this is bbc news — i'm shaun ley. the headlines at six: a cross—party group of mps is preparing to take legal action if the prime minister refuses to abide by a bill to delay brexit. the courts making a decision to try to make a prime minister abide by the law made by a parliament of which he is a member. these are strange times for democracy. it's the law of the land and he is under an obligation to obey it. if he doesn't obey it, then he can be taken to court and, if necessary, the court will issue an injunction ordering him to do it. and if he doesn't obey the injuction, he could be sent to prison. satellite images appear to show an iranian oil tanker off the syrian coast — after it was previously impounded in gibraltar. the number of people killed as a result of hurricane dorian in the bahamas has risen to a3.

and could this be the breakthrough england need 7 australian steve smith is out for 82 — caught by england hero ben stokes good evening. pressure is growing on borisjohnson to make clear he'd abide by legislation requiring him to seek a further brexit extension if there's no deal with the eu. a group of conservative mps are preparing legal action if the prime minister refuses to carry out the instruction, which is expected to become law on monday. the former attorney general, dominic grieve, has warned that mrjohnson could end up in prison if he defies the law.

our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. another stand—off in westminster. protest and counterprotest today. over the prime minister's plans to suspend parliament and mps's attempt to force a delay to brexit. borisjohnson has spent the week in campaign mode. preparing for an election he wants by opposition parties won't allow, before an extension to brexit is a secure, something he is adamant he won't ask for. i'd rather be dead in a ditch. as many of that opinion is content. to the contrary, not content. the contents have it. but parliament has now passed a bill, compelling the prime minster to ask for a delay, if a new deal cannot be reached. the law means boris johnson has until october 19 to get a new deal with brussels. if not he must write and request

more time till at leastjanuary 31. yesterday, he said this: some feel the prime minister is looking for wriggle room and are preparing a legal challenge if he does not comply. he cannot ignore the law, he is as bound by the rule of law as anyone else in the country. it has passed primary legislation, once it has received royal assent it is below of a lad and he is under an obligation. if it doesn't obey he can be taken to the court and the court will pursue an injunction ordering him to do it and if he does not obey the injunction he could be sent to prison. those behind the anti—no—deal bill are confident it will not allow mr johnson a way out. he must write a letter to donald tusk specifying the wording he must use it to apply for an extension. i am very concerned and troubled by the fact the prime minister

is going around the country saying he will never ask for an extension. either we have the rule of law or we do not. in aberdeenshire, the traditional spectacle of the highland games, the queen arrived having posted the prime minister at balmoral overnight. the constitutional crisis caused by brexit is sure to have been discussed. where it will lead next we cannot predict. jonathan is here with me. lets begin with the question of a potential legal challenge. we are a long way off from that but does the ambiguity remain about what the prime minister is saying he would and would not do? it is no longer an academic question because this becomes law on monday. it does, and there is a contradiction. earlier this week, borisjohnson was asked out right whether he would follow the rule of law and he said he would and he would uphold the constitution. yet, at every turn,

saying that he would rather die in a ditch, that he has no intention of asking brussels for an extension. now this bill is becoming law, he would be required to do that if he doesn't get a new deal. the question is what does he do then? because he can't really do both of those things and remain in office, you would think! that is why we are having all this blue sky thinking, talk of the government engineering a vote of confidence in itself, triggering a general election that way. trying again on monday to force a general election through a vote in parliament, but that won't happen because it would require a two thirds majority, and opposition parties are against it. various different scenarios which have people scratching their heads, thinking how much and can find his way out of the corner out that he appears to have been backed into. parliament is due to suspend on monday, up to spend if there are no

