a major blow for the prime minister — his own brother quits the government and politics, as the brexit crisis intensifies. jojohnson resigns as a minister and says he won't stand as an mp at the next election — because he has been torn between family loyalty and the national interest. he's been a fantastic minister for science, for the universities, and i think that, you know, we certainly haven't seen eye to eye for a long time about the uk and the european union. you should be in brussels negotiating! on a visit to west yorkshire today, the prime minister repeated his call for an election, and said he'd rather be dead in a ditch than ask for another extension to brexit. also tonight...

70,000 people need urgent help in the bahamas. hurricane dorian has cut across the islands. after a teenager dies following surgery at great 0rmond street the coroner criticises the hospital's after—care. developers and conservationists do battle over america's biggest national forest. and double trouble for england, as australia's steve smith scores 211 in the fourth ashes test. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... northern ireland warm up for their euro qualifier with some friendly help from luxembourg. it's an own goal!

good evening. the prime minister's brother has dealt him a severe blow by announcing he's quitting politics, saying he's torn between family loyalty and the national interest. jojohnson, who voted remain, has resigned as a government minister, and will also step down as an mp. after losing a series of crucial votes in the commons over the past 48 hours, borisjohnson was in wakefield this afternoon, where he again pledged to leave the eu on 31st october. he said he would rather "be dead in a ditch" than ask for another extension. mps will be asked to vote again on monday on an early general election. labour says it wants to rule out a no—deal brexit first. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. you should be in brussels, negotiating! yes, we have been negotiating. you are not — you are in morley, in leeds! he attracts trouble. moments after he arrived in this yorkshire high street, the prime minister taken to task. you're playing games.

what i think people want us to do is to leave the european union on october the 31st. well, we all know that. that's fantastic, that's what we are going to do. borisjohnson divides. he's been speaking for the last... searching for support in the crowd that fast emerged. do you think we should we get out on october 31st? crowd cheers. butjust weeks into his time in office he's been defeated in parliament, thrown out some of his mps. even his brother quit as a minister in government — to spend less time with his family. it's been an honour to be mp for orpington and a minister under three governments, but it's time to move on and i've got to get to work. not much more work as an mp now. jojohnson was on a completely different side in the brexit argument, but had resolved to work for his brother in government. not any more. citing concerns over the prime minister's approach, he wrote on twitter, in recent weeks i've been torn between family loyalty and the national interest. it's an unresolvable tension. time for others to take on my roles as mp and minister. over and out.

your brother has quit this afternoon, saying you are not acting in the national interest. what do you say that? you must be concerned? i want to thankjo for everything he's done. he's been a fantastic minister for science and for universities. i think that, you know, we certainly haven't seen eye to eye for a long time about the uk and the european union, but on a huge domestic agenda i think he's done a fantasticjob. of course i'm very sad to see the loss ofjo and indeed of people who have lost the whip in the last few days. but that was your decision. you might be acting ruthlessly, but for some people it's reckless. well, i think what people want to see is us getting on and delivering brexit — and that's what we are going to do. it's very, very important to get it done. you're stuck, aren't you? because parliament won't allow you to leave without a deal, they won't right now allow you to get the election that

you so desire — you're stuck. well, i have to say i think it's absolutely unbelievable that the leader of the opposition is currently refusing to have an election. i don't think ever in democratic history has a leader of the opposition refused to have an election. how will you make it happen? you are stuck. what he should do is allow the people to decide, don't you think? i think people want to come out on october 31st. that's what they voted for and i think it's quite incredible that they're now being told they can't have a say. how will you bring this country together when what you're doing is throwing people out of your party and trying to force people into an election many people don't want? the only way to do it is to get brexit done on october 31st and take the country forward. nice to meet you... he stirred up most of the people he met here today in support of brexit, it seemed, but could he take everyone with him? forget about that. he'd wanted to show off his plans for more police officers,

but held a strange, at times surreal press conference. hang on, let's get this right. hesitating, stumbling. one officer almost fainting after waiting for his speech so long. that's a signal for me actively to wind up. and the prime minister was criticised, too, for making his brexit promise using public servants as a backdrop. safe streets... again, a vow — no delay to brexit. i'd rather be dead in a ditch. so you'd resign first, prime minister, rather than going after that delay? look, just don't... i really... it costs £1 billion a month, it achieves absolutely nothing. what on earth is the point of further delay? i think it's totally, totally pointless. it's easy to see why the tories are tempted. in this part of the world, they can smell opportunity if the election comes. some of these areas here where we have a conservative presence now, they were strong, strong leave areas. wakefield's labour right now,

