a baptism in the santa cruz church of the tamaulipas state. the red cross said about 80 people were in the church at the time of the collapse. images on social media showed dozens of people trying to hold up part of the tamaulipas state. images on social media showed dozens of people trying to hold up part of the ruined structure with poles while others made their way through the wreckage in search of survivors. these are the latest pictures from the scene, showing the rescue operation continuing into the night. the operation involves teams from the state police, the national guard and the red cross. the cause of the roof collapse isn t yet known, but a structural failure is suspected. journalist franc contreras in mexico city has been telling us the latest. rescuers have been working for hours now pulling rubble by hand, and actually they have been able to rescue one or two people alive from under the rubble there, and so there is still hope, the bishop says that the roof co
by the us s decision to not include new support for ukraine from a short term funding deal. us congress was forced to drop the financial aid to avert a government shutdown. the foreign ministers from all 27 member nations are in ukraine for a historic meeting, to discuss continued aid for the country. mr borrell also said it was possible for ukraine to join the bloc even if the war with russia was still ongoing. 0ur kyiv correspondent james waterhouse has more. what we have seen, with all of this political turmoil in the us, as you ve just seen, is the first hard symptom really of the growing scepticism within some corners of the republican party. we do have foreign ministers from all 27 member states of the european union here in kyiv today. it s a significant meeting and it s an attempt to both unlock future funding, on top of the sizeable packages which have recently been announced, topping more than 50 billion euros. that s not to be sniffed at, but this is also europe
i monitor on a daily basis seems to have made the slightest preparation for the possibility that donald trump might very well be back in office in 16 months time. do me a favour. just get your union guys, your leaders, to endorse me. cheering. other, that is, than to pray it doesn t happen. the odds are still probably slightly against a trump victory, but it would create a massive upheaval, not least in russia s war against ukraine. only three months ago in that war, vladimir putin seemed to be on the ropes as a result of the mutiny by his most effective ally, yevgeny prigozhin. but now. there s lots of distrust and also fear from people who are close enough to mr putin that something that happened to prigozhin could happen to them if they disappoint the big boss. 70 years after women got the vote in mexico, the two main candidates at next year s election will, as things stand, both be women. what effect will that have on a country so traditionally macho? there s been a real
the bill was passed just before the midnight deadline that would have seen tens of thousands of federal employees placed on furlough and various government services suspended. the issue of more aid for ukraine is something opposed by some hard right house republicans. here s senate majority leader chuck schumer. it has been a day full of twists and turns. the american people can breathe a sigh of relief. there will be no government shutdown. democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship and we are glad speaker mccarthy has finally heeded our message. in the end, more democrats supported this bill in the house than republicans. proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. i want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriators. madam president susan collins and leader mcconnell. our bipartisanship work in the senate set the tone for the bill we are about to pass. our bipartisanship made this