is addressing the media. us house of representatives speaker kevin mccarthy has been ousted from his role in a historic vote. and pope francis warns that the world's climate "may be nearing breaking point", as a summit of catholic church leaders gets under way. hello, i'm sarah campbell. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let's start with the conservative party conference with the prime minister has announced his scrapping a major part of one of your�*s biggest infrastructure projects. rishi sunak confirmed that a key leg of the h52 high—speed rail project which would have linked birmingham to manchester has been axed due to

its soaring costs. he pledged to reinvest every penny in other transport projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. the speech was widely seen as an opportunity for the prime minister to revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. here are some of his speech. i am ending this long—running saga. i am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. and in its place... ..and in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new transport projects in the north and the midlands across the country. this means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. it's a high—speed railway — which is what the hs stands for —

and it was touted as the uk's biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. the first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under construction and will be completed. but the length stretching further north from birmingham to manchester has now been officially scrapped. a separate route in the east had already been canned. the last official estimate on hs2 costs, excluding the cancelled section, added up to about £71 billion. but that figure is from 2019 — so does not account for the rise in costs for materials and wages since then. the prime minister said £36 billion would be spent on alternative rail, road and bus schemes instead. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, reflected on the change is a short time ago saying,

it has been a frustrating week. it cannot be right that a project that we have all worked on together, i speak for everybody behind me and with me, we have been at this for 15 years, where we have been working together across geography but also across the political divide, to try and develop the right plan for the long—term best interest of our country and we have put to political differences aside, we've worked hard at it and we have devoted a lot of time and a lot of energy to it. i don't see how you can take a plan that goes beyond the life of any individual government or goes beyond the interest of any one political party, given it goes all the way through the country, how you can take that plan and basically take it —— tear it up at a party conference. so what's the reaction been like at the conservative party conference in manchester? here's our political correspondent rob watson. the reaction here in the hole is

been pretty positive at this idea. it is a very, very major decision. a really massive policy change to invest the money instead of in this high—speed rail, to put it into local railway, bus and road projects here in the north and in the midlands. what will be interesting to see is the reaction beyond britain's shores and amongst those invested in the projects because, certainly in the run—up to this decision, we heard there was an awful lot of conservatives, an awful lot of politicians from other parties and indeed an awful lot of businessmen here and international corporates who think it is a really, really bad decision and one that would reflect badly on britain as a smart place to invest. we are going to be talking to one of those businessmen very shortly but before then. live now to usedin used in a big part of the h52 story

and that part has been finished, i just wonder what the reaction is in euston to what the prime minister has announced?— euston to what the prime minister has announced? yes, there had been some questions _ has announced? yes, there had been some questions as _ has announced? yes, there had been some questions as to _ has announced? yes, there had been some questions as to whether - has announced? yes, there had been some questions as to whether it - some questions as to whether it would actually go into euston because there were plans to possibly, questions rather, whether it should possibly end in west london, some six miles from the centre and then people would have had to come in on the elizabeth line but no, rishi sunak confirmed it will go all the way to euston. i suppose that is a positive for businesses here but really the end of the line for any hopes that the line would continue from birmingham onto manchester. euston being the main hub of people coming in from manchester, people do have some thoughts on that. this idea that hs2 was part of the old consensus, as rishi sunak very much also suggests this move away from assuming that this move away from assuming that this is the main place that everybody in the north would want to get to. instead, ideas of investing in roads, investing in that east to

west railway service in the north of england really put firmly as a priority over getting here to london. i must say, many people i have spoken to today have really supported that, actually. people from the north saying, yes, we didn't need that investment up north and we do support that. opinions have been incredibly varied. but he also set out plans for here in euston, didn't he? he said four homes, businesses, to increase capacity and also that the h52 management here would no longer run the project. he said all of that aimed to cut costs but also, we have spoken to people who are really angry as well. they were expecting a line that went all the way to manchester, really high speed, and they are very cross that they haven't got that. so, some really mixed opinions here, i think. frances, thank you, you will continue talking to people and getting reaction to that news. live now to mark reynolds,

