for the first time approved a brexit deal, but they also delivered a blow to the prime minister. the eyes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. in the second of two crucial votes, they rejected the government's timetable, for debating the bill, but borisjohnson took comfort in the earlier vote. for the first time in this long saga this house is actually accepted its responsibilities together, come together, and embraced a deal. members cheer in a packed house, labour'sjeremy corbyn underlined

the opposition of so many mps, to the time allocated for debate. tonight, the house has refused to be bounced into debating a hugely significant piece of legislation in just two days. we'll have the latest from westminster tonight, as mps are told that delivering brexit by 31st october, is now virtually impossible. also tonight — a senior us diplomat tells donald trump's impeachment inquiry, he'd been told the president did want to give aid to ukraine, in return for dirt, on a democratic party rival. we report from north—eastern syria, on the victims of the fighting, between turkish forces and the kurds. and a new drug that could slow down alzheimer's disease. early tests by a us company are promising. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news. england coach eddiejones claims his side were spied on — ahead of their rugby world cup semi—final against new zealand.

good evening from westminster where, for the very first time, the house of commons has voted in favour of a brexit agreement — but crucially — it's rejected the prime minister's timetable — for passing the necessary legislation. the first of two votes tonight was on the withdrawal agreement bill — the main brexit legislation — which runs to 110 pages, and turns the prime minister's brexit deal into law. the government won that by 329 votes to 299, a majority of 30. but it then lost the second vote, on the parliamentary timetable, by m votes, because a majority

of mps did not think that two days was long enough, to scrutinise such an important bill. the prime minister said the bill would now be paused, and the eu has signalled tonight that it will accept the uk's request for another brexit delay. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports on tonight's brexit votes. a rare moment of silence... and then a result. the ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. mps kicked out the prime minister's timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. plenty of mps don't want to leave but even for those who do, a majority in here tonight thought it was happening too fast. tonight the house has refused to be bounced into debating a hugely significant piece of legislation in just two days with barely any notice and an analysis of the economic impact of this bill. the prime minister is the author

of his own misfortune. so i make this offer to him tonight, work with us, work with us, all of us, to agree a reasonable timetable and i suspect this house will vote to debate, scrutinise and i hope amend the detail of this bill. i must express my disappointment that the house has again voted for delay. rather than a timetable that would have guaranteed that the uk would be in a position to leave the eu on october 315t with a deal. and we now face further uncertainty and the eu must now make up their minds over how to answer parliament's request for a delay. the opposition parties all said no to the prime minister's pace. this is yet another humiliating defeat for the prime minister this evening.

who has sought to railroad through this house legislation that requires proper scrutiny. the house has made a very wise decision to allow further time for detailed examination of some of the most important legislation that we will ever have to consider. there is now more opportunity to release the economic impact assessments which we should all have sight of before we make such material decisions. but minutes before, mps did give their permission for the prime minister's deal to move to the next stage. miles from agreeing it overall, but a milestone nonetheless. the ayes to the right, 329. the noes to the left, 299. parliament has approved tonight for the first time a version of brexit. the ayes to the right, 329. the noes to the left, 299. how welcome it is, evenjoyful,

that for the first time in this long saga this house has actually accepted its responsibilities, come together and embraced a deal. we should not overlook the significance of this moment. and i pay particular tribute to those members of the house who were sceptical and who had difficulties and doubts and who decided to place the national interest ahead of any other consideration. but what on earth happens next? one way or another, we will leave the eu with this deal to which this house has just given its assent. we were meant to be leaving the eu in nine days‘ time but tonight instead mps are at odds with each other and scratching their heads. this is a bad deal, it's a hard brexit, it's not what people voted for. it bears no resemblance to the promises that were made in 2016 so at the very least it should go back to the public.

