In the southwestern province of balochistan on friday as people celebrated the birth of prophet muhammad. Police say at least 52 people were killed there, with another 50 injured. Police suspect it was a Suicide Attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. Earlier this month, at least 11 people, including a prominent muslim leader, were injured in an explosion in the same district. And dozens of people are trapped beneath a mosque near the city of peshawar. Live now to our correspondent saheer baloch in islamabad. This is of course an evolving situation. Two blasts in the country. Talk us through what we know so far. Country. Talk us through what we know so far know so far. Yes, so far we have confirmation know so far. Yes, so far we have confirmation that know so far. Yes, so far we have confirmation that the know so far. Yes, so far we have confirmation that the police know so far. Yes, so far we have | confirmation that the police chief of balochistan says that the blast was basically a suicide blast. One of the Senior Police officers died whilst stopping the Suicide Attacker from carrying out the attack as well. This is one confirmation we have on the Mastung Blast. On the other hand, in a district of the province, there were friday prayers going on, and the blast basically happen around that time. The police are saying that there are expectations of more casualties and that situation. There are many injured taken out of that according to the police. The mosque was inside the Police Residential area. It has been said that the blast may have caused a lot of casualties at the same time, most of the casualties will be a policeman as well. Across pakistan, people are celebrating the Birth Anniversary of prophet muhammad. It is always celebrated with a lot of reverence and love. So, a lot of people carrying out processions as well. They were not political possessions, just people going out to celebrate that. These two incidents have happened at the same time delay. Two incidents have happened at the same time delay. Currently, how our emergency same time delay. Currently, how our Emergency Services same time delay. Currently, how our Emergency Services dealing same time delay. Currently, how our Emergency Services dealing with same time delay. Currently, how our Emergency Services dealing with the | Emergency Services dealing with the situation . We have two separate blasts, we have heard some people in the second one are stacked beneath rubble. , , � , rubble. Yes. This is true. Because the rescue rubble. Yes. This is true. Because the Rescue Services rubble. Yes. This is true. Because the Rescue Services are rubble. Yes. This is true. Because the Rescue Services are trying rubble. Yes. This is true. Because the Rescue Services are trying to l the Rescue Services are trying to get people out of the rubble inside the mosque. And in balochistan the Network Services are down. It is difficult to get through to people via phone. The Rescue Services and Police Officers have reached the place as well. And also, the police are already part of the. They were attacked in a situation. They were already there, and Rescue Services were called in as well. The Rescue Services have already reached the location, they are trying to compile a list of injured and dead very soon. This is also something the police chief has confirmed to the bbc. ~ ~. ,. ,. , police chief has confirmed to the bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted in bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted in the bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted in the past. Bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted in the past. Has been targeted in the past. Has anyone claimed responsibility for the attacks . 50 anyone claimed responsibility for the attacks . The attacks . So far, nobody has claimed responsibility. The attacks . So far, nobody has claimed responsibility. There i the attacks . So far, nobody has i claimed responsibility. There was, the police had suspicions on Pakistani Taliban, but the Pakistani Taliban have released an unconfirmed statement so far. A lot of their statement so far. A lot of their statement is being circulated on social media where they have said they have nothing to do with the Mastung Blast at all. They have nothing to do with the Mastung Blast at all. Thank you very much for that Mastung Blast at all. Thank you very much for that update. Mastung blast at all. Thank you very much for that update. We Mastung Blast at all. Thank you very much for that update. We will Mastung Blast at all. Thank you very much for that update. We will bring | much for that update. We will bring you the latest as and when we get it here on bbc news. A teenager arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 15 Year Old Girl in south london has been charged with her murder. Elianne andam was attacked in croydon as she made her way to school on wednesday. Last night her family gathered at a vigil by the bus stop where she died. The 17 year old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with possession of a knife. He appeared at croydon magistrates� court later today. He was remanded in custody. Late yesterday afternoon, Elianne Andams family gathered on the street in croydon. Guided by a Senior Police officer, they made their way to the exact spot where the 15 year old was stabbed and killed on wednesday. Eliannes