change and i'm going to do things differently to bring about that change. the us house speaker says he won't go, after a last—minute deal to avert a us government shutdown. while president biden has this message for congress over funding for ukraine. stop playing games. get this done. hello, i'm sarah campbell. welcome to bbc news. and we start in spain, where investigators are working to identify the victims of a deadly nightclub fire in the southeastern city of murcia. at least 13 people are known to have died, in what's believed to be spain's worst such disaster in over 30 years. rescuers are still searching the ruins. it's not clear what caused the blaze, which started in one club in the early hours of the morning

and spread to neighbouring properties. families of the missing and eyewitnesses have been speaking about their experiences. translation: we don't know anything. we are waiting for news to see whether some of our family members have come out alive. translation: i think we left 30 seconds or one minute _ before the alarms went off and all the lights went out, and there were screams saying there were a fire. i was in a place where i could get out, but five family members and two friends are still missing. our correspondent in spain, guy hedgecoe, gave us this update a little earlier. well, the death toll has just been increasing throughout the day. we are told there are still people who are missing and the big task now is to try and identify the bodies of those who were killed in the fire and whose bodies have been taken out of the nightclub.

i should say there are actually three night clubs which were burned in this fire. it started in one and then the fire spread to two other nightclubs next door to it. there was a tremendous amount of damage. the local police are now carrying out dna tests on those bodies from the nightclubs and comparing those samples with samples from relatives of people who are believed to have had relatives in the nightclubs when the fire took place. the police are saying that process of identifying the bodies could take quite some time and, of course, they are still trying to clear the rubble, they and the emergency services, as well. there is a tremendous amount of rubble in this area. the emergency services are sifting through it still, trying to find more people who are believed to be missing. and guy, we werejust showing the pictures there, showing the ferocity of the fire.

and no word as yet as to the cause? no, we don't know the cause yet. and we're told that it could be quite a lengthy process, the whole investigation, as well as identifying the body. we do know this is the worst fire in a nightclub that spain has seen since the early 1990s. there was a fire in zaragoza when 43 people died then. but murcia isn't a huge place, and the fact so many people have been killed in a fire like this obviously is a tremendous shock for the local community. and, obviously, identification is going to be a huge problem. how are the authorities comforting what must be a lot of very worried families? the same place where the dna tests are taking place, that is in a nearby sports venue, quite close to the nightclubs in question. that is where the relatives

and loved ones of people who have gone missing are being looked after by councillors and the local authorities. that venue is obviously extremely important in this context, because it is doing thatjob and it is also the base from where the dna tests are taking place as well. that was guy hedgecoe reporting from spain. uk prime minister rishi sunak has refused to commit to cutting taxes, after a senior member of his own cabinet called for them to be lowered before the next election. he was speaking in a bbc interview in manchester as the conservative party conference begins. rishi sunak also refused to confirm the new multi—billion pound high—speed rail line, hs2, will reach manchester, as is currently planned. our political editor chris mason has the details. 12 months ago, rishi sunak was a loser, defeated in the race to be prime minister, but on the upside for him, he did get a holiday.

literally a year ago today, i was having the time of my life. he was in ibiza, taking it easy, working out what to do next. this morning, with his wife cuddling a baby, mr sunak was in burnley in lancashire, trying to come up with a game plan to avoid being a loser again, this time at the general election. punching the air and punchier in what he is saying — rishi sunak�*s strategy for this autumn. you've got to take a stand on things. i don't expect everyone to agree with me on everything but people will have a clear idea of what i believe, what i stand for, and the direction in which i want to lead the country. but what do the conservatives stand for on taxes, which are higher than at any point since the second world war? this cabinet minister has a view. should there be a reduction in the tax burden on individuals before the next election? yes, i would like to see the tax burden reduced before the next election. plenty of conservative

mps would love to see tax cuts before the election. the prime minister, though, is more vague. your close colleague, michael gove, said this morning you should commit to cutting taxes for working people before the next election. will you make that commitment? as i said, the best tax cut that we can give working people is to halve inflation. so you won't make that commitment right now? i'm a conservative and i want to cut taxes. this conference in manchester is being held in what used to be a railway station, as time and time again, rishi sunak ducks whether there will ever be a new high—speed rail line, hs2, between here and london. you are the prime minister of this country. this is your decision. is this going to happen or not? as i said, we've got spades in the ground, i won't comment on further speculation but what i can tell you we are doing is absolutely committed to levelling up across this country. just today, we have announced a new plan to put — a long—term plan, actually — to focus on people in towns. party conferences often include a mild

