When the House Of Representatives is led by a Different Party to the one that controls the senate and also occupies the white house. Deadlocks. Not unheard of. The government shut down six times since 1990. And when they happen, they can last for a short time, even days. But theres usually a very clear reason why. Last time, for example, the government shut down in 2018. It was 35 days that those services were stopped. And this was because of a very clear disagreement about Donald Trumps wish to build a wall on the southern border. 2013, similarly, very clear Policy Disagreements saw a 16 day shutdown when representatives fell out over the provision of 0bamacare. This time, though, the reasons are far less clear. The republican speaker, Kevin Mccarthy, says that he thinks the Biggest Issue is president biden� s wish to send more money to ukraine. But he said a short term deal probably could have been done before now in exchange for stronger Border Protections on the south of the country. Now, it probably is the case that Kevin Mccarthy could drive through a short term funding deal to keep the government running. But that would mean working closely with democratic representatives to push through a funding deal already agreed by both the republicans and the democrats in the upper chamber, the senate. But around nine hardline republicans have made it very clear that if he works with their opponents to pass the deal, hed be forced from office. So then what will we left with . Congress has until midnight tonight to see if they can reach a deal. Its possible, i guess, but right now it feels pretty unlikely that theyre going to do that. And if they dont, days and weeks of uncertainty would surely follow. Many thousands of federal employees would be placed on unpaid leave and the us could see some very serious damage to its economy. A supporter of donald trump has become the First Defendant to plead guilty to interfering with the election in the us State Of Georgia during the last president ial poll. Under the terms of a deal with prosecutors, scott hall agreed to testify against the 18 others accused in the case. They include the former president. The trial of two other defendants including a former lawyerfor mr trump is due to begin in october. Here in the uk, the teenage girl who died after a School Bus Crashed on the motorway in merseyside has been named as 15 year old Jessica Baker. This is 15 year old Jessica Baker, one of the schoolchildren on the bus who was killed in the crash. The driver who has been named online as Stephen Shrimpton has also died. More than 50 children were on their way to school when theirjourney ended in tragedy. This is the aftermath of the crash on the m53 near merseyside. The coach overturned. It happened after 8am. A Major Incident was declared. Police, ambulance and fire crews were quickly sent to the scene. Our thoughts and condolences are very much with their family and friends at this tragic time. Family Liaison Officers are providing specialist support to the families and we are working with the schools and the councils to provide the necessary Trauma Support for the children who were on the bus. A 14 year old boy is also being treated for life changing injuries. Other children were injured. 50 children were transported to a Casualty Clearing Centre in wallasey. Of those 50, 39 have now been discharged. The remainder have been taken to hospital for further treatment. The children were going to two schools. The boys to Calday Grange Grammar School and the girls to west kirby Grammar School. They are being provided with specialist Trauma Support. So too are other children from both schools who were on buses in convoy with the one that crashed and saw what happened. Police are appealing to anyone with dashcam footage to contact them urgently as investigators establish how the crash happened. A crash that has left two families devastated. Schoolchildren injured and so many likely traumatised by what they experienced and what they saw. Helena wilkinson, bbc news. Live now to our correspondent yunus mulla in west kirby. Whats the latest . Weve had a number of whats the latest . Weve had a number of children whats the latest . Weve had a number of children arrive whats the latest . Weve had a number of children arrive here | whats the latest . Weve had a number of children arrive here this morning with flowers. Staff has been protecting the mess theyve arrived here today. West kirby Grammar School have said they will provide support for the children involved in the tragic accident yesterday, and theirfamilies. Flowers have been left outside the main Reception Area of the school. 0ne message reads sorry to see you go. 0ur of the school. 0ne message reads sorry to see you go. Our thoughts are with the family. Jessica was a pupil at this school. Pupils from another Grammar School were also on that bus. Jessica baker died along with the driver of the bus and weve had more details about that driver this morning. He was Stephen Shrimpton. His family have posted a message on a Fundraising Page online. They say that he had as what they described as a some kind of medical issue before the accident. They said he leaves a widow and two Young Children who will now have to grow up without their beloved father. Investigations are ongoing. They are trying to find out what happened on The N 53 In Wirral yesterday. M 53. There were a number of other vehicles in convoy with the bus making their way here to west kirby. That motorway did remain closed for some time yesterday and thats to allow complex Investigation Work to take place. This morning the motorway has reopened. 27 years after the killing of the Hip Hop Artist Tupac Shakur Police in las vegas have charged a former gang leader with his murder. 