who's chair and chief executive of mace group, the construction and architecture company that's been involved in the london to birmingham section of hs2. particularly involved in euston station as well. hello to you mark, thank you forjoining us. you were talking a little earlier in the week about the difficulties over a lack of decision and announcements. that announcement has now been made, what do you make of it? in announcement has now been made, what do you make of it?— do you make of it? in one respect, it is very pleasing _ do you make of it? in one respect, it is very pleasing about _ do you make of it? in one respect, it is very pleasing about the - it is very pleasing about the commitment to go to euston. but there is far more detail that we want to support that and disappointed about the extension from birmingham to manchester which effectively is going to be a spine of a future rail network. i think it has been underestimated. we clearly don't have all of the information that the government has to hand. it would be great that they could share that so they could demonstrate and prove that the decisions that they are going to invest that £36 billion into local regional projects is going to be invested and the timing for that. the construction

leadership council has been calling for an infrastructure pipeline for several months, well over a year now, which is disappointing not to have that. hopefully that will come through. moving to euston, we have been working much more closely with hsz been working much more closely with hs2 team, department for transport team, and more recently sending information to number ten and number 11 on some proposals to actually ii on some proposals to actually give us a six platform solution which actually safeguards for the manchester to birmingham link. need to run on conventional tracks, the existing tracks, we need to think about that. one thing i have been an advocate about the review is enabling us to advance the development works because we also believe that there is an opportunity to create new homes more quickly and we have to come up with solutions that actually reduce the disruption

on the neighbourhood. previously, the scheme is being proposed, which were far more extensive, i have used the term many times— we have been creating monuments. we now have the opportunity to create high speed rail systems from london to birmingham by 2031. and that is really important that we get that up and running for the real economic benefits. so, as soon as we can get the go—ahead, the devil will be in the go—ahead, the devil will be in the detail, we will wait for that. if we can then get the approval to begin the enabling works, as we call it the no regrets work, to progress of that, we can pass over the parcels and allow that to continue at pace and deliver those homes and commercial and retail facilities to really get their money back into the government coffers. i really get their money back into the government coffers.— really get their money back into the government coffers. i was looking at our government coffers. i was looking at your websites _ government coffers. i was looking at your websites and _ government coffers. i was looking at your websites and your _ government coffers. i was looking at your websites and your company - government coffers. i was looking at your websites and your company hasj your websites and your company has been involved in large construction infrastructure projects across the world. with that level of

experience, ijust wonderyourtake experience, i just wonder your take on experience, ijust wonderyourtake on how hs2 has run? how difficult has it been to get across this project? how does it compare to that may be other countries that you have worked in? �* , . may be other countries that you have worked in? �*, . h, may be other countries that you have worked in? �*, . ,., ., worked in? let's deal with some of the successes _ worked in? let's deal with some of the successes we _ worked in? let's deal with some of the successes we have _ worked in? let's deal with some of the successes we have had - worked in? let's deal with some of the successes we have had in - worked in? let's deal with some of the successes we have had in the l worked in? let's deal with some of i the successes we have had in the uk. london 2012 olympics really went through some of those challenges in the very early days. affordability, what we wanted in terms of scope and to made sure that almost every project that we touched at the beginning of london 2012 went through similar challenges. however, because it wasn't so large scale project, they were several projects that we had to solve, we addressed those and we adopt that in very much the same way in where we work abroad, whether it is in asia, north america, south america or in the middle east. all of these things about getting the right scope and the right solution for the budget. and actually, the scheme has been extremely ambitious and that has been its downfall so far. it has been its downfall so far. it has

been probably overambitious in affordability and therefore, as a consequence, the scope has been wrong. consequence, the scope has been wronu. , , , consequence, the scope has been wronu. , , y consequence, the scope has been wronu. ,, , ., wrong. very briefly, in your opinion was the prime _ wrong. very briefly, in your opinion was the prime minister _ wrong. very briefly, in your opinion was the prime minister right - wrong. very briefly, in your opinion was the prime minister right to - was the prime minister right to cancel the northern leg? i was the prime minister right to cancel the northern leg? cancelthe northern leg? i think onl time cancelthe northern leg? i think only time will— cancelthe northern leg? i think only time will tell. _ cancelthe northern leg? i think only time will tell. i _ cancelthe northern leg? i think only time will tell. i don't - cancelthe northern leg? i think only time will tell. i don't have | only time will tell. i don't have all the information to that. if you ask me from just a sense of creating ask me from just a sense of creating a high speed rail network through the country as a spine, i think he was wrong to cancel it. he should have asked for a review, i think a review of how we can do it much more simply, efficiently, like other countries, not get burdened with the planning constraints that we had so that we could have delivered that with a much better price. mark reynolds. _ with a much better price. mark reynolds, really _ with a much better price. mark reynolds, really interesting i with a much better price. mark reynolds, really interesting to hear your view on that. thank you for talking to us. let's turn to the united states, where in the past few minutes donald trump has arrived at court for day three of his civil fraud trial. just a warning, we have some

