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An historic tragedy. At least 25 people have died after a diving boat caught fire off the california coast nine others are still missing. In tennis, the defending womens singles champion, japans naomi osaka, is knocked out of the us open after losing to Switzerlands Belinda Bencic in the last 16. The bbc home and forces programme. Here is the news. And 80 years on since the outbreak of World War Two, we look at the contribution Radio Broadcasts made to the war effort. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Theres a momentous day ahead in westminster as tory rebels join forces with Opposition Mps to try to block a no deal brexit on october 31st. If defeated, downing street officials have warned of a third general election in four years tentatively pencilled in for the monday the 14th of october. Lets take a look at where we are. Tory rebels are expected to join labour to seize control of the commons agenda and bring forward a bill designed to stop that no deal exit at the end of next month. If they succeed, Prime Minister borisjohnson could call a snap general election on 14 october. Unusually, it is a monday. Elections are normally on a thursday. That would need to get the agreement of parliament and althoutheremy corbyn has previously said hes ready to go to the polls, but some in his party are hinting that labour might vote against. Mrjohnson has insisted the uk must leave the eu on 31st october with or without a deal and he will not under any circumstances request a further delay from brussels. The uncertainty has caused the pound to drop to its lowest value against the dollar since 2017. Heres our political correspondent, jonathan blake. Protester boris, boris, boris chanting out, out, out welcome back to westminster. Mps return from their summer break today to a raging debate about brexit. Yesterday evening, the Prime Minister raised the stakes with a warning to those trying to block a no deal exit, they could force him to go to the polls. Lets let our negotiators get on with their work without that sword of damocles over their necks and without an election, without an election. I dont want an election, you dont want an election. Tory mps entertained in the garden of number ten now know that if theyjoin with opposition parties this week in attempts to take control of what happens in the house of commons, the government will push for an early election. Two thirds of mps would need to back that, meaning labours position is crucial. Their leader sounds keen. When the election comes, im ready for it, youre ready for it, were ready for it. Well take that message out there and above all, we will win for the people of this country we will defeat this lot we will bring about that sense ofjustice and equality that is what our movement was founded to achieve but last night, another senior labour figure said the party would not support an election before the brexit deadline of october the 31st. What the conversations ive had in Parliament Today means is that we would not support the vote, the two thirds majority that borisjohnson needs, the 434 mps that he needs to vote for a general election to dissolve parliament, under the fixed term parliaments act, he will not get that majority. The summer is officially over here now and time is short for all sides to make their next move, and perhaps just days for Big Decisions to be made. Jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. In a moment well talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith, but lets go over again in a bit more detail whats expected to happen today. Mps return to the commons this afternoon after summer recess. Theyll request an urgent debate on taking control of the agenda in order to stop a no deal brexit. A vote on that is expected probably late tonight. If it passes, the bill would be able to be put forward for debate, but the Prime Minister is expected to table a motion to hold a snap general election, which can only happen if its backed by at least two thirds of mps in a commons vote. If they vote in favour of the motion, the country would be expected to go to the polls on monday, the 14th of october. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, can explain this all for us. The Opposition Mps want their no deal insurance policy, i guess, passed into law before the country goes to the polls and downing street is trying to trim fat, so the key question today is whether there is enough support for that legislation in the commons . And downing street is trying to trump that. Boris johnsons old street is trying to trump that. Borisjohnsons old brexit street is trying to trump that. Boris johnsons old Brexit Strategy could blow up in his face, because all the signs are that his threat to deselect troublesome tory mps poised to rebel against him has backfired and actually hardened their resolve, and actually hardened their resolve, and on top of that is secondary threat to trigger a general election looks like running into the buffers of labour opposition, with growing indications that labour will not support an early general election, and on top of all that we have had a searing intervention from the former chancellor Philip Hammond who has gone on the warpath against Boris Johnson saying not only to the rebels have the numbers to defeating their has been no progress in these brexit negotiations, as Boris Johnson has claimed, he does not think borisjohnson johnson has claimed, he does not think Boris Johnson has johnson has claimed, he does not think borisjohnson has made an offer, he has dismantled the Negotiation Team and not made any effort to get a deal, he denounced the sacking of his former adviser sania khan at the weekend for allegedly briefing or being in contact with some of the rebels, he said it was shocking, he said she expected she would win an industrial tribunal. And she accused Boris Johnsons chief of staff, the man brought in by him, the brains behind the vocally referendum campaign, Dominic Cummings, of not having the interest of the party at heart and being an entry s with another agenda. Just listen to mr hammond on the today programme. I am going to defend my party against incomers, entryists, who are trying to turn it from a broad church into a narrow faction. People who are at the heart of this government who are probably not even members of the conservative party, who care nothing about the future of the conservative party. Youre referring to Dominic Cummings . I intend to defend my party against them. Do you believe that Dominic Cummings is not a member of the conservative party, as we were hearing yesterday . I