this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight, on a momentous day in parliament. the ice to the right, 286, now, 244 then nose had it, unlock. mps have rejected theresa may's withdrawal agreement for a third time, throwing the uk's brexit strategy into further confusion. the implications of the house decision are grave, it's now the uk is due to leave on the 12th of april injust is due to leave on the 12th of april in just 14 days‘ is due to leave on the 12th of april injust 14 days‘ time. is due to leave on the 12th of april in just 14 days‘ time. that's not enough time to agree legislative and ratify a deal. this deal now has to change, there has to

be an alternative found and if the prime minister cannot accept that, then she must go, not at an indeterminate date at the future but 110w. on the day the uk had been supposed to leave the eu, thousands of leave—supporting demonstrators gathered in westminster to protest against the brexit delay. in brussels, the eu says it regrets the decision in wesminster, and says the probability of a "no deal" brexit on april the 12th is now a "likely scenario". colin farrell, michael keaton and danny devito star in a new version of dumbo by the director tim burton. see what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of this week's cinema releases, in the film review.

good evening, on what should have been the day we left the european union. instead in dramatic scenes this afternoon, mps voted for the third time to reject the prime minister's brexit deal. mps were told this was their last chance to deliver the kind of brexit people voted for. but it wasn't enough to persuade them, 286 mps voted yes, 344 voted no, the prime minister lost by 58 votes. theresa may said it was a matter of deep personal regret that the uk wasn't leaving the eu today and called it a grave moment for parliament. so april 12th is now brexit day. either we leave with no deal, or the prime minister asks brussels for an extension, and it could be a long one. we may now have to fight the european elections too. it's not how the 29th

of march was supposed to be. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports on today's historic vote. this really is such an iconic day, it is march the 29th. what do we want? brexit! when do we want it? now. it is a great failure that we are not leaving this evening. crowds on the march to push parliament to get on with it. it is a thoroughly bad idea and it deserves to be defeated today. on the day that we were due to leave. shame on you! mps were asked to back a deal they hate or a delay. protests brought frustration to parliament, the prime minister brought the deal that would divorce us from the eu to the commons forjudgment, again. the ayes to the right, 286, the noes to the left, 344. a closer result than last time out but a third defeat of nearly 60

votes for theresa may's deal. still way off. i fear we are reaching the limits of the process in this house. this house has rejected no deal, it has rejected no brexit, on wednesday it rejected all the variations of the deal on the table. this government will continue to press the case for the orderly brexit that the result of the referendum demands. this deal now has to change. there has to be an alternative found and if the prime minister can't accept that, then she must go, not at an indeterminate date in the future, but now. she should now go and we should be having a general election. open calls for her to quit growing in her party too. there is only one thing the prime minister can do, get us out on the 12th of april, get our country back and deliver what we promised. if we don't, god help us.

do you think she should stay in her job? no. i think it was inevitable that what just happened was going to happen, because theresa may once again singularly failed to reach out to people. the cabinet still trying to cling on. we will have to think very hard over the next few hours how we respond to that but this is a hugely disappointing result which, to my mind, is not in the national interest. the prime minister's pitch earlier was this is the last chance to make sure we could leave the eu sometime soon. it avoids a long extension which would at least delay and could destroy brexit. i have said that i am prepared to leave this job earlier than i intended to secure the right outcome for our country. and when the division bell rings in a few moments time, everyone of us will have to look into our hearts and decide what is best for our constituents and our country. this deal, even the half of it

we have before us today is bad for our democracy, bad for our economy and bad for this country and i urge the house not to be cajoled on this third time lucky strategy and down today! —— built it down today. ministers have only been able to stand back and watch on and they made this deal sound like the end of the world. but listen. if we say we stand up for 17.4 million people, then we have to get those people what they asked for and that is to leave the european union and this now is the only way. and then another. i will vote for the motion. the problem i have is that i cannot countenance an even longer extension. and i cannot countenance holding european elections in may. and then another. most of us do not like

the agreement, but it is a damn sight better than sticking two fingers up to the british public and say we will ignore you. but a clutch of convinced eurosceptic stood firm. we have capitulated, this is not compromised, this has been capitulation. and theresa may's allies from northern ireland would not budge. whatever means there are available to us should this agreement go through, we will continue to oppose it. many more were furious. now, mr speaker, we cannot allow the future of this country to be held to ransom by the neverending internal tory psychodrama and those who want to put their own jobs and ambitions before the jobs of the people in this country. the rainbow of other parties were never going to say yes. we have been ignored, silenced and sidelined, the futures of citizens across scotland and the rest of the uk held to ransom by right—wing brexiteers

and the dup. this is nothing more than deceit, duplicity and deception from a government in desperation. what happens next? tonight even members of the cabinet are not sure. if we know anything about theresa may it is not impossible that somehow she will come up with another way of trying to get her deal through again. but remember, mps are working together behind the scenes to try to come up with a solution, probably a softer brexit that could find a majority in the house of commons sometime soon. but in either case, it is likely the government will have to ask the eu for a longer extension, with conditions attached. they could say no, in which case we might leave the european union without a deal in a couple of weeks. as they leave on the day we were all meant to leave, the question on the departure of the eu is far from journey‘s end. let's get more now from our political correspondent chris mason

who's in our westminster studio. some many in sound bites that she was talking about, let's simplify things, it is public will want to know first off, is the prime minister deal now gone, is a finished? short answer, i knowl don't think it is there are plenty in west minster who think it is and hope it does in planning and make a case it's absolutely should be, but when you speak to people in government but not entirely writing out the prospect of that which i'll agreement and the political declaration coming back for yet another go. it's had two one half attem pts another go. it's had two one half attempts at getting through because today was the mid —— just the agreement rather than the teacher declaration sketching out that not legally binding view as to how the relationship my leg once we had left the european union. what we do know about what will happen, is that cabinet ministers will chat with the

prime minister and peas are starting to discuss things because on monday there is another attempt by mps to try and see if we can agree on something whether it's the indicative of its a few nights ago where no maturity was secured some are hoping that perhaps parliament can agree that a customs union, something that led make sure there's no terrace at the eu and minimise bureaucracy could be maintained. stop to form a brexit and the government wants and it means the uk cannot be something that they can agree on. it's tricky because they're committed agree on. it's tricky because they‘ re committed to agree on. it's tricky because they're committed to taking a side of the customs union but who knows, maybe we find ourselves in a situation where the government by

and ask for a delay but if you ask for a delay, the eu has to agree to it and it's probably likely that'll happen but not certain. on that point about trade deals and where that possible if it was a customs union, ijust that possible if it was a customs union, i just want to that possible if it was a customs union, ijust want to inform our viewers, that's been reaction from the us, president tron saying he's eager to cut a bilateral trade deal with an independent britain, it's what the people voted for in 2016 and when they get out whether it's 110w and when they get out whether it's now 01’ and when they get out whether it's now or in april the 12th or later will be standing right there waiting for them coming from ambassadorjohn bolton. the other point, coming out of this is now today has been described as a leadership moment, is there really this feeling that there isa time there really this feeling that there is a time and appetite for a new leader or a general election? first the question about the news out of washington, and remarks from the trump administration, those who have been advocating press that had also

set a principal advantage of leaving the structures of the european union is that you no longer have to trade policy around the world decided by someone policy around the world decided by someone else. a cloud of which you arejust one chair someone else. a cloud of which you are just one chair around someone else. a cloud of which you arejust one chair around a someone else. a cloud of which you are just one chair around a table of 28, but you can go and do deals particularly this is your own economy and president tron has been a long—time advocate of brexit and advantages as he sees as that, and you know he knows how to make a well—timed intervention in a discussion and debate. to the second point about all things leadership wise, we sought there in the report, one conservative mp coming to the conclusion that the prime minister had to go, there are others and that view. we know the prime minister's time in office is not vastly longer than the next few weeks or months and a likelihood. because she sort of time—limited her time in office and says that she can get it through she will stand down and you wonder if he can and perhaps she will face

