this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: the government says it is sticking to its brexit plans despite a new law against no—deal and amber rudd's resignation. you might expect, in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50-50 in between getting a deal and no deal, 50—50 in terms of work. but it is not that. it is located, 90% of government time going into preparing for no deal. we are always going to behave as a government, you would expect that, and it will be tested in the court. what we are going to do is test very carefully what it does and doesn't require. that is

not only the lawful thing to do, i think it is the responsible thing to do. as borisjohnson‘s key advisers met today, ministers are looking for a way around the no—deal law that enters into force tomorrow. brace for a two—day pilots' strike affecting up to 300,000 british airways passengers. after an attack in kabul, president trump cancels the peace deal agreed in principle with the taliban. joy for australia. they have retained the ashes after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old trafford. and we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katherine forster, journalist at the sunday times, and joe twyman, director at deltapoll. government ministers are insisting that their brexit plans remain in place despite stinging criticism from their former collegue amber rudd, who has resigned her cabinet post. she said today that the vast

majority of brexit—focused work was going towards no—deal, while there were no formal negotiations with brussels on securing a new withdrawal agreement. she also called the expulsion of 21 conservative mps an assault on decency and democracy. ministers say they are sticking to plans to leave the eu at the end of october and are looking for ways around the anti—no—deal law that comes into force tomorrow. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. 0ut out of government and free to speak her mind, amber rudd walked away from the cabinet no longer convinced that getting a brexit deal was the prime minister's priority. this morning i am joined by the now former work and pensions secretary, amber rudd... she explained she could see little evidence of efforts to reach agreement with the eu.

there is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine. you might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no—deal, 50—50 in terms of work, but it isn't that. it's about 80, 90% of government time going into preparing for "no deal" and the absence of actually trying to work to get a deal which is what has driven 21 of my colleagues to rebel and i need tojoin them. throwing out these members of government was an active political vandalism, according to amber rudd, clearly for her a step too far.|j knew i couldn't carry on in the conservative party at such a high level and see 21 of my colleagues who are good, moderate people who also want to deal excluded from it. and ijust also want to deal excluded from it. and i just needed also want to deal excluded from it. and ijust needed to move and stand by them. and tonight, cabinet minister who is staying put urge the party to forgive and forget.|j minister who is staying put urge the party to forgive and forget. i hope that we can find a way back into the party for some of those who had the whip withdrawn last week, and i very much hope that we can then come together as a party to deliver brexit. there we go. while boris

johnson has been campaigning this week for the election he wants, the opposition parties won't support until a no deal brexit is ruled out, talks between the uk and the eu continue in brussels. there is little sign of progress, but the government insists it does want a deal. i am absolutely clear that we are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew, to get a deal, and the prime minister is personally putting in all the significant effort you would expect from a leader to get this deal done. it is as plain as ever to note that the prime minister has no intention of asking to an —— for an extension to the brexit process if he can't reach a new deal with the eu by the summit in october. tomorrow, though, the bill passed in parliament this week forcing him to do so is due to become law. the government has made it clear that, although it will follow the law, it will look for a way around it. what we are going to

do with that is test very carefully what it does and doesn't require. and that's not only the lawful thing to do, i think it's the responsible thing to do. despite the assurances, opposition parties are worried that the prime minister won't play by the rules. i don't trust him an inch, andi rules. i don't trust him an inch, and i don't think anyone does. i think we've got a prime minister now who saying he won't even abide by the law — by the law. i've never heard that before. now, where in a situation now where no—one can trust, while he is in place, what could happen. at the government's country retreat of chevening in kent the government met his closest advisers to work out what to do next. the promise still to deliver brexit by the end of october. the u na nswered brexit by the end of october. the unanswered question — how? among the other brexit—related developments today, the business secretary, andrea leadsom, says the conservatives will field a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next election. traditionally, the major parties don't contest the speaker's seat, but mr bercow has angered some ministers by the way he has handled

