Time to take responsibility. With the governments majority it looks unlikely they will be defeated. But how many mps will say no . Well have the latest as five former Prime Ministers warn that the plans could damage britains reputation as a trustworthy partner. Also tonight. New laws banning people from meeting in groups of more than six have come into force in england, scotland and wales. A huge backlog of tests for coronavirus as the first minister of scotland expresses very serious concerns about the situation. The turmoil in lebanon a special report on a country in crisis over a month since the huge blast and deaths in beirut. And astronomers present the strongest evidence yet that life may exist on the planet venus. And coming in the sport on bbc news. Chelsea begin their bid to take premier league glory with an away trip to brighton. Good evening. The Prime Minister has been the target of heavy criticism in the house of commons and from five former Prime Ministers as he tried to persuade mps to back his controversial new internal market bill. Thats the measure which could override part of the uks divorce deal with the european union, the deal agreed by borisjohnson himself last year. The house of commons is voting on the bill tonight and its known that some conservatives will refuse to back the government. Earlier today, David Cameron became the latest former Prime Minister to criticise the plans. Borisjohnson claims the bill could be needed to ensure the integrity of the uks internal market, particularly in relation to the flow of goods between britain and Northern Ireland. Live to westminster and our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. In parliament tonight mps have just begun voting on this contentious issue in the last few minutes and we will know the result before too long. The Prime Minister himself came to open the debate giving a tough defence, insisting his plan was absolutely necessary. But with five former Prime Ministers, two former tory chancellors, two former tory attorney general is all expressing concern, the vote tonight will give the government a taste of the resistance ahead. The high wire act, as talks with the eu teeter on the edge. The government has chosen a pretty provocative path. The Prime Minister went to the commons himself to outline the plan. Remember, he already agreed a deal with brussels but claim the eu is pushing it too far. We cannot have a situation where the very boundaries of our country could be dictated by a foreign power or international organisation. No british Prime Minister, no government, no parliament could ever accept such an imposition. Boris johnson says he is trying to give control to ministers here over special arrangements for Northern Ireland in case talks with the eu go wrong. But what drives his critics crazy is that on picks a deal with brussels that has already been agreed and has already become the law. Number ten knew full well this move could provoke outrage, a tactic used by this government many times before. Ministers have admitted it would break international law, and one after the other, every living Prime Minister has cried foul. Borisjohnsons formerfriend and has cried foul. Borisjohnsons former friend and rival adding has cried foul. Borisjohnsons formerfriend and rival adding to concern this morning. Passing an act in parliament and breaking a treaty obligation is the very last thing you should contemplate, and absolute final resort, so i do have misgivings about what is being proposed. One cabinet minister told me the reaction is over the top. The proposed law also controversially rejig the relationship between edinburgh, westminster and cardiff too. The understudy for the labour leader, in covid isolation, blasting the Prime Minister. For the first time in his life, it is time to take responsibility, it is time to fess up. Either he wasnt straight with the country about the deal in the first place or didnt understand it. Today this right wing brexit cabal has reached rock bottom. Today this right wing brexit cabal has reached rock bottomlj today this right wing brexit cabal has reached rock bottom. I was in every Single Division lobby for brexit. I think they are a pain in the neck but surely we have to exhaust all other options before we press the nuclear button. And im not going to be voting for this bill at second reading because if you keep walking a dog, dont be surprised when it bites back. But. This bill as a precaution, a deterrent. The best way to prevent ourselves and finding ourselves in the position of needing these powers is to arm ourselves with them. This may feel a faded imitation of last yea rs may feel a faded imitation of last years sound may feel a faded imitation of last yea rs sound and may feel a faded imitation of last years sound and fury, yet confirms the audacious style of this administration. The outline of our relationship with the eu is not straightforward to fill in. Many tory mps share deep concern of the opposition parties aboutjust how audacious and brazen this move has been from the government. We heard some of that in the commons, but in the corridors here and in private conversations you hear much more of it, many ministers admitting