think david gauke suggested that he did not think he was. My colleague david gauke suggested yesterday he was not a member of the conservative party. It is my understanding he is not and never has been a member of the conservative party. On top of all that, one former cabinet minister, justine greening, has decided she has had enough and will not stay as a tory mp, she will not stand at the next election. That is because she says that the tory party has become more like the brexit party, it is becoming increasingly and narrowly focused party that does not speak to the millions of people worried about brexit and a party that is no longer seeking to address the real problems of brexit and denounces all the concerns as project fear. Justine greening is off. This is what she said. The job of an mp, for me, is to be putneys voice in parliament. And that is certainly what i have sought to do and i will of course do that today in making sure that we pass this bill, hopefully, through parliament on wednesday. But it is very clear to me that my concerns about the conservative party becoming the brexit party, in effect, have come to pass and therefore my decision is that, if i really want to continue to make a difference on the ground on opportunity and social mobility, i need to do that outside parliament and that is what im prepared to do. Now, those around mrjohnson say it is the rebels causing all of this disquiet and by threatening to pass the no deal legislation they risk scuppering Boris Johnsons the no deal legislation they risk scuppering borisjohnsons Brexit Strategy and jeopardising the prospect of the eu cunning forward with any deal. But interestingly we are getting the first glimmers of cracks in the cabinet, with amber rudd expressing disquiet at this threat of deselection is and the departure of figures like justine greening. I think we have some very valued colleagues who have made a very different choice, and i think we should consider carefully the consequences of dividing the party. But i do support the Prime Minister in his commitment and this governments commitment to getting a deal with the eu. And i think sometimes what is getting lost is the focus we do have as a government to get that deal and the progress we are making. Thank you very much. Here is the real kick in the teeth of borisjohnson, here is the real kick in the teeth of Boris Johnson, there here is the real kick in the teeth of borisjohnson, there are growing indications that the labour party may not give him the green light for an early general election, because under existing parliamentary rules you need a two thirds majority of mps to callan you need a two thirds majority of mps to call an early election. In other words, ifJeremy Corbyn says we dont want an early general election, it is not happening. Although i am told there has been no final shadow cabinet decision, the signs are that within labour there isa signs are that within labour there is a view that they cannot trust borisjohnson to hold an election on october 14, they fear he could delay it until after we have left without an agreement. Interestingly, last night we have heard from john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, who said we could support a general election but only on our turns. I think that means labour will say we will only back a general election as borisjohnson agrees to rule out no deal. Listen to shami chakrabarti, the shadow attorney general this morning. She was treading very, very carefully. What she absolutely was not doing was giving the thumbs up to an early general election. It depends whether we have managed to secure this legislative lockdown to prevent any kind accidental crashing out, and indeed to prevent Boris Johnson and his thugs from agreeing one thing, saying, you know, we wont crash out before a general election, and then delaying the general election, for example, so it happened after october the 315t. The reason why this is a little confused is that we are not dealing with normal people with normal respect for parliament or the law. So we have to be nimble in response and we are trying to do that, working across parties in the house of commons. Now, there will be a meeting of all the opposition parties inJeremy Corbyns office this morning, where they will try to hammer out a united position, not just the they will try to hammer out a united position, notjust the no deal legislation but also what they should do about this vote on a general election. At the moment, from where i am sitting, the signs are that borisjohnson could be facing a double body blow. One, losing the vote unknown deal legislation and two, losing the option of an early general election. Studio it is interesting to hear from chancellor Philip Hammond talking about his party in the way he was talking on the today programme, saying he agrees with shami chakra bartis perspective. Programme, saying he agrees with Shami Chakrabartis perspective. And his local Party Constituency is backing him as candidate in a forthcoming general election, which raises the prospect of who holds the cards in deciding whether these mps the government is threatening to deselect it stand . The government is threatening to deselect it stand . Hammond was pretty clear, he thought it was down to is local party and borisjohnson could not do anything to ensure he is deselected and he one batch of borisjohnson tried to do that he would face, quote, the fight of his life. The crucial thing Philip Hammond said was that borisjohnson could, if mps voted for an early general election, change the date to beyond october the 31st. Why that matters is because that is precisely what labour fear. Blu ntly, matters is because that is precisely what labourfear. Bluntly, they matters is because that is precisely what labour fear. Bluntly, they do not trust Boris Johnson, and what labour fear. Bluntly, they do not trust borisjohnson, and for that reason i think it is increasingly likely that they will not back the option of an early general election. It is remarkable really, parliament is back and everything has changed. Throughout august, borisjohnson everything has changed. Throughout august, Boris Johnson had everything has changed. Throughout august, borisjohnson had a free run at the political agenda. Now parliament is back, everything has changed and Boris Johnson parliament is back, everything has changed and borisjohnson is facing a much, much tougherfight. Changed and borisjohnson is facing a much, much tougher fight. You mentioned the meeting with Opposition Mps, how united now are those opposed to a no deal brexit . They are united but on only one thing, and the