police in the uk have named 15—year—old jessica baker, and coach driver stephen shrimpton, as the two people killed in a bus crash 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 rapper. let's bring you an update on a moving story to begin with. armenia's government says more than a— hundred— thousand ethnic— 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. earlier i spoke to dickran, he is a freelance journalist, currently in goris. i'm in goris, which is 30 minutes right after the illegal checkpoint that azerbaijan has set up. as you can see behind me, there is a few tents set up. as of now, they're reporting that over around 100,000 armenians from one of aleppo have entered the republic of armenia. and just to give you an idea, the population of goris is 20,000. so one of the first stops is the city, because this is where they are registering. this is where they're getting a media assessment.

and this is where they're being then later sent for accommodations in different cities and different parts of the republic of armenia. there's different tents set up, including the red cross and various organisations like the armenian relief society that are providing aid and necessary supplies at this moment. but that's what's going on on the ground right now in goris. and is there any idea are more people going to continue to arrive in the days ahead now? because the latest number we have is 100,000 and there can't be that many more than 100,000 people in nagorno—karabakh in the first place. according to official reports from nagorno—karabakh, the last group of armenians from artsakh have left the region, so whoever was there is currently on their way. so that will basically mean effectively almost every person who had a home and lived in nagorno—karabakh has now left. that is a huge number of people that armenia will now have to integrate. exactly. yes. what are the challenges of doing that for especially as the size

of the country? one of the biggest challenges is the fact that. sunni, which is the province that the city of god is in right now, currently borders azerbaijan as the occupied territories of nagorno—karabakh as of 2020. most of the armenians coming into this region are now fearing that they may somewhere will suffer the similar fate as they did in their homes in stepanakert and other parts of nagorno—karabakh. so they have no idea where they're going to move. their plans are uncertain, and they definitely want to get as far as the way they can from the border, because they fear that azerbaijan is just going to continue with their aggressive and animosity and aggressive rhetoric towards the republic of armenia. but azerbaijan have said quite clearly that they are not requesting that anyone leaves. they say people are welcome to stay and to form part of a multiethnic azerbaijan. that message is clearly rejected

by these people who are leaving. not necessarilyjust reject it, but other actions prove to be otherwise. because if you recall, september 20th, they launched an unprovoked attack that had traces of characteristics of ethnic cleansing and genocide. so these people are not voluntarily fleeing from their homes. they're being forcibly displaced and evacuated for their safety because they don't feel like they can live a safe and secure life under azerbaijan. and the only way they feel that they will go into their home as there's a free and independent armenian republic or whatever. i see. and the azerbaijan government has previously, and i'm sure would deny that. but let's get back to the people who are crossing the border to you. we've been seeing, as you've been talking, pictures of bottles of water and bits of aid, what are the supplies that are most needed there by people where you are? so, right now there's been food, water and basic necessities that are being passed out immediately. but the winter is coming. it's going to be a cold

one, which it normally is in the republic of armenia. so housing accommodations, as well as the necessary clothing and resources to survive the cold winter is really necessary and enough food, obviously, in addition to the rest. moving to pakistan, investigations are under way into two deadly explosions which killed at least 60 people. the first explosion was near a mosque in the southwestern province of balochistan as people celebrated the birth of the prophet muhammad. police say at least 55 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 mastang. 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

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 why repeatedly such attacks are happening in mastung. 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. 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 hardline 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 and the us could see some very

serious damage to its economy. 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 when the vehicle overturned on the m53 in the wirral. a 14—year—old boy is still in hospital with life—changing injuries. 0ur correspondent yunus mulla reports. jessica baker, 15 years old and one of the school children on the bus who was killed in the crash. today, flowers were left outside the school entrance. 0ne message simply read, sorry to see you go. thoughts with the family. the school has opened this weekend and children have been arriving with their parents carrying flowers. they've been comforted by staff. the school is offering specialist trauma support. the driver who was also killed has

been officially named as stephen shrimpton. a fundraising post said he had medical issues at the wheel. in tribute, his family describe him as a loving husband and father to his wife and his wonderful children, a caring and thoughtful man who would always prioritise others over himself. police have not confirmed his cause of death and say a postmortem will take place. more than 50 children from west kirby grammar and caldy grange grammar were on their way to school with other vehicles in convoy when the journey ended in tragedy. a 14—year—old boy is also being treated for life changing injuries. other children were also injured. the birkenhead mp mike wortley has described the incident as an absolute tragedy. merseyside police want to hear from witnesses and anyone who has dashcam footage to contact them. in a smaller bbc news west kirby.

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 dwayne keith davis, aka keefe 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport. europe are only five points away from regaining the ryder cup after another record—breaking morning session for the home team in rome. europe started the second day with a commanding lead and increased their advantage, thanks to viktor hovland and ludvig aberg, registered the biggest win in the trophy�*s history, beating the american pair scottie scheffler and brooks koepka, nine and seven. europe won two more matches, but at least the usa finally picked up their first win of the contest through max homa and brian harman. so, the europeans headed

into the afternoon four balls with a 9.5—2.5 lead, needing 14.5 points to regain the ryder cup. is this the start of the american fightback? three off the afternoon balls are currently with the americans in the lead with europe up in the final of those four. quarterfinals play in the tournament on saturday. three teams with designs on the rugby world cup quarterfinals play in the tournament on saturday. all of them will hope to win their penultimate pool games against lower ranked opposition. let's go to lille, where our correspondent katie gornall will be watching scotland against georgia. —— romania. -- romania. the task a simple head for scotland- — -- romania. the task a simple head for scotland. they _ -- romania. the task a simple head for scotland. they have _ -- romania. the task a simple head for scotland. they have to _ -- romania. the task a simple head for scotland. they have to get - for scotland. they have to get points on the board against romania. they have to score at least four tries and beat romania to get the bonus—point victory that will keep alive their hopes of reaching the quarterfinals and set up a decisive