but the leader of the tories on the council reckons the pm's ruthless approach might work. do you think being so ruthless, though, might put some voters off? it's going the other way, though, actually people want to see that. i don't know if they call it ruthless, but they want to see a decisive prime minister. this is yorkshire. they like that direct approach. i want an election. ijust don't want an election on his terms. labour activists don't want their leader to go for a ballot too early. it's not that i want the tory government to stay in or i don't want an election or i'm worried about an election, it just feels like it's being pushed through on somebody else's agenda. i want to see him fail on the 31st of october. i want to see that the promises were all false, there was no detail to the negotiations, and he comes away empty—handed. there has got to be an election, it's just a question of time. please leave my town. i will very soon. labour mps right now are keeping him dangling. we are up for a general election. i want to get rid of this government as soon as possible,

because i'm really worried about what they are doing to the future of our economy on the future of our country. but it is about timing. our prime objective, and we put it in our last manifesto, is we want to prevent a no—deal brexit because of the damage it could do to our country and the economy. the thing that parliament is doing is actually making it impossible for us to negotiate. on monday, the prime minister will try again to get parliament to back an election. but the plain fact is, he does not have it in his power to get to the ballot box alone. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, west yorkshire. well, there've been plenty of other developments today, both here in westminster and elsewhere. sirjohn major has launched a scathing attack on borisjohnson. in a speech in glasgow tonight, the former conservative prime minister, said he "never thought he'd see such behaviour from any british government", and told mrjohnson to sack his advisers. we have seen we have seen over mighty advisers before. it's a familiar script. it always ends badly.

so i offer the prime minister some friendly advice. get rid of these advisers. get rid of them before they poison the political atmosphere beyond repair. and do it quickly. it's emerged today borisjohnson warned the cabinet at the end of august that there was a "high chance" he would fail to get a new deal with the eu over brexit. the comments were contained in documents disclosed in a case at the high court in london, where it's being argued the prime minister's suspension of parliament is unlawful. the mp luciana berger has announced that she's joining the liberal democrats. the mp for liverpool wavertree quit the labour party earlier this year and has been sitting as part of the independent group for change. she said her decision to switch allegiance again was to provide a "positive alternative" to the two main parties. well, monday is the next big vote in the house of commons. if, as expected, the law to block a no—deal brexit has been passed, mps will vote again

on whether to hold an early general election. the prime minister needs the support of two thirds of mps to go to the polls. will he get it this time? here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar, on what's likely to happen next. so, where do the rival camps agree? trust me, this won't take long. all sides want an election to try to break the deadlock, and that's where the agreement ends. the argument now is about timing, and in there the parties and the factions within parties are trying to thrash out exactly when this election might take place. down in the lords, peers are grinding through legislation to ban no deal, maybe force borisjohnson to go to brussels and accept another brexit extension — something he's sworn he will never do. it could pass into law by monday. so, on monday in the commons, the government will try to get approval for an october 15th election. if they try the same thing as last night, it would need 434 mps — that's two thirds

of them — to say yes. and since last night it's been clear the government doesn't have the numbers. but borisjohnson‘s pledged october 31st will be the day we leave, so he's goading his opponents, let the people choose a prime minister to decide — brexit or no brexit, deal or no deal. and the commons could say, "no, have an election, but only after we extend brexit." they could defeat the government again. how else to get an election? well, frankly, it gets messy. boris johnson's in office but not in control. his opponents say he's a liar, could get an election and then move the date till after britain leaves on october 31st. other options? they are limited and messy. he could try to pass a law to suspend parliament's mandatory five—year term. only then, labour, the snp, the lib dems — the whole alliance — might try to take control and set a date he doesn't like. any way borisjohnson can win? well, it sounds surreal,

but some say the government might try to pass a vote of no confidence in itself. if that leads to paralysis, it could lead to an election to sort it out. unless it doesn't. another election could end in deadlock again. you're looking for a clear solution? sorry, there isn't one. well, that was our deputy political editorjohn pienaar, whojoins me now, along with our europe editor, katya adler. another bumpy day for borisjohnson. yeah, you could say that again. it's fairto yeah, you could say that again. it's fair to say that in forcing the pace of brexit, in trying to look for quick route to a snap election, borisjohnson has marched into a maze and no one in government tonight as far as i can see can see a clear way through. his opponents, including the snp and labour, look like barring the way to an election untilan like barring the way to an election until an extension is given to brexit. borisjohnson said he will not be the prime minister to do that, and nor would he break a law requiring him to do that. so he will be facing an election on his

opponents' terms, not his, unless he can come up opponents' terms, not his, unless he can come up with a solution against the odds and as for his brother, no one can say how much that will have hurt liz one can say how much that will have hurt linohnson one can say how much that will have hurt liz johnson personally one can say how much that will have hurt linohnson personally as well as politically. today, he didn't look confident but we look as if no—deal brexit is a very real possibility and the coming election could be vindication or a backfire very badly. if it's a cunning plan there are those uncertainly some of those who are in government and around the conservative party who believe that plan may need to go back to the drawing board. some very vocal protesters, not many of them tonight, but certainly making their feelings known. katya adler, talk of a general election, does brussels think that will change anything? the idea doesn't fill them with joy. think that will change anything? the idea doesn't fill them withjoy. one eu diplomat put it to me, here we go again. the eu leaders feel they've already engaged with three different uk prime minister since we held our referendum on eu membership and frankly theyjust referendum on eu membership and frankly they just want referendum on eu membership and frankly theyjust want to get on with it, but they look over here at the strength of feeling you are hearing right now. they can read the brexit opinion polls. they hear the

passionate debate in parliament. they look over the channel and they see a country really divided. what do you want from brexit or a brexit deal? what do our viewers want? unless the majority others can ee, unless the majority others can agree, or the majority of mps we would vote for can agree, that you still sees the chances of getting a brexit deal through parliament has very bleak, so they continue to game plan for a no—deal brexit and that will have a big effect on our closest neighbours, no more so than ireland, the irish prime ministers night warning that no deal could indeed mean checks on goods close to that border with northern ireland. katya adler, john pienaar, thank you. well, with so much uncertainty, so many unknowns here in westminster — what do voters around the uk think of the prospect of another general election? our special correspondent lucy manning has been to the marginal constituency of crewe in cheshire, a labour seat that would be a target for the tories, to hear the thoughts of people there. crewe and nantwich — a leave seat, a marginal seat. if borisjohnson is aiming his brexit and election strategy

anywhere, it's at the voters here. as the prime minister hopes to rebuild his majority, they're making ice cream vans to export across the world. tommy francis voted leave, and has always backed labour. i'll vote conservative this time — and it will probably be the first time in all my family's history — because, at this moment in time, borisjohnson is the only person that i can see wants to push through leaving europe. crewe and nantwich is one of the conservatives' top target seats, and with tory fears support is melting away in scotland and in remain areas, the prime minister needs labour leave areas, especially in the midlands and north, to back his brexit strategy. michael flood voted for the first time ever at the referendum — to leave. it would be pointless having an election if you wouldn't take my first vote seriously. i voted out, and i think we should go out. so will you be supporting the prime minister? i'll vote him all the way,

if we leave the eu. even labour remain voter emma now just wants britain to leave. what do you think of the fact that mps have blocked the prime minister's wish to have an election? i think it's a bit strange, because i would suspect that the labour mps would want to vote for that, so that they could get the labour prime minister in place. the end of october is when we need to be out, we should be out. just let boris get on with it. table tennis is the prime minister's favourite, but mps have batted away his election plans — for now. david hands is a labour and remain supporter. well, i don't think there's anything wrong with having another election. it might clear the air a bit and give people a chance to reorganise. i wouldn't particularly vote for borisjohnson‘s side, because i think their side have landed us with the problem. but the alternatives are equally problematic. barbara shaw is a tory remainer. i think it'sjust a complete and utter mess.

