In other news Hurricane Dorian devastates parts of the bahamas the countrys Prime Minister calls it an historic tragedy. And scientists warn that the massive ice sheet covering greenland may have melted by a record amount this year. Borisjohnson has suffered a heavy defeat in his first house of commons vote as british Prime Minister. Mps approved a motion to take control of parliamentary time to try to block a no deal brexit by 328 301, a majority of 27. Mrjohnson immediately confirmed that he would push for an early general election, something opposition parties say they would not support. 21 conservatives who rebelled against the government are facing expulsion from the party, including a number of former cabinet ministers. Gareth barlow has the latest. Earlier they would have heard. M was a day of an important last chance for opponents of no deal. Stopping the government leaving the eu without a deal. Outside parliament, protesters made their voices heard. Stop the coup inside parliament, the government continued its approach. This government is absolutely committed to delivering brexit on the 31st of october. We must deliver the largest democratic mandate in the nations history. But critics, some from within the governments own party were less than impressed with the Prime Minister balls determination to live in october the 31st with or without a deal. The Prime Minister is much in the position of someone standing on one side of a canyon, shouting to people on the other side of the ca nyon people on the other side of the canyon that if they do not do as he wishes, he will throw himself into the abyss. There were moments of drama when a conservative mp defected unless government without a majority. And, as the debate ran on, there were moments to find old. The leader of the house has been splayed across three seeds, laying out as if that was something very boring for him to listen to tonight. That was something very boring for him to listen to tonight. And then the moment that some had been waiting for, the government had been defeated. The ayes 328, the noes to the left, 301, so the ayes have it at the ayes habit. In response, the Prime Minister sacked mps who voted against him and declared the government was ready to call for a general election. And if mps vote tomorrow to stop negotiations and to compel another pointless delay to brexit, potentially four years, then that would be the only way to resolve this. Opposition party is aware of the general election, but they now have the power to take control of parliament on wednesday, and potentially cause the Prime Minister to ask the eu for an extension to negotiations. In the 19605, extension to negotiations. In the 1960s, the then british Prime Minister, harold wilson, declared a week is a long time in politics. Today, in 2019, theres another long day ahead. Gareth barlow, bbc news. Christian fraser has been following events at westminster, he spoke to our Political Correspondent rob watson. Where does this leave us tonight . Where does this leave us tonight . Where does this leave us tonight . Where does that leave brexit . I have two big takeaway is this, to big political segways. This is a big defeat for boris johnson, his political segways. This is a big defeat for borisjohnson, his main pledge was im going to get britain out of the eu, do or die two big medical pledges. I think it also means that an end to the brexit crisis is uncertain as ever, i mean, how do they get out . Will there be a general election . If so, underwhat conditions . So momentous, but in many ways left us all as unclear and as uncertain as before. If you were to talk about the themes of the day, you had Philip Hammond this morning incandescence that he was being threatened expulsion from the party, philip lead crossing the chamber, removing borisjohnson please Boris Johnsons removing borisjohnson please borisjohnsons majority, this was a battle today for the very heart of the conservative party. Absolutely. The uncertainty about brexit first, the second, the quasi revolution in british politics caused by brexit continuing. And in the conservative party, you have people until re ce ntly party, you have people until recently considered the absolute sort of poor, the reasonable, sensible establishment of the conservative party, now rebel suspended including, Goodness Sake winston churchill, a grandson of winston churchill, a grandson of winston churchill, a grandson of winston churchill, the legendary wartime leader. And really, in many ways you would save this is sort of a perfect storm for britain, what i mean by that . Not only do you have this astonishing challenge of brexit, the biggest peacetime challenge the country has ever faced since1945, extricating challenge the country has ever faced since 1945, extricating itself from since1945, extricating itself from the european union, you have a divided country but you also have this, notjust in the conservative party, but in the main opposition labor party, the sense that the two main parties control of them has gone to people who, for actually decades have been on the fringes of british politics. In the case of the conservative party, committed euro sceptics and in the case of the opposition labour party, people on the far left, this sort of broad church party has been scrambled by the quasi revolutionary action of brexit and that is where we are, profound uncertainty. So that was Robert Watson speaking to Christian Fraser earlier. So what could the vote mean for the uks planned departure from the eu . Our deputy political editor, john pienaar has been looking at the possible