they are uncomfortable about what is going on too. But there is a significant chunk in the tory party and they believe a significant chunk among the public too that think if the eu is going to play hardball in the eu is going to play hardball in the negotiations it is quite right in the uk should play hardball too. For that reason tonight i think we will see a few dozen, perhaps 25 or so will see a few dozen, perhaps 25 or so abstentions in the house of commons, rather than anything like the brexit uprisings of this time last year. Once it gets down to the house of lords, a wall of very angry resista nce house of lords, a wall of very angry resistance is likely to meet the government then. Laura, many thanks again. Laura kuenssberg in the houses of parliament for us. Lets have the latest on coronavirus now. New laws banning people from meeting in groups of more than six have come into force in england, scotland and wales. In england, the Home Office MinisterKit Malthouse urged people to report their neighbours to police if theyre seen breaking the new laws. But guidance has yet to be issued to Police Forces on how to enforce the rules which differ across the uk. In england it applies to any six people including family indoors or outdoors. In scotland the rule of six also applies indoors and outdoors but only two households can meet, and children under the age of 12 are not included in the tally. Its different in Northern Ireland and wales, where the rule of six only applies if people are meeting indoors. In wales it doesnt include children under the age of ii. If people break the rules in england they could face fines of up to £3,200. Our correspondentjon kay has spent the day with Police Officers in bristol as the new rules came into force. Because the rules have changed and it includes children as well. 0k. So youre over the number that were supposed to. Confusion in the park this afternoon. Police officers explain to this mum that her toddlers picnic is in breach of the law because theyre a group of seven. Its very difficult to understand, though, because if im allowed to go into a pub with loads of people and im a metre apart from that person and i cant be with my kids friends. If i count up us with our kids, we are more than six. Does that mean we are breaking the law in the park . Nicky and her friends are also a group of seven. They thought theyd be ok because the children are at school together. In scotland or wales, theyd be fine because younger children arent included. Wales isnt far away from here so we could just go over the bridge and be with a much larger group of people. So it does feel a bit unfair. Did you realise you are breaking the law today . I havent thought about it. Now i think about it i realise we are, but i didnt think about it when i entered the park. If you want to meet friends at all in any social situation youre going to have to think about it before you go and decide who you can meet with and who you cant. Youre going to have to choose your favourite two people now, arent you . Here in bristol, Community Officers have been explaining and educating the public on day one rather than handing out fines. The new rules, they say, could be tougher to police than the full lockdown was. This time people are still allowed to be out and we have to look at groups, assess what sort of group it is, count the numbers, engage with them. Are they from the same families . So there is some more ambiguity. This local amateur Dramatics Group is desperate to put on play readings again. But theyre not sure they can under the new rule of six. Even though pubs and restaurants are open. Because we could socially distance in the space here quite easily, have no more than 15 people two metres apart, we could have the doors wide open. Why is this place any more dangerous or unsafe than a train, a restaurant, a workplace . Busy in bristol tonight. But most of those enjoying the sunshine were sticking to the rules. And as for the suggestion that we should report our neighbours if they meet in groups bigger than six. If it was something that i thought was going to be dangerous for other people then yeah, then maybe id consider calling. Its hard to know when to cross the line, what is your business and what isnt your business. Just finding out group sizes. This group was within the new limit, and by tonight avon and Somerset Police had only received 30 calls from concerned members of the public. The biggest challenge is likely to be at the weekend. Jon kay, bbc news, bristol. Our nightly look at the latest government figures which show there were 2,621 new Coronavirus Infections recorded in the uk in the latest 24 hour period. That means the average number of new cases reported per day in the past week is 3,004. Nine deaths were reported people who died within 28 days of a positive covid i9 test. And that means on average in the past week, 12 deaths were recorded every day. That takes the total number of deaths across the uk so far to 41,637. The first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, has been accused of playing politics with the pandemic after she expressed very serious concerns about a reported backlog of coronavirus test results. The