Its 2 30am. Now on bbc news monday in parliament. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament. The speaker refuses to allow the government another yes or no vote on its brexit deal. Some mps arent happy with him. On occasion, you will sometimes have to please some and not others but it is becoming remarkable how often you please one lot and not the other lot. John bercow is defiant. When he was getting the decisions in his favour, he was not grumbling. Also tonight, the Stormont Assembly is up and running but only for a matter of minutes. And the foreign secretary updates the commons on the case of harry dunn, the teenager killed in an accident involving an american diplomats wife. I can reassure the house that representations have been made to the Us Government at every level of the administration. But first there was an historic moments toward the end of the days business. Second reading, what day . Tomorrow. The withdrawal bill will finally be debated but will it get through by octobe
Quite heavy, accompanied by gusty winds as well, all because we have low pressure sitting to the north of the uk at the moment. Closest to that, it is shower after shower running into the Western Highlands of scotland, just big rain totals over the next few days as the showers keep on coming. They are rather more scattered elsewhere, turning into lines, and this line you can pick out here is moving down to the east and south east of england this afternoon. Scattered showers and sunshine elsewhere in england and wales, more showers in Northern Ireland this afternoon compared with what we have seen so far today and most showers in scotla nd far today and most showers in scotland in the west. It is here we are seeing the strongest winds, gusting and squally winds with the showers, but temperatures around the mid teens. Some of us, 17 or perhaps 18 celsius mid teens. Some of us, 17 or perhaps i8 celsius in the warmer parts of the east and south east of england. Now, into tonight, most of t
Borisjohnson went to parliament to tell mps that a further delay would be corrosive, and it was time to get brexit done, but labour said it couldnt support a deal which would damage the uk. And now is the time for this great house of commons to come together and bring the country together today. Todays session will last for several hours, at the end of which mps will decide whether the Prime Ministers deal needs greater scrutiny before it is formally approved. He has renegotiated the Withdrawal Agreement and made it even worse. Hes renegotiated the political declaration and made that even worse. Its the first time in 37 years that the commons is sitting on a saturday. The result of the main vote on brexit deal is on a knife edge and theres still the possibility that brexit could be delayed. And as the parliamentary debate goes on, thousands of protestors are making their way to westminster, campaigning for a second referendum on the outcome of the Brexit Process. Well bring you the lat
The only ones who should be doing so. China should start an investigation into the bidens. Also on the programme. The high court in belfast rules that a near total ban on abortion in Northern Ireland breaches the uks human rights legislation. The us is imposing 7 billion of new tarrifs on eu goods, as part retribution for the illegal subsidies paid to airbus. Scotch whisky will be one of the hardest hit. And Jason Donovan, dressed only in his pants, rushes to put out a housefire in london thats when Good Neighbours become good friends. Hello, im Michelle Fleury, Christian Fraser is in london. As with most nights recently, theres two big stories on both sides of the atlantic. More on brexit in a moment, but First Washington and the impeachment inquiry. It is just 10 days old yet new developments keep coming thick and fast. Today, Congress Hears from its first impeachment witness. Kurt volker was the special us envoy to ukraine until he resigned last week. Hes not a household name, but i
Flash floods cause chaos across england on the isle of man, a Major Incident has been declared. And coming up on the programme mps will debate proposals for a long awaited new law to better protect victims of Domestic Abuse. Ill be speaking to the labour mp, jess phillips, whos worked on the bill. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live im joanna gosling. The government will submit what it calls its final proposals for a new brexit deal today, with a warning there will be no further negotiations if brussels fails to engage with the offer. Borisjohnson is expected to tell the conservative Party Conference the plan is a fair and reasonable compromise that all sides can build on. While the official plan wont be published till later, the Daily Telegraph has published details of what it says are the proposals british negotiators are putting forward in place of the backstop designed to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. The paper says the idea is to have some checks on the bord