the recent brexit debates. the french foreign minister, jean—yves le drian, said today that france couldn't agree to another brexit extension as he wasn't willing to go through the same process every three months. and therese coffey, the former environment minister, is to be amber rudd's replacement as work and pensions secretary. she backed remain during the eu referendum. i don't quite know why we needed the music, but anyway. we will hear from our deputy political editorjohn pienaar in a moment. but first, a look ahead to what is expected to happen in the next few days. tomorrow, the mps' bill forcing borisjohnson to ask for a brexit extension in order to avoid no—deal is set to become law. and the government is expected to introduce a fresh vote on a general election on 15 october 15th, though that is not likely to be successful. and possibly tomorrow, certainly by thursday, parliament will be formally

suspended or prorogued. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reflected on the difficult week ahead for boris johnson and his government. the agonising now is about how to ove 1120 m e the agonising now is about how to overcome this new law ruling out no deal, perhaps forcing a brexit extension which could cost the tory party the support of vital brexiteer voters. now, one idea that's been canvassed about is the prime resigning to try to force it, ministers including the chancellor saying that is not going to happen, although remember, we did hear the prime minister say he wasn't contemplating sister comics are spending parliament, and then that did happen. well, what about the idea of breaking the law? as i understand it, the civil service is saying don't even think about it. you see the foreign secretary there saying it could be tested, which could point the way to a battle in the courts, may be the supreme court. in one insider was saying to me today downing street might even welcome losing in the supreme court, because they could then go into an

election saying it is borisjohnson against parliament against the judges. extraordinary to think of a conservative government on any such platform, but then the line between what is extraordinary and what is normal in british politics has been steadily erased, day after day. a major strike by british airways pilots will get under way in two hours' time, following an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. passengers are being told not to go to airports, with the vast majority of ba flights scheduled for monday and tuesday cancelled. earlier our transport correspondent tom burridge was at heathrow, and talked us through the scale of the strikes. pretty much british airways' entire fleet of aircraft will be grounded over two entire days. the yellow normally runs about 800 flighted at this time of year, so we're looking at about 1600 flights cancelled in total. this is a long—running dispute between the airline and its pilots over pay. now, british

airways pilots are well—paid in general. the average pilot earns about £100,000 a year. senior ca pta i ns about £100,000 a year. senior captains beyond that. but what the pilots basically say is that they wa nted pilots basically say is that they wanted deal that would give them a share of british airways' profits, seeing as the airline earned such a decent profit last year. and they rejected an offer from the airline of about... well, of 11.5%, rise of 11.5%, over three years. of about... well, of 11.5%, rise of 11.5%, overthree years. now, talks broke down. they went on for a long time, but basically now, over the last couple of weeks, british airways has been busy booking people onto other airlines, onto alternative dates, refunding them completely. the biggest loser, of course, is the travelling public. i think a lot of people have lost days of holiday and cost, really, from changing their travel plans. british airways, we think, will... it is about £40 million per strike day. that is the financial cost. the hit to its reputation impossible to

quantify. and really, going forward, this isn't the end of it. there will be some cancellations of flight centre wednesday, after the two straight days, as the airline tries to get its operation back up and running. but there is a possibility, the threat of a third straight day this month, if the two sides can't reach a deal on 27 september. president trump has called off peace negotiations with the taliban after they admitted being behind an attack that killed an american soldier. the taliban condemned the decision to withdraw from talks that come after 18 years of war, warning america would lose the most. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. a busy kabul junction. the attack said to have changed president trump's mind. a young us soldier died here, a romanian, ten afghans, aged ten to 70. the president vented his fury on twitter.

there is not a day without violence. the taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood, last week, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. they've been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of qatar, and the taliban almost hit the diplomatic jackpot — a trip to camp david to talk to president trump, his classic high—stakes summitry. but now, it's off. a taliban spokesman sent us their response. a few days ago, the peace agreement was concluded with the us negotiation team, and it was initialled by heads of both negotiation teams. that tweet by president donald trump is astonishing, and i think it harms his reputation. a peace process that may