the house of commons is entitled to amend it. this is where the prime minister seems to me to be behaving so badly, and now i don't know what he's doing. really what we want is a general election because what is clear is the conservative party is in government but with a —44 majority we are not in power. the chief negotiator didn't want to be drawn tonight. do you think there will be an extension? but they can't and won't just shrug will be an extension? but they can't and won'tjust shrug it off. president of the eu council donald tusk already wrote online tonight he will recommend the delay the prime minister has had to ask for. many mps who sit down there hope it won't be the case, but delay could soon mean the decision for all of us at the ballot box, an election. and laura is with me now. 0utside outside the palace of westminster. so, the prime minister gets a defeat and victory in one evening. that's right. even in these controversial times, two things that appear contradictory can both be true. so

on the one hand, yes, borisjohnson failed to get the timetable through that he so desired to get brexit rammed through, all that legislation in record time, to stick to the deadline he promised again and again to leave at the end of this month. that has failed and it feels almost pretty much impossible even for the biggest brexiteer optimist to imagine this could now happen in the next nine days. but the flip side is that the government did show that they had a majority for this deal in principle to proceed through the threshold to the next stage. now, thatis threshold to the next stage. now, that is 1 threshold to the next stage. now, that is1 million miles from approving all of this deal. let's be com pletely approving all of this deal. let's be completely clear about that. but in a sense it is a big milestone because parliament did vote to say this is a version of brexit that we could look at, we could tweak or change, but there is a strong sign tonight some tori mps are cock—a—hoop that the numbers could be there this deal. so, if we look ahead, what is likely to happen in the next few weeks? the huge problem, of course, that although they had the tentative approval from

mps for the deal, borisjohnson didn't get the timetable and he just does not want to hang around. he has pretty much had to break the promise of leaving at the end of this month. no 10 is still saying tonight that 110w no 10 is still saying tonight that now if the european union offers a delay, their preferred option will be instead of carrying on with this parliament, to try to get the country to settle this in a general election. but in a sense, irony upon irony is, it is not in their control. this depends what the european union says next. if they push for a long delay they agree what mps have asked for which is the end of january, because what mps have asked for which is the end ofjanuary, because remember borisjohnson has already had to ask for that delay, then my sense is that no 10, as soon as they can, we'll get to the election. that's not what all of their mps want in their own party. it is certainly not what all the opposition mps want in their party so it's not entirely in boris johnson's their party so it's not entirely in borisjohnson‘s control. their party so it's not entirely in boris johnson's control. laura once again, thank you very much. laura kuenssberg, our political editor,

with the latest analysis of what has been going on with these votes. borisjohnson said parliament had been ‘caught in a deadlock of its own making', and he would "in no way allow months more of this". his words. but tonight it is by no means clear what might happen in the coming weeks, and what steps the prime minister might take, to push for a general election. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar considers what might happen next. tonight for a moment, for the first time, borisjohnson came out a winner on brexit. mps who are keen to leave and some who aren't backed his plan. but the commons demanded more time to debate it and that may have wrecked his chances of leaving on schedule on 31st october. what now, deliver brexit or hold a snap election? 0r both? the next move is up to the eu. eu leaders will consider the extension request. they are being pressed by the prime minister tonight to decide, offer a short delay, just enough to get the bill through parliament, or a long delay, maybe months, long enough

for parliament to finally agree on brexit, or change it or choose or change the government. the brexit bill is on hold while the eu decides but big battles lie ahead. 0n whether or not to seek another referendum or whether to keep the eu referendum or whether to keep the uk inside the eu's customs union, bound to the eu on border taxes and on striking future trade deals or free to make trade deals separately. a defeat on that alone could mean the prime minister pulls the brexit bill. then, on extending the brexit transition period, for as long as it takes to strike a trade deal with the eu. whatever happens, borisjohnson is keen to hold the election, with a deal if he can, without one if he must. the offer of a long extension could easily be enough to tip the balance in favour of a snap election. he is still ahead in the polls for now. he will tell voters he is the true champion of brexit, not nigel farage and his brexit party. jeremy corbyn is keen to get out campaigning too, though many of his mps would rather the election was delayed.

