republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. of course, congresswomen are in the session at the moment, voting on a number of different topics that we will bring you that vote when that happens. now, let us go to politics here in the uk. here in the uk — the home secretary has been centre stage at the conservative party conference today warning delegates of what she called a "hurricane of mass migration". suella braverman said politicians had been too slow to recognise the scale of the problem around the world — and too squeamish to tackle it forfear of being called racist. meanwhile the prime minister continued to be pressed on whether or not the h52 rail line to manchester would scrapped. he said he won't be rushed into making a decision. our political editor chris mason reports. please welcome the home secretary, suella braverman. not many here can pack out the conference hall, if you're still prompt folk to get to their feet. but suella braverman can do both. she has long been outspoken on immigration and willing to use language others might bulk at. and so it was again. one of the most powerful forces reshaping our world is unprecedented mass migration. the wind of change that carried my own parents across the globe in the 20th century was a mere gust compared to the hurricane that is coming. the home secretary suggested before hundreds of millions of people are on the move around the world. we are on your side. thank you. look at the reaction to her speech. many here and beyond agree with her instincts. but some of her colleagues think her choice of words is irresponsible. i think it is really important that as politicians we should be mindful of our words. we are there to form policy, to guide the country. i think we need to be very careful we do not create a situation where we are either demonising minorities or those who are vulnerable. the prime minister, for one, is scrupulously careful with his own language. here he was first thing, limbering up for a day of scrutiny. one question he has been swerving for three weeks now. and still is. you are promising this week long term decisions for a brighterfuture. will you announce your decision tomorrow on hs2? i know there is a lot of speculation on this, but what i can say, i will approach the same way i will approach everything, carefully, thoughtfully, across the detail, making what i believe is the right decision in the long term for our country. here is why there has been a flurry of questions on hsz. a government document photographed in westminster last month revealing ministers were looking again at the project, which has prompted an angry i’ow ever since. i think it would be a great tragedy to cancel hsz. it is the biggest levelling up project the country has got. and in the end, if you want to make long—term decisions, and i fully support rishi sunak in wanting to make those long—term decisions, that includes huge investments in infrastructure like hsz. others say it is an expensive mistake. what good is that little old lady sat looking through her bungalow window looking at a train going 120 mass per hour on a train she will never get on ever because she never goes to london or birmingham or manchester? she can't even get from her village to the next village to a doctor's appointment or to see her friend. what a load of nonsense. rishi sunak is not got long to do stuff and boost his popularity and about being another former prime ministerflogging their memoirs before long. and his challenge here is that it has felt like he has been drowned out by others. and notjust late at night. this is your first party conference as prime minister, but everyone�*s voice your seems louder than yours. is this what leadership looks like? actually, the spirit of this conference is great. just the chancellor announced an increase in the national living wage, that is a £1000 pay rise for 2 million people. liz truss turning up and commanding an entire room, the conservative mayor of the west midlands saying what he was saying about hs2. they were dominating the agenda. they are not. the things i'm talking about will make a real difference to people. the conference, the country waits to see what the prime minister's departure from hs2 will look like, and what more he has to say in his speech here tomorrow. chris mason, bbc news, in manchester. tomorrow rishi sunak will address the conference. will he make clear the future of the hs2 high speed rail line between birmingham and manchester? our analysis editor ros atkins has been looking at the rising price of hs2. this shift in the estimate of costs is considerable. in 2013, the government said it would cost 37 and a half billion pounds by 2020 euros between 72 and 98 billion which begs the question, the change? here are four reasons. the first is the house of commons library recalled optimism bias. in other words, the original estimate of the cost was wishful thinking. in 2020 national audit reports concluded the department for transport and itjust does make limited underestimated the complexity. the risk of rising costs was also underestimated and the chief of government think tank system hs two limited added have the contingency that cross rib in london added during its early development stages. it was a failure to properly estimate what the cost and the risk of it going up in the second reason is what is called crown conditions in other words, how difficult it would be to lay the line. until the 19, the chairman to move the project was derived from desktop drawings without the benefit of any investigation of ground conditions. because of that, in the words of the national office, construction will