When the club was still busy. Our reporter in madrid, guy hedgecoe, gave us the latest. Well, we dont know a great deal, and weve heard some heartbreaking stories. A local newspaper down in murcia reported that there was one woman, a 28 year old woman, who has been reported missing, and shes still reported as missing during the fire, and she sent an Audio Message to her parents at around six oclock from inside the nightclub, and she sent an Audio Message saying, i love you, and were going to die. She believed that she and her friends were going to die. So, weve have heard stories like that. Obviously, the local community are tremendously shaken by all of this, but we still havent heard the full extent of it, it seems, so everybody is clearly hoping the death toll will not rise any further, but there are fears that that could possibly happen. That was our reporter in matured. In madrid. President erdogan says turkey will continue to fight terror, after a Suicide Bomber blew himself up near the Parliament Building in ankara. Mr erdogan called the attack � the last stand of terror� , as he reopened the parliament for its new session. Two men were involved in a bomb attack on the National Police headquarters in ankara, the first such incident there since 2016. Two policemen were injured. No group has yet claimed responsibility. President biden has welcomed the last minute cross Party Funding deal thats prevented much of the United States government from being shut down. The rare show of bipartisan unity will keep federal bodies open for a further 45 days. But mr biden expressed disappointment that it did not include any funding for ukraines war effort. He called on the Republican House speaker to ensure this was corrected quickly. Both houses of Congress Approved the billjust before the midnight deadline that would have seen Tens Of Thousands of federal employees placed on furlough and various Government Services suspended. Meanwhile republican hardliners say they will move to oust us House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy over shutdown deal. Earlier we heard from larry sabatino. He gave his reaction to the deal being signed minutes before that deadline. I think everybody was surprised that they managed to get it together at the last moment, but only for 45 days. We will probably be right back here talking about the same issues right before the end of november, our thanksgiving. How has this been averted . How did they come to this resolution . A lot of moderate republicans, there are 18 of them in the house of representatives, who represent districts that were won byjoe biden in the president ial contest in 2020. And in orderfor them reelected 2024, theyre going to have to attract approximately the same number of democrats and independents that got last time. Shutting down the government and shutting off paid to all of our military families, to air traffic controllers, to the tsa officers and millions of other people is not a good way to get reelected. Staying on that, what is not in the deal is as significant as what is in there, right . Absolutely. Lots of things are not covered. I think the most disturbing to almost every democrat and at least half of the Republican Party is the absence of aid for ukraine. This is about 40 of the Republican Party at the base does not want ukraine to receive any more money from the uniteds dates. But a majority of the republicans do and almost all the democrats do. But a determined minority who puts that first, cutting ukraine out, can get its way in a crisis situation like this, which was created out of whole cloth. There was no crisis. We are calling it the shutdown about nothing. Cutting ukraine out, as you put it, how might that play out around the world . What is the impression around the world left on this move . It is a victory for Vladimir Putin, for donald trump who supports Vladimir Putin and vice versa. I can tell you for sure that right now you have senior democrats and republicans working on a way to get ukraine back into the aid package. It might have to come in late november when this comes up again. I think it will be done. That was director of centre for politics at the university of virginia. We spoke to him a little earlier. Slovakias liberal president has snubbed the populist winner of the General Election, by failing to congratulate him. Instead, president Zuzana Caputova issued a statement saying the winner bore the greatest responsibility for future developments. The leader of the smer party, robert fico, who could become Prime Minister for the fourth time, says hell stop sending military aid to ukraine. President caputova will not be seeking reelection, blaming a Smear Campaign by robert fico and the smer, who claim shes an agent of washington and the investor george soros. Vast crowds of Opposition Supporters are rallying in warsaw ahead of parliamentary elections later this month. The Opposition Leader, donald tusk, called the march a breakthrough in polands history, but his party is still trailing in the opinion polls. It is trying to stop the right wing law and Justice Party from winning an unprecedented third term, saying the government is endangering the democratic gains of the past three decades. The right wing party has accused the opposition of being unpatriotic. 