splash of razzmatazz. smiles, handshakes and rather loud music. how are you doing? are you pumped to be here?! the conservative challenge — turning his energy into popularity. chris mason, bbc news in manchester. meanwhile at the conference, uk's defence secretary grant shapps, has said the uk's support for the nato military alliance is "unwavering". he confirmed plans for two new deployments. around 200 british soldiers are being sent to the nato peacekeeping mission in kosovo. and raf typhoons are heading to poland which he said was facing continued russian aggression. there's been a request from nato's supreme allied commander europe, so i have authorised the full deployment of a battalion—size uk strategic reserve force to nato's kosovo peacekeeping mission.

in the days ahead, hundreds of soldiers from the 1st battalion princess of wales royal regiment willjoin the 400 british servicemen and women already in kosovo. in response to a request from our polish friends, raf typhoons are landing in poland as i speak, to support our nato ally with the grave threat of russian interference. at least ten migrants died and 25 were injured when a cargo truck secretly carrying them overturned on a highway in the southern mexican state of chiapas, local officials reported. the accident took place near the border with guatemala, a stretch of highway along the pacific coast where migrants often travel as they attempt to reach the united states. source in the prosecutors office who spoke on grounds of anonymity told the afp news agency that the victims were apparently from cuba, and all were apparently from cuba, and all were women, including one minor.

the kurdish militant group pkk has claimed responsibility for an attack near the turkish parliament in ankara. a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the national police headquarters, hours before the parliament reopened for a new session. a second attacker was killed by the police. two policemen were injured. it was the first bomb attack in the capital since 2016. turkish president erdogan has vowed to continue to fight terror. earlier, berza shimsek from the bbc turkish service gave this update. we know that the kurdish militant group pkk has claimed responsibility. the importance of today is that it's today that turkish parliament has resumed its sessions for the new legislative year. in their statement which was shared by a website which has close links with the pkk, on their statement, they said basically they have specifically chosen today and they have specifically chosen a place near to the parliament and they also said that their aim was a kind

of limited influence. they said, "if we wanted more "casualties, we would choose another time of the day which would result "in more casualties." as you know, turkish armed forces and the pkk have been in fight for a0 years. there has been a brief time between 2013 and 2015 which we called peace process. but since then, the attacks have been resumed. but in ankara, it is the first time in seven years that we have seen an attack, actually, and the other importance of today is that pro—kurdish party in the parliament was planning to make a call to president erdogan to start another peace process or at least shift the policy

towards peace, hence the importance. to the us now, where hardline republicans in congress say they'll try to oust the house speaker kevin mccarthy, after he backed a last—minute deal to avert a us government shutdown. the rare show of bipartisan unity late on saturday will keep federal bodies open for a further 45 days. but not everyone is happy. in interview on abc news, republican hardliner matt gaetz said he will be "relentless" in moving to oust speaker mccarthy over the shutdown deal. here e is. —— here he is. injanuary, kevin had to agree to certain guardrails on spending and he agreed to a process that would allow us to put some downward pressure on spending. he made that commitment, he broke it. this time next week, if he is still speaker of the house, it will be because the democrats bailed him out and he can be their speaker, not mine. when do you make this move? you will be seeing it this week.

well, as you might expect, speaker mccarthy has been defiant, hitting back at congressman gaetz in an interview on cbs. he says he is coming for you. can you survive? yes, i'll survive. this is personal with matt. he voted against the most conservative ability to protect our border, secure our border. he's more interested in securing tv interviews than doing something. he wanted to push us into a shutdown, even threatening his own district with all the military people there who wouldn't be paid, only because he wants to take this motion. so be it. bring it on. let's start governing. presidentjoe biden has also expressed disappointment about the contents of the deal, particularly the lack of funding for ukraine. speaking in the last hour, he welcomed the short—term extension that ensures american government services can continue and workers will be paid, but assured ukraine that they have the unwavering support of the united states.

i want to assure our american allies, american people, and the people of ukraine, that you can count on our support. we will not walk away. the vast majority of all parties, democrats, republicans, senate and house, we support helping ukraine in the brutal aggression that has been thrust against them by russia. stop playing games. get this done. 0ur north america correspondent, sean dilley, explained the deal—making that had to take place to reach this decision. this is a merry dance they do quite frequently. each year, congress as a whole, that's the house of representatives and the upper chamber, the senate, has to approve government spending. and this is sort of what happens when one bit of the government is ruled by a different bit. so you have democratic white house, of course, injoe biden and a very small majority in both houses actually, but democratic majority, 51 to 49 in the senate, and a 221 to 212

republican majority. now, when you bear in mind that there are at least nine and actually quite a lot more republicans gunning for kevin mccarthy, this is really not at all surprising. 0k. well, thank you for sort of explaining the process and talking about the bartering. 0bviously, we've got the kevin mccarthy issue, but the other issue is this issue of ukraine. of course, we saw volodymyr zelensky in the us last week and the commitment from joe biden appears to be there. but it's getting it through congress, getting that deal agreed. yeah, very much like many legislatures. laws and rules are all passed by those three elements. that's the president, that's the senate and that's the house of representatives. so congress and the president together. so, certainly, he can promise to try and deliver that funding. i don't think there's much doubt that funding eventually would be released to ukraine, but in order to prevent that government shutdown, kevin mccarthy had to do quite a lot of backroom deals with democratic politicians to say, "look, "we need to keep

the government open." "in the next coming days, "we will bring that bill to congress to have a look at and look at what funding we can do." now, you have to look at it in the context of the bill that was pushed through yesterday, meant that there was no funding to ukraine at all. that was contrary to an earlier resolution that was proposed by the senate, the upper chamber, that would have released $6 billion. so here's the reality. and matt gaetz knows this, as do the rest of the hard—liners. democratic politicians who really don't like kevin mccarthy, by the way, he's a fairly despised person in capitol hill, it has to be said. but they're going to grit their teeth and they're going to back him because even though they're very irritated with him for calling an impeachment inquiry intojoe biden without holding a vote first, which he promised to do so, so he's reneged on a promise to them. but they'll back him through gritted teeth because no kevin mccarthy means no funding bill for ukraine. now it's time for a look

at today's sport with karthi. hello, thank you very much. it has been a fascinating three days in rome, and it is europe that have won the ryder cup. 0n the final day of singles matches, the home team needed four points to regain the trophy. team europe led ten and a half points to five and a half points entering sunday's 12 singles matches, meaning the usa needed to get eight—and—a—half points to retain the ryder cup. and they made it a nervy day for europe, but rory mcilroy, viktor hovland, and tyrrell hatton were among the singles winners, while it fell to tommy fleetwood to get the winning point that meant europe had regained the ryder cup. an incredible week, and i'm just so happy for these 12 guys. they gave everything this week and they were a pleasure to be around, and they made my life very easy and played like superstars. and a lot of people did not give us a chance, i don't think. and we proved them wrong.

there was a place in the top half of the premier league table on offer for the winner of the only premier league match on sunday. there was a nightmare spell for the hosts, nottingham forest, with moussa niakhate sent offjust before the hour mark. and a couple of minutes later, brentford's captain, christian norgaard, got the opening goal. but nicolas dominguez brought forest back level shortly after, and it finished 1—1 at the city ground. forest move up to 11th, while brentford end the weekend in 13th place in the premier league. we just haven't been able to turn some _ we just haven't been able to turn some of— we just haven't been able to turn some of our good positions into real frightening — some of our good positions into real frightening moments, and that is an evolution_ frightening moments, and that is an evolution of the team. we are trying to change _ evolution of the team. we are trying to change a — evolution of the team. we are trying to change a little bit with players we have — to change a little bit with players we have brought in, and we know it is step—by—step, and it's only our second _ is step—by—step, and it's only our second season back in the premier league. _ second season back in the premier league. but— second season back in the premier league, but if we really become the team _ league, but if we really become the team that _ league, but if we really become the

