The fire began at around 6am in the Fonda Milagros nightclub before spreading to two venues next to it. The cause of the blaze is unknown, but its effect was devastating. Translation we dont know anything. We are waiting for news to see whether some of our Family Members have come out alive. Translation i think we left 30 seconds or one minute before i the alarms went off and all the lights went out and there were screams saying there was a fire. I was in a place where i could get out, but five Family Members and two friends are still missing. Emergency services have been searching through the rubble, trying to find bodies. For friends and relatives of those who did not escape the blaze, it has been an agonising wait. Theyve been receiving support from counsellors in a nearby sports complex. The police are now carrying out dna tests on the bodies of those killed in an attempt to identify them, but it could be a slow process. This is the worst Nightclub Fire in spain in more than 30 years, and the local authorities have declared three days of mourning. Guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. Us President Joe Biden says hes determined to restore aid to ukraine, a Day Afterfunding was dropped from a temporary Spending Bill to avert a government shutdown. In order to pass the spending deal, just hours before the shutdown, House Republican leaders removed a measure to send 6 billion in military assistance to ukraine after opposition from republican pa rty ha rdliners. Both republican and Democrat Senate leaders have promised to try again to approve the additional funding soon. Speaking to reporters on sunday, mr biden vowed that the United States would not abandon ukraine, urging republicans in Congress Pass the Ukraine Military assistance. There is no ukraine funding in the agreement. Despite that, i did not believe in letting millions of americans go through the pain of a government shutdown. Lets be clear, i hope my Friends On The Other Side keep their word about support for ukraine. They said they were going to support ukraine in a separate vote. We cannot under any circumstances allow american support ukraine to be interrupted. I fully expect the speaker to keep his commitment for secure passage and support needed to help ukraine as they defend themselves against aggression and brutality. Joining me now is angela stent, a Non Resident Seniorfellow at the brookings institution. Thank you for being here. First of all, to talk about what ukrainian officials might be thinking and feeling when they watch whats going on here in the us, how worried you think ukraine officials might be about the absence of funding for ukraine in this us. Estopped oakville . They must be very worried. President zielinski was here in the us ten days and congressman President Biden requested more assistance, he was promised he would get it. Zelensky. This is a disastrous situation. People in new york and european governments must be wondering what will happen next and i think the only people happy about this are people in the kremlin. Iii about this are people in the kremlin. ,. ,. , kremlin. If this money and fun does not materialise, kremlin. If this money and fun does not materialise, were i does not materialise, were talking 6 billion that would have been in the bill, the senate version, if atley does not come through, what could that mean for ukraines war effort . �. ~. ,. , effort . Itll mean ukrainians wont get effort . Itll mean ukrainians wont get some effort . Itll mean ukrainians wont get some of effort . Itll mean ukrainians wont get some of the effort . Itll mean ukrainians i wont get some of the weapons and ammunition they need. They wont get other Financial Support. Its not clear that any of the european governments can step into the breach here, so could have very serious consequences for them in the next few weeks as they continue their counteroffensive before winter sets in. If they do not get this extra funding, there is a 6 billion, but really what President Biden had wanted and what president zelensky requested was more like 20 billion. ~ �. , billion. Were looking at imaaes billion. Were looking at images and billion. Were looking at images and you billion. Were looking at. Images and you mentioned president zelensky was in washington about days ago, meeting with President Biden, speaking to lawmakers here as well, how tough the road now do you think dolensky might be facing in terms of us aid, given the growing opposition we are seeing among the numbers of the Republican Party especially in the house . The Republican Party especially in the house . In the house . Zelensky. Be much more in the house . Zelensky. Be much more challenging in the house . Zelensky. Be much more challenging them l in the house . Zelensky. Be i much more challenging them and would call the Boughton Wing by the Republican Party is still a minority in the congress but those are the ones adamantly against any more funding for ukraine. The last time there was a vote on this 70 of the republicans in the House Of Representatives voted against funding for ukraine. Having said that, the majority of republicans and democrats in the senate and house do still favour supporting ukraine stop but this may fall victim to all of the elegance going on in the Republican Party of the speaker may lose his position, so even though President Biden has said that he hopes very soon the assistance will be in fact included in a bill, we have no guarantee that that will happen. Guarantee that that will ha en. , guarantee that that will happen guarantee that that will hauen. ,. ,. , happen. This is one of the first bits happen. This is one of the first bits over happen. This is one of the first bits over wavering i happen. This is one of the i first bits over wavering maybe that weve seen here in the us in terms of funding for ukraine. The us is not the only country thats been giving military and Financial Support of the country. How do you think this might play out right now in capitals of other european countries, may be in germany, france, is this sending a ukraines other western allies but the level of support they might be willing to provide . To provide . Yes, there certainly to provide . Yes, there certainly is to provide . Yes, there certainly is and to provide . Yes, there certainly is and are i to provide . Yes, there i certainly is and are sending a signal that the us is not a reliable ally. Since it promised ukraine. We know in germany there is a debate about supplying missiles, we had an election and somalia you were a pro russian person has been elected or form a coalition that was president , hungary said it will not support ukraine at alland said it will not support ukraine at all and you have and some other european capitals these parties wavering on this Animal Populist Parties come to power in elections even in poland theres been a spat between poland and about how much more the polls will supply. This will cause questioning, Great Britain is one of the few countries that resolutely now even sending trainers to ukraine. The Baltic States are strong but in other european capitals it is not so clear. ,. , , clear. This could very well be above on clear. This could very well be above on the clear. This