mother in the Black And White dress, inconsolable with grief. Later, a statement was read on behalf of the family by the bishop of croydon. We as a family are struggling to comprehend this painful tragedy that has happened to our beautiful daughter and beloved sister, elianne. Our hearts are broken and we are overwhelmed by sorrow and grief. Elianne was a beautiful person inside and out who loved jesus. She was intelligent, thoughtful, kind, and had a Bright Future ahead of her. Eliannes family have released this photograph. They described her as the light of their lives with friends who adored her. A girl with hopes and dreams now shattered. All day, police searched the area around the bus where the attack happened. Elianne had been on her way to school when she was stabbed. Police officers laid flowers in remembrance. Everyone is trying to work out how our life was cut short so young. Will be following the Court Proceedings in croydon. We will bring you the very latest. In the netherlands, police have arrested a man after two shootings in rotterdam. At least three people died in the attacks at a house and a medical centre. Dutch police said the gunman was known to them he was convicted of Animal Cruelty two years ago. Anna holligan is in rotterdam with the latest. The man has been identified. He was known to the authorities. Overnight, more details have emerged. He was 32 years old from rotterdam and was a student here. It looks as though previous warnings about his troublesome behaviour may have been ignored by the university. A note was shared by the suspect a few months ago on the Social Media Platform for chan which the Public Prosecution service has confirmed as authentic in which they warned the hospital that he displayed psychotic behaviour. There was one incident in which he was found half naked in a garden, and also, during that previous conviction, when police went through his phone, they found images of stabbings and far right extremist paraphernalia. To be clear, the number of fatalities, three so far, it is not thought anybody else was targeted. It looks as though he was acting alone. Next lets look at developments out of Nagorno Karabakh, a landlocked area in the south caucasus mountains. Its internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but for three decades has been controlled and largely occupied by armenians. Well, on thursday, the separatist leader of the region declared an end to the struggle for independence from azerbaijan concluding more than thirty years of separatist rule. More than 88,000 Ethnic Armenians well over half the population have now left for neighbouring armenia. And more are expected to leave in the coming days. Earlier, we heard from Vusal Hamzayev from bbc azeri. I started by asking him what azerbaijani leaders are saying about the situation. Azerbaijani officials are calling for them to stay. They say that you can stay in your homes and they have presented a new website for the reintegration programme. They say you can register through that website so we know what your needs are. Armenians say theyre scared. They dont want to stay with azerbaijanis in karabakh. Just talk me through this sense of being scared. Why are they scared . They say we dont know what will happen to us when the Azerbaijani Army enter khankendi stepanakert. Theres this notion of. They dont have much information to be honest with you. They just see the Video Footage and they are scared. Thats what theyre saying to ourjournalists. Have you managed to speak to any armenians . What are they saying to you . What do they want . We havent managed to speak to anyone in stepanakert khankendi. But the journalists who were in the border between armenia and azerbaijan spoke to some armenians who left karabakh. What has the reaction been since the announcement by the separatist leaders that Nagorno Karabakh will cease to exist . This follows demands from azerbaijan to surrender and cease to exist all the institutions in karabakh. But we havent heard anything from the officials yet, especially regarding this decree. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. More than one in 20 children are sleeping on the floor because they dont have a bed of their own. New research by the Charity Barnardos have found so called � bed poverty� is on the rise amid the cost of livid crisis the government says its providing record levels of support to families. A ban on some Single Use Plastics is due to come into force across england this weekend. From sunday, businesses will have to stop have to stop using single use plastic cutlery, plates and containers. There are exemptions for takeaways and retailers though. Environmental campaigners say the ban does not go far enough, police say Cannabis Farms are driving a major increase in cases of Electricity Theft in england and wales. Electricity theft is the tampering or pbypassing of metres or bypassing of metres to avoid paying for energy. Thefts have grown by more than 75 since 2012. Youre live with bbc news. Leading economists say the government on track to being the biggest tax raising Parliament Since records began. The Institute For Fiscal Studies says that, by the next General Election, income from taxes will be similar to post World War Two levels. Opposition parties say the public is paying for conservative failures. The treasury says cutting inflation is the best tax cut it can currently provide. We