The day of reckoning with the voters. A transcript is published of Donald Trumps conversation with the ukranian president opponents say it proves the president acted improperly. And at 11 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, eve pollard and laura hughes. Stay with us for that. A very good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has faced the house of commons, for the First Time Since his defeat in the Supreme Court yesterday. There were bad tempered exchanges as the Prime Minister claimed 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. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. To lead often is to be alone. Borisjohnson on
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And welcome to the bbc news at six. In florida, in the caribbean government officials and aid agencies gearing up for one of the biggest relief operations the region has seen. Hurricane irma has been downgraded to a storm but as it travelled across the caribbean to florida it left at least 30 people dead and cities flooded. In a moment, well be hearing from cuba which was battered by massive waves reportedly 36 feet high. And well be in the British Virgin islands where the aid is finally getting through. But first to florida where up to six million homes thats more than half the population are without power. Aleem maqbool is in miami. Hurricane irma surprised a lot of people again. Its projected path saw it going off the west coast of florida but instead it cut inside and travelled up the length of the state. Now the Tropical Storm is affecting neighbouring states. Here in florida, more than 60 of homes without power and many tens of thousands of people are still in shelters. After a d