bercow: from the bottom of my heart, i thank them all profusely. i could also not have served without the repeated support of his house and its members past and present. this is a wonderful place, formed overwhelmingly by people o are motivated by their nation of international interests, by their perception of the public good and by their not as delegates, but as representatives to do what happens they believe is right for our country. we degrade this parliament at our peril. i served as a member of arliament for 22 years and for last 10, as speaker. put it been -- let me explicitly -- the greatest privilege of my professional life, for which i will be eternally grateful. i wish my successor in the chair in ery best fortune standing up for the rights of all of our right honorable for parliament institutionally as the speaker of the house of commons. thank you. cheers and applause] is mr. bercow: you are really a very bunch of again rouse people. i love this place. you love this place. and we look forward to a future with interests and anticipation

bercow: from the bottom of my heart, i thank them all profusely. i also could not have served without the repeated support of this house and its members, past and present. this is a wonderful place, filled overwhelmingly by people who are motivated by their notion of the national interest, by perception of the public not asnd by their duty, delegates, but as representatives to do what they believe is right for our country. we degrade this parliament at our peril. i have served as a member of parliament for 22 years and for last 10 as a speaker. this has been -- let me put it explicitly -- the greatest privilege and honor of my professional life, for which i will be eternally grateful. i wish my successor in the chair the very best fortune in standing up for the rights of honorable and right honorable members, individually and for parliament, institutionally, as the speaker of the house of commons. thank you. [applause] mr. bercow: you really are a very, very, very generous bunch of people, indeed. and thank you on both sides of the house, for which

i'm joined by bobby friedman who's written a biography onjohn bercow.or him, even for the first day he took the speakership, he was already facing people saying he had been elected with almost no conservative votes at all. from the first day the conservatives have wanted to get him out of the speakers chair. one of the most amazing things is that he made it to ten years before he finally was forced to jump before he was pushed, which is what we saw today. the reason being that over the weekend the conservatives have said they would run a candidate against him in his buckingham constituency at the upcoming general election whenever that is held. it left him with no choice and what he did do today was to go on his own terms. it allowed him to set the agenda and it was a shock announcement, there was very little briefing and people did not know it was coming, and of course because he has chosen how to do it he has made sure that his replacement is going to be selected by this parliament and he hopes that will mean there is and he hopes that will mean there

john bercow announces his plans to stand down as speakerlj john bercow announces his plans to stand downspeaker. i wish my successof stand down as speaker. i wish my successor in the chair the very best fortune in standing up for the rights of honourable and right honourable members individually and for parliament institutionally, as the speaker of the house of commons. thank you. (applause). parliament certainly went out with a bang. the last sitting day for five weeks included emergency debates, government defeats and a resignation. let's start with the emergency debate called by the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he was worried about suggestions that the government could try to find a way around legislation approved by mps last week designed to prevent a no—deal brexit on october 31. parliament has passed a law to ensure that the will of parliament is upheld. the fact that parliament is compelled to pass a law to ensure the will of parliament is upheld shows what extraordinary times we now live in. the house has rejected no deal. businesses and trade unions are united in rejecting no dea

. —— john bercow. we will turn normally done in a general election. ——john bercow.n back normally done in a general election. —— john bercow. we will turn back to that story and a minute and of christ we are keeping an eye out for this result as well. —— and we are keeping an eye out on that result as well. yet another historic night in his thank you forjoining us. british politics and members of the proudman are debating a measure that will allow them to block a no—deal brexit and prime ministerjoyce bell borisjohnson brexit and prime ministerjoyce bell boris johnson says brexit and prime ministerjoyce bell borisjohnson says he will try to force a general election if he loses and remember the prime minister has said his preference is still to get a deal with the european union. said repeatedly that he thinks it will come on a summit repeatedly that he thinks it will come on a summit on repeatedly that he thinks it will come on a summit on october the 17th. he says he cannot negotiate with the european union without the possibility of new deal being there. some mps

and an emotional farewell from the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, as he announces he'lltep down by the 31st october. this has been — let me put it explicitly — the greatest privilege and honour of my professional life, for which i will be eternally grateful. we'll have all the latest from westminster, as mps prepare to shut up shop as the brexit chaos continues. also tonight... almost all of british airways flights are grounded as pilots walk out over pay at the start of a two—day strike. bullied online — the little mix star jesy nelson reveals how years of nasty comments almost drove her to take her own life. and the extraordinary surgery that means this man — blinded in one eye by acid 20 years ago — can finally see again. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, a big night for northern ireland in euro qualifying, as they look to stay top of their group. they face germany in belfast. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. from tonight, parliament will be shut down for five weeks. first though, mps will be asked to vote for a second time on the g

