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Our correspondent, guy hedgecoe, sent this report. The fire began at around 6am in the Fonda Milagros nightclub before spreading to two venues next to it. The cause of the blaze is unknown, but its effect was devastating. Translation we dont know anything. We are waiting for news to see whether some of our Family Members have come out alive. Translation i think we left 30 seconds or one minute before the alarms went off and all the lights went out and there were screams saying there was a fire. I was in a place where i could get out, but five Family Members and two friends are still missing. Emergency services have been searching through the rubble, trying to find bodies. For friends and relatives of those who did not escape the blaze, it has been an agonising wait. Theyve been receiving support from counselors in a nearby sports complex. The police are now carrying out dna tests on the bodies of those killed in an attempt to identify them, but it could be a slow process. This is the worst Nightclub Fire in spain in more than 30 years, and the local authorities have declared three days of mourning. Earlier, guy told us more about some of the details still emerging of what happened in the fire. Well, we dont know a great deal, and weve heard some heartbreaking stories. A local newspaper down in murcia reported that there was one woman, a 28 year old woman, who has been reported missing, and shes still reported as missing during the fire, and she sent an Audio Message to her parents at around six oclock from inside the nightclub, and she sent an Audio Message saying, i love you, and were going to die. She believed that she and her friends were going to die. So, weve heard stories like that. Obviously, the local community are tremendously shaken by all of this, but we still havent heard the full extent of it, it seems, so everybody is clearly hoping the death toll will not rise any further, but there are fears that that could possibly happen. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has refused to commit to cutting taxes, after a Senior Member of his own cabinet called for them to be lowered before the next election. He was speaking in a bbc interview in manchester as the conservative Party Conference begins. Rishi sunak also refused to confirm the new multi billion pound high speed rail line, hs2, will reach manchester, as is currently planned. Our political editor, chris mason, has the details. 12 months ago, rishi sunak was a loser, defeated in the race to be Prime Minister, but on the upside for him, he did get a holiday. Literally a year ago today, i was having the time of my life. He was in ibiza, taking it easy, working out what to do next. This morning, with his wife cuddling a baby, mr sunak was in burnley in lancashire, trying to come up with a game plan to avoid being a loser again, this time at the general election. Punching the air and punchier in what he is saying rishi sunak� s strategy for this autumn. Youve got to take a stand on things. I dont expect everyone to agree with me on everything but people will have a clear idea of what i believe, what i stand for, and the direction in which i want to lead the country. But what do the conservatives stand for on taxes, which are higher than at any point since the Second World War . This Cabinet Minister has a view. Should there be a reduction in the tax burden on individuals before the next election . Yes, i would like to see the tax burden reduced before the next election. Plenty of conservative mps would love to see tax cuts before the election. The Prime Minister, though, is more vague. Your close colleague, michael gove, said this morning you should commit to cutting taxes for working people before the next election. Will you make that commitment . As i said, the best tax cut that we can give working people is to halve inflation. So you wont make that commitment right now . Im a conservative. I want to cut taxes. This conference in manchester is being held in what used to be a railway station, as time and time again, Rishi Sunak Ducks whether there will ever be a new high speed rail line, hs2, between here and london. You are the Prime Minister of this country. This is your decision. Is this going to happen or not . As i said, weve got spades in the ground, i wont comment on further speculation but what i can tell you we are doing is absolutely committed to levelling up across this country. Just today, we have announced a new plan to put a long term plan, actually to focus on people in towns. Party conferences often include a mild splash of razzmatazz. Smiles, handshakes and rather loud music. How are you doing . Are you pumped to be here . the conservative challenge turning his energy into popularity. Chris mason reporting. Meanwhile at the conference, uks defence secretary grant shapps, has said the uks support for the nato Military Alliance is unwavering. He confirmed plans for two new deployments. Around 200 british soldiers are being sent to the nato peacekeeping mission in kosovo. And raf typhoons are heading to poland which he said was facing continued russian aggression. Theres been a request from natos Supreme Allied Commander europe, so i have authorised the full deployment of a battalion size uk Strategic Reserve force to natos Kosovo Peacekeeping mission. In the days