team that we want to be, then that is the _ team that we want to be, then that is the part— team that we want to be, then that is the part of the game that we have to look_ is the part of the game that we have to look a _ is the part of the game that we have to look a ilit— is the part of the game that we have to look a bit more the frets then we have been — to look a bit more the frets then we have been. but that is the exciting bet. have been. but that is the exciting bet there — have been. but that is the exciting bet. there is work to do and we have young _ bet. there is work to do and we have young players we know can a difference and have the talent, and let's carry — difference and have the talent, and let's carry on working. more the threat — the defending champions, chelsea have secured their first win in the new women's super league season, with a 2—1win over tottenham hotspur. mia fishel got the opening goal on her debut for chelsea, heading home on 28 minutes. laurenjames scored the second six minutes after half time to double chelsea's lead. tottenham pulled a goal back in the 76th minute, through martha thomas, but despite trying they couldn't find the equaliser. manchester united came from behind to beat aston villa. rachel daly scored the opener for the hosts, just after they had lost kirsty hanson to a red card, but their lead was short—lived, as lucia garcia made it 1—1. and united went on to score again in stoppage time, thanks to rachel williams,

to win their opening match of the season. liverpool had a surprise 1—0 victory over arsenal, miri taylor scoring in the second half. that match was played in front of a record wsl crowd of over 5a,000 at emirates stadium. there were also wins for brighton, leicester city, and manchester city. australia kept their slim hopes of reaching the rugby world cup quarterfinals alive, with a 34—14 victory over portugal in their final pool match in saint etienne. portugal had taken an early 5—3 lead, but eddiejones�* side ran in five tries to secure a bonus—point win. australia led 24—7 at half—time and secured the necessary fourth bonus—point try which keeps them in contention. the win means they're now second in pool c, but fiji need just one point from their own match against portugal next week to overtake australia and qualify for the quarterfinals. the defending champions, south africa, are currently in action against tonga. a bonus point win for south africa

would set them on course for the quarterfinals. but tonga still have a chance if they can pull off an unlikely victory. 15 minutes played in that game. the score is 7—3 to south africa and that's all the sport for now. the family of the girl who died when her school coach overturned on the motorway have paid tribute to her today saying she was "warm—hearted and wonderful". 15—year—old jessica baker was killed with driver stephen shrimpton, when the vehicle crashed on the m53 in the wirral, on friday. 0livia richwald reports. two days after her tragic death on the way to school, we are now learning more about 15—year—old jessica baker. the year 11 pupil was described today as kind and empathetic, sentiments repeated many times on the flowers and messages left at her wirral school. jessica's family have released a statement saying...

jessica loved rock climbing, competed around the country and had represented wales. she also helped coach younger climbers. her head teacher said... the driver of the coach, stephen shrimpton, also died in the collision on friday on the m53, and a 14—year—old boy sustained life—changing injuries. the police are appealing for dashcam footage. 0livia richwald, bbc news. to poland now, and vast crowds of opposition supporters have been rallying today in warsaw ahead of parliamentary elections later this month. the opposition leader, donald tusk, called the march a breakthrough in poland's history, but his party is still trailing in the opinion polls.

it is trying to stop the right—wing law and justice party from winning an unprecedented third term, saying the government is endangering the democratic gains of the past three decades. the right—wing party has accused the opposition of being unpatriotic. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsford, was at the rally. the whole of central warsaw seems to have turned red and white today as huge numbers of people have come out for this march. they are calling it the march of a million hearts and certainly there are hundreds of thousands of people who have come out onto the streets. the opposition are saying this is about deciding poland's future, this is about the election in two weeks' time, and they are saying this is the most important vote since 1989 and the end of communism here. i am a little bit older so i know the communistic time, so i know what it's going to, yes? what is the strength of democracy,

for democracy, what is happening. and this is the last chance. it'll be a very important moment because we are going towards belarus. we are losing democracy. do you feel like democracy is in danger under this government? of course. i think it is not a matter of feeling it is a fact, right? isn't it? we are becoming not a european country. we are going towards, like, a different direction, and it is, well, we cannot allow that. that is why we are here. they are worried, they say the governing law and justice party is a threat to democracy, that they are eroding basic rights and principles here such as the rule of law, the freedom of the media. and many people here believe that if the ruling party, law and justice, remain in power then, in fact, poland's position within the eu is in danger, and that's why so many people have come out today carrying the european flags, as well. a fundamental vote as far as these people are concerned. the ruling party, law and justice, they do have a lot of support. this is a very closely fought