bercow: i promised my wife and children that it would be my last. this is a pledge that i intend to keep. for house votes tonight an early general election, my tenure as speaker m.p. will end when this parliament ends. if the house does not so vote, i have concluded that the least disruptive and most democratic will be to tion stand down at the close of business on thursday, october 1. [laughter] least disruptive because that date will fall shortly after the votes on the green speech expected on 21st and 22nd, october. it will be best to have an experienced figure in the chair. most democratic because it will -- balance balanced is held when all members have some knowledge of the andidates. this is far preferable to a contest at the beginning of a parliament when new m.p.'s will not be similarly informed and may find themselves vulnerable undue institutional influence. would not want anyone to be with senseless, would we? [laughter] roughout my time as speaker, i have sought to increase the relative authority of this legislature for which i will mak

the guardian, they havejohn bercow backin the guardian, they havejohn bercow back in the news, he can'trning to number 10. some interesting remarks from john bercow. obviously john bercow announced this week he would be standing down at the end of next month, but i don't think anybody expected him to go quietly. obviously in the last few years he has repeatedly criticised by brexiteers for not being an impartial speaker. he's not afraid to stay in the fray. he'll be doing all he can to prevent a no—deal brexit until the very last moment, it seems. has he been a good speaker, do you think, john bercow? i'm not one to judge on these things... go on! it was interesting, today he gave a speech. he will step down. he feels he has more freedom to speak out stop as we stared, he has spoken out in the last couple of weeks in particular. —— as we said. clearly m ps weeks in particular. —— as we said. clearly mps have said they would seek an extension if a deal failed to come back from brussels by the 19th of october, or they haven't approved a no—deal. he will say any attempt to stop that won't

bercow: we degrade this parliament at our peril. [applause] atra k.: that blast aim boris johnson, and he was applauded. but look where the clapping comes from. all too obvious thiss a house profoundly divided. later tonight, the commons will, pack up for a few weeks, the government calling an early halt. >> we will do everything we can to prevent the crashing out on the 31st of october and support an election when that is clear we are not dng the crashing t. laura k.: still time for the forces ranged against the prime minister to defeat him. >> the ayes to the right, 311. nos to the left, 302. laura k.: narrowly, mps voted to force number 10 to publish documents about no deal and the private messages of downing street staff. >> ayes have it. laura k.ththopposition might block them, but right now it is the tories who are in a hurry to get to the ballot box. for a government with no remajority, a parliament there is no agreement. sooner or later, we are all heading there. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster.mo laura t.: fo, i'm j

so, jessica parker, is in westminster. these are bold w bercow, so, these are bold words from mr bercow man who is known for making bold statements in the house of commons and what it means is it's a clear signal when parliament returns, it's been suspended, prorogued, at the moment, we could see interesting outcomes and rulings from the speakerjohn bercow if there's parliamentary battles about there's parliamentary battles about the future of brexit. 0f there's parliamentary battles about the future of brexit. of course there's parliamentary battles about the future of brexit. 0f coursejohn bercow, something of a marmite figure in the house of commons. for some, he is someone who has damaged the idea of impartiality in the speaker, too often siding with backbench groups and those who don't wa nt backbench groups and those who don't want brexit, and for others he is parliament's champion, helping backbenchers stand up to an over mighty executive but there could be rain shiver down the spine of the executive this morning after the lecture he delivered last night. it's all because of spec

john bercow is now under fire from the business secretary.mps to use a procedure to trigger emergency debate as a means of taking up the timetable, he has permitted a flag ra nt timetable, he has permitted a flagrant abuse of parliamentary process. in the mail on sunday their business secretary writes... the speaker is an mp who stands in general elections but is usually unopposed by the major political parties but mrs led to me is warning that the conservatives will defy convention and field a candidate in his constituency of buckingham at the next vote. there is no love lost between andrea leadsom and mr boco. last year he was alleged to have labelled her stupid. he has yet to comment on the latest criticisms —— john bercow. the liberal democrats have picked up their third mp in a week. angela smith, who defected from the labour party earlier this year, has left the independent group for change to join up withjo swinson‘s party. she described the lib dems as the ‘strongest party to stop brexit.‘ the labour mp, john mann says he's stepping d

