he's determined to make his field more inclusive. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in the morning in singapore and 7pm in washington, where the us congress has voted to prevent a government shutdown by passing a short—term spending bill. it'll keep the lights on, but only for another two months. here's the house speaker nancy pelosi after the spending bill passed the house. and with this continuing resolution, we not only keep government open, keep checks flowing to our veterans and social security recipients and the rest, but it's about, again, whether it's science at the national institutes of health, the education of our children, the protection of our environment, it's just a remarkable thing to think of all good things that we can do working together for the people. so, a shutdown avoided with hours to spare. but president joe biden�*s problems haven't gone away. fellow democrats are struggling to agree on a plan to vote on his trillion—dollar infrastructure proposal for bridges, roads, broadband and electrical vehicles. progressive members of the democrats are refusing to vote for it until a much bigger bill, which would inject $3.5 trillion into america's post—pandemic economy and kick—start the president's vast climate change reforms, passes the senate. we can hear more about all of this from our north america correspondent david willis. the house speaker nancy pelosi had promised a vote on this this week, but it's starting to look as though she may not have the votes she needs to get it over the finishing line, to get it passed in the lower chamber. so that means that it could be put off, this vote, for some time, perhaps for weeks, which would be potentially embarrassing to mr biden, particularly if he can't get this legislation approved in the end, because it's very much, as i say, a part of the promise that democrats made. and they'll be looking to show that they've upheld those promises, of course, going into the midterm elections next year. indeed, and there's also another pressing deadline that they're facing, isn't there, the borrowing limit — which they're due to hit within weeks, as i understand it? why can't the two parties come to some sort of agreement on this? in a word, politics. republicans in the senate are digging in on this one. and there arejust 18 days to go, karishma, before this country basically defaults on its debt. and that is something the treasury secretary, janet yellen, has said would be catastrophic. it would, of course, affect not just the financial markets here but potentially those around the world. and this is something that, on both sides, they agree the importance of the legislation, importance of a vote on this, but they just can't agree on the details at the moment. republicans saying basically that this shows that democrats have plans that are fiscally irresponsible, and that's why they're digging in their heels at this time. david willis there. much more detail on this story on our website, including a very detailed look at what happens next. just log on to bbc.com/news. or download the bbc news app. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. the furlough scheme, under which more than 11 million people in the uk were paid a percentage of their wages while coronavirus lockdowns meant they could not work, has come to an end. at the last count, 1.6 million people were still receiving support through the scheme. the british government says it will continue to support people if they need to look for work. the uk's petrol retailers association says there has been no improvement in petrol supplies at independent petrol stations in the last 2a hours. more than a quarter of its members are still out of fuel, although that is an improvement on earlier in the week. the motoring organisation, the aa, says it is now seeing signs that the pressure on supplies is starting to ease. research suggests the percentage of people who get a face—to—face appointment with their local doctor in the uk has remained at the reduced levels of the covid lockdowns. only around 58% of patients were seen in person in august, compared to 80% before the pandemic. doctors are blaming rising demand and shortages of staff. still to come a bit later in the programme, we will meet the 25—year—old who has been hailed as the rising star of classical music. but first, i want to bring this update now on a story which is horrified people in the uk, and i thing it is fairto say around in the uk, and i thing it is fair to say around the world. the abduction, rape and murder of a young woman, sarah everard, by a serving police officer. wayne couzens faked an arrest to snatch her off the street in london last march during a covid lockdown. yesterday, he was confronted in court by sarah's family. on thursday, he was sentenced and was told he will never be released from prison. lucy manning reports. sarah everard was, thejudge said, simply walking home. for herfamily, nothing can make things better, nothing can bring sarah back, they said, but the rapist, murderer, policeman will never be released — and herfamily said that brings some relief. this moment, using his position of trust and privilege as a police officer to falsely arrest the 33—year—old, his arm out holding his warrant card, his use of handcuffs, persuaded thejudge he should die in prison. the misuse of a police role to murder a lone victim needed the greatest punishment. in the dock, couzens, as he had done throughout, kept his head down. he started shaking as thejudge sentenced him, with sarah's family looking on. lord justice fulford told wayne couzens, "you kidnapped, raped and murdered sarah everard, having long planned a violent sexual assault. you have eroded the confidence the public is