Brexit a little later on. The Prime Minister borisjohnson, of course, having addressed mps a little earlier in the house of commons. The irish Prime Minister, leo varadkar, says britains plans but at the moment, that is what is are welcome but were not yet acceptable in a number of areas. The high court in belfast rules that Northern Irelands abortion happening. Laws are in breach of the uks human rights commitments. Women affected by the rise in the state pension age have he in paris a man has attacked the lost their High Court Case against the government. Headquarters of the paris police force are found with a knife. Reports suggest several people have been injured and four have been sport now on afternoon live with olly. Killed, according to reports coming from the french capital. A Police Relief for ireland at unit spokesman said the attacker had been shot dead by a Police Officer the Rugby World Cup . At the scene. The man approached the Rugby World Cup japan, building in the hear
Preventing a no deal brexit, well be asking if borisjohnsons tactics have misfired. Also tonight. An independence icon and a tyrant zimbabwes Robert Mugabe, who led the country for 37 years, has died. The devastating effect of Hurricane Dorian in the bahamas. The islands government once the final death toll will be staggering. And after england wowed crowds at the world cup the new Womens Super League season is about to get under way. And coming up on bbc news. Rafa nadal is surely the favourite for the us open mens the favourite for the us open mens title as he prepares for his semi final, while Serena Williams is through to another final. Good evening. The Prime Ministers demand for an early general election looks set to be rejected by mps after opposition parties agreed it shouldnt take place until after the eu summit in mid october. Labour, the lib dems, the snp and plaid cymru all agreed not to support the government declaring they wanted an extension to the leave date of october
The parents of a severely brain damaged five Year Old Girl are going to the high court on monday to try to persuade judges to allow them to take their daughter abroad. Tafida raqeeb is on a life support machine at the royal london hospital. Doctors there will argue that further treatment is futile. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. Here i am, here i am. Tafida was a bright and lively girl until february, when she suffered a ruptured blood vessel due to a rare condition. Now, she is kept alive on a ventilator and fed through a tube. Barts nhs trust says she has very serious, permanent and irreversible brain damage, and there is no further treatment to help her. But tafidas mother believes video taken in intensive care shows that she is responsive, and simply needs more time to recover. She and her husband want permission to transfer tafida to an italian hospital. It is my main argument that she continues to improve. Why would you want end a childs life when she shows signs
Are known to have died, but many areas remain cut off. In the last hours, dorian has made landfall over Cape Hatteras in North Carolina in the us and has weakened to a categoryi storm. But the full force of the hurricane was felt in the abaco islands in the bahamas. These are the latest pictures from there. Along with aid and equipment, officials are sending morticians and hundreds of body bags. Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool has been aboard the british ship rfa mounts bay, and sent this report. Heading out to try to find more survivors of the hurricane, this military helicopter is taking off from a royal fleet auxiliary ship that tracked right behind dorian as it smashed into the bahamas. Last night, the helicopter discovered a group of people whod been cut off, no communications for five days. We delivered aid first thing in the morning, this morning, to give them more food. So basically, we are sort of the emergency response, so to speak. And the military here was helping some comm
The parents of a severely brain damaged 5 Year Old Girl are going to the high court on monday to try to persuade judges to allow them to take their daughter abroad. Tafida raqeeb is on a life support machine at the royal london hospital. Doctors there will argue that further treatment is futile. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. Here i am, here i am. Tafida was a bright and lively girl until february, when she suffered a ruptured blood vessel due to a rare condition. Now, she is kept alive on a ventilator and fed through a tube. Barts nhs trust says she has very serious, permanent and irreversible brain damage, and there is no further treatment to help her. But tafidas mother believes video taken in intensive care shows that she is responsive, and simply needs more time to recover. She and her husband want permission to transfer tafida to an italian hospital. It is my main argument that she continues to improve. Why would you want end a childs life when she shows signs th