It is about half past two in the morning. You up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. Coming up labour anger at the possibility the uk will leave the eu without a deal. Doesnt the Prime Minister accept the best thing to do would be to go back to the people and let them decide which way we go . But theresa may hits back. Labour want to block brexit, and that would be a betrayal of the many by the few. A bereaved mother welcomes a fund to pay for child funerals. Martins fund is a legacy for my son, and will be a comfort to every parent that will need to use it in the future. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Cheering. And can the red squirrel survive the threat from its nasty grey cousin . Without exception, where there are live greys, there will be dead reds. But first it wasnt so long ago that you couldnt get through a single parliamentary debate without brexit coming up little else was talked about
Low pressure sitting around here, spiralling around that we have kyle jameson outbreaks of rain, the stripe of culture sitting in place, not moving anywhere quickly, so the wettest weather continue across parts of lincolnshire and the north midlands, wet weather to merseyside, north east wales, dangling down into cornwall. The same areas will see cloud and persistent rain through the rest of this afternoon. Where it was so wet in the south east yesterday, we see sunshine but also some heavy, fungible shallots. Light winds here, pretty brisk winds elsewhere. You will notice the strength of the north easterly winds and you can see gusts of a0 mph or more, 11 degrees in birmingham, 12 in hull. Northern ireland, the far north of england and scotland predominantly dry with some sunny and scotland predominantly dry with some sunny spells and a few showers in the far north of scotland. The band of cloud and rain moves erratically North West Woods overnight, some rain into north west england a
Hundreds of people in lincolnshire are still unable to go back to their homes because of flooding descibed by the Environment Agency as unprecedented. President trump again denounces londons mayor, sadiq khan, over a series of violent deaths in the capital. Over 0ver1 billion people are expected to tune into the world cup cricket clash between india and pakistan. Coming up, the climb down by hong kongs leaders and just who will be the next british prime minister, lively debate coming your way in dateline london, in half an hour. Dominic raab has warned that his party will be toast if britain does not leave the eu by the 31st of october. Jeremy hunt has said that choosing Boris Johnson october. Jeremy hunt has said that choosing borisjohnson is the next tory leader would mean britain leaving the eu without a deal. Lets get more now on these latest developments from our political correspondent, nick eardley. The conservative party in parliament will whittle the list of candidates down to
And britains marmite man in pole position to become the next Prime Minister. My guests today are chinese writer diane weiliang, uk political commentator steve richards, Agnes Poirier of french news weekly marianne, and american journalist Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh. Hong kong wept last week. Its leader, carrie lam, was in tears because so many of her citizens distrusted her assurances on a new extradition law and took to the streets in protest. The protestors wept because they had been tear gassed by police. But their determination paid off. This weekend, the government suspended its plans for the extradition bill and said it would listen. What next for the unique and fragile ecosystem that is hong kong . Diane, what happened here . This looks like a a dramatic u turn. Last week, the government was defiant, sending out police with rubber bullets. It is in some ways a surprising move. If we look at the 2014 Yellow Umbrella Movement and the stand off, the Hong Kong Government w
Government was forced into a humiliating back down. Its delayed a bill to allow for people to be sent to mainland chinese courts, where demonstrators say a free trial isnt possible. But there marching are demanding more. They want the plan scrapped altogether. Basically, we shouldnt let the government have all power to us because we have our own freedom of rights and freedom of speech and this is why we are here. If the bill is passed on, has no democracy anymore. This isnt acceptable, my parents have come here today and all my friends came here today and all my friends came here today. Because we are really upset about this. If this happened, hong kong is over. Many in the crowd have blamed hong kongs leader carrie lam for instigating this crisis. They say the chief executive pushed ahead with extradition in the face of clear mass opposition. Now they want Something Else from her. The death of a protester last night contributed to a sombre mood. He had fallen from a building. People w