flashing images coming up. let's take a look. this is the former president arriving at the courthouse where he then addressed the media for several minutes. overnight, thejudge overseeing the trial issued a limited gag order barring comments about court staff. that came after mr trump posted a social media attack on the judge's principal law clerk a day earlier. in a statement which did not name the former president the judge said... donald trump, his two adult sons and the wider trump organisation are accused of massively inflating the value of their properties by over $2 billion dollars, in order to secure better bank loans. live now to new york, i'm joined by correspondent nada tawfik.

nada, hello to you, another court, another day with trump. addressing the media out side but this is very clearly, after thejudge the media out side but this is very clearly, after the judge said, issued a gagging order not naming him specifically but hard not to deduce that he was talking about him. , , . , , ., , him. yes, this has been really the rh hm of him. yes, this has been really the rhythm of the _ him. yes, this has been really the rhythm of the last _ him. yes, this has been really the rhythm of the last few _ him. yes, this has been really the rhythm of the last few days - him. yes, this has been really the rhythm of the last few days here | him. yes, this has been really the | rhythm of the last few days here in new york. a very different atmosphere in court and a very different one outside of the courthouse. we've had one witness so far and the questioning has been very methodical, very focused on financial statements and what they showed and didn't show with a former accountant saying that it was ultimately the trump organisation that was responsible for delivering accurate accounting and numbers and said he wouldn't have made the statements of financial condition if he knew they were inaccurate. now,

there was an atmosphere in which the defence team, trump's team, objected. they were overruled and when they started cross questioning the accountants, they got quite animated, even saying that president trump was the leader of the free world. but outside of court, what we have seen is donald trump taking time to speak to the media, really using this as a campaign moment to rally supporters. so, while in court he sits quietly, engages with a tourneys and respects the process, outside he slams the judge, attacked the attorney general. even going as far, as you said there, to attacking through his social media posts the law clerk on the social media. what we have seen here is thejudge taking issue with that and issuing this gag order. taking issue with that and issuing this gag order-— this gag order. obviously this is one of several— this gag order. obviously this is one of several court _ this gag order. obviously this is | one of several court appearances this gag order. obviously this is - one of several court appearances or court cases that donald trump is undergoing at the moment. but as you say there, not necessarily affecting his standing... nada, can you still

hear me? can you still hear us? i think we may have lost the connection to nada. we will leave it there, we will return back to nada later on in the programme to give us the latest from new york. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. police are investigating possible corporate manslaughter at the hospital where child serial killer lucy letby worked. the former nurse, 33, was found guilty in august of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the countess of chester hospital. a safeguarding review will take place into the death of sara sharif. the 10—year—old's body was found at her home in woking on the 10th august. herfather, stepmother and uncle appeared at the old bailey last month. they'll face a murder trial next autumn. laurence fox has been sacked by gb news after an outcry

about comments he made on air about a female journalist. the former actor and political activist sparked controversy last week when he asked what "self—respecting man" would "climb into bed" with ava evans. you're live with bbc news. let's return to the united states. a historic vote has seen the republican party's top lawmaker pushed out of his job in a vote triggered by one of his own. a motion to remove kevin mccarthy from his role as speaker of the house of representatives passed narrowly overnight. it makes him the first speaker in us history to be voted out by the chamber. doing the right thing isn't always easy but it is necessary. i do not regret standing up for choosing governing over grievance.

it is my responsibility, it is myjob. i do not regret negotiating. our government is designed to find compromise. i do not regret my efforts to build coalitions and find solutions. i was raised to solve problems, not create them. cbs news correspondent, naomi rokum has more on the story. this moment in history, not only for the republican party but for the nation as a whole, shows just how polarised politics have become in washington. the final vote to remove kevin mccarthy was 260—210, meaning all democrats voted against him along with eight members of his own party. the coup, as you mentioned, led by republican matt gaetz, indicated that that group of far right republicans was ready to boot house speaker for the first time ever. --216-210. gaetz criticised mccarthy