0ur Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford joins us from warsaw. Good to see you. How significant a move is this protest and rally . City hall here are move is this protest and rally . it; hall here are saying it move is this protest and rally . city hall here are saying it is the biggest demonstration that they have Seenin Biggest Demonstration that they have seen in its history. And certainly from what we have seen, it was and is absolutely enormous. It has just finished. The crowds were streaming past us for more than three hours. There is a giant crowd of Red And White flags, people bringing polish flags but also carrying the eu flags as they crowded into the streets here. People have, on buses from right across the country. The opposition who called this demonstration were calling it the march of a million hearts. They wanted this to be a million person march just to show how much support they could rally ahead of an election in two weeks. As a show of solidarity for Opposition Voters as well. They are putting that as a critical vote in the middle of october. They are saying this is a 0ctober. They are saying this is a vote very much about the future of poland as a democratic country and is part of the european family with european values. They are saying that the governing law and Justice Party are a threat to those values particularly to the rule of law and also to the freedom of the media. They are saying that staying with a Pis Government is potentially a threat not to the democratic future but also the eu future. How closely is the rest of but also the eu future. How closely is the rest of europe but also the eu future. How closely is the rest of europe watching but also the eu future. How closely j is the rest of europe watching this . I think very closely. Friction within europe is a critically important issue at any time, but particularly when europe is so much a part of the Support Effort for ukraine in the war against russia. Poland has been so much on the front line of that aid effort in terms of getting military and humanitarian aid into ukraine. Also in terms of the Political Support, in terms of making sure that there is political, broad Political Support for continuing to back crane. Any chinks in that kind of solidarity within the eu will be worrying for keith. For ukraine. I think people are genuinely worried about their future here. Donald tusk has been portrayed and vilified by the governing party as a foreign agent. They paint him as a foreign agent. They paint him as an agent of germany or even of russia. He has been very much portraying this as a patriotic march and him as a patriot himself saying that he is prepared to die for poland and that poland is their place and country. That is why the whole city was turned Red And White as the march took place. fiur whole city was turned Red And White as the march took place. Our Eastern Euro Ean as the march took place. Our Eastern European correspondent, as the march took place. Our Eastern European correspondent, many as the march took place. Our eastern | european correspondent, many thanks forjoining us. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has refused to commit to cutting taxes, were going to take a listen to the conference. Were going to take a listen to the conference were going to take a listen to the conference. Ukraine will be taking criticall. Conference. Ukraine will be taking critically it conference. Ukraine will be taking critically. It will conference. Ukraine will be taking critically. It will be conference. Ukraine will be taking critically. It will be overwhelmed, | critically. It will be overwhelmed, reduced critically. It will be overwhelmed, reduced to critically. It will be overwhelmed, reduced to a massive state. Its identity reduced to a massive state. Its identity and freedom crushed. The ukrainian identity and freedom crushed. The ukrainian people are not going to let that ukrainian people are not going to let that happen. And neither will weave let that happen. And neither will weave the United Kingdom. We stepped up. Applause we have provided billions in military aid. We have provided billions in milita aid. ,. ,. , military aid. Second only to the United States. Military aid. Second only to the United States. We military aid. Second only to the United States. We have military aid. Second only to the United States. We have consistently been the United States. We have consistently been the first responding to ukraines needs, the anti tank missiles ukraines needs, the anti tank missiles wisely sent in advance to them missiles wisely sent in advance to them were missiles wisely sent in advance to them were crucial in the first early weeks them were crucial in the first early weeks when the fate of ukraine hung in the weeks when the fate of ukraine hung in the balance. As they stood struck fear into in the balance. As they stood struck fear into the in the balance. As they stood struck fear into the hearts of russian hearts. Fear into the hearts of russian hearts. So fear into the hearts of russian hearts, so do the long range missiles hearts, so do the long range missiles. With weapons like storm shadow missiles. With weapons like storm shadow everywhere in russian occupied shadow everywhere in russian occupied ukraine. We cannot, we must not let occupied ukraine. We cannot, we must not let up occupied ukraine. We cannot, we must not let up now. The war is consuming weapons not let up now. The war is consuming weapons and not let up now. The war is consuming weapons and ammunition and yes, people weapons and ammunition and yes, people at weapons and ammunition and yes, people at an appalling rate. If ukrainians are to prevail against the Evil Ukrainians are to prevail against the evil assault on their homeland, we must the evil assault on their homeland, we must remain steadfast. That is why we we must remain steadfast. That is why we are we must remain steadfast. That is why we are helping to train the f 16 pilots why we are helping to train the f 16 pilots that why we are helping to train the f 16 pilots. That is why by the end of this year. Pilots. That