Ruling Prime Minister should have done the honourable thing and resigned. And im in stoke on trent, which was the city in the uk to support leave by the highest margin, to talk to voters and businesses here about how the political turmoil is affecting their preparation for a potential no deal brexit. England head coach, eddiejones, calls for a fast start against the usa, as england play their second match of the Rugby World Cup in kobe later. Good morning, a band of rain pushing east, that will clear and behind it sunshine and showers but some of the showers will be heavy. More in 15 minutes. Its thursday the 26th of september. Our top story. Borisjohnson is facing calls to moderate his language after being accused of stoking dangerous divisions over brexit during furious exchanges in the commons last night. A number of senior conservative mps including a cabinet minister have urged him to pick his words carefully, after he accused his opponents of surrender, betrayal, and cowardice. T
Seen reflection on the General Health of the uk Aviation Industry which continues to thrive, passenger numbers are up, people are travelling more. The truth is that the way people have come out their holidays has changed an enormous amount over the years but he didnt change as much with the company. Never should distract from the distressed experience of the businesses relying on thomas cook passengers and thomas cook employees, who have worked above and beyond, particularly in recent days, during this distressing situation. We have never had a collapse of an airline or Holiday Company on the skill before, we have responded decisively, right now, our efforts are focused on getting those passengers home and looking after those employees who have lost their jobs. We also need to understand whether any individuals or third in the duties of stewardship within the company. Then our efforts will turn to working through the reforms necessary to ensure that passengers do not find themselves in
This Prime Minister, to talk about morals and morality is a disgrace that was earlier. Heres the scene live in the house of commons, and we are expecting it to philip shortly because the Prime Minister is due to give a statement within an hour. Philip shortly. Stay with us for the latest from westminster and the other stories on bbc news at five. The white house releases details of the phone call between donald trump and the ukrainian president , as democrats launch an impeachment inquiry. And the government announces it will run a shadow airline to repatriate more than 100,000 passengers stranded after the collapse of thomas cook. Its 5pm. Our main story is that parliament is back at work after the recent suspension was declared unlawful by the Supreme Court yesterday. The Prime Minister is due to address the house of commons very shortly to give his response to the ruling by the highest court in the land, and to face questions from mps on his latest plans. He will inevitably face mor
Thomas cook executives got a heroes welcome when condor staff heard the news. But this video caused anger. Among uk staff who crewed these now grounded aircraft. They say thomas cooks uk airline did make money but theirjobs are gone. The loss to my friends, the fear of loss of income all of a sudden overnight, the fear of the future. It was just absolutely devastating, ive never experienced anything like it. Tom burridge, bbc news. Lets take a look at some of todays other news. The president of israel has asked the countrys Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the countrys next government. It comes after last weeks general election, the second this year, ended in deadlock, with mr netanyahu and his main opponent benny gantz failing to agree a deal, on a unity government. Mr netanyahu now has up to six weeks to try to put together a new government. The Energy Company edf says its new Hinkley Point c Nuclear Power plant could be 15 months, and £2. 9 billion over budget. The company
Aid agencies say the situation is desperate. Good evening. 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