after a lightning military campaign earlier this month. nagorno—karabakh was controlled by armenian separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. the united nations says it's sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. the team will look at the needs of people remaining in the territory as well as those who are on the move. azerbaijan has said it would allow such a visit to take place. let's hearfrom ketevan khachidze — the chief executive of care caucasus. i was in a small town near the border. obviously, this situation is devastating and hundreds and hundreds of people are crossing the border. they are tired, exhausted, they are hungry and just desperate. they are hopeless because they have just put all their belongings in their bags and theyjust rushed into their cars and started moving. and obviously, the situation is really desperate. people have nowhere to go and the certainty of their future is really not clear at the moment. we also just conducted a rapid needs assessment to understand what are the needs of these people at the moment, and what these people have told us, over 55% have nowhere to go, orjust have no place. it is not really clear where they will be placed at the moment. freelance journalist siranush sargsyan described what's been happening in the region. as you can see, we're still stuck in a road. this exodus is unbearable, not only because of psychologically. as many people here, they are becoming a refugee already third time in their life. but this exodus is also unbearable just literally physically, because we already 60 hours spent in this road, and we still pass approximately 28 kilometre and it seems like even during 2a hours, we can reach border. at midnight eastern time today, the us government will run out of money to fund the operations of its government agencies unless congress can reach a last—minute deal. if there is no agreement, this will mark the 22nd government shutdown in 50 years in the us. as things stand, it appears that neither side is willing to compromise on their demands, but talks are set to resume shortly. we can speak now to our north america correspondent, sean dilley who has the latest. shawna, to go through this. what is really on the agenda here? —— sean. what are the two sides arguing over? it is not clear as it has been in previous shutdowns. they may have had 22 shutdowns in total, there have been sick since 1990, so if you work more recently. —— there have been six. it was obvious that the argument was over the former president trump is my desire to build a wall on the southern border, but this time it is slightly less clear. —— president trung's desire. the republicans that had blocked the agreement by the senate based on one the speaker had with the white house and biting at the time. they are objecting that it doesn't have deep enough spending cuts and its policies on the southern border are not strong enough. there is a little bit of intelligence to suggest there is at least some personal motivation on the part of at least one of the hardliners, and must perhaps towards the speaker kevin mccarthy, himself a republican and a highly partisan political operator, so to be fair, it appears to be more than anything a power struggle in the narrowest of the republican house majority is. take us through this, what would happen if a shutdown was to go ahead? would parts of the us government would simply stop operating? government would simply stop operating?— government would simply stop oeratinu? , ., ., , government would simply stop oeratin? ., operating? hundreds of thousands of federal employees _ operating? hundreds of thousands of federal employees would _ operating? hundreds of thousands of federal employees would be - operating? hundreds of thousands of federal employees would be placed l operating? hundreds of thousands of. federal employees would be placed on unpaid furlough leave, and that would begin to bite for those employees in particular, because student loan repayments that were posted during the pandemic are shortly due to resume. around 1.4 million members of the military would be expected to work for absolutely nothing. various federal law enforcement agencies would also be expected to turn up and work for nothing at all. just to give you a bit of context here, last time there was one of the shutdowns, there was $11 billion wiped off the value of the united states. in this case, you'd expect may be from monday actually, the national parks would start to shut down. any services deemed essential would continue, so for instance, air traffic controllers, they would be the unlucky group there would have to show up for work without getting paid for it. and even those areas which are sort of operated because they are deemed essential, criminal investigations, they tend to continue but their progress is obviously very much lower than that ordinarily would be.— ordinarily would be. thank you, sean. ordinarily would be. thank you, sean- sean _ ordinarily would be. thank you, sean. sean speaking _ ordinarily would be. thank you, sean. sean speaking to - ordinarily would be. thank you, sean. sean speaking to us - ordinarily would be. thank you, j sean. sean speaking to us from ordinarily would be. thank you, - sean. sean speaking to us from dc. we had a little bit about that from sean, but how common are shutdowns in the us and how to be happen? —— how do they happen? my colleague zari kargar takes a look. in the us, many federal government agencies rely on funding approved by congress. each year, these agencies submit their request, which congress must approve and the us president must sign budget legislation for the next fiscal year. this agreement must be reached by the 1st of october, which is the start of the fiscal year in the us. and if the agreement is not reached, it means a shutdown happens