60 year old duane davis, whos also known as keffe d is accused of planning the rappers shooting. Tupac shakur was hit four times in a Drive By Shooting aged 25 until now, no one had ever been charged over the death. The arrest was made two months after police searched a home near to the location the killing happened at a property linked to a man who had previously said he witnessed the shooting from a car. 0ur North America correspondent Barbara Plett usher has the details. I see no changes. All i see is racist faces. Tupac shakur is still one of the best selling and most influential rappers of all time. He took off after the release of his debut album in 1991. Just five years later, he was gunned down. His career cut short. Shot on the Las Vegas Strip while waiting at a red light. Hit by bullets fired from a passing cadillac, he died six days later. Now, after 27 years, police have finally arrested a suspect. 27 years. For 27 years, the family of tupac shakur has been waiting forjustice. We are here today to announce the arrest of 60 year old dwayne keith davis, a. K. A. Keefe d for the murder of tupac shakur. He was the leader of a gang that was feuding with tupac� s record label, death row records. Police said the whole thing started with this fight at a las vegas hotel. Tupac and record executive shug knight punched and kicked a rival gang member. Keefe d is accused of then hatching the plan to retaliate. Fast forward to july this year. Police raided his home in a los angeles suburb. Hes the man on the right. The case had been revived in recent years, using his own words about the incident published in a memoir. Tupac� s musical legacy was honored at the Hollywood Walk Of Fame earlier this year. The questions surrounding his death have also gripped his fans. They may soon get their answers. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. Russia has marked the First Anniversary of its illegal attempt to annexe the ukrainian regions of kherson, zaporizhzhia, donetsk and lu ha nsk. Russia claimed possession of the regions, but does not fully control any of them. A live concert was held in moscows red square in celebration. Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke about the anniversary in a televised address on saturday. A year ago a decisive, historic and fateful event happened. Agreements of four new regions of the federationjoining russia were signed. Millions of people of the regions made their choice to be with their fatherland. This conscious, long awaited, hard won and truly popular decision people took together at the referendums that were held and full compliance with international regulations. Here in the uk, more than 30 conservative mps have said they wont vote for any plans that result in higher taxes it comes ahead of the partys annual conference this weekend. With more on this. Lets speak to our political reporter Tony Bonsignore in the newsroom. What have we been hearing . All sorts of messages coming out ahead of the conservative Party Conference in manchester which starts tomorrow. A lot of delegates, mps heading their over the course of today. Now what the government is very keen to talk about, well come to taxis at the moment, but what the government wants to talk about is motorists. What it says is the War On Motorists which is its determine to end now. Things like low Traffic Neighbourhoods which are areas which are deliberately off limits to motorists, things like bus lanes. All sorts of measures that the government has said have been introduced that are unfair to motorists. What they are trying to do is tap into a swell of opinion that theres been too much move against motoristss and its hit them too hard over the years. The Prime Minister gave an interview and he said he was slamming the brakes on the War On Motorists. Which begs the obvious question, one that charlie state asked to stayt stayt asked earlier. Rishi sunaks comments, and he said, im slamming the brakes on the War On Motorists. Who has been conducting a War On Motorists . Well, theres a lot of commentary about this, and ijust gave you a specific example. In wales, the welsh Labour Government is implementing policies, theyre Building Labour in wales. And im giving you an example. You said, can i give you an example of where theres a War On Motorists and im giving you an example, which is the Labour Government in wales has said its not going to build any new roads, not going to invest in the Road Infrastructure of our country. Its implemented a blanket 20 mph. That you are the conservative government of england why cant you talk about that . Charlie giving the transport secretary quite a rough ride. If there has been a War On Motorists, well, who has been conducting that war . I think part of this is about the Prime Minister trying to distinguish himself from his predecessors but also facing the reality that theres been the 13 consecutive years of conservative government in the uk. The other thing on the agenda is that there are 30 conservative mps saying they will oppose any further tax rises in the future. Some well known names like priti patel, the former british home secretary, the former Prime Minister. This is about petitioning. This is a conservative government who are determined to push for lower taxes but at the same time the chancellorjeremy hunt saying there is no room for that. He says using technology is a way to reduce the tax burden and across all of this is a question that will be uppermost in many peoples mines which is the hs to High Speed Line and speculation of whether the government will abandon the second leg of that. Mark harper asked about it repeatedly this morning and said he will not comment on speculation. All i