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. and we have a special report on the migrants trying to cross the italian border to france. hello, i'm sarah campbell. welcome to bbc news. 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. it broke out in the popular teatre nightclub, in the early hours of the morning.

our correspondent, guy hedgecoe, sent this report. the fire began at around 6am in the fonda milagros nightclub before spreading to two venues next to it. the cause of the blaze is unknown, but its effect was devastating. 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. emergency services have been searching through the rubble, trying to find bodies. for friends and relatives of those who did not escape the blaze, it has been an agonising wait. they've been receiving support from counselors in a nearby sports complex.

the police are now carrying out dna tests on the bodies of those killed in an attempt to identify them, but it could be a slow process. this is the worst nightclub fire in spain in more than 30 years, and the local authorities have declared three days of mourning. earlier, guy told us more about some of the details still emerging of what happened in the fire. well, we don't know a great deal, and we've heard some heartbreaking stories. a local newspaper down in murcia reported that there was one woman, a 28—year—old woman, who has been reported missing, and she's still reported as missing during the fire, and she sent an audio message to her parents at around six o'clock from inside the nightclub, and she sent an audio message saying, "i love you, and we're going to die." she believed that she and her friends were going to die.

so, we've heard stories like that. obviously, the local community are tremendously shaken by all of this, but we still haven't heard the full extent of it, it seems, so everybody is clearly hoping the death toll will not rise any further, but there are fears that that could possibly happen. 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. 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 reporting. 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 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. turkey says it's conducted air strikes on bases of the kurdish rebel group, the pkk, in northern iraq, in response to an attack near the 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 is the first bomb attack in the capital since 2016. 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 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. 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. here in the uk, 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 wirral on friday. 0livia richwald reports. two days after her tragic death on the way to school, we are 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 released a statement saying... this isjessica bouldering recently. rock climbing was a sport she loved. she'd competed around the country, represented wales and helped to coach younger climbers. today, her club in wales described her as an exceptional young woman. her head teacher said...

the driver of the coach, stephen shrimpton, also died in friday's crash on the m53, and a 14—year—old boy sustained life—changing injuries. the police are appealing for dashcam footage. 0livia richwald, bbc news. italy's prime minister has warned europe will be "overwhelmed" by migration unless the eu finds solutions. italy currently receives the highest number of people—smugglers boats, carrying asylum seekers and other migrants in europe. but many of the migrants then aim to travel north to countries like germany, france or the uk. 0ur correspondent mark lowen has been to two different locations where migrants are attempting to cross. preparing, they hope, their footsteps to freedom. they trod the long path

of desperation to europe, but even now, in italy, they want to go on to france and beyond. numbers here have doubled since last year, armed with their dreams and kit from this charity to cross the tough alpine border. 0marfrom nigeria went via libya, paying smugglers $800 to reach the southern italian island of lampedusa. his aim — to get to britain. i just want to have a good life, to study there. but have you not seen all the pictures and have you not heard about people being sent back from britain or sent back from france? yes, i am seeing, but you know, i willjust try my best to... i will try again to go. from africa and the middle east, they are on the same team, keeping spirits up before the hard journey ahead.

some fail early — an egyptian is sent back, but the checks this side are rare. volunteer, eleanor, says the italian police seem to turn a blind eye. they know exactly what we do here. they know exactly what these people are here for, so it is like a game somehow. they know but they pretend not to know. there will be some people who would say you are encouraging illegal migration. if you see somebody that needs something, or if you know which are the risks in the mountains, because you know the mountain and you live here, can you allow people to walk in the mountain like this? a short bus ride and they are at the border. but most avoid the official crossing, fearing police. instead, they scatter into the forest, waiting to dash over the alps. the pull of europe leads through perilous parts that have already taken the lives of some seeking new ones.

