the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, arrives in manchester for the annual conservative party conference — amid a row within his party over taxes. a pro—china candidate wins the second round of presidential elections in the maldives. welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the us house of representatives has passed a stopgap measure to avoid a government shudown that's just hours away. the short term funding plan excludes crucial aid to ukraine but increases federal money for natural disasters. if no funding deal is in place by the end of saturday, government agencies will start shutting down with hundreds

of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. this is the moment in the house when the result of the vote was announced, on this about, they yeas or 235, the bill is passed, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. this is what the republican house of representatives speaker, kevin mccarthy had to say about passing of the bill. just moments ago on the house floor, we passed by overwhelming numbers the ability to keep government open for the next six weeks. you've got to understand why we are here. the senate has produced not one appropriation bill through the floor. the house? more than 70%. discretionary spending has now passed. i do not believe our troops need to be punished for us not getting the work done.

so i ask — congress will stay in session the next two weeks, continue to work to get this done. we can speak now to our north america correspondent, sean dilley who has the latest. so sean, i wonder if you could break down exactly what took place over the last few hours and why it's significant. i the last few hours and why it's significant-— significant. i can but i feel like i've been _ significant. i can but i feel like i've been hit— significant. i can but i feel like i've been hit by— significant. i can but i feel like i've been hit by a _ significant. i can but i feel like i've been hit by a truck - significant. i can but i feel like i've been hit by a truck with i significant. i can but i feel like| i've been hit by a truck with the shocking turn of events here. one thing i have to stress for everybody watching, the shutdown has not yet come to the outcome of the senate has to vote for that and everyone is waiting with baited breath, are they going to endorse this bipartisan move from the house of representatives. to give you a bit of background, the house of representatives had rejected, essentially, hardline republicans had rejected the notion of even

voting on an agreement by the upper chamber, the senate, there was bipartisan agreement for a funding deal, roughly same period of time actually is the resolution that has passed. they would have lasted until the 17th of november. hardline republicans were strong—arming it, felt that it weakened america's borders. they were very unhappy, about $6 billion that would be released to ukraine under that resolution, so that was something they didn't agree to do. yesterday they didn't agree to do. yesterday they had failed to pass, a different proposal, for the house of representatives put forward that suggested very deep cuts and hard border policies that wouldn't have passed through the senate. what we arrived at today it was rather, it was very surprising agreement that the house of representatives would support this very different deal that would continue to fund the

government for 45 days, for six weeks. as kevin mccarthy said there. it would be able to fund aiden for instance, but what it wouldn't do is release a single dime, single sent, single penny, in funding to ukraine. so there's at least a? what happens there. in the building behind me, there will be a separate bill introduced to the floor to introduce funding for rick ukraine. what happens next, were watching with bdi's happens next, were watching with bdi�*s in terms of what's happening on the senate floor, if they vote to support the house of representatives bill that would be a government shutdown averted. they could say, no, we are not accepting this, because we would like some measures on ukraine, in case the shutdown would happen. it is on edge at the moment. i tell you what, this

building, capitol hill, the model there is e pluribus unum ono, of many voices, one. democratic party, same as the senate, but republicans with the narrowest of narrow geordie's leading there, can they do a deal? at lunchtime it looked like they couldn't, but after lunchtime, it looks possible. thank you very much indeed. i really do request that, you can't guess what's going to happen next. i thought i had seen it all in westminster politics but this is something else.- it all in westminster politics but this is something else. thank you sean, this is something else. thank you sean. thank— this is something else. thank you sean, thank you. _ this is something else. thank you sean, thank you. the _ this is something else. thank you sean, thank you. the wonderful. this is something else. thank you - sean, thank you. the wonderful sean dilley there. hakeem jefferies, democratic minority leaders has also been speaking in the last hour. this is what he said. we went from devastating cuts that would have impacted the health and safety and economic well—being of the american people in 24 hours, to a spending agreement that meets