election and there is a big rally today in southern poland for the governing party. but these people are here to send a very strong message ahead of that vote that it is time to decide poland's future, they say, to keep its future within europe. hong kong has hosted the first fireworks event since 2018, to celebrate national day — the founding of the republic the founding of the republic of china in 1949. over 30,000 fireworks were launched into the sky above victoria harbour to celebrate. divided into eight scenes, fireworks shells for the 23—minute display were discharged from three barges and six pontoons in the water. the entire fireworks display cost approximately 18 million hong kong dollars. and national day

is not the only reason for a party if you're in china. particually if you happen to be a panda called guo qing. the bear —— who was born on the eve of the holiday —— is celebrating herfourth birthday. she got a special meal prepared in the shape of moon cakes and crabs, mimicking traditional snacks for the mid—autumn festival. numerous visitors in guangzhou city took advantage of their time off to pay her a visit. so, happy birthday, guo qing! four—year—old binder. happy birthday. do stay with us here on bbc news. —— four—year—old panda. good evening. we've had some lovely spells of sunshine north of the weather front today, across scotland and northern ireland. but that weather front�*s been hanging around most of the weekend —

it's given in excess of 50 millimetres of rain in parts of north wales and northwest england. we saw a heavier pulse of rain working its way up across wales, the midlands earlier in the day, and moving then out into the north sea. and then, it's sinking southwards, so it allows some late—afternoon brightness in wales and northern england. but really, we've got a lot of cloud through the night, and misty, murky conditions — it's been quite murky around the coast and over the hills in southern and western areas. and you can see why, it's another humid night, drizzly rain around, even though that weather front is weakening as we go through the night. and temperatures well above the october average. and then, we go into monday — it's still with us, so we'll see another pulse of rain running along that weather front. showers to the north and the west, but at least some sunshine. across england and wales, particularly central and southern areas, some mist and fog first thing, even at lower levels, so that's one thing to watch out for through the morning rush, as well as over the hills, as well. and that weather front�*s just invigorating as we go through the day, once again, further pulses of rain along it. and to the south of it, some heavy, thundery downpours.

so hit—and—miss, but still quite torrential, slow—moving with the light winds, but warm in between, and certainly feeling pleasant in between the showers further north and east, across northeast england, eastern scotland, and eastern parts of northern ireland. but it does look quite wet, doesn't it, through parts of england and wales through the evening, tomorrow, and overnight. some debate as to how far north it'll travel, that heavy rain, but it should clear out of the way for tuesday, pressure starts to build, and we've got more of a west—northwesterly wind. so the big change, really, tuesday is the fresher feel. we lose that humid air, it will be another warm night in the south. then we've got sunny spells and scattered showers. quite a breezy day, as you can see from the tightly—packed isobars. but as we start to see pressure building, hopefully fewer showers in the afternoon. and it should feel pleasant enough, 16-19, but it will, as i say, feel fresher — we've lost that humidity further south, at least temporarily. then, through tuesday into wednesday, we've got our next weather front rolling in off the atlantic. wetter weather through the evening and overnight for scotland. and then, it becomes slow—moving, we think, across parts of northern ireland and north wales. to the south of it,

early—morning mist clearing, and some fine weather. to the north of it, a scattering of showers. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... at least 13 people have died in spain, after a fire engulfed a nightclub in the southeastern city of murcia. it's not clear what caused the fire, which broke out when the club was still busy.

the uk prime minister refuses to commit to cutting taxes before the next general election, despite unrest among his own mps. instead, mr sunak says his priority is curbing inflation and easing living costs. presidentjoe biden vows to continue us support for ukraine, after further military funding was excluded from a last—minute congressional budget deal. hardline republicans oppose further military aid, with many openly opposing biden's approach to the war. hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters in poland have held one of the biggest demonstrations the capital has seen in years. now on bbc news — in conversation: rina sawayama.