implications. People often see parliament as the place our politicians play political games. Well, forget that. Tonight, tomorrow, its a fight thatll will shape british politics and all our future for years, maybe generations. A battle between parties, within parties, and no neutrals. Not even the speaker, john bercow, whos made it his mission to see the commons, not just the government, has a say and get its way, even if that means rewriting the rules that hes there to referee. So tonights big vote is about giving mps, and later peers, the chance to pass a law to block a no deal brexit and force borisjohnsons government to seek and accept another delay to brexit, past october the 31st, maybe until next january. Hes warned conservatives who rebel and vote for that that theyd be kicked out of the parliamentary party, banned from standing as tory candidates. A purge is what its being called, and the pms counter move . The huge gamble of trying to call a snap election maybe as soon as october the 14th, on a choice he believes hed win for brexit, with or without an eu deal, or against. But would the commons allow a snap election on borisjohnsons terms . Could mps stop it happening . Because many would try. Well, a lot depends onjeremy corbyn. Hes been saying almost daily, bring on the election. But many on labours side have been insisting that stopping a no deal brexit must come first, before an election, before a new referendum that some of them want. But either way, it takes two thirds of the commons, 434 mps, to agree an early election. Mr corbyns opposition could stop it going ahead, unless the government finds another way. So, what about the eu . Whatll they make of it . Well, the next eu Leaders Summit is on october the 17th. Whod be there for britain if a snap election comes first . A labour pm offering another referendum, or a re elected tory with a new mandate, wanting a better deal or to leave without one . If theres no election, well, theres still no clear sign of eu leaders like president macron of france or Angela Merkel of germany dropping their demand that the eu Single Market must be protected, as they see it, after brexit. The Prime Ministers been described as bringing new focus, new determination to brexit. Hard to disagree with that. Though hes also accelerated britains Journey Towards new risks critics say new dangers and whatever happens, towards political splits and public recriminations of a kind that no one has seen before. So whats been the reaction in europe to the events at Westminster Parliament . Our europe editor, katya adler is in brussels. Ive been speaking to you diplomats tonight, i mean, the reactions of the government doing defeated, the idea of banning a no deal brexit is sort of bittersweet for the eu being defeated, because you cant really ban a no deal brexit. The a nyway to really ban a no deal brexit. The anyway to avoid a no deal brexit is to make a deal with the european union, and if we think back when in the brexit negotiations when theresa may was by minister, there was a point where the eu was really begging, crossing its fingers, praying for parliament to take control over the brexit process. Actually, what parliament showed itself to be very good at is deciding what it didnt want to brexit, not uniting around what it did. And when the eu looks at the so called Rebel Alliance now we can see yes, they are united about wanting to avoid a no deal brexit, they are very divided about what kind of brexit, if any, they do want. So you see here in the eu the feeling that a general election or another brexit extension, theyve been around this before and they will hear the Prime Minister denied saying hes going to come to brussels now in mid october at the eu leaders who posit summit and get a new deal. But the European Commission today was very clear and scathing about the Prime Ministers as those in that negotiations with the eu are going swimmingly. Their main reaction is to say that more or less, they are going to republish their no deal brexit and is. This is a message for borisjohnson to say yes, we know you want to avoid a new deal, but we wont avoid it at any cost. Were not scared, we think theyre prepared cost. Were not scared, we think they re prepared and cost. Were not scared, we think theyre prepared and the eu may be not as good a wordsmith is the Prime Minister sometimes is, that is the blocks away of trying to say bring it on. That was katya adler, initiating our coverage of brexit for the moment. After battering the bahamas, Hurricane Dorian is now heading for the florida coast. At least seven people have been killed in the bahamas but the full scale of the disaster is still unknown. Dorian fell in strength on tuesday to category 2, but the north west islands continue to endure heavy rain, high winds and storm surges. For more on this now im joined by Stephen Mcandrew who is in panama for the International Red cross, he has recovery teams working in the bahamas. What are your teams telling you . What are your teams telling you . What they are telling us is that the as we what they are telling us is that the as we sing with us as we get reports into note that the winds are still affecting northern grand bahama island and a sort of still feeling the effects of dorian tonight, including heavy rains continuing throughout grand bahama. What does this mean for the work they are trying to do . This means we are still in a bit of a waiting mode and so we can get some clear access into the affected areas. So weve had in the last couple of hours, the first aerial assessments, right before sunset, at grand abaco island, but