Preventing a no deal brexit, well be asking if borisjohnsons tactics have misfired. Also tonight. An independence icon and a tyrant zimbabwes Robert Mugabe, who led the country for 37 years, has died. The devastating effect of Hurricane Dorian in the bahamas. The islands government once the final death toll will be staggering. And after england wowed crowds at the world cup the new Womens Super League season is about to get under way. And coming up on bbc news. Rafa nadal is surely the favourite for the us open mens the favourite for the us open mens title as he prepares for his semi final, while Serena Williams is through to another final. Good evening. The Prime Ministers demand for an early general election looks set to be rejected by mps after opposition parties agreed it shouldnt take place until after the eu summit in mid october. Labour, the lib dems, the snp and plaid cymru all agreed not to support the government declaring they wanted an extension to the leave date of october
It a historic tragedy. Johanna konta sets her sights on a semi final spot at the us open later, but its goodbye to the world number one and defending champion naomi osaka, whos out. In the uk much milder this morning compared to yesterday for the commute. Driest and brightest in the south and east. All the details later. Its tuesday, the 3rd of september. Our top story a momentous day ahead in westminster as tory rebels join forces with Opposition Mps to try to block a no deal brexit on october 31st. If defeated, borisjohnson has threatened a third general election in four years, which could come as soon as the middle of next month. Heres our Political Correspondent, jonathan blake. Protester boris, boris, boris chanting out, out, out welcome back to westminster. Mps return from their summer break today to a raging debate about brexit. Yesterday evening, the Prime Minister raised the stakes with a warning to those trying to block a no deal exit, they could force him to go to the polls.
An historic tragedy. At least 25 people have died after a diving boat caught fire off the california coast nine others are still missing. In tennis, the defending womens singles champion, japans naomi osaka, is knocked out of the us open after losing to Switzerlands Belinda Bencic in the last 16. The bbc home and forces programme. Here is the news. And 80 years on since the outbreak of World War Two, we look at the contribution Radio Broadcasts made to the war effort. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Theres a momentous day ahead in westminster as tory rebels join forces with Opposition Mps to try to block a no deal brexit on october 31st. If defeated, downing street officials have warned of a third general election in four years tentatively pencilled in for the monday the 14th of october. Lets take a look at where we are. Tory rebels are expected to join labour to seize control of the commons agenda and bring forward a bill designed to stop that no deal exit at the end
Murder of pc Andrew Harper. Because of death has been recorded as multiple injuries, it is consistent with our current belief andrew was caught between the vehicle on the surface of a road and then dragged for some distance. However the circumstances as to how andrew came to be out of his vehicle and caught under the suspect vehicle are as yet unknown. Therefore i would reiterate oui unknown. Therefore i would reiterate our plea for the public and media not to speculate on the circumstances of this incident while the investigation is ongoing. What we do know is andrew and his crew made where attending a reported burglary in bradford southend. While responding dedicated vehicle suspected to be involved in that burglary and as we said a gesture date within an hour of the incident happening we had arrested ten males aged between 13 and 30 on suspicion of murder. I can confirm that the males were arrested from a local authority run caravan and mobile home site, in reading road near burghfi
Now its time for the weather with tomasz shaffernaker. Lets get a check on the weather for the next few days. At the moment it isa the next few days. At the moment it is a little unsettled. Some rain in the forecast, much needed rain for the forecast, much needed rain for the south and next week some big changes on the way, potentially some hot weather but we will talk about that in a second. This is what we have out there right now, this is the weather moving across the uk and this next one, that low pressure is headed further south reaching southern and central parts of the uk on friday. Here is thursdays with a map and we have a weather frontjust exiting out into the north seed. Minded, slightly fresher conditions coming infor minded, slightly fresher conditions coming in for scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England is well with some Thunder Showers around in a few areas but in the south of the afternoon is looking dry and sunny with temperatures still up around 25. That was thu