Donald tusk says hes waiting for the letter also ahead. Kurdish fighters accuse turkey of violating a ceasefire deal by refusing to allow the evacuation of trapped civilians. And the first semifinal is set at the Rugby World Cup injapan its new zealand versus england hello and welcome to world news today. Here in the uk, lawmakers have again voted to delay brexit. They turned down the chance to back Prime Minister boriss johnsons new deal for the uk to leave the European Union. It means that mrjohnson is now legally required to write to the eu asking for a brexit extension beyond october 31st. But, he also says he still plans to take the uk out of the eu by the end of the month. Christian fraser is at westminster to explain. Thank you very much. This was supposed to be super saturday. It was the first saturday sitting of Britains Parliament in almost a0 years called to vote on the Prime Minister, borisjohnsons new brexit deal. We gotan we got an amendment to the main motion this evening, this afternoon which withholds approval of the agreement pending legislation. The vote went through 322 votes four and 306 against and faced with that the Prime Minister postponed the vote on the main event and we did not actually get a fourth meaningful vote here at westminster this evening. But we have had a letter from borisjohnson which he has sent to mps today, reassuring them that he still intends to leave on the 3ist he still intends to leave on the 31st of october. I willjust read you two key lines, it says i will not negotiate a delay with the European Union, i will tell the eu what i have told the British Public for the 88 days i have been Prime Minister, further delay is not a solution. He goes on to say it is quite possible that our friends at the European Union will reject a parliament s for further delay or not take a decision quickly. I think that bit in brackets about not taking a decision quickly is probably fair, because from paris tonight, we have heard noises that they will wait and see what happens. But from president macron, a statement that delay is in the interest of no one. We will look at that in more detail in a second. Lets get an update on the events from our political correspond and Jonathan Blake who is with me. So no forth meaningful vote, does that mean we get another vote, does that mean we get another vote on monday that the Prime Ministers talking about or might be further down the line . The government wants it on monday after the vote this afternoon, Jacob Rees Mogg stood up and announced that the government would put a similar motion again in effect, and other meaningful vote to try going to get mps stamp of approval on the Prime Minister s dale. Whether that happens or not is down to the speaker and it is fair to say that he was not particularly impressed with how that next meaningful vote was proposed. A lot of mps raised questions about whether it would be able to be amended or not and whether that had been enough time between the vote today which in the end did not happen and that proposed a vote on monday. It is not a given, but certainly the government wants to go ahead and give mps another chance to rubber stamp the Prime Ministers deal. That could be amended as well potentially and we could see another scenario whereby a similar amendment to that of oliver letwi n similar amendment to that of Oliver Letwin s and various other members are put forward to endanger that vote on the deal. Certainly the government wants it on monday. The prime minster says he is not negotiating an extension, that is not the same thing as sending a letter and from the point of view of donald tusk, there is an indication that the letter will be sent. Yes, the Prime Minister and donald tusk spoke around 8 15pm this evening and did not conversation borisjohnson told him that the letter would be on its way and we have not had confirmation that it has been delivered yet, but certainly that is what is going to happen tonight. So the request will be made but that does not mean it an extension will be granted and the terms and length of that extension will have to be decided by the eu Member States and as you suggested, the implications from the indications from brussels is that they will not take the decision in a hurry and it appears at this stage to be helpful to borisjohnson. Appears at this stage to be helpful to boris johnson. The appears at this stage to be helpful to borisjohnson. The danish Prime Minister has tweeted that he has spoken to borisjohnson, discuss what has happened and wishes him success what has happened and wishes him success with the following steps in the house of commons. Clearly an attempt by eu leaders to try and throw their weight behind getting this deal passed, because of course they wanted to be passed just as much as by does. Jonathan blake, thank you. That is where we are up to with event this evening. The debate today was quite a heated debate today was quite a heated debate and with all the events, here is laura kuenssberg. Cheering and applause. Before it was official, the moves in the middle, then the cheers on the right. Order . Showed borisjohnson was thwarted. The ayes to the right, 322. The noes to the left, 306. By a margin of 16, mps said not never to his deal, but not today, not yet. So the ayes have it. The ayes have it. Unlock he is now obliged by law to ask the eu for a delay, but hell kick and scream. I will tell our friends and colleagues in the eu exactly what i have told everyone in the last 88 days that i have served as Prime Minister, that further delay would be bad for this country, bad for our European Union, and bad for democracy. Warnings of big trouble, though, if he wants to frustrate the law. Today is an historic day for parliament, because it said it will not be blackmailed by a Prime Minister who is apparently prepared once again to defy a law passed by this parliament. I invite him to think very carefully about the remarks hejust made about refusing, apparently, to apply for the extension which the eu no. 2 act requires him to do. And any failure of a Prime Minister who thinks he is above the law, well, Prime Minister, youll find yourself in court. One way or another, this was always going to be a fraught and huge day. Not a queue for a saturday match, but for parliament. Would mstust rush headlong into more confusion . Or is itjust a chance for those sure of their position to give it again . Well, im going to vote against the deal, its very bad for the country. I will be supporting the Prime Minister. The tensions torn by the referendum in plain view, but many of them agonising, genuinely wondering what the best thing to do. Even stretching family ties. For the Prime Minister, though, only one aim to try to force this to a conclusion any way he could. Statement, the Prime Minister. Mr speaker, today this house has a historic opportunity to show the same breadth of vision as our european neighbours, the same ability and resolve to reach beyond past disagreements by getting brexit done. Decrying attempts by mps to postpone saying yes or no legally to the deal until all the laws that go along with it are also passed. Further delay is pointless, expensive and deeply corrosive of public trust. Labour, though, resistant notjust to the deal. This government cannot be trusted and these benches will not be duped. But denying, too, borisjohnson any chance to move forward. Labour is not prepared to sell out the communities that we represent. And we will not back this sell out deal. Just as the former Prime Minister found, though, there is a range of opposition parties who will rage against brexit. A deal that will see scotland shafted by this United Kingdom government. Today hundreds of thousands of people will be outside, demanding a final say in a peoples vote. How could plaid cymru ever support his billionaires brexit . This deal takes a wrecking ball to our social and environmental standards. And without his Northern Irish allies on board, the Prime Minister simply couldnt be sure of the numbers. Rather than a great deal, this will do a great deal of damage to the union. Look, though who was coming to help with a joke . Standing here i have a distinct sense of deja vu. Laughter. I know how you feel and a rebuke to those who voted against her now planning to do the same to borisjohnson. But remember, once upon a time, that included him. When this house voted overwhelmingly to give the choice of our membership the eu to the british people, did we really mean it . I think there can only be one answer to that and that is, yes, we did mean it, because if this parliament did not mean it, then it is guilty of the most egregious con trick on the british people. But theres a sprinkling of labour mps who want this done. We will be forced, even if a deal is approved, to seek an extension to the 31st of january, underlying that the sponsors of benn act had only one motivation, and that was to delay brexit and stop it. But its not over, not yet. 306. Crowds who wanted another referendum were delighted that the delay gives them a new chance to stop brexit, but frustration and nerves on the other side. But we were always clear it has to be brexit for the whole of the United Kingdom it cant be Northern Ireland left behind. Remain or leave, theyve just had enough. They want us to get this done and im astonished by the kind of anger thats beginning to boil up. For gods sake, get it done. So theyre turning their attention on parliament. The Prime Ministers allies today wanted it at least to be the beginning of the end, a conclusion. But look at this. Cabinet ministers protected by the police from anti brexit protesters on their way out. Chanting shame on you, shame on you theres nothing final about what has happened today. Animosity still all around. Some ugly scenes, Jacob Rees Mogg there with his son being shouted out today and in fact there has been reaction from mps on all sides that that should not be happening. Let us move on quickly and talk to the irish side of this. With me to talk about the irish side of this is fiona mitchell, news correspondent with Irelands National broadcaster, rte, here in london. Welcome. I think they are well used to the fun and games across the road, but what did they make of it today . If there was a vote on the deal at least it would be something tangible but we have nothing apart from an amendment. I think in dublin as they were yesterday looking at the various scenarios that might come out of today, they would never have predicted what did happen and nobody in westminster protected yet another tumultuous day that has left us another tumultuous day that has left us with so much that happened during the day but really at the end of it, we remain in pretty much the same place, we do not know exactly this goes from here. What you think the eu will do in coming days . We expect the letter will go tonight before i oclock. Do you think they will react to that instantly or wait . |j think it is going to be a case of taking time, making sure that various eu leaders are spoken to and that everyone is essentially singing off the same hymn sheet. It was interesting, there have been so many tumultuous days here in westminster and very often the Irish Government has chosen not to say anything about it, not to make any comment after a particularly difficult day in westminster, but both the taoiseach at leo varadkar and also the tonnage that simon coveney, both of them reacting earlier today to the events that happened earlier today, of course they are underlining the fact that the Irish Government has always said that they would support the deal, the idea of an extension, rather than a no deal brexit, but of course, also underlining both of them today that any decision that is taken on an extension, it has to be unanimous. All 27 eu leaders have to agree. In a way they have tried to help borisjohnson, agree. In a way they have tried to help boris johnson, we agree. In a way they have tried to help borisjohnson, we have had statements, do not expect a delay, it is not an interest of anyone. It is tricky. They could get the deal over the line by saying the cut of is the 31st of october, but they raise the stakes on the mac. They do, you have to leave some doors open, given the events that have gone on. Today is a prime example. Something developing that nobody had anticipated. Now we have a situation where we do not know where it goes from here. We have that expectation of that letter seeking an extension being sent by borisjohnson it later on tonight, very shortly we would expect that. Of course, we dont know what happens next week. Will the deal come back to the house of commons to be voted on . Will the speaker even allow a vote to go ahead . And if there is a vote, what might the result they . It could yet be voted down and nobody really knew how this was going to go today, if that substantive vote had happened and we still do not know. You still do not know, such is life on a brexit. Welcome to my world. Fiona mitchell, thank you for that. As she says, we are waiting for the letter and we want to see the content of that letter. There are specific things that the benn act requests that the Prime Minister does in that letter, specific wording and it has to go before 11pm london time tonight. Otherwise the Prime Minister would be in contempt of court. But he seems to have indicated to donald tusk at the European Council that a letter will arrive probably in the next couple of hours. Ok, we wait to see when that letter does arrive. Question, thank you very much. Christian fries out there in westminster and we will be back down there as soon as we get any more news. Turkish and kurdish leaders have accused each other of violating a truce in northeastern syria , although it appears to be taking hold on its second day. Turkey views the kurdish fighters as terrorists and is trying to push them further away from its border. Turkeys president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to crush the Kurdish Forces if they did not withdraw from a 30 kilometre safe zone proposed under the deal. Translation if it works, it works. If it doesnt, and those 120 hours expire, we will continue from where we left off and keep crushing the heads of those terrorists. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher is in southern turkey, and has been following the events. Most of the reported activity concerns this syrian town which has been the main focus of the turkish offensive. Kurdish forces say the attacks continue, mostly on the ground, from militias allied with the turks. They say that 13 fighters and five civilians have been killed since the ceasefire began, but we have not been able to independently verify that. They also say that there are many injured, but they are not able to evacuate them, because the town is under siege and they have been in constant communication with the americans about this and are demanding that the americans pressure turkey to give civilians and the injured safe passage out of the town. Sources within the town also say that the turks are building up heavy weapons there and again, we have not been able to verify that, but we do know that turkey is sending reinforcements to the front lines, applying extra militia men and the Turkish Defence ministry has said that turkey is prepared to resume the operation if the deal is not implemented. He has accused the kurds of violating the ceasefire. 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