have consequences. . . the afghan government, the taliban still refuses to meet, welcomed the move. i think it was the right move at the right time, and a genuine reflection of the concerns that not only the afghan people but many in dc, raised of the threats, of the consequences of any deal that could be harmful to all of us. was it this one terrible attack in kabul which provoked president trump's dramatic move, or was it the rising cores of anger and anxiety, in kabul and in washington, over peace talks which only seem to bring more war? america's longest war has lasted 18 yea rs. america's longest war has lasted 18 years. launched to topple the taliban, doing battle as they rebounded with growing strength. all sides are fighting hard now. their casualties mounting. many fear

taliban at the table don't speak for fighters on the ground. until they put down their guns, their commitment to peace won't be clear. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. the head of a us aid agency says that the devastation caused by hurrican dorian has left the bahamas looking like they have had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, according to the head of a us aid agency. a huge relief operation is now under way to provide emergency shelter, medical care, food and water, but there is growing anger that not enough is being done. at least 43 people are confirmed dead, but that figure is expected to rise significantly. tens of thousands of people are still missing. david willis reports. they are making sandwiches as fast as they can aboard this caribbean cruise ship, all part of a massive effort to get food and water to those who bore the brunt of hurricane dorian. logistically it can be quite challenging to have a meeting where you are asked for sort

of told we need to get at least 10,000 portions of food to the bahamas within 24 hours. make it happen. and happen it did, yet still more is needed. 70,000 people are said to be an urgent need of food and water on the islands of abaco and water on the islands of abaco and grand bahama, a week after dorian arrived there. in some areas, virtually every building has been damaged, if not destroyed stop one family there told us they have lost everything. we went back the day, the morning after the storm, and the water just. .. it would the morning after the storm, and the waterjust... it would appear that it went over our roof. the whole house, the interior is gone. it's just completely gone. we lost everything. my children's clothes, everything. my children's clothes, everything. i mean, everything. it's only a shell of a building. the

building is standing, but everything is gone. others are scrambling to escape as conditions deteriorate. some have already been evacuated to the capital, now sell, leaving behind an island without water or electricity, and where the stench of death is filling the air —— the capital, nassau. hundreds, possibly thousands, are still missing. when i see the people who used to live here but were here before me, and i call them and they tell me everything is backin them and they tell me everything is back in order, then i'll be back. but prior to that, in seven to ten yea rs, but prior to that, in seven to ten years, i'll be back. that's how long it could take to rebuild this once scenic part of the caribbean. dorian brought the seed to the land and the land to the sea, it's nearly two day rampage the worst hurricane people here can remember. having weekend since then, dorian has now reached canada, bringing rain to nova scotia. from there, it is due to

head out to sea, to the relief of those unlucky enough to have found themselves caught up in its path —— weakened. the headlines on bbc news: the government says it is sticking to its brexit plans despite a new law against no—deal and amber rudd's resignation. brace for a two—day pilot strike affecting up to 300,000 british airways passengers. peace talks between the taliban and the us are called off. president trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. no gloating. i got both possible, i can't lose. good evening. —— both passports. australia have retained the ashes after a 185 run victory in the fourth test at old trafford. england needed to bat out the last day to salvage a draw which would have seen the series settled in the fifth and final match

at the 0val. andy swiss reports from old trafford. what an enthralling final day we've had but ultimately it is australia that retains the ashes. it was a was going to be a pretty tall order for england to bat out the whole of the final day and that's exactly how it proved. the last two wickets during the morning session, most notably, ben stokes was out forjust one. there were some hope with a half—century, then some decent knocks, kept things going, when butler went for 34, at that point on goods hopes sent over but the new cult hero, jack each, they kept australia at bay. for about an hour and a half and then leach eventually was out and craig 0verton, the final bigot to fall. wa two josh has was out and craig 0verton, the final bigot to fall. wa twojosh has a wood. england were all out and the australian celebrations could start. england is hopes of winning back the

ashes on home soil over but australia, this other patients can begin for them. they retained the ashes with one match still to play. can rafael nadal move to within one of roger federer‘s haul of 20 grand slam titles? he's up against russia's daniil medvedev in the final of the us open — a player who's featuring in a major final for the first time. david law is in new york and can bring us the latest. it's looking as if he will, indeed, moved to within one grandson singles title of roger federer because he leads 705, 6—3, and is into the third set. a third said if he wins, he will win the title. it will be on 19 grand slam singles titles. highly competitive, but he's given everything he's got. is had more winners in the match than nadal, but he's got important points and he's just grounds —— just grant him down at vital moments. he made him miss. two sets to zero, up, it will be a