i'm ashamed of our government, really ashamed. i would swap to labour, if it wasn't corbyn. if and when an election comes, it's clear some party loyalties will shift to brexit ones, and that's why the prime minister's determination to leave the eu whatever happens appears so crucial to winning here. lucy manning, bbc news. that's all from us here in westminster tonight, let's join clive for the rest of the day's news. hurricane dorian is making its way up the east coast of america, with storm warnings in place for the states of north and south carolina. the powerful storm has already brought devastation to the bahamas. un officials arrived there today, pledging 800 thousand pounds in emergency aid. dorian is the strongest—ever hurricane to made landfall. so far 23 are known to have died in the bahamas, but that number is expected to rise.

the worst damage has been on the abaco islands, where it's estimated 70,000 people need aid. from there, aleem maqbool reports. this was one of the most popular resorts on these islands. torn apart by the brute strength of the storm. tourists who trued to whether it have been left shell—shocked. tourists who tried to whether it have been left shell—shocked. but these were the sturdiest buildings in a place that was not even the worst hit. elsewhere, the pictures even more desolate. drive through marsh harbour a little down the road and there's not a building in sight that hasn't sustained considerable damage. well this is where hurricane dorian made landfall and those record—breaking wind speeds and ocean surges have left behind a surreal landscape of boats and vehicles and rooftops and kitchen appliances swirled in the air and flung across the land.

and everyone here has a story of the terrors of dorian. the wind just had us fearfulfor our life. as one roof blowed off, we ran to another house, that blew off, there were vehicles blowing in the background. it was just horrific. and to see the devastation now with all the bodies laying around, ifeel that god has turned his back on the beautiful island of abaco. many of the dead have now been taken away, but in the heat remains the unmistakable smell of death that suggests there are many more bodies to be found. for those who survived, the situation is desperate, until a few days ago, many hundreds had lived in a huge shantytown here, there are few signs of the structures they lived in a more. no house, no food, no water, so, i'm thinking people, no life. for me too.

aid is starting to get the some places, but the needs are massive and the hurricane turned upside down, the lives of so many. aleem maqbool, bbc news on the abaco islands of the bahamas. britain's leading children's hospital, great ormond street, has been strongly criticised, over the death of a teenage girl. amy allan, who was 1a, underwent spinal surgery last year, but later died, after suffering a heart attack. an inquest has found the hospitalfailed to properly plan for her aftercare. here's michael buchanan. she just had an attitude to life we all envied. you know, she always had a smile on herface, she did not let anything get her down. amy allan was born with noonan syndrome, a genetic condition that left her with lifelong heart problems. as she got older, she developed a curve in her spine that left her in constant pain. the 14—year—old from ayrshire was sent to great ormond street hospital, as it was the only centre

that could do the spinal surgery and had a specialist life—support system if amy needed it. but while the operation was a success, the teenager's condition deteriorated shortly afterwards when a doctor removed her ventilation tube. the worst of all, we were sat there at the bedside from the when they took the tube out, all through the night, watching them pretty much panicking in front of our eyes. i have been doing first aiding for about a year... while amy herself had learned first aid, when she needed urgent care, it wasn't there. the life support team hadn't been told that amy was in the hospital and took hours to assemble. she struggled on for 2h more days before dying of multiple organ failure. i think my female hero is definitely my mum. she has kept me alive for 14 years, which is a great thing. i knew that night when i saw her that she wouldn't make it to the next morning, i didn't think. and sure enough, 5:50am, she had deteriorated so much there was nothing else they could do

and that was that. while the coroner found the problems had not caused her death, he concluded the hospital had failed to properly plan for amy's post—operative care and that they should have had the life—support system at hand. amy's death has never formally been investigated by the hospital, they've never sat down with her parents, who were at her bedside every single day, to discuss the care and treatment she received. instead, the family feel their concerns have been diminished and dismissed at every single turn. we know that they never went out their way and deliberately tried to kill amy at all, but they tried to hide it, what they done and admit all the information. that's what makes us sick. are they reporting the deaths properly? are they, doing serious incidents properly? it's the centre of excellence for britain. in a statement tonight, great ormond street say