for working with democrats to pass a bill preventing a government shutdown over the weekend. gaetz also accused mccarthy of making a secret side deal with president biden on aid for ukraine. the fierce rhetoric between the two amp it up over the last few days with gaetz saying mccarthy couldn't be trusted. mccarthy only lasted nine months as speaker as he led one of the most narrow majorities ever in the house of representatives. though there may have been an ounce of hope that some democrats might have saved him during yesterday's vote, mccarthy was defeated — leaving washington now in turmoil as both parties meet to decide where to go from here. in italy, people have died after a tourist coach crashed off a fly over in venice onto the railway tracks and burst into flames. the bus was taking passengers from the centre of venice to a campsite in a nearby district on the mainland. our rome

correspondent response from the scene. the spot where the tourist bus made its last deadlyjourney. suddenly it swerved and careered off the side of the overpass, plunging several metres down towards the railway tracks and bursting into flames. many of the passengers died on impact. ukrainians and germans among the victims. some of the bodies are too charred to identify. translation: it was a complex operation last night _ for the 60 fire brigades from all over the veneto region. the coach caught fire and so we first had to extinguish the flames in order to get inside. we carried out a rapid intervention which allowed us to save 15 people. but unfortunately, we could do nothing for the victims. well, you can see the sheer force of the impact as the bus smashed through these barriers, beginning its fatal fall. already, there are questions being asked about the state of these guardrails and how very clearly they had aged.

but working out why this happened will be for the days ahead. translation: maybe it's a tragedy foretold. - the overpass has been in a bad way for years. they said maintenance has been done, but they've just started. i noticed there are pieces of rusty and detached guardrail. it was shortly before 8:00pm when the bus carrying foreign tourists staying at a nearby campsite took the overpass back from central venice. police say there's no sign of the vehicle suddenly brakeing. the most likely scenario at this stage is that the driver suddenly fell ill before taking a catastrophic turn. initial reports said it was methane fuel that sparked the flames. but now the authorities say the bus was electric and it was the batteries that probably caught fire. the fall and the flames were impossible to withstand. the mangled mess of what remained of the bus was taken away overnight. it will provide essential clues.

and so a bus carrying families enjoying the beauty of venice has ended with horror. late summer holidays turned into a nightmare inferno. mark lowen, bbc news, venice. pope francis has warned that the world's climate "may be nearing breaking point" and global leaders and bodies have proved ineffective in preventing it. the pope's strongly—worded view, which among other topics criticises what he calls the "irresponsible lifestyle connected with the western model", has been published on the same day that he is set to open a major meeting of the roman catholic church, with members from across the world expected to discuss issues including attitudes towards lgbt people. live now to our religion correspondent aleem maqbool, who's at the vatican in rome. hello to you. let's talk about the climate announcement that the pope has said. how unusual is it for the

pope to talk about this in such language?— pope to talk about this in such [aniiuae? . ., ., , language? well, throughout his .a .a language? well, throughout his papacy over _ language? well, throughout his papacy over the _ language? well, throughout his papacy over the last _ language? well, throughout his papacy over the last ten - language? well, throughout his papacy over the last ten years, | language? well, throughout his - papacy over the last ten years, pope francis has made talking about the climate crisis essential to his work. and he, in 2015, released an encyclical which is the highest level of teaching document a pope can release, on climate change. but this really was a follow—up to that and it was a review, really, of how he feels the last eight years has gone since he released that document. and the verdict was, well, he didn't pull any punches in saying that it had been a failure in many aspects. the world's response to climate change over the last eight years. he talked about the global governing bodies having been ineffective, he did praise some of the initiatives from things like the

copa meetings but said the commitments were vague, there wasn't enough sanctions for those countries that didn't fulfil their commitments, didn't reach their targets. he was scathing about politicians who still denied the problem of climate change or the human impact on climate change. but he was also critical of individuals, particularly in the west. he particularly in the west. he particularly focused on the us where, in his words, the emissions per person are double what they are of an individual in china. seven times what they are of someone from the poorest countries and he said the poorest countries and he said the lifestyle change in the west was urgently needed. it was very strong stuff indeed, but it was following on from previous pronouncements he has made on climate change. he just doesn't feel that they are being treated with another urgency. irate doesn't feel that they are being treated with another urgency. we are 'ust lookin treated with another urgency. we are just looking at _ treated with another urgency. we are just looking at pictures _ treated with another urgency. we are just looking at pictures of— treated with another urgency. we are just looking at pictures of the - just looking at pictures of the meeting. take us through the purpose