is why by the end of this year, we will have trained more than 50,000 ukrainian recruits. That is why than 50,000 ukrainian recruits. That is why ukrainians have been welcomed by so many is why ukrainians have been welcomed by so many british families under the homes for ukraine scheme, including the homes for ukraine scheme, including for a year in my own home. My wife including for a year in my own home. My wife and including fora year in my own home. My wife and i including for a year in my own home. My wife and i were partly moved to act because of our own ancestors who fled to act because of our own ancestors who fled to this act because of our own ancestors who fled to this country. What really moved fled to this country. What really moved us fled to this country. What really moved us most was the palpable sense of generosity from the British Public of generosity from the British Public for our new arrivals to britain public for our new arrivals to britain. Complete strangers came forward britain. Complete strangers came forward with clothes, schoolbooks and most forward with clothes, schoolbooks and most precious of all their time to help and most precious of all their time to help ensure that the three generation ukrainian family that came generation ukrainian family that came to generation ukrainian family that came to live with us felt truly at home came to live with us felt truly at home in came to live with us felt truly at home in the United Kingdom. You know, home in the United Kingdom. You know. We home in the United Kingdom. You know, we should never be complacent about know, we should never be complacent about this know, we should never be complacent about this country. What ever our grumbles. About this country. What ever our grumbles, this is a precious and incredibly grumbles, this is a precious and incredibly generous land applause. Gn incredibly generous land applause. Incredibly generous land applause. , ,. , applause. On my first visit to ukraine this applause. On my first visit to ukraine this summer, applause. On my first visit to ukraine this summer, i applause. On my first visit to ukraine this summer, i visitedj applause. On my first visit to | ukraine this summer, i visited a nursery ukraine this summer, i visited a nursery in ukraine this summer, i visited a nursery in kyiv donna i saw the apartment nursery in kyiv donna i saw the apartment block across the road from the kindergarten that had been destroyed one of the rockets from putin destroyed one of the rockets from putin this destroyed one of the rockets from putin. This was the attack that made the family putin. This was the attack that made the family that lived with us flee from the family that lived with us flee from ukraine. 0nly the family that lived with us flee from ukraine. Only when i looked across from ukraine. Only when i looked across the from ukraine. Only when i looked across the street to his nursery, there across the street to his nursery, there was across the street to his nursery, there was no bombed out view. The apartment there was no bombed out view. The apartment had been rebuilt, and re habited. What i was witnessing was the re habited. What i was witnessing was the resolve of the ukrainian people was the resolve of the ukrainian people to was the resolve of the ukrainian people to maintain a semblance of life even people to maintain a semblance of life even amongst air raid sirens. They life even amongst air raid sirens. They rebuild their homes the moment they get they rebuild their homes the moment they get the chance. Last week i visited they get the chance. Last week i visited kyiv again. This time i met with president zelensky himself and his steely with president zelensky himself and his steely resolve. At a time when he could his steely resolve. At a time when he could have left the capital, a time he could have left the capital, a time when he could have left the capital, a time when he could have become a leader time when he could have become a leader in time when he could have become a leader in exile, he did not. He stayed leader in exile, he did not. He stayed put leader in exile, he did not. He stayed put and provided inspiration for his stayed put and provided inspiration for his people and showed remarkable bravery bravery. Applause. ~. , bravery. Applause. 4. ,. ,. , applause. Ukraine has taught us a lesson. Applause. Ukraine has taught us a lesson war applause. Ukraine has taught us a lesson. War reminds applause. Ukraine has taught us a lesson. War reminds us applause. Ukraine has taught us a lesson. War reminds us that lesson. War reminds us that unprovoked aggression from one nation unprovoked aggression from one nation to unprovoked aggression from one nation to another is still a reality in global nation to another is still a reality in global affairs. Left unchecked, we are in global affairs. Left unchecked, we are all in global affairs. Left unchecked, we are all in danger. And this is why we we are all in danger. And this is why we must invest in our defence. That is why we must invest in our defence. That is why why we must invest in our defence. That is why under the conservative Government Defence spending has asked Government Defence spending has asked seated £50 billion a year for the first asked seated £50 billion a year for the first time ever. Has exceeded the first time ever. Has exceeded. And conference, that is why we exceeded. And conference, that is why we will exceeded. And conference, that is why we will maintain our leading position why we will maintain our leading position in why we will maintain our leading position in nato by increasing the defence position in nato by increasing the Defence Budget