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But there was genuine outrage and upset too at the Prime Ministers language, branded by some mps as a dangerous disgrace. Well be asking voters in portsmouth what they make of the chaotic events of the past few days at westminster. And well be answering some of the many questions sent in by viewers and listeners, on what could happen next. Also on the programme. Donald trumps dealings with the ukrainian president , now a transcript is published of a telephone conversation, which opponents say proves that the president acted improperly. In northern ireland, 1,200 workers lose theirjobs as one of the uks main bus makers goes into administration. Whos going to employ a 62 year old man . Ive nothing now. Thats it. We report from hull on the citys flooding problem as scientists warn that Climate Change is pushing sea levels even higher. And in south africa, harry and meghan introduce young archie to one of the giants of the battle against apartheid. And coming up in sport on bbc news, liverpool are gifted a goal against Milton Keynes dons. We will have all the scores from a busy night in the third round of the league cup. Good evening. Borisjohnson has faced the house of commons for the first time following his defeat in the Supreme Court yesterday. There were very bad tempered exchanges as the Prime Minister declared that the Supreme Court had been wrong to pronounce on a political question at a time of Great National controversy. The highest court in the land ruled unanimously that mrjohnson had acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament for five weeks. The Prime Minister rejected labour calls for him to resign, and challenged the opposition parties to agree to a general election. We start with our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. To lead often is to be alone. Boris johnson on the tarmac, clutching his red box of business. It was Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament, found against the law. Borisjohnson racing parliament, found against the law. Boris johnson racing back parliament, found against the law. Borisjohnson racing back from new york to face mps anchor. But on this dangerous road, the Prime Minister chose tonight to whip up the rancour himself. Statement, the Prime Minister. No regret, no remorse. He questioned the judges ruling yesterday. It is no disrespect to the judiciary to say i think the court was wrong to pronounce on what is essentially a political question. He chose attacks the best form of defence, rather than give answers, goading the opposition to bring him down. Of sheer selfishness and political cowardice, members opposite are unwilling to move aside and give the people a say. We will not betray the people a say. We will not betray the people who sent us here. We will not. Thats what they want to do. We will not abandon the priorities that matter to the public, and we will continue to challenge those opposition parties to uphold democracy. Some labour mps shouted, you should be injail, and shame. Jeremy corbyns response he should go. After yesterdays ruling, mr speaker, the Prime Minister should have done the honourable thing and resigned. The government has failed to silence our democracy. But he was resolute. Jeremy corbyn wont take the chance ofan Jeremy Corbyn wont take the chance of an election now, not until there isa of an election now, not until there is a guarantee we wont leave the eu without a deal next month. He says he wants a general election. I want a general election. Its very simple. If you want an election, if he wants an election, get an extension and lets have an election. But there were verbal punches back. He cant control his own party. He cant decide whether he is for leave or remain. He is being held captive by his colleagues. The electorate are being held captive by this Zombie Parliament and a zombie opposition, and he wants the entire country to be held captive in the eu after october the 315t, at a cost of more than £1 billion october the 31st, at a cost of more than £1 billion a month. We say no. I say no. Lets get brexit done and lets take this country forward. The more savage it was, the more they roared. The Prime Minister had almost provoked his own side into backing him like this. If anything, that applause encouraged the opposition parties to slam him. That applause encouraged the opposition parties to slam himm my son can apologise for kicking a football indoors, surely the Prime Minister could have the humility to say sorry for misleading the queen, misleading the country and a legally shutting down our democracy. And at a time like this, dont bet on what might come next. The opposition must unite to trigger a vote of no confidence to bring this chaotic government down. Does he still believe it to be right and proper to seek to impeach a Prime Minister who has beenjudged seek to impeach a Prime Minister who has been judged to seek to impeach a Prime Minister who has beenjudged to mislead the public . There was nothing still about tonight. Frustration is erupting. We have seen the political establishment in this house, the commercial establishment and now the judiciary establishment go against the will of the people. They are angry. They feel thwarted by the establishment. Those who claim to defend parliamentary democracy are in fact putting it at grave risk by alienating a large proportion of the population who fear that this house is trying to block a democratic referendum result that we promised to honour. Disdain from the Prime Ministers former colleagues. To honour. Disdain from the Prime Ministers former colleagues. He is pitting brexit against remain, young against old, scotland against england and people against the parliament. And may be fear too. Many of us in this place subject to Death Threats and abuse every day. Let me tell the Prime Minister that i often quote his words they often i often quote his words they ofte n q u ote i often quote his words they often quote his words, surround and betrayal. I for one often quote his words, surround and betrayal. Ifor one im sick of often quote his words, surround and betrayal. I for one im sick of it. Surrender and betrayal. Betrayal. I for one im sick of it. Surrender and betrayal. Mr speaker, i have to say i have never heard such humbug and all my life. The outrage at his response was louder than Boris Johnsons the outrage at his response was louder than borisjohnsons attempts to make himself heard. More acute when the murdered mpjo coxs successor pleaded with him too. Will he, going forward, moderate his language so that we will all feel secure when we are going about our jobs . The best way to honour the memory ofjo cox and indeed the best way to bring this country together would be, ithink, to get way to bring this country together would be, i think, to get brexit done. Tonight at least, it is almost impossible to imagine those inside being able to agree on whether its night or day. The governments top lawyer earlier declared it over. This parliament is a dead parliament. It should no longer sit. It has no moral right to sit on these green benches. For this Prime Minister to talk about morals and morality is a disgrace when outrage is in fashion, the agreement the country may crave is hard to find. And laura is at westminster. Have you ever seen a session have you ever seen a session like that . I have watched more hours of action in the house of commons than i care to remember, particularly the bruising and fractious debates over the last few years. And i cant remember an evening when it was quite so angry, when nerves were quite so angry, when nerves were quite so angry, when nerves were quite so raw. Of course there are legitimate passions on both sides of this debate, and genuine frustrations too in the country on all sides that this place has failed to come to any agreement on brexit. That decision that was taken by the country so long ago. But there are real concerns about how this debate has taken a turn since borisjohnson has taken a turn since borisjohnson has become Prime Minister. There has never been any secret that he is a politician who is happy to provoke. He thinks that stirs up his enemies and even excites his base. But tonight, it felt Like Parliament was a place of fear and loathing. And if thatis a place of fear and loathing. And if that is a group of people that Boris Johnson ever hopes to get onside, even to give him the election he so desires, that is going to be a struggle. And i think in the morning, there are not going to be many even conservative mps who find it easy to defend what happened there tonight. Of course, politics has been happening at million miles an hour. Its very difficult to say on one evening that this will set a course, but i think this could turn out to be an evening where the tone in parliament changed. It feels a little in this moment like the top has come out of a bottle of something and whatever comes next, it may be difficult to put it back. Laura, thank you. Laura kuenssberg on the days events at westminster, our Political Editor. Yesterdays ruling by the uk Supreme Court has prompted thousands of questions from viewers and listeners, in all parts of bbc news. Our deputy Political Editor john pienaar has been answering some of those questions. And heres the first. What happens next . Well, borisjohnson was already in a tight political corner, and he still is. Just look at his relentless pressure to force an early election. The mood has been transformed. The ferocity of the argument off the scale. And now the governments opponents are back in the commons, they can close in, try to pass legislation to tighten up the law theyve already passed to close off the option of leaving with no deal on october the 31st. And force borisjohnson to either land a deal or do the last thing that he wants, to seek another brexit extension. Will brexit happen . Good question. Wish i knew. Out here, against brexit, for brexit, they would love to know the answer. A lot depends on the brexit negotiations in brussels, where the uk side and the eu side are still some way apart, and the eu summit on october the 17th is rushing up fast. No deal by october the 19th, and Boris Johnson by law will have to extend brexit, or try to. Unless, that is, the eu or any of its members decide theyve had enough, in which case britain is shown the door. In the end, after three years, if parliament cant decide all this, it may be up to you. Will there be a general election . Now, thats an easy one, and the answers yes. All sides want an election. The argument is about when. Opposition mps say no election until a no deal brexit is off the table. They say theyre worried about the disruption a no deal brexit would cause. But they know, and so does the Prime Minister, that a delay would cost the tories lots of brexit supporters votes. Borisjohnsons election challenges, his taunts of cowardice are not working. He is under pressure, and when he says he wants a deal, he means it. This wont be a one issue election, but itll seem like it, and its coming soon. John pienaar there, answering some of your questions. British Business Owners who attended a meeting with cabinet minister michael gove this week have denied his claim that industry had told him its ready for a no deal brexit. Mr gove, whos in charge of preparations for a no deal scenario, claimed today that the automotive sector and the Retail Sector had both told him they were ready. Our economics editor faisal islam has spoken to people at the meeting, and joins me now. Amid the heated scenes we saw in the commons, there was that one claim that did cause a raft of arched eyebrows that did cause a raft of arched eye brows a cross that did cause a raft of arched eyebrows across my industrial contacts. It was the fact notjust that the no deal minister had said that the no deal minister had said that key industries, the car industry and retail, would be ready for a new deal next month, but that they had said at a meeting this week on monday in coventry. I got responses like this no way. Someone else said, no deal is not an option, is catastrophic. I got a document that says the manufacturers are preparing the best they can, but is creating huge costs, particularly for small and medium sized enterprises. One way you might explain this is that the government has a different definition of what reddy might mean. Manufacturers are saying they are trying to get prepared as best they can for a situation so uncertain, but if the government is trying to send the message that there is no disruption, they may be in for a shock next month. Faisal islam, our economics editor. Yesterdays events in the Supreme Court, and the resumption of parliamentary business, as the brexit deadline approaches, has prompted even more questions from voters about what happens next. In portsmouth, 58 of people voted to leave the european union, while almost 42 voted to remain. Our special correspondent lucy manning has spent the day in the marginal labour seat of portsmouth south. I will remain comfort and in this i will see the goodness of the lord i will remain. This was just a coincidence. The University Gospel Choir is not singing about brexit. I will remain. The Prime Minister not liking what he heard from the Supreme Court. I personally believe that hes acting quite outrageously, and its not in thought of the country, but himself. All labour supporters, in the middle, rachel backs leave, precious and blessing remain. In order for brexit to happen, he needs the help of the other mp5. Its not something that he can do by himself. So i do think that he probably had the right idea, butjust went about it the wrong way, i think. Do you think there should be a general election . Not yet. I think lets sort out brexit, lets get that sorted, and then afterwards, lets do an election. I feel like theyre now beginning to diverge from the situation at hand and what is here that needs to be sorted. A general election does need to happen. Portsmouth is one of the busiest ferry ports, and there are concerns about the impact of a no deal brexit. Defeat in the courts after repeated defeats in parliament might not look like the best way to win an election in this marginal labour seat, but the Prime Minister will be hoping his strategy of appearing to back voters against parliament will pay off. At fratton community centre, conservative leave voter michael supports him. Who do you thinks right, the courts or the Prime Minister . Well, i think the Prime Minister, because he leads the country. Hell be the only one who can get us out. What should mps be doing now theyre back today . Well, i heard an mp say this morning he aint got a clue what hes going to do. Leavers likejoyce feeling a little stitched up by mps and the court. She did vote conservative. I think hes doing his best. I dont know that hes going to get a result. I shall be voting brexit, the brexit party. You dont think Boris Johnsons doing enough . I dont think anybody will let him. I dont think the other parties in parliament will actually allow him to. Hazel was a lib dem voter. Would you back borisjohnson if he gets the uk out of the eu . If he got us out, yes, then i would back him. If he didnt get us out, then im not sure whether i would or not, because it worries me, what he would do next to get us out. A warning here for all mps, though. Voters told us they want them to use the extra days in parliament to talk about issues that dont involve brexit. Lucy manning, bbc news. In washington, details have been released of a telephone call between donald trump and the ukrainian president , which is at the heart of attempts by the democrats to impeach mr trump the process by which a president can be removed from office. The president has rejected allegations that he put financial pressure on ukraine to provide information about a business linked tojoe biden, the likely democratic candidate in next years president ial election. Our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. Hes made me more famous than ive made him. Whod have thought that a meeting between donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart would become the most keenly anticipated event of un week . But after a phone call injuly between the two men that has resulted in the democrats launching impeachment proceedings, it has. Its better to be on tv than by phone. I think. And a central charge did the us president try to pressurise Volodymyr Zelensky into supplying damaging information on Donald Trumps main democratic rival, joe biden . The ukrainian leader looked uncomfortable. I think, good phone call. It was normal, we spoke about many things. So, i think and you read it, that nobody pushed me. In other words, no pressure. Because you know what, there was no pressure. And, by the way, you know there was no pressure. All you have to do is see it, what went on in the call. The president wantsjoe biden investigated along with his son, hunter, who has business interests in the country. The white house has released a partial transcript of the conversation and, in it, the president takes the highly irregular step of asking his ukrainian counterpart for a favour. The one thing, there is a lot of talk about bidens son, that biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that, so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. This partial transcript is damning, but not deadly. Yes, the president seeks info on a political rival from a foreign leader, but there no quid pro quo, no unless you give us the dirt, we wont give you aid. Nevertheless, in a divided country, buckle up for what will be a bitter and take no hostages fight. Democrats crying high crimes and misdemeanours. Republicans shouting witch hunt. On capitol hill, the battle lines are being drawn on strict party lines on whether he is villain or victim. Like any mafia boss, the president didnt need to say thats a nice country you have, it would be a shame if something were to happen to it, because that was clear from the conversation. To impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane. Wherever the president goes, the secret Service Provides a ring of steel. Now its the Republican Party and the white house who need to circle the wagons to protect donald trump from this Democratic Party attempt to bring him down. Jon sopel, bbc news, new york. Around 1,200 workers have been made redundant, after one of the uks main bus makers went into administration. Wrightbus, which is among northern irelands largest, is best known for making londons routemaster double deckers. Unions say more than 1,000 jobs in the supply chain are also in danger. 0ur correspondent emma vardy is at the firms headquarters in ballymena in county antrim. This is a family firm which became one of northern irelands Flagship Companies and it has provided livelihoods for people around here for several generations so this area asa for several generations so this area as a whole was hit very hard today when nearly all of the wrightbus workforce were told theyd lose theirjobs. This report contains some flash photography. Downed tools and an exodus of workers following this mornings announcement. Many leaving behind lifelong employment. Their services no longer required. Telling us everythings 0k, everythings going to be fine, they are good jobs, we are safe, and then just bring us in and tell us there is nothing more they can do, thats it, companys closed, ceased trading. What will you do now . I honestly dont know. Ive worked with wrightbus for 30 years now. Im ashamed to be part of it. Whos going to employ a 62 year old man . Ive nothing now, thats it. In 2012, the company was enjoying success, launching a double decker fleet for london, it became known as the boris buses. Since then, demand for new vehicles has fallen. Changes from diesel to electric buses blamed for the downturn. Today, unions appealed to borisjohnson to rescue the company he once championed. The british Prime Minister, who said in the last few weeks hed do everything in his power to save a company like wrightbus, and we are putting it to him again do everything in your power, invest into wrightbus and keep it open. With so big an employer going under, there could be hundreds morejobs affected on top of the 1200 redundancies, from companies in the supply chain to shops where workers buy lunch. Even today, weve noticed, weve been a lot quieter. And customers that is coming in, they are just shocked. And there is new questions over wrightbus funds spent on building this large, new church. This religious charity, green pastures, where the owner of wrightbus, jeff wright, is a pastor, was given £15 million in Company Donations over six years. Wrightbus was still making Church Donations when it made a loss of £1. 7 million in 2017. Its believed the Wright Family paid the last staff wage bill themselves but now, unless a new buyer can be found, the wheels of wrightbus will stop turning for good. Emma vardy, bbc news, ballymena. Scientists have delivered another stark assessment, of the Global Impact of Climate Change, warning that the worlds seas and frozen areas are being threatened as never before. They say if nothing is done to limit carbon emissions, sea levels could rise by more than a metre, on average, by the end of the century. The effect could mean that some island states are likely to become uninhabitable. And extreme flooding events in low lying coastal cities could happen every year by the middle of this century. In the uk, the city of hull has been badly affected by flooding over recent years. 0ur science editor David Shukman has been finding out whats being done to try to help. The sea is rising, so stronger defences are needed. Here in hull, a new wall is being built to protect thousands of people. Most of the city lies below the level of the high tide, so flooding is a constant risk. This is what were up against currently. We cant stop it. On a winter night six years ago, sea water overwhelmed parts of hull, filling homes with mud. Gordon rasen watched it happen. The water came over there into the dock, out of the dock straight into the streets, because there was no. Because the dock was already full of water. What was it like when that happened . Frightening, really. We know that sea level will rise. And if in future the ocean is a metre higher, the impact could be even worse. Scientists are using simulations to see how bad the flooding could get. It wont be possible to defend everywhere, quite simply. There will be areas that will have to retreat from with that level of sea level rise. Economically, itjust wont make sense to do so. We can win individual battles, but the overall war, well lose. Just a few miles from hull, these homes have very little to protect them from a rising sea, which matters, because the report says that, whatever efforts are made to tackle Climate Change, the level of the oceans is going to keep rising in the coming decades. Which means that people here and in many parts of the world are going to have to adapt. The biggest cause of rising sea levels as the melting of the ice in the polar regions. Earlier this month, i saw how this year had a record melt in greenland. And the report warns that, along with higher sea levels, there will be more powerful storms. Extreme floods will strike more often, with drastic consequences. Are we talking about relocation . Retreat in some instances . And certainly the report doesnt shy from the big issues. Because these patterns of impacts are so complex, the report does identify that, for example, some small island states may become uninhabitable. Back in hull, scientists are out in all weathers to track the currents underwater, to help forecast the next floods, to gather data about the areas that are most vulnerable. The sea once helped this place to flourish. But, as the waters rise, all over the world, theyll become more of a threat. David shukman, bbc news, in hull. A mother of three has been killed in a dog attack in widnes. Neighbours say 44 year old Elayne Stanley was attacked by two dogs at a house yesterday evening. Cheshire Police Say One of the dogs had to be destroyed while the other had been captured and taken to a secure kennel. No arrests have been made. The government says it has no reason to think there was anything untoward in the granting of £100,000 of public money to an american businesswoman, who joined trade missions led by borisjohnson when he was the mayor of london. The digital minister matt warman said a grant made this year to jennifer arcuris company, hacker house, was being reviewed. He said mrjohnson had had no role in awarding the money. Mrjohnson has claimed that everything was done in the proper way when he was mayor. The transport secretary, grant shapps, has said the government will look at whether bonuses paid to thomas cook executives can be recovered through the insolvency process. There has been growing anger at the tens of millions of pounds paid to executives before the travel operators collapse. A huge operation is currently repatriating 150,000 british travellers. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has been hearing from a former thomas cook staff member. My name is betty knight. I was cabin crew for Thomas Cook Airlines for 12 years. Our management seemed to have disappeared off into the sunset with millions and millions of pounds, and while all of our lovely passengers and customers have been helped by the caa, who have done an incrediblejob, and theyve all been assisted, our cabin crew, members of our cabin team have been stuck without even a word, without a phone call in really dire circumstances. And there is sympathy from those, who days ago, were their customers. Holiday makers brought back on government flights into bristol today. Stressful. But theyve got no jobs. The staff . Yes. So im more concerned for them, really, than us. At least weve got a home. Sad, really, after all these years, isnt it . I must admit. But what can we do . The directors took all the money. There is £20 million of bonuses. Those huge pay outs for thomas cook bosses now being scrutinised by mps. The transport secretary said an investigation by the Insolvency Service could consider if some money paid to management might be seized. But one question lingers why didnt the government step in . Whilst i hear people say why didnt you put the money in . The answer is because all youd have to do is open their books and realise if youve got a £1. 7 billion debt, if you lost £1. 5 billion in six months alone, if you have then issued another profit warning, this is entirely different, i am afraid, from the condor situation, which was a fundamentally profitable airline. Condor was thomas cooks german airline. Unlike its uk equivalent, its still operating. A £330 million bridging loan from the german government

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