the needs of the american people across the board. entirely consistent with what democrats have said, from the very beginning, is the only path forward. for more on this, i'm nowjoined by dr sarah binder who's professor of political science at george washington university. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. so we potentially have this stopgap bill which will, once it's been agreed in the senate, will go through. does this give enough time to iron out all the other creases for the main event?— to iron out all the other creases for the main event? while the main event, as for the main event? while the main event. as you've — for the main event? while the main event, as you've said, _ for the main event? while the main event, as you've said, is _ for the main event? while the main event, as you've said, is in 45 - event, as you've said, is in 45 days, assuming the senate passes the stopgap bill. in 45 days, the stopgap bill. in 45 days, the

stopgap expires, and all the issues which have yet been dealt with, spending levels, ukraine aid, how much spending and so forth, all of thoseissues much spending and so forth, all of those issues remain on the table. and we will probably have to see something like what we've just gone through where positions aren't made to the end where we get into november, if they kick it again into december. ., , december. doctor, is there something about american _ december. doctor, is there something about american politics _ december. doctor, is there something about american politics at _ december. doctor, is there something about american politics at the - about american politics at the moment, maybe it'sjust that i'm aware of it, these government shutdowns, they seem to be taking place more and more, why? certainly the threat of — place more and more, why? certainly the threat of a _ place more and more, why? certainly the threat of a shut _ place more and more, why? certainly the threat of a shut down _ place more and more, why? certainly the threat of a shut down is _ place more and more, why? certainly the threat of a shut down is a - the threat of a shut down is a commonly used tactic. i think the bigger issue here is we are in a period in the united states of very high partisan polarisation. sometimes it's ideological, sometimes it's just key play, my team is for it, so your team is against it. those slim majorities in the house and senate, any faction can try to take the system hostage.

that's what we're saying. this time, it didn't work, think at the end of the day most lawmakers know the harm it poses by a shutdown, most people know whom to blame. and it doesn't really advance either party's cause. in terms of the main players here, the speaker feature lot. what exactly is his role? the the speaker feature lot. what exactly is his role? the speaker is both institutionally _ exactly is his role? the speaker is both institutionally and _ both institutionally and constitutionally the leader of the house, but he is simultaneously the leader of the majority party. the office of the speaker has a rather large degree of power over the agenda, what will be voted on, when it will be voted on, so long as he or she can keep the party together. because in a period of partners and shipped, nobody really wants to turn to the other party and rely on their votes. so that's why speaker mccarthy is really the main

attraction here.— mccarthy is really the main attraction here. over the last several weeks. _ attraction here. over the last several weeks. so _ attraction here. over the last several weeks. so in - attraction here. over the last several weeks. so in 45 - attraction here. over the last| several weeks. so in 45 days, attraction here. over the last - several weeks. so in 45 days, what's your feeling as to how things will turn out, you know, moving forward. will they come to some kind of agreement? i will they come to some kind of agreement?— will they come to some kind of aureement? ~ ., , , , agreement? i think one possibility is that the parties _ agreement? i think one possibility is that the parties into _ agreement? i think one possibility is that the parties into chambers l is that the parties into chambers kick the can again, they buy some more time to get them into december. the other thing to keep in mind is last spring the president enacted the financial responsibility act to raise the debt limit. by january one, if there are still stopgap bills in place, there will be a i% cut across the board, defence spending, defence spending... that will increase the pressure to come to an agreement byjanuary one.

thank you, and i'm sure we will contact you in december and january to talk through that but thank you, thank you. to talk through that but thank you, thank ou. ., «a to talk through that but thank you, thank ou. . ., ., armenia says more than 100,000 ethnic—armenians have now left nagorno—karabakh. it means that that almost the entire population of the enclave has left since azerbaijan seized the region last week. ethnic armenians have been taking the narrow, mountainous route through the lachin corridor, negotiating the russian check points, and then finally the last azerbaijani checks before reaching armenia. nagorno—karabakh has been controlled by armenian separatists for three 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.

