well, the vote for the position likely won't be until next week. but in the meantime, a temporary speaker is serving in mccarthy's place. patrick mchenry, a republican representative from north carolina has taken the gavel, he topped a confidential list of interim leaders named by kevin mccarthy when he got the job. until mccarthy's replacement is elected, no progress can be made on a long—term spending bill to keep the government open past mid—november or a new aid package for ukraine. catie edmondson is a congressional reporter with the new york times. she told us why a leaderless house could mean more chaos in the weeks to come. you have a republican party at odds with itself right now, at least in the house, but we have again a stopgap funding bill that is going to run out in the middle of november and negotiations really should start as soon as possible in order to make sure the us government does not shut down next month. and you also have the house floor currently paralysed, because the house does not have a leader. we have, as you mentioned, acting speaker, patrick mchenry, a congressman from north carolina but he's vested with the full powers of speaker. he is serving in a purely interim position and so many of the functions of the house of representatives, such as committee's ability to be move pieces of legislation onto the house floor are currently shut down until republicans can elect a speaker. meanwhile, president biden has described the political atmosphere as "poisonous", and called for an end to the divisions that triggered the ousting of the speaker of the house of representatives. he also warned that us aid to ukraine is under threat, due to the political turmoil and promised to deliver a speech soon outlining why the us needs to continue to support ukraine in its war with russia. i'm going to make the argument that it is overwhelmingly in the interest of the united states of america that ukraine succeed. the majority of the american people still support ukraine, and the majority of the members of congress, both democratic republican, support it, so i do not think we should let gamesmanship get on the way of blocking it. president biden�*s renewed pledge to help ukraine comes as a new survey shows narrowing support in the us for military aid to the country. the chicago council on global affairs finds 63% of americans support military aid to ukraine. but that's down from 72% injuly 2022. a short while ago, i spoke with emily guskin, polling analyst from the washington post about these results. good evening to you. thanks so much forjoining us here on the programme. so these survey results appear to indicate that we are seeing some fraying of bipartisan support for us military assistance to ukraine. firstly, do we know what's behind that? it looks like the decline is really concentrated among republican voters, as opposed to democrats or independents. they are down to 50% who support additional arms and military supplies to ukraine, where there are still a majority of democrats and independents who say the same. let's look a little more, in terms of what's driving this. is this more indicative of what we've been seeing when it comes to ukraine's performance in its most recent counteroffensive on the battlefield? is it a case of domestic politics playing at home here in the united states and the messaging around that? what have you been seeing? the survey was taken in september before this latest "almost" government shutdown and the pulling of the support, the us support for ukraine in the last bill. so it is not the most recent amount of data, it is from september. but we have heard more republicans speak up, far—right members of the party had mentioned several times that they want to pull back funding. we've seen americans are divided, whether or not it is worth the $15 billion that we have provided so far, and that's higher among republicans, the majority of republicans say it's not worth the cost and the majority of democrats say it is worth the cost. this is a critical moment for ukraine now, this is a critical moment for ukraine now, as it seeks further funding. how do you see this playing out, then, for ukraine, as president biden, as we know, seeks a further $24 billion of aid. we have got tumult in the house right now. do you think that these results show that ukraine does risk seeing dwindling support from some quarters? we are seeing that in the data that republicans are less supportive of sending aid to ukraine but we also see interesting data throughout. for example, the survey asked if americans had a greater responsibility to european countries. 66% say that europe should be equally responsible as the us to ukraine. just 3% of americans said that the us has greater responsibility and 30% say europe should be more responsible. so a majority of americans here really think there is a united front between the us and europe and we see that in time and time again in surveys that americans really like working together. there's also questions here about nato there is a lot of support for supporting nato and partner countries. recently we had the president of ukraine here in washington and at that time we started to see some concerns emerging about how long this war will continue. did you also see that concern coming through from the poll respondents? yes, few expect a short end to it. 34% say the fighting will go on for over a year and another 34% said it will last for two or more more years, and 50% say it will last five years or more, so there is not an optimistic view among americans that the war will end anytime soon. you mentioned zelensky visited the us recently and he still has majority positive ratings in the us unlike the president here, and he has 67% approval rating from americans, a favourable rating, rather, down from 81% he had an 2022, but still net positive and better than most american politicians enjoy their own ratings here, and that decreases among republicans as well, not among democrats or independents. emily guskin from the washington post, great to talk to you. thanks for being with us. thanks for having me. to former president trump now, who appeared in court on the third day of his civil fraud trial in new