and that will mean a lot of us government functions will stop working. this time around, if a deal is not struck, it will mean more than 1.3 million active members of the us army and also air traffic controllers will be working without getting paid. when last time around shutdown happened, these guys still got paid because there was a separate funding agreement with the us defense department which is not in place this time, and all other nonessential government employees will be put on unpaid leave or furloughed. this will impact food assistance programmes, government—funded daycares, approval of student loans, food inspection programmes and also, like it happened last time, many of the national museums and parks could shut down because the employees are on unpaid leave. now, shutdowns are quite common in the us. the longest that the history will remember in the country was under the presidency of donald trump. that happened in 2019, which lasted 36 days, and that was over a dispute of funding for a wall on the mexico border. before that, a shutdown happened during the presidency of barack 0bama in 2013. that lasted 16 days and that was caused by a dispute over the implementation of the affordable care act. and before that, many in the us will probably remember a shutdown happened in 1995 that carried to 1996 during the presidency of bill clinton. that lasted 21 days and that was caused by opposition to major spending cuts in the government. again, many employees and workers of the us government were affected. staying in the us, a supporter of donald trump has become the first defendant to plead guilty to interfering with the election in the us state of georgia during the last presidential poll. under the terms of a deal with prosecutors, scott hall agreed to testify against the 18 others accused in the case. they include the former president. the trial of two other defendants, including a former lawyer for mr trump, is due to begin in october. here in the uk, police have now named the two people who died in a school bus crash in merseyside yesterday. police say 15—year—old jessica baker and the coach driver, 40—year—old stephen shrimpton, both died in the incident when the vehicle overturned on the m53 in the wirral. a 14—year—old boy is still in hospital with life—changing injuries. 0ur correspondent, yunus mulla, reports. jessica baker, 15 years old and one of the schoolchildren on the bus who was killed in the crash. today, flowers were left outside the school entrance. 0ne message simply read, "sorry to see you go. "thoughts with the family." the school has opened this weekend and children have been arriving with their parents, carrying flowers. they've been comforted by staff. the school is offering specialist trauma support. the driver, who was also killed, has been officially named as stephen shrimpton. a fundraising post said he had medical issues at the wheel. in tribute, his family describe him as a loving husband and father to his wife and his wonderful children, a caring and thoughtful man who would always prioritise others over himself. police have not confirmed his cause of death and say a postmortem will take place. more than 50 children from west kirby grammar and calday grange grammar were on their way to school with other vehicles in convoy when the journey ended in tragedy. a 14—year—old boy is also being treated for life—changing injuries. other children were also injured. the birkenhead mp, mike whitley, has described the incident as an absolute tragedy. merseyside police want to hear from witnesses and anyone who has dash cam footage to contact them. here in the uk, rishi sunak has been given a warning by more than 30 of his own mps, who say they won't support any policies that lead to higher overall taxes. meanwhile, the conservative party are also promoting policies with the aim of backing motorists — all this ahead of the conservative party conference in manchester. with more on this, let's speak to our political reporter tony bonsignore in the newsroom. great to see you, tony. rishi sunak coming out in favour of supporting private motorists in the past few days. are these the kinds of issues that will sway voters? what days. are these the kinds of issues that will sway voters?— that will sway voters? what is he sa in: ? that will sway voters? what is he saying? well. — that will sway voters? what is he saying? well, he _ that will sway voters? what is he saying? well, he clearly - that will sway voters? what is he saying? well, he clearly thinks . that will sway voters? what is he i saying? well, he clearly thinks that is the case. just a week or two ago, we had rishi sunak saying he was going to push back the deadline for the sale of petrol and diesel cars. every controversial decision in some quarters. he is clearly making the judgment, rishi sunak, but out there in the country, there is a groundswell of opinion, there are many millions of motorists who feel like they have been unfairly penalised in recent years through things like for example, traffic neighbourhoods, which there are a lot of in london, where there are polite at the end of the road stopping cars getting there. things like bus lanes for example. —— there are poor parking fines by local authorities. things that have upset authorities. things that have upset a lot of drivers, and they will want to hear this, that finally there is a government and prime minister on their side. a government and prime minister on theirside. hence, we hurt a government and prime minister on their side. hence, we hurt him today in an interview he gave to the sun newspaper saying i am slamming the breaks on this war on motorists. 