Would then have to go to the president to decide to avert a shutdown before midnight tonight. Within the last hour, we heard from the Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. I have very good news for the country democrats and republicans have come to an agreement and the government will remain open. We will have avoided a shutdown. Bipartisanship, which has been the trademark of the senate, has prevailed and the American People can breathe a sigh of relief. But this is a bridge cr and Leader Mcconnell and i have agreed to continue fighting for more economic and security aid for ukraine. We support ukraines efforts to defend its sovereignty against putins aggression. So, thank you. Thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their excellent work. The bipartisanship here in the senate set the tone for todays result and i hope it sets the tone for the future. The Top Republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, offered this commitment. Most Senate Republicans remain committed to helping our friends on the front lines. To invest more heavily in american strength, it reinforces our allies and deters our top strategic adversarial china. I am confident the senate will pass further urgent assistance to ukraine later this year. Were going back to those pictures of the senate right now because we have learned that boat is now complete and the senate has now passed the Stopgap Funding Bill for that was lost to Chuck Schumer. fix, was lost to Chuck Schumer. Sigh of relief. There will be no government shutdown. Democrats have said from the start of the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship. We are glad Speaker Mccarthy has finally heeded our message. In the end, more democrats supported this bill in the houston republicans, proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. Bipartisanship was the best answerallalong. I bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriate. Madam president Susan Collins and senator mcconnell. They set the tone for the bill we are about to pass. Our bipartisanship made this possible. It showed the house they had to act. We will keep the government open for 45 days with a clean cr at current Funding Levels and we avoided all of the extreme, nasty and harmful cuts maga republicans wanted. No further cuts across the board. Note 30 cuts to things like healthcare, the Social Security administration, the Nutrition Programmes for kids. Forthe the Nutrition Programmes for kids. For the authorisation of the faa until december 31. And the faa until december 31. And the Poison Pill Amendments of which there were scores. Maga inspired riders were all removed from the bill. After trying to take our government hostage, maga republicans won nothing. One more time. It is good Speaker Mccarthy finally heeded our message that bipartisanship was and is and remains the only way. He could have made this decision weeks ago. I have said from day one this is a bridge cr, a temporary solution, not the final destination. We will not stop fighting for more economic and Security Assistance for ukraine. Majorities in both parties support ukraine aid and doing more is vitalfor americas security and for democracy around the world. But this cr is still very good news for the American People. Maga today extremists failed, and both parties have come together to avoid a shutdown because once again, thank you to Leader Mcconnell, vice chair Susan Collins and members on both sides of the aisle who came together. Todays cr would not have been possible without the senates good work. The senate showed bipartisanship was the only way and the same will be true again in 45 days. I yield the floor. I did not yet you had before. Do not yet yielded the floor. Had before. 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He said, majorities in both parties support ukraine aid and doing what is vital for ukraines security and democracy around the world. That announcement from the Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer as the senate does pass this bill. It will have to go to the president for assigning and then the government would avert a shutdown. That message we heard from the Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer is very different from what we heard from the House Republican leader a little earlier. Lets listen to what he said. Today the house came together to do ourjobs and continue this battle. Leave me, this is not the end, it is the beginning of a continued fight to secure our border. To get Government Spending under control and get our economy back on track. That means for the next 45 days were going to be working through remaining issues. As the speaker talked about, starting monday we are coming back in the house to continue the appropriations process. We will keep our eye on the developing story but we will move onto news now. To an escalating conflict in the balkans now. Kosovo is demanding serbia withdraw its troop from their shared border. It comes after tensions between the two countries flared up last weekend when Kosovo Police fought about 30 heavily armed serbs who stormed a village there and barricaded themselves inside a monastery. Three attackers and one Police Officer were killed in the gun battle. Nato says it has authorised Additional Forces to the area. The white house has warned a build up of serbian troops risks destabilisation. A humanitarian crisis is worsening in a disputed area. Almost the entire population of Nagorno Karabakh has fled the region since azerbaijan reclaimed the territory last week. Thats more than 100,000 Ethnic Armenians who have navigated the winding, mountainous road to armenia. Azerbaijan has said it wants to reintegrate the area and treat its residents as equals, but an armenian spokesman said this wasjust a lie. The Un Refugee Agency has said that many of those fleeing are hungry, exhausted and need immediate assistance. The mass exodus has prompted the United Nations to send its First Mission to the territory in about 30 years, to assess the humanitarian situation. Nagorno karabakh had been controlled by armenian