when conditions allow Defence Budget when conditions allow. We know that the world is changing allow. We know that the world is changing. As a result, we are working changing. As a result, we are working ever closer with our allies. Developing working ever closer with our allies. Developing the latest Naval Technology to protect our commonwealth in the pacific of a rapidly commonwealth in the pacific of a rapidly expanding chinese navy. Two of the rapidly expanding chinese navy. Two of the worlds most advanced navies. We are of the worlds most advanced navies. We are ploughing billions into our own naval we are ploughing billions into our own Naval Shipbuilding Programme as well as own Naval Shipbuilding Programme as well as into own Naval Shipbuilding Programme as well as into civilian constructions to create well as into civilian constructions to create jobs and grow our economy. Britain to create jobs and grow our economy. Britain is to create jobs and grow our economy. Britain is one to create jobs and grow our economy. Britain is one of the few nations capable britain is one of the few nations capable of britain is one of the few nations capable of operating in every ocean in the capable of operating in every ocean in the world simultaneously. 0ur in the world simultaneously. Our ultimate in the world simultaneously. Our ultimate National Insurance policy is of course i were at sea Nuclear Deterrent is of course i were at sea Nuclear Deterrent. We are building new submarines that will carry britains Nuclear Submarines that will carry britains Nuclear Deterrent into the middle of this century. Today, i can announce that we this century. Today, i can announce that we have this century. Today, i can announce that we have signed contracts worth £4 billion that we have signed contracts worth £4 billion with leading british witnesses to drive forward the development of the most powerful attack development of the most powerful Attack Submarines ever operated by the reat Attack Submarines ever operated by the real navy. Applause. , the real navy. Applause. , the realnavy. Applause. Applause. By the royal navy. These submarines applause. By the royal navy. These submarines will applause. By the royal navy. These submarines will empowerl applause. By the royal navy. I these submarines will empower the navy to these submarines will empower the navy to maintain our advantage under the sea navy to maintain our advantage under the sea enabling us to compete with emerging the sea enabling us to compete with emerging navies anywhere in the world emerging navies anywhere in the world as emerging navies anywhere in the world as our world becomes more unpredictable and dangerous. The announcement today will Support Thousands Ofjobs from where they will be Thousands Ofjobs from where they will be built to derby where the reactive~~~ will be built to derby where the reactive. Reactor services will be expanded reactive. Reactor services will be expanded and backing britishness businesses. We are taking long term decisions businesses. We are taking long term decisions to businesses. We are taking long term decisions to boost our Defence Industry decisions to boost our Defence Industry and to grow our economy. Under industry and to grow our economy. Under our industry and to grow our economy. Under our Prime Ministers leadership the conservatives are putting leadership the conservatives are putting uk at the very heart of nato putting uk at the very heart of nato. Vladimir putin shattered peace across nato. Vladimir putin shattered peace across europe, but he has made our resolve across europe, but he has made our resolve more across europe, but he has made our resolve more important than ever. In response. Resolve more important than ever. In response, the uk is taking a leading role in response, the uk is taking a leading role in ensuring that nato stays the bedrock role in ensuring that nato stays the bedrock of role in ensuring that nato stays the bedrock of our security for us and our allies bedrock of our security for us and our allies. We are one of natos very our allies. We are one of natos very few our allies. We are one of natos very few members exceeding the critical very few members exceeding the critical 2 very few members exceeding the critical 2 of gdp target for the amount critical 2 of gdp target for the amount of money which is spent and our Defence Amount of money which is spent and our defence. And of course, we are the largest our defence. And of course, we are the largest Defence Vendor in europe and delivering capabilities. I can announce and delivering capabilities. I can announce at the uk has stepped up again announce at the uk has stepped up again with announce at the uk has stepped up again with two new deployments. First and again with two new deployments. First and response to requests from our polish first and response to requests from our polish friends, raf typhoons are landing our polish friends, Raf Typhoons Are Landing In our polish friends, Raf Typhoons Are Landing In poland as i speak to support landing in poland as i speak to support our nato ally with a Growing Threat support our nato ally with a Growing Threat of support our nato ally with a Growing Threat of russian interference. Deploying a had a pole ands elections will be a powerful way to Show Elections will be a powerful way to show putin that this conservative government will protect democracy and freedom for any tyrant that threatens and freedom for any tyrant that threatens our allies. Applause. Threatens our allies. Applause. ,. ,. ,. ,. , applause. Second, ahead of what i think has been applause. Second, ahead of what i think has been a applause. Second, ahead of what i think has