our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in the armenian town of goris. outside the humanitarian registration centre here in greece, here in greece ——goris. which has been working 24/7 since the influx from nagorno—karabakh began last sunday. there is still a lot of people in need of help with more than 100,000 people being registered. now, there's hardly anyone left inside the nagorno—karabakh enclave which came under azerbaijani control. baku's so—called anti—terror operation against the separatist ethnic armenian authorities inside nagorno—karabakh lasted just 24 hours. karabakh armenians had surrendered and have now largely been disarmed. their former leaders are being arrested one by one by azerbaijan, which accused them of terrorism. their republic, which existed for 32 years but was never recognized by the international

community, ceased to exist. matthew bryza, a former us ambassador to azerbaijan — who was a mediator in the nagorno—karabakh conflict gave us his analysis. i'v e i've covered this conflict pretty much since 2001, so 22 years. including as the us mediator. and you know, it's such a complex conflict and region, because it was josef stalin who decided to divide and conquer, of course, and ethnically armenian predominant area would become of the azerbaijan soviet socialist republic. inside that armenian area which is inside of azerbaijan, was a city called shusha in armenian, that is considered the cradle of azerbaijani civilisation and is azerbaijan eight majority. there is layer upon layer

of ethnic pockets, the conflict exploded in 1992 where the soviet union was collapsing into a military conflict, and as your reporter was saying, internationally even armenia recognises kara buck as part of azerbaijan, it's that however there was an armenian population that has lived there and the last thing i'll say it is during all these 22 years i've been involved with the conflict, the official position of the azerbaijani government is it intends to, once it is allowed to bring its own azerbaijani citizens back to this azerbaijani region, that the armenian population would remain there. so armenia, he obviously the armenians, there's a lot of distrust,, there are a lot of armenians that will want to return once the azerbaijanis live up to their promises.

here in the uk — prime minister, rishi sunak, has arrived in manchester ahead of the conservative party conference. but it will be a mixed reception for him, as more than 30 of his own mps have said they won't support any policies that lead to higher overall taxes. our political correspondent nick eardley is in manchester. he told us more. a warning — there is some flash photography. the prime minister has arrived here in manchester. so what he's going to spend the next few days doing is using this conference as a bit of a launch pad to get really stuck into the politics that he's going to try and sell to the electorate in the general election next year. he's going to try and persuade us all that he's prepared to take difficult, long term decisions for the good of the country. he's going to try and persuade us all that he has a vision to get the economy back on track. but it's going to be easier said than done. and when you ask ministers about what some of that might look like, they're still tight lipped at the moment. there are still big

questions to be answered. for example, here in manchester is supposed to be where the new high speed two rail line ends. ministers have been asked again today if that's going to happen. they've stonewalled those questions. rishi sunak is facing calls from theresa may, his predecessor, borisjohnson, another predecessor, to go ahead with the project in full. then there's tax, as you were just discussing, anotherformer prime minister, liz truss, saying that conservatives shouldn't back anything that would lead to more tax rises. to be honest, there probably aren't any tax rises planned within the next few months, but that's designed as a warning shot to the prime minister. then you add into the mix the fact that this former conservative candidate or wannabe candidate, richard walker, has resigned from the party, saying he thinks it has drifted away from something that would work in an economic sense. that's a really tricky backdrop for rishi sunak as he tries to persuade us all he deserves

more time in power. the school coach driver who died in a crash on a motorway in mersyside was a "loving husband and father", his family have said. 15—year—old jessica baker — and coach driver stephen shrimpton died after the vehicle overturned on the m53 in wirral on friday. four others were taken to hospital for treatment, including a 14—year—old boy with life—changing injuries. they remain in a stable condition. now it's time for a look at today's sport with kathy. hello from the bbc sport centre. the referees' governing body, the pgmol has admitted the decision to disallow luis diaz's goal in nine—man liverpool's 2—1 loss to tottenham hotspur was "a significant human error" spurs won courtesy of a dramatic 96th minute own goalfrom joel matip. that came after son heung—min

and cody gakpo had traded first half goals. curtis jones and diogo jota were sent off for the visitors but the game's talking point was the decision to deny diaz a goal when the match was still 0—0. it was ruled out on the field and the decision confirmed by an unusually quick var decision in which the customary offside line graphic was not shown. if you want to change something, you have to do it without our voices. if we say something, we get fine. so i don't feel it today, it's not that i think, we should do this or do that, but we are all in the same boat. talk to them, they don't want to make mistakes, but they make it, that's how it is, it's really difficult, it makes it really difficult, it makes it really difficult, we can'tjust say difficult, it makes it really difficult, we can't just say stop making... a team that's sort of in