fun attempts by the government to shifted out and get the election, awed by the opposition parties and changing up their position, we may not yet have an adult later. the fabled prorogation which the prime minister announced was going to happen. now, they may be going out for longer but i shall, of now, they might not. something else interesting happened, a group of labour mps effectively put the withdrawal agreement back into play. the one we were told was dead and buried. it sounds dateless to say it, presumably, one possibility is that actually the withdrawal agreement is voted on again, get through at the house of commons, actually, the problem is resolved before the 31st of october? it's a possibility. as you say, the bill was amended slightly by axing by that amendment put forward by stephen kinnick and others, who are

trying to use every possible eventuality open to them to get a deal in the timeframe available. that is why they introduce the possibility of theresa maywithdrawal agreement being brought back to parliament and being voted on again. depending on who you speak to, the way the bill was amended doesn't mean it has to happen. david goc described it as an irritant, one of the rebel mps. there is a grouping of mps, led by stephen kinnick, who are now trying to make a counter move, if you like, in amongst the opposition parties, trying to avoid a no—deal brexit to ensure that a deal of some sort is reached sooner rather than later. a reminder of how politically sensitive and difficult times we are in has come today at westminster, we have had these continued demonstrations for and

against brexit that have really been there all week and longer. some tempers starting to get frayed? really angry scenes outside parliament again. one of many protests organised today, so called match for democracy, people protesting against borisjohnson‘s decision to prorogue parliament and attem pts decision to prorogue parliament and atte m pts to decision to prorogue parliament and attempts to force an early election. there were some counter protest, it seems to be extreme elements of that, that is why it was seen pictures of police holding back protesters who similarly turned violent. one mp, anna soubry, former conservative mp, now change ukip member, he was due to speak at the rally in parliaments where because she feared for her safety. the temperature is rising again. the stand—off between the government, who are intent on delivering brexit by the 31st of october come what

may, and parliament who are looking for ways to delay that, in the hope of avoiding a no—deal brexit, then the divisions that brexit have caused will be clearly played out in various ways. meanwhile, some hint that we may be about to see another political defection to the liberal democrats? a bit of a tease by do swinson, liberal democrat leader on twitter, this evening. to think the sheet music to 16 going on 17. now points for a contemporary reference! not points for a contemporary reference! n ot exa ctly points for a contemporary reference! not exactly the most subtle hint that there may well be another defection. because they have 16 mps at the moment? philip lee, former conservative, dramatically cross the floor before borisjohnson‘s conservative, dramatically cross the floor before boris johnson's first trimesters questions this week, swelling alert numbers. we saw former labour mps who want to form

their own party, people like chuka umunna. who could it be? we will have to wait and see. we are expecting and see. we are expecting an announcement later this evening, i'm told. an iranian oil tanker, seized by royal marines injuly has been spotted outside a syrian port. the ship had been held in gibraltar having been suspected of intending to take its cargo of oil to syria in breach of eu sanctions. it was only released on condition it would not travel on to syria. however, satellite photographs reveal it is now sitting at anchor, outside the syrian port of tartus. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is the iranian oil tanker at the heart of the latest tensions, grace 1 as she was known but now renamed. detained injuly, by gibraltar, with the help of british marines. suspected of heading to syria in breach of eu sanctions, released in august after iran gave written assurances that this was

not the case. but look at this — new satellite images appearing to show their tanker moored a few miles from the syrian port of tartus, potentially there to off—load its cargo. a foreign office spokesman said the reports were deeply troubling and any breach of assurances would be morally bankrupt and a violation of international laws. this is hugely disappointing, and demonstrates why the uk government was right to impound the vessel in gibraltar and wrong to release it. in a terse tweet pointed at european allies, the us national security adviser, john bolton, said anyone believing the ship was not headed for syria was in denial. tehran thinks it is more important to find the murderous assad regime and providing for its own people. so far there has been no comment from tehran which is desperate to evade tough us sanctions and curbing its ability to export oil which have hit its economy hard. iran announced today