people seemed keener on elections a century ago. this was the last time we had one in december — 1910. we mayjust be heading for another one now or a winter poll soon afterwards. just now no—one is truly in charge of events and tonight at westminster all eyes are fixed on europe. john pienaar, bbc news. john pienaar there with his analysis. let's go live to brussels tonight and our europe editor katya adler. the prime minister suggested the ball was in the eu's court. is that what they think? no matter brussels rejects the idea that the ball is now in the eu's court and in fa ct ball is now in the eu's court and in fact eu leaders are waiting to hear from borisjohnson to hear him explain the current situation in the uk and tell them what his next steps are going to be. first and foremost in eu circles there is relief that a brexit deal has now been approved by parliament. there is also an understanding hear that mps might want a bit more time

to have a look at the detail and the legislation in detail but there is a frustration too that the legislative process has now been halted, and there is a sense here that a new brexit extension is all but inevitable. don't expect eu leaders to rush to grant one tomorrow, though, for example and they will wait to hear from the though, for example and they will wait to hearfrom the prime minister first but don't forget also that evenif first but don't forget also that even if it was through gritted teeth, the prime minister has asked for a brexit extension up until the 3ist for a brexit extension up until the 31st january. will the eu for a brexit extension up until the 31stjanuary. will the eu grant that time length? well, they are aware that this is a very political decision. they are aware that people who might want to stay in the eu might wanta who might want to stay in the eu might want a long extension to have a second referendum perhaps, whereas those who want to leave might want no extension at all or a very short one. the eu is keen to be neutral in this domestic uk argument and they think the most neutral thing they can do is simply granted the time length, the three months, requested

in the prime minister's letter. but there is a lot of frustration behind closed doors here, frustration at the idea that eu leaders might have to come back here to brussels for another emergency brexit summit. there is talk that in fact they will try to organise the extension in writing rather than in person and there is frustration that all of this brexit process has already taken up so much eu time and a suspicion that is often mentioned to me here in background talks that politicians in the uk are using the brexit process to further their own political goals, and one of the names mentioned there is the prime minister's. katya adler, many things again. katya adler, our europe editor in brussels. that's all from westminster for now. we'll be back later in the programme. and don't forget you can find more detail on today's brexit news including background and analysis from our editors, on the bbc website. that's at bbc.co.uk/news.

we can now join we can nowjoin clive for the other stories of the day. there's increasing pressure tonight on donald trump, after america's most senior diplomat in ukraine, said he was told the release of aid to kiev was contingent on the country launching an investigation, into the son of mr trump's democratic rival, the former vice presidentjoe biden. william b taylor was giving evidence to the impeachment inquiry, against the president. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant is at the white house. this seems to be explosive testimony from the diplomat on the face of it. this was congressional testimony that read like the opening of a political thriller and there were audible gasps on capitol hill as it was delivered. william taylor a highly respected diplomat, accusing rudy giuliani the personal lawyer of the president of running a shadow foreign policy that was contrary to us national interest. he said he had been told of a quid pro quo that military aid to the ukraine was conditional on the government

they're launching conditional on the government they‘ re launching an conditional on the government they're launching an investigation that could potentially be damaging to donald trump a's democratic rival joe biden. and also saying that the ukrainian president was offered a white house meeting only if he went on television and announced that investigation. william taylor saying this was highly irregular, saying it was crazy. he said this is a rancorous story about whistle—blowers, rudy giuliani, side channels, quid pro quo, corruption, interference in elections, and in saying that, on capitol hill this afternoon he has delivered the most damning testimony yet in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. nick, thanks forjoining us. in the last few hours, russia and turkey have agreed a deal, to extend the current shaky ceasefire in north eastern syria, for at least another six days. last week under pressure from the us, turkey agreed to halt its offensive

against kurdish forces in the region, until today. now, russian soldiers and syrian border guards will help turkey secure a 20 mile "safe zone" along the border, ensuring kurdish fighters withdraw. 0ur correspondent, jiyar gol, reports from the syrian town of qamishli, close to the turkish border. as we crossed the tigris river from iran into syria, it's not long before we bump into dozens of military vehicles heading the opposite way. this is an american convoy. you can see american flags. they are pulling out of the region. it seems to me they are special forces. they have been here in the past three years aiding the kurds in the fight against isis. 11,000 kurdish men and women were killed in the war against the islamic state. now their long—term ally, the us, is leaving them to face an even bigger threat alone.

in a hospital in the town of qamishli a few kilometres away from the turkish border we met kurdish fighters hit by turkish bombs. 21—year—old bafrin is a member of a kurdish all—female unit who fought is in manbij and raqqa. turkey says clearing a safe zone is vital to protect its borders from kurdish militancy. but it's not only the fighters being hit. tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to leave their homes, and at least 120 people have lost their lives. one of them was sara's brother. her parents haven't told her the news.

she's got too much to cope with. she cries with us troops leaving, syrian kurds like sara face an uncertain future. jiyar gol, bbc news, qamishli, in northern syria. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is in the russian city of sochi, where the talks between president putin and turkey's president erdogan were held. we assume vladimir putin with an enhanced presence in northern syria, he must be a very happy man?|j enhanced presence in northern syria, he must be a very happy man? i think so, yes. it took him out president erdogan of turkey more than six hours to hammer out the steel but the paper they came up with in the end is one which turkey and russia are end is one which turkey and russia a re pretty end is one which turkey and russia are pretty pleased with —— this deal. what it boils down to it stopping turkey's military incursion

going any further, and that has happened by freezing the status quo in the area turkey entered, the kurdish militias that turkey is so worried about for security reasons have been pushed back. either side of that, what will happen, russian and syrian government forces will step in and they will mount a joint patrols along the border on the zones either side of where turkey is now essentially in control of what it calls a safe zone. vladimir putin has said that this deal is crucial to an acute situation, resolving this acute situation, and it puts the troops of russia's ally bashar al—assad back on the syrian border which is very important for russia. and for its ally. but there's thing for and for its ally. but there's thing foeradimir putin, and for its ally. but there's thing for vladimir putin, this is cementing his role and the role of russia as a pivotal player now in syria. russia now deciding events and ina syria. russia now deciding events and in a part of syria where until just a few weeks ago it was america

that was the key foreign force. sarah, thanks for joining that was the key foreign force. sarah, thanks forjoining us. an american pharmaceutical company, says it may have developed the first drug to slow alzheimer's disease. the company, biogen, says it will soon seek regulatory approvalfor the drug in the us. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, is with me. this seems like a remarkable breakthrough. an extraordinary turnaround for the drug, because in march biogen without warning courted clinical trials involving more than 3000 patients worldwide, some with them in the uk, saying this drug does not work. but now it has analysed more data and it is said four patients with early alzheimer's, on the high dosage, it does bring significant clinical benefits, slowing their cognitive decline and allowing them to preserve more of their memory, language skills and ability to do

things like wash and dress themselves. we have got to be cautious because scientists have not seen cautious because scientists have not seen all of the data yet, but if it does work it would be the first drug to slow alzheimer's and it would be a massive medical breakthrough, it would be a blockbuster drug and it would be a blockbuster drug and it would be a blockbuster drug and it would be transformative for this field of research. alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, and dementia affects 850,000 people just here in the uk. fergus walsh, thanks forjoining us. the american woman who's a suspect in the fatal crash that killed 19 year old harry dunn, has asked to be interviewed in the united states, by british police. the teenager died after his motorbike collided with a car in northamptonshire in august. anne sacoolas is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road when the accident happened. she later left the uk, claiming diplomatic immunity. a court has heard that the government's decision to strip british citizenship

from shamima begum, the teenager who went to syria to join the islamic state group, has left her at risk of being hanged. her lawyers claim she's in "an incredibly fragile and dangerous" position, in a syrian refugee camp. they say stripping taking away her citizenship, leaves her stateless. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, has won a second term, after his liberal party narrowly won yesterday's general election. but he now leads a minority government. the result follows a difficult campaign for the prime minister, who was dogged by revelations over his past and questions about his ethics. a public inquiry will be held into the manchester arena bomb attack, which killed 22 people, in may 2017. the home secretary, priti patel says it's the best way for those who survived or lost loved ones, to ‘get answers'. the announcement comes as the younger brother of the bomber, appeared at the old bailey pleading not guilty to murder. judith moritz is at the manchester

arena for us tonight. is this what families and relatives of those who died wanted, a public inquiry? it is what they expected because this inquiry will replace the inquest which was to be held last month, and you may remember the coroner sirjohn saunders agreed that some evidence relating to the police and m15 could be kept secret on grounds of national security but he warned that as a result it would be difficult to hold an inquest and he asked the home secretary to authorise a public inquiry instead, because, this may seem a contradiction, it would allow him to hear that evidence in private behind closed doors away from the families and members of the public, but the home secretary said that she knows those families are searching for a nswe i’s those families are searching for answers and she hopes this process will help them to move on, but speaking to lawyers for some of the families they say they expect com plete families they say they expect complete candour from the authorities, warts and all, they wa nt authorities, warts and all, they want the inquiry to get under way,