think that will do will increase the speculation given that hes the man leading the department which is ultimately for this. Tony, thank you. The United Nations says its sending a mission to Nagorno Karabakh this weekend to assess the humanitarian situation. The mission will look at the needs of people remaining in the territory as well as those who were on the move. Nagorno karabakh was controlled by Armenian Separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. Nagorno karabakh was controlled by Armenian Separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. Investigations are underway into two deadly explosions which killed nearly 60 people in pakistan. The first explosion was near a mosque in the southwestern province of balochistan as people celebrated the birth of the prophet muhammad. Police say at least 52 people were killed there, with another 50 injured. Police suspect it was a Suicide Attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. These pictures are from balochistan, pakistans largest province. The region has suffered mutiple attacks from groups including the Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State group. And in a separate explosion, at least five people are reported to have died at a blast at a mosque near the city of peshawar. Many more were feared trapped under the collapsed building. People in slovakia are voting in a fiercely contested general election, with the populist smair party promising to stop military aid to ukraine if it wins. The party led by the former Prime Minister, robert fico is being challenged by the liberal progressive slovakia, led by michal simecka, who promises to maintain support for kyiv. Neither party is expected to win a majority. Live now to bratislava where we can speak to katarina klingova. Shes a Senior Research fellow at the Centre For Democracy resilience, globsec. The decision of slovakia becoming is in the state. We have parties competing for the votes and a lot of the parties are openly against the eu sanctions, are openly talking about opening relationships with russia. They said that if they were becoming the ruling party then they would stop sending help and weapons to ukraine. Several political representatives have said that they would not agree with ukraine becoming a nato member because its against our National Priority is so, yes, theres a lot at stake in this upcoming election. Yes, theres a lot at stake in this upcoming election. Could you walk us throu~h the upcoming election. Could you walk us through the timeline upcoming election. Could you walk us through the timeline here upcoming election. Could you walk us through the timeline here in upcoming election. Could you walk us through the timeline here in the through the timeline here in the process for taking power and first of all, knowing the result. How long does that take . And then the process of forming the government . The votin of forming the government . The voting started of forming the government . Tue voting started at of forming the government . Tte voting started at 7am and the voters are able to vote until 10pm. As soon as the rooms are closed down they need to count down and then. We start to count them. Usually the first indications are on sunday. There is an exit poll mean conducted by various agencies assuming they will collect 20,000 poll votes which will collect 20,000 poll votes which will help us guess possible outcomes of these elections. Of these elections. Thank you for cominu of these elections. Thank you for coming on of these elections. Thank you for coming on the of these elections. Thank you for coming on the programme. Of these elections. Thank you for | coming on the programme. Thank of these elections. Thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you for havin coming on the programme. Thank you for having me now to news of a significant advance in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. An International Trial has found that thousands of men every year could be successfully treated with a more intense form of radiotherapy which would significantly shorten the time it takes to treat them. There was no pain or inconvenience. The treatment was just so easy and swift and there was no downside to it. Alistair kennedy rose feels extremely fortunate to have had his Prostate Cancer treated in just five sessions of radiotherapy. Eight years on, the 64 year old is still cancer free. It was almost as though id never had Prostate Cancer because i didnt have any symptoms to start with. And the treatment was so easy, ultimately, so very effective. He was treated here at the Royal Marsden hospital in london as part of a pivotal trial involving nearly 900 men at 38 hospitals in the uk, ireland and canada. All the men had medium risk Prostate Cancer, which had not spread. After five years 96 of the men whod had five high doses of multiple Beam Radiotherapy were cancer free, compared to 95 whod had at least 20 doses of standard radiotherapy. Both groups had low side effects. The pink area is the prostate gland. The medical director of the Royal Marsden led the International Trial. For him, this is a big moment. When i got the results, i was literally. I was blown away. I mean, it was probably one of the best days of my career. I think its fantastic news for patients and its brilliant news for the nhs. So what are the implications . Well, its going to be an enormous change. I expect that the nhs will rapidly adopt this. So instead of giving 20 doses of radiotherapy, we can give five. If we extrapolate that across the whole nhs, thats hundreds of thousands of doses of radiotherapy that are going to be saved. And in a system which is quite under pressure, thats going to be very welcome. Another