we still arent able to get any kind of aerial or visual assessments from the grand bahama island. So it means we are still counting on our red cross volunteers who are in the eyes that we had volu nteers who are in the eyes that we had volunteers on the ground for the storm hit in the sites. And weve pre position some emergency teams throughout the bahamas before the storm hit. We are relying on them to do what they were trained and equipped to do, and will know by tomorrow around sunset and throughout excuse me tomorrow at dawn and daybreak, our teams will start to mobilise more and we will get more information and get into action. Well get into work here. What will be their priority on the ground . Our priority will be first of all the basics. We know that people need food, water and shelter. And just the storage and treatment and transport of water itself will bea and transport of water itself will be a big issue. So, a lot of our Emergency Relief Supplies are based on those basic needs and they are the focus for that. So we have pre position water containers, personal water containers, we have Water Purification units. A lot of this will also look at the health needs, there will be first aid volunteers, they would be out as soon as they can, providing first aid to people in shelters and anywhere else they find them on the island. Another big component of this is real get in assessments and find out how big an extensive the damages and through that information we are already mobilising our global Emergency Network we will get in assessments. So we network we will get in assessments. So we have a network we will get in assessments. So we have a lot of support coming in, including from reddish red cross and other red cross members throughout the region. British red cross, we have a cargo flight already being loaded and is in the airport opens we will send more supplies in. We are ready to go and we are counting on our people on the ground who are already deployed and our community volunteers. We are relying on them to do what they have been trained to do and we know they are out there doing it. Communications are starting to trickle in and we are starting to trickle in and we are starting to trickle in and we are starting to get some reports, and the red cross is going to be there for during and after this hurricane and many others to come. Eight ok, Stephen Mcandrew, we really appreciate you taking the time out from your efforts to speak to us, thank you very much, Stephen Mcandrew there from the red cross. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come we return to one of greenlands fastest shrinking glaciers to see how rising temperatures have seen the massive ice sheet melt by a record amount. She received a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor and the dying in indias slums. The head of the Catholic Church said Mother Teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. We have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. Parents are waiting and wives are waiting. Hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. Britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. An Early Morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. This is bbc news. Our main story this hour opposition and rebel conservative mps in britain deal a major blow to the Prime Minister, borisjohnson. They will now be able to try and block a no deal brexit. Un investigators say serious Human Rights Violations are being committed with impunity by all sides in yemens brutal conflict. Experts said they identified individuals who may be responsible for International Crimes and provided the confidential list to the un rights chief, michelle bachelet. They also said the United States, britain and france could be complicit in war crimes by arming and providing intelligence and Logistics Support to the saudi led coalition. Sarah leah whitson is the executive director the middle east division of Human Rights Watch and she joins us now from new york. First of all, what is your reaction to what you and investigators are saying . I think there is nothing quite surprising in terms of their actual findings quite surprising in terms of their actualfindings and quite surprising in terms of their actual findings and very serious violations of international law, war crimes in terms of the manner in which this war has been fought. What i think is surprising is the panel of experts decision to actually list 160 names and annexed them in court, a senior Government Official of all of them, including saudi arabia, the uae, the Yemeni Government as well as some of the other armed groups involved, and we know that from that list of 164 names, they submitted a secret list of those they believe to be most complicit in the abuses. So basically we know that those who the un is now identifying as doing war crimes, among those in the list directly included in that report. That is not typical for a directly included in that report. That is not typicalfor a un report. As you say, that list is secret. What nationalities would you expect to see among there and what roles would they have been carrying out . We know exactly what the nationalities are and who is on the list of 164 in the appendix attached and their names, and they are all Government Officials, military officials from saudi arabia, uae, the Yemeni Government, the Southern Forces as well as some armed groups aligned with the uae and the south. I assume the vast majority if not all of these are yemeni and saudi and emirati nationals, but it may well be that in this so called secret list that has bee