its infancy — making... a team that's sort of in its infancy and — making... a team that's sort of in its infancy and the _ making... a team that's sort of in its infancy and the way _ making... a team that's sort of in its infancy and the way they - making... a team that's sort of in l its infancy and the way they want to play. _ its infancy and the way they want to play. and _ its infancy and the way they want to play, and the age of the group, the experience — play, and the age of the group, the experience of the group. but having that support behind us at home, i mean _ that support behind us at home, i mean with— that support behind us at home, i mean with the last two games has been _ mean with the last two games has been unbelievable, the energy they've — been unbelievable, the energy they've given the lads, because we need _ they've given the lads, because we need that, — they've given the lads, because we need that, going forward we are going _ need that, going forward we are going to — need that, going forward we are going to have more challenges, and the support behind us will make a bil the support behind us will make a big difference. manchester city's perfect start to the premier league season came to an end with a 2—1 defeat at wolves. wanderers took the lead through a ruben dias own goal. julian alvarez equalised from a free kick for city. but wolves�* south korean striker, hwang hee—chan struck to secure just their second league win of the season. aston villa beat brighton 6—1. arsenal had a comfortable 4—0 win at bournemouth. luton town have their first premier league win, a 2—1

victory over everton. manchester united lost 1—0 at home to crystal palace. newcastle and west ham both won today. to golf�*s ryder cup where europe dominated the first three sessions but america have come back in saturday's fourballs to finally win a session. europe still have a strong lead of ten and half points to five and a half points with the 12 singles matches to come tomorrow. but that europe advantage means america would have to do something no team has done before in the ryder cup and come back from five points down on the final day. well, these are the final day singles matches. jon rahm and scottie scheffler have been chosen to start the final day. patrick cantalay who has been in much of today's talking points off the course will face justin rose. and rory mcirloy who has been very fired up faces sam burns and rory mcilroy who has been very

fired up faces sam burns argentina set up a winner—takes—all clash with japan in pool d after a comprehensive 59 points to five victory over chile in the rugby wolrc cup. in the rugby wolrd cup. an already special day for nicolas sanchez, winning his 100th cap for the pumas, was made even better by sanchez scoring the opening try of the match — one of eight tries in the game for argentina. chile did get something for their endeavour but it's argentina who have boosted their quarter finals hopes with the win. fiji have all but sealed their place in the quarter finals of the rugby world cup but they had to come from behind against georgia before winning by 17 points to 12. scotland and romania are into the second half. scotland have a 54—0 lead. looking for that bonus points so that they can meet the quarterfinals

of the world cup. and that's all the sport for now. a pro—china candidate, mohamed muizzu, has won the second round of the presidential election in the maldives. the incumbent, mohamed solih, conceded defeat on a post in �*x', formally known as twitter. the vote was seen as a referendum on whether maldives should rebuild relations with india, or seek closer ties with china. earlier, the bbc world service regional editor, lipika pelham, gave us this update. it's significant because this brings the archipelago closer to china and the mr moyzu who ran this campaign on the basis of in sort of you know the india first was the campaign of mr saleh. and mr modi came to power saying that you are selling your soul to india, don't be a slave to india.

and this india out campaign sort of propelled mr. moussa's campaign to the hearts of many maldivians who wanted to see a free and independent maldives that believed maldivians believed that they are being increasingly in the under the political in the, under the political and economic cloud of india, so that the campaign was used in terms of spheres of influence. why are the maldives important to both china and india? well, it sort of stands in the middle of the indian ocean, and the archipelago is also in the kind of east in the kind of east—west shipping lane. and it became important. always has been important. and when islam was brought to the archipelago in the 12th century, it became commercially connected to africa and asia. and as i havejust said, that it sits in the kind of busiest shipping lane and trade is important. and as we also know that between 2013 and 2018, a range of trade connections were signed and the free trade deal was also signed under china's belt and road initiative. so as you can see, this is a strategically very important place. and so india was always vying,

