i'm kasia madera in london. the headlines: the eyes to the right, 328. the noes to the left, 301. a major defeat for britain's prime minister as mp5 try to block a no deal brexit. ifi iflgo to if i go to brussels, i will go for a deal and i believe i will get a deal. we will leave anyway, even if we don't leave on october 31. there is no consent in this house to leave the european union without a deal. there is no majority for no

deal. there is no majority for no deal in the country. protestors celebrated outside the commons. borisjohnson says he'll now push for a general election. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: hurricane dorian devastates parts of the bahamas — their 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. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's midnight here in london, 7am in singapore. a historic day here in the uk.

the prime minister borisjohnson has lost his first vote in the house of commons. this was the moment the result was announced. on wednesday, mps will now decide whether to make a no—deal brexit impossible by forcing the prime minister to ask the eu the ayes to the right, 328. the noes to the left, 301. they will force the prime minister to ask the eu for an extension to negotiations, if he can't get a deal by the end of october. borisjohnson was defeated by 27 votes, including 21 of his own conservative mps, all of whom have now been expelled from the party. here's what mrjohnson said right after the bill passed. by by the consequences of this vote tonight it means parliament is on the brink of breaking any deal we

may be able to get with brussels because tomorrow ‘s will would hand control of the negotiations to the eu and that would mean more dither, delay and confusion and the eu themselves can decide how long to keep this country in the eu. the prime minister went on to announce that if the bill passes on wednesday, he will attempt to bring about a general election. the leader of the opposition has been begging for an election for two yea rs. been begging for an election for two years. he has thousands of supporters outside calling for an election. i don't want an election but if mps vote tomorrow to prevent a negotiations and compel another pointless delay to brexit, potentially four years, then that would be the only way to resolve this and i can confirm that we are tonight tabling a motion under the fixed term parliament. the uk's opposition leader

jeremy corbyn welcomed the prime minister's promise of a general election. but he had a caveat. there is no consent in this house to leave the eu without a deal. there is no majority for no deal in the country. as i have said before, if the prime minister has the confidence in his brexit policy, when he has one he can put forward, he should put it before the people ina public he should put it before the people in a public vote. and so he wants to table a motion for a general election, fine. get the billthrough first in order to prevent... in order to take no deal off the table. well earlier, christian fraser spoke to our political correspondent rob watson about today's events.

where does this leave us tonight? where does this leave us tonight? where does this leave us tonight? where does this leave brexit?” where does this leave us tonight? where does this leave brexit? i have two big political takeaway is. the first is that it was a momentous defeat for boris johnson because first is that it was a momentous defeat for borisjohnson because his main pledge when he became prime minister was that he will get the eu out, do —— uk out of the eu do or die. it is hard to see how he will do that. it also means an end to the brexit crisis is uncertain as ever. how do they get out of it? will there be a general election? under what conditions and when. momentous but in n many ways it left us as unclear and uncertain as before. but in n many ways it left us as unclear and uncertain as beforem you want to look at the theme throughout day, you had philip hammond this morning incandescent he was being threatened with expulsion, philip lee crossed the chamber and removed borisjohnson philip lee crossed the chamber and removed boris johnson ‘s philip lee crossed the chamber and removed borisjohnson ‘s slim majority. tonight the chief whip was

ringing around. it was a battle for the heart of the conservative party. absolutely. the second takeaway is that it absolutely. the second takeaway is thatitis absolutely. the second takeaway is that it is a partial revolution continues. in the conservative party you have people who were considered the absolute core, reasonable sensible establishment are now rebels and suspended including, for goodness sakes, the grandson of winston churchill, the legendary wartime leader. and really, in many ways you would say that this is a perfect storm for britain. by that i mean that not only do you have an astonishing challenge of exit, the biggest challenge the country has faced since 1945, you also have a divided country but you also have this. notjust in the conservative party but in the liberal party as well, the sense that the two main parties that control of them has

gone to people who, for decades, have been on the fringes of british politics. in the case of the conservative party, committed eurosceptic eggs and for the opposition, the labour party, people on the far left. these broad church parties have suddenly been scrambled by the quasi revolution of brexit and that is where we are. profound uncertainty. kasia will have more on brexit in a couple of minutes. first, let's take a look at some of the day's other news. hurricane dorian is now off the east coast of the united states, after remaining almost stationary over the bahamas for several days, causing widespread destruction. the national hurricane centre has warned of life—threatening storm surges hitting florida, georgia and the carolinas in the coming hours. we'll have more on how the us is preparing for the storm and i'll be speaking to a resident of the bahamas a little later in the programme.

also making news today: california officials have begun the process of identifying the victims of a boat fire that is suspected to have claimed 34 lives. santa barbara county sheriff said that dna samples would be required from the family of presumed victims to identify them. authorities have moved from sea rch—and—rescue operations to a recovery effort. only five people survived, all crew. police in south africa say five people have been killed in three days of xenophobic violence in johannesburg and other towns. dozens of people have been arrested. nigeria's president has sent a special envoy to urge south africa's government to ensure the safety of nigerian citizens, whose businesses have been targeted. mobile phone operators in bangladesh have started limiting services at rohingya camps

in the south—east of the country following a series of violent incidents. they say mobile internet services will be shut down every day for thirteen hours. a mural by the artist banksy has been stolen from outside a gallery in central paris. the artwork depicts a rat with a face mask holding a penknife. you can see it in this photo taken last year. and this is what's left at the scene — just a big hole in the sign that was used as a canvas. this is not the first time one of banksy‘s pieces has been stolen. another mural attributed to the artist was taken earlier this year, also in the french capital.

back to our top story, borisjohnson losing his first vote in the british house of commons. it means that mps will now decide whether to make a no deal brexit possible. they will spend wednesday discussing that and to discuss the events today we are joined by two guests. with me are dia chakravarty, the brexit editor at the daily telegraph, and anna isaac from the wall streetjournal. thank you forjoining me on this rather busy day. not surprising that the government lost this vote but the government lost this vote but the figures and the names when it comes to the conservative rebels who voted against their own party, that is surprising. a little bit. anna holds a different view to me on this but i was hearing that the government was expect in about 20 people, 20 tories to rebel and ultimately we saw 21 tories rebel. if you look at the names, it is astonishing because there are big names out there such as philip hammond, ken clarke who has been a pa rt hammond, ken clarke who has been a

part of the conservative fabric for a very long time, 20 years at least. not to mention winston churchill ‘s grandson! and that as well. absolutely. in terms of his profile from his family background. and those were also very much the names that we were hearing because that made the headlines. and therefore as journalists we are guilty about this and we talk about the names that grab attention. none of that really isa grab attention. none of that really is a surprise what now i think is going to happen and will be very difficult to work out how it will happen is what next to and i'm sure your viewers would be crying out for certainty for some time now. nothing is any clearer, unfortunately. that is any clearer, unfortunately. that is the bad news. what is clear is that the rebel conservative mps have lost their whip and are no longer conservative members. in terms of optics, how does that look? will it

look bad for the tory party? we are running out of room for people who are no longer part of a coherent party a ny are no longer part of a coherent party any longer and parliament. it is funny when you look at the traditional design where you have the left and the right thing opposite it other and now becomes brexit rebel brexit rebel, remain... it is hard to see how it fits into the old binary politics. and to have someone the old binary politics. and to have someone six weeks ago who was the chancellor of the uk, the second most important office in the country, and they are no longer a memberof the country, and they are no longer a member of the parliamentary party for whom he was serving in government, that is extraordinary. moving forward, when it comes to what happens on wednesday... in terms of the motion to potentially have a general election, what comes first? what is the priority? because the rebel alliance has control. as i understand it, they will take control of the parliamentary agenda from 3pm onwards. that says that the

government has to table this motion to ask permission to call a general election under the fixed term parliament at which means it needs to thirds of the commons to agree to call an election. the prime minister can no longer just call an election. the prime minister can no longerjust wake up one morning and call an election. so borisjohnson said today morning and call an election. so boris johnson said today that they are very much going to table that motion and they will want to put that forward in front of the commons tomorrow morning. it has to be before 3pm because afterwards the rebel alliance has control. it is not clear at all if he will be able to get that through because mr corbyn, jeremy corbyn, in response today said clearly that he would not allow for an election to happen until the no deal brexit bill is

actually going through parliament and no dealers of table. again, that means more uncertainty. wejust don't know what will happen until possibly this time tomorrow. jeremy corbyn wants dates. it is the ultimate thing. but when it comes to a general election he is in a difficult position because as the opposition he should call for one. it is in odd position that we had defined this evening in a little moment of clarity where jeremy corbyn did confirm that he would not be pushing for an election and nor would he support a government effort to push for an election until it was passed in more that are no deal brexit would be avoided on october 31. what becomes interesting is after that law is passed, then what does the future look like in terms of the course of events? because if borisjohnson fails to of the course of events? because if boris johnson fails to get the motion to try and call an election through parliament tomorrow, the

next time he tries to bring a vote on that issue he will not have the same requirements of him from a majority. he can just same requirements of him from a majority. he canjust have a simple majority. he canjust have a simple majority and he will not need to thirds parliamentary support. he just needs those first past the post level. and then we could see an election. but we need a date. thank you so much for you both for bringing us some clarity. there is much more on our website if you need more details. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: hurricane dorian moves slowly north—west over the bahamas, leaving devastation and flooding in its wake. we will have the latest from the region. she received a nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's 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 newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london.

our top stories: 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. protestors celebrated outside the commons as borisjohnson indicated the result makes a general election more likely. let's take a look at some of the papers from the uk as the fallout over brexit dominates the front pages. the times says the first significant vote under boris johnson as prime minister was an historic loss. the guardian makes for even more brutal reading. it says it was a humiliation made worse by tory rebels who turned against him. the paper says the vote means boris has lost control, but he is seeking to take control with a call for an election. and the daily telegraph pictures the debate before the government lost control of the house of commons by 328 votes to 321. it focuses on plans for an election which could decide who should

negotiate with the eu and enforce brexit by 31 october. and matt, the paper's cartoonist, has larry the cat and dilyn the dog outside number ten, with dilyn saying somebody has made a horrible mess, and i'm not clearing it up. hurricane dorian is now off the east coast of the united states, after having remained almost stationary over the bahamas for several days, causing devastation. thousands of homes have been destroyed, the country's prime minister warning that parts of the islands are facing a historic tragedy. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. it is staggering to think that this record—breaking hurricane has barely moved.

these videos were the last posted by a mother named gertha jospeh, as she sheltered with her baby at the very beginning of dorian's assault on the bahamas, and give a sense of the conditions under which people were trying to ride out the storm. the roof‘s shaking and the roofs leaking. so we just pray the roof don't come off, because that's all we have right now. we have nowhere else to go. young and old congregating in the sturdiest building around, though even that had sustained damage. when the power went down, the online posts stopped, and people have since faced long, terrifying hours of fierce winds, intense rainfall and massive ocean surges. we are in the midst of a historic tragedy in parts of northern bahamas. our mission and focus now is search, rescue and recovery. i ask for your prayers,

for those in the affected areas and for our first responders. because the hurricane is moving so slowly, it could still be a long time before help can get anywhere near the areas of grand bahama that have been affected. there are fears many may not have survived the night. for more on this, i am joined now by kristoff strawn, a student who lives in the city of freeport. it has been pretty windy here today, we have had some rain, some pretty squally rain at times here today. as you say it is still south of where we are, sort of 50, 100 miles offshore. we are expecting it to hit dayto na offshore. we are expecting it to hit daytona beach perhaps late morning, around lunchtime tomorrow. but it will still be mainly offshore in terms of those hurricane force winds. there is of course concerned

about storm surge, potentially 3— five feet along the coast. and also rainfall, 3— six inches potentially. there are still evacuation orders in place, of course, in a lot of the coastal counties and some curfew still in place. most people have heeded those, by the look of it, although the place is not deserted, by any means. a lot of boarded—up businesses and houses, to be sure, but there are still people out and about on the roads and there are still some stalls open stop the president hasjust said still some stalls open stop the president has just said that he thinks that florida will escape the worst of it, but we should still be on our guard worst of it, but we should still be on ourguard in worst of it, but we should still be on our guard in this part of the world, he says, and he is also, laura, offering a lot of support, he says, to the people of the bahamas, the pentagon today offering things like helicopters, boats, help like that. when that government down there gets a chance to move in and do some of the rescue work, there will be a huge task in places like grand bahama.

scientists are warning that the massive ice sheet covering greenland may have melted by a record amount this year. in this special report, our science editor david shukman returns to one of greenland's fastest—shrinking glaciers, which he first visited 15 years ago. a barren and hostile landscape that is melting and breaking apart. the deep cracks are where future icebergs are born. soon they will add to the level of the ocean. we try to get a closer look. the surface looks like something from the moon, a dirty grey and black, with dust and pollution and with microscopic algae. they all make the glacier darker, which means it melts faster, and i've seen that for myself. back in 2004, i came to this same spot. the glacier towered above me.

archive: this massive wall of ice behind me... since we last filmed here, the region has been warming twice as fast as the global average, and the effect on the glacier is startling. back in 2004, it would have been 100 metres thicker than it is now. that's like having a 30—storey building sitting on top. it's alljust going, at an incredible speed. the dashed line is average melts over the last ten years. scientistjason box has tracked how the glacier has been shrinking. and the red line is this year. you can see that we are below average. in fact, its record melt at this location. and all the ice here, he says, is now at risk because of the way the temperature has risen. already, effectively, that's a death sentence for the greenland ice sheet. because also, going forward in time, we're expecting

temperatures only to climb. so we're losing greenland, it's really a question of how fast. it's been amazing to see what's happened to this place, and it begs the question about what's going to happen to the glacier and so many others in the next 15 years, and what that means for sea levels right around the world. there are years when the ice that greenland sheds into the ocean is balanced by snow falling in winter. but that is becoming rare these days, and the message from researchers to millions of people living on coastlines is to be prepared for the seas to rise. david shukman, bbc news, in greenland. you have been watching newsday. stay with us, because coming up, wework is going public.

we will be speaking to the head of its indian company ahead of wework‘s stock market debut later this year. and before we go, we would like to leave you with these aerial pictures of central london, taken as mps in westminster were debating the motion to take control of parliament business. there were protesters outside the houses of parliament, both pro and anti—brexit, and emotions were running high. inside, there was that historic defeat for boris johnson, who suffered a major defeat, conservative party rebels joining forces with opposition members to seize control of commons business,

to introduce legislation to prevent resin leaving without a deal at the end of october. while that was going on inside the houses of parliament, these were the protests on both sides outside. hello there. this week? weather is looking fairly benign. that's because we've got atlantic influence, so a mix of conditions. a bit of sunshine, some cloud. generally temperatures around the seasonal average or a little bit below. and in fact, wednesday looks like one of those ways where the temperatures will be below average. and it will be windy as well so that will make you feel even cooler. and the reason is because we but this area of low pressure moving down from the north—west around our area of high pressure. two weather fronts on it, one bringing rain in the south—east, this next one bringing plenty of showers to scotland and northern ireland through the day. but that range should clear away from the south—east through the morning. skies will brighten up the winds will pick up from the north—westerly, bringing plenty of showers into the northern half of the country. some of these could be quite heavy, and those when gusts,

30,40, quite heavy, and those when gusts, 30, 40, maybe 50 quite heavy, and those when gusts, 30,40, maybe 50 mph, quite heavy, and those when gusts, 30, 40, maybe 50 mph, could even be stronger in exposure. so it will feel cooler. 10— 13 degrees in the north, 17—19 across the south—east. as we go through wednesday night, it stays blustery. looks like the showers continue on for awhile, and then most of them clear away. but more return to the north and west of the country, and it's to going be another cool night. in fact, temperatures in single digits. even towns and cities across northern areas just about making double figures the south. so we've still got a figures the south. so we've still gota similar figures the south. so we've still got a similar pressure pattern, with high pressure in across the south—west. this area of low pressure will bring some wetter weather and also some cooler weather as we reach friday. but for thursday, we are in between systems. we will see a few showers across northern and western areas, and actually slightly milder air moving in behind this line of showers. so we could see15— in behind this line of showers. so we could see 15— 16 degrees in the north. further south, variable cloud, some sunny spells, just one or two showers. again the mid to high teens celsius. that area of low

pressure i showed you moves in for friday, things quite a bit of cloud, outbreaks of rain. this is a cold front moving southwards, and that again will introduce cooler north—westerly. so the temperatures will be down again on friday. 13— around 15 or 16 in the north, at 17 or 18 across the south—east. that front clears through. high—pressure wa nts to front clears through. high—pressure wants to build back in as we head into the start of the weekend. that will introduce something a little bit milder once again, and the winds should be a bit lighter. so fairly breezy across the east coast for a while. but high—pressure will bring lighter winds, increasing chance of sunshine around. so that will feel a little bit warmer, i think, for the start of the weekend, with the mid—teens in the north. 19, maybe 20 degrees across the south—east. and we hold onto this fairly benign pattern through the weekend and into next week, with atlantic air moving in on next week, with atlantic air moving inona next week, with atlantic air moving in on a westerly.

i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story.

opposition and rebel conservative mps in britain have dealt a major blow to prime minister boris johnson's brexit plans. mps have voted to seize control of parliament's agenda, to allow them to pass legislation that would block a no—deal brexit. weather forecasters in the united states monitoring the progress of hurricane dorian are warning of serious storm surges hitting the coast of florida, georgia and the carolinas in the coming hours. and this video is trending on bbc.com: scientists are warning that the massive ice sheet covering greenland may have melted by a record amount this year. researchers are warning people living in costal areas to be prepared for rising sea levels. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, stephen sackur speaks

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