For tens of thousands of passengers. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know this in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme how cynical are you . Tom hanks plays fred rogers, the us kids tv host, to counter cynicism which has become the default position for so much of daily structure. So do you agree . Are we far too cynical and not optimistic . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. So its looking like another momentous week in british politics and for borisjohnsons government. Later today, mps will vote for a second time on whether to hold an early general election. Also today the mps bill forcing mrjohnson to ask for a brexit extension in order to avoid no deal is set to become law. And then, possibly later today but certainly by thursday, parliament will be suspended or prorogued. Gareth barlow reports. It is the start of another intense week for brexit and for british politics. It is a week where we will see more vo
Securing economic agreement but pressure is on her to get tough on beijing over human rights abuses and the treatment of protesters in hong kong. Plus 2 long time rivals battle it out in euro qualifying friday evening with germany taking on the netherlands. Im william glue profits good to have you with us Hurricane Dorian is taking a nasty swipe at the u. S. South east coast bringing floods and tornadoes but the region appears to have escaped the worst its a different story however in the bahamas which was devastated by the painfully slow moving monster storm 30 people are confirmed dead but the countrys Health Minister says the final death toll will be quote staggering. I in the heart of the hurricane volunteer rescuers struggle to find what theyre looking for but then dangling from the attic of a home life trapped by the storm one by one a family emerges from the darkness. The more fortunate are already returning home to dorians destruction the island familys house was flooded everyt
Say the situation is desperate. And coming up on the news channel at a50, David Shukman reports on the battle to preserve the Worlds Largest rainforest, in amazon under threat. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd, that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no deal departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in borisjohnsons cabinet she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal, but since then she had seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fi
Aid agencies say the situation is desperate. Good evening. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no dael departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in Boris Johnsons cabinet, she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal. But since then, shed seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that, its
It will feel quite a lot warmer as well, but there is some wet and windy weather there in the north west later on. Hello, this is bbc news. Iam martine i am martine croxall. The headlines amber rudd quits borisjohnsons cabinet, attacking his handling of brexit the government insists it is doing all it can to get a new deal. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that. Its, like, 80, 90 of government time going into preparing for no deal. We are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew to get a deal, and the Prime Minister is personally putting in all the significant effort you would expect. Peace talks between the taliban and the us are called off President Trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. Hours to go before British Airways pilots go on strike, affecting up to 300,000 passengers. Joy for australia theyve retained the ashes, after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old