one thing they are united on is opposing no deal. Once you go beyond that then they splinter in all sorts of directions, which has been there real achilles heel which has been there real achilles heel, because some of them want another referendum, someone to general election, someone to revoke article 50 and someone take deal. They have been going round and round in circles for months so she isnt have been unable to reach an agreement. For months and years and have been unable to reach a deal. But what they do next . What will happen if the vote goes through today, Boris Johnson will happen if the vote goes through today, borisjohnson holds true to the position that there was mps in the position that there was mps in the tory party that vote against the government have their work taken away, it is a minority government and there is no support for a general election . I think Boris Johnson is into very, very difficult terrain if he is to stick by his pledge to take us out come what may, do or die on october 31. The options are basically there is, he either ta bles are basically there is, he either tables a motion of no confidence in his own government, which would be extraordinary, a Prime Minister saying i have no confidence in myself, in effect, and hope that could be a pathway to the general election, because they only require a simple majority to trigger an election by that avenue, but it is not clear to me that would survive evenif not clear to me that would survive even if it were not an extraordinary bizarre thing to do. The other option would be to try to introduce legislation to overturn the fixed term parliaments act, again, not actual clear that he would get that through the comments. If he cant do that then he is into constitutional jiggery pokery, cant do that then he is into constitutionaljiggery pokery, by which i mean he could simply sit on the no deal legislation passed by the no deal legislation passed by the commons, if it is passed this week, and say i will not pass it to the queen in bell moral, it will not get well and sent all come into law. The difficulty is mps will almost certainly taken to court and seek a judicial review which they are likely to win. The last option, this might seem utterly and totally bizarre, but this is brexit land, is that Boris Johnson bizarre, but this is brexit land, is that borisjohnson goes to the eu summit on october the 17th with parliament having said to him we wa nt parliament having said to him we want you to seek a delay, and he vetoes his own governments position, because to secure a delay, you require the support of all 28 members of the eu. Here is the catch, the uk is still a member of the eu so possibly borisjohnson could veto his own government position. It gets curiouser and curiouser. We will see how the day unfolds. The headlines on bbc news. A momentous day as westminster prepares for a showdown. The Prime Minister says nothing will make him delay brexit and he could trigger a snap election. Tory rebels havejoined opposition parties to bring forward a bill designed to stop a no deal brexit. Please pray for us. Hurricane dorian claims at least five lives in the bahamas and causes widespread damage. The Prime Minister calls it an historic tragedy. In sport, Johanna Konta looks to book a place in the us open semifinals later, the defending champion naomi osaka is out, she lost to belinda bencic. Rafa nadal is safely through. He is on course to play Roger Federer in the final. He beat marin cilic. Nadal heading ever closer to federals 20 grand slam titles. Steve smith returns for australia tomorrow. Stuart broad says jofra archer will australia tomorrow. Stuart broad sastofra archer will relish the chance to bowl against him again. Wales face Northern Ireland later in the second qualifying for euro 2021. Wales are expected to challenge for top spot in their group. I will be back with more on those stories later in the hour. More on brexit and a judge in edinburgh is due to hear arguments over the Prime Ministers plan to shut down parliament at westminster for five weeks in september and october, ahead of a queens speech. A Cross Party Group of parliamentarians, headed by snp mpjoanna cherry and liberal democrat leader jo swinson, wants a ruling that borisjohnson is acting illegally. The uk government opposes the move, arguing it acted within its powers by seeking to Prorogue Parliament. The hearing is due to start at the court of session in the next hour or so. We can talk now to dr nick mckerrell, a law lecturer at the Glasgow School for business. Thank you very much forjoining us. Just explain first of all the various legal cases, if you will . Obviously this was started in august byjoanna obviously this was started in august by joanna cherry obviously this was started in august byjoanna cherry in scotland. Why was the case mounted initially, and there is another case in london, how do they feed into each other . In the sum of the scottish case was the first one, that is because the scottish courts meet in the summer, english courts dont. There will be an english case brought by gina miller, who brought the case surrounding article 50, withjohn major, the former Prime Minister, and there is a case being brought in Northern Ireland by victims advocate there who is challenging the prorogation of parliament. Today is the first one, the case in edinburgh. What are the arguments . Essentially that the government endocrines order is beyond the pale, it breaks the rule of law, it brea ks pale, it breaks the rule of law, it breaks the constitutional tradition of britain and it is an abuse of power, essentially. The argument against is that this is a political act, the governments advocate said last night it was an intensely political decision to Prorogue Parliament and basically such political decisions are not open to the courts tojudge, political decisions are not open to the courts to judge, it is a matter for politicians like borisjohnson to determine when prorogation happens. The argument is because the debate on brexit is so critical to oui debate on brexit is so critical to our constitution, to suspend parliament for any amount of time, particularly the amount proposed, is a breach of some fundamental values we hold to be true in the uk constitution. Last week there was an attempt to have an interim order put in place which would give a temporary stop to parliament being prorogued. That was refused. How quickly will the decision be taken now . It is a complex issue and these things can go on for a very long time in normal circumstances . You probably could not get more complex and determining the british constitution, but