you know, what comes out of this election, and india didn't want to lose its influence. it's one year since russia's illegal annexation of four ukrainian territories, a decision that sparked almost universal condemnation. today president putin defended the move and claimed that russia had a year ago, he proclaimed the annexation of four ukrainian regions. today, vladimir putin said russia had become stronger as a result. "together we can meet any challenge." together they streamed towards red square, a highly organised show of support for the annexation that only two countries have recognized — syria and north korea. "it all belongs to us now", yelena says. "we restored part of our historic motherland." "but it's ukrainian territory", i say. "it's russia, only russia."

flags distributed, cue the patriotic concert. in the absence of victory, this was all about creating the impression of victory, a dizzying sense of achievement, so that russians believe that the last 19 months of pain haven't been in vain. so the kremlin tells them that their country has got bigger, stronger, when in reality, the invasion of ukraine has gone badly wrong for russia. one recent example — the ukrainian missile attack on russia's black sea fleet headquarters in occupied crimea. it showed how moscow's struggling to defend strategically important targets. but there's no change of plan. in ukraine, russia fights on. the army says it's recruited an extra 300,000 volunteers.

president putin is pushing on with the war and confrontation with the west. how far is putin prepared to go now to achieve the victory? to the end. to whatever that end is. he's not going to give up, he's not going to waver, he's not going to blink, he's not going to make concessions. so putin is waiting for the west to blink first? absolutely. he's waiting it out. the kremlin leader apparently believing that time is on russia's side. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. after the bright but chilly start to the day, the rain has moved in as we've gone through the afternoon, moved in across northern ireland, northern england, much of wales, moving its way across scotland. you can see that cloud

enveloping many areas, but in the south it's stayed mainly dry and in the north of scotland. but the north of scotland will catch that rain as we go through this evening. we will keep those pulses running across parts of northern england and wales, and actually, it stays mostly dry if a little misty and foggy in the south overnight. further north, once the rain clears, just a few showers. but look at the temperatures. it's very mild overnight. 14—16 celsius in the south is what we'd see during the day as we head into the start of october. and that's because we've got humid air moving into the south of that weather front. so it will be quite a muggy night as well and a murky morning, we could have some low level mist and fog, some fog over the hills as well underneath this band of rain. and we'll see further heavy pulses moving through. so for some parts of snowdonia and cumbria, we could see 30—40 millimetres of rain falling. very different day for scotland and northern ireland. it'll be bright with a scattering of showers around here. temperatures 17—19 celsius. as i say, it is humid air. and if we do see the sunshine south

of that weather front, 23—24 celsius for the start of october. then as we go through the evening and overnight into sunday, then we see that band of rain just creeping a little bit further south. but it never really gets really far south and clears the south east probably until tuesday. behind it, certainly a fresher night, but again, warm and muggy across the southern half of the uk. now the reason for that is because we're going to see another pulse of rain moving along that same weather front. so holding it up, slowing it from clearing away. but this time, because we've got so much muggy, humid air in train, there's more energy in the atmosphere, and we could see some really lively thunderstorms during the course of sunday night into monday, working their way across parts of england and wales. some real torrential downpours in places. to the north, another day of sunny spells and scattered showers. fairly fresh feeling here, but still quite warm and muggy and even underneath the showers and thunderstorms further south. now, that eventually clears out the way on tuesday. we'll see a dip in temperature briefly with sunny spells

and showers to the north. but then later in the week, temperatures build in the south. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines the us house of representatives narrowly passes a stopgap measure averting government shutdown

mere hours before funding was due to expire. armenia's government says more than 100,000 ethnic armenians have now fled nagorno—karabakh since azerbaijan seized the region. the united nations is sending a team to assess humanitarian needs. the uk prime minister rishi sunak arrived in manchester for the annual conservative party conference amid a row in the party over taxes. it comes as railway unions stage strikes across the uk over pay and conditions. a pro—china candidate wins the second round of presidential elections in the maldives. the vote's been seen as a referendum on whether maldives should rebuild relations with india or seek closer ties with china. now on bbc news, we were there: episode two.