a further breach of the deal it agreed in 2015 to curb its nuclear programme. western officials said the move had been expected. the tensions with iran are deepening and optimism remains thin on the ground. labour have said they would severely constrain — or even ban — staff bonuses paid by banks and financial institutions, if they won an election. in an interview with the financial times, the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said people were "offended" by the current level of pay—outs. the number of people now known to have died in the bahamas as a result of hurricane dorian has risen to a3. but the death toll is expected to rise significantly. efforts are continuing to provide aid to survivors and find further victims of the storm on the islands. david willis reports. dorian grazed the carolina coast but certainly left its mark, leaving hundreds stranded

amid rising floodwaters after they ignored a warning to leave. but the lashing winds and torrential rain bore little comparison to the destruction wrought earlier in the week. hundreds, possibly thousands of people are missing on the tiny island of abaco in the bahamas, and many fear the place will never be the same again. i honestly believe abaco is finished. i think abaco will not recover until the next ten years. like, fully recover, because everything is gone. absolutely everything is gone. a few miles off shore, the crew of a british ship, the rfa mounts bay, is spearheading what looks to be a massive relief operation. the united nations believes more than 70,000 people here are in urgent need of food and water. but the aim is to evacuate as many as possible to neighbouring islands,

not least because those who remain face being homeless for months. dorian, for its part, has now headed out to sea, weaker than it was a week ago but still capable of doing serious damage. it's expected to make landfall again in nova scotia, canada, sometime this weekend. david willis, bbc news. joining us now is clint watson, reporter with tv station, eyewitness news. thank you forjoining us. you have been out examining some of the affected parts of the island, particularly abaco, what is the situation at? pretty much what you have been hearing commentary by people talking about it, it is disastrous. things are flatting, nothing is operable, it isjust a place where people are just

deserted, walking around, aimlessly lost, not knowing what is next for them, just hoping for some kind of relief. most of the residents on the island want to get off because you cannot operate, there is nothing you cannot operate, there is nothing you can do that would just sit in despair. so for many people, they need to get out, begin to strategise a way forward. if you find out all of the ports of entry to the island are swamped with people just trying to get out on relief planes or boats. just last night, a bout of 500 came in from abaco, yesterday, several thousand got up from various ports. people just want to get out because the place isjust nowhere to wa nt because the place isjust nowhere to want to be. presumably, the difficulty is part of the aid coming into the country. you have to physically get it to the other islands? that is a lot of red tape, too much red tape for a cause like this with people just need really. getting all of the supplies they need to get through agencies which

who have two that is the too long to italy people. that is not being allowed to happen, they have to pass it through officials, it becomes very cumbersome. you find a lot of people on the ground saying that they are not getting acne relief, they are not getting acne relief, they hear about it but they are not getting about it. can you explain to a british aid issue what nema is? the response well for coordinating relief efforts, the government arm of distribution and ensuring the entire operation is looked after.m terms of the immediate need for the island, particularly abaco, is the supply of food and water, shelter? still shout out because there are not many buildings to put people in there so they cannot live. —— shelter because there. the defence

and armed forces are coming in to set upa and armed forces are coming in to set up a tent city, so that people can have some shout out there. most residents on the island are opting to go to other islands or the capital where they can stay with family members. the immediate need is obviously food and water are still a people can have something in their stomachs to eat, what out to be able to do what they need to do, to do the basics, brush teeth, even use rest rooms. there is nothing here. it's not a place that you were to put anybody to live in. in terms of the coming weeks, how do you think this aid operation could be sustained? from think this aid operation could be sustained ? from how think this aid operation could be sustained? from how you have described it, we are presumably talking about problems that will ta ke talking about problems that will take months, it may be even longer in some cases, to get back to even close to where the islands were before. is there the appetite for

