this is g w news live from berlin the british parliament defeats forced johnson and seizes control of reps in. 320. 3. with. the. lawmakers take the 1st step in blocking the prime minister from letting the u.k. crash out of the e.u. johnson says he'll now call an early election we'll go live to london and also coming up. zena full of violence sweeps across south africa several people are dead

after rioters attacked foreign owned businesses and migrant workers the president calls the violence quote totally unacceptable. at least 5 people are killed as hurricane dorian devastates the bahamas the government there says the damage is unprecedented and extensive and on the eastern seaboard of the united states more than a 1000000 people have been ordered to leave their homes. i'm william blue cross welcome to the show british prime minister boris johnson says he'll seek to call a snap election after suffering a major parliamentary defeat over bricks it is to speak lawmakers including rebels from within his own party voted to move towards blocking a no deal that could delay the ukase october 31st deadline to leave. european union

johnson who's determined to leave by then deal or no deal is threatening a snap election if parliament ultimately votes to block his no deal plans. correspondent barbara they will joins me now from london so barbara walk us through this showdown what happens now what are the possible outcomes. now the 1st thing we saw earlier tonight was of course that boris johnson suffered a devastating defeat this was his 1st a vote in parliament and he lost that that is something that historians here's a look at in fact in 2 recent decades as never have before and also the next steps are not quite clear because boris johnson will now be calling elections because he said after this defeat he can carry on like this because he doesn't have a majority in parliament even anymore because he used to occasionally of this vote

against the government against his person a true throw out the 24 chary rebels immediately after the vote and so he now is minus $21.00 parliamentarians so the only route left for him now is to call elections however on tuesday the opposition will come up and sort of push this last through their wills tied his hands towards him against a hard core and no deal for exit that is one aspect the other aspect is the new elections when will boris johnson go to parliament was that will he do it tomorrow will he do it the day after because he needs a 2 thirds majority in parliament to sort of call early elections and as we see now and as it stands he doesn't have that so it's a conundrum wherever you look somehow it seems there is an impossibility enviros johnson looks like the big loser of the day that doesn't have to stay that way he

is a tricky manager of political maneuvers but at the moment somehow his stars don't shine very brightly in london so it's very unclear what exactly is going to happen but both sides are facing a lot of very risky path lay out some of those risks each side face. it's risky for both of course for a chance and i said already that she lost one vote she might be losing another vote if you called early elections now because the opposition labor opposition the labor party has said we're not going to do it not before the anti i know do you look for exit has come into legal force that is the one aspect so what will he do in this position nobody knows yet it's quite clear on the other hand for the opposition the point is they will manage to push this loss through the mill managed to tie boris johnson hence formally but will he obey this law that is also quite

unclear because he made completely contradictory x x gave completely contradictory explanations during the course of the debates say oh it again this might be a win for the opposition that in the end turns out to be quite hollow which is chaos reigns in british politics as we see that nobody really knows the way forward everybody is sort of maneuvering in trying to sort of get one over the other side and there is no telling who will be the ultimate winner and loser after these all right barbara faisal thanks very much for keeping us up to date in london. let's turn to some other stories making news around the world italy's antiestablishment 5 star movement has agreed to a new governing coalition with the center left democratic party 5 star leader of the said party members overwhelmingly approved the move in an online poll the

decision means far right leader will be relegated to the opposition and italy will avoid a snap election. the united states the u.k. and france may be complicit in war crimes in yemen according to a new u.n. report 3 countries are providing intelligence and logistic support to the saudi led coalition which the u.n. says is starving civilians as a war tactic the report also accuses the iran backed rebels of committing atrocities against civilians and. authorities in southern california have called off their search for survivors of an overnight boat fire all 33 passengers and one crew member were trapped below deck by the fire are presumed dead the bodies of 20 victims have been recovered more have been spotted inside the sunken wreckage and efforts will continue to recover those remains. in south africa at least 5 people have been killed in riots that appear to target migrant workers and foreign owned businesses it's the latest outbreak of violence against african

immigrants. and part of a larger trend of hostility towards foreign workers in the country president. has condemned the attacks he said there are quote completely against the ether those that south africans espouse taking to the streets to vent their frustration against foreigners starting on sunday mobs of protesters turned violent looting shops and attacking immigrant shopkeepers and workers. police patrolled the city trying to restore calm. they fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters. dozens have been arrested since monday. the violence has also spread to the capital pretoria and to the township of alexandra in northeastern johannesburg residents started the work of cleaning up their plundered shops and regional authorities expressed their frustration yes it is important that we strengthen what does that

