controlled by armenian separatists for three 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 the people remaining in the territory — as well as those on the move. azerbaijan has confirmed its agreement to the visit. for more on this, let's go live to rahan demytrie who is in goris. a warning there is a lot of flashing images behind her live position. great to have been with us. i wonder if he can give us an update on what is taking place behind you. well. is taking place behind you. well, i'm standing _ is taking place behind you. well, i'm standing outside _ is taking place behind you. well, i'm standing outside one - is taking place behind you. well, i'm standing outside one of - is taking place behind you. well, i'm standing outside one of the i i'm standing outside one of the registration points in goris, one of the biggest towns nearest the border which has been in the epicentre of a mass exodus from nagorno—karabakh. it's been almost a week since people, ethnic armenians, started leaving their homes inside nagorno—karabakh and still there are people right here registering and trying to find temporary accommodation. i spoke to one guy who approached me asking to talk. he was holding, handed a duvet in a plastic bag and told me a week ago he was fighting, he said he was a contractor and showed me his military document and said that was all he had. he had no time to collect his belongings or his passport and he described that at some point he was surrounded by a lot of azerbaijanis but he said they were fine with him, they didn't insult him or abuse him and the russian peacekeepers helped to withdraw him from that place. but now, he doesn't know where to go next. he says he can choose which area in armenia to travel to and i think these kind of stories are still quite often heard here in goris. . w' , still quite often heard here in goris. . w , , still quite often heard here in goris. . , , ., goris. had quickly, there is an assessment — goris. had quickly, there is an assessment of _ goris. had quickly, there is an assessment of the _ goris. had quickly, there is an i assessment of the humanitarian goris. had quickly, there is an - assessment of the humanitarian needs from the united nations coming up. what are you hearing about the humanitarian situation there? well. humanitarian situation there? well, the estimates _ humanitarian situation there? well, the estimates suggest _ humanitarian situation there? -ii the estimates suggest there aren't many ethnic armenians left. azerbaijan has agreed to allow a un humanitarian mission into the regional capital but people here are saying it's coming too little, too late because what is there to assess now? but nevertheless, it's going to be important and this mission is coming this weekend but they will be travelling. for more on this, let's go live to rahan demytrie who is in goris. let's go to the armenian capital, yeravan, now and speak to politico's gabriel gavin. what are the main talking points and the feeling there?— the feeling there? well, i'm standin: the feeling there? well, i'm standing just _ the feeling there? well, i'm standing just in _ the feeling there? well, i'm standing just in front - the feeling there? well, i'm standing just in front of - the feeling there? well, i'm standing just in front of the | the feeling there? well, i'm - standing just in front of the square where _ standing just in front of the square where hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered. they are hoping for a larger— protesters gathered. they are hoping for a larger presence of media but it's very— for a larger presence of media but it's very unclear that people are in a position— it's very unclear that people are in a position to turn out. people are volunteering down in goris where i have _ volunteering down in goris where i have been— volunteering down in goris where i have been for the past week, handing out sandwiches and collecting food and clothes. at the moment, the questions — and clothes. at the moment, the questions haven't yet turned to politics — questions haven't yet turned to politics. people are focused on the humanitarian situation. but as you say, the _ humanitarian situation. but as you say, the past week, hundreds of thousands— say, the past week, hundreds of thousands of people coming across the mountain and that flow of thousands of cars and buses an open topped _ thousands of cars and buses an open topped trucks have ground to a halt. leaders— topped trucks have ground to a halt. leaders are — topped trucks have ground to a halt. leaders are saying only a few hundred _ leaders are saying only a few hundred people are left and those i speak— hundred people are left and those i speak to, _ hundred people are left and those i speak to, even those saying i'm going _ speak to, even those saying i'm going to — speak to, even those saying i'm going to stay, every time i try to contact — going to stay, every time i try to contact them now, they say they're actually _ contact them now, they say they're actually across the bridge and inside — actually across the bridge and inside armenia and uncertain about what comes next. do inside armenia and uncertain about what comes next.