as to when that will happen, not until the end of the trial of hashem abedi and that is scheduled for the beginning of next year. judith, thanks forjoining us. football and both manchester city and tottenham cruised to victory in tonight's champions league matches. our sports correspondent, katie gornall was watching. four months ago, tottenham were walking out into a champions league final but now the mood feels very different. a terrible run of form have put them under serious pressure, so how about this for a start? harry kane lifting the spirits, how they needed that. now spurs were playing like their old selves, swarming over red star and turning on the style. son with the second after just 15 minutes. spurs were in charge and the serbians were struggling to cope. another surge forward, another impressive goal for son. humiliated by bayern munich last time out, now spurs

were handing out the beating. 5—0 it finished, the clouds lifted for now. manchester city are yet to win the champions league. their opponents atalanta have yet to win a champions league point. but look at this... if fernandinho was aiming for the ball, he did not have a case. penalty for the italians and a wake—up call for city. spurred into action, sergio aguero pounced. he would score again, but it was raheem sterling who stole the headlines in the second half with a quick fire hat trick to add a flourish to the score line. their manager says they aren't ready to win the champions league, could this be the year that they prove him wrong? katie gornall, bbc news. now, back to huw, on a dramatic night, at westminster. we are talking after nearly three and a half years of debate. with just nine days to the brexit deadline of october 31st — the path ahead is still unclear. but it is possible that voters

may soon get the chance to have their say again — this time in a general election. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been to buckinghamshire to see what voters — and soon to be voters — think of the latest brexit developments. while the arguments raged in parliament, politics' students at beaconsfield high school were having a debate of their own on a particularly pertinent subject. brexit unsurprisingly dominated, and as people digested the latest developments at westminster, some weren't convinced by the prospect of delay. borisjohnson's been clear, he wants to get the uk out by the 31st. this is just another tactic to try and delay it. if we do push any more, what will be done in these three years that we haven't set on a deal in any way? how will a further month or so make that much difference? that desire to move on was part of the prime minister's argument to get his bill through quickly. but some don't agree

with that approach. it's really good to scrutinise the legislation properly. i don't think it should just be rushed through because this is not an easy decision to make. and obviously there's so many different views on brexit as a whole. "get brexit done" is just... people have been pushed into apathy over brexit. we shouldn't be not caring about it. we shouldn't be just trying to shove it through parliament. we should be trying to actually think about it. there is some support here tonight for parliament's actions. but boris johnson hadn't wanted to be facing a delay. he'd staked so much on the deadline at the end of this month because, rightly or wrongly, he believed most people just wanted to get this bit of brexit done, and he'd wanted to be the one to deliver. now, though, he'll have to rethink how to keep that plan on track. earlier at beaconsfield's famous model village, many were keen to see a way through. i just want to get the flipping thing finished with, done, dusted, get out or whatever. but for some this is

a chance to go round again. well, i mean, i'm in favour of a second referendum and a people's vote, really. i think there's a lot more clarity now. not all, though, are convinced by another election. if we have one now i think it would be a brexit election so, yeah, i think, you know, the election needs to be about other issues as well. a general election is just going to delay things and it's just going to make everything a whole lot more uncertain again. not far away at a business that makes bespoke curtain tracks in high wycombe, owner chris is craving some certainty. he wanted an exit deal done but didn't have faith the prime minister or parliament would find a solution. there's no consensus, no uniformity to get this sorted and across the line. what is good for one party, what is good for another party, what is good for one person, what is good for another person, and nothing gets done. and now the twists and turns will continue. few clear about what comes next. many increasingly frustrated.

alex forsyth, bbc news, buckinghamshire. some of the voices in buckinghamshire, alex reporting, there. that's it from westminster, where mps have for the first time backed a brexit deal, but borisjohnson's timetable for passing the legislation has been rejected. all eyes are on brussels now, and what sort of brexit extension they may offer. newsnight is getting under way on bbc two, but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins — your headlines tonight in need of a response. spurs cruise to a crucial win

in the champions league, scoring 5 en route to it.