spoke to our deputy Political Editor Vicky Young Who tells us more about why there have been increases. I think the interesting thing here is if youre a uk tax payer or a uk corporation, you might not be surprised at this news that tax bills have gone up and theyve gone up a lot. I guess its the reasons behind it now. I think you might assume that obviously the pandemic, the covid pandemic, would have had an impact. Whats interesting here is that economists saying thats part of the reason, but its not the whole picture. So they point to some of the tax rises that have happened and are happening. So a rise in corporation tax, the freezing of thresholds, this is known as fiscal drag. What it means and what a lot of people think is its a quite sneaky way of getting more tax off all of us because its not putting up the Headline Rate of income tax. Its changing those thresholds, which mean you could end up paying a lot more and maybe dont realise straightaway and then windfall taxes on energy companies. So quite a lot theyre falling on businesses, more money spent on the nhs. I think part of the reason here we hear this a lot in british politics. Prime ministers do like spending our money. They come under an awful lot of pressure, of course, when they get into Downing Street and that is whats happened in recent years. A lot more spending on things like the nhs or more police for example. And of course, looking ahead, The Big Question politically is, is there any chance that these taxes are going to fall in the next few years . Because what the government would say is, look, this doesnt mean that the uk is an outlier, particularly it brings us pretty much in line with lots of other developed countries. Mean that the uk is an outlier, particularly it brings us pretty much in line with lots of other developed countries. People are saying that conservative failures are being paid for by the british public. British public. There is a huge debate, particularly british public. There is a huge debate, particularly within british public. There is a huge| debate, particularly within the conservative party, just out of their Party Conference beginning this weekend, about what the conservatives do. There are lots of conservatives do. There are lots of conservative members of parliament who think that the tory party should be cutting taxes. It is something the former Foreign Minister liz truss thought should happen. She tried to do it, of course, that went spectacularly wrong. The problem they have got, and the current Chancellorjeremy Hunt has made it very clear, he said a few days ago, it is virtually impossible to cut taxes at the moment. He simply does not have the funds to do it. They are concentrating at bringing down inflation. If you look at what is ahead, an ageing population, huge pressures on the nhs and pensions, it looks a pretty difficult task. This will be a question for the labour party too. It does seem that whoever is in power after the General Election, this will be something they are going to have to look at. I think that the suspicion is once the taxes are in place, it will be very hard to get rid of them. Union leaders have called on the government to hold an Emergency Summit to resolve the future of the hs2 rail line. They say urgent action is needed after the Prime Minister refused Union Leaders have called on the government to hold an Emergency Summit to resolve the future of the hs2 rail line. They say urgent action is needed after the Prime Minister refused to commit to the completion of the birmingham to manchester leg. Our transport correspondent katy austin reports. Hs2, a railway costing tens of billions of pounds meant to make travel between major cities quicker and create more space on the rail network. Work continues on building the london to birmingham stretch, but questions have been swirling about whether other parts will be delayed or cut, particularly the stretch to manchester. While hs2 opponents argue its not worth the cost or disruption, there have been calls from businesses and politicians for ministers to reaffirm their commitment to the project. Today, unions have signed a Statement Calling for the potential benefits to the economy not to be squandered, arguing that constant chopping and changing showed disregard for levelling up. We need investment in our infrastructure. The West Coast Main Line is falling apart at the seams. Its crumbling, its a victorian system. We need to invest in our infrastructure and if we dont, then not only will we not see those potentialjobs coming into the economy, but theres a real risk that well endure economic decline in that part of the world. Speaking to the bbc yesterday, the Prime Minister did nothing to dispel growing speculation that hs2 plans could be scaled back further, re routing his answers to talk about more local transport improvements. Very large projects that take a long time are sometimes not the thing that people want us to prioritise, and i agree with them. We do need to prioritise the things that can make a difference quicker. Thats why potholes money is important. Its why local bus services are important. Removing congestion and pinch points are important. The conservative Party Conference begins this weekend in manchester. The Hs2 Construction Journey continues, but the destination is still unclear. Katy austin, bbc news. Lets return now to south london where a 17 year old