0thers try a different route across, further south in ventimiglia, close to nice. but on the french side, controls are stringent. each train is checked, leaving no door open. it is a constant to—and—fro, the italian authorities happy enough to see the migrants cross here into france, no longer their responsibility, only for the french police to say, "we don't want them either", and to send them back across the border. but caught in the middle of europe's game of cat and mouse are the desperate. they may have failed today but whatever the impediment, it is likely they will keep on trying. so they wait for their next chance — no sea, no border a deterrence. the far—right mayor here is seeking divine intervention from brussels. translation: the eu is not working.

translation: the eu is not working. each country is setting its own migration limits and italy has to shoulder the burden alone. france suspended free movement at its border and we are forced to take back huge numbers, which is only slowing the flow to calais and britain, not solving it. migrants have spat and urinated in the cemetery. we have reached our limit. we could become the lampedusa of the north. at the alpine border, the red cross helps ease hunger and cold until the migrants will make their move away from prying eyes. europe faces a new bottleneck here, and whatever its leaders seem to do, hope and determination are proving impossible to extinguish. mark lowen, bbc news, on the italy/france border. 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 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. 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. of course, 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. there was sarah raynsford in warsaw. hong kong has hosted the first fireworks event since 2018, to celebrate national day — the founding of the republic of china in 19119. over 30,000 fireworks were launched into the sky above victoria harbour to celebrate. the entire fireworks display cost approximately 18 million hong kong dollars, martin yip from bbc chinese gave some reaction to the fireworks display a little earlier. this is the first time in five years that hong kong is putting up a firework display for china's national day. in 2019, we saw a cancellation because of the anti—government protests, and then it was followed by three years of covid—19 pandemic, which saw virtually all major gatherings being wiped out

from hong kong, from mainland china and from the rest of the world. tens of thousands of people are expected to gather along the coastlines here on hong kong island, and on the other side of the victoria harbour in kowloon to watch the spectacle. some 8,000 police officers are reportedly deployed for the occasion. they are taking no chance, wearing stab—proof vests, stay patrollled and stationed along the streets. even followed by what they call the restoration of order since beijing has introduced the national security law in 2020. john lee, the city's leader, has made a speech earlier today where he emphasised the need for unity across the city for economic development, and he is calling for support for china's major development strategies, including the greater bay area initiative,

as well as the one belt, 0ne road initiatives. he is seeing these as keys to potential success for hong kong to rebound from an economic downturn since the covid—19 pandemic. and national day is not the only reason for a party if your in china —— particually if you happen to be a panda called goa 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. hgppy happy birthday. hello. following on from our very warm september, october has also started on a warm note — particularly towards the south.

that's the way it'll stay through the next few days, at least. we're looking at some warm days ahead, particularly towards the south. mild nights with no frost around, and some rain at times through the week ahead, too. so we've got a few fronts around — one of them producing quite a lot of cloud and outbreaks of light patchy rain over the next few hours across parts of southern england, wales, too. so a murky start here, some low cloud, fog and drizzle around coasts and hills. very mild in the south to start monday morning, 111—15 celsius. further north, though, we're looking at temperatures in single figures from the word go under those clearer skies. and we'll keep some sunshine across scotland, northern ireland, and northern england, too. one or two blustery showers in the far northwest. further south across the uk, generally more cloud. outbreaks of rain particularly during monday afternoon, which could be heavy and thundery for parts of southern england, the midlands — lincolnshire for instance, a bit more rainjust pushing into perhaps yorkshire, northern parts of wales, as well. but still warm in the south, 22 celsius or so, we're looking at the mid—teens, though, further north. so moving through monday evening, some of that rain could be heavy and thundery across parts of the midlands, perhaps lincolnshire, east anglia for a time.

gradually, that will clear away into the early hours of tuesday, and some slightly fresher conditions working their way in. but it will still be another quite mild, muggy night, 13—14 celsius, so we've still got that warm, humid airfirst thing — but it does get swept away, as we see westerly winds developing behind this frontal system on tuesday. so, yes, a bit of a cloudy, damp start perhaps in the southeast. sunny spells and scattered showers from the west, from the word go, and they're going to push their way eastwards across the uk through the day. so most of the showers during the morning are in the northwest, but they could crop up a little bit further east later on. temperatures 13—19 on tuesday — not as warm as monday, but still above average for the time of year. now, high pressure sits to the south, low pressure moves in from the northwest into the middle of the week. so some rain on wednesday perhaps for northern ireland, scotland, as well. further south, england and wales, i think predominantly dry, perhaps a bit of rain in the north later on in the day. fairly breezy with some of those showers coming through,

we could see temperatures into the mid 20s as we head into next weekend. bye for now.

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. turkey says it has conducted missiles strikes on bases belonging to the kurdish rebel group, the pkk, in northern iraq. the strikes were in response to a suicide bomb attack near the turkish parliament in ankara. that's it from me, thanks for your company. now on bbc news — cannabis: prescription pot luck?