By Hurricane Dorian aid agencies say the situation is desperate. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no dael departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our Political Correspondent, helen catt, reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in Boris Johnsons cabinet, she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal. But since then, shed seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that, its like 80, 90 of government time going into preparing for no deal and the absence of actually trying to work to get a deal. She says she will now sit as an independent mp instead of a conservative, in response to the decision to expel 21 colleagues who voted against the government last week. I know i couldnt carry on in the conservative party at such a high level, and see 21 of my colleagues who are good, moderate people, who also want a deal, excluded from it, and ijust needed to move and stand by them. Tomorrow, the bill the 21 mps gave up their party careers for becomes law. It says that if borisjohnson cant reach an agreement by the end of an eu summit on 19th october, then he must ask the eu for a further delay to brexit, to january next year. Opposition parties are sceptical, though, that mrjohnson will try to get a deal. We dont believe that we can pin him down, and i don trust him an inch, and i dont think anyone does. We have a Prime Minister now who says he wont even abide by the law. By the law . I have never heard of that before. We are in a situation now where no one can trust while he is in place what can happen. The chancellor, sajid javid, said the government is in brexit talks and would obey the law, but the uk would still leave the eu on 31st october. Of course we will obey the law. So on october 19th. We will not. After that council, the Prime Minister would ask for an extension. No. That is the law of this country. We will not change our policy, our policy is clear. How does this work . Its completely baffling. We have to wait and see. If the law says one thing and you are saying the government is going to obey the law but were not going to do that one thing, its very hard to see how you get out of that. The government will not change its policy. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, has said the government would test what the law required. As for Boris Johnson, he enters yet another crucial week one more mp down, but still insisting that brexit will happen next month. Helen catt, bbc news. Joining me now is Iain Blackford the snps leader in westminster. We are in extraordinary political times. Lets we are in extraordinary political ti mes. Lets reflect we are in extraordinary political times. Lets reflect on this weekend, what significance do you attach to armbar rods decision . Huge, because i know that armbar wa nted huge, because i know that armbar wanted to make this word. She decided she would go into government with borisjohnson, decided she would go into government with Boris Johnson, and decided she would go into government with borisjohnson, and i think she has recognise where we are. She has made it very clear that there are no meaningful negotiations going on. Thats important because they are deleting people by trying to say that they are going to get a deal, they havent put anything in front of europe, they are determined to crash at the bus, crash is out on a no deal basis. Deluding people. Parliament has legislated for that not to happen. Amber has decided to jump not to happen. Amber has decided to jump ship, i suspect she is not the only one to consider that. I have a message for buckman and cox, the two law officers in government, because they have responsibilities as a law officers. We have a Prime Minister saying that he might break the law, it is worth dwelling on that. I cannot think of a situation in our history where a Prime Minister has said he might break the law. What kind of signal does it send to people across the country . Its quite extraordinary, and i would say to cox and backlund, they have to pin down the Prime Minister tomorrow stop a Prime Minister cannot behave this way, they will reap the consequences of that. Heaven knows what will happen if the premise that is brought in front of court. But it is brought in front of court. But it is quite simple that people speaking through their parliamentarians, we will not be leaving on a no deal basis because of the devastating consequences. The justice secretary did tweet this afternoon, as well as saying that he is staying in a new cabinet and supporting the premise that, he did say that he has taken a oath of office to uphold the law. Presumably, that is quite a clear signal that there is a limit to what he would accept in terms of enabling willingness to defy parliament. The time is short. Parliament is to be shut down this week, it potentially as early as tomorrow, we should not allow that to happen. We cant stop it because, again, the Prime Minister has sent three stages to see the queen, and the queen has rightly accepted that parliament should be shut down. Its extraordinary that the Prime Minister has that power. People have to stand up to him, the law officers have to stand up to him. Tomorrow the first immediate challenge will be this proposalfor the first immediate challenge will be this proposal for an early general election, presumably, you are expecting the same result as last week . Yes, we want an election as soon as possible, i want to remove this government. But we cannot have one when there is a threat that the government may choose to ignore the law. Its really important that parliament is there to do its job. Really important that parliament is there to do itsjob. One really important that parliament is there to do its job. One thing the primus there will be doing tomorrow is going to meet the taoiseach and ireland. Mr verdasco has said in interviews today that there are no negotiations, there are discussions going on, he says there are talks about things like the possibility of checks away from the actual border between Northern Ireland and ireland. But wouldnt we suggest that some attempt to resolve this in a possible way positive way . |j think a possible way positive way . think its windowdressing, its nothing fundamental. The taoiseach, like ourselves, once the cie resolution to this issue to stop the civil fact of the matter is that the uk government has not come up with anything fundamental, they were told they had 30 days, they have not come up they had 30 days, they have not come up with anything which is meaningful. They are playing with fire, at the end of the day, the issue of the Northern Ireland border issue of the Northern Ireland border is so important because it comes at of the obligations we are all have ona of the obligations we are all have on a peace treaty. Arent you playing with fire when you risk this affecting the majority of this country, may be a narrow majority, that you damage the credibility of oui that you damage the credibility of our political process . There was a democratic vote, it was one, there we re democratic vote, it was one, there were no ifs or buts in that, a very simple vote. In hindsight, you might think it was a mistake doing that but that is what happened. Now you are perceived to be forsaking that very public decision. We represent oui very public decision. We represent our constituents. We have to be honest with people that an effect that a no deal brexit would have, though it was asked to vote for it no deal on a ballot paper. Im a scottish politician, leader of the snp at westminster, scotland voted overwhelming to stay in the eu by 62 . We were told in our 2014 referendum, if we stayed in the uk, oui referendum, if we stayed in the uk, our rights as eu citizens would be respected. We are not the point where people is what they must have their own choice whether scotland becomes an independent country in the eu. And expect satan might mandate not just for the eu. And expect satan might mandate notjust for my constituents but for the people of scotland that we will not be ducked out of the eu against our will. Thank you for joining us. Meanwhile, the business secretary, andrea leadsom, has said the conservatives will break convention by fielding a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next general election. Traditionally, the major parties do not contest the speakers seat but mr bercows handling of recent Brexit Debates has angered ministers. Simonjones reports. Order in the seat for the crucial vote. The ayes to the right, 327. Noes to the left, 299. When mps backed the bill aimed at blocking a no deal brexit at the end of october. Butjohn bercow is now underfire from the business secretary. Andrea leadsom says that by allowing mps to use a procedure to trigger emergency debate as a means of taking over the timetable, he has permitted a flagrant abuse of parliamentary process. In the mail on sunday, the business secretary writes. The speaker is an mp who stands in general elections but is usually unopposed by the Major Political parties. Mrs leadsom is warning that the conservatives will defy convention and field a candidate in his constituency of buckingham in the next vote. There is no love lost between mrs leadsom and mr bercow. Last year, he was alleged to have labelled her stupid, although he said he muttered the word to describe how he felt about the way the government had scheduled commons business. He is yet to comment on the latest criticisms. Simon jones, bbc news. Police are investigating after a man was shot dead in South East London this afternoon. Officers were called to an incident in sydenham road in South East London just before four oclock. Shots were heard shortly afterwards, and a man in his twenties was found with fatal gunshot wounds. No arrests have been made, and police remain at the scene. Delays are expected on British Airways flights later today ahead of a pilots strike which is due to begin at midnight the dispute is over pay and conditions. Most ba flights taking off from the uk on monday and tuesday have been cancelled. Our Business Correspondent, Katie Prescott, has the details. For the first time in the companys history, British Airways pilots are refusing to fly. The pilots union says they accepted pay freezes when ba made losses, and they now want to share in its success. They want to see a greater slice of the £2 billion profit that ba made last year. Pilots have rejected their offer of an 11. 5 pay rise over the next three years, and the strike is expected to cost the company £40 million a day. But British Airways says its a generous offer thats been accepted by the rest of staff on the airline. Of course, at the heart of all of this are the customers 300,000 of them are being affected over the next few days. According to the airline, most have now been rebooked, but for many, thatjourney hasnt been smooth. I got a text message out of the blue stating that my flight was cancelled, and it didnt give any explanation whatsoever. Itjust obviously gave a telephone number to call, which i did do. Couldnt get through on the phone. Spent basically all evening. Didnt sleep very well because ijust thought my holiday was in ruins. Any passengers who are affected by the strikes are entitled to a refund or a rebooking with British Airways or another airline. If the two sides dont come to an agreement over the next few weeks, a further day of strikes are planned for the 27th september. Katie prescott, bbc news. Iran says an oil tanker thats been at the centre of tension between tehran and the west has reached its destination and sold its cargo. Iranian state media didnt say where the tanker had gone, or whod bought its cargo of oil. But satellite images that emerged on saturday appeared to show the ship just off the syrian port of tartus. Injuly, the authorities in gibraltar seized the vessel on suspicion that it was bound for syria, in breach of eu sanctions. No indication of where or who had bought the cargo. Thousands of pro democracy activists have marched to the us consulate in hong kong to urge america to support their bid for political reform. Some of them carried the stars and stripes, and called for President Trump to liberate the territory. China claims the United States is orchestrating the protests which have been going on for three months. Our correspondent in hong kong, steve mcdonell, is following developments hes just sent us this update. It is the first weekend since carrie lam announced that the much hated extradition bill would be officially withdrawn. As you can see, when it comes to the more hardcore protesters, they are still turning out in quite big numbers, prepared to take on the police. Earlier on today, we saw a much bigger rally, tens of thousands of protesters were marching to attempt to get the United States government to make it harder for the city to retain its special trading status. There is a bill to go before congress, and they are calling for that bill to be passed. If it is, it would mean that every year, hong kong would have to meet certain standards, a certain level of human rights performance, for the us to continue giving it this special trading status. Otherwise, it would be removed and hong kong would be effectively like any other chinese city in that respect. You can tell a day of protest is coming to an end because activists come to somewhere like this, where they cannot be seen, take off their black clothing, and put on any other clothing. Because if you are walking the streets around here with black gear on, you risk being picked up by the police. This is now kind of a normal night in hong kong. At the moment, i see here that someone has been arrested by the police. They are removing his facemask to see who he is. Especially in the subway, this seems to be where these clashes are taking place, lots of them. Some more hard core protesters have smashed up, you can see all the glass here, on the station. Police would say this is why they are coming in hard and using considerable force to try and catch activists on the train system, but they have been criticised for a very heavy handed approach at times, and they have a lot of work to do to regain peoples confidence in that respect. The headlines on bbc news after her resignation from the cabinet and in the last couple of minutes, australia has retained the ashes after it beat england in the fourth test at old trafford. That leaves the serious 2 1 in favour of australia, making it impossible for england to win the ashes, it is still possible for a draw if they win at the fifth test later this week. Australia has retained the ashes after beating england. After her resignation from the cabinet and the conservative whip amber rudd attacks borisjohnsons handling of brexit. Affecting up to 300,000 thousand passengers a man in his twenties is shot dead in lewisham in south london. President trump says he has called off peace negotiations with the taliban after they admitted they were behind a recent attack that killed an american soldier in afghanistan. The bombing on thursday killed 12 people. President trump has been seeking to negotiate a us exit from afghanistan after 18 years of war. One of the big secrets was that the president revealed that he had invited taliban leaders to meet him at camp david in the us. An extraordinary thing when you consider that the taliban were the people who should some of laden after the 9 11 attacks, one of the reasons the us needed afghanistan in the first place. A little earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent for more background on this secret meeting. Lee taliban, an Insurgent Group that has claimed the lives of so Many American service men and women in the last 18 years, yet its leaders we re the last 18 years, yet its leaders were apparently ready to meet with the president of the United States at the president ial retreat, camp david. For some here, that prospect frankly beggars belief. We have heard from the house republican, liz cheney, who is the daughter of the former Vice President of the United States, dick cheney. She tweeted that no member of the total bunch at set foot layer, referring to camp david. An Illinois Republican also expressed his dismay on twitter, echoing that statement from liz cheney, that members of the taliban should never be allowed in the us. A democratic senator went a little further, she accused the president of treating Foreign Policy like some sort of game show. The other thing about this is timing, i suppose, the taliban has killed many us soldiers, they are still in the role of supporting the Afghan Security forces, there was talk of them being withdrawn quite quickly, eventually all of them withdrawn if this Peace Agreement held. How close do you think the us and the taliban had got to an actual agreement . These us special envoy has maintained that he was very close to an agreement, i would imagine that the news of the summit being cancelled, if he even knew about it, will have come as a surprise and something of a shock. The us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been doing the rounds on the morning talk shows here. The way he is putting it is that these peace negotiations are postponed for the time being, he is certainly not closing the door to the prospect of these talks being resurrected in weeks to come. Of course, President Trump made it one of the assertions of his campaign for president ial office, the withdrawal of us troops from afghanistan, so it remains to be seen if these talks have stalled, how he will go about achieving that by the time the election comes round next november. All sorts of questions raised by this. Very clearly, the Trump Administration not closing the door to talks with both sides in afghanistan. What made the taliban and enemy for the us, and what precipitated the invasion of afghanistan by us led forces was the attacks of 9 11. It was the taliban who protected osama bin ladin and wouldnt give him over to the americans to be prosecuted, obviously, he is dead now. What are the implications of all of this . As you say, President Trump on the one hand has been a champion of getting tips out of afghanistan, on the other hand, he has made no secret of his fear of islamist terrorism is not therefore, one of his early decisions was to basically stop people coming from certain countries to the us how will all of this go down, do you think . It is interesting because of the taliban only recently reaffirmed their support for the attacks on 9 11. The president is saying that the reason for the cancellation of these talks is purely down to that attack last thursday near the American Embassy in kabul, in which 12 people died, among them an American Service man. There have been attacked by the taliban going on, quite a lot of attacks, in recent weeks and months. So its difficult to imagine that one attack was enough to completely put the brakes on these high level talks. A lot of questions about all of this and not a lot of answers. The taliban, lets face it, has been claiming the lives of American Service men for 18 years, like this one attack last thursday should have been deemed sufficiently significant to undermine these high level talks really is a mystery. Conditions in the bahamas are said to be rapidly deteriorating six days after Hurricane Dorian ripped through the islands. Tens of thousands of people are homeless many are desperate to flee the destruction in the abaco islands and grand bahama. Cruise liners, private planes and helicopters are being used to help those still trapped. Officials believe hundreds of bodies are yet to be found in areas flattened by the storm. Earlier, i spoke to marva smith and herfamily they live in grand bahama, and their house is in ruins due to the hurricane. Its been completely horrible, just having to go to the house daily, and clean, and, you know, were burning generator at my moms house. Like i say, we thank god she was here, and open to us. Whats happened with your neighbours, has everybodys house been destroyed . Yes, the neighbourhood was destroyed. One or two homes are Still Standing fairly well, but most of them are in the same condition as my house just totally gone. Some of the roofs are off, and the whole, the whole island is a mess. Marva, what help have you been getting . Youve obviously, thank goodness, got Family Support and people are doing their best, but is there any help come from outside yet . Well, my daughter is in school in georgia, statesbro, Georgia Southern university, and theres a group there thats trying to get some relief items to the island. Were hoping that theyll get here before the week is out. Weve had some us coastguards and stuff that bring in relief for the island. So its coming in slowly but surely. Like i say, the island, the airport has been destroyed and unfortunately thats where i work, so you know, its a domino effect. Everybody is trying their best to get things done, but the resources and the availability is a fight at this time. Marva smith and her children there. Wildfires across two australian states are continuing to rage in hot and windy conditions that officials warn are unprecedented this early in spring. In queensland, over 50 fires were burning on sunday. A lodge founded by conservationists in the 1930s binna burra in Lamington National park has been gutted by the flames. A bomb has been found close to the border in Northern Ireland. The number of deaths during a summer heatwave in france rose by 10 according to data from the ministry of health. Figures show there were 1,500 more deaths than usual injune and july, during which temperatures reached a high of 46 celcius. Half of those who died were aged over 75. The Health Minister said that preventative measures had ensured that the rate was ten times lower than the same period in 2003, when almost 15,000 people mainly elderly died during a heatwave. A bomb has been found close to the border in Northern Ireland. The Police Service of Northern Ireland say the improvised device was discovered near the Police Station in strabane in county tyrone. It was found during a security alert which began yesterday morning. The chief constable of the psni, simon byrne, said it was a callous attempt to kill or maim police officers. A man has been arrested under terrorism legislation. A large cargo ship is on its side in the port of brunswick in the us state of georgia. The golden ray vehicle carrier is currently listing heavily and the crew of the vessel are in the process of being evacuated by the coastguard. At the moment, its not known what caused the ship to lurch onto one side. In theatre land they call it the half those precious 30 minutes before a performance begins. Its normally a private time but one photographer has spent years capturing the moment as some of the countrys biggest stars get into character. Now hes put his work on display. The bbcs nicola rees went to take a look. Big stars captured moments before the curtain goes up. A new exhibition at Lawrence Batley theatre called simply the half. The half is the period in a theatre as the actor gets him or herself ready to go on stage. Tannoy this is your halfhour call. The half hour before an actor goes on stage is precious. These are the minutes for concentration and composure. It is a period that has long fascinated photographer simon annand. Im trying to show the actors as workers who have a serious job to do and they need a lot of discipline to do it. Im not particularly interested in the ephemera of the room, it is really what is in their head that im interested in, and their relationship to themselves, not the camera. I have andrew in the foreground, can you just look at him and not move too much . Paul in the background, its just amazing. For 35 years, simon has had backstage access at theatres across the world. Here we have david suchet, which is interesting i think for a number of reasons. People might think that is a pose, but actually he is performing to himself in the mirror as lady bracknell. A man as a woman, can he get away with it today . That face, so disapproving, so pouty well, thats lady bracknell. The exhibition has been organised to celebrate 25 years of the Lawrence Batley theatre. Its such an amazing opportunity to have an exhibition that maybe would have had a life in london or internationally, and we get to bring it to huddersfield, to the centre of yorkshire, where it is starting its life, and it is such an amazing thing to celebrate our 25th with. Ian mckellen and patrick stewart, almost 97 in the character they are going to play, the two leads in waiting for godot. Theyre ready to go there . They are ready to go, they are not really interested in me, they are trying to get a sense of the journey they are about to go on. The photographs are a celebration of everything theatre. What better place to showcase them . Inafew in a few months time, it will be joined by the others on bbc one when Michelle Hussein will bring us all of the latest national and international news, and the all Important News of the ashes. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Hello there. We have sunshine, wind, rain and even tropical air heading our way next week. Today the weather has been very pleasant, we had a few showers yesterday across kent, no sign of those today. Indeed we have been enjoying some healthy spells of sunshine. After a really cold start in the north east of scotland we have seen some blue skies here as well for a while. There is more cloud coming in from the north west, this weather front waits in the wings to bring rain overnight tonight. A fine end to the day with sunshine around but the cloud continues to thicken across scotland and Northern Ireland. Turning wetter overnight and the rain spills into wales and western parts of england, could be quite heavy. More cloud tonight, not anywhere near as cold as last night, except perhaps across east anglia when we have clear skies for longer. Tomorrow a messy day, the weather front bringing rain, not one of the weather fronts sweeping across, no wind to move it, instead it drifts south. Patchy rain developing across eastern parts of england, outbreaks of rain and lots of cloud in the morning, the rain tending to ease in the afternoon for Northern Areas, turning brighter but towards wales and the south west, keeping it going it could be heavy and thundery, and it really is going to be chilly, temperatures 14 or 15 quite widely. The weather front pulls apart, most of it continuing south towards iberia, this ridge of High Pressure building and we have a weak weather front on the scene bringing us this band of cloud which could produce one or two showers but dry on the whole, some sunshine as well and it will feel a lot warmer, especially for central and eastern parts of england where temperatures could be up to 20 degrees. But wet and windy weather arriving in north west later, that is on the weather fronts there and it will turn wet and windy across Northern Areas overnight, around an area of low pressure which contains remnants of ex Hurricane Dorian, no longer a hurricane, but it will bring wet and windy weather overnight and through wednesday it sweeps towards southern parts of england, becoming light and patchy and behind it we get more sunshine arriving, some showers across scotland but temperatures higher for all of us. The government hits back at accusations that its failing to put enough effort into getting a new brexit deal. It follows the resignation of senior cabinet minister amber rudd accusing borisjohnson of an assault on democracy and saying theres no evidence a deal is coming. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that, its, like, 80, 90 of government time going into preparing for no deal. We are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew to get a deal, and the Prime Minister is personally putting in all the significant effort you would expect. And the government says itll try to find a way around the new law preventing a no deal. Also tonight. Hours to go before British Airways pilots go on strike affecting up to 300,000 passengers. This is the first time ive ever thought ill never, ever book with British Airways again. They are a disgrace. And in the last few minutes england have lost the fourth test, as australia retain the ashes. Good evening. Government ministers have dismissed the accusation of a former senior colleague that too little effort is going into securing a new Brexit Agreement with the eu. Amber rudd who resigned from the cabinet last night said today that the vast majority of brexit focused work was going towards no deal and that there were no formal negotiations with brussels. Shes also called the expulsion of 21 conservative mps opposed to no deal an assault on decency and democracy. The chancellor sajid javid says the government hasnt given up the government hasnt given up on a deal and is sticking to plans to leave at the end of october, come what may. Our Political CorrespondentJonathan Blake reports. From cabinet minister to backbench mp overnight, and the rod walked out of government no longer believing the Prime Ministers priority was to get a new brexit deal. This morning im joined by the now former work and pensions secretary amber rudd. This morning she explained she could see little evidence of efforts to reach an agreement with eu. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine, you might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50 50 in terms of work, but it isnt that, its about 80, 90 of government time going into preparing for no deal and the absence of actually trying to work to get a deal which is what has driven 21 of my colleagues to rebel and i need to join them. Expelling those mps that voted against the government was an act of political vandalism. The former work and pensions secretary had written in her letter of resignation. I know i had written in her letter of resignation. I knowl could not carry on in the conservative party at such a high level and see 21 of my colleagues, who are good, moderate people, who also want a deal, excluded from it. And ijust needed to move and stand by them. Will brexit ever happen, so . The chancellor said he was sad at what happened, but defended the Prime Ministers strategy and hit back at amber rudds claimed the government wasnt trying in earnest to get a new brexit deal. I am absolutely clear that we are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew, to get a deal, and that the Prime Minister is personally putting in all of the significant effort you would expect from a leader to get this deal done. Whats on the agenda today . In brussels this week, the uk plus make a top official having regular meetings. By the eus chief negotiator reportedly described talks as in paralysis. Downing street said negotiations have been constructive, but acknowledged the two sides are still far apart. The Prime Minister has been in Campaign Mode this week for the election he wa nts to mode this week for the election he wants to avoid asking for a brexit delay. Opposition parties say not until leaving without a deal is ruled out. I dont trust him an inch. I dont think anyone does. Weve got a Prime Minister now who is saying he wont even abide by the law. The law ive never heard that before. We are in a situation now where no one can trust while he is in place what might happen. Keeping away from the cameras, the governments countryside retreat, the Prime Minister met his closest advisers, perhaps plotting his next move. The promise is still to deliver brexit by the end of october. The unanswered question, how . Jonathan blake, bbc news. Lets look ahead to the next few days and weeks and what might be in store tomorrow, the government will make a second attempt to call a general election but that requires the support of two thirds of mps and is expected to fail. The government is then expected to suspend parliament for five weeks. On the 17th of october theres the key eu in summit in brussels where the government says it hopes to agree a brexit deal and leave on the 31st of october. But if theres no agreement, then by the 19th of october the new legal deadline imposed on borisjohnson because of the law pushed through by mps comes into force. It requires the Prime Minister to either persuade mps to agree to leave with no deal at the end of october which is highly unlikely or it says he must ask the eu to delay brexit something hes insisted he will never do. Today, the foreign secretary dominic raab said the government was scrutinising the new law in the hope of finding a loophole. Were always going to behave lawfully as a government. Of course youd expect that. And, anyway, itll be challenged in the courts. But what we are going to do with that legislation is test very carefully what it does and doesnt require. And thats not only the lawful thing to do, i think its the responsible thing to do. Lets go back tojonathan whos in downing street thats one thought, jonathan, but whats your sense of how downing streets going to proceed . It is as plain as ever tonight that the Prime Minister has no intention of asking for an extension to the process. If you cannot get a deal in that sum at mid october. Despite that sum at mid october. Despite that legal requirement as a result of the bill passed in parliament this week. As you had the foreign secretary saying there, giving the strong suggestion that although the government wants to abide by the law itll look for a way around it. For those mps preparing a legal challenge if it tries to do that, the message from government seems to be, we will see you in court. Boris johnson doesnt appear to have held off any further cabinet resignations in government who share the concerns of amber rudd at the overall strategy of the government. And a p pa re ntly strategy of the government. And apparently there is no change in the game plan to deliver brexit by the end of october, come what may. What their tactics will be in the days ahead wejust their tactics will be in the days ahead we just cannot say. This week, as you said, parliament is due to be extended, possibly by the end of tomorrow, possibly as late as thursday. Due to be suspended. We could then be in the same position, no breakthrough. Then again, everything could change. And quickly. Thank you. Passengers are being warned of possible disruption to British Airways flights this evening, ahead of a pilots strike which is due to begin at midnight. Most ba flights taking off from the uk on monday and tuesday have been cancelled. The dispute is over pay and conditions. Our Business CorrespondentKatie Prescott has the latest from heathrow one of bas exclusive hubs. Heathrow terminal five before the passengers empty out. After midnight tonight, almost all flights leaving from here are cancelled. With several weeks notice, most of the 300,000 customers affected have made other arrangements. But not without a lot of disruption behind the scenes. Duncan lion is currently in ibiza, and is owed around £400 after he had to rebook his flights. This is the first time ive ever thought ill never, ever book with British Airways again. They are a disgrace. Their Customer Service is a disgrace. I could book a flight tomorrow with British Airways, they want my money, but they will not refund me for a flight booked in january last year. They took £402 from me. And im still waiting for my refund. Months of negotiations over pay between British Airways and its pilots have failed to reach an agreement. The pilots union says they accepted pay freezes when ba made losses, they now want to share in its success. That means a share of the £2 billion profit British Airways made last year. Pilots have rejected their offer of an 11. 5 pay rise over the next three years. But British Airways says its a generous offer thats been accepted by the rest of staff on the airline. People are being advised not to head to the airport and any passengers who are affected by the strikes are entitled to a refund or a rebooking with British Airways or another airline. Its certainly going to be airline. Its certainly going to be a lot quieter on these runways behind me as that strike kicks in at midnight. Because half of all of the planes are using them are British Airways ones. We are not expecting much disruption here for passengers. Thats happened really behind the scenes, behind closed doors, in their homes over the last couple of weeks since those strikes we re couple of weeks since those strikes were confirmed as people have had to change their plans, rebook flights, and as weve just heard often with some difficulty and some cost to themselves. In terms of the negotiations, ive spoken to both British Airways and the pilots union today. Both are saying they are willing to talk to one another. But both saying theyve not heard from the other party. That sums up just how acrimonious that relationship has become. If the two parties dont sit around the table and come to an agreement over the next couple of weeks another strike is planned for the 27th of september. Thanks very much. A mans been shot dead in lewisham in south london. Armed police were called to the area after gunshots were fired this afternoon. The victim, who was a man in his 20s, died at the scene. Pro democracy demonstrators in hong kong have clashed with police as they marched to the us consulate to call for american support. The entrance to an underground station was set alight and shop windows were smashed; police fired tear gas to disperse the protestors. Thousands of people are being moved from the islands in the bahamas worst hit by Hurricane Dorian. In some areas, 90 of the infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, and aid agencies say residents have no access to food or clean water. President trump has called off peace negotiations with the taliban after they admitted being behind an attack in afghanistan that killed an american soldier. The taliban condemned the decision to withdraw from talks that come after 18 years of war warning america would lose the most. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from the Afghan Capital kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here and ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood, too, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of qatar, and the taliban almost hit the diplomatic jackpot a trip to camp david to talk to President Trump, his classic high stakes summitry. But now, its off. A taliban spokesman sent us their response. A few days ago, the Peace Agreement was concluded with the us negotiation team, and it was initialed by heads of both negotiation teams. That tweet by President Donald Trump is astonishing, and i think it harms his reputation. A Peace Process that may have consequences. The Afghan Government the taliban still refuse to talk to welcome the move. I think it was the right move at the right time, and a genuine reflection of the concerns that not only the afghan people, but many in dc, raised of the threats, of the consequences of any deal that could be harmful to all of us. Was it this one terrible attack in kabul which provoked President Trumps dramatic move, or was it the rising cores of anger and anxiety, in kabul and in washington, over peace talks which only seemed to bring more war . Many fear taliban at the table dont speak for fighters on the ground. Until they put down their guns, their commitment to peace wont be clear. This dramatic turn of events comes just days before the commemorations of the 9 11 attacks in the United States 18 years ago, which brought america and other nato forces to afghanistan. President trump had promised he would bring the troops home, but he is finding it far more difficult than he expected to end americas longest war. Thanks very much. Cricket and in the past few minutes englands ashes dreams came to an end, as they lost the fourth test at old trafford by 185 runs. The loss means australia have retained the ashes. Our Sports Correspondent andy swiss is there. So, could they conjure another cricketing miracle . England would have to about the whole day to keep their ashes hopes alive. Unlikely, and it soon it seemed even unlikely. Afterjason roys wicket had given australia the breakthrough it was surely down to ben stokes, the hero of headingley, cheered to the middle, could he be englands saviour again . Not this time. Stokes gone forjust one. Had his teams hopes gone with him . Not quite. Joe denly offered some timely resistance. A gritty half century giving the fans fresh belief. And thenjos giving the fans fresh belief. And then jos buttler also dug giving the fans fresh belief. And thenjos buttler also dug in. Together with Craig Overton he got england to a tee time with australia still needing four wickets. Tension . Just a bit. Finally, though, the wicket australia so wanted, asjos buttler misjudged one with agonising results. When he was soon followed byjofra archer, results. When he was soon followed by jofra archer, surely results. When he was soon followed byjofra archer, surely the end was nigh. But they still had a new cult hero, jack leach was ben stokess partner at headingley, and once again he doggedly kept australia at bay. With time ticking, and light fading, the fans were believing, but jack leachs hour and a half vigil was eventually ended. Nowjust one wicket left and at quarter past six it finally fell. Australia retain the ashes despair for england and a night for australia, theyve retained the ashes after another day of enthralling drama. Delight for australia. England ultimately just falling short. It means australia will keep the ashes whatever happens in the final match at the oval. For england fans, its been a sum of mixed emotions, really. Just a few months ago they won the world cup. But the ashes is still their greatest rivalry, and their hopes have ended in disappointment. Thanks very much. Theres more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. Were back with the late news. Now on bbc one its time for the news where you are goodbye. Youre watching bbc news. The tucs annual congress has begun in brighton, with government funding, wages and job security high on the agenda. Last week, the chancellor announced billions of pounds of additional investment in health, education and the police. But unions have warned of huge funding gaps faced by local government. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy is at the conference and have been speaking to frances ogrady, general secretary of the tuc. Good afternoon and welcome to the 151st tuc conference here in a very sunny brighton today at the start of four days of debate for an organisation that sees itself as increasingly relevant, representing now 48 unions and five and a half million workers. Now although we do have four days of debate ahead, theyre likely in some measure to be dominated by the whole brexit issue. But where does the tuc stand on this . Are they in lockstep with the rest of the Labour Movement . The lib dems, the conservative Party Defectors . Lets find out with the general secretary of the tuc, frances ogrady. Frances, thank you very much for your time today. First, can i get your reaction to the decision by amber rudd to quit the cabinet and leave the tory whip . What do you thinks behind that, do you welcome that . Well, its more proof that we cant trust borisjohnson and more reasons why we should all hold our nerves and get no deal taken off the table. Because what amber rudd said, whats clear, £2 billion has been spent on preparing for no deal, money that could have gone into the nhs. But whats clear is that there hasnt been any serious negotiation to get a deal with the eu and thats what everybody should want to see. So worrying times. Youve supported the move by mps to block borisjohnson from leaving without a no deal. Six in ten of your members, of the tuc members, Union Members voted to remain but four in ten did vote to leave in the referendum. Thats quite a lot of people, 52 of those who voted in the referendum voted to leave. Many of those preferring to come out without a deal. Do you really represent your members . If you have this large albeit minority opposed to your position . Well, weve managed to bring everybody together around what should matter. What really matters to working people and we want a deal, a brexit deal, an outcome that protects peoples jobs, that protects their rights at work and also respects and protects the good friday agreement. I think thats something we can all agree on. And if government took that as its starting point instead of all this macho threatening thats not getting anywhere, then we could come up with an agreement that would work for everybody. But for Many Labour Party supporters who in turn might be Union Members, they can see an ideal world straight away leaving the eu, go for other regulations to govern our economy that would protect those same jobs. Why do we have to do it this way when they voted to leave on october 31st . But the governments own advice admits that there wouldnt be bumps along the way, it would be earthquakes in terms of peoples jobs. We know up to half a millionjobs could go. We know that prices would go up in the shops, it would be more difficult to get medicines through if were getting delays at ports. Every minute of delay pushes the cost up and makes life more difficult for people here. It seems to me none of us want that, no deal would be a disasterfor us and its an empty threat. For sure it would hurt the eu, but it would hurt us a lot more. Briefly, you mentioned a list there about fuel prices going up, less money for the nhs, medical shortages for cancer patients. Could you not be accused of indulging in your own project fear on this . This is project real. Weve got real people on the end of these decisions and theyre fed up being used as pawns in a political game. You know, this is too important. And, frankly, Boris Johnson isnt above the law. None of us are above the law. He should respect it like everybody else. Take no deal off the table and concentrate on getting a deal with brussels. Thank you very much indeed for your time. The Brexit Debate here at the tuc begins later on this afternoon. Therell be some big beasts from the labour party itself. Keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, and of course Jeremy Corbyn will be addressing the conference during the course of this week, which, as i said earlier, is almost certainly going to be dominated by brexit. Hello there. We have sunshine, wind, rain and even tropical air heading our way next week. Today, the weather has been very pleasant. We had a few showers yesterday across kent, no sign of those today. Indeed we have been enjoying some healthy spells of sunshine. After a really cold start in the north east of scotland, we have seen some blue skies here as well for a while. There is more cloud coming in from the north west, this weather front waits in the wings to bring rain overnight tonight. A fine end to the day with sunshine around, but the cloud continues to thicken across scotland and Northern Ireland. Going to turn wetter overnight and the rain spills into wales and western parts of england, could be quite heavy. More cloud tonight, not anywhere near as cold as last night, except perhaps across east anglia, where we have clearer skies for longer. Tomorrows a bit of a messy day, the weather front bringing rain, not one of the weather fronts sweeping across, no wind to move it. Instead, the wetter weather drifts south. Patchy rain developing across eastern parts of england, outbreaks of rain and lots of cloud in the morning, the rain tending to ease in the afternoon for Northern Areas, turning brighter but towards wales and the south west, keeping the rain going. It could be heavy and thundery, and it really is going to be chilly, temperatures 14 or 15 quite widely. That weather front pulls apart, most of the rain continuing south towards iberia. This ridge of High Pressure building in, but we have a weak weather front on the scene, bringing us this band of cloud, and it could produce one or two showers but dry on the whole. Some sunshine around, too, and it will feel a lot warmer, especially for central and eastern parts of england, where temperatures could be up to 20 degrees. But wet and windy weather arriving in north west later. That is on the weather fronts there and it will turn wet and windy across Northern Areas overnight, around an area of low pressure which contains remnants of ex Hurricane Dorian, no longer a hurricane by this stage, but it will bring and windy weather overnight. And through wednesday, it sweeps towards southern parts of england, becoming light and patchy. Behind it, we get more sunshine arriving, some showers across scotland but temperatures higherfor all of us. This is bbc news im martine croxall. The headlines at seven amber rudd quits borisjohnsons cabinet, attacking his handling of brexit the government insists it is doing all it can to get a new deal you might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that, its, like, 80, 90 of government time going into preparing for no deal. We are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew to get a deal, and the Prime Minister is personally putting in all the significant effort you would expect. Peace talks between the taliban and the us are called off President Trump blames a deadly attack in the Afghan Capital, kabul. Hours to go before British Airways pilots go on strike