reminder of what has but firstly a reminder of what has been an historic day in parliament. borisjohnson been an historic day in parliament. boris johnson suffering been an historic day in parliament. borisjohnson suffering two major setbacks today for his brexit strategy. early this evening a cross— party strategy. early this evening a cross—party group of mps was successful in passing a bill to prevent a no—deal brexit. the bill is going to the house of lords and would force the prime minister to do something he has repeatedly ruled out, asking the eu for another brexit delay unless a deal is secured. the prime minister's response was to call for a general election with the date of october the 15th but he failed to get sufficient support for that when mps voted in the last hour or so. laura kuenssberg has his report. the prime minister is demanding a new election but he says he doesn't wa nt new election but he says he doesn't want one. the other parties say that

they do but they may stand in his way. it won't be settled until the commons closes the door the possibility that boris johnson could ta ke possibility that boris johnson could take us out of the eu next month without a deal. if he gets his way this firstjoust of shouting in prime ministers questions may be his last. can he confirm that he will allow the people of the country to decide on what he is giving up in their name with a general election on october the 15th, or is he frit? there's only one fluorinated chicken i can see and he is on that bench. he is desperate to avoid scrutiny. the riposte, read his lips," you're a big girls blouse." in his third day

in office, after five questions from me we haven't had an answer to any of them. that might entertain some but borisjohnson of them. that might entertain some but boris johnson is of them. that might entertain some but borisjohnson is a leader that repels as well as attracts. a labour mp demanding an apology that never came for a controversial column he wrote a year ago. those of us who from a young age have had to endure and face up to being called names such as taliban, we can appreciate well the hurt and pain felt by already vulnerable muslim women when they are described as looking like bank robbers and letterboxes. the tory benches stood mute as the applause went on, many shocked by the fate of some colleagues, kicked out of the party last night after voting against the prime minister. out of the party last night after voting against the prime ministerlj had voting against the prime minister.” had phone calls from people saying you are doing the right things. and milton and 20 others was thrown out

of the tory party for voting against the prime minister. i voted against the prime minister. i voted against the government whip for the first time after a0 members as being an mp. did you receive a call to tell you that they were doing what they threaten to do? yes, i had a conversation with the chief whip who made it clear that's what's going to happen. ifeel sad made it clear that's what's going to happen. i feel sad it made it clear that's what's going to happen. ifeel sad it has come made it clear that's what's going to happen. i feel sad it has come to this but i woke up this morning and i knew i'd done the right thing. she, likea i knew i'd done the right thing. she, like a slim majority of mps, believe leaving the eu without a deal could be a disaster and are intent on changing the law to remove that chance. they crowded into the voting lobbies, disbelieving,... the ayes to the right, 327. the noes to the left, 299. they were successful at this stage, voting to prevent the prime minister taking us out of the

eu in october if no deal is in place. now it is up to the house of lords, though. preparing to bed down, to talk and talk until it is done, racing against the deadline until parliament sucks next week. a group ofanti—no until parliament sucks next week. a group of anti—no deal mps led by the man who was chancellor a few weeks ago marched themselves to the lords as if to make sure they do their business. the chances of this block failing, tonight peeping in at the edge of the lords, seems slim. so the battle inside may soon be outside if and when a general election is called. there's so much voter apathy. it feels like the country is split down the middle.

you'd think it couldn't get any more peculiar and strange. this is the first official request. there must be an election on tuesday the 15th of october, and i invite the honourable gentleman to respond to decide which of us goes as prime minister to that crucial council. labour says not yet. not until the anti—no deal plan becomes law but that will be in a few days. i look forward to the day his government and his party and all the austerity and misery they have heaped on this country are turfed out of office. it is a cynical movement from a cynical prime minister. if he wants an election, extend article 50 for the purpose of having a general election and bring it on. once a no deal has been blocked, mps across this house on has a tremendous skill of keeping a straight face whilst being so disingenuous. if the right honourable gentleman who leads the labour party right now when it came, the decision

was against number ten. i do think the prime minister, with the greatest respect, has a tremendous skill of keeping a straight face whilst being so disingenuous. if the right honourable gentleman who leads the labour party right now genuinely believes in democracy, put up or shut up. when it came, the decision was against number ten. labour abstained. the ayes to the right, 298. the noes to the left, 56. confident in the bunker, it is not no for good, it is no, not yet.

i look ahead to the newspapers with katie balls and lance price. a handful of the papers are in. but they're dominated by one story. the metro's coverage of borisjohnson's plight seems to be summed up in its front page photo of an exasperated prime minister. the paper points out that he's lost his first three votes as prime minister; mps have backed a delay to take a no—deal brexit off the table, and he's failed in a bid to call an october general election. there's a similar take in the guardian — captured in its headline: "cornered johnson suffers triple commons defeat". the daily telegraph reports mrjohnson's claims that the labour leader,

jeremy corbyn, is "chicken" for refusing to end the brexit deadlock by wanting a general election. he actually said fluorinated chicken. and finally, the ft has a picture of the sacked conservative, now independent mp, sir nicholas soames, pouring scorn on borisjohnson's government in a commons debate tonight. starting with the guardian, cornered johnson suffering a triple commons defeat. do you think it's his fault? has he been too cavalier? when boris johnson became the leader of the party there was a small working majority. it went down to one in the brecon and radnorshire by—election. now it is —a3. brecon and radnorshire by—election. now it is -43. i think for that reason there has been a sense in government that you are heading for an early election and borisjohnson,

his focus has always been on defining themselves on what they are about rather than trying to get mps that they could never really convinced of their brexit plans. i don't think it's gone well in terms of commons votes but i don't think it has been his focus. he has lost three government votes. he is making history. the thing we have to find out, perhaps in a month or so, is he going to make history as the shortest serving prime minister? if we have an election as he is trying to do and he loses it, that's what he'll go down as. let's come onto the question of when the election is going to happen. the daily telegraph, hypocrite corbyn rejection election —— rejecting election. borisjohnson rejection election —— rejecting election. boris johnson taunting jeremy corbyn in the commons, saying he is the first leader of an opposition not wanting an election

and voting against a vote of governments in the government. extraordinary situation forjeremy corbyn who, pretty much every day since the last election, has been calling for another one but now he says he doesn't want one just yet. i think it was pretty obviously a ploy to try and force jeremy corbyn into an election which clearly wouldn't have had the effect of taking no deal off the table, so it was very much within boris johnson... deal off the table, so it was very much within borisjohnson... jeremy corbyn realised he was going to take the risk of a little bit of taunting and embarrassment anti—milly asian but when the election comes, as it will before too long, all that will be forgotten and it will be a choice between which of the menu wants to between which of the menu wants to be prime minister, as borisjohnson said in the commerce today, which of

those men do you want to go to europe to carry on negotiations, if there are to be negotiations. the election is a case of when, rather than air. it's possible we will have one in october. we've seen boris johnson's first attempt failed under the fixed—term parliaments act. there are a couple of options he can try. one option he can try is the one line bill saying, notwithstanding the fixed—term parliaments act, where he only needs a majority of mps. a simple majority. will he get that? tonight he needed to thirds and failed. the snp, nicola sturgeon signalling that they would be in favour of an early election, the sooner they can get the tories out, the better. there is a sense that labour could change their position. some dispute about whether this bill to legislate against no deal gets royal assent, will they then get behind an

election, or do they want to make borisjohnson election, or do they want to make boris johnson stay election, or do they want to make borisjohnson stay in parliament until it is enacted? even if they do that, borisjohnson has some far out options, but we are in the world of people doing not what you'd expect. if borisjohnson was people doing not what you'd expect. if boris johnson was forced people doing not what you'd expect. if borisjohnson was forced by parliament to stay until the 1st of november and request an extension, she has a few options. he could resign, something he could do, and say that he's not doing this, someone else can try. potentially he could call a confidence vote in his own government. a vote of confidence in himself! another avenue, so you can't rule out an october election. let's discuss the apparent split in the labour party about the timing of the labour party about the timing of the election. the corbyn and the leadership on one side and keir starmer on the other. this article

is highlighting the division, which is highlighting the division, which is quite interesting. the daily telegraph are trying to make it all about corbyn, and this article does that, suggesting that actually keir starmer, part of the leadership after all, and is the principal spokesman on brexit, is positioning himself to be a more credible leader of the labour party. there is no doubt there is an argument going on, a debate going on in the labour leadership about what the tactics should be, and different signals coming out. corbyn suggesting that when the bill gets royal assent, when the bill gets royal assent, when it becomes law, which could be on monday, that he would be prepared to say yes to an election, meaning an election could happen on boris johnson's timetable. keir starmer and said no, we want the bill to

become law but also implemented, saying he wants to see boris johnson, humiliated, going to brussels and asking for that extension and having it only then. it doesn't make much difference. if there were to be an election and borisjohnson wins, he can do there were to be an election and boris johnson wins, he can do what he likes, he can change the law again, overturning any decision made by this parliament. if there is no election until november, the argument would be that he had failed in his principalaim argument would be that he had failed in his principal aim of trying to get us out, do or die, by october the 31st. absolutely, there's an argument that the longer he stays in place the weaker he looks. before parliament came back he was looking like a strong leader, he hadn't put a foot wrong in his own strategy, and things were going well for him. if he has to stay in office and faces humiliation after humiliation,

that certainly tarnishes his credibility. ultimately the choice is between, as he has said, between him and... when we come to the choice, we highlighted sajid javid ditching austerity. in the election campaign, is that going to be key, that the tories are trying to shed the mantle of being an austerity party, and takes away from labour one of their key allegations against the government. potentially, there was a time when the spending review would be on the front page of most papers but that hasn't happened tonight because we have such big events overtaking it. sajid javid, there's a spending splurge, by conservative standards. the areas it is going, it is areas where the tories want to focus on an election, where they are vulnerable. in the snap election, mps felt they were

punished by not funding certain things enough, the nhs, law and order. i think there is i hope that they will win seats in the midlands, in the north, areas that voted heavily to leave. areas that traditionally voted labour, some seats that have never turned blue. we are out of time for now but we will talk about the papers later. we'll be back at 11:30pm for another look at the papers. we'll have more on our top story at

11pm. wednesday was a very blustery day up and down the country, especially the north and west my gusts up to 60 mph and feeling quite chilly. today is looking better because pressure coming in from the atlantic, so fewer showers and less windy. that's the low on wednesday, quite breezy in northern and eastern areas, high—pressure coming in. warmer fronts in scotland and northern ireland, introducing more cloud, outbreaks of rain fizzling out as it moves outbreaks of rain fizzling out as it m oves a cross outbreaks of rain fizzling out as it moves across the rest of scotland. plenty of sunshine around. it will introduce something less cold over the north and west as it is a warm front. 15—17 here, 19 or 20 across the south—east. thursday night, dry

with clear skies for england and wales. a weather system introducing a band of rain, as low pressure pushes to the north of scotland. temperatures on friday, 9—12. low pressure to the north of scotland, a windy day, the isobars are closer together. a rather cloudy day for england and wales. outbreaks of rain. rain confined to the south of england by the end of the day. plenty of sunshine behind. blustery showers to the north—west, the odd heavy one. feeling cooler. a cold front, 1a—18 degrees. that clearing through and then high—pressure building for the weekend. looks like the high pressure will be with us on saturday and sunday. there could be

quite a bit of sunshine around but the knights will be chilly. windy down the east coast of the country. variable cloud. temperatures a bit below the seasonal norm, so a cold start on saturday. a cold start on saturday. high—pressure with us. mostly dry on sunday, variable cloud, light wind and temperatures 15-17 in cloud, light wind and temperatures 15—17 in the north, 18 or 19 in the south.

you're watching a bbc news special. i'm christian fraser, live at westminster, where the prime minister's call for a general election is rejected as mps support a bill to block a no—deal brexit. the ayes to the right, 329. the noes to the left, 300. the bill would force borisjohnson to ask the eu for another brexit delay. he says the only answer is to hold an early general election. mr speaker, it is completely impossible for government to function if the house of commons refuses to pass anything that the government proposes. and, in my view and the view of this government, there must now be an election.