that sort of sustained support, both from countries like the us and uk, evenin from countries like the us and uk, even in the other caribbean nations who were mercifully spared on this occasion? the opportunity is there, government has promised to assist and work together with other nations. they will have to speed up what they do, reassess, there is lots of advice, lots of people here offering assessments to help bahamas. the focus will have to change, it will have to become more efficient to ensure people get what they need to get. this is for the long haul, not a quick fix. they have two systemically put in place a short term, a medium term and a long—term plan. because the borrower is willing to help and assist, people will want accountability for the resources, it will force the comment have to put in place the step— by—step comment have to put in place the step—by—step analysis to ensure there is a systematic way to help people, particularly since people are giving so much resources. so

many of the caribbean nations rely almost exclusively on tourism for theirforeign income, almost exclusively on tourism for their foreign income, how almost exclusively on tourism for theirforeign income, how worried are the authorities that an event of this size will actually scare off visitors for quite a long time to come? it's been one of the reasons why tourism has been totally message out that the bahamas is open. we are spread over 100 square miles of water, there are various islands in the bahamas, not all have been affected, just the two northern islands. the capital is still open for business. other islands are still open for business, tourism is still open for business, tourism is still going on in the bahamas that is the message to get out of people, you can still come to the bahamas, we are still open to business, we wa nt we are still open to business, we want people to come. these two islands were impacted, abaco does a lot of second home business, it is a capital for boating, it will be a

significant loss to that a company but there are other opportunities as well. yes i thank you forjoining us. but now you will do great work in telling the world what is going on. we will speak to you again in the coming days, thank you very much. russia and ukraine have completed a prisoner swap involving 70 detainees. it's hoped the swap will ease tensions between the two countries. more than 13,000 people have died in fighting since russia annexed crimea in 2014. the freed prisoners include captured ukrainian sailors and a man who dutch prosecutors want to speak to about the downing of a passenger plane in 2014. jonah fisher reports from kiev. this swap had been rumoured for weeks. so when the plane finally

touched down from moscow, relief echoed across the tarmac. the families of 35 ukrainian prisoners had come to see their loved ones return. among them, high—profile detainees, like film—maker oleg sentsov, and 2a sailors, like andre, who was captured in the black sea late last year. and we are happy, too. we can't even understand that this has all happened. this is clearly a very emotional moment for the relatives of these ukrainian prisoners, but it is also politically significant. it opens the door for meaningful talks between ukraine and russia and the prospect of an improvement in relations between the two countries. this man, volodymyr tsemakh, was russia's price. a potentially important witness in the downing of the passenger plane mh17 five years ago, he was flown today to moscow. for ukraine's president,

the swap is a sign ofjust how serious he is about trying to end the long conflict with russian—backed rebels. we have to do all the steps to finish this horrible war. but do you think this is a new chapter in relations between russia and ukraine? i think this is the first chapter. jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. hundreds of activists have staged a sit—in on the red carpet at the venice film festival. they're protesting protesting about visiting cruise ships which they say are causing erosion of the city's foundations and contributing to global warming. the italian government has already banned the ships from waterways close to the historic centre of venice. the family of a six—year—old french boy who was allegedly thrown from a viewing platform at tate modern in london last month say he has made "amazing progress", and they've thanked well—wishers who have donated more than £54,000 to help him. in a message shared on the gofundme page, the family said:

a 17—year—old boy is in custody in connection with the incident. the children's commissioner for england has proposed opening schools during evenings, weekends and holidays to keep children safe and away from gangs. anne longfield has also suggested posting designated police officers and security to every school to help combat violence. she said that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could have a transformative effect on society. jane—frances kelly reports. bell rings the school bell marks the end of the day, but the children's commissioner for england would prefer it if pupils stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home.