a kind of overwhelming pressure to stand down, but i suspect for the time being, the prime minister will be keen to run things to apparently natural conclusions if we look a few weeks ahead to sell either trying to get the deal or something close to it through the house of commons and the next fortnight or so and then finally being able to say she delivered what she set out to will bea delivered what she set out to will be a little bit delayed or reached the point where she has failed to do that in either the uk leads the eu without a deal, or a line extension to the whole brexit process is granted a big delay in other words, in which case plenty will conclude she failed in the mission she set out to achieve and perhaps at that point she comes under a lot of pressure to resign. i think we can be certain of not much, but we can be certain of not much, but we can be very certain is that politics will remain the bow for a long time because whatever happens in the next

few weeks, we can look ahead to the prospect of a conservative leadership race, a new prime minister, and a pretty high chance of the general election certainly within the next 12 months or so and all likelihood, very easy to see how circumstances could come about like that and equates making predictions and politics is a moot game, but you know, why stop now. i would say there is uncertainty there. just a smidge. with me now is seb dance, mep for london and deputy leader of the labour group in the european parliament. thank you for speaking with us, first what he think was achieved by today's results? what was achieved is another demonstration of the lack of support for the deal the prime minister negotiated with the european union, and he obviously was defeated massively in the face that, bya defeated massively in the face that, by a record breaking majority, 230 and then by 149, and despite these

two enormous defeats, a deal that hated by both people who voted to lead the eu and voted to remain, the prime minister persisted in bringing it back in a christlike think again. so what do you make ofjeremy corbyn's comments about saying it has to change there has to be alternative obviously he went on to say the prime minister has to do but what alternative? we had two years attract a square circle cs and have had an open and honest conversation with the british people about what the trade—offs of meeting are. there are the trade—offs of meeting are. there a re two the trade—offs of meeting are. there are two choices if you leave, you either stay in the european structures, stay close to the cetaceans and paying to get benefits of being a member of those are associated with us, but you have no say. he had no say in the direction of policy, or you can cut yourself loose completely and we see huge decreases in economic growth, harm to communities up and down the country and of christ that something

that we are not prepared to do either. so, this conundrum has not been squared and in my view the only way forward is if we get some sort of sense in parliament after what it is of the many options, none of which incidentally i what was sold in the 2016 referendum, a problem that can decide what when it does i —— options look like it should then go back to the people to confirm if it's what they want to do versus staying in the eu. so you want a second referendum. i want to come from entry one. absolutely. in discussing centre in parliament, do you agree that with the conservative mp george freeman your earlier essay on bbc news, that the labour backbenchers, day needs to be collaboration and include it in order to start building a consensus is that even possible?|j order to start building a consensus is that even possible? i think it's possible absolutely, you can't have a huge change to essentially the basis of the countries economy by having that conversation only within

one party. that's how they got into this mess in the first place and that's why the referendum was called. it's my red lines were drawn, and ultimately why it's been in catastrophic failure because it's beena in catastrophic failure because it's been a conversation purely within the conservative party so yes, we brighten this out and talk to other parties including the labour party and other shades of christ with an opinion of their party, and i think that could be a bride consensus but it'll only be one and the point i would make make is that consensus needs to have a public support behind it because otherwise is not sustainable. a lot at the british public don't actually know where labour stands on it, and how that will achieve a mission accomplished according to at the referendum result was. that's look ahead to monday. what can we expect from those indicated votes, do you know it's going to happen? again in terms of making predictions i'm not going to try either. let me just stop

there, because for the public watching this and they're the ones, they watch what's happening and they go oh, still not getting anywhere sad to hear a politician to the put in charge of delivering they voted for, but you're still speaking on the subject, at year and an ep, it's disheartening for them to say well i don't know and yet at the same time say no we don't agree with that, you can't say that. well i can say what i think what i think should happen but the problem stems from 2016 leave it was such a nebulous concept it was never defined in that all things to all people so we had some people saying basically, leaving the eu meant staying in a single market customs union and try this and that leaving everything and what we called wto terms and the rest of the end of christ there is no one big coalition defines a majority that supports one version of beef which is why we end this mass of the simple thing in my view to get

through is how the deliverable realistic leave option and to put that against remaining in the eu, that's the choice we should face. 0k, that's the choice we should face. ok, yes or no quickly, do you think it's achievable? yes. thinking i like to be. you're watching bbc news. our europe correspondent damien has been there and he talked about the eu reaction to the results. i think the eu view is what you are seeing there and hearing their ignores this side of the equation and if you listen to european voices today, tonight, european leaders are all warning about one thing, which is that no deal, a no deal exit, a hard crash out of the uk, and just two weeks' time is now a real possibility. when you listen to that discussion in the uk, you don't hear much about that,

but listen to what european leaders had been saying today. this is the irish prime minister, "it's not clear that the uk has fully understood that no deal is not off the agenda, rather it's a growing possibility." the dutch prime minister saying the same thing, the austrian chancellor saying, "if the uk does not put a plan for it in the next two weeks, they will be a hard brexit." the reaction here from europe is now april the 12th is the deadline, there is no deal meaning april 12 is a uk exit, i left the uk comes with a plan in the meantime. but it has to be a plan that pass scrutiny at the european council, eu leaders summit. two days before that exit date. on april ten, they will meet in the two questions they will have is the uk going to commit to holding european elections, it must to get some sort of extension, and also does the uk had a credible plan, because i think that is real frustration

and concern growing in the eu, they see this sort of confusion and be patient uk and they're thinking uk has not confronted the core question, which is what relationship does it want with the eu in the future, there is no consensus on that and eu leaders question is it really worth their while, granting a long extension for more at this and is a no deal actually better for them to get a sort of clarity in finality, so it's not a done deal, the uk has a lot to do in the next week to convince the eu about it. i was damien —— speaking to us earlierfrom i was damien —— speaking to us earlier from brussels. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzy greenwood—hughes. good evening. liverpool's managerjurgen klopp says he's prepared to take his team off the pitch if they suffer racist abuse. football's european governing body, uefa, are investigating after some of england's black players received racist abuse during their euro 2020 qualifier in montenegro this week. klopp says he couldn't believe what happened in podgorica and believes it's time to take a stand.

what ever i could do, i would do. and we have to stop games and do everything, i understand he didn't do itand everything, i understand he didn't do it and say, not the pitch but we have to make proper and clear that's not allowed and that's not possible and yeah, it's punishment for my point of view is pretty much allowed. there were a few incidents in the last two weeks not on racist but other silly situations as well writing on the pitch and stuff like that that's not fun and we have to make it clear that it's not ok so stop it. england's women will go into this summer's world cup as the third ranked team in the world. the lionesses‘ victory in the she believes cup this month means they've jumped above france with just the usa and west brom are taking on birmingham city at the hawthorns.

and birmingham have taken the early lead, gary gardner with the goal. it's birmingham's first match since their nine—point deduction for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. prior to that they'd been threatening for a play—off place but they're now five points above the relegation zone in 18th. there's also one game in the scottish premiership, it's currently livingston zero hibs zero. 36 minutes gone in that one. tiger woods will play rory mcilroy in the last 16 of golf‘s world matchplay championships in texas. woods was one down to patrick cantlay but played the next four holes in five under and won 4&2. meanwhile mcilroy continued his 100% start with four front—nine birdies in a 4&2 win over matthew fitzpatrick. ferrari have dominated today's practice at the bahrain grand prix. sebastian vettel headed team—mate charles leclerc for a one—two in the second session, with world champion lewis hamilton's mercedes in third. hamilton's team—mate valtterri bottas, who won the season opener in australia, was fourth quickest,

with renault‘s nico hulkenburg fifth and max verstappen sixth in the red bull. the top two in super league are in action this evening, with second—placed warrington already dominating at hull fc. blake austin opening the scoring with this try and they now lead by 32 points to nil. league leaders st helens, who boast a 100 % record this season, are leading 16—12 against hull kingston rovers in the night's other game. paula radcliffe wants the court of arbitration for sport to allow the iaaf to limit testosterone levels in female athletes with differences in sexual development. it follows caster semenya's appeal to cas to stop world athletics' plans to deal with the issue. the double olympic champion semenya, who has hyper—androginism, has also received support from the un human rights council. radcliffe says she just wants to protect female sport.