0f breaks on this war on motorists. of course, that means there is one very obvious question to that celia, and thatis obvious question to that celia, and that is a question my colleague charlie put to the transport secretary mark harper this morning. rishi sunak's comments, and he said there, "i'm slamming the brakes "on the war on motorists." who has been conducting a war on motorists? well, there's a lot of commentary about this, and ijust gave - you a specific example. in wales, the welsh labour— government is implementing policies, they're building... labour in wales, which keir starmer says is a blueprint _ for a labour government... no, actually, do you know what? i don't want you to talk about the welsh government. you're the transport secretary. i'd quite like you to talk about what the prime minister has said. yes, and i'm giving you an example. you said, can i give _ you an example of where there is a war on motorists? and i'm giving you an| example, which is the labour government in wales has said it's not going to build any new- roads, is not going to invest in the road infrastructure of| our country, it has implemented a blanket 20 mile an hour speed speed limit across wales, which makes no sense. i yes, but you're the conservative government of england. why can't you talk about that? exactly. so, there has been a war on motorists conducted by the conservative government, is that right? no, no. and in that, you heara and in that, you hear a difficulty rishi _ and in that, you hear a difficulty rishi sunak— and in that, you hear a difficulty rishi sunak has _ and in that, you hear a difficulty rishi sunak has got _ and in that, you hear a difficulty rishi sunak has got here, - and in that, you hear a difficulty rishi sunak has got here, and l and in that, you hear a difficultyl rishi sunak has got here, and he 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course, it - downing street as prime minister as a fresh start, but of course, it is - a fresh start, but of course, it is the afresh start, but of course, it is the final— a fresh start, but of course, it is the final year— a fresh start, but of course, it is the final year of— a fresh start, but of course, it is the final year of what _ a fresh start, but of course, it is the final year of what has - a fresh start, but of course, it is the final year of what has been i a fresh start, but of course, it is i the final year of what has been up to now. _ the final year of what has been up to now. 13— the final year of what has been up to now. 13 years _ the final year of what has been up to now, 13 years of _ the final year of what has been up to now, 13 years of conservative l to now, 13 years of conservative government _ to now, 13 years of conservative government-— government. the other issue as conservatives — government. the other issue as conservatives head _ government. the other issue as conservatives head up - government. the other issue as conservatives head up to - government. the other issue as - conservatives head up to manchester, or down to manchester, for their annual conference, the other big thing is tax. we have a group today are more than 30 conservative mps, including liz truss, the former prime minister, prime minister only very briefly, but prime minister nonetheless, saying they won't support any tax measures which increase the overall tax burden. that is unlikely to happen, but this is a warning shot to the government ahead of the autumn statement and his spring budget and the election next year. the government says the chancellorjeremy hunt says yes, we want to get taxes down, this isn't the time to cut taxes though, and what we will do is make the public sector more productive by the use of technology, and we will reform the benefit system.— technology, and we will reform the benefit system. thank you for taking us throu~h benefit system. thank you for taking us through that, _ benefit system. thank you for taking us through that, tony. _ benefit system. thank you for taking us through that, tony. lots - benefit system. thank you for taking us through that, tony. lots to - us through that, tony. lots to discuss ahead of that conservative party conference starting in manchester. well, now, it is time for a look at today's sport if hugh ferris. after three nightmare sessions that could have barely gone any worse, the usa are finally showing some fight on day two of the ryder cup in rome. after winning the morning foursomes 3—1, europe required just 5 points to regain the trophy but this has so far been america's session. forup into of for up into of those matches, and in fact, the top one, america just had a chance to win it, but they failed to do so. —— four up. so that one is still unfinished, and with the americans having a four hole advantage, the same in the second match too. europe do lead into, and thatis match too. europe do lead into, and that is a better picture for europe in these afternoon for balls then it certainly was a while ago, as they look to regain the ryder cup. brighton have suffered just their second defeat of the season in the premier league. and it was a heavy one, losing 6—1 at aston villa. brighton started the game third in the table, but villa finished it there after 0llie watkins scored a hattrick for a third league win in a row. brighton's consolation came from ansu fati his first goal for the club since moving from barcelona. burnley, one of the three promoted clubs yet to register a win behind at newcastle to one hyphen zero. the two managers are meeting for the first time. i two managers are meeting for the first time. ~ ., , ., first time. i think he has done really well — first time. i think he has done really well and _ first time. i think he has done really well and he _ first time. i think he has done really well and he seems - first time. i think he has done 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_ those managers i think it is fair to say he has — those managers i think it is fair to say he has made an impact on the competition, notjust