likely change is less use of Hormone Therapy in future. None of the men on the trial was given any and so were spared the side effects like extreme fatigue, hot flushes and low libido. Itll mean a better experience for thousands of men with Prostate Cancer every year wholl be able to have all their Radiotherapy Treatment Injust a week and without the need for Hormone Therapy. Alistair� s Prostate Cancer was picked up after a simple blood test. He wants all men over 50 to get themselves checked. Fergus walsh, bbc news. Rail passengers in the uk are facing more Disruption Parts of the uk today as around 12,000 Train Drivers stage their latest one day strike over pay and conditions. The fresh wave of action, by members of the aslef union, means fewer than half of trains will be operating. Further delays and cancellations are expected next week as the rail union stages an overtime ban. Staying in the uk and to scotland where two people are in hospital after the Flying Scotsman steam train was involved in a crash with another Heritage Train in the cairngorms. The low speed collision took place at aviemore railway station, in the scottish highlands. Three other people were treated at the scene. Police said none of the injuries were serious. A man in his 60s has been arrested by Police Investigating the cutting down of the famous sycamore gap tree in northumberland in the north of england. The landmark was cut down overnight on wednesday. A 16 year old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, has been released on bail. Live now to. Alison freeman who is live from sycamore gap. Yes, we can get quite close to the stump now. This had been a crime scene yesterday with police tape around it and we saw forensics officers here taking samples of the bar, the sawdust and photographs and measurements just so they can carry on with their investigation so they can work out what happened here and why. It happened overnight on wednesday. As part of that Police Investigation we know that a 16 year old boy arrested earlier this week has been released on police bail but the most recent update, Northumbria Police said theyd arrested a man in his 60s in connection with this Ongoing Investigation but the mood here is very sombre. Plenty of people passing by, coming to take a look at it. People are trying to work out whether it really happened or not and the proof is here. We bumped into a family who have come all the way from australia who did not know that this had happened and they were shocked when they arrived here this morning. Lots of other questions about whats going to happen in the area, weve been speaking to Tourism Businesses who are saying that a loss of this tree could mean a loss of business. Someone has come to put this other Sycamore Tree in. We are not sure if this will be allowed to stay because this is a protected site. People are visiting and paying their respects to this iconic tree. Plenty more online. Ill be back in a few minutes, this is bbc news. Goodbye. Whilst some of you will stay dry and bright, for others it will be quite a soggy saturday as we go through into the afternoon. Its down to these Weather Fronts approaching from the south west. 0utbreaks these Weather Fronts approaching from the south west. Outbreaks of rain particularly from the south of this country. The South Of England into the Channel Islands staying dry with some breaks in the cloud. In between, rain extensive and heavy through to northern ireland. North of wales, North West England and turning wetter in south west scotland. 45 mph winds around the coast. A warmish date of the south east, 20 21 c. Evening and overnight, Rain Sweeping North across scotland before clearer skies later but it turns wetter in parts of northern england, north and west wales into tomorrow morning. 1216 c, a wales into tomorrow morning. 12 16 c, a warm and humid start to sunday. The further south you are there will be missed and merc mist and murk. Merc mistand murk. In the merc mist and murk. In the midlands and lincolnshire it would turn claudia, damp or later but towards the south and east a few sunny outbreaks, 23 24 celsius, pretty warm for the first day of october. Into monday, High Pressure 0ctober. Into monday, High Pressure across europe, they will be getting some unusual warmth there but we are on the edge of it and that will still allow further Weather Fronts to push their way in. The winds wont be particularly strong away from scotland. But three parts of Western Wales we will see thundery showers. Warm and humid in the south east corner. A fresh feel in the north especially with that wind across northern scotland. Into next week, well see some sunshine, a fresh a few days to come on tuesday and wednesday but expect some rain now and again especially in the north and the west. Take care. This is bbc news, the headlines. 15 year old Jessica Baker has been named as the teenager who died in the School Bus Crash in the wirral. The schoolgirl died when the bus overturned on the m53. Stephen shrimpton the driver was also killed. The Us Government edges towards shutdown after members of Congress Fail to reach an agreement on spending. Government agencies will begin shutting down unless a deal is reached by the end of saturday. 27 years after the death of american rapper tupac shakur, police in nevada charge a former los angeles Gang Leaderfor his murder. Sixty year old duane davis was charged after the emergence of new evidence. And new hope of a much faster Radiotherapy Treatment for thousands of men diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. A study has found that Radiotherapy Doses can be cut by three quarters, meaning less pressure on the uks National Health service. Now on bbc news. The briefing