boy where has appeared at Croydon Magistrates Court charged with murdering 15 year old Elianne Andam. The boy who cannot legally be named because of his young age is also charged with possessing a Kitchen Knife in a public place without good reason. Live now to francis read in croydon. Just bring us up to date with what we know. The boy appeared at the youth court in croydon. He was charged with murder and the possession of a Kitchen Knife in a public place. That is the other charge being brought as well. He spoke only to confirm his name, address, date of birth. As you said, we cannot name him at this stage for legal reasons because of his young age. Now, the investigation into 15 year old Elianne Andam is ongoing. Officers were at the scene within a couple of minutes but were unable to save her. They say that they arrested a 17 year old just an hour later, just over one hour later. Homicide detectives say they discovered a knife near to where the attack was supposed to have happened. The attack is disturbed in area unable to comprehend why a schoolgirl would be attacked in broad daylight. That is part of what police have been piecing together of course. And that is what the common side teams have them working on. There was a Postmortem Examination held yesterday as well, and forensic officers have been working on that case as well. They say that goal� s family continue to be supported by specialist officers, that is what has been said Elianne Andams family continue to be supported by specialist officers. The 17 year old is remanded into custody and is due to appear at the old bailey next week. That is the earliest update we are expecting. Next week at the old bailey. Are expecting. Next week at the old baile. � ,. ,. , bailey. Briefly, this death has really rocked bailey. Briefly, this death has really rocked the bailey. Briefly, this death has really rocked the community, | bailey. Briefly, this death has really rocked the community, hasnt it . We had from the young girls family. They gave a heartfelt statement and held a vigil last night. Statement and held a vigil last niuht. ,. , night. Yes, that is right. There was a viail night. Yes, that is right. There was a vi. Il last night. Yes, that is right. There was a vigil last night. Night. Yes, that is right. There was a vigil last night. This night. Yes, that is right. There was a vigil last night. This morning, night. Yes, that is right. There was a vigil last night. This morning, we j a vigil last night. This morning, we saw all of the flowers that had been laid, hundreds of flowers, toys, people expressing our notes how angry they were, and also saying how much they felt that their parents, that they couldnt believe Something Like this had happened. We have had the Prime Minister and the mayor of london come out to share their condolences and see how horrified they are that Something Like this has happened. I think that there will be bigger questions in time about knife crime in the capital. For now, that is the latest update from the court here. We appreciate that. Members of the Spanish Parliament will on friday vote for a second time on whether to appoint Popular Party leader alberto Nooniez Feijoo as Prime Minister. In the first vote on wednesday, he failed to obtain enough support to form a government. The Popular Party won more votes than any other party injuly� s national election, but fell short of a majority , and has struggled to attract sufficient coalition partners. Mr feijoo is also expected to lose fridays vote. If that happens, spains sitting Prime Minister, the socialist pedro sanchez, would be offered the chance to form a governing coalition. Our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe updated us earlier on what to expect. Well, this vote will take place sometime this afternoon. We do not know the exact time. There may be a bit of debate beforehand. But this will be, as you mentioned there, the second vote that mr nunez feijoo has faced this week, the second and final vote, because he lost that earlier vote on wednesday when he needed an absolute majority. He fell four votes short then. Today, all he needs is a simple majority. So thats just more yes votes than no votes. But again, as you mentioned, he is expected to fall short again. And thats because the only party that appears willing, the only main party that appears willing to support his conservatives is the far right vox. And even with the support of vox, he doesnt have enough votes there to form a majority. There are other parties that perhaps in other circumstances might have supported him, but the fact that vox is helping him, they dont like that. So that leaves him rather isolated and we do expect him to lose this vote. And then what happens if he does lose this vote . Well, if he loses this vote, then pedro sanchez, the socialist leader, acting Prime Minister, he will be invited by the king to try and form a government himself. So hell go through the same process that mr nunez feijoo has gone through. And in the coming weeks, possibly as soon as as late october, mr sanchez could face an investiture vote himself. He would, in the meantime, have to try and get support from other parties. Now, he has supported parties to his left, but The Big Question is whether he can get the support of Catalan Nationalists whose backing he really needs in order to form a majority. And whats the reaction from this been . Because