Venues next to it. The cause of the blaze is unknown, but its effect was devastating. Translation we dont know anything. We are waiting for news to see whether some of our Family Members have come out alive. Translation i think we left 30 seconds or one minute before i the alarms went off and all the lights went out and there were screams saying there was a fire. I was in a place where i could get out, but five Family Members and two friends are still missing. Emergency services have been searching through the rubble, trying to find bodies. For friends and relatives of those who did not escape the blaze, it has been an agonising wait. Theyve been receiving support from counsellors in a nearby sports complex. The police are now carrying out dna tests on the bodies of those killed in an attempt to identify them, but it could be a slow process. This is the worst Nightclub Fire in spain in more than 30 years, and the local authorities have declared three days of mourning. Us President Joe
Smoke inhalation and the number of deaths we are being warned could still rise. This happened in the early hours of the morning when the nightclub was still busy. This is in spain, in murcia as i mentioned, the early hours of Sunday Morning. Lets go live now to our reporter in madrid, guy hedgecoe. What is the latest . The madrid, guy hedgecoe. What is the latest . , madrid, guy hedgecoe. What is the latest . ,. , madrid, guy hedgecoe. What is the latest . ,. , latest . The Emergency Services have confirmed that latest . The Emergency Services have confirmed that number latest . The Emergency Services have confirmed that number you latest . The Emergency Services have. Confirmed that number you mentioned there of victims of this fire, 11 is there of victims of this fire, 11 is the latest number we have. Earlier we had the number seven in terms of victims, but that has jumped up after four people who were being looked for by the Emergency Services, they were confirmed as victims. We als
Government shutdown. Take a look at this, a deal is approved in the senate after being approved in the lower house as well. It means Government Workers will be paid, and will keep the government running for the next 45 days, and in 45 days they will have to come to another day. The other thing about this particular deal is that it excludes any more aid or money for ukraine, which was a condition of some of the republicans, that they demanded. Lets take a listen to the Senate Majority leader, the democrat, chuck schumer. It has been a day full of twists and turns, but 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 were glad that 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
There was a plausible case to answer, but a finaljudgment is likely to take years. Today i have an exclusive interview with joan donoghue, Thejust Retired president of the icj, who delivered that initial court ruling that sent shock waves Around The World. In a sense, the whole idea of internationaljustice is on trial. How will it fare . Joan donoghue, welcome to hardtalk. Happy to be here. You sat on the International Court ofjustice for pretty much iii years. The last three years as president of the court. One of your last cases was the case brought by south africa against israel on the basis of genocide in gaza. Were you aware of the scale of International Scrutiny on that particular case . Yes, absolutely. It was very clear. And in particular, or, for example, outside of the peace palace, where the court sits, there were two groups of demonstrators, or interested people, and one of them had a Big Jumbotron Set Up Outside so that the participants there could watch what was going on
this properly, and in part, because of people this properly, and in part, because of people actually reading it, recording all the opinions, which you could recording all the opinions, which you could do under certain other circumstances, was not really a realistic circumstances, was not really a realistic or circumstances, was not really a realistic or sensible proposition. but we realistic or sensible proposition. but we did try, and this i think is really but we did try, and this i think is really critical, sir patrick and thou, really critical, sir patrick and thou, tried to reflect the range of views thou, tried to reflect the range of views when we were briefing ministers, to the best availability. we try ministers, to the best availability. we try to ministers, to the best availability. we try to capture the fact that there we try to capture the fact that there were outlier opinions, i don t mean there were outlier opinions, idon t mean that there