could be it but we can't do so without it is that he sought to send a phobia we can't do so we thought that the violence that we can do so without he knows one to use this in 2 ways what the old said she's been in beat president cyril ramaphosa has also condemned the violence migrants from other african countries come to south africa searching for work authorities have not ruled out using armed force to stop the protests if the attacks on foreign workers continue. hurricane dorian is getting closer to the united states southeastern atlantic coast after leaving at least 5 people dead in the bahamas the hurricane has weakened to a category 2 storm after devastating the bahamas but it's still packing winds of more than 170 kilometers an hour millions of people in florida georgia and the carolinas have been ordered to leave their homes as the storm inches closer

meteorologist matthew joins me now from washington welcome matthew so the hurricane lingered in especially a long time over the bahamas is is that kind of thing unusual you know something i have not seen during my career before to see a category 5 hurricane linger that long sure we get stronger storm from time to time but this storm moved at less than 2 kilometers per hour for 24 hours and in the process scour the ground with winds in excess of 250 kilometers per hour. that does sound like quite a storm so with that in mind where is this storm expected to head now what's the latest track. so the storm a since weakened a little bit down to a category 2 right now but it is still threatened still forecast to threaten the eastern part of florida as a rise of the coast about 50 to 70 kilometers offshore so over the next 2 days it'll parallel the florida peninsula eventually making a run toward the carolinas towards georgia maybe skirting with some damaging winds close to 100 kilometers per hour coastal flooding about one meter to 2 meter storm

surge and some very heavy rainfall close about 15 centimeters in a few spots and there's even a chance the carolinas the outer banks could see some isolated tornado activity thanks to the strong winds in the upper atmosphere associated with the hurricane after that should pass harmlessly out to sea and be probably pretty much a fish storm after that so as you just mentioned it's been downgraded to a category 2 that might strike many people are saying it's not so much of a problem anymore could you lay out what's what are some of the dangers that this storm still poses for people on the atlantic coast so one thing we have to remember when a hurricane starts to weaken so to speak is that it's not really weakening per se in terms of the size of the storm in fact when hurricanes what are called spin down even though their core of strong winds isn't quite as strong the core actually expands so now we're seeing this wind field broad anough to encompass the coast whereas before it wouldn't do that so more areas along the immediate coastline in the united states are at risk for that wind and the wind isn't even all that bad

when you compare to the coastal flooding there are a lot of areas in florida and the carolinas this it only perhaps half a meter to a meter above sea level and when you're talking a one to 2 meter storm surge that could put some coastal areas under water during the high tides in the next few days and this hurricane has been said have been one of the most powerful on record what does it tell us about this year's atlanta current cane season. so linux arcane season right now is actually been off to a slow start prior to dorie and we're only in the d.s. in terms of the names which are alphabetical and normally would be pretty much stores like f g h right now so it was a slow start that said we're moving towards a climatological peak of hurricane season when the waters of the warmest the hurricanes are really getting going and i think the stronger storms could be a trend alluding to a future more peppered with these severe storms thanks to climate change all right matthew which in washington d.c. thank you very much for your insights thank you.

and in football 3 german 2nd division clubs have withdrawn their complaints over the eligibility of humbert forward. media reports last month question identity and age but on monday authorities dropped their investigation into the player both him and recently lost the homburg and had each appealed the result. 3 nil victory over hanover at the weekend earning him a standing ovation. the rugby world cup begins in japan this month with those competing being advised to cover up their tattoos that's because in japan tattoos are seen as being linked to crime for some in the country though it's hoped the tournament will help spark a debate about thinking up. arriving in japan the world's best rugby players bring with them something that the country isn't much accustomed to the tattoos could be

cause for cost a nation they've long been associated with criminality in japan to be inked suggests links with their crime syndicates polynesians tattoos have a very different meaning many news even players wear them as tributes to their maori heritage they have some adjusting to do. it's funny 1st they were here we went to a gym and we went to cover up so there was a few long sleeved. sleaze going around but. i think that will just be that it will be. for the players that are lucky enough to come over here you know we got to speak to values. these people have been. some local tattoo artists are hoping that with the world cup in town the southern increased visibility of the art form will help change japanese attitudes. it's a positive thing rugby players with tattoos are coming to japan everyone with tattoos and. i think japanese people need to be aware of that. world

rugby though have said they'd prefer it if players bowed to the custom and covered up and the teams have said they're happy to abide by that request if they do so when the tournament gets underway in 2 weeks time there will be no income display after all. here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour the vote has taken place in the showdown between british prime minister boris johnson and lawmakers who want to block the possibility of a no deal johnson and his government have lost the vote by 328 votes to 301. don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download our app from google play or the apple app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as questionnaire notifications for any breaking news . also use the d. w. out to send us photos and maybe. you're watching your news stay tuned for dig up

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