ahead, hundreds of soldiers from the 1st Battalion Princess Of Wales Royal Regiment Willjoin the 400 British Servicemen and women already in kosovo. In response to a request from our polish friends, raf typhoons are landing in poland as i speak, to support our nato ally with the growing threat of russian interference. At least ten migrants died and 25 were injured when a cargo truck secretly carrying them overturned on a highway in the Southern Mexican State of chiapas, local officials reported. The accident took place near the border with guatemala, a stretch of highway along the Pacific Coast where migrants often travel as they attempt to reach the united states. Turkey says its conducted air strikes on bases of the kurdish rebel group, the pkk, in northern iraq, in response to an attack near the parliament in ankara. A Suicide Bomber blew himself up outside the National Police headquarters hours before the parliament reopened for a new session. A second attacker was killed by the police. Two policemen were injured. It is the first bomb attack in the capital since 2016. Earlier, berza simsek from the bbc Turkish Service gave this update. We know that the Kurdish Militant Group pkk has claimed responsibility. The importance of today is that its today that Turkish Parliament has resumed its sessions for the new legislative year. In their statement which was shared by a website which has close links with the pkk, on their statement, they said basically they have specifically chosen today and they have specifically chosen a place near to the parliament and they also said that their aim was a kind of limited influence. They said, if we wanted more casualties, we would choose another time of the day which would result in more casualties. As you know, Turkish Armed forces and the pkk have been in fight for a0 years. There has been a brief time between 2013 and 2015 which we called Peace Process. But since then, the attacks have been resumed. But in ankara, it is the first time in seven years that we have seen an attack, actually, and the other importance of today is that Pro Kurdish Party in the parliament was planning to make a call to president erdogan to start another Peace Process or at least shift the policy towards peace, hence the importance. That was berza simsek from the bbc Turkish Service. To the us now, where hardline republicans in congress say theyll try to oust the House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy, after he backed a last minute deal to avert a Us Government shutdown. The rare show of bipartisan unity late on saturday will keep federal bodies open for a further 45 days. But not everyone is happy. In interview on abc news, republican hardliner matt gaetz said he will be relentless in moving to oust Speaker Mccarthy over the shutdown deal. Take a listen. Injanuary, to get the speakership, kevin had to agree to certain guardrails on spending, and he had to agree to a process that would allow us to put some downward pressure on spending. He made that commitment, he broke it, and if at this time next week, Kevin Mccarthy is still speaker of the house, it will be because the democrats bailed him out and he can be their speaker, not mine. When do you make this move . You will be seeing it this week. Well as you might expect, Speaker Mccarthy has been defiant, hitting back at Congressman Gaetz in an interview on cbs. He says he is coming for you. Can you survive . Yes, ill survive. This is personal with matt. Matt voted against the most conservative ability to protect our border, secure our border. Hes more interested in securing Tv Interviews than doing something. He wanted to push us into a shutdown, even threatening his own district with all the military people there who would not be paid, only because he wants to take this motion. So be it. Bring it on. Lets get over with it and lets start governing. President joe biden has also expressed disappointment about the contents of the deal, particularly the lack of funding for ukraine. Speaking earlier, he welcomed the short Term Extension that ensures American Government services can continue and workers will be paid, but assured ukraine that they have the unwavering support of the united states. I want to assure our american allies, the American People and the people of ukraine, that you can count on our support. We will not walk away. The vast majority of both parties, ill say it again, democrats and republicans, senate and house, support helping ukraine in the brutal aggression that has been thrust upon them by russia. Stop playing games. Get this done. 0ur North America correspondent, sean dilley, explained the deal making that had to take place to reach this decision. This is a merry dance they do quite frequently. Each year, congress as a whole, thats the House Of Representatives and the upper chamber, the senate, has to approve government spending. And this is sort of what happens when one bit of the government is ruled by a different bit. So you have democratic white house, of course, injoe biden and a very small majority in both houses actually, but democratic majority, 51 to 49 in the senate, and a 221 to 212 republican majority. Now, when you bear in mind that there are at least nine and actually quite a lot more republicans gunning for Kevin Mccarthy, this is really not at all surprising. 