separatists for three decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. Bbc� s South Caucasus and central asia correspondent Rayhan Demytrie has more. Outside the humanitarian Registration Centre here which has been working 24 7 since the influx from Nagorno Karabakh began last sunday, there is still a lot of people in need of help with more than 100,000 people being registered. Now theres hardly anyone left inside the Nagorno Karabakh enclave which came under azerbaijani control. Bakus so called anti terror operation against the separatist Ethnic Armenian authorities inside Nagorno Karabakh lasted just 2a hours. Karabakh armenians had surrendered and have now largely been disarmed. Their former leaders are being arrested one by one by azerbaijan, which accused them of terrorism. Their republic, which existed for 32 years but was never recognised by the international community, ceased to exist. People who were forced to flee their homes, like milena from kert village, have been describing what happened. Translation after i having seen everything. It pains me to be leaving, but i have hope that ill be able to come back. This is one of the paradises on earth that cannot be traded with or compared to lands or wealth. The world should not believe that we are willingly leaving. We fought till the very end with our blood, with our lives to protect our country. Russian president Vladimir Putin is defending his move to illegally annex four ukrainian territories a year ago, claiming russia has become strongerfor it. From moscow our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. A year ago, hed proclaimed the annexation of four ukrainian regions. Speaks russian. Today, Vladimir Putin said russia had become stronger as a result. Together, we can meet any challenge. Together, they streamed towards red square. A highly organised show of support for the annexation that only two countries have recognised syria and north korea. It all belongs to us now, yelina says. We restored part of our historic motherland. But its ukrainian territory, i say. Its russia. Only russia. Flags distributed, cue the patriotic concert. In the absence of victory, this was all about creating the impression of victory, a dizzying sense of achievement, so that russians believe that the last 19 months of pain havent been in vain. So, the kremlin tells them that their country has got bigger, stronger, when in reality, the invasion of ukraine has gone badly wrong for russia. One recent example the Ukrainian Missile attack on russias Black Sea Fleet headquarters in occupied crimea. It showed how moscows struggling to defend strategically important targets. But theres no change of plan. In ukraine, russia fights on. The army says its recruited an extra 300,000 volunteers. President putin is pushing on with the war and confrontation with the west. How far is putin prepared to go now to achieve the victory . To the end. To whatever that end is. Hes not going to give up, hes not going to waver, hes not going to blink, hes not going to make concessions. So, putins waiting for the west to blink first . Absolutely. Hes waiting it out. The kremlin leader apparently believing that time is on russias side. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. Voting has ended in slovakias parliamentary election with initial exit polls suggesting liberals leading in results. Voters chose between pro russia former Prime Minister robert fico, and the pro west Progressive Slovakia Party. Fico is a populist who has promised to stop all military aid to kyiv. Fico was forced to step down as Prime Minister following the murder of investigative journalist jan kuciak in 2018. The Progressive Slovakia Party would likely continue to support ukraine, the eu, green policies, and lgbtq rights. However, a Coalition Government may still be needed. Moving to pakistan, investigations are under way into two deadly explosions on friday which killed more than 60 people. The first explosion was near a mosque in the south Western Province of balochistan as people celebrated the birth of the prophet muhammad. Dozens were killed. Police suspect it was a Suicide Attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. Balochistan, pakistans largest province, 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. Saher baloch has this report from mastung in balochistan. Family members are showing up at the blast site in mastung to look for the remains of their loved ones. This man named habibullah came here looking for his cousin. Translation hes my cousin. His name is fidel hussein. I was at home yesterday. He told me he was leaving for work but he didnt go and came to this congregation with his friends instead. His number is switched off since then and i cant connect with him. Whereas Haji Ali Haider ran towards the site when he heard the blast. Translation up to this time, there have been no results from the number of fact finding inquiries into the blasts. At least the findings should tell us who is responsible. Nobody claims responsibility for these blasts. This man here is a former city administrator. He told me he lost four members of his family in fridays explosion. Translation i called my nephew 45 times, but he did not pick up his phone. I called his brother and then, his father. I knew they went to the annual celebrations of prophets birth anniversary every year and realised they were all dead. There should be an investigation on the role of those deployed for our security. The Police Officers that i spoke with over here, they are not taking any names any more because since the time they named Pakistani Taliban and they backed off from it and they said that they have nothing to do with this incident at all, the police has not said anything at all about who could be responsible for this. So, for the time being, the people over here still have a lot of questions that need answering. Bbc urdus Saher Baloch Reporting from mastung. To the maldives now. A pro china candidate, Mohamed Muizzu, has won the second round of the president ial election. The incumbent, mohamed solih, conceded defeat in a post on x, formerly known as twitter. The vote was seen as a referendum on whether the maldives should rebuild relations with india or seek closer ties with china. Heres our David Waddell on whats at stake for voters in the maldives. Its a tiny nation with 500,000 people spread across 187 inhabited islands. There are a further 1,000 uninhabited. But the number of tourists who arrive every year dwarfs the number of people who live there. Theyre attracted by the fantastic climate for several months of the year and these beautiful locales that they come to enjoy. 