welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golsetani. our top stories: a major defeat for britain's prime minister as mp5 try to block a no—deal brexit. parliament is on the brink of wrecking any deal that we might be able to strike in brussels. because tomorrow's bill would hand control of the negotiations to the eu. there is no consent within this house to live the european union without a 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.

in other news: hurricane dorian devastates parts of the bahamas — the country's prime minister calls it an "historic tragedy." and scientists warn that the massive ice sheet covering greenland may have melted by a record amount this year. borisjohnson has suffered a heavy defeat in his first house of commons vote as british prime minister. mps approved a motion to take control of parliamentary time to try to block a no—deal brexit by 328—301, a majority of 27. mrjohnson immediately confirmed that he would push for an early general election, something opposition parties say they would not support. 21 conservatives who rebelled

against the government are facing expulsion from the party, including a number of former cabinet ministers. gareth barlow has the latest. earlier they would have heard...m was a day of an important last chance for opponents of no deal. stopping the government leaving the eu without a deal. outside parliament, protesters made their voices heard. stop the coup! inside parliament, the government continued its approach. this government is absolutely committed to delivering brexit on the 31st of october. we must deliver the largest democratic mandate in the nation's history. but critics, some from within the government's own party were less than impressed with the prime minister balls determination to live in october the 31st with or without a deal. the prime minister is much

in the position of someone standing on one side of a canyon, shouting to people on the other side of the ca nyon people on the other side of the canyon that if they do not do as he wishes, he will throw himself into the abyss. there were moments of drama when a conservative mp defected unless government without a majority. and, as the debate ran on, there were moments to find old. the leader of the house has been splayed across three seeds, laying out as if that was something very boring for him to listen to tonight ——. that was something very boring for him to listen to tonight --. and then the moment that some had been waiting for, the government had been defeated. the ayes 328, the noes to the left, 301, so the ayes have it at the ayes habit. in response, the

prime minister sacked mps who voted against him and declared the government was ready to call for a general election. and if mps vote tomorrow to stop negotiations and to compel another pointless delay to brexit, potentially four years, then that would be the only way to resolve this. opposition party is aware of the general election, but they now have the power to take control of parliament on wednesday, and potentially cause the prime minister to ask the eu for an extension to negotiations. in the 19605, extension to negotiations. in the 1960s, the then british prime minister, harold wilson, declared a week is a long time in politics. today, in 2019, there's another long day ahead. gareth barlow, bbc news. christian fraser has been following events at westminster, he spoke to our political correspondent rob watson. where does this leave us tonight? where does this leave us tonight? where does this leave us tonight? where does that leave brexit? i have two big takeaway is this, to big

political segways. this is a big defeat for boris johnson, his political segways. this is a big defeat for borisjohnson, his main pledge was i'm going to get britain out of the eu, do or die —— two big medical pledges. i think it also means that an end to the brexit crisis is uncertain as ever, i mean, how do they get out? will there be a general election? if so, underwhat conditions? so momentous, but in many ways left us all as unclear and as uncertain as before. if you were to talk about the themes of the day, you had philip hammond this morning incandescence that he was being threatened expulsion from the party, philip lead crossing the chamber, removing borisjohnson please —— boris johnson's removing borisjohnson please —— borisjohnson's majority, this was a battle today for the very heart of the conservative party. absolutely. the uncertainty about brexit first,

the second, the quasi— revolution in british politics caused by brexit continuing. and in the conservative party, you have people until re ce ntly party, you have people until recently considered the absolute sort of poor, the reasonable, sensible establishment of the conservative party, now rebel suspended including, goodness sake! winston churchill, a grandson of winston churchill, a grandson of winston churchill, a grandson of winston churchill, the legendary wartime leader. and really, in many ways you would save this is sort of a perfect storm for britain, what i mean by that? not only do you have this astonishing challenge of brexit, the biggest peacetime challenge the country has ever faced since1945, extricating challenge the country has ever faced since 1945, extricating itself from since1945, extricating itself from the european union, you have a divided country but you also have this, notjust in the conservative party, but in the main opposition labor party, the sense that the two main parties — control of them has gone to people who, for actually decades have been on the fringes of british politics. in the case of the