— what comes next. do you think azerbaijan _ what comes next. do you think azerbaijan will _ what comes next. do you think azerbaijan will be _ what comes next. do you think azerbaijan will be facing - what comes next. do you think azerbaijan will be facing any i azerbaijan will be facing any consequences as a result of what we are consequences as a result of what we al’ , , consequences as a result of what we ar , , , consequences as a result of what we al’ , , , ., ., , ., , are witnessinglf put out a story this week looking _ are witnessinglf put out a story this week looking at _ are witnessinglf put out a story this week looking at the - are witnessinglf put out a story | this week looking at the growing cause _ this week looking at the growing cause in— this week looking at the growing cause in brussels and that the punishment about the humanitarian crisis _ punishment about the humanitarian crisis but _ punishment about the humanitarian crisis but everyone we have spoken to certainly— crisis but everyone we have spoken to certainly at high levels in brussels _ to certainly at high levels in brussels and washington say none of those _ brussels and washington say none of those things are at the table at this moment. azerbaijan insists its actions _ this moment. azerbaijan insists its actions were inside sovereign territory— actions were inside sovereign territory and has the right to take back the — territory and has the right to take back the land taken by a regime. in reality— back the land taken by a regime. in reality we _ back the land taken by a regime. in reality we know that american and european — reality we know that american and european and indeed british lawmakers are concerned about the state _ lawmakers are concerned about the state of _ lawmakers are concerned about the state of affairs and are concerned that this — state of affairs and are concerned that this mass exodus represents something so very serious for the region— something so very serious for the region and — something so very serious for the region and wild and everything about what's _ region and wild and everything about what's happening in serbia and kosovo— what's happening in serbia and kosovo right now, the president is being _ kosovo right now, the president is being set— kosovo right now, the president is being set in terms of support of unrecognised states. these are serious — unrecognised states. these are serious questions and as policymakers meet over the next few days, _ policymakers meet over the next few days, we _ policymakers meet over the next few days, we might see movement on this but the _ days, we might see movement on this but the reality is, azerbaijan is going — but the reality is, azerbaijan is going to — but the reality is, azerbaijan is going to continue to be strategic and important partner for the going to continue to be strategic and important partnerforthe uk, eu and important partnerforthe uk, eu and us _ and important partner for the uk, eu and us. ., and us. you said there were protesters — and us. you said there were protesters behind _ and us. you said there were protesters behind you - and us. you said there were protesters behind you in - and us. you said there were. protesters behind you in front and us. you said there were - protesters behind you in front of that building. what exactly are they upset about? that building. what exactly are they unset about?— upset about? well, 'ust after azerbaijan h upset about? well, just after azerbaijan launched - upset about? well, just after azerbaijan launched its - upset about? well, just after - azerbaijan launched its offensive on tuesday— azerbaijan launched its offensive on tuesday last week, i went down and interviewed — tuesday last week, i went down and interviewed half a dozen people who turned _ interviewed half a dozen people who turned up _ interviewed half a dozen people who turned up to protest. every single one totd _ turned up to protest. every single one told me what should happen next is the _ one told me what should happen next is the prime _ one told me what should happen next is the prime minister, pro—liberal prime _ is the prime minister, pro—liberal prime minister, should resign. but not so— prime minister, should resign. but not so damning anyone —— not a single _ not so damning anyone —— not a single one — not so damning anyone —— not a single one could tell me what should happen— single one could tell me what should happen next. people are furious about— happen next. people are furious about the — happen next. people are furious about the situation and have no alternative solutions. they certainly do hold the government, the west. — certainly do hold the government, the west, responsible for the crisis — the west, responsible for the crisis. . ., the west, responsible for the crisis. ., ~' , ., , the west, responsible for the crisis. ., ,, , ., , . the united states is on the brink of a government shutdown — unless congress can agree on a bill to keep funding federal services. a rare saturday session is taking place in the senate. if no deal is in place by the end of saturday, government agencies will start shutting down with hundreds of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. much of the attention is focused on speaker kevin mccarthy. here's what he had to say earlier. because the senate cannot act in time, the government would shut down. the house is going to act so government will not shut down. we will put a clean funding stop—gap on the floor to keep government open for 45 days for the house and senate to get their work done. joining me now from washington dc is dr laura blessing. she's a senior fellow at the government affairs institute at georgetown university. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. you had a lot more to say. he appears to be trying to control the narrative. he is also said he is possibly the only growing up in the room. it possibly the only growing up in the room. . , possibly the only growing up in the room. .,, . ., , possibly the only growing up in the room. . ., , , ., room. it has certainly been a difficult time _ room. it has certainly been a difficult time to _ room. it has certainly been a difficult time to corral - room. it has certainly been a difficult time to corral the i room. it has certainly been a . difficult time to corral the house with narrow factions with a narrow margin, republicans have only 221 members to the democrat's to 13. so he has narrow margins and a good chunk of his caucus have made it difficult to govern. so one hopes these glimmers of compromise going forward might bearfruit these glimmers of compromise going forward might bear fruit but they come after months of firm disagreement on spending levels as well as additional items like ukraine. , . well as additional items like ukraine. , ,, ., ukraine. there is a saturday session in lace at ukraine. there is a saturday session in place at the _ ukraine. there is a saturday session in place at the moment. _ ukraine. there is a saturday session in place at the moment. i'm - ukraine. there is a saturday session in place at the moment. i'm sure . ukraine. there is a saturday session | in place at the moment. i'm sure you can tell us what the latest is that. and the session is all to do with a short—term bill. what has speaker proposed? lip short-term bill. what has speaker ro osed? , short-term bill. what has speaker --roosed? , ., , , proposed? up until early this morning. _ proposed? up until early this morning. the _ proposed? up until early this morning, the line _ proposed? up until early this morning, the line was - proposed? up until early this morning, the line was that i proposed? up until early this i morning, the line was that they wouldn't be doing a clean stopgap funding, what we call a continuing resolution or cr. but they changed and are trying to avert disaster and have a 45 day stopgap measure that they are putting out there right now. they're putting out under a particular legislative procedure that they don't need two thirds of the house to make a pass. it's entirely possible that this may not pass. i don't have a crystal ball, these things are developing as we speak. but that's what's on the floor right now, the senate is preparing its own stopgap spending as well, one hopes that these intransigent positions which seem to have melted this morning just a little bit will help have a short shut down. little bit will help have a short shut down-— little bit will help have a short shut down. , , shut down. the government says they me more time — shut down. the government says they me more time to _ shut down. the government says they me more time to go _ shut down. the government says they me more time to go through - shut down. the government says they me more time to go through the i shut down. the government says they me more time to go through the bill. me more time to go through the bill is onlyjust been presented. the democrats _ is onlyjust been presented. the democrats want _ is onlyjust been presented. tie: democrats want enough time to read the bill because there is a lot of trust here so they want to make sure they know everything that is in it. on that point on loss of trust, what other sticking points in the wider bill? we could be looking at that shut down midnight local time. what are the main sticking points? i know ukraine is in there, what else? in ukraine is in there, what else? ti terms of the main... ukraine is actually not in the stopgap spending measure brought up but ukraine aid did have separately earlier at the tail end of the work week. they are hopeful that they can pass that separately on the senate side and get the help to those folks who need it. but in terms of... they are doing a clean stopgap spending so all the different things that focuses on a disagreeing on for months, that will reappear if it is able to get past which is a big if at this point. those items would reappear in november. they disagree with spending levels and things like policies for the department of defence, supporting their members if they need abortion services, diversity and inclusion initiatives, republicans also want a variety of border security measures and have thoughts on what they call the weaponisation of the federal government which is investigating folks such as the former president trump. folks such as the former president trum -. . ., folks such as the former president trum. ., ~' ,, folks such as the former president trum. ., ~' , folks such as the former president trum. . , . here in the uk, prime minister, rishi sunak, has arrived in manchester ahead of the conservative party conference. but it will be a mixed reception for him, as more than 30 of his own mps have said they won't support any policies that lead to higher overall taxes. the group — including the former prime minister, liz truss — have signed a pledge to their constituents. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is in manchester. he told us more. the prime minister will arrive in the next few minutes and hoping over the next few days in manchester the conservatives can see is a bit of political momentum, he's going to try and persuade us all that he is making difficult decisions for the sake of the country and trying to get the economy back on track. but it is easier said than done and when you asked ministers what they might look like, they are still tight—lipped at the moment. there are still big questions be answered. for example, here in manchester is supposed to be where the new high speed 2, hs2 line ends. ministers have been asked again today that's going to happen. rishi sunak is facing calls from theresa may, borisjohnson, to go ahead with the product in full. then there's tax. former prime minister liz truss is saying that because of to student back anything that would lead to more tax rises. to be honest there probably aren't any tax rises planned but within the next few months but that's designed as a warning shot for the prime minister. the nearer to the mix this former conservative candidate or wannabe candidate, richard walker has resigned from the party saying he thinks it has drifted from something that would work an economic sense. moving to pakistan, investigations are under way into two deadly explosions which killed more than 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 59 people were killed there, with another 50 injured. police suspect it was a suicide attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. balochistan, pakistan's largest province, 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. saher baloch has this report from mustang in balochistan. family members are showing up at the blast site in mastung to look for the remains of their loved ones. this man named habibullah came here looking for his cousin. translation: he's my cousin. his name is fidel hussein. i was at home yesterday. he told me he was leaving for work, but he didn't go and came to this congregation with his friends instead. his number is switched off since then and i can't connect with him. whereas he ran towards the site when he heard the blast. translation: up to this time, there have been no results i from the number of fact finding inquiries into the blasts. at least the findings should tell us who is responsible. nobody claims responsibility for these blasts. this man here is a former city administrator. he told me he lost four members of his family in friday's explosion. translation: i called my nephew 4 to 5 times, i but he did not pick up his phone. i called his brotherl and then his father. i knew they went to the annual celebrations of prophet's birth| anniversary every year and realised they were all dead. _ there should be an investigation on the role of those _ deployed for our security. 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. bbc urdu's saher baloch reporting there from mastung. the school coach driver who died after yesterday's crash on a motorway in the uk has been named. ao—year—old stephen shrimpton, and one of his passengers, 15—year—old jessica baker.. died after the bus overturned. four others were taken to hospital for treatment, including a 14—year—old boy whose injuries have been described as life—changing. mr shrimpton's family today described him as a "loving husband and father". 0livia richwald reports. the flowers and tributes left in memory ofjessica baker describe a kind and caring friend. today, a steady stream of classmates and their parents have sought solace at the school that the 15—year—old attended on the wirral. she died when the school bus she was travelling in overturned on the m53 yesterday morning. the driver, ao—year—old stephen shrimpton also lost his life in the crash. a fundraising post set up by stephen's family to pay for his funeral said he had medical issues at the wheel. police say postmortems will take place next week to establish the cause of death. in a tribute, stephen's family say he was a loving husband and father to his wife and his wonderful children. a caring and thoughtful man who would always prioritise others over himself. he was a volunteer at a food bank in ellesmere port. he was lovely and will be missed so much by so many people, you know, notjust our community here, but by a lot of people as well. all those children, you know, for the last year, he's been taken to school. and it's a massive impact here. and his wife, his children. more than 50 children from west kirby grammar and calday grange grammar were on the bus when it overturned. atjessica's school today, we were asked not to film the pupils, but the headteacher invited us in to see just how loved jessica was. all morning, pupils and their parents have been coming here next to the school field to leave flowers and messages in memory of their friend jess. so many of them describe her as kind and caring. 0ne says, "to my best friend, life will never be the same and i will always love you." and anotherjust says, "thank you for making my life amazing." a11i—year—old boy is being treated for life—changing injuries and remains in a stable condition in hospital. police have asked anyone who has any dash cam footage to contact them as they try to discover the cause of such a tragedy on the way to school. 