meanwhile, the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow,

bercow: i will make absolutely no apology to anyone anywhere at any time. ♪ ♪ guy: john bercow, the speakerg the process for his departure and timeline for his departure. john bercow, instrumental in the brexit process over the last few weeks and months, and has become sure iflobally, i'm not it is jane austen or dickensian, but the way he manages the house has made him globally famous. bloomberg's david merritt joining us now onset. does this change the game? been: as you said, he has instrumental in some of the stranger twists in this story. minutes before this statement, we had the news that this law to prevent no deal had passed into british law. that could not have happened without the support of mr. perko -- of mr. bercow. this is why he is loathed by some brexiteers in parliament. he has been absolutely crucial in this. that after that law became statute, his work here is done. of course, these are not normal times. we will get someone else in the chair, and yes, it is significant because as we've proved, in a hung parliament particularly, which is way re-maybe still after the -- aft

there is no love lost between mrs leadsom and mr bercow.d her "stupid", although he said he muttered the word to describe how he felt about the way the government had scheduled commons business. he is yet to comment on the latest criticisms. simon jones, bbc news. the liberal democrats have picked up their third mp in a week. angela smith , who defected from the labour party earlier this year , has left the independent group for change to join up withjo swinson‘s party. she described the lib dems as the ‘strongest party to stop brexit.‘ the labour mp, john mann says he's stepping down after 18 years in parliament, and has launched a strong attack onjeremy corbyn. in an interview with the sunday times, he accused the labour leader of giving the "green light" to anti—semites in the party. he'll take up the full—time post as the government's anti—semitism tsar. president trump says he's called off peace negotiations with the taliban — after an attack that killed 12 people, including a us soldier, in the afghan capital, kabul on thursday. the a

parliamentary device john bercow. by the arcane procedures of part of approving that request oliver letwin saying simply in light of the government's decision to prorogue parliament next week until october the 14th century send parliament away for 5 weeks it is time for this house to discuss whether we can accept a no deal breaks it now part and parcel of the debate that will take place over the next 3 hours or so it will begin in the next 15 minutes or so will be a vote at the end of the evening and that vote will determine whether the business of the house of commons normally gripped tightly in answer to government can be handed to backbench m.p.'s tomorrow allowing them to table a piece of legislation that is cross party group of m.p.'s has come up with it's already been published that would seek to block a no deal breaks it on october 31st and that's where we are right now a debate to come for 3 hours an absolutely pivotal vote in about 3 hours time that could in and of itself determine the course of this country

number two isjohn bercow, executive from the label.inister about disobeying a law designed to prevent and no—deal brexit. number three is the news of adele filing for divorce from her husband. let's look at what you are watching. the number one most watched story is jade mining. we have gained access to aware of this jade mining is concentrating. it is attracting thousands of people to come and work there and scavenge there but it is a very dangerous occupation. we hope to show you more of that report in a few minutes. at number two, deadly floods and a tornado in spain. an unusual cold snap has brought in flooding on the balearic islands and an elderly couple were killed when floodwater flipped their car over. many people have had to be evacuated from their homes because of this weather. you can see these astonishing images of the tornado as well. that is number two on our most watched this morning. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good morning

applause john bercow insisting he was right all along.lasted well over an hour. that was to business. one of the conservatives thrown out of the party move to force the government to release internal communications on the controversial decision to suspend or prorogue parliament for five weeks. ministers insisted is to allow for a new queen's speech setting up the government ‘s plans for the next year stop opponents reckon the unusually long suspension isa reckon the unusually long suspension is a cynical move to keep mps away from westminster in the run—up to brexit stop dominic grieve demanded to see all the communications between ministers and special advisor ‘s. between ministers and special advisor 's. we have seen documents that show that although on the 23rd of august of this year number 10 downing street and the prime minister denied considering the idea of proroguing at all, in fact, internal government documents reveal that this matter was under consideration some ten days before. he said a remarkable memo has shown the prime min

so, john bercow's role has been incredibly important.ry much, but i think the person who follows him will also seek to similarly be there for parliament, to stick up for the powers of parliament. so i don't think we are going to go back to the days where we have a speaker who takes more of a back seat. and that is partly to do with the politics of the situation, when you have got a government which cannot command a majority in parliament... we've got so many developments through the week that we need to get through, so the second vote, losing the second vote on the election, a dramatic moment, again, even though it was expected? it was expected, just another sign that this government is finding it very difficult to govern. when he doesn't have a working majority. and usually, when you have deadlock in parliament or a government cannot effectively govern, you would have a general election. but you have this cross— party election. but you have this cross—party group of opposition parties and some former conservative mps who have decided th

