this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11:00pm: the prime minister's brotherjo johnson resigns from the government and will stand down as an mp because he is torn between family loyalty and national interest. boris johnson acknowledged that they had disagreed over the eu. he has been a fantastic minister for science and for the universities, andi science and for the universities, and i think that 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 yorkshire today, the prime minister repeated his call for an election and said he would rather be dead in a ditch

than ask for another extension to brexit. 70,000 people need urgent help in the bahamas, where hurricane dorian has cut across the islands. after a teenager dies following surgery at great 0rmond street, a coroner criticises the hospital's aftercare. and double trouble for england, as australia's steve smith scores 211 in the fourth ashes test. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, sam lister of the daily express and torcuil crichton from the daily record. stay with us for that. good evening. the prime minister has once again

pledged to take the uk out of the european union on 310ctober, saying he would rather be dead in a ditch than seek another extension from brussels. borisjohnson gave a speech in wakefield this evening after another dramatic day in westminster, which saw his brother jo johnson quit politics. the business minister said he would leave government and stand down as an mp, and had been torn between family loyalty and the national interest. mps will be asked to vote again on monday on whether or not there should be a 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 on this

yorkshire high street, the prime minister taken to task. you're playing games. you are playing games. what i think people want us to do is to leave the european union on 31 october. 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 31 october? crowd cheers. but, just 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 anymore. 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're 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. 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, 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. i mean, 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. and 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're stuck. what he should do is allow the people to decide, don't you think? i think people want to come out on 31 october. 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 31 october, and take the country forward. nice to meet you. get brexit done, mate. 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 had 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 is 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've started — we've got a conservative presence now, they were strong, strong leave areas. wakefield is 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. itjust feels like it's being pushed through on somebody else's agenda. i want to see him fail on 31 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're 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. 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 would see such behaviour from any british government, and called for mrjohnson to sack his advisers. we have seen over 90 advisors before. it's a familiar script. it always ends badly. so i offer the

prime minister some friendly advice. get rid of these advisors. get rid of them before they poison the political atmosphere beyond repair, and do it quickly. it has 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 is being argued the prime minister's suspension of parliament is unlawful. the mp luciana berger has announced that she isjoining 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 is our deputy political editor john pienaar on what is 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 has 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 a 15 october 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 has been clear the government doesn't have the numbers. but borisjohnson has pledged 31 october will be the day we leave. so he is 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. borisjohnson is in office, but not in control. his opponents say he is a liar. he could get an election and then move the date ‘til after britain leaves on 31 october. other options? they're 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, 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 is at the voters here.

as the prime minister hopes to rebuild his majority, they are 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 in 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? well, 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. 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 a 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 is clear some party loyalties will shift to brexit ones, and that is why the prime minister's determination to leave the eu, whatever happens, appears so crucial to winning here. lucy manning, bbc news. england's chief medical officer has called the mpjacob rees—mogg irresponsible and unacceptable after he compared an nhs doctor to the discredited anti—vaxxer andrew wakefield. dr david nicholl leaked warnings about drug shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. professor dame sally davies wrote, comparing an established medical expert to a man who was struck off the medical register by the general medical council and describing them as dishonest, irresponsible and showed callous disregard for the distress and pain of children is going too far, and is frankly unacceptable. earlier my colleague ben brown spoke

to dr david nicholl. a responsible body, the bma are calling it catastrophic, this node deal brexit. there is no such thing asa deal brexit. there is no such thing as a zero harm no deal brexit. and he disagrees did it this cuts to the core about taking a government minister taking expert advice. they may disagree with the advice but they should have to listen to it. well, since then, jacob rees—mogg has said the government is working with the nhs over the supply of medicines when the uk leaves the eu, whatever the circumstances. he said, i apologise to dr nicholl for the comparison with dr wakefield. i have utmost respect for all of the country's hard working medical professionals and the work they do in caring for the people of this country. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister's brotherjo johnson resigns from the government and will stand down as an mp because he is torn between family loyalty

and national interest. on a visit to yorkshire today, the prime minister repeated his call for an election, and said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for another extension to brexit. 70,000 people need urgent help in the bahamas, where hurricane dorian has cut across the islands. 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 hospital failed 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 1h 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, during 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. 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 tried to weather 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 any 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. 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 an 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. the existence of the loch ness monster is one of scotland's oldest myths.

now, scientists say the creatures behind repeated sightings could be giant eels. researchers from new zealand, have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch, by extracting dna from water samples. us rapper nicki minaj has announced tonight that she is retiring from the music business to have herfamily. the 36—year—old wrote to her 20 million twitter followers: "i've decided to retire and have my family. i know you guys are happy now. to my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me." the grammy—nominated star — who's often in the headlines for her outspoken comments and feuds with other singers — has not previously revealed any plans for children. but the singer said injune that she planned to marry boyfriend kenneth "zoo" petty, and in august she changed her twitter name to mrs

petty but did not say whether a wedding had taken place. good luck to her and her upcoming family. now it's time for the weather with darren bett. hello there. the remnants of the two tropical systems currently out in the atlantic could be heading towards the uk later next week. that includes dorian of course. long before then we still have an area of high pressure in the south—west of the uk, getting squeezed by the weather front here. this the uk, getting squeezed by the weatherfront here. this is the uk, getting squeezed by the weather front here. this is a the uk, getting squeezed by the weatherfront here. this is a more active band of rain, heavy rain, broader rain band, for cloud across england and wales into southern parts of england. that will drop the temperature here. further north, sunshine developing and is showers which will be quite heavy in northern parts of scotland and temperatures of16— northern parts of scotland and temperatures of 16— 18 degrees, a cool day for southern parts of england and wales. it will be windy with that rain to the gusty wind is quite likely. the wind direction

changes from south—westerly to a north—westerly across northern areas and that will draw down cooler air from the north just in time for the weekend. but it is coming around an area of high pressure, tending to build more towards the uk so it settle things down. these weather fronts are not arriving in the north—west until later on in the game. sunny spells on saturday in most game. sunny spells on saturday in m ost pla ces game. sunny spells on saturday in most places will be dry. we could be picking up a couple of showers for central and eastern areas and down with that breeze lowing it will fill quite chilly. the highest temperatures are in the south—west of england. with clearing skies during the night in the wind dropping it will turn cold. this is probably the coldest night of the next few, saturday night into sunday morning to actually start with plenty of sunshine away from the north—west where we already see some cloud heading into western scotland and northern ireland to the that main rain band holding off until much later in the day to dry weather again, spells of sunshine and again temperatures of16— again, spells of sunshine and again temperatures of 16— 18 degrees on sunday. warm in the sunshine and a

chilly feel nonetheless in the mornings and evenings. the weather front and north—west brings the rain and then it tumbles down towards the uk. that it brings showers and longer spells of rain down from the north—west across many parts of the country. we really get a proper clea ra nce country. we really get a proper clearance in scotland and northern ireland until later on in the day when we break up the cloud more and get some sunshine but look at the temperatures. 15, 16 degrees. and that rain across southern parts of the uk this could come as a shock to the uk this could come as a shock to the system. it will feel chilly. that weather front will weaken, getting ‘s wheezed. —— getting squeezed. wanted to show is left overfor squeezed. wanted to show is left over for east anglia in the south—east otherwise a sunshine for most areas before those atlantic winds coming in again and we pick up the cloud in the far north—west. those temperatures holding steady for northern areas, lifting a bit towards the south. let's