of it, what is expected, how many people attend?— people attend? yes, the pope resided people attend? yes, the pope presided over _ people attend? yes, the pope presided over mass _ people attend? yes, the pope presided over mass at - people attend? yes, the pope presided over mass at the - people attend? yes, the pope - presided over mass at the beginning of this meeting. it is a 26 day meeting. bishops come together from around the world, around 300 bishops come together from around the world every few years. this is highly unusual because, for the first time in living memory, for the first time in living memory, for the first time in hundreds of years, laypeople have also been invited, non—bishops will be at the bishops conference and will get a vote and that also means that women, for the first time, have been included. it isjust over 50 women out of 365 people that will get a vote who are involved. what is extraordinary is the consultation process that has taken place leading up process that has taken place leading up to this massive conference. this has been a consultation process of trying to take in the views of catholics from all over the world over the past two years and it is they that have created the agenda,

high on the agenda is the role of women but also about finding a way to be more inclusive church lgbtq+ catholics. ., ~ to be more inclusive church lgbtq+ catholics. ., ,, , ., to be more inclusive church lgbtq+ catholics. ., ,, , catholics. thank you. do stay with us, we catholics. thank you. do stay with us. we are — catholics. thank you. do stay with us. we are going _ catholics. thank you. do stay with us, we are going to _ catholics. thank you. do stay with us, we are going to be _ catholics. thank you. do stay with us, we are going to be bringing i catholics. thank you. do stay with | us, we are going to be bringing you more live from the court in new york where donald trump is there once again and also the reaction to the announcement by the prime minister of the cancellation of the northern leg of the hs2. to stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a lot of cloud across the uk today and rain—bearing cloud across scotland. it's already been wet here and further pulses of rain in the next few days are forecast. the south of the country is a little bit brighter, warmer to highs of around 19 in london, 18 in liverpool. but here where we have the weather front, you can see wet south of the lowlands and in the north of scotland, fresher with some showers.

now, here's the forecast for tonight. another area of low pressure is sweeping in. the winds are starting to blow in from the southwest, so that means mild conditions spreading across the uk. 12 in plymouth, about that in liverpool and belfast. but the other side of the weather front in the north of scotland, it's still chilly and here is that low pressure with the wet weather moving to north western parts of the country. the high pressure centred across western europe. that's the beginning of a warmer settled spell of weather across the south. but you can see the extent of the cloud and the rain through thursday. so many of us are in for some damp conditions, but it will be relatively mild despite the clouds, the damp weather and the breeze. 17 there in belfast and probably nudging up to close to 20 degrees celsius there in the south. so that's thursday evening. let's have a look at the forecast then as we head towards the end of the week. and again, more weather fronts in the northwest, more outbreaks of rain there heading to western scotland. you can see it spreading across the southern uplands, the lakes as well. but across the bulk

of england and wales here we'll see temperatures nudging up to about 20 or 22 degrees celsius northerly, though, in the northern isles, so only around 12 to 1a. then here's the forecast. then saturday into sunday, a low pressure out in the atlantic. southerly winds developing across western parts of europe, an area of high pressure and rising temperatures. so i think it could be 25 or 26 in london, 20 in newcastle. but it's still fresh there in the north of scotland, only around 12 celsius, which is actually close to the daytime average for early october. but look at that. in the south, we'll be getting around 25 or six. the average is closer to 16. and take a look at this outlook for cardiff. for london, temperatures well into the 20s. belfast also could exceed 20 degrees celsius this weekend. that's it for me. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. prime minister rishi sunak confirms he's scrapping a high—speed rail link to manchester and will spend the money on new transport projects for the region instead. he also says the age at which people can buy cigarettes in england should rise by a year, every year, so that eventually no—one can buy them. at least 21 people dead —

including a baby — after a bus crashed off an overpass and caught fire near venice. and a new documentary on david and victoria beckham has come out. it's called — appropriately enough — beckham. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's will perry. hello from the bbc sport centre. liverpool managerjurgen klopp wants their premier league game against tottenham to be replayed after luis diaz's goal was wrongly disallowed by the video assistant referee. the var darren england and assistant dan cook failed to overrule when diaz was flagged offside when saturday's game was goalless. referees' body the pgmol have released the audio of discussions between the match officials as they made the decision. we hear england say the check is "perfect" before swearing when he realises he's made a mistake. liverpool went on to lose 2—1 following a 96th—minute own goalfrom joel matip.