york. the new york attorney general accuses mr trump, his two adult sons, and the trump organization of falsifying financial records and inflating the value of key assets including apartment buildings and hotels. our north america correspondent nada tawfik is following the case from new york. donald trump left the court here in new york in the afternoon, flying back to mar—a—lago, and he is not expected to return back for the rest of the week. now, he did sit through the morning's proceedings and took the opportunity several times to address the cameras that were asembled outside of the courtroom. he again slammed the whole system, thejudge and the attorney general herself as corrupt. letitia james had her own words for donald trump. after he left, she declared the donald trump show was over. and the attorney general said that his entire presence here had been nothing more than a political stunt and fundraising stop, and she vowed she would not be bullied and called his comments offensive. meanwhile, inside the courtroom, there were few heated moments. the judge at one point clearly becoming agitated, there were a few heated moments. the judge at one point clearly becoming agitated, he pounded his fist on the bench and said that it was ridiculous that the defence was basically stringing out and dragging out their questioning, and he said that there was no jury present, so he questioned why they were performing in that way. well, that elicited a response from donald trump, who threw his hands up, and was clearly exasperated. the defence team though said they needed to take that line of questioning because they accused the witness of being evasive. it is important to remember donald trump has already lost the core of this case when the judge ruled last week that he did commit fraud. today we saw that his legal team has formally now filed a notice of appeal. they say they will be challenging every aspect of thejudge�*s ruling. nada tawfik reporting from new york. also in manhattan, opening statements have begun in the trial of so—called crypto king sam bankman—fried. the bankrupt ftx cryptocurrency exchange founder is accused of scamming customers out of billions of dollars and using their money to illegally fund other ventures. prosecutors says his empire was "built on lies". defense attornies say he overlooked risk management, but did not steal customer money. bankman—fried could face 115 years in prison. he's pleaded not guilty to all the charges. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. britain's prime minister has committed to raising the age that people can buy cigarettes by one year, every year. the idea is that smoking would eventually be phased out altogether, with those aged 14 today never able to buy tobacco. rishi sunak says there will be a vote in parliament on the issue. us senator dianne feinstine is lying in state at the san franscisco city hall on wednesday. san francisco is where feinstine launched her political career, spending a decade as the city's mayor. feinstine died at the age of 90 last week after a series of illnesses. multiple weapons were involved in a shooting on a baltimore university campus that left five people injured on tuesday night, according to police. the search for suspects is ongoing and no arrests have been made. investigators believe at least three people were armed. four men and one woman between the ages of 18 and 22 were hospitalised, with non—life—threatening injuries. you're live with bbc news. over 75,000 employees of one of the us�*s biggest healthcare providers have walked off the job, prompting the largest health care worker strike in the nation's history. medical support staff, cleaners, technicians, and pharmacists, working for kaiser permanente are on strike after the non—profit healthcare giant and unions failed to reach an agreement after months of talks over wages, outsourcing and staffing shortages. demonstrations are happening across the country form california to right here, in washington, dc. the kaiser permanente strike is one of several labour strikes we've seen in the us in recent months. other high—profile demonstrations have been led by the united auto workers and the actors�* union. the us bureau of labour statistics reports that more than 300,000 workers went on strike through august this year alone. earlier, i spoke to the executive director of the coalition of kaiser permanente unions, caroline lucas, about the strikes happening across the country. thank you for taking the time at a busy man, i can imagine. so, in a statement today, kaiser permanente said it had already agreed to a minimum wage increase of $25 an hour in california, 23 elsewhere, that they are agressively hiring new staff. what's your response to what they put on the table? thank you so much for having me at this pivotal moment. we do acknowledge kaiser permanente has made a commitment to hire 10,000 new staff and they are close to that goal but their failure to create a comprehensive solution to the short—term staffing crisis is resulting in people leaving the industry as well, so within kaiser permanente, within our coalition, at the same time they have hired 10,000 new healthcare workers, almost 4,000 have left, so we need solutions that do notjust bring people in the door but retain them for the long—term. what would that look like? what would see workers essentially come back to work and say this is good enough? frontline healthcare workers have a couple of simple requests and that is that kaiser executives listen to their solutions for short staff increases, and that executives provide the levels necessary to deliver safe and effective patient care and that kaiser executives provide a workplace that's safe and respectful for their workers. why do you think this is happening now specifically? without stereotyping, many healthcare workers, we know, they often go the extra mile for their patients, so what has pushed them to this point that they are prepared to walk off the job? that is such an important point and i will say that no healthcare worker goes into healthcare because they want to be inaudible they want to be at the bedside of their patients. throughout the pandemic, they went the extra mile