been a concerning applause. Second, ahead of what i think has been a concerning week, i think has been a concerning week, there think has been a concerning week, there has think has been a concerning week, there has been a request from nato, so i there has been a request from nato, so i have there has been a request from nato, so i have authorised a strategic uk reserve so i have authorised a Strategic Uk Reserve Force to the Kosovo Peacekeeping mission. In the days ahead, peacekeeping mission. In the days ahead, hundreds of soldiers from the 1st Battalion the Princess Of WalesRoyal Regimen Willjoin 400 service men and Royal Regimen Willjoin 400 service Men And Women already in kosovo. As the best Men And Women already in kosovo. As the best of Men And Women already in kosovo. As the best of the best, i know our soldiers the best of the best, i know our soldiers will do the United Kingdom proud proud. Applause. We have been unwavering in our support we have been unwavering in our support for we have been unwavering in our support for nato contributing to every support for nato contributing to every mission they have had so that when every mission they have had so that when we every mission they have had so that when we were contacted this weekend, they knew when we were contacted this weekend, they knew the answer from the uk would they knew the answer from the uk would be they knew the answer from the uk would be yes. As conservatives, we put national would be yes. As conservatives, we put National Security first. That is more put National Security first. That is more than put National Security first. That is more than can be said for the labour party more than can be said for the labour party what more than can be said for the labour party. What is Kier Starmers approach party. What is Kier Starmers approach to our fundamental security . Approach to our fundamental security . Simple, he personally campaigned to make one Jeremy Corbyn prime campaigned to make one Jeremy CorbynPrime Minister, the man who called for nato Prime Minister, the man who called for nato to Prime Minister, the man who called for nato to be disbanded he actually for nato to be disbanded he actually backed plans for british to adopt actually backed plans for british to adopt plans for a non Nuclear Defence adopt plans for a non Nuclear Defence policy. In Plain English that meant scrapping trident, abandoning nato and leaving us naked from threats from the kremlin and that is from threats from the kremlin and that is not from threats from the kremlin and that is notjust kier starmer of the past that is notjust kier starmer of the past since that is notjust kier starmer of the past. Since then hes gone further appointed past. Since then hes gone further appointed as Shadow Foreign Secretary whose repeatedly voted against secretary whose repeatedly voted against renewing our Nuclear Deterrent. You know, in the military sphere. Deterrent. You know, in the military sphere. It deterrent. You know, in the military sphere. It is deterrent. You know, in the military sphere, it is sometimes good to keep your enemy sphere, it is sometimes good to keep your enemy guessing. The problem with kier your enemy guessing. The problem with kier starmer is that on policy, he keeps with kier starmer is that on policy, he keeps everyone guessing. Including himself what would britains including himself what would britains armed forces look like after britains armed forces look like after five britains armed forces look like after five years of the labour party . After five years of the labour party . Who knows . The man will say anything. Party . Who knows . The man will say anything, anything to get himself elected anything, anything to get himself elected. 0ne anything, anything to get himself elected. One thing we do know is that you elected. One thing we do know is that you just Cannot Trust Labour Party that you just Cannot Trust Labour Party on that you just Cannot Trust Labour Party on defence. Applause. Party on defence. Applause. � , applause. And if, if, perish the thou~ht, applause. And if, if, perish the thought. The applause. And if, if, perish the thought, the little applause. And if, if, perish the thought, the little party applause. And if, if, perish the thought, the little party get applause. And if, if, perish the| thought, the little party get back into power, the old habits will resurface into power, the old habits will resurface. Defence always dismissed and disparaged by the left will be the first and disparaged by the left will be the first casualty. 0ur and disparaged by the left will be the first casualty. Our Service People the first casualty. Our Service People and Defence Industries and veterans people and Defence Industries and veterans deserve much better. Conference, we must not let that happen happen applause. ,. , happen applause. ,. ,. Applause. There is one area in which we absolutely applause. There is one area in which we absolutely must applause. There is one area in which we absolutely must do applause. There is one area in which we absolutely must do better. We absolutely must do better. Service we absolutely must do better. Service life is tough enough on Families Service life is tough enough on families. Without having to put up with substandard infrastructure. There with substandard infrastructure. There too with substandard infrastructure. There too many old and creeping buildings there too many old and creeping buildings in our estate and that lowers buildings in our estate and that lowers morale. If the Ministry Of Defence lowers morale. If the Ministry Of Defence was a Housing Administration it would defence was a Housing Administration it would ranks the biggest in