322. The noes to the left, 306. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. Following that defeat, the Prime Minister said he remained confident that his brexit deal will get through parliament by the end of october, and will do this by bringing forward legislation back to the commons next week. I continue in the very strong belief that the best thing for the uk and for the whole of europe is for us to leave with this new deal on october the 31st. And, to anticipate the questions that are coming from the benches opposite, i will not negotiate a delay with the eu. And neither does the law compelled me to do so. I can tell our friends and collea g u es do so. I can tell our friends and colleagues in the eu exactly what ive told everyone in the last 88 days ive served as Prime Minister, that further delay would be bad for this country. Bad for our European Union and bad for democracy. So next week, the government will introduce the legislation needed for us to leave the eu with our new deal on oc
Voted to stop a no deal crashed out. Crash out. The european commissions chief spokesperson has urged the government to inform us about the next steps as soon as possible. Outside parliament, anti brexit demonstrators cheered as they heard about the delay. The peoples vote second Referendum Campaign have held a huge rally in Central London today. A warm welcome from westminster. Where the house of commons has been sitting on a saturday for the first time in nearly a0 years. Earlier this afternoon mps voted to delay their decision on borisjohnsons new brexit deal. This was expected to be the day that mps delivered their verdict on the deal agreed in brussels but instead borisjohnson must now write to the eu by 11 oclock tonight asking for a brexit extension beyond october 31st. The Prime Minister said he was not daunted by todays result and still planned to take the uk out of the eu by the end of the month. We start with our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg on the day mps backed anothe
From the Civil Aviation authority. The hope is that, once thats complete, a suborbital launch could be completed by the end of this year, with actual rockets going up into space by the middle of next year. Police in australia say a former Childcare Worker has been charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences, including 136 counts of rape. The mans alleged victims, more than 90, were all young girls. Police say they were alerted when they found material on the dark web, that they could trace back to a childcare centre. The 45 year old man who has not been named was arrested nearly a year ago. Officers said his alleged crimes were unfathomable. 0ur correspondent phil mercer gave us this update from sydney a little earlier. Well, these are deeply disturbing allegations it goes without saying given that this is an individual whos charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences against alleged victims numbering more than 90. Now, investigators here in australia say that this man, 45
we ll ask how the plan might work. also ahead. downing street says talks with the eu over a brexit deal covering northern ireland have been positive , raising hopes of a new agreement. also in northern ireland. a fifth person s been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. officially, there are just 30 minutes left to vote in nigeria s most competitive elections since the end of military rule. but there are still long queues, with reports that some polling stations didn t open on time. a record number of people, nearly 90 million, have been eligible to vote. there s tight security across the country. 18 candidates are running to replace president buhari. the election is being seen as one of the most unpredictable in recent years. joining me now from lagos is our west africa correspondent, mayenijones. thank you forjoining us. just give us a little bit of context surrounding these elections, they are taking place i