Just hours to go until parliament is suspended but not before one more attempt from the government to trigger a snap election. Travel disruption for hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers, as pilots go on strike its the biggest walkout in bas history. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with holly hamilton. England name their squad for the fifth and final ashes test. Its an Unchanged Team from what you saw at old trafford. And ill bring you more reaction to nadals victory at the us open. All coming up at half two. And Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. Some rain quite heavy across the south west of england. Tomorrow promises something brighter. I will have more details on half an hour. Thank you. Also coming up on afternoon live. 15 years after being shot by alqaeda gunmen, the bbcs security correspondent, Frank Gardner heads back out on to the water to try his hand at adaptive water skiing. At the end of Business Today, parliament will be suspended until the 14th of
Essentially we have a game of three dimensional chess going on and i dont think many people know how to play that very well. Thank you, chris morris. Time for a look at the weather heres chris fawkes. Thank you, simon. I will bring you the latest in hurricane dorian. Believe it or not, this is 2a others worth of satellite pictures and you can see the grand bahama wall has been peddling you can see the eye will has been pummelling grand bahama. Florida is 100 miles to the west, winds are only 3a, so we go from a light breeze to something which can rip your house apart in just 30 miles. If the storm works northwards, a small deviation could bring much more severe conditions to the us coastline, which is why we are monitoring this very carefully. In the uk, a pretty cloudy day for most of us, summer rain across North Western areas. The rain will turn heavier and more persistent across Northern Ireland and scotland this afternoon, strengthening south westerly winds. Damp weather for north
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
Has promised to deliver direct sit with or without a deal by or on the 31st of october now people who are criticizing him at westminster for his suspension of parliaments theyre claiming its democratic well on the one hand in the context that britain is a parliament she democracy yes she could make that argument but on the other hand a Prime Minister in the u. K. Has the power to suspend parliament also the deadlock the impasse over brets has to be broken because it is an excessive will be for the u. K. Economy to go into 2020 with bricks its still lingering and let me at this is well regarded in the politicians at westminster who are claiming both for instance is that in an undemocratic wait this is what i say to them and indeed once parliaments returns from the summer recess i will be sayn this to them so the ones in the house of lords labor and conservative career shes in the Prime Minister will be an undemocratic well what dont desart see they have because members of the house of l