anne longfield fears too many children are ending up indoors, stuck in front of their computers during theirfree time, because they don't feel safe playing outdoors. they have fantastic sports and arts facilities, technology there. all of it gets locked up just at the time when children need it most. the sad fact is, we know the violence peaks between 4:00 pm and 6:30pm when children are leaving school. that is just when schools need to be open. she warns that in more and more areas, gangs are operating in streets and parks, grooming increasingly younger children. to help tackle the problem, she would like schools to open at weekends, evenings and during school holidays to provide a safe place for extracurricular activities. anne longfield says about £2.6 billion a year of extra funding is needed to allow schools to stay open out of hours and to provide more high—quality youth

support in communities. to put that cost in context, it's as much as the promised increase in school funding across the whole of england for 2020—2021. one head teachers‘ union has welcomed the idea, saying it would require extra money and careful planning but could create time for arts and sports, which are increasingly squeezed out of the school day. the government says it's making record investments in education and children's services to help young people overcome the challenges they face. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. educating yorkshire — the channel 4 series which followed life in a dewsbury secondary school — became a sensation after one of its pupils, mushy, learnt how to cope with his stammer, with support from his teacher. now, six years on, mushy‘s life is the subject of a new musical. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, caught up

with him at rehearsals. plug it into mine, i'll put you some awful music on! it was a tv moment which became a viral video and made millions cry — the documentary series educating yorkshire. mushy, in year 11, able to read a poem despite his acute stammer, when his teacher mr burton tried out a technique he had seen in the king's speech. it's the same moment when the trees unloose their soft arm from around you, the birds take back their language. now, six years later, mushy‘s story has been turned into a musical. # mushy, mushy, mushy — you put dewsbury on the map. # mushy, mushy, we saw you on tv. # mushy, you're the man. and this is the moment he went to rehearsals to meet the man who would be playing him — the actor, varun raj. what's going on, everything good, yeah? all good, all good. awesome, amazing, man. i'm a little bit nervous! are you a bit nervous, yeah? same, man. and mr burton is here as well!

how are you doing, are you alright? i am excited! mushy then watched on as scenes from his life were acted out. how many weeks does it take my boys to change a light bulb? i don't know, ammi. never! i thought you were telling a joke? it's like, how the hell has it happened? it's awesome seeing how each and every person has put their hard work in, and obviously really shown how far i've come. # don't tell my mum i'm famous, i'm not a geek or a freak... the production was the idea of the rifco theatre company, whose aim was to encourage asian audiences into the theatre. i wanted to tell his whole story. not just the kind of viral video, the before and the after. and this is what mushy does now, giving motivational talks at places such as this — the first direct arena in leeds. prince has played here, bruce springsteen has played here, and now you.

it's awesome, i would not have thought i would be here six years ago. obviously getting from the situation where i thought i would never speak again, and now speaking at this, it's awesome. his audience — 2,000 people at the teach first teacher development conference. hi guys, i'm musharaf asghar, and hopefully you guys saw me on a tv show six years ago called educating yorkshire. cheering. back at rehearsals, one important question remains. is he good—looking enough to play you? he is, ifeel like i should be calling him mushy. ifeel like i'm playing him now. colin paterson, bbc news, watford. # mushy, you're the man #. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. still got one or two showers around at the moment, especially towards kent, but on the whole, it's going to be a dry and increasingly sunny

to the end of the day. the cloud that we have had across the southern part of the uk is continuing to break up, still a little bit more cloud though for northern ireland for a while. here, it willjust turn to cloud over more later on in the night, spilling into western fringes of scotland. but elsewhere, there is going to be largely clear skies and light winds, it's going to be cold. these are the temperatures in towns and cities, but we may have a touch of frost and north—eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. still got these line of showers running near the coast of norfolk towards kent, and there will be much more cloud for northern ireland, increasingly into western scotland to give a little drizzle. elsewhere, it's going to be dry, there will be sunshine coming through, winds will be quite light, temperatures 16 to 18 celsius. a touch warmer than today in eastern scotland and north—east england. but quite unsettled as we head into next week, there are some spells of rain to come in from the atlantic, and it will be turning windier midweek.

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: the prime minister says he would "rather be dead in a ditch" than delay brexit, but a cross—party group of mps is preparing to take legal action if he refuses to abide by a bill to delay brexit. the court's making a decision to try to make a prime minister abide by the law made by a parliament of which he is a member.