change may be difficult but i believe the country wants 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 was 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 that 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 in 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 that 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. with the growing 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. the kurdish militant group pkk has claimed responsibility for an attack near the turkish parliament in ankara. and in the past hour, the turkish interior ministry has

confirmed that one of the attackers was from the group. 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. reuters is reporting that turkey says it has carried out air strikes in northern iraq and destroyed pkk targets. earlier, berza shimsek from the bbc turkish service gave this update. earlier, berza simsek 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. that was berza simsek from the bbc�*s turkish service. 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. let's take a listen. injanuary, to get the speakership, kevin had to agree to certain guardrails on spending, and he had to agree to a process that would allow us

to put some downward pressure on spending. he made that commitment, he broke it, and if at this time next week, kevin mccarthy 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. matt 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 would not be paid, only because he wants to take this motion. so be it. bring it on. let's get over with it and let's start governing. presidentjoe biden has also expressed disappointment about the contents of the deal, particularly the lack of funding for ukraine.

speaking earlier, 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, the american people and the people of ukraine, that you can count on our support. we will not walk away. the vast majority of both parties, i'll say it again, democrats and republicans, senate and house, support helping ukraine in the brutal aggression that has been thrust upon 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. that was sean dilley in washington. now it's time for a look at today's sport with karthi. hello from the bbc sport centre. it has been a fascinating three days in rome and it is europe who 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 10.5 points to 5.5 points entering sunday's 12 singles matches, and the usa needed to get 8.5 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. they were a pleasure to be

around~ _ they made my life very easy and they played like superstars. not many people gave us a chance, i don't think. especially two years ago. yeah, well, we proved them wrong. to some breaking news from the last few minutes. rangers have sacked their manager michael beale after they lost to aberdeen this weekend. that was rangers' third scottish premiership defeat of the season. afterjust seven games, they are in third place, seven points off the league leaders, celtic, and have also suffered a heavy champions league play—off defeat to psv eindhoven this month. there was a place in the top half of the premier league potentially 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. 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 onto 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 511,000 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 quarter—finals alive with a 3k points to 1a 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. the score is 28—8 to south africa. into the second half of that match. and that's all the sport for now. we will have more for you in the next half hour. 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. family, faith leaders, councillors, police and members of the community have gathered to remember the 15—year—old victim of a stabbing in croydon in south london. schoolgirl elianne andam was stabbed to death at a bus stop on the 27th of september. on friday, a 17—year—old boy, who cannot be legally named because of his age,

was charged with elianne's murder. he is due to appear at the old bailey on tuesday. speaking at the memorial, the bishop of croydon, dr rosemarie mallett, described elianne as an "amazing young person" with a strong faith. all our hearts are broken. we have all been cut to the quick. we all will need healing and balm. but the one thing that elianne and her family would want us to hold onto is the love ofjesus christ. 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 now, 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. and before we go, i've got to show you these pictures from china. guo qing the panda —— who was born on the eve of the holiday —— is celebrating her 11th birthday. she got a special meal prepared in the shape of moon cakes and crabs, mimicking traditional snacks for the mid—autumn festival. hgppy happy birthday. do stay with hosea on bbc news. —— do stay with us here. 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. the march through warsaw comes ahead of parliamentary elections later this month. i'll be back in half an hour, but now on bbc news, it's unspun world withjohn simpson.