this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11:00: boris johnson returned to the commons today to face the anger of many mps. parliament resumed its business this morning after the supreme court found that mrjohnson had acted unlawfully when he suspended proceedings after yesterday's ruling, mr speaker, the prime minister should have done the honourable thing and resigned. this parliament must either stand aside and let brexit done or bring a vote of confidence and finally face

the day of reckoning with the voters. a transcript is published of donald trump's conversation with the ukranian president — opponents say it proves the president acted improperly. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, eve pollard and laura hughes. stay with us for that. a very good evening and welcome to bbc news. boris johnson has faced the house of commons, for the first time since his defeat in the supreme court yesterday. there were bad—tempered exchanges as the prime minister claimed that the supreme court had been wrong to pronounce on a political question at a time of great national controversy. the highest court in

the land ruled unanimously that mrjohnson had acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament for five weeks. the prime minister rejected labour calls for him to resign, and challenged the opposition parties to agree to a general election. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. to lead often is to be alone. borisjohnson on the tarmac, clutching his red box of business. it was borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament, found against the law. boris johnson racing back from new york to face mps‘ rancour. boris johnson racing back from new york to face mps‘ anger. but on this dangerous road, the prime minister chose tonight to whip up the rancour himself. statement, the prime minister. no regret, no remorse. he questioned the judges‘ ruling yesterday. it is absolutely no disrespect

to the judiciary to say i think the court was wrong to pronounce on what is essentially a political question. he chose attack as the best form of defence, rather than give answers, goading the opposition to bring him down. out of sheer selfishness and political cowardice, members opposite are unwilling to move aside and give the people a say. we will not betray the people who sent us here. we will not. that's what they want to do. we will not abandon the priorities that matter to the public, and we will continue to challenge those opposition parties to uphold democracy. some labour mps shouted, "you should be injail" and "shame". jeremy corbyn‘s response — he should go. after yesterday's ruling, mr speaker, the prime minister should have done the honourable thing and resigned.

the government has failed to silence our democracy. but he was resolute. jeremy corbyn won't take the chance of an election now, not until there is a guarantee we won't leave the eu without a deal next month. he says he wants a general election. i want a general election. it's very simple. if you want an election, if he wants an election, get an extension and let's have an election. but there were verbal punches back. he can't control his own party. he can't decide whether he is for leave or remain. he is being held captive by his colleagues. the electorate are being held captive by this zombie parliament

and a zombie opposition, and he wants the entire country to be held captive in the eu after october the 31st, at a cost of more than £1 billion a month. we say no. i say no. let's get brexit done and let's take this country forward. the more savage it was, the more they roared. the prime minister had almost provoked his own side into backing him like this. if anything, that applause encouraged the opposition parties to slam him. if my son can apologise for kicking a football indoors, surely the prime minister could have the humility to say sorry for misleading the queen, misleading the country and illegally shutting down our democracy. and at a time like this, don't bet on what might come next. the opposition must unite to trigger

a vote of no confidence to bring this chaotic government down. does he still believe it to be right and proper to seek to impeach a prime minister who has beenjudged to mislead the public? there was nothing still about tonight. frustration is erupting. we have seen the political establishment in this house, the commercial establishment and now the judiciary establishment go against the will of the people. they are angry. they feel thwarted by the establishment. those who claim to defend parliamentary democracy are in fact putting it at grave risk by alienating a large proportion of the population who fear that this house is trying to block a democratic referendum result that we promised to honour. disdain from the prime minister's former colleagues. he is pitting brexit against remain, young against old, scotland against england and people against the parliament.

and maybe fear too. many of us in this place are subject to death threats and abuse every day. let me tell the prime minister that they often quote his words surrender and betrayal. i for one am sick of it. mr speaker, i have to say i have never heard such humbug in all my life. the outrage at his response was louder than boris johnson's attempts to make himself heard. more acute when the murdered mpjo cox's successor pleaded with him too. will he, going forward, moderate his language so that we will all feel secure when we are going about ourjobs? the best way to honour the memory ofjo cox and indeed the best way to bring this country together would be, ithink, to get brexit done.

