More aid for ukraine something opposed by some hard right house republicans. Heres Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. It has been a day full of twists and turns. The American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no government shutdown. Democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship and we are glad Speaker Mccarthy has finally heeded our message. In the end, more democrats supported this bill in the house than republicans. Proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriators. Madam president Susan Collins and leader mcconnell. Our Bipartisanship Work in the senate set the tone for the bill we are about to pass. Our bipartisanship made this possible. It showed the house we 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 wanted. Senate minority leader 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 adversary china. I am confident the senate will pass further urgent assistance to ukraine later this year. Mr biden released a Statement Saying in part tonight, Bipartisan Majorities in the house and senate voted to keep the government open, preventing an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted needless pain on millions of hardworking americans. But President Biden was critical about the lack of new funding for the war in ukraine, writing we cannot under any circumstances allow american support for ukraine to be interrupted. I fully expect the speaker will keep his commitment to the people of ukraine and secure passage of the support needed to help ukraine at this critical moment. Earlier, i spoke with illinois democratic congressman mike quigley. He voted against the stop gap funding bill. You opposed the bill because there is no additionalfunding for ukraine. Tell us about that decision. This is not a day to celebrate in any way shape or form. The fact of the matter is we are only kicking the can down an alley for about 45 more days. Dynamics with the far right Republican Party are not going to change. They are probably going to get worse because they were quite angered by todays results. As important as all that is the fact that we have shown the rest of the world we cannot govern which has international implications. Particularly in not funding ukraine. What we said was we cannot find the government without taking this part out. I am confident this senate will pass the supplemental line on ukraine sooner than later. I am not so confident the house will and today was the day we should have stood up to this. Isnt precisely democrats and republican working together for a bypass deal showing the American Voters they can govern . First of all, we had a deal injune and a normalfunction government would have done it back then or before the start of the new fiscal year. We have not done that. There is 12 to 20 far right extremists in the government. It is not be tail wagging the dog, at the tip it is the tip of the dogs tail. We have some element of bipartisanship and it took us off the edge of the cliff for 45 days. The fact that we are governing 45 days at a time is very dangerous. The fact that there is not just ukrainian aid but ongoing aid across the southern border as the president has asked for. Disaster relief funding was insufficient. Polarisation has National Security implications. We are starting to show that but this is a weird cousin of polarisation. Shows we can do that today and will at the extremes when. We have seen statements from the House Democratic leadership from senators as well and from the president saying they will keep that speak of the house to his promise to bring a ukraine aid bill to the floor. Do you think that is going to be possible . First of all, we cannot bring a bill to the floor. The speaker can only do that himself. We can talk on shows like this all day long. He has not kept many of his promises. Im very worried that at this point in time all he has done is doing whatever he can to protect his gavel. Today is the first day he stuck his neck out on something. Now he is really at risk. I have no problems trying to help reach a compromise but i have not seen him do the long term effort to do what is right for the American People and the International Community and risk. I want to as you about ukrainian voices tonight who are concerned about further aid for ukraine. The advisor to the president of ukraine said it is unlikely anything will change in ukraine in the short run but the credibility of the message the us is with ukraine as long as it takes is questioned if not gone. Do you agree with that . That is why i voted no. The whole world is watching us right now. It is notjust putin. It is notjust zelensky, it is beijing, taiwan, tyrants all over the world. It is good to remind the American People why this matters. Ukraines fight is the reason we formed the United Nations. It is why we fought the second world war. It is that legacy, it is that important. My message is you want america first, you better defend ukraine because our National Interest is at stake. That is the message we are hearing from the secretary of defence who put a Statement Saying america must live up to its word and continue to lead. He has welcomed the passing of this bill. What is your answer then to republicans on the right wing of the party who say republicans and democrats treat ukraine like it is the 51st state and it is not . In 1939, Great Britain wasnt the 51st state, france wasnt, but they were still important to us. I remind them of the words of Franklin Delano roosevelt, we have learned that our security is dependent on the security of those nations far away from us that we cannot live like hostages and be free in a peaceful world. I would say there is an historical vote a couple nights ago. We had a standalone bill funding ukraine. I think that bill represented as much as anything as i voted on in 14 years what we call the reagan document. On in 14 years what we call the Reagan Doctrine. That would help our allies fight at all costs. What is the aggression today from russia . This war. In that vote, in the republican caucus, about boat was 117 to 102. I am indeed concerned the reagan document is dead. I am indeed concerned the Reagan Doctrine is dead. We have to pick up the pieces and remind ourselves that we are all interdependent. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. 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 in greece, which has been working 24 7 since the influx in goris 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. Early votes in slovakias parliamentary election show conservative populists leading. It comes after inital exit polls suggested liberals at the front of the 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. 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. 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. 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 southwestern 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 mustang 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 mustang. 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. Returning to our top story, were learned from the white house that President Biden has now signed the short term Spending Bill to keep the government open for 45 more days while Budget Discussions continue on issues like Border Security and aid for ukraine. This shutdown has now been averted this shutdown has now been averted in the us. 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 100 kilometres, 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 3 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 Programme and temporary leniency for students who miss payments over the next year. 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. But 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. 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. Jill dando, born in weston super mare. I have to be honest, the sea here is never blue. She rose to considerable fame as a bbc presenter. That came to a violent end in april 1999. The golden girl of British Television murdered on her doorstep in broad daylight. A new three part Netflix Documentary investigates the 37 year olds murder. Jills brother, a former newspaper and Bbc Radio Bristol journalist, hopes for new leads. Perhaps somebody who saw something on the day who didnt think it was that important at the time but then realises the relevance of what theyve seen or heard, or even the killer themselves its never too late to jog somebody� s conscience, prick somebody� s conscience and maybe theyll give themselves up to the police and we can get closure on this case and find out exactly who killed jill. Barry george is interviewed in the documentary he was acquitted ofjill� s murder after eight years in prison. The other lines of investigation are looked at. 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. My thoughts are that she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Somebody was walking along that street who either knew her, perhaps wanted five minutes of notoriety. For whatever reason was armed and used the gun to kill her, so itsjust a random i believe it wasjust a random killing. News from the bbc. Jill dandos murder led to 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 has always been why jill was killed. Theres no obvious reason. But as i say, its never too late for somebody to come forward and give us the explanation as to what really, truly happened on that day. Nigel admits, though, his sisters murder may remain unsolved. Scott ellis, bbc news. And finally, Security Guards in the philippines have found an unlikely colleague the � paw patrol� is assisting with Security Operations at the Worldwide Corporate Centre in the capital, manila. Conan, a 6 month old stray, enlisted in the Security Team a few months ago. Stay with us here on bbc news. Thats all from us here in washington, we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleageus there. 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. Voiceover 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. Hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world here at the bbc� s london headquarters. The world is in a parlous state, we know that. But supposing the main, the dominant western country, the united states, were to be run by a man who had Open Contempt for nato, admired Vladimir Putin and kimjong un, but seemed to be spoiling for a fight with china. Well, according to one opinion poll this week, that man could be ten points ahead ofjoe biden in the opinion polls. Well, in one opinion poll. That could easily be an anomaly. Yet none of the western governments whose doings i monitor on a daily basis seems to have made