southern situation if he was not to win the title from here. his only ever lost one match in his career to grandson tournament from two sets to zero, up. he needsjust like he leads and is up one in the third. it's been a breakout season. his had a fantastic summer, his 120 matches are a fantastic summer, his 120 matches a re lost a fantastic summer, his 120 matches are lost only two, one of those was to nadal, his white title in cincinnati, his been some of the best tra nsfers cincinnati, his been some of the best transfers in the world, and consistently has shown that he belongs in this level. it's no accident not final here but is also finding out just accident not final here but is also finding outjust what accident not final here but is also finding out just what separates the top players from the restaurant have 70 grandson titles between the. thank you very much, indeed. earlier, there was double british success at flushing meadows. andy lapthorne won the quad singles title, dropping only one game against australia's dylan alcott, who'd been unbeaten all season — including victory over lapthorne in the wimbledon final. and alfie hewitt retained his

wheelchair singles title after beating the frenchman stephane houdet in two tie—break sets. charles leclerc won the italian grand prix, giving ferrari their first victory on home soil for nine years. he held off the challenge of mercedes drivers valteri bottas and lewis hamilton, to win his second grand prix in a row and underline his status as a major new force in f1. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website, including news from all today's games in the women's super league. that's all from me for now. just a reminder that i was born in east sussex. divided though it is, i suppose was that we admire your professional impartiality. thank you very much. in hong kong there have been violent clashes between pro—democracy protesters and police, after demonstrators marched to the us consulate to call for american support.

crowds then gathered in central hong kong where an entrance to a subway station was set alight and shop windows were smashed. police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters. iran says the oil tanker at the centre of a diplomatic row between britain and tehran has reached its destination and sold its cargo. iranian state media didn't say where the tanker had gone, but satellite images appeared to show the ship near a syrian port yesterday. the tanker wes seized by british marines near gibraltar in july on suspicion it was bound for syria, in breach of eu sanctions. scientists in norwich are attempting to find out how bacteria, viruses and fungis — known as microbes keep us healthy. not much is known about they work, but with the help of hundreds of new mothers and their babies, researchers are hoping to answer that question. richard westcott reports. bacteria, viruses, even fungi — we are all full of them.

you might think they make you ill, but they make you healthy too. if you look at what humans are made up of, we are more bacteria than we are human being, and most of it is concentrated in our guts. scientists are now looking at how that directly affects our health. things like what we are allergic to or whether we have asthma. they have launched a study to try to understand this link between the cocktail of microbes in our gut and our well—being. they are specifically looking at babies. what is interesting is even though we do live for a long time as humans, we actually get our adult—like microbial community when we are two or three years of age, and those beneficial bacteria are really important for the baby's overall health, including programming the immune system, food digestion, and really important for fighting off infections as well. over the next two years, they want to analyse the gut

contents of more than 200 women and children, starting when they are pregnant. i'm kate, and my baby is due in three weeks' time. i'm natalie, and my baby is due in, um, oh god, eight weeks! oh my god! like all the volunteers, kate and natalie will be asked to do some simple things at home, like this swab test. i do freelance cooking, and i have come across a lot more children in the last two or three years who have dietary problems. 0bviously, that is gut—related, so i thought that maybe becoming part of the study would help in the research to find out more about why these children get such horrendous allergies. i have a bachelor of science degree, and i thought it was perfect for me and i wanted to get involved, and as it is something that can help in the future with future babies and future mothers, i thought what is the harm in doing it? it's so easy! by analysing healthy mums and babies, they can begin to work

out what's different in children who develop problems. if a baby presents with a particular question, like an allergy, for example, we can see if that baby is missing beneficial microbes, and give those microbes back to help reduce symptoms or cure disease. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. they were just testing me to see if i could remember. thankfully i think i got it right. we'll see. around a million people have attended an open—air mass in madagascar, celebrated by pope francis on the final day of his visit there. he called for for the protection of the environment, and against privilege and elitism in society. 0ur religion editor, martin bashir sent this

