A no deal brexit goes through parliament. Away from politics Hurricane Dorian is expected to bring a deadly storm surge to the us east coast, after causing devastation and at least 20 deaths in the bahamas. The story of how Police Brought down the biggest human slave gang thats ever been caught in the uk. And coming up, scientists start to chip away at the mystery, of why one in 10 people is left handed. Boris johnson will speak directly to the public today, setting out what downing street is describing as the vital choice that faces our country. Thats after mrjohnson suffered his fourth defeat in as many votes in the commons as mps looked to set to keep him in office, but without his working majority. There were two votes last night. First up was the brexit delay bill thats aimed at forcing the pm to ask for an extension beyond the 31 october brexit deadline if a deal has not been agreed with the eu. Opposition mps and tory rebels ensured it passed by 327 votes to 299. Then, as if eve
To push australia past 250. His third tonne of the season. Only don bradman has more. And we are all thrilled and we are all thrilled and nick miller has the weather. We have rain and High Pressure building infor we have rain and High Pressure building in for the weekend, to settle things down. Briefly. I have your full forecast coming up. See your full forecast coming up. See you in half an hour. See you in half an hour. Thanks nick, also coming up on afternoon live. Away from the drama of westminster, well be finding out what young people make of it all. Hello everyone this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Good afternoon, youre watching afternoon live from westminster. The tensions at the heart of government have been laid bare after borisjohnsons brother, jo, quit the government and announced hes stepping down as a conservative mp. He says hes been torn between family loyalty and the National Interest. He spoke to the bbc, just a few moments ago, outside his london home. I havent
But labour says it wont support that until a no deal brexit has been ruled out. We have to wait for parliament to come back in october so we dont get any more shenanigans from this Prime Minister and we see either a deal or an extension only then can labor possibly think about a general election. Its five oclock were live from westminster. The Prime Minister is due to speak soon. Earlier, government sources said borisjohnson regards today as the first day of an Election Campaign but its an election he hasnt yet been able to call. Hell ask mps again on monday to vote in favour of an early general election on october 15th. Labour have said they wont agree to it until a no deal brexit is off the table. We can see the scene now live in yorkshire, whether by minister will be speaking at the next few minutes. We will bring you that live. Well, lets speak to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. What do we expecting him to say . They are treating this as an Election Campaign, as you
And Boris Johnson. There is a lot going on in the markets we are also getting a little bit of news from italy with the new government being sworn in. Can see the pound is what we are watching out for. Overall, there is a little bit of a risk on mood when it comes to the markets. Back to the Italian Government. The one that we need to watch for is the new finance minister. Were seeing the cabinet sworn in with the same Prime Minister, that is conte. Lets get straight to first word news. China and the u. S. Are holding the next round of trade talks in early october. Thats according to the commerce ministry. They confirmed ministerial level talks in the next week but did not specify when. The two sides are trying to end the trade war but there is still skepticism on both sides that any Real Progress can be made. Hong kongs chief executive carrie lam says withdrawing the extradition bill is only the first step to address the unrest in the city. She also says the decision will be made indep
Smith was on 118 they thought they got him out caught in the slips but replay showed that jack leach had overstepped the mark. It was a no ball so a reprieve for steve smith. Heartbreakfor ball so a reprieve for steve smith. Heartbreak for england. From there smith went on to score a double hundred and even the england fans who havent exactly warmed to him in the wake of the ball tampering scandal, even they gave him a warm round of applause when he was finally out for 211. Australia eventually declaring on 497 8. England hope to get through to the close without losing a wicket but joe generally was out before the close. Brantley joe generally was out before the close. Bra ntley caught joe generally was out before the close. Brantley caught forjust four. That means england will now face a huge battle if they are to stay in the smash and save their ashes hopes. Yeah, andy swiss there on the man of the moment, the man of the series so far. Heres what some of steve smiths contemporaries h