entitled to have in its police forces. you have considerately added to the insecurity felt by people, perhaps particularly women. i have seen no evidence of genuine contrition." thejudge condemned his lies. his behaviour, calmly buying snacks after raping and murdering sarah and coolly letting his children play in the woods where he'd dumped her remains. should the police not have detected a murderer in their ranks? they admit they missed a check when vetting him that could have linked him to one of three indecent exposure allegations. how can women regain trust in the police now? this man has brought shame on the met. speaking frankly, as an organisation, we have been rocked. i absolutely know that there are those who feel their trust in us has been shaken. in us is shaken. there are no words that can fully express the fury and overwhelming sadness that we all feel about what happened to sarah. i am so sorry. no response to questions about whether she should resign. sarah everard lived her last hours in terror, but the final thoughts of herfamily are of a time before. in a statement, they said... their daughter never wanted to start a national debate about violence against women. she just wanted to get home safely. lucy manning, bbc news. in other headlines, mexico's government sent 70 haitian migrants back to haiti yesterday in what it described as a "voluntary return" flight. this came just days after the united states cleared thousands of haitians from a camp that they'd been staying in near the us—mexican border. officials from the biden administration are in haiti this week, meeting with local government leaders about both the migrant crisis and the ongoing political instability within haiti. i got the latest from our central america correspondent will grant, who is in haiti. their intentions were to make it to the us. indeed, they did that. they were under that bridge at the makeshift camp in texas. they thought and very much hoped that they would now be processing their asylum applications in the united states, living with families in the united states and taking steps to normalise their asylum positions and their migration papers in the us. of course, these were the ones who didn't get that result, who have been brought back to haiti and are essentially notjust back where they started but worse off. all of their savings have been spent on that trip. many of them were living in south america and have endured an extremely gruelling trip to make it to the us, so to find themselves back with their children, many of whom were born in south america, now back in haiti, as you say, a very, very difficult time in this country's history. economically, environmentally, politically, this is an extremely difficult moment for haiti, and so it's a tough time for the families to find themselves back here. yes, and there's a biden administration team on the ground, as we understand it. what are they trying to achieve? let's just think about, politically, what's happened in recent months. the president was assassinated earlier this year. the special envoy to haiti resigned in disgust at the policy of deportation, so there's a lot for high—level envoys from the biden administration to discuss with the prime minister. the electoral body has been wound up. and the elections were only weeks away. so that really underlines that this is a political crisis here as well as an economic one. and i suppose the biden administration are looking for ways to strengthen the institutions in haiti, so that there isn't such a migratory pressure, so that the people who are coming back maybe start to have at some point reasons to stay instead of simply trying to leave again and head back to south america, and perhaps from there to the us once again. will grant there for us in port—au—prince. i want to update you on a story we've been covering for you on newsday the last couple of days. north korea reporting it has carried out a missile test, this time on a new surface to air device. official state media says the test took place on the 30th of september. that would be in the last 2a hours. and the test firing was a success. it's worth pointing out that the international bans on north korean missile development concern long range ballistic missiles and a surface to air missile would not be in breach. but it's the fourth missile system to be tested by pyongyang injust a month, indicating that kim jong—un remains committed to military development. if you want to get in touch with me, i'm on twitter, @bbckarishma. i'm looking forward to hearing from you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a96—year—old woman who works in a nazi camp goes on the run, to avoid her trialfor a nazi camp goes on the run, to avoid her trial for complicity in mass murder. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited _ the religious compound and that started the trouble. _ he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy- sites, an idea that's- unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: the us congress votes to avoid a government shutdown, but more tough negotiations lie ahead for president biden. and tough questions for british police, as the officer who raped and murdered sarah everard is jailed for life. the italian prime minister, mario draghi, has said world leaders need to be "whipped into action" to tackle climate change. he was speaking ahead of key talks in milan involving about 50 environment ministers. mr draghi also met the activist greta thunberg, who, on tuesday, said politicians�* efforts to tackle climate change amounted to "30 years of blah, blah, blah." mr draghi reassured her that the leaders were listening. with the un climate summit in glasgow only a month away, many nations are ramping up their commitments to try and slow the rate of global warming. but australia, where carbon emissions per person are among the highest in the world, has been called out for not doing enough. its emissions reduction pledge for 2030 is only 26—28%, well below what most other rich economies have promised. and it still hasn't agreed to net—zero emissions by 2050. this week, prime minister scott morrison said he may not attend the cop26 summit at all. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has been to the hunter valley, one of australia's mining heartlands, to find out more. the devastating bushfires less than two years ago were the starkest warning yet for australians. experiencing first—hand the consequences of a warming planet. and the science is clear. cutting carbon emissions is the best hope of slowing the pace of the rising temperatures causing these extreme weather events. but australia's commitments fall well behind other rich developed countries. injuly, the un ranked it last out of 170 member nations for its response to climate change. our goal is to reach net—zero emissions as soon as possible, and preferably by 2050. australia is the second—biggest coal exporter in the world, and in the hunter valley, it's the bedrock of the economy. despite the global urgency, climate change remains a divisive issue here in australia. it draws in the powerful fossil fuel industry and regional voters, like the ones in this mining community, where an anti—coal message doesn't play well. without the coal mine industry, i wouldn't have a job. it's been in my family- for as long as i can remember. dad has always gotten up early, gone to work in his high—vis. . probably would be like a stabbing in the back. at the quarry mining, they've been manufacturing coal mine drilling equipment for nearly a0 years. we hear all the noise about going away from coal, and we try to be ready to pivot, but we don't have a road map for that. we just don't know what is next, so we don't know how to do that, and it's incredibly difficult to turn your mind to that when you're in such a busy industry as we are now. former prime minister malcolm turnbull lost his job because of clashes over climate policy within his own party, and its coalition partner, which is powerful in mining regions. right—wing politics has framed climate and the responses - to climate as an identity or ideological issue. - it's a combination of that plus the fossil fuel lobby| and right—wing media. it hasjust been a toxic. political battle for years, for well over a decade. with plenty of sun and wind, renewables are growing fast in australia. this zinc refinery in north queensland is one of the country's biggest users of electricity. with more than a million solar panels, it's now generating about a quarter of its power from the sun. and it aims to be using 100% renewable energy as early as 2025. it is the right thing to do, but it is also the smart thing to do. it aligns us more closely with our customers, who are increasingly on an urgent mandate to decarbonise and drastically reduce their emissions and directly in their operations and indirectly across the supply chain. even though it's on the front—line of this environmental emergency, australia is out of step with its allies when it comes to climate action. stuck in a balancing act between its domestic politics and its international reputation. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, the hunter valley. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. officials in ecuador say they are trying to identify the remains of 116 inmates who were killed in a prison riot. more than 400 heavily armed police officers were sent in to restore order. there are fears the number of deaths could rise. a prominent politician from malawi has killed himself inside the country positing parliament after a dispute over a vehicle. he served as the deputy speaker until 2019 and had polio, used a wheelchair. in a note, he blamed parliament for giving ownership of his official car, which had been modified to allow him to drive. the former french president nikolas sarkozy has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally funding his 2012 campaign. the court ruled he could serve the term under house arrest. mr sarkozy says he will appeal the verdict. police in germany have arrested a 96—year—old woman who failed to appear in court to face charges of complicity in mass murder at a nazi concentration camp during the second world war. irmgard furchner left a care home near hamburg in a taxi hours before she was due to be taken to court. jenny hill reports. it's taken nearly 80 years to get to this moment, but this morning the elderly woman accused of complicity in mass murder didn't turn up for her trial. irmgard furchner, seen here as a young woman, had called a cab from her care home and disappeared before she was later arrested. it's a lifetime since she worked as a secretary at stutthof concentration camp. her lawyers argue she didn't know what really happened there. today, visitors are left to imagine the cruelty, the inhumanity, of the place. 65,000 people were murdered here — hanged, gassed, shot or simply left to succumb to the brutal conditions. i am convinced that she knew everything. because every order from the chief commander of the concentration camp went over her desk or she wrote it. justice has caught up with a number of low—ranking nazis in recent years. oscar groening, a guard at auschwitz, was convicted six years ago after a previous court allowed prosecutors to charge people like him and like former guard reinhold hanning. neither man ordered or committed mass murder, but by simply being part of the nazi machine, they were judged complicit. translation: it's very simple. if someone consciously contributes to systematic mass killings, that's legally relevant, regardless of whether it happened yesterday or a long time ago. but germany's nazi—hunters are running out of time. state prosecutors are currently working on eight other cases before age and infirmity bring to a close this, the darkest chapter of german history. germany is still, in many ways, haunted by the horrors perpetrated in its name. these trials, a final opportunity to hear from the people who were there. it's aboutjustice, of course. it's also about delivering a public record and a warning. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. he's being hailed as the rising star of the classical music world. 24—year—old randall goosby is a violinist who's determined to make classical music more inclusive. born to african—american and korean parents, his focus is on works that reflect black culture. mark savage has been to meet him. violin prodigy randall goosby, in the welsh capital for the first show of his uk tour. his playing has been called profound, stylish, illuminating — not bad for someone who chose his instrument at random. i chose violin having not really seen or heard one before, to my memory. and did you find that you just understood the instrument instantly? i probably felt that way when i was a kid. of course, everyone learning to start the violin probably sounds a bit like a sick cat or something. at 13, he was the youngest ever winner of the prestigious sphinx prize, then studied under the renowned violinist itzhak perlman. but the music he's playing now champions black and african—american composers, a decision prompted by last yea r�*s black lives matter protests. i was feeling very, very sort of stuck, i was feeling useless and hopeless in the fight against systemic racism and prejudice and bias and all of these things. i didn't want to go out and march and protest. i just didn't feel like that was fulfilling. i needed something to validate what i was doing, you know? there was certainly the question of, "ok, whatam i doing, making a living playing works of, you know, dead european guys who haven't been around for a couple hundred years, who didn't know anything about my existence and didn't know anything about the existence of those who came before me?" this music answered that question. at the recent 9/11 memorial concert, he played one of those pieces — adoration by florence price. florence price, you know, had to pick up and move herfamily from her hometown of arkansas because of the segregation in the southern united states. to know that she was actually able to channel feelings of adoration, love and respect into her music was really profound. i hope that that was able to make it through to some of those who were mourning there on that day. randall's next goal is to help children in low—income communities discover these works. it's not any sort of inherent disinterest or distaste in classical music that keeps these communities from being involved. it's just the lack of access. an admirable ambition for a rising star. mark savage, bbc news, cardiff. what an inspiration there, certainly someone to watch out for. that's all that we have time for. thanks for watching. stay with bbc news. good morning. new month, but unfortunately not a new weather story. it looks likely that the beginning of october will be quite an autumnal, unsettled picture, with some rain at times. there will be some brighter interludes as well, but the winds certainly a feature, with plenty of leaves coming down off the trees over the next few days. now, as you can see, friday's weather will continue to see this frontal system moving in over the next few hours. it means first thing on friday morning, it still has yet to clear away from the south east. it will do so, and into the afternoon, we should see some sunshine coming through. so, a better second half to the day. there'll be plenty of frequent showers accompanied by a blustery wind on exposed west—facing coasts of scotland, northern ireland and north west england. temperatures ranging from 11—18 celsius. now, as we move out of friday into saturday, low pressure is anchoring itself up into the far north of scotland, and we've got another developing low pushing into the far south west. this is going to bring a spell of, yet again, wet and windy weather. it'll move in from the south west, gradually pushing its way steadily northwards. so, if you start the day dry, it's highly unlikely that you will finish the day dry because that rain is going to continue to push its way steadily north and east. maybe the far north east of scotland will see some brightness for much of the day. the winds picking up as well, gusts in excess of 45—50 mph on exposed coasts. that's going to make it feel disappointingly cool in the cloud, the wind and the rain. moving out of saturday into sunday, that frontal system still to clear away, and low pressure looks likely to park itself into the far north of scotland. the southern flank of the low, we could see the strongest winds, 50—60 mph gusts not out of the question. and that's where potentially the heaviest of the rain is likely to lie for the second half of the weekend. bright and breezy elsewhere, with a scattering of sharp showers on and off throughout the day. those temperatures, well, still on the disappointing side, and gales certainly are going to be more of a significant feature close to the area of low pressure. top temperatures on sunday once again between 12—16 celsius. monday into tuesday looks likely to stay with that showery theme, with some blustery winds as well from time to time. it's autumn good and proper. whatever you do, take care. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour