this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. a united front from the opposition to a no—deal brexit — they'll try to pass a law to stop it happening: i will put forward a proposal in which we will make sure parliament is able to debate a legislative way of preventing the government from crashing us out of no deal to and that was the agreement amidst the opposition parties this morning. dead and buried? bolton wanderers and bury football clubs face liquidation after the deadline to save them expires. jeffrey epstein's accusers tell their stories to a new york court — among them, the woman who's made allegations against prince andrew, allegations he denies. he knows exactly what he has done

andi he knows exactly what he has done and i hope he comes clean about it. thank you. documents discovered by the bbc suggest the government, and h52, knew the high speed railway was over budget and behind schedule years ago. and would you be prepared to feed your pets insects? vets say it could help fight climate change. and at half past 11 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph, asa bennett and author and journalist, rachel shabi. stay with us for that. good evening. opposition parties have agreed to work together to try to stop britain leaving the european union without a deal. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, says mps will take the first steps towards trying to pass a law blocking a no deal brexit when parliament returns next week.

the greens, the snp and the lib dems were among those who pledged to work together today — they also said a vote of no confidence to bring down the government remained an option. downing street accused them of tyring to stop brexit happening altogether. our political correspondent, ben wright, reports from westminster. the pace is slow and the parks are full. around parliament there is little sign of the storm to come but with borisjohnson prepared to take the uk out of the eu without a deal, the heat is on opposition parties trying to find a way to stop him. i will put forward a proposal which will make sure that parliament is able to debate a legislative way of preventing the government crashing us out with no deal. for two hours, jeremy corbyn held talks with other opposition parties in his office, agreeing mps should try and force borisjohnson to delay brexit again. mr blackford, hello, how was your meeting? i want to congratulate colleagues

because there is a real spirit that we have to work together. we have to stop no—deal brexit. if boris johnson decides to pursue a no—deal brexit, there is pretty much nothing mps can do to stop it. oh yes there is. because in the uk, it is a parliamentary democracy, there is parliamentary sovereignty. parliamentarians have the power to stop this. are there was a real consensus around the room of people recognising that the best way forward is a legislative route and i think that made for a very positive start to the meeting and very constructive discussions. you've got almost no time to pull this off, have you? time is very short and we need to get cracking with it, absolutely. but there is no clear decisive route for parliament to block or delay a no—deal brexit and the government does not need mps' approval to leave the eu without an agreement. as a democrat myself, i will be fighting tooth and nail to not allow a group of opposition undemocratic members of parliament to try and prevent the government from fulfilling the democratic wishes of the people.

but this afternoon, 160 opposition mps signed a pledge that they would do whatever they can to stop a no—deal brexit. extraordinary is the new normal in politics. opposition parties putting aside their differences to try and stop a no—deal brexit. here, mps vowing to thwart borisjohnson if he attempts to suspend the house of commons before brexit day while, just a few doors away, a meeting of the insurgent brexit party, planning for a general election and piling pressure on the government to make sure brexit happens. proving again just how polarised the argument now is, nigel farage said leaving the eu without a deal was the only acceptable brexit. if, mrjohnson, you insist on the withdrawal agreement, we will fight you in every single seat up and down the length and breadth of the united kingdom!

but he said if mrjohnson summoned the courage to pursue a no deal, the brexit party would work with him. with political divisions so deep, some mps have looked to the other side of the thames for help, inviting the archbishop of canterbury to chair public assemblies on what should happen next. it can't be any kind of trojan horse to delay or cancel brexit. it must be cross—party so this is about healing divisions so we continue to disagree but we disagree without this bitterness and without these constant attempts to shut down anybody who doesn't say what we like. but reconciliation here feels a long way off. the coming two—month struggle between government and parliament could be rougher than anything seen so far. nick eardley is in westminster now. earlier i spoke to sebastien payne who told me that parliament now has

the numberof mps who told me that parliament now has the number of mps needed to block a i'io the number of mps needed to block a no deal brexit. all the mp5 who want to stop this no deal brexit have been fractured over summer about the best way to proceed. some wanted to bring down boris johnson best way to proceed. some wanted to bring down borisjohnson ‘s government through a no—confidence vote and others wanted to pass legislation to try and force the prime minister to request another extension to article 50. is meeting today was crucial in deciding a strategy to go ahead with, passing legislation sitting this has happened twice before, bills are passed in march and april this year. these numbers are there in parliament for this to happen because there was a majority last time but the numbers have been boosted by mps such as philip hammond and maybe even theresa may herself were now on the back dentures and may support the bill. when parliament returns next tuesday i think it is a good chance of starting the process of going through. the question then is does

borisjohnson through. the question then is does boris johnson and downing through. the question then is does borisjohnson and downing street listen to parliament or do they try and do their own thing and ignore it because that is the real fight that will come in the days and weeks ahead. nick eardley is in westminster now. let's get more on an update on what is going on. it is significant that the opposition has come together in some form. quite significant that jeremy corbyn has put number one plan, to make himself prime minister and extend brexit and hold a general election, he has put that on the back burner and has been persuaded by other parties that he has far more chance of blocking no deal if he goes down this legislative route city could set up an almighty battle next week, on tuesday. the expectation is that opposition

parties will now call for an emergency debate and try to that emergency debate and try to that emergency debate and try to that emergency debate to seize control of the house of commons ‘s agenda, take certain days away from the government and put their own plans down which would be to discuss that legislation to compel borisjohnson to ask for a brexit extension if no deal has been agreed with brussels by mid october. is it absolutely clear that if a bill was passed, say to delay it, that the government would have to abide by that? in theory, yes but far more complicated impact as. the idea is to make it the legally binding of the uk, in law, to not, to avoid a no deal at all costs to borisjohnson has been extraordinarily relaxed and to say, in any circumstance, if he would consider extending the process. much of this is leading to speculation

that if this piece of legislation we re that if this piece of legislation were to pass, borisjohnson would be forced to go back to the country, and hold a general election. we have seen and hold a general election. we have seen the argument already, he would say that the people that the mps are trying to stop him from delivering brexit. of me a majority and i will make sure it happens with that mandate that speculation will only increase over the next few days because it has just been announced in the last hour that on wednesday next week the chancellor will hold his spending review, setting out a bunch of new money for things like schools, the nhs, for thejustice system. it all sounds a lot like a pre—election offering to the number 10 says that is not the case, he is just getting the books in order and preparing for brexit, delivering spending commitments. but many people around here are holding back on booking a holiday for the next few months because they think we may well end up with a general election campaign. and if there were to be an

election, crucial would be the position of the brexit party and whether they would challenge every conservative mp. they have put out lists the numbers today. are they challenging the most hardline pro—brexit conservatives? challenging the most hardline pro-brexit conservatives? it will be much harderfor the brexit party of borisjohnson goes much harderfor the brexit party of boris johnson goes into much harderfor the brexit party of borisjohnson goes into a general election saying we will deliver no deal. that would only happen if he found that his overtures to brussels did not work and there was no prospect of revisiting the backstop issue and we basically shut the door and say that is it, no deal, we can't do it. and then borisjohnson goes to the country and says my favourite option is no deal. that makes it hard for nigel farage. why fight against another party that offers the electorate no deal? but offers the electorate no deal? but of borisjohnson offers the electorate no deal? but of boris johnson offers offers the electorate no deal? but of borisjohnson offers something else, it is more likely to happen. you may need a glass of water there and are you have one. my energy

levels... it is a hot and busy august. in terms of where we are right now, everyone is gearing up next week. and the other thing mentioned is whether borisjohnson could suspend parliament, especially over the october 31 period. many of those against did say that that is not acceptable but is it possible? in theory, yes. it is up to the prime minister to provoke a parliament when he wants to start a new session. there whose some —— are some who think that borisjohnson could still do that. there is a scottish court case going on at the moment where a group of mps are trying to get advice on where the courts can block borisjohnson from doing that. there are mps meeting in westminster today pledging that if that were to happen they would hold their own alternative parliament in church house in westminster which is

symbolic because that is where mp said during world war ii when parliament was evacuated. boris johnson has consistently refused to rule it out. i think we can still say it is a possibility. it is not one that he wants to end up pursuing because he would much rather get this thing done, as he puts it. but at the moment, something unlikely must happen over the next few weeks. it is just must happen over the next few weeks. it isjust a must happen over the next few weeks. it is just a question of what that is. we will let you go, neck. to get yourself a drink of water and thank yourself a drink of water and thank you for talking with us. just want to update you now on the story we have been bringing you all day on the fate of two football clu bs, day on the fate of two football clubs, bury and bolton. there was a five o'clock deadline on them getting support. membership of the league hasjust been

getting support. membership of the league has just been withdrawn 41 make and bolton has also been suspended. that news... sorry, bolton has been given a suspended. that news... sorry, bolton has been given 314 day stay. some more time for bolton but bury is going to lose its position in the football league. we will try and get more on that as it comes in. we have been waiting for that news to come in andjust to been waiting for that news to come in and just to confirm, bury has been expelled from the football league. more on our website and on the sports pages where they have all the sports pages where they have all the detail. more than a dozen women — who claim they were sexually abused by the disgraced american financier, jeffrey epstein — have told a court in manhattan how angry they are that he died in prison and avoided justice. after the hearing, one of the women, who has alleged she was forced to have sex with prince andrew, called on him to "come clean" about what he has done. the prince has strenuously denied any form of sexual misconduct. chris buckler reports.

jeffrey epstein's victims came to court to be seen and, most importantly, heard. they once expected to be able to face the man who abused them. his death robbed them of that opportunity, but they told in graphic and upsetting detail the truth and impact of epstein's crimes. before i knew what was happening, he grabbed onto my wrist and tugged me towards the bed. i tried to pull away but he was unbuttoning my shorts and pulling my body onto his already naked body faster than i could think. i was searching for words but all i could say was a meek no, please, stop, but that just seemed to excite him more. he continued to rape me and when he was finished, hopped off and went to the shower. i pulled my shorts up and i ran as fast as i could back to my own villa, my feet bloody from the rocks. i cried myself to sleep that night. i want to thank the judge for letting us speak. having some closure. it's still going to be a rough road

but i also wanted to thank all the survivors that had reached out to me as well and telling me their stories. inside court, many of the women asked for their real names not to be used but they became emotional and some broke down in tears as they talked about the crimes they suffered at the hands ofjeffrey epstein. they talked about being abused, exploited and manipulated by a man who they described as a complex villain. epstein was accused of being a coward for taking his own life rather than face justice, but his lawyers said they had significant doubts about his death inside a jail in manhattan. they claimed his injuries were more consistent with an assault and they raised concerns about video footage from a corridor outside his cell in the prison. when they went to examine it, it was corrupted and couldn't be viewed. whether it was a suicide or murder does not end the case, does not end their fight forjustice. it does not end their feeling that they were

manipulated and victimised. and that they were child victims. of mr epstein. so today they spoke truth to power, they spoke truth to what happened to them. but questions remain for those who were once among epstein's famous friends, including donald trump and the duke of york. he has categorically denied allegations he had sex with a girl exploited by epstein. virginia roberts who has made accusations was at court. he knows exactly what he has done andi he knows exactly what he has done and i hope he comes clean about it. thank you. any victims are pursuing civil cases. but the day is unlikely to be the last day they speak of this man and his crimes. the headlines on bbc news:

the english football league has said that bury of c has been withdrawn. bolton has been given 1a days to save the club. opposition parties say they have agreed to try to block a no—deal brexit by passing legislation in parliament. the meeting was called by labour leaderjeremy corbyn. jeffrey epstein's accusers tell their stories to a new york court — among them, the woman who's made allegations against prince andrew — allegations he denies. documents seen by the bbc show the government knew the hs2 rail project was over budget three years ago. the documents were written in 2016, before mps had signed—off the first phase of the project, which raises questions over whether parliament was given the whole picture. the high—speed line will link london, birmingham, manchester and leeds. our transport correspondent, tom burridge, has this exclusive report. the true cost of building

a high—speed railway linking london to birmingham and then manchester and leeds is set to rise significantly but, until recently, ministers and bosses at hs2, the public company building it, insisted it was on budget. phase one of the project was meant to cost £24 billion. hs2 estimated that £2.8 billion of that was needed to buy land and properties along the route. andrew bruce says his job was to work out how realistic that figure was. i knew that the figure was wrong, i knew that it was manifestly wrong. the land was going to increase from the estimated £2.8 billion, up to £4.8 billion. he knew it was wrong because thousands of properties and plots of land which had to be bought or compensated, had been given very low values. on top of that, hundreds of properties were given a value of zero, including some flats and a shop on this street in london euston, which have already been demolished.

in reality, they cost hs2 millions of pounds. andrew bruce says he was due to present his revised higher estimate to senior managers at hs2 and the department for transport but he says, half—an—hour before the board meeting, he was fired. i was told that my information, my data, the whole of that programme, the whole of that six months' worth of work, was never used again. it was as if i had never existed. hs2 said it doesn't recognise andrew bruce's version of events. it strongly rejects the idea that mr bruce was dismissed because of a desire to hide the true cost. we've also obtained this letter, written in 2016 to the then chancellor, george osborne. the transport secretary at the time, patrick mcloughlin, admits the project was £1 billion over budget. that figure, i'm told, didn't include andrew bruce's higher cost estimate for the land and property, and it was all before phase one of hs2 was signed off by parliament.

i think parliament was misled. i think we're now having to spend far more public taxpayers' money on hs2 than parliament thought was going to be required. hs2 knew that and they knew that months, if not years, before. last year, the national audit office found that hs2 wasn't required to submit an improved property cost estimate to parliament, so it cleared hs2 of any wrongdoing. hs2 said it had also faced extensive scrutiny from parliamentary committees. a review of the scheme commissioned by the government will begin its work tomorrow. the future of hs2 is uncertain. tom burridge, bbc news. police investigating abuse allegations at a hospital in county antrim say they've uncovered hundreds of crimes in one ward. they're examining more than 300,000 hours of cctv footage recorded at muckamore abbey hospital, where 20 staff have been

suspended since 2017. a 16—year—old has been arrested. reported missing after last seen on august 12 was his victim. brazil's government says it will reject an offer of £18 million from the world's richest nations, to help tackle the terrible fires raging in the amazon rainforest. the country's president, jair bolsonaro, said he won't accept the money unless he gets an apology from his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. mr macron had accused him of "lying" about fighting climate change. let's speak now to dr andreza de souza santos, from oxford university's latin america centre, who is currently in manaus, in the amazon. thank you forjoining us. how damaging is that the political argument between the french and brazilian leaders to getting any

resolution on this? it is very damaging for the government itself. there are some contradictions because, if this is to develop business and the idea of exporting some of the commodities that brazil produces, then you have the problem that many countries may actually block brazilian products so that is creating some contradictions into the agriculture and producers in brazil, actually trying to solve the situation so that the development of the economy can keep on going. damaging in terms of foreign affairs and the image of brazil abroad. it is definitely a delicate moment in brazil at the moment. do you think there is an element of colonialist

mentality, people not understanding there is a need for economic development as well?|j there is a need for economic development as well? i think the best way to break down this idea of colonialism, obviously, the brazilian national identity was built based on a colonial power so to look away from the divisions, our racial past, subdivided, indigenous groups and everything, it was actually useful. after independence to build up this idea and every now and then, a group of people was united. we are very segregated in terms of race, in terms of class, it isa terms of race, in terms of class, it is a very diverse countries are playing with this idea of colonialism can help create a sort of unity that does not really