tonight, at least, it is almost impossible to imagine those inside being able to agree on whether it's night or day. the government's top lawyer earlier declared it over. this parliament is a dead parliament. it should no longer sit. it has no moral right to sit on these green benches. for this prime minister to talk about morals and morality is a disgrace! when outrage is in fashion, the agreement the country may crave is hard to find. let's get the latest on an eventful day at westminster, from our political correspondent, helen catt. the atmosphere was savage. what was your take on events this evening? you can hear the sheer scale of

noise, the volume, the anger that there was in the chamber and it is quite extraordinary. we are in this strange situation where you have the prime minister poking at the opposition saying, sack me. the opposition saying, sack me. the opposition saying, sack me. the opposition saying, we want to sack you but not now. it points to a chronic lack of trust in the house of commons. frankly, the opposition parties say they simply do not trust the prime minister and that if they vote through this election, because parliament is pretty much paralysed, they worry they are going to be outmanoeuvred. a manoeuvre that would mean an no—deal brexit could happen. all parties have to try and work together to stop they have slightly different positions when it comes to brexit and borisjohnson does not have a majority and he has to work out how to get things through. what is clear from this

evening, he is not looking at this thinking i need to go for more collegiate approach but still going for this defined way forward. the leader of the house of commons, jacob liz —— respite, wants to enable the conservative... a short adjournment that i have to be careful about the language that a short adjournment to parliament. are they likely to get it? we will have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. the feeling is opposition parties are unlikely to give them permission to hold that conference. they are a shop window for policies and the labour and democrats have had this so there is no advantage for them. having made such a noise

and protest about not being able to sit in parliament, it would seem quite strange for parliament to say, all right. but the convention is that parties let the other parties have their conference without overshadowing. we willjust have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. thank you. yesterday's ruling by the uk supreme court, has prompted thousands of questions from viewers and listeners, in all parts of bbc news. our deputy political editor john pienaar has been answering some of those questions, starting with this one: what happens next? well, borisjohnson was already in a tight political corner, and he still is. just look at his relentless pressure to force an early election. the mood has been transformed. the ferocity of the argument off the scale. and now the government's opponents are back in the commons, they can close in,

try to pass legislation to tighten up the law they've already passed to close off the option of leaving with no deal on october the 31st. and force borisjohnson to either land a deal or do the last thing that he wants, to seek another brexit extension. will brexit happen? good question. wish i knew. out here, against brexit, for brexit, they would love to know the answer. a lot depends on the brexit negotiations in brussels, where the uk side and the eu side are still some way apart, and the eu summit on october the 17th his rushing up fast. no deal by october the 19th, and boris johnson by law will have to extend brexit, or try to. unless, that is, the eu or any of its members decide they've had enough, in which case britain is shown the door. in the end, after three years, if parliament can't decide all this, it may be up to you. will there be a general election? now, that's an easy one, and the answer's yes.

all sides want an election. the argument is about when. opposition mps say no election until a no—deal brexit is off the table. they say they're worried about the disruption a no—deal brexit would cause. but they know, and so does the prime minister, that a delay would cost the tories lots of brexit supporters‘ votes. borisjohnson‘s election challenges, his taunts of cowardice are not working. he is under pressure, and when he says he wants a deal, he means it. this won't be a one—issue election, but it'll seem like it, and it's coming soon. the government says it has no reason to think there was anything untoward in the granting of £100,000 of public money to an american businesswoman who joined trade missions led by boris johnson when he was the mayor of london. the digital minister, matt warman, said a grant made this year to jennifer arcuri's company, hacker house, was being reviewed. he said mrjohnson had had no role

in awarding the money. mrjohnson has claimed that everything was done in the proper way when he was mayor. in washington, details have been released of a telephone call between donald trump and the ukrainian president, which is at the heart of attempts by the democrats to impeach president trump. he's rejected allegations that he put financial pressure on ukraine, to provide information about a business linked tojoe biden who is the frontrunner to be the democratic candidate in next year's presidential election. our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. he's made me more famous than i've made him. who'd have thought that a meeting between donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart would become the most keenly anticipated event of un week? but after a phone call injuly between the two men that has resulted in the democrats launching impeachment proceedings, it has. it's better to be on tv than by phone. i think.

and a central charge — did the us president try to pressurise volodymyr zelensky into supplying damaging information on donald trump's main democratic rival, joe biden? the ukrainian leader looked uncomfortable. i think, good phone call. it was normal, we spoke about many things. so, i think and you read it, that nobody pushed me. in other words, no pressure. because you know what, there was no pressure. and, by the way, you know there was no pressure. all you have to do is see it, what went on in the call. the president wantsjoe biden investigated along with his son, hunter, who has business interests in the country. the white house has released a partial transcript of the conversation and, in it, the president takes the highly irregular step of asking his ukrainian counterpart for a favour.

this partial transcript is damning, but not deadly. yes, the president seeks info on a political rival from a foreign leader, but there no quid pro quo, no "unless you give us the dirt, we won't give you aid." nevertheless, in a divided country, buckle up for what will be a bitter and take—no—hostages fight. democrats crying high crimes and misdemeanours. republicans shouting witch hunt. on capitol hill, the battle lines are being drawn on strict party lines on whether he is villain or victim. like any mafia boss, the president didn't need to say "that's a nice country you have, it would be a shame if something were to happen to it," because that was clear from the conversation. to impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane.