his club. i have _ competition, notjust his club. i have to — competition, notjust his club. i have to bring something different to a probably any other team in the league _ a probably any other team in the league in — a probably any other team in the league in the way they play and the manner— league in the way they play and the manner they go about things, and it'll be _ manner they go about things, and it'll be a _ manner they go about things, and it'll be a very test for us. three matches on the fourth saturday of action at the rugby world cup with fiji vs georgia and scotland against romania to come later today. right now in pool d, from which england have already qualified, argentina are in action against chile. they have already secured a bonus point _ they have already secured a bonus point as— they have already secured a bonus point as they look for a victory that— point as they look for a victory that could _ point as they look for a victory that could send them into a mouthwatering decisive game to decide _ mouthwatering decisive game to decide who goes through to the last ei-ht decide who goes through to the last eight against japan. 6 decide who goes through to the last eight against japan.— eight against japan. g they have 'ust had a eight against japan. g they have just had a score _ eight against japan. g they have just had a score taken _ eight against japan. g they have just had a score taken of - eight against japan. g they have just had a score taken of the - eight against japan. g they have . just had a score taken of the board. argentina lead. —— chilly havejust had a score taken of the board. 0ns jabeur has won her fifth career title, at the ningbo open in china, beating teenager diana shnaider in straight sets. the tunisian had taken a wild card to enter the tournament at the last minute and it paid off. it tookjust an hour and 18 minutes for the world number seven to wrap up a 6—2 6—1win, against an opponent playing her first career final. very happy, i wasn't expected to come here and play, but it is definitely amazing for my confidence and hopefully i will continue playing this way. i think the fact that i managed being tied and physically, it was a little bit challenging for me, i think that gave me a lot of confidence on my body, and being able to continue and finish this week strong, i think thatis finish this week strong, i think that is the most important thing for me. and collingwood have claimed at 16th afl premiership after edging out the brisbane lions 90 points to 96 in aussie rules football's championship game. in front of 100,000 fans at the melbourne cricket ground, the two teams fought out a classic which was still in the balance right until the closing stages. collingwood's bobby hill was the game's decisive player. he kicked four goals and received the norm smith medal, awarded to the best player of the final. and that's all the sport for now. more later. whew, thank you very much. ., ~ more later. whew, thank you very much. ., ,, , ., more later. whew, thank you very much. ~ " , ., , more later. whew, thank you very much. ., ,, i. , . investigations are under way in pakistan into two deadly explosions which killed at least 60 people. the first explosion was near a mosque in the southwestern province of balochistan as people celebrated the birth of the prophet muhammad. police say at least 55 people were killed there, with another 50 injured. police suspect it was a suicide attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. these pictures are from balochistan, pakistan's largest province. the region has suffered mutiple attacks from groups including the pakistani taliban and islamic state group. and in a separate explosion, at least five people are reported to have died at a blast at a mosque near the city of peshawar. many more were feared trapped under the collapsed building. bbc urdu's saher baloch has the latest. i'm in mastung city right now, which was rocked by a blast yesterday. the police says that it was a suicide blast. if you look around, there are a lot of slippers and belongings of people that are strewn around here. the police has also tried to clean the area, but it seems like they were not able to do so properly. as soon as i got here, i was told that in the hospital near me there are many unidentified people as well. so around 52 people were dead, pronounced dead on arrival. and at the same time, there were 139 people who were injured in this incident, as a result of this incident. the police says that it was a suicide blast, but so far, none of the militant organisations have claimed responsibility for it. the people i spoke with over here, they are saying that who basically did that and what was their motivation. what exactly happened yesterday was that people congregated on this area, around this place and they were going to start marching to celebrate the birth anniversary of prophet muhammad, because this was a tradition that was practised over here for many, many years. i also roamed around a bit in this area, and i got to know that there are many unidentified bodies still lying in the hospital. some of the people were identified and they were taken to quetta. but a lot of bodies are still unidentified. at the same time, the people around here are questioning the investigation of the police and they are also questioning why repeatedly such attacks are happening in mastung. the police officers that i spoke with over here, they are not taking any names any more because since the time they named pakistani taliban and they backed off from it and they said that they have nothing to do with this incident at all, the police has not said anything at all about who could be responsible for this. so for the time being, the people over here still have a lot of questions that need answering. it's one year since russia's illegal annexation of four ukrainian territories, a decision that sparked almost universal condemnation. today president putin defended the move and claimed that russia had become stronger for it. but russia is not even in full control of the four regions it claims to have annexed — donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson. and more than a year and a half after its full—scale invasion of ukraine, russia appears no closer to winning the war there. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. a year ago, he proclaimed the annexation of four ukrainian regions. today, vladimir putin said russia had become stronger as a result. "together we can meet any challenge." together they streamed towards red square, a highly organised show of support for the annexation that only two countries have recognised — syria and north korea. "it all belongs to us now", yelena says. "we restored part of our historic motherland." "but it's ukrainian territory", i say. "it's russia, only russia." flags distributed, cue the patriotic concert. in the absence of victory, this was all about creating the impression of victory, a dizzying sense of achievement, so that russians believe that the last 19 months of pain haven't been in vain. so the kremlin tells them that their country has got bigger, stronger, when in reality, the invasion of ukraine has gone badly wrong for russia. one recent example — the ukrainian missile attack on russia's black sea fleet headquarters in occupied crimea. it showed how moscow's struggling to defend strategically important targets. but there's no change of plan. in ukraine, russia fights on. the army says it's recruited an extra 300,000 volunteers. president putin is pushing on with the war and confrontation with the west. how far is putin prepared to go now to achieve the victory? to the end. to whatever that end is. he's not going to give up, he's not going to waver, he's not going to blink, he's not going to make concessions. so putin is waiting for the west to blink first? absolutely. he's waiting it out. the kremlin leader apparently believing that time is on russia's side. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. an entire section of the bbc news website is dedicated to covering the war in ukraine, so check that out if you can. lots more to come so do stay with us here on bbc news. good afternoon. it was a fine start to the last day of september, albeit a little chilly, but rain is now moving in on this area of low pressure here. that will bring some rather wet weather across northern ireland, much of northern and western england and wales throughout the remainder of daylight today, but further north across scotland, staying fine and dry as it should do across southern and eastern areas, and still feeling quite warm, but with this rain, there is some really quite lively gusts of wind to come as well, which will make it feel a bit cooler, and fog over the hills around some of the coasts as well, but it is mild and muggy air which is pushing northwards, so we should still see the 19s and 20s, and temperatures will drop much overnight, because although a lot of the rain as it sweeps its way northward and eastward clears away, we are left with a legacy of cloud, with more rain coming in across parts of england and wales open eyed, and some mist and fog at lower levels by the rain as it sweeps its way northward and eastward clears away, we are left with a legacy of cloud, with more rain coming in across parts of england and wales overnight, and some mist and fog at lower levels further south. look at the temperatures the next couple of days. that means not only mist and fog over the hills at lower levels to the south of our weather front first thing sunday. to the north, it looksjust a scattering of showers for scotland and northern ireland, but this ring ever present for parts of england and wales, and cumbria could see 30 or 40 millilitres of rain before it starts to clear away, and it could well still clear away from the north during the latter part of tomorrow afternoon. ahead of that system, 23 or 24, but even with the rain further north, 18 to 20 degrees. it is really mild air, which will still hang around during sunday night and into monday, with further pulses of energy if you like, running along this same weatherfront, and given the fact it is very warm air, we could get some quite significant thunderstorms across england and wales, and in particular, as we head through sunday night into monday, it will be sunny spells and scattered showers for monday again across scotland and northern ireland, but these could be really intense gusty winds with them, and even some hail, but still warm, because it is warm air. and again, we could start the day with some mist and fog through the morning rush as we will see on sunday. beyond that, it looks chilly across scotland and northern ireland as we go through the week, but we will see temperatures building in the south. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines: armenia's government says more than 100,000 ethnic armenians have now fled nagorno—karabakh since azerbaijan's offensive began earlier this month. the united nations is sending a team to assess humanitarian needs. conservative party members are arriving in manchester for the annual party conference. it comes as railway unions stage strikes across the uk over pay and conditions. police in the uk have named 15—year—old jessica baker and coach driver stephen shrimpton as the two people killed in a crash yesterday. they both died when the school bus overturned on the m53 in the wirral. the us government edges towards shutdown after members of congress fail to reach an agreement on spending. government agencies will begin shutting down unless a deal is reached by the end of saturday. now on bbc news — we were there: episode two.