50 years ago, the maldives was one of the worlds poorest countries. But thats all changed as the country recognises the need to build resources to secure a future for its people. For now, the country enjoys a strategically important position in the middle of the indian ocean, in one of the worlds busiest east west shipping lanes. Both india, a traditional benefactor of the country, and china are seeking to wield influence there and this election is largely about the question of which regional superpower should be able to take precedence. The outgoing president , Ibrahim Mohamed solih, has turned his country to face india in recent years after a period of borrowing heavily from china. Hell stay in office until a successor� s inauguration in november. For his part, Mohamed Muizzu is likely to lean back to china. Its no surprise that neither policy is universally popular. India and china are locked in an ongoing geostrategic struggle. The maldives occupies a place of interest but its a country with little clout, so elections are always a time for its people to face big choices. David waddell reporting. In other news zimbabwes state media is reporting that six people have died and another 15 are trapped after a mine collapsed. The bay horse gold mine is around 100km, or 62 miles, west of the capital harare. Zbc television is reporting that 13 miners have escaped and efforts to reach those trapped underground are ongoing. Student loan repayments restart in the us sunday. More than 28 million borrowers are on the hook again after a three year pandemic era break. The biden administrations plan to cancel student debt was blocked by the Supreme Court injune. Now, the white house says its planning to provide some relief with an income based Payment Program and temporary leniency for students who miss payments over the next year. The Department Ofjustice has charged an irs consultant over leaking tax returns for thousands of the countrys wealthiest people to news organisations. According to the doj, 38 year old Charles Littlejohn allegedly stole information while working as a contractor at the irs. Several Media Organisations are reporting that the data included Tax Information on former president donald trump. In the uk, Prime Minister rishi sunak has arrived in manchester ahead of the conservative Party Conference but it will be a mixed reception for him as more than 30 of his own mps have said they wont support any policies that lead to higher overall taxes. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley is in manchester. He told us more. Is it time to cut taxes, Prime Minister . Can rishi sunak get his party back on the front foot . Will hs2 ever reach manchester, Prime Minister . Or are questions, many of them from his own mps, proving too much of a distraction . Conferences are for leaders to set the political agenda but they often find their mps want to do the same. Hello. Liz truss isnt going away. Shes one of more than 30 mps putting pressure on the Prime Minister over tax. I think my constituents will understand that, with tax at a 75 year high, that they shouldnt go any higher. And what is really required is for the government to create growth in the economy. You dont do that by increasing taxes. You cant tax yourself rich. You cant even spend yourself rich. There are former Prime Ministers also chipping in on hs2. Borisjohnson and theresa may both say it needs to reach manchester, even though many think that will be cancelled by rishi sunak. Theres been a lot of speculation in the media. You want me to but you wouldnt expect me to comment on media speculation. Were getting on with delivering the project and thats all i have to say. Rishi sunak is going to spend the next few days here trying to tell us all hes focused on the big challenges the country faces, that even if the answers are difficult, hes going to tackle the big questions. But the conservatives are well behind in the polls. Theyre facing an uphill struggle and many here are asking is this part of a big Vision Orjust a ploy to find something to win back voters . Rishi sunak may have steadied the Conservative Party its certainly calmer than under some of his predecessors but there are still divisions, theres still pressure and well see a lot more of it in the next few days. Also in the uk, the School Bus Driver who died in a crash on a motorway in merseyside was described as a loving husband and father, his family have said. 15 year old Jessica Baker and bus driver Stephen Shrimpton died after the vehicle overturned on the m53 in wirral on friday. Four others were taken to hospital for treatment, including a 14 year old boy with life changing injuries. They remain in a stable condition. In april 1999, the bbc presenter and journalist jill dando was shot dead on her doorstep in london with a single bullet in broad daylight. Now, her Brother Nigel hopes a new three part Netflix Documentary will help solve the mystery of her murder. Scott ellis reports. In the national and world news this morning. Jiiiii in the national and world news this morning. This morning. Jill dando, born in this morning. Jill dando, born in westonsupermare. This morning. Jill dando, born in westonsupermare. I born in weston super mare. I have to be honest, the sea here is never blue. Is never blue. She rose to considerable is never blue. She rose to considerable fame is never blue. She rose to considerable fame as is never blue. She rose to considerable fame as a i is never blue. She rose to i considerable fame as a bbc presenter stop that came to a violent end