the thing the court is looking for is actually fairly straightforward. If you want to getan fairly straightforward. If you want to get an interdict or injunction in england it can begin very quickly, for example in the media stories of stop by bringing in injunctions or i nte rd icts stop by bringing in injunctions or interdicts quickly. The order could beaten fairly quickly, but the issues are complex. It is a bad combination, these complex issues will have to be agreed very quickly. It goes one way or the other, i would almost assume there would be an appeal in that case, notjust in scotla nd an appeal in that case, notjust in scotland to the next stage of the court of session but ultimately to the Supreme Court of the uk based in london. What about which court might trump which, they might all come up with different findings . That is an interesting phenomenon in this issue. The Supreme Court of the uk issue. The Supreme Court of the uk is the ultimate appeal court for the whole of the uk on this issue. In scotla nd whole of the uk on this issue. In scotland it is only an appeal court in civil issues, which this includes, so the Supreme Court could bring all the cases together and hear it, it would have to be done within the week. Will it be clear by the end of this week with this various court the end of this week with this various court cases the end of this week with this various court cases which way it will go . Anyone that says things are clear on this issue would be lying. It will be the end of the week, there will be a decision about whether it will be appealed or not. If the Supreme Court can hear the case within a week, it remains to be seen, and all the shenanigans going on today with the potential general election might make this discussion fairly academic. So many elements to it. Thank you very much for making that part of it very clear for us. Thanks, joanna. Well be answering your questions on all things brexit and what could happen this week in a bbc ask this. I will be joined at westminster by Bronwen Maddox from the institute and what could happen this week in a bbc ask this. I will be joined at westminster by Bronwen Maddox from the institute and what could happen this week in a bbc ask this. I will be so please do get in touch with whatever questions you might have the Contact Details are on your screen 110w. Now, some of todays other news. At least five people are known to have died as Hurricane Dorian continues to cause catastrophic damage across the bahamas. Some 13,000 houses are feared damaged or destroyed. Dorian is later expected to hit the eastern seaboard of america, as our north america correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports. Overnight, life was changed in abaco in the bahamas by the strongest storm ever recorded there. Large areas of these low lying islands were totally submerged. Winds reached more than 160 miles an hour with ocean surges recorded up to 23 feet high. The scraps of footage posted online painted a terrifying picture. Please, pray for us. Pray for abaco, please, im begging you. My babys only four months old, so please pray for us. The roof of the apartment block of the mother who took this video had been ripped off. She was clinging to the side of the building with her baby as she broadcast this. Some people, the water just took them. There has as yet been no update on her safety. Iam i am already completely flooded out. That is my kitchen window. That has to bea that is my kitchen window. That has to be a minimum of about 20 feet off the ground. Among those helplessly watching the waters rise the minister of agriculture, michael pintard, who filmed this. Aid agencies estimate that up to 13,000 homes could have been destroyed as the storm moves painfully slowly through the bahamas, at some points atjust a mile an hour. For long periods, the eye of the hurricane stayed in a single spot. It could be days until help reaches many and as well as fears about lives lost and those injured, there are concerns that food and clean Drinking Water will be hard to come by. This is the fourth year in a row that there has been a category five hurricane in the atlantic. A record in the modern era. Experts attributed the frequency of these events to climate change. Dorian now heads towards florida, with predictions that the storm could remain hurricane strength for much of the week. Hurricane dorian is just 100 miles away from here, and states of emergency have been declared notjust in this state but in four others as well, as the us mainland now braces itself for the impact of this record breaking storm. The Us Coast Guard says at least 25 people have been killed after a boat carrying scuba divers caught fire and sank off the coast of southern california. Up to nine people are still missing. All but one of the six crew managed to escape byjumping off the vessel in the early hours of monday morning. Peter bowes reports from los angeles. The charter vessel conception was being used by scuba divers. A three day trip that started on saturday. The vessel is well known in the area and Officials Say it was compliant with safety requirements. The injured crew members were brought to shore and have been interviewed by investigators, but its not clear what was happening in the minutes before the fire broke out and whether the boat experienced any mechanical problems. This is probably the worst Case Scenario you could possibly have. You have a vessel thats on the open sea that is in the middle of the night, i mean, 3 30 in the morning. Fire is the scourge of any ship and the vessel, you know, if not everybody, most everybody was asleep at this time. The majority of the people were the passengers on the ship and the sleeping compartment was on the bottom deck of the ship, so they would have been sound asleep when this fire started. Just metres from the harbour at santa cruz island, the boat was anchored for the night. Initially there were hopes that the passengers could have swum to safety. The area known as the Channel Islands to the north of los angeles is a popular destination for water sports and fishing crews. This disaster has shocked the Seaside Community and raises questions about boating safety at the height of the summer season. Peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. Hong kongs embattled leader, carrie lam, has denied ever offering to resign, after audio was leaked of her saying on monday, a recording of a private meeting emerged where she is heard saying if i have a choice, the first thing is to quit. Today, ms lam said she had never tendered any resignation, but did not deny the authenticity of the recording. Hong