the land it would ranks the biggest in the land it would ranks the biggest in the land. One of the biggest. Im making land. One of the biggest. Im making a land. One of the biggest. Im making a personal priority to improve making a personal priority to improve this. We are injecting £400 million improve this. We are injecting £400 million to improve this. We are injecting £400 million to provide modern accommodation for our Service Families accommodation for our Service Families which is what they deserve. This will families which is what they deserve. This will not families which is what they deserve. This will not be instantaneous, but i am this will not be instantaneous, but lam determined this will not be instantaneous, but i am determined to fix that in order to support i am determined to fix that in order to support our brave Men And Women at home to support our brave Men And Women at home as to support our brave Men And Women at home as well as on the front line at home as well as on the front line while at home as well as on the front line. While we are on the subject of morale, line. While we are on the subject of morale, i line. While we are on the subject of morale, i want to finish by saying something morale, i want to finish by saying something about our party. 0ne morale, i want to finish by saying something about our party. One of the things something about our party. One of the things i something about our party. One of the things i most admire about the military the things i most admire about the military is the things i most admire about the military is that they do not gloss over the military is that they do not gloss over the harsh realities. Now, times are tough over the harsh realities. Now, times are tough. We are behind in the polls are tough. We are behind in the polls the are tough. We are behind in the polls. The pundits tell us that the labour polls. The pundits tell us that the labour party is a shoe in and we would labour party is a shoe in and we would not labour party is a shoe in and we would not be human if we did not sometimes feel the pressure. But for those sometimes feel the pressure. But for those who sometimes feel the pressure. But for those who think that this conference was going those who think that this conference was going to be nothing more than inward was going to be nothing more than inward looking or downcast, i say this, inward looking or downcast, i say this, this inward looking or downcast, i say this, this country faces an important choice. Rishi sunak who will make important choice. Rishi sunak who will make the hard but necessary longterm will make the hard but necessary long term decisions to get the country long term decisions to get the country on the right Path For The Future country on the right Path For The Future while sir kier starmer come on man future while sir kier starmer come on man focused on short term, lacking on man focused on short term, lacking the on man focused on short term, lacking the backbone to make the big changes lacking the backbone to make the big changes that britain needs. In rishi sunak. Changes that britain needs. In rishi sunak. We changes that britain needs. In rishi sunak, we have a leader who has weathered sunak, we have a leader who has weathered a very brutal Baptism Of Fire and weathered a very brutal Baptism Of Fire and has come through. His metal has been fire and has come through. His metal has been tested and not found wanted has been tested and not found wanted. He stuck to his course trusting wanted. He stuck to his course trusting in wanted. He stuck to his course trusting in what he believes to be iiliit trusting in what he believes to be right for trusting in what he believes to be right for the country, it does not always right for the country, it does not always make him popular in the short term, but that is the price of doing short term, but that is the price of doing the short term, but that is the price of doing the right thing. We need leadership that puts the National Interest leadership that puts the National Interest over Self Interest and does is right, interest over Self Interest and does is right, not interest over Self Interest and does is right, not what is easy. Now i trust is right, not what is easy. Now i Trust Yiddish people, they have good sense Trust Yiddish people, they have good sense and Trust Yiddish people, they have good sense and they can spot the serious man to sense and they can spot the serious man to make the tough decisions. And they can man to make the tough decisions. And they can spot an Opposition Leader who has they can spot an Opposition Leader who has made a life out of opportunism. Kier starmer is measuring the curtains. He thinks that he measuring the curtains. He thinks that he can measuring the curtains. He thinks that he can take Downing Street by bluff, that he can take Downing Street by bluff, but that he can take Downing Street by bluff, but as the steely support said before the first battle when the british had their backs to the wall, the british had their backs to the wall, lets the british had their backs to the wall, lets show him where he gets off. Wall, lets show him where he gets off thank wall, lets show him where he gets off. Thank you. Applause. Grant shapps the defence secretary at the conservative Party Conference here in the uk. As you would expect ukraine dominated his speech there. That Party Conference gets under way in manchester in the northwest of england. It is the first day of four and we will have more of that throughout the day at. Were going to say goodbye to our viewers on news international. We are going to say goodbye. Lets stay on that with our Political Correspondent who is in