require more structural reinforcement and a greater amount of time than was originally anticipated. during the budget based on drawings did not accurately assess the work. those are two reasons for rising costs and the third is that the plan for ages two has changed, notjust the number of terminals in the local opposition, more of hs2 is underground than originally planned and that is caused a lot more. there's one more reason to highlight. inflation has gone up sharply since 2021 and that makes everything more expensive, including materials, wages and equipment and put all the sectors together and we started to explain why the original estimate of hs2's costis why the original estimate of hs2's cost is not remotely realistic. our political correspondent damian grammaticas is in at the conservative party conference in manchester for us now. i'v e i've been to many of his conferences and the best conversations i the conversation tapping away from the arena and talking about that high—speed railway hs2? i arena and talking about that high-speed railway h52? high-speed railway hst? i have to sa when high-speed railway h52? i have to say when being — high-speed railway h52? i have to say when being allowed _ high-speed railway h52? i have to say when being allowed people . high-speed railway h52? i have to l say when being allowed people have been talking about is there scratching their heads and wondering why this issue has been allowed to become something that is dominated the conversation seer because we do not know what the prime minister is thinking or when he is going to announce that. it could come tomorrow morning at his big speech that he does on the final day but a lot of people in the party and others, there are many people here were business people and observers, academics, lobbyists will flock here to mingle with the politicians were all saying that if you're a leader wants to project an image that you are taking tough decisions and seizing the agenda in the initiative, why have you left this situation a drag on like this and why not make the decision a we can go and come here with clarity? many people are wondering that none of the business side of things, you do hear people saying on the business side that they, many people do not support the idea of cancelling because this is a vast project there are huge companies that have years of lead time that had been working on this place and what message that send internationally about uk and the reliability of the government and its decisions and conservative politicians and think, well, if the announcement is at the leg don't come here to manage this project is scrapped, does that for of money that you can then spend on projects or local areas to build up bus routes, local roads and improve local infrastructure and scatter the money around and read to the political so in the system advantages and that in a prime minister who says he's making the big decisions and many people are wondering why there is not been more on this before now. find wondering why there is not been more on this before now.— on this before now. and the conference _ on this before now. and the conference from _ on this before now. and the conference from home - on this before now. and the - conference from home secretary on this before now. and the _ conference from home secretary metro to consider her to her migration was coming to the uk and out of those comments go down with delegates? is that a popular position? i comments go down with delegates? is that a popular position?— that a popular position? i have to sa that it that a popular position? i have to say that it is _ that a popular position? i have to say that it is quite _ that a popular position? i have to say that it is quite popular along l that a popular position? i have to | say that it is quite popular along a lot of the delegates and i was chatting to a conservative member who is been selected to stand as an mp in the next election and said look, i don't know when the election is going to be, may be made for september or october but he is excited when he said did you hear suella braverman's speech, he thought that would go very well his constituency that he is going to be targeting and he thinks that is a good thing but there are others, one party memberfrom london good thing but there are others, one party member from london who was ejected from the hall because he was deeply upset about it and when talking afterwards, he was saying this man, a member of the london assembly for the conservatives, a member of the party for 50 years in a proud member and set the home secretary was disgusted and it was tripe what they were saying and minorities and immigrants, there they were being scapegoated and he could not tolerate this is a party member but within the party, the conservative party, but that is probably a smaller view and there is figures in the party and chris mason and others were quite nervous and uncomfortable with that tough rhetoric from the home secretary because they are not sure how that will play with large parts of the electorate and they find that significant. are there others and suella braverman wants to appeal to the grassroots and the right of the party and something of leadership pitch and leading candidate of the right of the party and looking ahead to next year and beyond. time to get some of those _ to next year and beyond. time to get some of those parties _ to next year and beyond. time to get some of those parties that _ to next year and beyond. time to get some of those parties that have - to next year and beyond. time to getj some of those parties that have been for the moment and thank