conservative party, committed euro sceptics and in the case of the opposition labour party, people on the far left, this sort of broad church party has been scrambled by the quasi— revolutionary action of brexit and that is where we are, profound uncertainty. so that was robert watson speaking to christian fraser earlier. so what could the vote mean for the uk's planned departure from the eu? our deputy political editor, john pienaar has been looking at the possible implications. people often see parliament as the place our politicians play political games. well, forget that. tonight, tomorrow, it's a fight that'll will shape british politics and all our future for years, maybe generations. a battle between parties, within parties, and no neutrals. not even the speaker, john bercow, who's made it his mission to see the commons, not just the government, has a say and get its way, even if that means rewriting the rules that he's

there to referee. so tonight's big vote is about giving mps, and later peers, the chance to pass a law to block a no—deal brexit and force borisjohnson's government to seek and accept another delay to brexit, past october the 31st, maybe until next january. he's warned conservatives who rebel and vote for that that they'd be kicked out of the parliamentary party, banned from standing as tory candidates. a purge is what it's being called, and the pm's counter move? the huge gamble of trying to call a snap election maybe as soon as october the 14th, on a choice he believes he'd win — for brexit, with or without an eu deal, or against. but would the commons allow a snap election on borisjohnson's terms? could mps stop it happening? because many would try. well, a lot depends onjeremy corbyn. he's been saying almost daily, "bring on the election." but many on labour's side have been

insisting that stopping a no—deal brexit must come first, before an election, before a new referendum that some of them want. but either way, it takes two thirds of the commons, 434 mps, to agree an early election. mr corbyn's opposition could stop it going ahead, unless the government finds another way. so, what about the eu? what'll they make of it? well, the next eu leaders' summit is on october the 17th. who'd be there for britain if a snap election comes first? a labour pm offering another referendum, or a re—elected tory with a new mandate, wanting a better deal or to leave without one? if there's no election, well, there's still no clear sign of eu leaders like president macron of france or angela merkel of germany dropping their demand that the eu single market must be protected, as they see it, after brexit. the prime minister's been described as bringing new focus,

new determination to brexit. hard to disagree with that. though he's also accelerated britain's journey towards new risks — critics say new dangers — and whatever happens, towards political splits and public recriminations of a kind that no—one has seen before. so what's been the reaction in europe to the events at westminster parliament? our europe editor, katya adler is in brussels. i've been speaking to you diplomats tonight, i mean, the reactions of the government doing defeated, the idea of banning a no—deal brexit is sort of bittersweet for the eu —— being defeated, because you can't really ban a no—deal brexit. the a nyway to really ban a no—deal brexit. the anyway to avoid a no—deal brexit is to make a deal with the european union, and if we think back when in the brexit negotiations when theresa may was by minister, there was a point where the eu was really begging, crossing its fingers, praying for parliament to take control over the brexit process. actually, what parliament showed itself to be very good at is deciding what it didn't want to

brexit, not uniting around what it did. and when the eu looks at the so—called rebel alliance now we can see yes, they are united about wanting to avoid a no—deal brexit, they are very divided about what kind of brexit, if any, they do want. so you see here in the eu the feeling that a general election or another brexit extension, they've been around this before and they will hear the prime minister denied saying he's going to come to brussels now in mid—october at the eu leaders who posit summit and get a new deal. but the european commission today was very clear and scathing about the prime minister's as those in that negotiations with the eu are going swimmingly. their main reaction is to say that more or less, they are going to republish their no—deal brexit and is. this is a message for borisjohnson to say yes, we know you want to avoid a new deal, but we won't avoid it at any cost. were not scared, we think they're prepared cost. were not scared, we think they‘ re prepared and cost. were not scared, we think they're prepared and the eu may be not as good a wordsmith is the prime

minister sometimes is, that is the blocks away of trying to say bring it on. that was katya adler, initiating our coverage of brexit for the moment. after battering the bahamas, hurricane dorian is now heading for the florida coast. at least seven people have been killed in the bahamas but the full scale of the disaster is still unknown. dorian fell in strength on tuesday to category 2, but the north—west islands continue to endure heavy rain, high winds and storm surges. for more on this now i'm joined by stephen mcandrew who is in panama for the international red cross, he has recovery teams working in the bahamas. what are your teams telling you? what are your teams telling you? what they are telling us is that the —as we what they are telling us is that the — as we sing with us as we get reports into note that the winds are still affecting northern grand bahama island and a sort of still feeling the effects of dorian tonight, including heavy rains continuing throughout grand bahama.

what does this mean for the work they are trying to do? this means we are still in a bit of a waiting mode and so we can get some clear access into the affected areas. so we've had in the last couple of hours, the first aerial assessments, right before sunset, at grand abaco island, but we still aren't able to get any kind of aerial or visual assessments from the grand bahama island. so it means we are still counting on our red cross volunteers who are in the eyes that we had volu nteers who are in the eyes that we had volunteers on the ground for the storm hit —— in the sites. and we've pre— position some emergency teams throughout the bahamas before the storm hit. we are relying on them to do what they were trained and equipped to do, and will know by tomorrow around sunset and throughout — excuse me tomorrow at dawn and daybreak, our teams will

start to mobilise more and we will get more information and get into action. we'll get into work here. what will be their priority on the ground? our priority will be first of all the basics. we know that people need food, water and shelter. and just the storage and treatment and transport of water itself will bea and transport of water itself will be a big issue. so, a lot of our emergency relief supplies are based on those basic needs and they are the focus for that. so we have pre— position water containers, personal water containers, we have water purification units. a lot of this will also look at the health needs, there will be first aid volunteers, they would be out as soon as they can, providing first aid to people in shelters and anywhere else they find them on the island. another big component of this is real get in assessments and find out how big an extensive the damages — and through

that information we are already mobilising our global emergency network —— we will get in assessments. so we network —— we will get in assessments. so we have a network —— we will get in assessments. so we have a lot of support coming in, including from reddish red cross and other red cross members throughout the region. —— british red cross, we have a cargo flight already being loaded and is in the airport opens we will send more supplies in. we are ready to go and we are counting on our people on the ground who are already deployed and our community volunteers. we are relying on them to do what they have been trained to do and we know they are out there doing it. communications are starting to trickle in and we are starting to trickle in and we are starting to trickle in and we are starting to get some reports, and the red cross is going to be there for during and after this hurricane and many others to come. eight ok, stephen mcandrew, we really appreciate you taking the time out from your efforts to speak to us, thank you very much, stephen mcandrew there from the red cross.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we return to one of greenland's fastest—shrinking glaciers to see how rising temperatures have seen the massive ice sheet melt by a record amount. she received a nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in 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 bbc news. our main story this hour: opposition and rebel conservative mps in britain deal a major blow to the prime minister, borisjohnson. they will now be able to try and block a no—deal brexit. un investigators say serious human rights violations are being committed with impunity by all sides in yemen's brutal conflict. experts said they identified individuals who may be responsible for international crimes and provided the confidential list

to the un rights chief, michelle bachelet. they also said the united states, britain and france could be complicit in war crimes by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to the saudi—led coalition. sarah leah whitson is the executive director the middle east division of human rights watch and she joins us now from new york. first of all, what is your reaction to what you and investigators are saying? i think there is nothing quite surprising in terms of their actual findings quite surprising in terms of their actualfindings and quite surprising in terms of their actual findings and very serious violations of international law, war crimes in terms of the manner in which this war has been fought. what i think is surprising is the panel of experts decision to actually list 160 names and annexed them in court, a senior government official of all

of them, including saudi arabia, the uae, the yemeni government as well as some of the other armed groups involved, and we know that from that list of 164 names, they submitted a secret list of those they believe to be most complicit in the abuses. so basically we know that those who the un is now identifying as doing war crimes, among those in the list directly included in that report. that is not typical for a directly included in that report. that is not typicalfor a un report. as you say, that list is secret. what nationalities would you expect to see among there and what roles would they have been carrying out? we know exactly what the nationalities are and who is on the list of 164 in the appendix attached and their names, and they are all government officials, military officials from saudi arabia, uae, the yemeni government, the southern

forces as well as some armed groups aligned with the uae and the south. i assume the vast majority if not all of these are yemeni and saudi and emirati nationals, but it may well be that in this so—called secret list that has been submitted there are other nationals from the militaries of these countries, in the case of uae may include british 01’ the case of uae may include british or australian nationals. i doubt that, having seen the list attached, as far as that, having seen the list attached, as farasi that, having seen the list attached, as far as i can see only names that appear to be emirati or saudi or yemeni, but we don't know for sure. if we turn to something else that the report said, that the united states, written and france could be complicit in war crimes. that is an incredibly strong statement, isn't it? it is a statement that we are

human rights watch have been making for the past five years and repeatedly warned the united states in particular that because it is in conflict, because it does more than just providing arms to saudi arabia and the uae, but also providing military assistance by way of targeting assistance, refuelling support and other intelligence gathering, that they are actually, by law, complicit in this coalition. we have to leave it there, but thank you very much forjoining us. let's get some of the day's other news. the us coast guard says none of the 34 passengers survived a fire that sunk a dive boat off california's santa cruz island. all but one of the six crew managed to escape byjumping off the vessel. members of italy's populist five star movement have overwhelmingly approved the formation of a coalition government with the centre—left democratic party. the leader of five star, luigi di maio, said it signalled

that the political crisis caused by the collapse of his party's previous coalition was now over. 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. the american supermarket chain walmart is to stop selling ammunition for handguns and some assault rifles. it's already ended its sales of assault rifles and raised the age for gun purchases to 21. walmart is the largest weapons retailer in the us. scientists are warning that the massive ice sheet covering greenland may have melted by a record amount this year due to rising temperatures. in the last year alone, it may have lost enough ice to raise

the average sea level around the globe by more than a millimetre. 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 the average melt of the last ten years. scientist jason 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, it's 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. prince harry has defended his use of private jets, saying he needs to ensure that his family is safe. the duke of sussex and his wife, meghan, have faced criticism after newspapers claimed they flew privately four times in 11 days over the summer. the prince was speaking in amsterdam at the launch of a new global project to encourage the tourism industry to become more sustainable.

that is the way it is looking. plenty more on our website. for now, thank you for watching. hello there. this week's weather is looking fairly benign. that's because we've got atlantic influence, so a mixture 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 days where the temperatures will be below average, and it'll be windy, as well, so that'll make it feel even cooler. and the reason is because we've got 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 rain should clear away from the south—east through the morning. skies will brighten up, but the winds will pick up from a north—westerly, bringing plenty of showers. in the northern half of the country, some of these could be quite heavy, and those wind gusts, 30, 40, maybe 50 mph, could even be stronger in exposure. so it'll feel cooler —

10—13 degrees in the north, 17—19 across the south—east. as we head through wednesday night, it stays blustery. looks like those showers continue on for awhile, and then most of them clear away. but more return to the north and the west of the country, and it's going to be another cool night. in fact, temperatures in single digits even in towns and cities across northern areas, just about making double figures in 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're in between the systems. we'll see a few showers across northern and western areas, and actually, slightly milder air moving 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, brings quite a bit of cloud, outbreaks of rain.

this is a cold front moving southwards, and that again will introduce cooler north—westerlies, so the temperatures will be down again on friday. 13 to around 15 or 16 in the north, 17 or 18 across the south—east. that front clears through. high pressure wants to build back in as we head into the start of the weekend. that'll 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 that high pressure will bring lighter winds, increasing chance of sunshine around. so that'll 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 a westerly.

this is bbc news. the headlines: opposition and rebel conservative mps in britain have dealt a major blow to prime minister borisjohnson. a majority voted to seize control of parliament's agenda to allow them to pass legislation that would block a no—deal brexit. protestors celebrated outside the commons. borisjohnson says he'll now push for a general election, something opposition parties say they would not support. at least seven people have been killed in the bahamas as hurricane dorian leaves a trail of destruction. but the full scale of the disaster is still unknown. weather forecasters in the united states are warning of serious storm surges hitting the coast of florida, georgia and the carolinas in the coming hours.