manchester. He is Watch Testing he is watching every second of that speech. Ukraine at the heart of it as you would expect. Take us through what was talked about with the conference there. I what was talked about with the conference there. Conference there. I dont think an one conference there. I dont think anyone will conference there. I dont think anyone will be conference there. I dont think anyone will be surprised conference there. I dont think anyone will be surprised to conference there. I dont think| anyone will be surprised to see conference there. I dont think anyone will be surprised to see the defence secretary making a series of commitments to keep backing ukraine in its war with russia, to keep alleging uk support both in terms of cash and vocal support. There was the announcement that troops were being sent to the border with xhosa vo. The bit that caught my attention was the bit at the end because quite often what you get in conference speeches is ministers who want to run through a bid on their own brief and then talk about the big political picture. And grant shapps was making the argument that quite frankly this General Election is due next year is not a done deal. We are spending this whole weekend so far talking about whether rishi sunak can do anything to turn the polls around and sort the can services out and have a message that allows them to take the fight to the labour party more. You saw grant shapps trying to get excited about that and talk about the idea of labour not being a shoe in for number ten. About kier starmer not being the idea is to excite the country as grant shapps sees it. That is one thing the tories are banking on this weekend that they can start to turn the narrative around and see a well, what are the labour party actually offering. We will see more of that next week at the labour Party Conference. The backdrop to all of thatis conference. The backdrop to all of that is a pretty tricky situation for the tories where there is disagreement on certain policy, a sense that maybe rishi sunak has not grabbed the political momentum today in the way that you would expect a leader to do at the start of the conference. Although we are about to hear from the Foreign Secretary and a lot more from other ministers about political excitement, i think behind the scenes there is a bit of a worry about exactly how things are going. Have a listen to James Cleverly in his speech. Going. Have a listen to James Cleverly in his speech. Nick, many thanks. Cleverly in his speech. Nick, many thanks you cleverly in his speech. Nick, many thanks. You are cleverly in his speech. Nick, many thanks. You are right cleverly in his speech. Nick, many thanks. You are right the cleverly in his speech. Nick, many thanks. 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If you are wondering where they are during you are wondering where they are during the you are wondering where they are during the speech, they are out in the wider during the speech, they are out in the wider world promoting britain on the wider world promoting britain on the world the wider world promoting britain on the world stage. All those visits and meetings and calls has allowed me to and meetings and calls has allowed me to hear and meetings and calls has allowed me to hear first hand what the world thinks me to hear first hand what the world thinks of me to hear first hand what the world thinks of us me to hear first hand what the world thinks of us. And as a result, my view thinks of us. And as a result, my view of thinks of us. And as a result, my view of britains standing in the world view of britains standing in the world has view of britains standing in the world has never been clearer. People want to world has never been clearer. People want to see world has never been clearer. People want to see us. People care about what want to see us. People care about what we want to see us. People care about what we say. People admire what we stand what we say. People admire what we stand for. What we say. People admire what we stand for, but perhaps most importantly, people respect what we do. Importantly, people respect what we do far importantly, people respect what we do. Farfrom being importantly, people respect what we do. Far from being left on the sidelines, do. Far from being left on the sidelines, we remain right at the heart sidelines, we remain right at the heart of sidelines, we remain right at the heart of things. And we should all be immensely proud of our countrys standing be immensely proud of our countrys standing on be immensely proud of our countrys standing on the world stage. Let me explain standing on the world stage. Let me explain why. And let me explain to the people explain why. And let me explain to the people who think brexit has hindered the people who think brexit has hindered us. Let me spell it out to the people hindered us. Let me spell it out to the people who think our best years are behind the people who think our best years are behind us. And let me make it clear are behind us. And let me make it clear to are behind us. And let me make it clear to those on the Labour Benches who want clear to those on the Labour Benches who want to clear to those on the Labour Benches who want to play politics and put our country down. This government, with rishi our country down. This government, with rishi sunak at the helm, takes decisive with rishi sunak at the helm, takes decisive measures and is prepared to take the decisive measures and is prepared to take the tough, long term decisions for the take the tough, long term decisions for the benefit of our country. And so, of for the benefit of our country. 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