Health Minister for england, matt hancock, says the vast majority of people are getting results quickly. But as our Health Editor hugh pym reports, a shortage of staff in government laboratories is presenting significant new challenges. Another week begins with reports of struggles to get bookings for coronavirus tests. Here in plymouth, there was frustration from some who were waiting and hoping. Went online and its totally crashed, so then phoned 119 and their system crashed and shes told me to come up here just to see if id get turned away or not. There is problems getting a test. I was told by the nhs there was none. There was none in the uk whatsoever. Back injuly, system leaders were promoting walk in testing centres like this one in east london. But now walk in slots are limited each day, and when they run out people are turned away if they dont have a booking. Two school staff i spoke to werent pleased to hear theyd have to come back tomorrow. I need to go back to work and i didnt get tested. Ive been trying since friday evening, tried saturday, sunday, no luck. Ive tried calling the numbers on the websites, the waiting line isjust ridiculous. For us to get through today, it took us about two hours. Laboratories analysing swab tests are said to be overstretched. The big sites like this one in glasgow, known as lighthouse labs, are run by the uk government and scotlands first minister has called for action to resolve the problem. We now have a very serious concern that the backlog of test results being faced by the uk lab network, which the Glasgow Lighthouse Lab is part of, is starting to impact on the reporting of scottish results. A westminster government source said the first minister was playing politics with the pandemic, and her claims were wrong. Earlier the Health Secretary had said the issues were being addressed. If you have symptoms, come forward and get a test. Were dealing with the problem of people having to travel too far and were putting in the extra resources to deal with that. One organisation representing Laboratory Staff said the lighthouse labs have so far relied on academics on attachment but theyre now returning to their universities so theres a staffing shortfall. There has been a gradual loss of staff across those sites and it has been difficult to fill those posts, especially at the senior level. It is not so difficult to fill at the level of the people working at the bench. But those senior people who have been running those laboratories are having to return to academia, is our understanding, and thats whats led to the capacity loss. The department of health denied there were staffing problems but questions are still being asked about why theres a backlog in the labs, which appears to be holding up testing for key workers and the wider public. And hughjoins me now. As you are saying problems with testing and that is being debated and there is still a debate being waged about when the lockdown was imposed. An ongoing debate whether march 23 when it was imposed was even a week too late given what we know about the spread of the virus. We learned a bit more about what was going on inside government and the thinking at the time will stop in an e mail obtained through a bbc freedom of information request. It is an e mail from freedom of information request. It is an e mailfrom sir Patrick Vallance, the governments chief scientific adviser written in may to officials, some of it is redacted there, in response to a sunday times inquiry as to what was really going on. They discuss how they should handle the inquiry. Towards the bottom of it there is a really interesting quote. When he says, i argued stronger than anyone for action for lockdown with a telling off from the cmo, thats chris whitty, two other government officials included so mark sedwill, the cabinet secretary. You will remember sir Patrick Vallance and chris whitty have stood side by side at many of these downing street press c0 nfe re nces. At many of these downing street press conferences. There is a true suggestion here over a bit of a difference of opinion. A Government Spokesperson said there was no disagreement in the substance of scientific advice given to ministers and there was no delay to lock down. But i think this document suggests that there is may be quite a lot of discussion to be had about what was really going on. Hugh pym, our Health Editor. Families of those who lost their lives in the Manchester Arena bombing have been sharing messages and videos about their loved ones as part of the inquiry into the attack. 