Good afternoon. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has sought to play down divisions in his top team after one of his key aides announced hes resigning. It comes after a turbulent start to the Labour Party Conference, where theres been a failed attempt to oust mr corbyns deputy, tom watson, and further splits over brexit. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Not everything here is going according to plan. Jeremy corbyn wa nts to according to plan. Jeremy corbyn wants to persuade you he is ready for power, but one of his key aides has raised concerns. Andrew fisher, still by mr corbyns site this morning, is quitting, privately accusing the leaders team of a blizzard of lies and saying he no longer has faith in them. blizzard of lies and saying he no longer has faith in them. I have obviously seen the words that andrew wrote, and i discussed them with him at some length. Why do you think he said that . I think he said that because he was extremely distressed at that point abou
Overbudget, according to latest figures. Please pray for us. Hurricane dorian claims at least five lives in the bahamas and causes widespread devastation the Prime Minister calls it an historic tragedy. Susan powell has the weather. We will be taking a closer look at why this key 24 hour period on the satellite sequence really tells of the massive impact dorian is having on the bahamas and a look at what is ahead in the uk, as well. Gavin has the sport. One change for england ahead of the fourth ashes test match against australia tomorrow, Craig Overton comes in in place of chris woakes as england look to take the lead in the series at old trafford. Hello and welcome to westminster, where the Prime Minister is facing a showdown with mps who are trying to block britain leaving the eu without a deal. Conservative backbenchers are joining forces with opposition parties to try to take control of parliament. They want to force Boris Johnson to ask brussels to delay britains exit again, if a
Monday in parliament. Hello again and welcome to monday in parliament, as iran is accused over the seizure of a british flagged tanker. It was therefore an act of state piracy which the house will have no hesitation in condemning. Jeremy hunt promises a Maritime Mission to protect shipping, but questions remain. There were concerns this administration has taken its eye off the ball, and certaintly that the uk has been ill prepared for this. Also, who are the victims . Anger over a plan for Northern Ireland. That the person who went out to murder and maim and cause hurt would also be eligible for this pension if, in the course of doing so, they injured themselves. All that to come and more. But first, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has described the detention of a british flagged tanker by Iranian Revolutionary guards as an act of state piracy. The stena impero and its crew of 23 was seized last friday in what the uk government says were omani territorial waters. Mr hunt said brita
The transatlantic row has domestic ties with brexit and the conservative Party Leadership race all entangled in this resignation. Also on the programme. The us labor secretary comes under fire for his role in a plea deal reached with a financier now charged with sex trafficking. Alex acosta will soon speak out. And thousands cheer on the Us Womens Soccer Team and their fight for equal pay at their ticker tape parade in new york. Hello and welcome im katty kay in london, Michelle Fleury is in new york. British diplomats are supposed to be able to tell their bosses in london what they think, without those thoughts becoming public. They are supposed to be able to give candid analysis without fear of losing theirjobs. Today, Sir Kim Darroch, britains ambassdor to america learned that neither of those things still hold. Sir kim resigned today after leaked emails printed in a uk newspaper revealed his less than flattering assesment of the us president. The resignation is highly unsusual and
Between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large scale protest against chinas increasing control over the territory. The Jodrell Bank Observatory in cheshire, which has been at the forefront of astronomical research, is declared a unesco World Heritage site. The Foreign Office has begun an investigation, into who leaked emails from britains ambassador to washington, which described the Trump Administration as being inept and uniquely dysfunctional. In the memos, obtained by the mail on sunday, Sir Kim Darroch, says despite his shortcomings, President Trump shouldnt be written off. Heres our washington correspondent, nick bryant. Inept, insecure, incompetent. In secret cables obtained by the mail on sunday, britains top diplomat in washington, Sir Kim Darroch, used the most undiplomatic of language to describe the chaos of the Trump White House and the personality flaws of the president himself. He spoke of donald trump radiating insecurity and delivered a withering as