and humid in the south—east corner. a fresher feel in the north especially with that wind across northern scotland. into next week, we'll see some sunshine, a fresher few days to come on tuesday and wednesday but expect some rain now and again especially

in the north and the west. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines... armenia's government says more than 100,000 ethnic armenians have now fled nagorno—karabakh since azerbaijan's offensive began earlier this month.

the united nations says it's sending a team to assess humanitarian needs. the us government edges towards shutdown, after members of congress fail to reach an agreement on spending. government agencies will begin shutting down unless a deal is reached by the end of saturday. 27 years after the death of american rapper tupac shakur, police in nevada charge a former los angeles gang leaderfor his murder. 60—year—old duane davis was charged after the emergence of new evidence. police in the uk have named 15—year—old jessica baker and coach driver stephen shrimpton as the two people killed in a crash yesterday. they both died when the school bus overturned on the m53 in the wirral. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson.