of 2021 is most anticipated boxing rounds takes place in las vegas as tyson fury and donte wilder meet for a third time. hello. a warm welcome to bbc news. the teller bounces it will observe a peace agreement negotiated with the united states last year. the announcement which includes a pledge to prevent al qaeda from operating in afghanistan follows face—to—face talks with the us in doha. meanwhile, mass funerals have been held across afghanistan for victims of fridays bomb blast. prayers and tears for the dead. up prayers and tears for the dead. up to 80 people are now said to have died in fridays blast targeting worshippers in the shia minority. we are burying the victims next to each other says this man. we have no choice. it is a mass grave. the local branch of his lanark state said that one of its suicide bombers had carried out the attack. isn the tell about our fierce rivals out the attack. isn the tell about ourfierce rivals but hundreds of fires prisoners escaped from jail as the taliban took over the country. the group is small but there are fears it is growing in strength. are fears it is growing in strength-— are fears it is growing in strenuth. ~ , ., , strength. we strongly condemn this incident. _ strength. we strongly condemn this incident. it _ strength. we strongly condemn this incident. it was _ strength. we strongly condemn this incident. it was a _ this incident. it was a cowardly attack and i hope that god will punish the perpetrators. however, istill hope that the martyrs will go to heaven and the wounded people will heal. the telegram delegation _ people will heal. the telegram delegation met _ people will heal. the telegram delegation met with _ people will heal. the telegram delegation met with us - delegation met with us officials in qatar today, pinning the threat from is is a common interest. but with foreign funding largely afghanistan faces an economic crisis. secondhand markets like this have sprung up across the country as desperate people try and sell their possessions just to purchase food. how to help afghans without supporting the taliban, the dilemma of west is still debating. this is a country that is already endured so much and its future remains deeply uncertain. lebanon's electricity grid has leaving the entire country without power for a second weekend. officials say it is unlikely that supplies will resume before monday amid an ongoing economic crisis. from beirut, here is our middle east correspondent. careful steps in the blackest of nights. for many, this is the reality of life now in lebanon. light and hope are in short supply. translation: the collector short supply. translation: tue: collector comes short supply. translation: tte: collector comes at the end of each month to take 300,000 lire from me. and where is the electricity? there is no electricity.— electricity? there is no electrici . ., �*, ., ., ., electricity. lebanon's national grid was already _ electricity. lebanon's national grid was already weak. - electricity. lebanon's national grid was already weak. when l electricity. lebanon's national| grid was already weak. when it works it is only for one or two hours a day. before the country's poorest it is a vital lifeline. people here are dealing with crisis after crisis and while the blackout was not a surprise it is just another thing to make an already difficult life even tougher. this is keeping the lights on for 300 flats. those who can pay for expensive private generators but prices have doubled in the last month and they are getting harder to afford. and they are getting harder to afford, , .,, afford. some people text me that we don't _ afford. some people text me that we don't have _ afford. some people text me that we don't have much - afford. some people text me i that we don't have much money and we are helping them but it is difficult for us as well. so without all _ is difficult for us as well. so without all of this and without you, the people are in complete darkness? yes, unfortunately. a ship carrying fuel is on its way. it is another short term solution to an enduring problem. lebanon's politicians are talking about answers but this struggling country does not have time to waste. taiwan has issued a defiant rebuttal against beijing's. tension between the two have been growing once again as taiwan prepares to celebrate its national day on sunday. . on saturday china mark the 110th anniversary of the revolution there of 1911 which toppled the last chinese imperial dynasty. speaking invasion's great hall of the people, president xijinping said he wants to see unification occur under a one country to systems principle. similar to that of hong kong. translation:— translation: national reunification _ translation: national reunification by - translation: national| reunification by peaceful translation: national- reunification by peaceful means best serves the interest of the chinese nation as a whole which includes our compatriots in taiwan. the taiwan question is an internal matterfor taiwan. the taiwan question is an internal matter for china and there should be no outside interference. the and there should be no outside interference.— interference. the chinese president _ interference. the chinese president struck - interference. the chinese president struck a - interference. the chinese president struck a softerl interference. the chinese - president struck a softer tone in this latest statement. in the past he has threatened to use force to bring taiwan under beijing's's control. at the beginning of the month, china mounted four days of large—scale exercises over the taiwan strait. involving almost 150 military aircraft including jet, bombers and spy planes. the taiwanese government and its allies said that this was being provocative. ahead of sundays national day celebrations, taiwan's president was defiant in response to president xi's remark and pledge that the taiwanese will defend their freedom. taiwanese will defend their freedom-— taiwanese will defend their freedom. ., ., ~' freedom. we continue to work hard to uphold _ freedom. we continue to work hard to uphold the _ freedom. we continue to work hard to uphold the frontlines l hard to uphold the frontlines of democracy and freedom. to strengthen our ties with our international partners through shared values and to contribute more to the world. we see our fighterjets in the sky completely in control and protecting our airspace. when someone intrudes into this space, our pilots are ready to take off straightaway and react. . . take off straightaway and react. ., ., ., ., react. china and taiwan were divided during _ react. china and taiwan were divided during the _ react. china and taiwan were divided during the civil- react. china and taiwan were divided during the civil war l react. china and taiwan were| divided during the civil war in the 1940s. recently, china's demands for reunification have become stronger. but taiwan's president insists her country is emerging as a vibrant democracy with a strong identity of its own. so what are we to make of the remarks by president xi. our correspondent explains. this was a very — correspondent explains. this was a very confident - correspondent explains. tt 3 was a very confident chinese president saying not only must unification with taiwan be achieved but that it will be achieved. underlying this idea of the sort of inevitability behind this process. of course it is important to say that this is the kind of thing we have heard from the chinese leadership many times before. i think it comes under more scrutiny at the moment because of the context. firstly, as you mentioned, these comments come around a couple of significant anniversaries but also, china is upping the tension with these military sources that it has been flying into the taiwanese air defence identification zone, an act seen as deeply provocative by taiwan and its allies. of course, much of that is business as usual link to these sorts of anniversaries where we see an up there is something bigger behind this as well, a sense that possibly the political and strategic balance shifts as well. taiwan and china in many ways have never been further apart, china in many ways have never been furtherapart, china been further apart, china growing been furtherapart, china growing increasingly authoritarian and taiwan today authoritarian and taiwan today a modern and vibrant democracy. but also as china grows more authoritarian it grows stronger, more wealthy and more powerful, it is updating its military and there is a fear in taiwan that the strategic balance is shifting and the bat they may not be too far off point for china, eyeing the possibility of taking taiwan by force, eyeing the possibility of an invasion calculates that finally the benefits will outweigh the risks rather than at the moment what is maintained as the status quo is that at the moment invasion for china is a risky operation. let's get some of the day's other news now. policing what a miler have migrants from inside a trailer abandoned by the side of the road. most of the migrants were from haiti which is currently suffering an economic and political crisis. the us ambassador to mexico said that a solution had to be found by both countries. la palma airport in the spanish canary islands has reopened our clouds of thick ash from the erupting volcano forced it to close for two days. three weeks after the volcano first erupted, lover continues to flow. spanish and international tours visited to witness the eruption. italian police and protesters in rome have clashed during a demonstration by thousands of people against the extension of the coronavirus health passed to all workplaces. some demonstrators attempted to storm the office of the prime minister. police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse them. austria's chancellor has announced that he is stepping down after he was placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption offences. mr kurtz who denies the accusation says he will remain on as leader of his party. we have more in his resignation. his officers were rated on wednesday and the allegation is that he use public money to pay for favourable coverage in certain tabloid newspapers here in austria and also favourable surveys for his political party. there have been protests, about 1000 people are protesting outside the offices on the night of the accusation surfaced and i have seen people around vienna wearing stickers with his face on them, making it obvious that they disapprove. but i think he is generally popular in austria. he maintained his innocence with our body was possibly facing a vote of on tuesday which would have dissolved the government and he says he has done this for his country and not for himself because, obviously we are still emerging from the pandemic and the economic recovery has onlyjust begun and i think we need stability in austria. so that is his reasoning behind stepping down, he is doing it for his country and for the stability in his country. good to have you with us on bbc news. the headlines. fa ce—to —fa ce news. the headlines. face—to—face talks have taken place in doha between senior us and taliban officials as those funerals are held in afghanistan for the victims of friday's blast. lebanon has been plunged into darkness again after the electricity grid shutdown leaving the entire country without power. the outgoing check prime minister has congratulated the opposition for winning the opposition's parliamentary election but said he would still try to form a government if asked. his governing party suffered a narrow defeat by a coalition of three centre—right and liberal parties. it is an unexpected outcome, i think, and no—one really foresaw that this coalition of three opposition parties — a conservative party, christian democrat party and a liberal party — would edge ahead of andrej babis's party, a centrist and populist party. it has been at the centre of government for the past four years, and they have done it, and it is a remarkable victory for them and the other opposition grouping which is now in parliament and will now, together with the largest opposition group, have a majority in parliament. that cuts off the path for andrej babis essentially to form a new government. the only fly in the ointment, the only glimmer of hope for andrej babis is that the country's president has said previously that he will only appoint the leader of the largest party in parliament, not the largest alliance or the largest coalition. so that would mean that andrej babis would have first dibs at forming a government, but really his chances success this evening look pretty slim. here in the uk, the recent murders of two young women have highlighted the danger that many consider they face simply walking alone after dark. sarah everard and sabina were killed in different circumstances in two separate attacks in london. their deaths have led to an outcry over the safety of women. now i dedicated phone line and app have been suggested as a way of providing protection. more than six months of the murder of sarah everard, flowers and messages are being left the ban standard clap and whereverjill is being held in her name. sarah's death and that of sabina nessa, killed last month in south london have led to a wide public debate over the safety of women and the potential solutions. bt have now come up with plans for a smart phone app called walk me home, an emergency number potentially 888, would enable women to have theirjourneys tracked and an alert triggered if they don't reach home in a set time. the government says it considering bt�*s proposal and welcomes working with the private sector but there are already a number of apps like this. poly guard has been downloaded more than 300,000 times. in an emergency in a lesser series of contacts, gives a precise location, and automatically starts recording video. it was set up by holly guard's family after she was killed by her ex— partner. tt is for everybody, anybody wants to feel extra safe when they are out of the house, it is tried, tested, it has been working for six years, and we could put that out tomorrow to the whole country. t5 the whole country. is technology the answer? the co—founder of the campaign group reclaim the streets as bt's group reclaim the streets as bt�*s idea is little more than a sticking plaster. bt's idea is little more than a sticking plaster.— bt's idea is little more than a sticking plaster. and ap is not the answer — sticking plaster. and ap is not the answer to _ sticking plaster. and ap is not the answer to preventing - sticking plaster. and ap is not the answer to preventing or i the answer to preventing or ending violence against women and girls. the answer has to be changing our culture that emboldens and enables man to attack women and girls, or harass us in the street. a, harass us in the street. a woman is killed every three days by a man in the uk. campaigners say this should not be up to women to download an app be up to women to download an app to make themselves feel safe. the british government is under growing pressure to address arising energy prices. suppliers have warned that a cap which protects households from sharp increases is not fit for purpose. there are concerns customers conveys even higher costs if more suppliers collapse. a correspondent has more. cooking on gas. these are simmering broth, 2a hours each day. there was little business eat two — this business could do cut energy costs. my overheads _ do cut energy costs. my overheads were - do cut energy costs. tj�*i overheads were extremely high already, and it's a concern, deep concern about the viability of the business and i don't want to pass that cost onto our customers, i will do everything i can to avoid that. businesses don't have the cushion of an energy price. they tend to fix their bills a year or two in advance, so for those whose contracts are coming to an end at the moment, it's a really painful time, and it's a really painful time, and it's even worse for companies like this one, who don't have those contracts, but pay their energy bills on a three monthly metred basis. industries like cement and glass with the heaviest energy consumption in the uk are seeing their costs rocketing. to keep the furnace is burning, they are crying out for government support. absolutely, right now gas prices are at an unprecedented level, and the businesses that manufacture their goods that we need are trying to operate under these unprecedented conditions are.— under these unprecedented conditions are. they are backed b some conditions are. they are backed by some conservative _ conditions are. they are backed by some conservative mps - conditions are. they are backed by some conservative mps with | by some conservative mps with these industries in their constituencies.- these industries in their constituencies. we need government _ constituencies. we need government support, i constituencies. we need . government support, either constituencies. we need - government support, either in direct support or a cap on their energy prices to allow them to continue in business. so far, that support is not forthcoming. the government says it is in regular contact with business groups and that this underscores the importance of building a strong, homegrown renewable energy sector to further reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. further reduce our reliance on fossilfuels. for now, even the businesses that supply those fossil fuels are struggling, as what they are paying for gas in the market is more than the amount they can charge under the energy price. but businesses like these, facing rising transport costs and taxes, would love to see some sort of similar.— sort of similar. i'm doing everything _ sort of similar. i'm doing everything i _ sort of similar. i'm doing everything i can - sort of similar. i'm doing everything i can to - sort of similar. i'm doing everything i can to keep| sort of similar. i'm doing . everything i can to keep this business running. the last thing we need now is sky high energy bills to top that. katie prescott. _ energy bills to top that. katie prescott, bbc— energy bills to top that. katie prescott, bbc news. - bushfires, loss of habitat and human activity are all threatening australia's well—known species, such as the koala, but scientists hope to save thereby mapping out and sharing their genetic make—up, gino brito sequencing gives insight into their immune systems, and diversity techniques which have shown success with the tasmanian devil and endangered marsupials. we can speak live now to doctrine carolyn hogg, from the university of sydney. why is it important to carry out gene sequencing such as i have described? what does it actually tell you? one of the key things we have come to realise with any type of genetic diversity is the more diversity as bt has, the greater potential they have to adapt to future changes. so a lot of people understand and know about the biodiversity crisis that the planet now finds itself in, and there are three main pillars to biodiversity. one is having lots of differences on lots of diversity, diversity in ecosystems, lots of different type of species, and the third pillar is really the diversity of genes, and there has been a really hard one for us to get an understanding of because the technology did not exist, but when the human zeno was published over 20 years ago, that really opened up a whole new field of science that we are now applying to a suite of different plants and animals around the world.— around the world. how can genome — around the world. how can genome sequencing - around the world. how can genome sequencing help l around the world. how can l genome sequencing help the koala survive?— koala survive? one of the thins koala survive? one of the things is _ koala survive? one of the things is when _ koala survive? one of the things is when we - koala survive? one of the things is when we had - koala survive? one of the j things is when we had the bushfires two years ago here in new south wales which is where i live in australia, we lost about 25% of the habitat for koalas, and so we have now got these pockets of koalas living across the state in one of the things we want to do is map genome and see where those pockets of high genetic diversity is, and we can put the investment in regards to rehabilitating habitat, making sure the habitat is connected between those different populations, and if we can't connect to habitat than we have to start managing the animal by moving them from population area one to two. the reason why we want to keep that genetic diversity as we know some populations of koalas suffered terribly from chlamydia infections, while others are able to clear it quite rapidly and now that we have the gino we are starting to understand that there are certain genetic variants that allow koalas to be able to live with the disease, while others succumb. how is this technique helping other species other than koalas? ~ other species other than koalas?— other species other than koalas? ~ ., , ., ,, , koalas? we have been applying it to tasmanian _ koalas? we have been applying it to tasmanian devils - koalas? we have been applying it to tasmanian devils and - it to tasmanian devils and other species, called the bilby, which looks like the australian version of a rabbit, and by looking the diversity of the species, we do a number of translocations for both of those species here, tasmanian doubles suffer significantly from an infectious cancer and we, by moving devils with genetic diversity helping to promote the animals to be able to adapt to live with the disease, someone of things the covid—19 pandemic has shown, people globally, is the way genomics is a really powerful to to understand what is happening in a system and we apply the same methods that everyone has been applying to the virus and the different strains of the virus around the world, that same technology is being applied to wildlife. fascinating to talk to you, from the school of life and environmental sciences at the university of sydney. one of the year's most anticipated boxing bouts build more interaction in las vegas little bit later as tyson fury and dionte wylder will meet for and dionte wylder will meet for a third time. they stopped during the seventh round during their second fight 20 months ago. such as the intense rivalry between tyson fury and deontay wilder they were kept apart during yesterday's way in for fear of a fight before the fight. that did not prevent both men trading verbal blows. he can't do nothing about it. fury wilder throughout, wilder much, as he has been throughout the whole week. when you are calm you can make better decisions.— calm you can make better decisions. , ., . decisions. deontay wilder has barely engage _ decisions. deontay wilder has barely engage with _ decisions. deontay wilder has barely engage with the - decisions. deontay wilder has barely engage with the media | barely engage with the media all week, contrasted tyson fury who has taken a centre stage. he is the heavy favourite for the third and final what has been a fascinating rivalry. fury flawed twice in the first boutin fury flawed twice in the first bout in 2018, down but not out in the drawer. that it was theory�*s turn to play aggressor, handing deontay wilder his first loss, but the american claimed that tyson fury cheated his way to victory, and it has created ill feeling between the two men who were once firm rivals. i believe tyson fury will win if the fight goes the distance. if the fight goes the distance. if the fight goes the distance. if the fight doesn't go the distance, deontay wilder will win. �* ., . , distance, deontay wilder will win. �* ., ., ., win. after the theatrics and hi . h win. after the theatrics and high octane _ win. after the theatrics and high octane performance i win. after the theatrics and | high octane performance on stage, theory was in a much calmer mood as he made his way out of the arena but he remains confident that will be only one outcome. , ., ., outcome. this fight will go one wa , outcome. this fight will go one way. peace _ outcome. this fight will go one way, peace out. _ outcome. this fight will go one way, peace out. will— outcome. this fight will go one way, peace out. will be - outcome. this fight will go one way, peace out. will be hand l way, peace out. will be hand raised or— way, peace out. will be hand raised or will _ way, peace out. will be hand raised or will wilder's - raised or will wilder's punching power decide the outcome, we will find out this evening. our top story, the taliban say that they have agreed with the united states to uphold their peace agreement negotiations held last year. this follows the first face—to—face talks between the two sides since the militants seized control of afghanistan in august. the deal includes a pledge by the taliban to prevent arcadia from operating in its territory. the discussions in dohar are part of a series of efforts for the group to gain international recognition. the talks are not about legitimising the militant group. keepin keep in touch with me, we would love to hear from you, stay with us here at bbc news. hello, many of you, sunday is going to be quite a pleasant day to get out there and enjoy the changing autumn colours, most part of the country should be dry, a fair bit of sunshine as well, more cloud in the south compared with what we had on saturday afternoon and for all, something a bit fresher, the buggy air being swept away this cold front pushing its way southwards and eastwards allowing temperatures to drop, but it will still be quite pleasant out there. the sunshine overhead will be called, northern ireland, scotland, northern england, temperatures down into single figures and we could see morning sunshine in the south—east. mist and fog but weather front bringing the fresh and will be sitting across central southern parts of england and wales. patty late rain in the morning, that should clear, orbit the far east of kent by the mid afternoon and sunny spells, light winds for the vast majority. more cloud in the afternoon for scotland and northern ireland and a few heavy showers where we will see the strongest of the winds and a gust of 110 mph. in the sunshine in the south, not as muqqy sunshine in the south, not as muggy and humid, but while that's on is on your back it should still feel quite pleasant. into the evening and overnight into monday, clear skies around, a few mist and fog patches but mostly clear and dry and even cooler nights to take this into the start of the new week. these are the city centre temperatures in rural areas, city centre temperatures in ruralareas, down city centre temperatures in rural areas, down to single figures for one or two. going to a new week in a clearer note, a new trend from what we have had recently, the exception to the dry story will be across the north and west of scotland, patchy rain here and we could see some of that at times getting to northern england, a lot more cloud in the northern the southern half and we will receive the best of the sunshine, temperatures continuing to drop a little bit after this cooler nights, but as we go through monday night into tuesday, high close by but it is not quite with us, allowing this weather front to push its way south, introducing a lot more cloud across northern and eastern england for tuesday, what are two spots of rain and showers without, but most places will be dry, sunny spells around, feeling cooler down the eastern coast, and shelter to the west where you don't get any sunny spells, it should feel pleasant. to the rest of the week, most places will stay dry, temperatures in the mid teens, chances of rain into the north as we go into next weekend suggested as a way of providing protection. lima news. the headlines. talks have taken place in doha between senior us and taliban officials it is theirfirst senior us and taliban officials it is their first face—to—face meeting since the teller band seized control of afghanistan. it comes as mass funerals have been held in the for many victims of the huge blast on friday. lebanon has been plunged into darkness again after its electricity grid shut down leaving the entire country without power. it's two largest power stations ran out of fuel in an ongoing economic and financial crisis hitting the country. officials say it is unlikely that electricity supplies will resume for monday. the taiwanese president has vowed to uphold democracy and freedom need growing tensions with beijing. responding to a speech from president xijinping responding to a speech from president xi jinping they say that reunification is not defiant, they were defined during a speech on national day.