report from madagascar. brave industrial conditions on the outskirts of the capital, crowds we re outskirts of the capital, crowds were overflowing for an open air mass. quoting from the gospel of luke, pope francis said christ demands respect for both people and the planet. and urgent —— and urgent message for this part of the world. this demanding courage as ours not to delude the gospel message but instead to build history, and solidarity and complete respect for the earth and its gift. as opposed to any form of exportation. across the landscape of this country, the world ‘s fourth largest island, 40% of its forest has disappeared in the last 60 years. the environmental danger is aggravated because 80% of

madagascar ‘s plant and animal species are not found anywhere else on the planet. and it isn'tjust foreign companies who see money in hacking down madagascar ‘s trees. conservationists say local businesses are also to blame. and welcome the pope ‘s intervention. it was a very good and strong message. the civil society was there. we were encouraged and invigorated and listening to the pope. this visit has come at a moment of rapid growth for the catholic church in africa. the pope ‘strip for the catholic church in africa. the pope ‘s trip to africa was intended as a pastoral visit to encourage the growing churches here. but it quickly became political. with his condemnation of the plundering of natural resources. and for the thousands that came out to greet him, then counted a pope who

is as much a conservationist as he is as much a conservationist as he isa is as much a conservationist as he is a question. —— christian. now it's time for a look at the weather. and it is still one of your lines, i hope i got it right, we'll see. they certainly got it right here to end the day in halifax. a glorious and their thanks to rosa, one of our weather watchers for sending that in light -- weather watchers for sending that in light —— late in the day. but want to start the new day on monday that will be a distant memory. it has been a reasonable weekend but this weather front is already manifesting itself across northern and western parts of the british isles. it will certainly be there with a vengeance. transplant. and, possibly in ireland, wales, coming into the south—west defendant. through the morning into the afternoons so the rain mayjust trickle its way towards the eastern side of ingot. tending to fizzle away many areas, save for parts of wales in the south—west. we'll keep the intensity, rumble of thunder

perhaps. it will be a cooler day. followed by a cool night once we get rid of the rain is a low pressure pulls away. clear skies of a dry, chilly night and a coolish start to the day, a bright one, sunny one and thus weight stays for much of england and wales was a variable amounts of cloud for a decent day. can't escape the fact that by the end of the day, it is turned wet and windy across northern ireland and the western side of scotland. with the western side of scotland. with the breeze coming in from the south—west, it will boost temperatures to 20 degrees at best was not tuesday night, wash out. lots of rain, a lot of win. a lot of isobars though, 60 miles an hour, that rain, a couple of inches perhaps for some spots in northern britain. come wednesday morning, what is left of the weather front will be tumbling its way down and across the southern parts of england and wales. following behind a brighten of day but it will be a gusty day. the wind is coming from the west and south—west so not a cold day. 19 in aberdeen, 21 perhaps

in the south. there is a bit of a lull in proceedings but from wednesday to thursday, this in its own right was a tropical storm back in the atlantic stop that is going to spread a fair amount of rent in western scotland and northern ireland, to the north—west of england and into northern wales. again with the breeze ahead of it, piling in from the south—west, thursday could be a warm day, 22, 20 three degrees, perhaps stop here is the thing. you thinkjust in time for the weekend it's going to go pear—shaped. that is not the case. no, it isn't. because the high pressure will build in, notjust operator, giving it a quite day, but for the weekend and he was a thin, too, it but it a tad warmer for many of us. hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. girst the headlines: the government says it is sticking to its brexit plans

despite a new law against no—deal and amber rudd's resignation. brace for a two—day pilots' strike affecting up to 300,000 british airways passengers. peace talks between the taliban and the us are called off. president trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. joy for australia. they've retained the ashes after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old trafford. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are katherine forster, journalist at the sunday times and joe twyman, director at deltapoll. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. in the telegraph, borisjohnson draws up plans to stop the brexit extension mps want him to seek if they don't vote for a general election tomorrow.

in the times, borisjohnson tells cabinet ministers they may have to accept a three—month delay.