in april 1999. The. Olden violent end in april 1999. The golden girl violent end in april 1999. The golden girl of violent end in april 1999. Iie golden girl of british television. Murdered on her doorstep. In broad daylight. Ah, doorstep. In broad daylight. A new 3 part Netflix Documentary investigates the 37 year olds murder. Jills brother, a former newspaper and bbc radio bristoljournalist, hopes for new leads. Bristoljournalist, hopes for new leads bristoljournalist, hopes for new leads. ,. , new leads. Perhaps somebody who saw something new leads. Perhaps somebody who saw something on new leads. Perhaps somebody who saw something on the new leads. Perhaps somebody who saw something on the day new leads. Perhaps somebody who saw something on the day and saw something on the day and didnt think it was that important at the time but then realises the relevance of what theyve seen or heard or even theyve seen or heard or even the killer themselves, its never too late to jog somebody� s conscience, quick somebody� s conscience, quick somebody� s conscience, quick somebody� s conscience, and maybe they will give themselves up maybe they will give themselves up to the police and we can get closure on this case and find out exactly who killed jill. Barry georges interviewed in the documentary. He was acquitted ofjill� s murder after years in prison. The other lines of investigation are locked out. Perhaps it was are locked out. Perhaps it was a serbian hitman in revenge for natos bombing of the belgrade tv station. Or a crazed stalker. Even an underworld hit. Jill worked with the bbc� s crimewatch programme. Nigel has his own theory. Mr; crimewatch programme. 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All dandos murder led to one of the biggest bbc. All dandos murder led to one of the biggest ever one of the biggest ever investigations by the met police, 4000 people were interviewed but 24 years on, it remains a mystery. The dilemma for the family remains a mystery. The dilemma for the family has remains a mystery. The dilemma for the family has always remains a mystery. The dilemma for the family has always been i for the family has always been whyjill was killed. There is no obvious reason. But as i say, its never too late for somebody to come forward and give us the location as to what really truly happened on that day. Really truly happened on that da. ,. , day. Nigel admits though his sisters murder day. Nigel admits though his sisters murder may day. Nigel admits though his sisters murder may remain. Sisters murder may remain unsolved. Scott ellis, bbc news. Just before we go we have a statement in from President Joe Biden on the passing of the bipartisan bill to keep the government open and he said tonight, but part of the house and senate have voted to keep the government open preventing an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted needless pain on millions of hard working americans. He added though you cannot under any circumstances allow american support for ukraine to be interrupted, saying he fully expects the speaker to keep his commitment on that front. Thank you for watching bbc news. Back at the top of the next hour. Stay with us. Hello. Its going to stay quite warm for the foreseeable future. The weather, though, a bit of a mixed bag. We had plenty of damp weather on saturday and were also forecasting rain, at least for a time, on sunday but bright weather, i think, for the majority of us. Now, heres the satellite picture. A Conveyor Belt of clouds stretching from the south west, spreading across the uk. Thats the weather front. To the south of it, weve got that warm and quite Humid Airstreaming in. That means a lot of mist and murk around some south western and western coasts through the early hours. And you can see where the rain is around parts of wales, into North Western england and across parts of northern england, too. But a lot of dry weather as well, though quite overcast. Temperatures at 7 00 in the morning, 17 in the south, about 15 there in newcastle, so a really mild start to the day. Now, heres the forecast for the morning. You can see where its raining from wales through northern england. A lot of sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. A beautiful morning and afternoon with highs possibly even up to 20 degrees around the Scottish Borders and also newcastle, 23 or 24 degrees across east anglia and the south east, so temperatures are going to be more like august, really. Now into monday, the weather front� s still here. Its trailing way out into the atlantic. It keeps spreading over us. So, again, a chance of some rain, i think in the form of quite heavy showers and even a crack of thunder is possible. Therell be a few showers around western parts of scotland but i think a little bit fresher here with these atlantic winds. 15 in glasgow, still 22, 23, maybe 24 degrees celsius in london and the south east. Now, heres tuesdays weather map and you can see quite a few isobars there. That means a feral breeze blowing off the atlantic. Its going to be more or less a westerly. But High Pressure is fairly close by. That High Pressure will be building across the uk. So, heres tuesday, then. A few showers across many western and northern areas. I think itll feel a little bit fresher around these western coasts 16, 17 celsius. We may nudge to about 20 or so in london, but i think its the teens for most of us on tuesday. And heres a snapshot of the week and you can see that the best of the weather across the south of the country but overall, actually, not too bad with a few showers here and there. Voice over this is bbc news. Well have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. As the summer draws to a close has ukraine made the progress that people had hoped for . Our world has secured unique access to one ukrainian unit to find out. Loud bang. As the country beds in for the long war while also trying to come to terms with profound trauma and loss, what impact is it having on ukrainian attitudes towards their enemy . We hear how the experience of the long war is dividing families