weve seen multiple votes in the past. What do the public think . Well, i think people are worried that this could go if mr sanchez is unable to form a government in a few weeks time, then a another election would be triggered in mid january. And that would be the sixth General Election that spain has had over the last decade. So we keep having this situation whereby we have a winner in the General Election, but it doesnt have a clear majority, it then has to try and get the support of other parties. It then fails and then we have a repeat election. It happened in 2015, it happened in 2019 and it could happen again this time round, although we still dont know that. But i think people are rather exhausted by the elections and by the lack of agreement that there is in spains parliament, the failure of the big parties to form these Governing Majorities soon after the election. Guy hedgecoe in madrid. Leaders from nine mediterranean countries are in malta for a meeting that is expected to focus on migration. Of france, greece and italy, who have all been under pressure with the number of people arriving on their shores. Well have more from our correspondent following the meeting throughout the day. Before we go, lets wreak out our top story. Two deadly explosions have rocked pakistan. More than 50 people are dead. The first happened near a mosque in the southwestern province of balochistan on friday as people celebrated the birth of prophet muhammad. Police say at least 52 people were killed there, with another 50 were injured. Police suspect it was a Suicide Attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. Earlier this month, at least eleven people, including a prominent muslim leader, were injured in an explosion in the same district. And dozens of people are trapped beneath a mosque near the city of peshawar. That is following a second blast. We will have plenty more on that on our website and right here on bbc news. Stay with us. Now that the weather for today is looking largely fine and dry over the weekend, its a story of two halves, really. Therell be some wet and windy weather moving its way in on saturday. But as i said, for the rest of the day, were looking at some sunny spells, just one or two showers across england and wales. Most frequent showers will be in the far north and west, just around this area of low pressure where well also have some fairly strong winds. But further south, this area of High Pressure keeping things relatively settled. So for the rest of the day, one or two showers could just crop up across parts of northern england, west wales, northern ireland, most frequent showers being blown on those strong winds across the north and the west of scotland. The mountains there keeping a good job of keeping eastern areas of scotland dry. Maximum temperatures getting about 16 to 20 or 21 celsius. Now through this evening. Tonight, therell be some clear skies for many. The winds will start to ease off across northern and western scotland. So we lose the gales here. So the possibility of the odd shower into tomorrow morning but otherwise clear skies and it could get quite, quite chilly across the north and the east of the uk. Six or seven degrees here for the south and west in plymouth. The temperatures staying up in double figures and thats because welljust see the cloud increasing as we go through saturday. And weve got this next Weather System moving its way in from the southwest that will bring some rain to northern and Western Areas throughout the day. But it will be a fairly bright start to your weekend. Therell be some sunshine across many northern and eastern parts. You notice, though, this rain as it moves its way through northern ireland, into north wales, eventually into northern england, into the north midlands as well, the far north east of scotland staying dry, dry too, across the far south and southeast and temperatures here, 21 degrees celsius. Now that area of rain will start to move its way eastward as we go through sunday. This trailing Weather Front here will bring a legacy of cloud. A few spots of rain into Sunday Morning from south wales through the midlands towards eastern areas. It will gradually break up. Therell be some sunshine developing to northern areas, one or two showers here, eventually some sunshine in the far southeast where it could be really quite warm. Of course, first day of october, temperatures 2a degrees celsius. Theyre way above the average further north, 17 to 19 degrees. As we go into next week, those temperatures will start to come down a little bit from tuesday onward. There were plenty of fine and dry weather through next week with one or two showers around as well. Bye bye. Countdown to shutdown. The Us Government will run out of money at midnight tomorrow for the fourth time since 2013 unless congress can agree a spending deal. And jamaica is experiencing an influx of visitors but how much of a threat is Climate Change to the tourism boom . Welcome to World Business report, im aaron heslehurst. We start in the us where at midnight eastern time tomorrow the Us Government will run out of money to fund itself, unless congress can agree a last minute deal. If the story sounds familiar well, it is. It would be the 22nd time in the last 50 years that Us Government services have had to be shut down because of a Budget Deadlock in congress
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