you very much. we begin in new york — for the second day of the civil fraud case that could threaten donald trump's business empire. donald trump, his two adult sons and the wider trump organisation are accused of massively inflating the value of their properties by over $2 billion, in order to secure better bank loans. these include trump's mar—a—lago estate, which was over—valued by 2,300%, and his trump tower triplex, which was presented as three times its actual size. trump has denied any wrong doing, saying his accounts were quote �*phenominal�*. the former us president has consistently criticised prosecutor letitia james. speaking to reporters as he entered the court — he labelled her a fraud. this case should be dismissed. this is not the case and she should probably be dismissed also because she's terrible and grossly incompetent. at a she's terrible and grossly incompetent. ata minimum, she should start looking for the murderers and the criminals, the violent criminals all over new york and do something about all of the illegal migrants pouring into our city and state and not spend the next six months in a court house because she has been caught early. her numbers are fraudulent. she has a fraud. the numbers are fraudulent in this case should be dismissed and they ought to get onto violent crime in solving the problems of new york and new york state.— and new york state. speaking to re orters and new york state. speaking to reporters earlier. _ our north america correspondent, nada tawfik has been at the court, and got a chance to ask donald trump about him testifying. during one of the bricks in court when mr trump was coming through the cord i asked him if he plans to testify because he is on the witness list, along with his two sons in the defence has been down as one of their witnesses and he does plan to testify at the appropriate time and i've spoken with several scholars about whether or not they predict if you will or not testify and we will see if that is the case when the time comes because he will be taking on significant risks by testifying in on one hand he might think it could help his case and on the other, it could open him up to perjury trials if he doesn't answer all the perjury charges if he doesn't answer everything truthfully. and for now, donald trump says he will testify in this case. and there's a huge number of witnesses that will take to the stand in this case and what sort of time are we looking at here? well. time are we looking at here? well, the 'udue time are we looking at here? well, the judge is — time are we looking at here? well, the judge is slated _ time are we looking at here? well, the judge is slated around - time are we looking at here? -ii the judge is slated around three months for this trial but because the heart of it was decided last week and donald trump to commit fraud and it wouldn't be surprising in taking just several weeks and as you said, several witnesses are going to be here and to give you a sense, the entire day and part of this but it was dedicated to one of the accountants from the accountant for the one who worked with donald trump for over 30 years and he really dug into each document from correspondent testimony as to whether or not they met the financial reports of been reviewed in they said no, it was always reliant on accurate information coming from the trump organisation is to give you a sense of how long this is taking, we're still on the first witness.— this is taking, we're still on the first witness. . ~ ., ., ., , first witness. talking about various cases that the _ first witness. talking about various cases that the former _ first witness. talking about various cases that the former president. cases that the former president currently faces in the united states, where does this one sit into that context and how significant is it and how much of a blow could it be for the former president? this is an extremely _ be for the former president? this is an extremely personal _ be for the former president? this is an extremely personal case - be for the former president? this is an extremely personal case to - be for the former president? this is l an extremely personal case to donald trump and yes, it is civil and criminal and trump and yes, it is civil and criminaland is trump and yes, it is civil and criminal and is not facing jail time here but its entire real estate empire is really at stake with this trial and his ability to ever do business in new york again and think about the sanctions of a charge 50 million dollars or potentially more in fines and that would be a huge hit to his net worth. i think about it this way, donald trump has built his political brand and build his entire brand on this idea that he was a savvy businessman at here, the attorney general is painting him as a cheat and for him, he has decided to come to court because he knows if he loses his properties and loses his final taser to the city, that would dramatically impact him and his children and he has decided to come and he thinks his presence here will make a difference and as i say, a lot still in the air about what happens with these properties in the judges yet to rule on that. live to washinton, and our north america correspondent a right wing rebel group of the republican party is forcing a vote to oust the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy who is a fellow party member from this post. kevin mccarthy who is a fellow party memberfrom this post. and as kevin mccarthy who is a fellow party member from this post. and as we wait on that vote, the numbers are for an entirely different vote in its cross life to work correspondent for an