0livia richwald reporting there. provisional results in the second round of the presidential election in the maldives show a pro—china candidate, mohamed muizzu, extending his lead over the incumbent, mohamed solih. the vote has been seen as a referendum on whether the archipelago should rebuild relations with india, or seek closer ties with china. with more on this let's speak to bbc world service's regional editor lipika pelham. you have been following this carefully. why is it significant? well, it is significant because this brings the archipelago closer to china and the leading candidate around this campaign on the basis of... he came to power saying he was selling our soul to india. don't be a slave to india. and the india out campaign fuelled the hearts of many more deviants he wanted to see a free and independent maldives. many believe they are being increasingly under the political and economic cloud of india. in under the political and economic cloud of india.— cloud of india. in terms of influence, _ cloud of india. in terms of influence, while _ cloud of india. in terms of influence, while the i cloud of india. in terms of i influence, while the multi-use influence, while the multi—use importance to china and india? it stands in the middle of the indian ocean and it's also on east—west shipping lane. it became important, has a ways been important and when islam was brought to the archipelago in the 12th century, it became commercially connected to africa and asia. and it says on the busiest shipping lane. traders important as we also know between 2013 and 2018, a range of trade connections were signed and a free trade deal was signed and a free trade deal was signed under china's belt initiative. this is a strategically important place. so india was always fine with what came out in the election and didn't want to loses influence. . ., election and didn't want to loses influence. ., ,, , ., 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, luhank, zaporizhzhia and kherson. 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. security guards in the philippines have found an unlikely colleague — the paw patrol is assisting with security operations at the worldwide corporate centre in the capital, manila. conan, a six—month—old stray, enlisted in the security team a few months ago. he is among the fortunate felines who have been adopted in the city, where thousands of cats call the streets home. despite a tendency to sleep on the job and having no other attributes apart from cuteness, conan won the hearts of the manilan security guards and clearly passed his probation period... with distinction. hello. the rain has moved in through the afternoon. much of northern england ireland and northern wales. but in the south it stayed mainly dry and in the north of scotland, but the north of scotland will catch the rains we go through this evening and we will keep those pulses running across parts of northern england and wales and a chilly it stays mostly dry and a bit of misty and foggy overnight with just a few showers. but look at the temperatures. it is very mild overnight, 1a to 16 in the south is what we will see during the day as we head into 0ctober. that's because we head into 0ctober. that's because we have humid air moving into the south of the weather front. it will be a muggy night as well and a murky morning with some low level mist and fog, fog over the hill is under this band of rain and heavy moving through. some parts of snowdonia and cumbria will see 30 to a0 millimetres of rain falling. very different day for scotland and northern ireland, bright with a of showers around and temperatures 17 to 19 degrees. its humid air. and if we see the sunshine south of that, 23 or 2a. for this evening and overnight, into sunday, we will see the band of rain creeping further south but never really gets far south but never really gets far south and clears the south—east probably until tuesday. behind it is a fresh night but warm and muggy across the southern half of the uk. the reason is because we will see more rain moving across the same weather front holding it up and slowing it from clearing away but this time we have more mugging humid air so there is more energy in the atmosphere. we could see some lively thunderstorms during the course of sunday night into monday working their way across parts of england and wales. really torrential downpours in places. to the north, more sun and scattered showers. fresh feeling here but still warm and muggy and even underneath thunderstorms further south. that clears out on tuesday and we will see a dip in temperature briefly with sunny spells and showers later in week, temperatures build in the south. goodbye. more than 100,000 ethnic armenians have now fled. since azerbaijan sees the region. the united nations is sending a team to assess humanitarian needs. the us government edges towards shut down after members of congress failed to reach an agreement on spending. government agencies will begin shutting down unless a deal is reached by the end of saturday. the uk prime minister rishi sunak arrived in manchester for the annual conservative party conference amid a row in party over taxes. it also comes as railway unions stage strikes across the uk over pay and conditions. vladimir putin marks one year anniversary of the illegal annexation of ukrainian territories — but russia is nowhere near a full control of the four regions it claims to have annexed. now on bbc news, sportsday.