22 people died when salman abedi detonated a bomb as fans were leaving a concert at the arena in may 2017. Our north of england correspondent Judith Moritz reports. Bagpipes play. Darling, if you cant have a glass of prosecco on your way to the tube station, then when can you . Laughter. Martyn hett and eilidh macleod, two of the 22 people murdered in the Manchester Arena attack. Each had their own personal story. Today those stories began to be told. Wait, we have newsjust coming in. Martyn is fit. Martyn hett had a magnetic personality. I absolutely adore coronation street. Those who met him never forgot him. This video, his familys way of showing his colourful character to the world. This is the way martyn lived his life and we should all be more martyn. The video was played in court with martyns family present. Its been difficult. Weve had many difficult days throughout the whole process. But this was one of the nicer ones. We got a great deal of comfort from it. Eilidh macleod was from barra in the outer hebrides. Her family present video full of the Highland Music she loved her familys video full of the Highland Music she loved to play on her bagpipes and messages from the whole island community. I know personally that i will never forget her. She was a wonderful girl and a wonderful person, and she taught me as a class teacher to be a better person. Sorrell leczkowskis mother samantha was with her young daughter when she died. Her tribute, read by a lawyer, brought home the enormity of the pain she feels. I feel that i let her down and i didnt save her. I am beyond devastated. Im broken. As well as dealing with both me and mum being blown up, i have to deal with seeing sorrell being blown up and die in my arms. The inquirys heard that John Atkinson may have survived the bomb if help had come sooner. His familys statement was read by their lawyer. We, as a family, are truly devastated with losing john. We cant even explain how much we love and missjohn. Its just not fair. Love you always and forever, john. Your heartbroken mum and dad. The experience of paying public tribute is distressing for the families. But its also considered important so that those who died are placed at the heart of the inquiry. Judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. President trump has been visiting americas west coast to be briefed by officials on the wildfires that have so far claimed more than 30 lives and burned almost five million acres of land. Blazes in california, oregon and Washington State have been burning since early august. Lets get the latest from oregon and our correspondent aleem maqbool. More than 90 major wildfires are still burning across this part of the united states, including some close to where i am in oregon. With an American Election just around the corner, even a Natural Disaster has become a big politicalfootball, but all the while more people are being affected and counting the cost of what the fires have taken away from them. It was like a journey into an eerie twilight zone. Few have been allowed here since the fires swept in with such rage. And though most people had scrambled to get out with whatever they could, it was in this area that lives had also been lost. There was some we found wandering and bewildered like larry. I lost everything except whats in that bag. Everything. And i didnt have insurance. Out of all the homes had insurance except for me. What made these fires so lethal and record breaking is the high winds that came with them, accelerating their frightening, destructive passage through vast areas of this state. We keep hearing from those who said they felt they were fleeing for their lives, and its only when youre on the ground and you see the destruction as weve been able to end the warped been able to and the warped landscape here, that you start to get a sense of the nightmare that they were running from. Donald trump has been called the climate arsonist by his political opponentjoe biden. On a visit to california to be briefed on the fire is the president himself said the blame lay elsewhere. This is one of the biggest burns we have ever seen and we have to do a lot about Forest Management. Obviously Forest Management in california is very important. There has to be good, strong Forest Management which ive been talking about for three years with the state, so hopefully theyll start doing that. This family has just been thinking of survival. We found them in a displacement camp. They have now fled fires three times in three different locations in the past week. My mom had ten minutes to get out of her place and she got the clothes on her back and the cat and that was it, and her house is completely annihilated. It wiped out everything she owned. You know, and thats what we heard was the same with ours. Were not sure as of right now. It was summerstown that id visited earlier. The signs arent good. For all the politics at the heart of this disaster are hundreds of thousands of americans who have faced fear, displacement and loss. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, in gates in oregon. When a huge blast in the lebanese capital beirut claimed the lives of almost 200 people it also exposed long standing structural issues in a country already in crisis. A blend of corruption, distrust of politicians and crippling poverty have led to factionalism and violence on the streets. Six weeks after the blast at a Storage Depot in the port our middle east editorjeremy bowen has returned to beirut to look at lebanons prospects of a better future. Poverty and pain running through lives in tarik eleideh, poverty and pain run through lives in tarik eleideh, a stronghold of poor sunni muslims in beirut. Taha grew up hard and died young, shot dead at 20 in a street battle with a rival family. Like most of the people who gathered for his funeral the next morning, ta ha was unemployed. His uncle moussa, like almost all lebanese, believes corrupt politicians blight their lives. Translation we want decent people in the government. They need to understand the suffering of the people, notjust filling their pockets. The women threw rice at the coffin as if it was a wedding. The men raced it through the streets in mourning and to show their strength. Gunfire. Disputes often turn violent in this neighbourhood but they said the economic collapse is making it worse. It is very hard to see how this ends well. Lebanon is being eaten by poverty, and in communities like this its increasing the tension and the anger, and the fear in places where guns are never far away. Many who can leave the country are getting out. Tahas father was hoping to find him a job abroad. Razor wire cant protect the central bank from the anger of lebanese who have been locked out of their accounts, while elites transfer billions abroad. Riad salameh has been governor for 27 years but he says the economic crisis is not the banks fault. We are the central bank, we are not the government. So you think you are being forced to take the blame that others should accept . Well, im not forced, im not accepting the blame. Whoever is in power is responsible. People here dont believe the politicians any more. Thats the problem. Thats not my problem. Its a problem for lebanon, though, isnt it . I didnt vote for them. The leaders of lebanons sects treat power as a personal position. The leaders of lebanons sects treat power as a personal possession. Graffiti lampoons the former warlords who have carved lebanon up between them since the end of the civil war. One is walid jumblatt. I cant say that im not, im part of the system, yes. Is it healthy that in this country a lot of the ruling class, the top men in the country, are people who were the leaders, many of them warlords, in the civil war . No, its not healthy but sorry to say this was the solution to end the civil war in 1991. Her husband was one of the firefighters killed in the explosion at the port. She is five months pregnant. She visits his grave every day. Her grief mixed with rage at the failure of lebanons leaders. Translation theyre all criminals, they should all burn and be chopped up like he was. Thats what they deserve. Beirut port is still not safe six weeks after the explosion. It took days to put out a big new fire in a warehouse containing tyres and oil. This bankrupt burning country has an ultimatum from the french president. The aid they need to rebuild, if they reform, sanctions if they dont. The army found more explosive at the port. The politicians havent even agreed a new government, let alone a new future. What happens in lebanon matters to the rest of us. The world does not need another collapsed and broken state in its most dangerous and unstable region. And that is the risk right now if this downward spiral doesnt cease. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, beirut. A new treatment for covid i9 that uses artificial antibodies is about to be tested in uk hospitals. Monoclonal antibodies are made in laboratories and its hoped they will boost the effect of the antibodies that occur naturally in people infected with coronavirus. Some 2,000 patients will be given the treatment to see if its effective at fighting the virus. Our science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has more. Antibodies are the warriors of the immune system, playing a vital role by attacking the coronavirus. Now they are being harnessed in a promising new treatment. Currently, there are very few medicines to help covid i9 patients. The most successful was discovered by the uks recovery trial. Now it will be testing antibodies made in the laboratory called monoclonal antibodies. Theyll be given to thousands of patients in uk hospitals to see if they work. I think the reason that monoclonal antibodies are so exciting is that this is the first type of treatment that is targeted for this specific virus. There are lots of good reasons for thinking it might well be effective in stopping the virus from reproducing, stopping the virus from causing damage, improving survival for patients. We need to know and the way to know is to do the trials. How does this work . When a person is infected with coronavirus, they produce antibodies. These attach to the spike of the virus, blocking it from entering our cells. We make hundreds of different types of antibodies, so scientists sifted through them to find the best at sticking to the virus. They chose two because they both attach to slightly different parts of the spike. So, if the virus mutates and the structure changes, at least one will still work. Both antibodies are then multiplied in the lab and produced in huge quantities. They are then mixed together and given to the patient, immediately boosting their own immune response. Monoclonal antibodies are expensive. They are a relatively new type of medicine, but they are used for other diseases, including some types of cancer. The us company regeneron, behind this covid treatment, have used the technology to successfully treat ebola. There are high hopes. We are very excited about our antibody combination