do or die clash with ireland in paris next week. they are expected to do that. romania have had a difficult time and conceded 158 points in theirfirst difficult time and conceded 158 points in their first two games difficult time and conceded 158 points in theirfirst two games in scotland are expected to win well. 13 changes have been made for this game, bringing infour 13 changes have been made for this game, bringing in four players that haven't experience as world cup yet including hamish watson who was once a go—to guy for scotland but has fallen down the pecking order thanks to the brilliant form of glasgow flanker rory died. he is desperate to make a impression against romania. the france captain has been cleared to return to action following an operation on a fractured cheekbone. he picked up the injury in their win over namibia just nine days ago. there were fears that the time in the immediate aftermath could be his world cup aftermath could be his world cup after but he's recovered well and the french federation released a statement today saying he is back in

action and available to return to training tomorrow. he will miss the next pool game against italy but is set to return for a probable quarterfinal against south africa and that's a huge boost to france, the poster boy of this tournament and their hopes of returning a win on home soil. and their hopes of returning a win on home soil-— the first of the eight premier league matches on saturday has reached half time, two teams in the top six are meeting at villa park. it's 3—0 to aston villa. 0llie watkins with an early brace. all three promoted clubs are still looking for their first wins of the season, but luton sheffield united and burnley are all away from home later. manchester city take their 100% start to the season to wolves, while the late game could well be the pick of the weekend's action as spurs take on liverpool. and ahead of the match, there's been something of a love—in between the managers. he is doing really well. seems to be a top bloke. have you met him?

not yet. looking forward to meeting him. i'm pretty sure everyone knew already, celtic are playing recent years what kind of a coach he is, how good he is as a coach. jurgen's an outstanding manager, one of those i think it's fair to say has made an impact on the competition, not just his club. he brings something different to probably any other team in the league and the manner in which they go about things, it'll be a really good for us. and that's all the sport for now. you can follow on the website. now to news of a significant advance in the treatment of prostate cancer. an international trial has found that thousands of men every year could be successfully treated with a more intense form of radiotherapy, which would

significantly shorten the time it takes to treat them. the bbc�*s fergus walsh has more. there was no pain or inconvenience. the treatment was just so easy and swift, there was no downside to it. alistair kennedy rose feels extremely fortunate to have had his prostate cancer treated in just five sessions of radiotherapy. eight years on, the 64—year—old is still cancer free. it was almost as though i'd never had prostate cancer because i didn't have any symptoms to start with. and the treatment was so easy, ultimately, so very effective. he was treated here at the royal marsden hospital in london as part of a pivotal trial involving nearly 900 men at 38 hospitals in the uk, ireland and canada. all the men had medium

risk prostate cancer, which had not spread. after five years, 96% of the men who'd had five high doses of multiple beam radiotherapy were cancer free, compared to 95% who'd had at least 20 doses of standard radiotherapy. both groups had low side effects. the pink area is the prostate gland. the medical director of the royal marsden led the international trial. for him, this is a big moment. when i got the results, i was literally, i was blown away. i mean, it was probably one of the best days of my career. i think it's fantastic news for patients and it's brilliant news for the nhs. so what are the implications? well, it's going to be an enormous change. i expect that the nhs will rapidly adopt this. so instead of giving 20 doses of radiotherapy, we can give five. if we extrapolate that across the whole nhs, that's hundreds of thousands

of doses of radiotherapy that are going to be saved. and in a system which is quite under pressure, that's going to be very welcome. another likely change is less use of hormone therapy in future. none of the men on the trial was given any and so were spared the side effects like extreme fatigue, hot flushes and low libido. it'll mean a better experience for thousands of men with prostate cancer every year who'll be able to have all their radiotherapy treatment in just a week, and without the need for hormone therapy. very quiet, peaceful. alistair�*s prostate cancer was picked up after a simple blood test. he wants all men over 50 to get themselves checked. fergus walsh, bbc news. russia has marked the first anniversary of its illegal attempt 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. earlier i spoke to robert nisbet from the rail delivery group. he says the ongoing action is costing tax payers. it is hugely frustrating for us who work in the industry, who want to see a healthy and thriving railway industry and the costs are ticking up. industrial action with the rmt and aslef have been going on for 15 months and the cost of that to the tax—payer is nearly three quarters of £1 billion. you mentioned hospitality, think of the impact on small pubs, restaurants, etc. they're putting the value on it of over £3 billion. so you can understand why they are annoyed, especially when there are two good deals sitting on the table for the unions and their members to consider. with aslef, for example, it would take the average driver's salary to £65,000 a year for a four—day week, with overtime on top of that. and that's twice the average income in the country. we think that's fair and reasonable.

but the union clearly disagrees. aslef are saying the train companies have always failed to employ enough drivers to provide a proper service. is that true? it is simply not true. there are enough drivers there. the problem here at the moment is the union is refusing to talk to us about workplace reform. we want to link workplace reform to this deal that would give them £65,000 for a four—day week because we think the terms and conditions the railway is operating in at the moment are dated. 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 know, you can put your name down to work a saturday or sunday, but it's not compulsory. that has to change. we have to allow managers to run a seven—day week railway, rather than monday to friday. we are asking aslef to consider the fact that the railway is not the railway of the past, it needs to be the railway of the future for the sake of passengers. where is the resolution here? what needs to happen? they need to acknowledge that workplace reform has to be on the table. as you mentioned earlier, there are two unions involved — the current action is with aslef, the train drivers, but there is also the rmt union as well 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 fund the money that we want to give our train drivers and i think that's also really crucial to consider at the moment, the railway is running at a loss, revenues 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. 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, in conversation: rina sawayama.