they were sorry that amy's care had fallen short of the high standards they should be meeting. michael buchanan, bbc news. there are fears that parts of america's largest national forest could be destroyed, if environmental protections are lifted. the tongass national forest in alaska, has been home to eagles and brown bears for hundreds of years, but developers want donald trump to remove restrictions, banning the building of roads. campaigners say that could destroy the natural habitat, forever. our correspondent, sophie long's report, is the latest in our series, on climate and the environment. the tongass forest spans nearly 17 million acres, an area more than three times the size of wales. tightly packed spruce and hemlock trees scrape the sky and give way only to rivers and the sea. the giant leaves of the undergrowth, just a tiny part of this ecosystem which has remained unchanged for thousands of years. and those who share this land

with the wildlife that thrives here are desperate to keep it that way. it's just beautiful fields... activist wanda shows me what she wants to save and what she fears may happen here. we passed seals and whales, families of nesting bald eagles. she says if you open the forest to roads, it'll mean major destruction. we know those roads are going into the forest so they could cut our trees down through clear cut. this just shows you how destructive it is, it doesn't grow back fast. salmon spawn here in their millions. they mature out in the ocean, sustaining one of south east alaska's biggest industries. disrupting their habitat would make life even harderforfishermen here, already struggling to deal with changing ocean conditions. we have this amazing intact ecosystem, something that tourists like that mega yacht right there,

come from all over to see and so my fear is we end up trading and extractive resource that's a one—shot, for something that if we take care of it and do it right, can serve us for many, many generations. at a rally in the state capital juneau, native alaskans and environmental campaigners are trying to make their voices heard. they say their senator in the us capital isn't listening. that she is dancing to the beat of a different drum. i grew up in communities in the tongass. i think i'm pretty in tune with those who know the tongass and know that the tongass as a national forest, should be managed for multiple use. and there are many back in the tongass who agree, people who work in the logging industry, the power

companies and miners. they want to be able to develop their businesses like people in the rest of the united states can. it's totally unfair in that we can't build a road to a little hydro site and get it in in a cost—effective and reasonable way, rather than wait for a heavy—lift helicopter and go through all of that and the cost and delay. they've got them everywhere else in the world and it's not going to hurt a thing. but these trees also store massive amounts of carbon, more than any other national woodland across the united states. division here runs as deep as the forest. are all these trees more valuable standing, or should some give way to development? sophie long, bbc news, the tongass forest. in cricket, in the fourth ashes test, australia's steve smith scored a double century on the second day of play at old trafford.

the tourists eventually declared on 498 for eight, as andy swiss reports. he is australia's remarkable run machine. was this the day steve smith batted england out of the ashes? smith had started it on 60 and wouldn't have got much further had jofra archer not spilled an early chance. but by lunch, smith reached his century, his third of the series. he'd only just begun. england were starting to unravel. more dropped catches and then this... on 118, smith finally seemed to have gone, only for replays to show jack leach had overstepped. could you believe it? from there, smith piled on the agony, hitting england's bowlers to all corners. the result — a dazzling double hundred. he's the world's number one batsman for good reason. when he was finally out for 211, even england fans, who'd hardly warmed to him after last year's ball tampering scandal, knew they'd seen something very special. australia declared on 497.

could england's openers make it to the close? well, no they couldn't, asjoe denly was brilliantly caught by matthew wade. a day then which belonged to steve smith and to australia, and it's left england battling to save their ashes hopes. andy swiss, bbc news, old trafford. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm sarah mulkerrins. durr headlines tonight. —— durr headlines tonight. -- your headlines tonight. a double hundred from steve smith puts australia in control of the fourth ashes test. northern ireland warm up for their euro qualifier with some friendly help from luxembourg. we hearfrom nicola adams, in herfirst interview since becoming a world champion, without stepping into the ring. hello and welcome to sportsday. let's start with cricket

where england yet again, struggled to find the an answer to steve smith. a double century from the australia batsman put the tourists in prime position to retain the ashes, and left england demorilised after day two of the fourth test at old trafford. smith made 211 as australia declared on 497—8. andy swiss has the story of smith's day. once again, it was australia's day and once again it belonged to steve smith. he had begun the day on 60 and he might not have gone much further had john for archer not taken a difficult course. but from there steve smith moved up to the gears. he reached his centuryjust before lunch. england did take two wickets in the morning session but in the afternoon things really started to unravel for them. there we re started to unravel for them. there were dropped catches and then when