kong has seen months of Anti Government protests, and ms lam has been the target of much of the protesters anger. Now matt has the weather. A cloudy start for many areas but things are set to get brighter. We had sunshine across areas of the midlands, if my graphics dont want to play. Lets get that going. The cloud is producing a little bit of rain here and there, particularly across the north and west at the moment. Western scotland, Northern Ireland, into west and wales, where the cloud is because, some light rain and drizzle so far will turn heavier through the day, particularly across parts of scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north west of england. Some brea ks far north west of england. Some breaks in cloud, the midlands, eastern and southern income. A pleasa nt eastern and southern income. A pleasant enough afternoon, temperatures a degree also upon yesterday. A cold day in shetland, 12 degrees. This evening and overnight, rain spread south and east, across all parts. A welcome drop of rainfall gardens in the south early tomorrow. Temperatures are 15 or16 south early tomorrow. Temperatures are 15 or 16 degrees but commuters will have to deal with rain. Through the day, the chillier weather pushes down from the north, blustery across scotland, Northern Ireland, northern england. 50 or 60 mph gusts are possible, breezy but dry and break through the afternoon. More details in the next hour. Dry and bright through the afternoon. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. A momentous day as westminster prepares for a showdown the Prime Minister says nothing will make him delay brexit and he could trigger a snap election. Tory rebels havejoined opposition parties to bring forward a bill designed to stop a no deal brexit. Think we will have the numbers, many i think we will have the numbers, many colleagues have been the last week or so. Jeremy corbyn says labour is ready for a general election, but the party may block going to the polls before october the 31st in order to stop a no deal brexit. Hurricane dorian claims at least five lives in the bahamas and causes widespread damage. The Prime Minister calls it an historic tragedy. Coming up, 80 years on since the outbreak of World War Two we look at the contribution Radio Broadcasts made to the war effort. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. One of the most read stories online this morning is that brexit showdown in parliament. As weve been reporting, mps are back in Parliament Today after a dramatic day yesterday which ended with the government putting the possibility of a general election on the table. Bbc radio 5 live have been talking to people around the country to get a sense of what they want to happen next. Noelle donnel lives outside strabane in County Tyrone just three miles from the irish border. She says her family has been divided over the brexit debate. And samuel kurtz is a conservative county councillor in north pembrokeshire, in wales. Bbc radio 5 lives nicky morgan started by asking noelle what she wanted to happen next. In nicky campbell. Bearing in mind the part of the world that im from, we would like to see a deal struck of some description because no deal would leave us in this particular part of the world with too much uncertainty. I think that an election is really demonstrating the state of where we are at in terms of play at the moment as far as brexit because were not getting any information through and i think it demonstrates a degree of irresponsibility by the government to introduce Something Like this at this particular time. Samuel. I think boris has got it nailed on that we have to leave on the 315t of october. This has been kicked down the road for too long, we have gone round the mountain with hours of debate in the chamber in westminster. A deal would be beneficial to a lot of the industries here in pembrokeshire, the petrochemical industry, the agricultural industry, with two ports that connect us to the republic of ireland but at the same time, we have to show that the voters are able to have this democratic process of the referendum enacted. We have to show that process works and we have to leave the European Union. And what about the negotiations after we have left the European Union on october the 31st . Thats when it all begins, isnt it . Absolutely, but we have had some micro deals being done throughout this time already, some very small, minute deals to help transition through and no deal preparations have been going on. And it is beneficial for both parties, regardless of what remainers say, that the European Union get a good deal with us as well as us getting a good deal with the European Union. Yes, if we do leave with no deal it would be a slightly different period for a lot of people, a lot of things would change in the short term but it would be up to both the European Union and the uk to come to an agreement which would be beneficial for both parties. I think the eu have not really got that clear to them yet, how beneficial it needs to be for them. The problem is that they are saying, if you dont pay us the money, no trade deal. Absolutely, and the £39 billion is a contentious issue, but every negotiation, every side has to give a little and take a little. We have seen since the very beginning, when theresa may was Prime Minister, the eu have been steadfast in their position and not given much at all. The political declaration came along and gave millimetres, really, but we do need to see the European Union come forward with more of a negotiation, really. Well, the backstop, they didnt want the backstop. That was a big concession. Noelle, do you think that all these shenanigans at the moment weaken his hand in trying to get a deal . Im not even sure that he is going to be able to get a deal at this stage, and that is part of the problem here in this part of the world. It is such a short space of time between now and the 31st of october, we have spent three years trying to get to this stage and we are no further forward. We are not getting any concrete information in this border area about what the implications are going to be. There is a technological solution coming down the track soon . In my innocence, i would have thought that that would have been a technological breakthrough, but anything that has been suggested by the uk government has been dismissed. And i would have hoped, i would have thought in this day and age, that we could do something. But doing a bit of Research Even around the work in the norway swedish border area, there are still customs, a customs barrier there, and it is not solved through technology. So i cant see that, if