could very well be above on the road, clear. This could very well be above on the road, as clear. This could very well be above on the road, as you i above on the road, as you mentioned, we could see a Bill Come Onto Floor Of The House soon that would provide this funding. But until that happens, how do you think russia and Vladimir Putin are looking on in responding to what they have been seeing go down on capitol hill this week . I think they must be very pleased. When know putin himself is waiting for the 2024 election and hoping trouble be elected so the us in that case would probably completely stop supporting ukraine. Im sure there is russian disinformation and all kinds of things happening in this country that are reinforcing the sort of anti ukrainian message. From a Russian Point of view this can only be seen as a win. We have heard the only be seen as a win. We have heard the assurances only be seen as a win. We have heard the assurances from i only be seen as a win. We have heard the assurances from two | heard the assurances from two different leaders in the senate, where President Biden says and calls on lawmakers to get down to business and provide more funding for ukraine. How confident are you that some sort of funding bill will be passed on the next couple of weeks . Its will be passed on the next couple of weeks . Will be passed on the next couple of weeks . Its very hard to be confident couple of weeks . Its very hard to be confident about couple of weeks . Its very hard to be confident about this i to be confident about this because if you dont have the drama playing out over some of republicans tried to get rid of Kevin Mccarthy, as the speaker, there will be so absorbed in these kinds of fights that her knows whether they would have the time or interest in passing such a Spending Bill. I would like to be more confident but i am and i hope the present is right and apparently Speaker Mccarthy did say that he would take this up but i think there are so much that of any agreement that its hard to be when we confident about that. 0k. Angela stent, Non Resident Seniorfellow at the 0k. Angela stent, non resident senior fellow at the brookings institution, thank you so much. Thank you. Well, if some republicans have their way, mr biden will soon be dealing with a new speaker of the house. Florida representative matt gaetz announced he would trigger votes this week to remove speaker Kevin Mccarthy from his leadership role. Mccarthy made a series of concessions to gain support from hardline republicans to become House Speaker after an historic 14 rounds of votes in january. Mr gaetz says mccarthy is in breach of his agreement. He made that commitment, he broke it, and if at this time next week Kevin Mccarthy is still speaker of the house, it will be because the democrats bailed held him out, and he would be their speaker, not mine. You dont have the votes to remove him, so. By the way, i dont know until we have them, and i might not have them the first time but i might have them before the 15th ballot thats the number of ballots Kevin Mccarthy needs. So youre going to do this every day like you suggested . Youre going to go through this process of voting over and over and overagain . I am relentless. For his part, mr mccarthy said sunday that hes not going anywhere. He says he is coming for you. Can you survive . Yes, ill survive. This is personal with matt. Matt voted against the most conservative ability to protect our border, secure our border. Hes more interested in securing Tv Interviews than doing something. He wanted to push us into a shutdown, even threatening his own district with all the military people there who would not be paid, only because he wants to take this motion. So be it. Bring it on. Lets get over with it and lets start governing. Earlier i spoke with leigh ann caldwell, a political reporter with the washington post. As we heard, florida representative matt gaetz wants to try to remove Kevin Mccarthy as speaker of the house and it could come as soon as monday. How likely do you think it is he will be able to succeed . It is the question of the day and lets just take a step back and explain how the process works. Any one member of the house, in this instance it is likely to be matt gaetz, can bring up this measure to remove mccarthy from his speakership to oust him from that position. But it takes a majority of the House Of Representatives to support that in orderfor it to pass, for it to be effective. So you look at the dynamics here. There is a faction of the Republican Party that are anti mccarthy, maybe thats five, maybe thats ten, maybe thats 20, maybe thats 30, we dont really know. But thats far from the 218 it needs for this motion to vacate to be successful. So ultimately what it is going to come down to are democrats. Democrats are going to decide if Kevin Mccarthy is the next speaker of the house or is going to continue to be speaker of the house or not. My reporting talking democrats of all factions of the Democratic Party shows that they are not sure yet. There are some people who have no desire to save mccarthys job. There is very little trust for mccarthy, democrats do not like mccarthy, they think he does not keep his word, and if they were to help him out, they are going to extract many concessions including a difference in how the House Of Representatives is run. Not placating and governing to the right, but perhaps to the centre, to try to actually pass moderate legislation. This is a huge discussion the democrats have started to have and will continue to have until they are forced to take this vote. You said theres not much trust left between mccarthy and house democrats. Why is that, what happened to the relationship which probably wasnt that strong to begin with . Kevin mccarthy has been in the house for a very long time. For almost two decades. Many of these democrats have served with him and they know him but most recently there was an agreement between Speaker Mccarthy and President Biden back in may and june on how to fund the government. What Funding Levels the government would be funded for this upcoming fiscal year. They reached an agreement and within a week or two Kevin Mccarthy walked back that agreement under pressure from his right, so now he is trying to fund the government at levels that are much lower, so not agreeing to this commitment that he made with President Biden. That is the biggest public example of mccarthy not keeping his word but there is also lots of personal and private examples as well. Thats one of the issues because if mccarthy does make concessions to democrats behind closed doors, if he offers them many things in order to save hisjob, democrats are not confident that he would even keep those commitments and so there is no love lost between democrats and mccarthy and so were going to have to see how this plays out but ultimately it is up democrats, ironically. Leigh ann caldwell, political reporter with the washington post. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. The Afghan Embassy in delhi has ceased its operations effective today, due to a lack of support from the India Government and a reduction in personnel and resources. 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