entirely different vote in its cross life to work to work correspondent barbara plett usher. just walking into the chamber is kevin mccarthy and we're expecting the vote to have been very shortly and the republican rebels are put forward a motion to oust him from his seat in a motion to vacate and expect that to be reinstated and we are also expecting another thing to be put forward to table the motion and table with an procedural language and that means but for this resolution on the shelf and not deal with it if kevin mccarthy can get enough votes to support and then it all goes away but the number is very close and his simple majority is needed to keep hisjob and close and his simple majority is needed to keep his job and that will mean that if he loses more than three republican votes, he'll be in a bad place because democrats that they are not going to help them out here. that that motion is putting him out of hisjob, that might not happen right away. this is very much a moving process and we will have to see if he has various ways to install and may be later in the week. . ~ , ., install and may be later in the week. . ~' , ., , install and may be later in the week. . ~ y., , . install and may be later in the week. . ~ , . ., .,~ week. thank you very much for taking us throu~h week. thank you very much for taking us through what _ week. thank you very much for taking us through what is _ week. thank you very much for taking us through what is a _ week. thank you very much for taking us through what is a very _ us through what is a very complicated story. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. pope francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same—sex unions, responding to conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm the church's teaching on homosexuality. the vatican holds that marriage is an indissoluble union between man and woman. as a result, it has long opposed gay marriage. but catholic priests in parts of europe have been blessing same—sex unions. a group of 67 women from greenland are seeking compensation from the danish government over a campaign of involuntary birth control in the 1960s. thousands of women, some of them teenagers, were fitted with coils under a programme intended to limit birth rates among the indigenous population. an inquiry is due to conclude in 2025. autopsies have been carried out on more than 100 river dolphin carcasses found floating on a tributary of the amazon in brazil. the experts think severe drought has led to the water overheating, killing the dolphins over the past week, along with thousands of fish. the dolphins have slow reproductive cycles, making their populations vulnerable to environmental shocks. live with bbc news. it's a country described by the un as a "living nightmare" — the caribbean nation of haiti is in the midst of a security and humanitarian crisis. now, there's controversy as a kenyan security force is being sent to the country to deal with the long running problem of criminal gangs. kenya's foreign minister says says the un security council vote to approve an international security force for haiti is a sign of hope for the country. but, a former chiefjustice told the bbc that the decision was unconstitutional as the kenyan public had not been consulted. our africa security correspondent ian wafula has been monitoring events, and gave us the latest. an independent organisation which strives for global peace through policy shaping and conflict prevention. just explain why a peacekeeping force from kenya is now being sent to haiti.— being sent to haiti. vacation security forces _ being sent to haiti. vacation security forces are _ being sent to haiti. vacation | security forces are completely outmatched by the power that has been acquired by the gangs in the past year and right now there between 200, 300 gangs that control and operate the capital and the control most of the neighbourhoods in they also controlled most of the critical infrastructures as well as terminals and gateways to the city and food prices are rising and is very high levels of acute hunger and so, the government asked one year ago for some backing to help aviation security forces to regain the upper hand of the gangs. and aviation security forces to regain the upper hand of the gangs. and bo this peacekeeping _ the upper hand of the gangs. and bo this peacekeeping group _ the upper hand of the gangs. and bo this peacekeeping group be - the upper hand of the gangs. and bo this peacekeeping group be doing . this peacekeeping group be doing because there was some debate over the role, wasn't there?— because there was some debate over the role, wasn't there? when can you send this to — the role, wasn't there? when can you send this to haiti, _ the role, wasn't there? when can you send this to haiti, they _ the role, wasn't there? when can you send this to haiti, they were - send this to haiti, they were planning to have a mission that would focus on protecting critical infrastructures that spoil terminals, sports, airports and asian authorities said they needed them to engage in an operation against the gangs and direct combat because if you were to try and secure critical infrastructure, areas surrounded by gangs and haitian security forces would need operations by the foreign forces to be able to regain control of these infrastructures.