0k. Well, thank you for sort of explaining the process and talking about the bartering. 0bviously, weve got the Kevin Mccarthy issue, but the other issue is this issue of ukraine. Of course, we saw Volodymyr Zelensky in the us last week and the commitment from joe biden appears to be there. But its getting it through congress, getting that deal agreed. Yeah, very much like many legislatures. Laws and rules are all passed by those three elements. Thats the president , thats the senate and thats the House Of Representatives. So congress and the president together. So, certainly, he can promise to try and deliver that funding. I dont think theres much doubt that funding eventually would be released to ukraine, but in order to prevent that government shutdown, Kevin Mccarthy had to do quite a lot of backroom deals with democratic politicians to say, look, we need to keep the government open. In the next coming days, we will bring that bill to congress to have a look at and look at what funding we can do. Now, you have to look at it in the context of the bill that was pushed through yesterday, meant that there was no funding to ukraine at all. That was contrary to an earlier resolution that was proposed by the senate, the upper chamber, that would have released 6 billion. So heres the reality. And matt gaetz knows this, as do the rest of the hard liners. Democratic politicians who really dont like Kevin Mccarthy, by the way, hes a fairly despised person in capitol hill, it has to be said. But theyre going to grit their teeth and theyre going to back him because even though theyre very irritated with him for calling an impeachment inquiry Intojoe Biden Without Holding A Vote first, which he promised to do so, so hes reneged on a promise to them. But theyll back him through gritted teeth because no Kevin Mccarthy means no funding bill for ukraine. That was sean dilley in washington. Here in the uk, the family of the girl who died when her school coach overturned on the motorway have paid tribute to her today, saying she was warm hearted and wonderful. 15 year old Jessica Baker was killed with driver Stephen Shrimpton when the vehicle crashed on the m53 in wirral on friday. 0livia richwald reports. Two days after her tragic death on the way to school, we are learning more about 15 year old Jessica Baker. The year 11 pupil was described today as kind and empathetic, sentiments repeated many times on the flowers and messages left at her wirral school. Jessicas family released a statement saying. This Isjessica Bouldering recently. Rock climbing was a sport she loved. Shed competed around the country, represented wales and helped to coach younger climbers. Today, her club in wales described her as an exceptional young woman. Her head teacher said. The driver of the coach, Stephen Shrimpton, also died in fridays crash on the m53, and a 14 year old boy sustained life changing injuries. The police are appealing for dashcam footage. 0livia richwald, bbc news. Italys Prime Minister has warned europe will be overwhelmed by migration unless the eu finds solutions. Italy currently receives the highest number of people smugglers boats, carrying Asylum Seekers and other migrants in europe. But many of the migrants then aim to travel north to countries like germany, france or the uk. 0ur correspondent mark lowen has been to two different locations where migrants are attempting to cross. Preparing, they hope, their footsteps to freedom. They trod the long path of desperation to europe, but even now, in italy, they want to go on to france and beyond. Numbers here have doubled since last year, armed with their dreams and kit from this charity to cross the tough alpine border. 0marfrom Nigeria went via libya, paying smugglers 800 to reach the Southern Italian island of lampedusa. His aim to get to britain. I just want to have a good life, to study there. But have you not seen all the pictures and have you not heard about people being sent back from britain or sent back from france . Yes, i am seeing, but you know, i willjust try my best to. I will try again to go. From africa and the middle east, they are on the same team, keeping spirits up before the hard journey ahead. Some fail early an egyptian is sent back, but the checks this side are rare. Volunteer, eleanor, says the Italian Police seem to turn a blind eye. They know exactly what we do here. They know exactly what these people are here for, so it is like a game somehow. They know but they pretend not to know. There will be some people who would say you are encouraging illegal migration. If you see somebody that needs something, or if you know which are the risks in the mountains, because you know the mountain and you live here, can you allow people to walk in the mountain like this . A short bus ride and they are at the border. But most avoid the official crossing, fearing police. Instead, they scatter into the forest, waiting to dash over the alps. The pull of europe leads through perilous parts that have already taken the lives of some seeking new ones. 0thers try a different route across, further south in ventimiglia, close to nice. But on the french side, controls are stringent. Each train is checked, leaving no door open. It is a constant to and fro, the italian authorities happy enough to see the migrants cross here into france, no longer their responsibility

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