that is the state of play there, how is it going to be any different here . Well, sticking with the momentous day ahead, bbc breakfast spoke to two conservative mps with very different views on what should happen next. In a Fiery Exchange on college green, the conservative mp nigel evans, who supports borisjohnson, and the so called tory rebel sam gyimah clashed over that bill designed to stop the uk leaving the eu on 31 october without a deal, which mps will be debating later in parliament. Bbc breakfasts Louise Minchin started by asking sam gymiah whether he would be voting later today to stop a no deal brexit. I am going to vote to stop a no deal brexit. I do not have a mandate from my constituents for a damaging and disorderly brexit. We have seen no sign of progress in negotiations to date and if the Prime Minister is committed to leaving on the 31st of october, it looks like we will be leaving without a deal. That is not in the National Interest. Can you tell us, and we will speak to nigel evans in a minute, about the pressure being brought on you . Are members of the government talking to you, asking you to change your mind . Whats going on . Well, i have been surprised about how little pressure there has been from the whips. At one point i thought the government almost wanted to lose the vote as a pretext to being able to call a general election. Ive had very little pressure from the government but we have had the threat from the Prime Minister that if we vote against him today, we will have the whip withdrawn. But i think the right thing to do in the circumstance for my constituents is to vote against no deal. 0k. Nigel evans, i saw you raise your eyebrows would probably be a Fair Assessment when sam gyimah talked about wanting a general election, doing this in the hope of getting a general election. What we want is to leave the European Union on october the 315t. Sam and i took part in the leadership elections a few weeks ago. Boris johnson stood on the platform that we would leave on october the 315t, do or die. And he got two thirds of the tory members voting for him. I accept that result and therefore i want to give the leader of my party, the Prime Minister, the opportunity to negotiate the best possible deal. Im not going to tie his hands. He wants to leave with a deal and whilst Michel Barnier sees people like sam ready to try to block that, then why would they bother coming to the negotiating table . There is no negotiation going on. We have seen no progress from the Prime Minister. He hasnt published any of his proposals on the backstop. Sam, why would Michel Barnier come to the table if you are going to stop this . No, no, no, look. If the Prime Minister is going to negotiate a new deal, he should tell us what that deal is. What we know overnight from leaks from the cabinet is the official policy is to run down the clock. What progress has there been . Last night he spoke in downing street, and im sure sam was invited to downing street yesterday, and he said that he has made advances in the negotiations with angela merkel, for instance, who said, lets see what solution you can come up with within a month. What are they . They are working on those proposals now. He has been given a month to do it and i think thats important. But what i find absolutely strange, sam, is that you will be supporting legislation tomorrow, therefore, if this passes today, which actually gives power to the European Union to extend the date beyond the three months. Nothing more will happen unless parliament accepts it. No, no, i saw the clause and it actually gives power to the European Council to extend the date beyond january 2020 to a date that they choose and i think that is bonkers. You know thats not what it does. I read it this morning. Well, depending on the outcome of todays brexit showdown, the government could seek a general election and that could happen on october 1a. Professorjohn curtice was asked on radio 4s today programme whether he could predict what might happen in a general election, and why it was so hard to predict this time round. It is so much more difficult this time because we have not two Political Parties who are doing but italy well or even three doing rather well in england and wales we have four Political Parties who are doing relatively well with the brexit party, although diminished to 1296, brexit party, although diminished to 12 , and the conservatives although they are eight points ahead of labour in the polls, only at 33 . In scotland, the snp still seems to be dominant so there is a fifth player. Inevitably, this makes the question of what a general election would look like in terms of seats more difficult not least because we are all wondering to what extent will the geography of any early election reflect or be different from that in 2017. For example, there is a lot of speculation that certainly the character of the conservative vote has become more eurosceptic. Whereas backin has become more eurosceptic. Whereas back in last autumn cup for every one remain voter who was backing the tories, macro who were backing leave, that has now changed to one to three. The question is what impact it has on the geography of the conservative vote and people are saying that the result is the tories might do rather well in leave voting labour errors in the north of england and the midlands but it is also important to point out that if you look at 2017, the tories already in that election had done much better in leave voting areas than remain voting areas so its an open question as to whether or not the party will actually do that much better in those areas and equally very much an open question as to whether or not that would be to their net advantage. Marginal conservative and labour seats are not that different in the round in the whole collection from the division of the referendum. Listening to what youre saying, you can imaginea listening to what youre saying, you can imagine a situation where the conservatives did not make a huge net gain loss but actually the make up of the Parliamentary Conservative Party could change quite a bit if they lost some people down in the south west to the lib dems. Certain if there is an early election, loss as the lib dems seem to be inevitable. They are running at 19 to be inevitable. They are running at19 in to be inevitable. They are running at 19 in the polls, they were only 8 in 2017. That 19 has been remarkably solid since it arose in the wake of the European Parliament election equally there is little prospect that the snp being damaged north of the border and they might be able to gain some conservative seats. One thing to realise is that simply in order to stand still, the conservatives will have to make some gains from labour. The truth is, with a lead of eight points they probably would make enough but if they get an overall majority, 50 50 shot. In truth, the real point about an early election is that the problem is that the dynamics will depend on a battle not so much between Boris Johnson depend on a battle not so much between borisjohnson and depend on a battle not so much between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn but a battle between Boris Johnson and nigel farage. Boris johnson and nigel farage. Boris johnson will be going into an early election saying, dont, i dont what might hands tied bite no deal being taken off the table but i want a deal. Nigel farage will be saying, hang on, which should just be leaving without a deal. Therefore one can anticipate that the brexit party will stand and will not necessarily back borisjohnson and there will be a battle for what is left of the leave folk that the brexit party are standing for. John curtice. Im not sure if youre sick at brexit of home but looking at the most watched and read on our website, there as an indication that you might be because the most read and watched the stories are about food one is actually a teenager who is blind from living off chips and crisps. Eye doctors in bristol looked after this 17 year old boy who has suffered irreparable sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps. Since leaving Primary School he had only eating french fries, pringles and white bread as well as an occasional slice of ham oi well as an occasional slice of ham ora well as an occasional slice of ham or a sausage well as an occasional slice of ham or a sausage and has severe vitamin deficiencies and my nutrition damage. It had been indicated that he needed to have a more varied diet at 14 but it carried on and im just now looking to find what he is suffering from which is called nutritional optic neuropathy it has basically left him registered blind. The most watched is also about food, the rise of the can fast food alternatives to meat, burgers and sausage rolls. Beacon food is growing in popularity, one in six products, Food Products in the uk claim to be vegan or free of animal ingredients which is more than in any other country, according to new market research. Plenty of politics there as well and you can set up to date online with all the Political Department and here with us as well. Sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heresjohn watson. Good morning. All eyes will be on britains Johanna Konta later, as she aims to reach the semi finals at the us open for the first time. Shell have to pull off another upset if shes to beat fifth seed Elina Svitolina. She could take some inspiration from this woman, belinda bencic, who knocked out the defending champion, naomi osaka, in straight sets, which means the japanese player will lose her world number one ranking, with french open champion ash barty returning to the top spot. Rafa nadal is into the quarters and remains on course to meet Roger Federer in the final. He beat marin cilic in four sets and will play Diego Shwartzman next. Nadal is two short of federers tally of 20 grand slam titles and he was cheered on by a famous friend in tiger woods, who knows a thing or two about winning major events. Playing in front of tiger macro for me isa playing in front of tiger macro for me is a very special thing. I always said, i never had big idols but if i have to say one idol, it is him. I a lwa ys have to say one idol, it is him. I always try to follow him, every single he shot he hit in the whole year and for me it is a big pleasure to have him here supporting and it means a lot. He is a big legend of the sport, one of the greatest sportsmen of all time. And theres commentary on Johanna Kontas quarter final against Elina Svitolina on radio 5 live sports extra from 5 oclock. After that its Stan Wawrinka against daniil medvedev. Clear your diary, the fourth ashes test begins at old trafford tomorrow, and after the finish to the last test at headingley, you wont want to take your eyes off this one. Steve smith missed that match with concussion, after he was hit on the neck by a bouncer from jofra archer. He returns at old trafford and stuart broad says archer will relish the chance of bowling at smith again. The first thing is its great that steve is ok and coming back into test cricket, but test cricket is a brutal sport and it is a sport that countries are going hell for leather against each other, and im sure when steve comes in, jofra will be in rootys ear wanting the ball. And the archer smith duel features prominently on most of this mornings back pages. Jofs waiting for you, smith, says the sun, picking up on stuart broads comments. The mail say england cant wait to letjofra off the leash again and they have a story there that the usa womens team want to poach phil neville from england. The mirror features a plea from englands teenage winger jadon sancho for a stop to racism in football, which he says is killing his love for the game. International football Takes Centre Stage this week starting tonight with the womens euro 2021 qualifiers. Wales are expecting to challenge norway for top spot in their group. They cruised to a 6 0 win over the Faroe Islands in their opening game and tonight they host Northern Ireland, who were thrashed 6 0 by norway last friday. Im sure it will be more challenging. Obviously they didnt have the result they wanted in theirfirst game but im sure they look at us slightly different to how they looked at norway and they will want to come here and compete. We are prepared for that and im looking forward to what will hopefully be a good game for everybody watching, and a challenging one im sure. Englands women are in norway for a friendly tonight and they could soon boast of having the worlds best player in their side. Lucy bronze has often been given that label by her england manager phil neville and now shes been nominated by fifa for the official award. Last week she was named europen player of the year. Ijust try my hardest to play my best for the team. None of the girls put me on a pedestal, theyjust treat me like everyone else, and i want to be like everybody else. I dont see myself that way. I dont think im the best, i dont think im the best player in europe. Join Eilidh Barbour for coverage of norway england on bbc two later. Kick off is at 5 oclock. And Johanna Konta it will be getting under way at that time as well so ta ke under way at that time as well so take your pick from those big matches. Thats all the sport for now but dont forget sportsday at 6. 30 on bbc news, for a roundup of all the days events. Details of how bbc news bulletins were used to send secret messages to resistance fighters in the Second World War have been released today. 80 years on from britain and france going to war with germany the archive recordings reveal how big ben was sometimes replaced with a recording to confuse german bombers. Here is the news. The sound of big ben and bbc news, live from london. The service that links the world by radio. But new archive interviews release date show that sometimes big ben in the Second World War was a recording. If german planes could be heard overhead, it was feared it would help them target their bombs. The archives also revealed details about secret messages sent to the polish resistance. The method, music played at the end of the news bulletins. The bulletins that were broadcast to poland would be made to run deliberately short by a minute or 0 run deliberately short by a minute orso and run deliberately short by a minute or so and then a secret messenger from the exiled polish government would deliver to the bbc, under the codename peter peterkin, a record that should be played. The playground of North East London was a relic of victorian times. Even the transmitter at Alexandra Palace at a wartime role can use to interfere with the Navigation Systems of german bombers. All this of course was top secret at the time but 80 yea rs was top secret at the time but 80 years on, these interviews are still revealing new insights as to what pa rt revealing new insights as to what part broadcasting played in the Second World War. We can speak now to charles somerville, a d day veteran who remembers the radio announcement well. Hejoins me via webcam from christchurch, in dorset. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Good morning. How much do you remember about how important the radio was for you getting the news of what was going on . You were just 14 at the time. In those days, everybody didnt have a radio. We we re everybody didnt have a radio. We were fortu nate everybody didnt have a radio. We were fortunate to have one. I distinctly remember that particular broadcast, because we had had an earlier warning that there was Something Special coming on the news and we were all huddled around the the radio when the programme came on. And i mentioned you were just 14. How did you feel . Did you understand at that stage what might lie ahead . I think it would be a bit bold for me to say that i understood what was going on. I was only actually aware of three politicians, ramsay macdonald, Neville Chamberlain andjimmy ramsay macdonald, Neville Chamberlain and jimmy maxton ramsay macdonald, Neville Chamberlain andjimmy maxton in glasgow. We had been listening to the news and reading the newspapers and we were aware of what was going on in germany. Actually, at the age of 14 on that day, i had a much more important problem. Just recently, i had discovered girls and the thing that was bothering me most was which girli that was bothering me most was which girl i should get in touch with to ta ke to girl i should get in touch with to take to the pictures next saturday. That seemed to put Neville Chamberlains problems to one side a very good example, whatever you are and whatever your circumstances, we are all going through the same developmental processes. Obviously your life did change and less than five years later you fought in the d day landings. What was that like, the process when you realised that life would not be like you had envisaged it at 14 . On that night, when that declaration was made, i dont think any of my family, my mum and dad and two sisters, i dont think any of us realised how it was going to change our lives. For example, at that time, my dad was a sergeant in the home guard. My eldest sister worked at rolls royce. Later on, my younger sister joined the wrens and became a petty office and that was a problem for me when i got in the navy because i never rose a run among got in the navy because i never rose a run among above the rank of a b. And she was a petty officer food was still eventful but became more scarce. Fortunately, my holidays, we lived right out in the middle of ayrshire and the country and we had a lot of friends who were farmers who kept us supplied and we were never short of bacon and eggs. But of course as the war got on, things became more difficult. I think your viewers cannot realise 80 years ago, we lived in a totally different world. Today, down our road here there are about 40 motor cars parked, two or three at every house. In those days, there werent any motor cars in the roads at all. And everything was like that as the war proceeded and we got shorter and shorter. Charles, its an absolute privilege to hear your memories of what life was like then and obsolete you went on to fight in the d day landings. We can see your medals. Thank you so much forjoining us. And thank you for your company. Time for a weather update with elizabeth. I will see you from westminster at 11. More pain in the north and west but drier and brighter the further south and east you are more rain. This rain will push north eastwards, paul baysse ability and hill fog and west coast, a lot of cloud and rain later in the day warmest and driest in south east england and east anglia. There will be some sunny spells. This evening and overnight, this more organised band of rain is going to push south eastwards, some welcome rain for the south east. Cooler conditions behind and a chilly start in Northern Ireland and scotland. In western scotland, some heavy showers tomorrow morning and some strong winds western coastal areas seeing gusts of up to 60 mph. A brisk north westerly, it will feel quite chilly wherever you are but there will be some sunshine around. Quite a bit of wind chill to factor into the temperature is that will generally be in the mid to high teens. Hello, its tuesday, its ten oclock. Im Victoria Derbyshire live at westminster. Borisjohnson says hell trigger a general election in six weeks time if some of his own mps try to stop a no deal brexit. But many conservative mps are still planning to defy him. Many colleagues have been incensed by some of the actions over the last week or so, and i think there is a group of conservatives who feel very strongly that now is the time when we have to put the National Interest ahead of any threats to us personally. Downing street has warned that it will push for an october election if the government loses the vote today. But they need two thirds of mps, including labour ones, to back an election plan but that may not happen