wherever the president goes, the secret service provides a ring of steel. now it's the republican party and the white house who need to circle the wagons to protect donald trump from this democratic party attempt to bring him down. jon sopel, bbc news, new york. the headlines on bbc news: boris johnson returned to the commons today to face the anger of many mps. parliament resumed its business this morning after the supreme court found that mrjohnson had acted unlawfully when he suspended proceedings. a transcript is published of donald trump's conversation with the ukrainian president — opponents say it proves the president acted improperly. around 1,200 workers have been made redundant after one of the uk's main bus makers went into administration. wrightbus, which is among northern ireland's largest employers, is best known for making london's routemaster double—deckers.

unions say more than a thousand jobs in the supply chain are also in danger. our correspondent emma vardy reports from the firm's headquarters in ballymena in county antrim. downed tools and an exodus of workers following this morning's announcement. many leaving behind lifelong employment. their services no longer required. telling us everything's ok, everything's going to be fine, they are good jobs, we are safe, and thenjust bring us in and tell us there is nothing more they can do, that's it, company's closed, ceased trading. what will you do now? i honestly don't know. i've worked with wrightbus for 30 years now. i'm ashamed to be part of it. who's going to employ a 62—year—old man? i've nothing now, that's it. in 2012, the company was enjoying success, launching a double—decker fleet

for london, it became known as the boris buses. but since then, demand for new vehicles has fallen. changes from diesel to electric buses blamed for the downturn. today, unions appealed to borisjohnson to rescue the company he once championed. the british prime minister, who said in the last few weeks he'd do everything in his power to save a company like wrightbus, and we are putting it to him again — do everything in your power, invest into wrightbus and keep it open. with so big an employer going under, there could be hundreds morejobs affected on top of the 1200 redundancies, from companies in the supply chain to shops where workers buy lunch. even today, we've noticed, we've been a lot quieter. and customers that is coming in, they are just shocked.

and there's new questions over wrightbus funds spent on building this large, new church. this religious charity, green pastures, where the owner of wrightbus, jeff wright, is a pastor, was given £15 million in company donations over six years. wrightbus was still making church donations when it made a loss of £1.7 million in 2017. it's believed the wright family paid the last staff wage bill themselves but now, unless a new buyer can be found, the wheels of wrightbus will stop turning for good. emma vardy, bbc news, ballymena. scientists have delivered another stark assessment of the global impact of climate change, warning that the world's seas and frozen areas are being threatened as never before. they say if nothing is done to limit carbon emissions, sea levels could rise by more than a metre — on average — by the end of the century. the effect could mean that some island states are likely to become uninhabitable. and extreme flooding events, in low—lying coastal cities, could happen every year

by the middle of this century. in the uk, the city of hull has been badly affected by flooding over recent years. our science editor david shukman has been finding out what's being done to try to help. the sea is rising, so stronger defences are needed. here in hull, a new wall is being built to protect thousands of people. most of the city lies below the level of the high tide, so flooding is a constant risk. this is what we're up against currently. we can't stop at. on a winter night six years ago, sea water overwhelmed parts of hull, filling homes with mud. gordon rasen watched it happen. the water came over there into the dock, out of the dock straight into the streets, because there was no...

because the dock was already full of water. what was it like when that happened? frightening, really. we know that sea level will rise, where it rises... and if in future the ocean is a metre higher, the impact could be even worse. scientists are using simulations to see how bad the flooding could get. it won't be possible to defend everywhere, quite simply. there will be areas that will have to retreat from with that level of sea—level rise. economically, itjust won't make sense to do so. we can win individual battles, but the overall war, we'll lose. just a few miles from hull, these homes have very little to protect them from a rising sea, which matters, because the report says that, whatever efforts are made to tackle climate change, the level of the oceans is going to keep rising in the coming decades. which means that people here and in many parts of the world are going to have to adapt. the biggest cause of rising sea levels is the melting of the ice in the polar regions.

earlier this month, i saw how this year had a record melt in greenland. and the report warns that along with higher sea levels, there will be more powerful storms. extreme floods will strike more often, with drastic consequences. are we talking about relocation? retreat in some instances? and certainly the report doesn't shy from the big issues. because these patterns of impacts are so complex, the report does identify that, for example, some small island states may become uninhabitable. back in hull, scientists are out in all weathers to track the currents underwater, to help forecast the next floods, to gather data about the areas that are most vulnerable. the sea once helped this place to flourish. but as the waters rise, all over the world, they'll become more of a threat. david shukman, bbc news, in hull.