necessarily exist but it also makes you think, an independent claim of development for the amazon region would it be based on a broad—based economy? with the political history of economic development was also considered to be very colonial... but there are environmentalists within brazil who are also horrified as $0 within brazil who are also horrified as so many people are around well, of these fires are raging and they could go on for months. if the government now not under pressure to act and stop them? of course, it is under pressure to act and to stop the fires and, this idea, this

argument, that... that the influence of foreign powers is colonising brazil, even though it has been used before for very long, it does not really a nswer all before for very long, it does not really answer all the questions because people are outraged by the burning and also because the development of brazil is not enough because we have seen many mining collapse, dam collapse, and this idea that just collapse, dam collapse, and this idea thatjust exporting crops does not really develop the country. thank you very much, indeed. thank you. more now on the situation at bury which has had its membership of the english football league withdrawn. this is a big moment for bury? english football league withdrawn. this is a big moment for bury7m is. it has been described as one of

the darkest day in the league, the words of the executive chair of the football league after announcing the bury football club are to be expeued bury football club are to be expelled from the leg. they have given an extension to 5pm tonight to find a buyerfor given an extension to 5pm tonight to find a buyer for the owner to prove he has the financial means to keep going. that deadline passed and the efl board met earlier this evening, had a long and detailed discussion about the future of bury football clu b about the future of bury football club and it was decided the membership be withdrawn without a successful resolution. they said in a statement that despite repeated requests a statement that despite repeated req u ests to a statement that despite repeated requests to the owner, the necessary evidence in respect of how the club would meet its financial commitments was simply not provided and, as a result, they said the attentions will now turn to securing a new ownership at the club. they had been a proposed sale with a company and steve dale said he had accepted that

offer however that offer was withdrawn after the company did that due diligence, they decided not to pursue their interests in bury. the efl sake having fully considered all available options, including a number of expression of interest, they determined, with enormous regret that bury‘s membership be withdrawn and they could be no further suspensions to the fixture list because so far bury have not played a single match this season. staff and players have not been paid, ongoing concerns as well about the integrity of the competition. that was a significant factor. i will read you a quote from the executive chair of the efl, she says that today is undoubtedly one of the darkest days in the league's recent history. the efl has worked

determinant and tirelessly but it is with a heavy heart of the situation has been forced on us. the fans will be the people who would be very upset and that the statement goes on to say that i understand that this would be a devastating type of players, staff, supporters and it will be felt across the entire football family. no—one wanted to be in this position but following repeated list deadlines, the suspension of five league fixtures in addition to not receiving the evidence we require and a possible ta keover evidence we require and a possible takeover not materialising, the efl board has been forced to take the most difficult of decision so bury football clu b most difficult of decision so bury football club has been expelled from the english football league. as for bolton wanderers, they were in a similar predicament. the efl have

now said they have 1a days to meet all outstanding problems financially and to resolve them. the bodice and they decided to lift the suspension on the notice to withdraw as part of the insolvency policy because the clu b the insolvency policy because the club had entered administration in may of this year. the efl have said that despite further exchanges with the administrators over the course of the bank holiday weekend and right up to today's deadline of 5pm, a resolution to ongoing impasse and negotiations regarding a completion of so bolton wanderers has not been found. 1a days for bolton wanderers to find some sort of solution and again, a statement from the efl chair, despite repeated assurances we are extremely disappointed we are not ina we are extremely disappointed we are not in a position to reach a successful resolution with the sale of bolton wanderers and have

therefore taken the decision to lift therefore taken the decision to lift the suspension on the notice of with and again urge all parties to look ata and again urge all parties to look at a takeover. 1a days to secure the club's long—term future and i sincerely hope we can find a way through these challenging circumstances. very difficult days ahead for both bury and bolton wanderers. bury seems to be a more extreme situation. if they have been expelled, they have been expelled, it means they can no longer operate asa it means they can no longer operate as a professional club and it means they will have to go into nonleague football, start again. for bolton wanderers 1a days to attempt to resolve the situation financially, to potentially find a buyer but a very difficult day for the english football league and a dark day for football league and a dark day for football in general in britain. thank you for bringing us that update use. more on line