— be able to regain control of these infrastructures. reading 8096 of the caital is infrastructures. reading 8096 of the capital is controlled _ infrastructures. reading 8096 of the capital is controlled by _ infrastructures. reading 8096 of the capital is controlled by these - infrastructures. reading 8096 of the capital is controlled by these gangs| capital is controlled by these gangs and trying to control them and subdue them is going to be a really big mission. is there any expectation that these forces can do that? , ., , , ., expectation that these forces can do that? , ., ,, ., .,, that? the size of the mission was not detailed _ that? the size of the mission was not detailed on _ that? the size of the mission was not detailed on the _ that? the size of the mission was not detailed on the resolution - not detailed on the resolution yesterday but the canyon have having a strong force with 2000 police officers, if they are really skilled and trained in these very difficult tackling gangs and very complex territories and trained in urban warfare, they might help to at least change the balance of power between the gangs in the asian police force. very briefly, just tell us about how dire the situation is for the people of haiti right now.— of haiti right now. most of the ca - ital is of haiti right now. most of the capital is under _ of haiti right now. most of the capital is under control- of haiti right now. most of the capital is under control of the | capital is under control of the gangs but for the situation is really dire is for the gangs of been in the strongholds in very poor neighbourhoods where they frequent and entertaining the clashes create difficulties for humanitarian assistance and even for drinkable water and people for abroad levels of hunger, very high and we have humanitarian situations. we of hunger, very high and we have humanitarian situations.- humanitarian situations. we are runnina humanitarian situations. we are running out _ humanitarian situations. we are running out of _ humanitarian situations. we are running out of time _ humanitarian situations. we are running out of time but - humanitarian situations. we are running out of time but thank i humanitarian situations. we are i running out of time but thank you very much and i wish we could've spoken for longer, stay with us here on bbc. hello. it's been a day of sunny spells, but also 1—2 sharp showers. here's the satellite picture from earlier on — and you can see a lot of bright weather. and there, just on the edge of the screen, that's the weather front that swept across the country last night and brought the thunder and lightning. now tonight, another weather front is approaching — this time, it'll reach the north of northern ireland, and will also start to move across scotland. and this is the beginning of a very wet spell across this part of the country. our temperatures early in the morning between around 8—10 celsius. now, back to that weather front — you can see it moving across northern ireland and into scotland. if you're underneath that weather front, you could have 2—3 days of really wet weather, whereas in the south, closer to the area of high pressure, the weather's looking fine across the bulk of england and wales. just a few showers here, relatively warm. but that rain front — a narrow one — keeps on moving in the same place. so in some spots across scotland, we could have 50 millimetres of rain — that's a couple of inches — and in the highlands, in the extreme case, even 2—3 times that amount. so that's wednesday, this is wednesday evening. and that weather front moves into southern parts of scotland, just clips the lake district there, and it's also across northern ireland. so a distinct divide between the cooler north and that slightly milder in the south. now, here's thursday — notice that the wind direction changes, and it's now coming in from the south. that means thicker cloud and some outbreaks of rain crossing ireland, and also western parts of scotland. maybe some damp weather around the irish sea, too. that means the further east and southeast you are on thursday, the brighter the weather will be. and then, skipping to the weekend — look at the weather systems, the large scale patterns across the atlantic, one low pressure here. but look at these winds coming in from the south. now, this is because of the pattern of the jet stream higher in the atmosphere, at around 30,000 feet. and this big dip in thejet stream, or trough, will basically move that warmer atmosphere in the southern climes from spain and portugal, across france and towards the uk. so, temperatures will be climbing across many parts of western europe, and here in the uk, we'll probably get to the mid—20s, maybe peaking at 26—27 celsius briefly. even in belfast, temperatures hovering around 20 or so, cardiff in the low 20s, as well. so warmer weather, yes, is on the way. bye— bye. this is bbc news, the headlines... us house of representatives is about to hold a vote on whether to oust the speaker the republican, kevin mccarthy. bereaved families give statements... pakistan sets end of the month deadline for illegal migrants to leave the country or face expulsion. new york police safely find a girl using fingerprints left on a ransom note to find the suspect. we return to us politics now — and the fate of the most senior lawmaker in the republican party, house speaker kevin mccarthy, who has been facing a threat from one of his own, to oust him from the job. representative matt gaetz, a member of the party's right—wing branch, attempted to use a motion to vacate a move which could remove mccarthy from his post as speaker of the house of representatives. it follows the passing of a spending bill over the weekend which prevented the us government from plunging into shutdown. but the fallout has now higlighted deep divisions within the republican party. that vote concerning speaker mccarthy is due to happen soon. we do have shots of the