Would then have to go to the president to decide to avert a shutdown before midnight tonight. Within the last hour, we heard from the Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. I have very good news for the country democrats and republicans have come to an agreement and the government will remain open. We will have avoided a shutdown. Bipartisanship, which has been the trademark of the senate, has prevailed and the American People can breathe a sigh of relief. But this is a bridge cr and Leader Mcconnell and i have agreed to continue fighting for more economic and security aid for ukraine. We support ukraines efforts to defend its sovereignty against putins aggression. So, thank you. Thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their excellent work. The bipartisanship here in the senate set the tone for todays result and i hope it sets the tone for the future. The Top Republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, offered this commitment. Most Senate Republicans remain committed to helping our friends on the front lines. To invest more heavily in american strength, it reinforces our allies and deters our top strategic adversarial china. I am confident the senate will pass further urgent assistance to ukraine later this year. Were going back to those pictures of the senate right now because we have learned that boat is now complete and the senate has now passed the Stopgap Funding Bill for that was lost to Chuck Schumer. fix, was lost to Chuck Schumer. Sigh of relief. There will be no government shutdown. Democrats have said from the start of the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship. We are glad Speaker Mccarthy has finally heeded our message. In the end, more democrats supported this bill in the houston republicans, proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. Bipartisanship was the best answerallalong. I bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriate. Madam president Susan Collins and senator mcconnell. They set the tone for the bill we are about to pass. Our bipartisanship made this possible. It showed the house they had to act. We will keep the government open for 45 days with a clean cr at current Funding Levels and we avoided all of the extreme, nasty and harmful cuts maga republicans wanted. No further cuts across the board. Note 30 cuts to things like healthcare, the Social Security administration, the Nutrition Programmes for kids. Forthe the Nutrition Programmes for kids. For the authorisation of the faa until december 31. And the faa until december 31. And the Poison Pill Amendments of which there were scores. Maga inspired riders were all removed from the bill. After trying to take our government hostage, maga republicans won nothing. One more time. It is good Speaker Mccarthy finally heeded our message that bipartisanship was and is and remains the only way. He could have made this decision weeks ago. I have said from day one this is a bridge cr, a temporary solution, not the final destination. We will not stop fighting for more economic and Security Assistance for ukraine. Majorities in both parties support ukraine aid and doing more is vitalfor americas security and for democracy around the world. But this cr is still very good news for the American People. Maga today extremists failed, and both parties have come together to avoid a shutdown because once again, thank you to Leader Mcconnell, vice chair Susan Collins and members on both sides of the aisle who came together. Todays cr would not have been possible without the senates good work. The senate showed bipartisanship was the only way and the same will be true again in 45 days. I yield the floor. I did not yet you had before. Do not yet yielded the floor. Had before. 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He said, majorities in both parties support ukraine aid and doing what is vital for ukraines security and democracy around the world. That announcement from the Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer as the senate does pass this bill. It will have to go to the president for assigning and then the government would avert a shutdown. That message we heard from the Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer is very different from what we heard from the House Republican leader a little earlier. Lets listen to what he said. Today the house came together to do ourjobs and continue this battle. Leave me, this is not the end, it is the beginning of a continued fight to secure our border. To get Government Spending under control and get our economy back on track. That means for the next 45 days were going to be working through remaining issues. As the speaker talked about, starting monday we are coming back in the house to continue the appropriations process. We will keep our eye on the developing story but we will move onto news now. To an escalating conflict in the balkans now. Kosovo is demanding serbia withdraw its troop from their shared border. It comes after tensions between the two countries flared up last weekend when Kosovo Police fought about 30 heavily armed serbs who stormed a village there and barricaded themselves inside a monastery. Three attackers and one Police Officer were killed in the gun battle. Nato says it has authorised Additional Forces to the area. The white house has warned a build up of serbian troops risks destabilisation. A humanitarian crisis is worsening in a disputed area. Almost the entire population of Nagorno Karabakh has fled the region since azerbaijan reclaimed the territory last week. Thats more than 100,000 Ethnic Armenians who have navigated the winding, mountainous road to armenia. Azerbaijan has said it wants to reintegrate the area and treat its residents as equals, but an armenian spokesman said this wasjust a lie. The Un Refugee Agency has said that many of those fleeing are hungry, exhausted and need immediate