i don't think there is now compared to everybody and all of this, sadly we have to go in my view it's something that's fair to the majority to 99 point something percent of female athletes, and try and protect female sports as a category. it may at some point down the line come to a stage where we actually have sport divided into categories according to the range of testosterone that you fall into, but it's essentially what the high —— by trying to do with the rules they put in place, its protected category of female athletes point. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. let's return to brexit now, and business groups have said they are "devastated" after parliament's latest rejection of the prime minister's eu withdrawal plan. they urged mps and the government to find a solution and avoid a no—deal brexit.

we can speak now to mike cherry, who's the national chairman of the federation of small businesses. thank you for speaking to us here on bbc news, first of all, how are advance being viewed by small businesses? i think they are viewed with frustration and anger today quite frankly, for very long time since the end of 2018, we have been calling for politicians to come together so that we can stop any damaging impact, which is currently what's happening to small businesses across the country. we need to be making sure that we get through this period and into the transition period. it's been very clearly urged that one change the period. it's been very clearly urged that- one change the business period. it's been very clearly urged that- one ci we e the business period. it's been very clearly urged that - one ci we always usiness period. it's been very clearly urged that- one ci we always hear ss has to deal it. and, we always hear that no delay something business cannot stand, small businesses certainly are ready for that neither is the country. so we base it almost on an impossible task now is a real

prospect of having no deal on the table, the withdrawal agreement today, the powerful bet that the mps in the house of commons voted on, has not gone through so we are no nearer to getting the transition period that we had been calling for. and neither are we any closer to keeping water is open and working for small businesses, if we do hit that no death scenario. this is exactly the same time where we have an economic survey published, it's at the lowest that's ever been, so it'll harm to small businesses, lack of investment lack of being able to plan and for the first time again for a very long time, leasing a job in employment desire or small businesses, into the engine maker of the employment that we had at the moment which is almost full employment. has there been a bigger

one plate for the challenges they are facing now, what's costing them? i think it's almost impossible to quantify that because many small businesses have just not been able to put their resources and, either monetary wise are trying to comply with what they are not sure is going to happen, there is no deal or whether it's going to get through this period into transition, so they haven't got the resources to plan for something that may not have to do, yet on the other side of the scale, you had those small businesses that had to had a contingency plan, wasting those resources , contingency plan, wasting those resources, planning for something that still we help may not actually occur and that is tying up work and capital and increasing the stocks and meaning contracts are lost and it's causing real damage to businesses across the uk. now politicians have to come together and sort this out. they should have

been sorted out by november or december last year 2018. i should today, we got an extension and at the moment we have for the 12th and now uncertainty around whether are going to be may 22 or longer, that i can only cause more uncertainty and less clarity for business, less ability to plan and less investment. 0k, ability to plan and less investment. ok, thank you forjoining us. as the result of the vote became clear this afternoon in parliament, there were boos from many in the crowd. large numbers of protestors from both sides descended on westminster this afternoon to mark what should have been brexit day, including the march to leave procession, which left sunderland two weeks ago. our special correspondent lucy manning has spent the day with people at the protests and sent this report. let's have brexit! very, very sad.

let's get out let's have brexit. very, very sad. very disappointed. it is rubbish. we are not leaving. i think it is an outrage. that is why i am here. they wanted it, voted for it, won it, but didn't get it. today was supposed to be brexit day. how would you sum up this day for you? how would you describe it? it is a total and utter betrayal of democracy. whether or not you voted remain or leave, it is pathetic. we were supposed to be having a party tonight, instead we are having a wake. what our politicians are saying to us, shut up and sit down. some on this leavers‘ march had walked from sunderland, determined to tell westminsterjust how let down they felt. march 29 was not supposed to look like this, not so much celebration but another demonstration and, amongst the brexiteers, a real sense of anger. this should have been an amazing day for england.

yeah? but you've ruined it. they have ruined it.