day in and day out for their patients which is why many healthcare workers worked 10—30 hours of overtime because they do not want their patients harmed by the lack of stuff and in some cases because sometimes healthcare workers cannot make ends meet on a0 hours of week of work. people are burnt out. people cannot do it any longer. they have been sounding the alarm for months and saying we do not feel safe and we do not feel we are providing the level and quality of care we feel good about and something has to change and kaiser executives have not acted with the urgency needed. and here we are with 75,000 front line healthcare workers on strike outside of kaiser hospitals and clinics instead of inside with patients. patients will be wondering, how does this impact me? what should they expect? right now we have tens of thousands of frontline health care workers in fron of kaiser clinics, so when you go to kaiser clinics you will see hundreds of people outside with signs, talking about the need for patient care. if you are a patient who needs care, absolutely frontline healthcare workers are saying go get the care you need but we are also telling kaiser permanente that the long—term solutions are keeping, retaining, and attracting, meaningfully investing in staff to keep folks on the job. this is not a crisis that happened due to the strike. people are out on strike because there is a healthcare crisis that's been going on for years exacerbated in the last six months, causing patients to wait for appointments, critical testing, and to be seen by their doctors. something else that will perhaps come front of mind for patients is, if this progresses, if you are able to come to a deal which ultimately sees higher wages, will those costs be passed on then to patients potentially? kaiser can afford to do right by both their patients and by their workers. this is the largest not—for—profit hospital system in our country, an organisation that although it is not—for—profit, made $3 billion in the first six months of the year. an organisation that pays executives $16 million. this is not a question of resources but a question of priorities. you've wrapped up day one of this strike. it's been slated for three days. if you don't go further with those negotiations, could the strike potentially run longer than three days? the strike is scheduled to end at 6am saturday morning, that is the 10—day notice we provided kaiser which we are legally required to provide. healthcare workers won't stop advocating, they can't afford a stop advocating for meaningful solutions, but they will do so not from the strike line but from back at the bargaining table. caroline lucas there. pope francis has warned the world is "collapsing" due to climate change and may be nearing breaking point. at the start of a three—week summit of catholic church leaders, the pope criticised global decision—making bodies for being ineffective, as well as calling out climate deniers. our religion editor aleem maqbool has more from the vatican. it has been an eventful day here at vatican city. it started with pope francis presiding over mass here in saint peter's square and then the beginning of synod, a major gathering of catholics from around the world, mainly bishops but some laypeople as well and for the first time women, who will be spending the next 26 days considering some of the key questions about how the catholic church moves forward and then at lunchtime, pope francis published a major document on climate change. it is an issue that the pope has talked about throughout the ten years of his papacy. in fact, in 2015 he publish an encyclical, that is the highest level of document that a the pope can publish, the highest level of document that a pope can publish, on the issue of environment where he called for much more to be done. this really was an assessment of what has happened since then and it was pretty bleak and he did not mince his words. he was critical of global governing bodies, saying they were ineffective. he did praise some of the agreements that have been made at initiatives like the cop meetings, but said that often the recommendations were very vague, there were not enough sanctions for those countries who did not abide by the agreements. he was critical of politicians who denied climate change and acted too slowly to, in his words, risk looking like they were doing diversionary tactics rather than actually doing what was right for the globe. but he was also critical of individuals, particularly in the west, where he said the lifestyle — and he talked about the us in particular — meant that climate change was still a perilous issue to deal with and unless there was a change in that lifestyle, then things were heading in a very bleak direction. and he talked about the fact that already, some of the impact of climate change was irreversible and the need for much more urgency of dealing with the issue. in italy, authorities are now investigating a tourist coach that careened off a motorway overpass near venice tuesday killing at least 21 people. officials say three children, including a baby, are among the dead. the bus was taking passengers from the centre of venice to a campsite. our rome correspondent mark lowen sent in this report from the scene. the spot where the tourist bus made its last deadlyjourney. suddenly it swerved and careered off the side of the overpass, plunging several metres down towards the railway tracks and bursting into flames. many of the passengers died on impact, ukrainians and germans among the victims. some of the bodies are too charred to identify. translation: it was a complex operation last night _ for the 60 fire brigades from all over the veneto region. the coach caught fire, and so we first had to extinguish the flames in order to get inside. we carried out a rapid intervention which allowed us to save 15 people, but unfortunately, we could do nothing for the victims. well, you can see the sheer force of the impact as the bus smashed through these barriers, beginning its fatal fall. already, there are questions being asked about the state of these guardrails and how very clearly they had aged. but working out why this happened will be for the days ahead. translation: maybe it's a tragedy foretold. - the overpass has been in a bad way for years. they said maintenance has been done, but they've just started. i noticed there are pieces of rusty and detached guardrail. it was shortly before 8pm when the bus carrying foreign tourists staying at a nearby camp site took the overpass back from central venice. police say there's no sign of the vehicle suddenly braking. the most likely scenario at this stage is that the driver suddenly fell ill before taking a catastrophic turn. initial reports said it was methane fuel that sparked the flames, but now the authorities say the bus was electric and it was the batteries that probably caught fire. the fall and the flames were impossible to withstand. the mangled mess of what remained of the bus was taken away overnight. it will provide essential clues. and so, a bus carrying families enjoying the beauty of venice has ended with horror. late summer holidays turned into a nightmare inferno. mark lowen, bbc news, venice. storm koinu has made landfall at the southern tip of taiwan as a category four typhoon, generating record winds of up to 200 and 50 kilometres an hour, that's around 155 miles per hour. these are live pictures coming to us from taiwan. more than 100 flights have been cancelled and schools have been closed. many workplaces have also been closed as heavy rain and winds sweep across the region. after passing through taiwan, the typhoon is predicted to head towards southern china, and then hong kong, where it is likely to weaken. in cuba's capital, havana, rescue efforts are underway in the rubble of a building that partially collapsed. government officials says the collapse happened inside an decreipt building inside the city's old havana tourist district. at least one person was killed, and two others injured. at least two people were trapped in the wreckage, according to rescue workers. crews have endured wind and rain that hit the city. to iran now, where activists have accused the country's morality police of beating a girl for not wearing a hijab. human rights group hengaw then posted a photo of the 16—year—old that they say show she's in a coma. armita geravand collapsed after boarding a tehran metro on sunday. officials said she fainted and released cctv footage in which she is seen being pulled unconscious from the train. human rights group, hengaw, allege that she was subjected to "a severe physical assault" by morality police officers. on tuesday night, hengaw posted on x, formerly known as twitter, what it said was a photo of armita unconscious in hospital. the bbc has not been able to verify the photo. for the first time ever, the 2030 men's football world cup will take place across multiple hemispheres, with matchplay set to take place across six countries in three continents. spain, portugal and morocco will co—host the tournament, but only after uruguay, argentina and paraguay have staged the opening three games. the opening matches in south america will mark the world cup�*s centenary, as it will be a hundred years since the inaugural tournament in montevideo. stay with us here on bbc news. thank you for your company. more news at the top of the hour. join me then if you can. hello there. some of you may be forgiven for thinking that summer has returned this weekend. yes, for some of you, the weather is set to get a lot warmer. but before you get there, at the moment, cloud is thickening to our west and we have rain on the way as well for quite a few. now we're starting to see rain edge into northern ireland. that's going to be turning steadier and heavier over the next few hours, but some patches of rain also for the southwest of scotland, the north—west of both england and wales. with extensive cloud around, its a mild start to thursday morning, with temperatures into double figures widely. but across the northern half of scotland with some clearer skies here — we're starting on a chilly note. now, through thursday, this low pressure is the system that's bringing the rain. so it's going to be quite windy. you can see some fairly tightly packed isobars there. the rain at its heaviest in the morning across northern ireland. that wetter weather then swings across scotland, northern england, wales and some damp weather too, for the midlands for a time, east anglia and southern parts of england probably staying dry until after dark with some bright spells coming through the cloud. and for many areas of the uk, temperatures are running above average. now eventually you might see a little bit of rain thursday evening trickling down across parts of southern england and east anglia, but it won't really amount to very much. on into friday's forecast, we've got another zone of rain pushing into western scotland. the rain now clearing further southwards as this ridge of high pressure starts to build in and that should mean that the weather becomes increasingly dry. there'll be a bit more sunshine to go around and those temperatures are creeping up — 22 in london, while the average for this time of the year in the capital is 16 degrees. now, the process of that high pressure really starting to flex its muscles continues into the weekend. pushing the band of rain ever further northwards across scotland where it could be quite wet across northern areas of scotland on saturday. otherwise, lots of sunshine around and those temperatures climbing, well, we could see highs of 26, maybe a 27 this weekend in the very warmest areas. certainly those temperatures are a long, long way above average. and if we look at temperatures in october — now, we often see temperatures, the highest temperatures in a month getting to the low 20s. but it's quite rare to see temperatures up to 26 or 27. that would make it one of the hotter days that we've seen in october in this country. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. we had responsiblejobs at we had responsible jobs at a very young age. we did not feel good about the fact we could contribute. civilians and service people got together, helped one another. you could not find a future. he had a fortnight leave and then he would be killed at the end of it. you had not idea what could happen. just put up with it.