assistance. The mass exodus has prompted the United Nations to send its First Mission to the territory in about 30 years, to assess the humanitarian situation. Nagorno karabakh had been controlled by armenian separatists for three decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. Bbc� s South Caucasus and central asia correspondent Rayhan Demytrie has more. Outside the humanitarian Registration Centre here which has been working 24 7 since the influx from Nagorno Karabakh began last sunday, there is still a lot of people in need of help with more than 100,000 people being registered. Now theres hardly anyone left inside the Nagorno Karabakh enclave which came under azerbaijani control. Bakus so called anti terror operation against the separatist Ethnic Armenian authorities inside Nagorno Karabakh lasted just 2a hours. Karabakh armenians had surrendered and have now largely been disarmed. Their former leaders are being arrested one by one by azerbaijan, which accused them of terrorism. Their republic, which existed for 32 years but was never recognised by the international community, ceased to exist. People who were forced to flee their homes, like milena from kert village, have been describing what happened. Translation after i having seen everything. It pains me to be leaving, but i have hope that ill be able to come back. This is one of the paradises on earth that cannot be traded with or compared to lands or wealth. The world should not believe that we are willingly leaving. We fought till the very end with our blood, with our lives to protect our country. Russian president Vladimir Putin is defending his move to illegally annex four ukrainian territories a year ago, claiming russia has become strongerfor it. From moscow our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. A year ago, hed proclaimed the annexation of four ukrainian regions. Speaks russian. Today, Vladimir Putin said russia had become stronger as a result. Together, we can meet any challenge. Together, they streamed towards red square. A highly organised show of support for the annexation that only two countries have recognised syria and north korea. It all belongs to us now, yelina says. We restored part of our historic motherland. But its ukrainian territory, i say. Its russia. Only russia. Flags distributed, cue the patriotic concert. In the absence of victory, this was all about creating the impression of victory, a dizzying sense of achievement, so that russians believe that the last 19 months of pain havent been in vain. So, the kremlin tells them that their country has got bigger, stronger, when in reality, the invasion of ukraine has gone badly wrong for russia. One recent example the Ukrainian Missile attack on russias Black Sea Fleet headquarters in occupied crimea. It showed how moscows struggling to defend strategically important targets. But theres no change of plan. In ukraine, russia fights on. The army says its recruited an extra 300,000 volunteers. President putin is pushing on with the war and confrontation with the west. How far is putin prepared to go now to achieve the victory . To the end. To whatever that end is. Hes not going to give up, hes not going to waver, hes not going to blink, hes not going to make concessions. So, putins waiting for the west to blink first . Absolutely. Hes waiting it out. The kremlin leader apparently believing that time is on russias side. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. Voting has ended in slovakias parliamentary election with initial exit polls suggesting liberals leading in results. Voters chose between pro russia former Prime Minister robert fico, and the pro west Progressive Slovakia Party. Fico is a populist who has promised to stop all military aid to kyiv. Fico was forced to step down as Prime Minister following the murder of investigative journalist jan kuciak in 2018. The Progressive Slovakia Party would likely continue to support ukraine, the eu, green policies, and lgbtq rights. However, a Coalition Government may still be needed. Moving to pakistan, investigations are under way into two deadly explosions on friday which killed more than 60 people. The first explosion was near a mosque in the south Western Province of balochistan as people celebrated the birth of the prophet muhammad. Dozens were killed. Police suspect it was a Suicide Attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. Balochistan, pakistans largest province, has suffered mutiple attacks from groups, including the Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State group. And in a separate explosion, at least five people are reported to have died at a blast at a mosque near the city of peshawar. Saher baloch has this report from mastung in balochistan. Family members are showing up at the blast site in mastung to look for the remains of their loved ones. This man named habibullah came here looking for his cousin. Translation hes my cousin. His name is fidel hussein. I was at home yesterday. He told me he was leaving for work but he didnt go and came to this congregation with his friends instead. His number is switched off since then and i cant connect with him. Whereas Haji Ali Haider ran towards the site when he heard the blast. Translation up to this time, there have been no results from the number of fact finding inquiries into the blasts. At least the findings should tell us who is responsible. Nobody claims responsibility for these blasts. This man here is a former city administrator. He told me he lost four members of his family in fridays explosion. Translation i called my nephew 45 times, but he did not pick up his phone. I called his brother and then, his father. I knew they went to the annual celebrations of prophets birth anniversary every year and realised they were all dead. There should be an investigation on the role of those deployed for our security. The Police Officers that i spoke