a mother of three has died after being attacked by two dogs in widnes. the attack on 44—year—old elayne stanley happened at a house yesterday evening. cheshire police said one of the dogs was destroyed while the other was captured and taken to a secure kennel. no arrests have been made. the energy company edf says its new hinkley point c nuclear power plant could be 15 months late — and £2.9 billion over budget. the company blamed what it called "challenging ground conditions". the extra costs will be borne by edf and the french firm's chinese business partner. sainsbury‘s is to close another 70 argos shops and move them inside its supermarkets. it will also close up to 15 supermarkets and a0 convenience stores. the company says the closures are part of a plan to reduce costs by £500 million over five years. sainsbury‘s is also planning to open around 120 new grocery outlets — mostly convenience stores.

the transport secretary, grant shapps, has said the government will look at whether bonuses paid to thomas cook executives can be recovered through the insolvency process. there has been growing anger at the tens of millions of pounds paid to executives before the travel operator's collapse. a huge operation is currently repatriating 150,000 british travellers. our transport correspondent tom burridge has been hearing from a former thomas cook staff member. my my name is betty knight. i was cabin crew for thomas cook airlines for 12 yea rs. crew for thomas cook airlines for 12 years. our management seemed to have disappeared off into the sunset with millions and millions of pounds will stop and while all of our lovely passengers and customers have been helped by the cea, who have done an incredible job, helped by the cea, who have done an incrediblejob, and helped by the cea, who have done an incredible job, and they have all

been assisted, our cabin crew, members of our cabin team have been stuck without even a word, without a phone call, in really dire circumstances. and there is sympathy from those who, days ago, where their customers, holidaymakers brought back on government flies into bristol today. stressful, brought back on government flies into bristoltoday. stressful, but they've got no jobs. the staff? yes. so i'm more concerned really for them. at least we've got home. so i'm more concerned really for them. at least we've got homem so i'm more concerned really for them. at least we've got home. it is sad after all these years, i'm ultimate. but what can we do? the directors took all the money. this £20 million of bonuses. those huge pay—outs for thomas cook losses now being scrutinised by mps. the transport secretary said an investigation by the service could consider if some money paid to management might be seized. but one question lingers, why didn't the government step in? and while they hear people say widening just put

the money in? the answer is because all you have to do is open the books and realise if you've got a 1—.7 billion that, if you lost 1.5 point 5,000,000,006 months alone, if you have then issued another profit warning, this is entirely different from the condor situation which was different. it is still operating. a £330 million bridging loan from the german government will keep it afloat. thomas cook executives got a hero ‘s welcome when condor staff heard the news. but this video caused anger among uk staff who crewed these now crowded aircraft. they say thomas cook's uk airline did make money, but theirjobs are gone. the loss of my friends, the fear of a loss of income, all of a sudden, overnight, fear of the future, it was just absolutely

devastating. i'd never experienced anything like it. tom burridge, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have introduced their baby son archie to the one of the leading figures in the fight against apartheid in south africa — the veteran archbishop desmond tutu. the couple are on a 10—day tour of africa. and it's the first time the four—month—old has been clearly seen in public. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell was there. he's four months and 19 days old now, and little has been seen of archie harrison mountbatten—windsor since his birth on the sixth of may. but here he was in cape town today with his mother and father, to meet one of cape town's most celebrated citizens, archbishop desmond tutu and his daughter, thandeka. archie, inevitably, became the centre of attention.

that's something he'll need to get used to. oh, you like the ladies? sensible conversation was temporarily suspended so that everyone could try a bit of baby talk. encouraging sounds and, of course, admiring comments. sufficed to say that archie took it all in his stride, and played his part to perfection. he's clearly a natural at this sort of thing. he won't remember it, of course, but the moment was captured for immediate release to many front pages. archie and the archbishop. you saw it here first. nicholas witchell, bbc news, cape town. now it's time for the weather with stav da naos. hello there. on wednesday we actually saw a brief spell of settled weather, that is because we we re settled weather, that is because we were in between weather systems. many places or sunshine,

temperatures 19— 20 degrees. it was a short live settled spell, the next area of low pressure moves in thursday to bring us more unsettled conditions. a band of and windy weather bring across the country wednesday night, thursday morning, will eventually clear off into the north sea. could be a hang back for the north—east of scotland and the northern isles stop then it is so china shows, the showers is across the northern and the west. the best of the sunshine across the south—east where we could see 20 degrees. it will be a blustery day for all, articulately england and wales, which will be quite windy. no pressure with us again to end the week, just to the north—west of the uk, slightly cooler air mixed in with the slow. it will be another blustery day for most, windy again for england and wales. we could see some fronts which could merge the showers together to produce longer spells of rain at times. a little bit of sunshine around. temperatures 13-14 in bit of sunshine around. temperatures 13—14 in the north, 17—18 in the south. into the weekend, we have low pressure dominating the scene, so it will remain unsettled. all down to

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