they are likely to be checked again in another dramatic development the speaker of parliament john bercow says he will stand down before the next election prime minister boris johnson has been holding talks with his irish counterpart of raka in dublin the 2 leaders are hoping to resolve the stalemate over what will happen of the irish quarter if and when the u.k. leaves the european union let's hear some of what they had to say. i am ready to listen to any constructive ways in which we can achieve our goals and resolve the current impasse but what we cannot do and will not do and i know you understand this is it creates the replacement of a legal guarantee with a promise like you i've looked carefully at no deal i've assessed its consequences both for our country and and yours and yes of course we could do it the u.k. could certainly get through it but to be in no doubt that outcome would be a failure of state craft for which we would all be responsible and so. let's see where i went up to them way back quite thin pale he's an associate fellow with the europe program at the international

and john bercow made it clear how he felt about the five week suspension of parliament.ly happy, as i've advised others, to play my part. but i do want to make the point that this is not a standard or normal prorogation. it is... i don't require any assistance from you, mr stevenson. you wouldn't have the foggiest idea where to start in seeking to counsel me on this. i require no response from you! i require no response from you, young man. then, as conservative mps left the chamber to take part in the ongoing proceedings, cries of "shame" rang out from opposition benches. applause it all followed a final and fiery debate on the government's call for a snap election in mid—october. the house, again, did not support the move and borisjohnson, again, made clear his view about the prospect of a delay to brexit. no matter how many devices this parliaments invents to tie my hands, i will strive, mr speaker, to get an agreement in the national interest. i hope the prime minister will reflect on the issue of prorogation and shutting down parliament to avoid a government being h

——john bercow. we will turn back normally done in a general election. —— john bercow. night in his thank you forjoining us. british politics and members of the proudman are debating a measure that will allow them to block a no—deal brexit and prime ministerjoyce bell borisjohnson brexit and prime ministerjoyce bell boris johnson says brexit and prime ministerjoyce bell borisjohnson says he will try to force a general election if he loses and remember the prime minister has said his preference is still to get a deal with the european union. said repeatedly that he thinks it will come on a summit on october the 17th. he says he cannot negotiate with the european union without the possibility of new deal being there. some mps would like to remove that option. let's bring in christian again. we have heard warning from the bank

there is no love lost between mrs leadsom and mr bercow.elled her "stupid", although he said he muttered the word to describe how he felt about the way the government had scheduled commons business. he is yet to comment on the latest criticisms. simon jones, bbc news. ships and aircraft are helping to move thousands of people from the islands in the bahamas worst hit by hurricane dorian. 0ne cruise ship with more than a thousand evacuees has arrived in florida. aid agencies say the situation on great abaco island is desperate, with residents unable to find food or clean water. at the moment, the death toll in the bahama is 43 — but is expected to increase with hundreds still missing. matthew cochrane is from the red cross — hejoins us now from geneva what is your the latest information about the situation there? we are beginning to get a clearer picture of the precise impact of this stomp. as you mention, the worst damage is on the great island and some of the small island. the damage on grand bahama particularly in the east is quite severe

there is no love lost between mrs leadsom and mr bercow.ed to have labelled her "stupid" last year, although he said he muttered the word to describe how he felt about the way the government had scheduled commons business. he is yet to comment on the latest developments. the former labour mp angela smith has joined the liberal democrats, calling them "the strongest party to stop brexit". she was among seven mps to quit the labour party in february over jeremy corbyn‘s approach to brexit, and his handling of anti—semitism. she's the third mp to join the lib—dems in a week, bringing their total number in the house of commons to 17. conditions in the bahamas are "rapidly deteriorating", six days after hurricane dorian ripped through the islands, according to the un's world food programme. tens of thousands of people are homeless, and many are now desperate to flee the destruction in the abaco islands and grand bahama. cruise liners, private planes and helicopters are being used to help the evacuation effort. the official death toll stands at 4

bercow heading off to the lords in a ceremony to mark the suspension.ted shame that tory mps tripping out. shame on you! and some of the mps who stayed in the chamber broke into song. # keeping the red flag flying here! # with dawn ken campbell before parliament shut down mps. boris johnson calling a snap election and passed a law blocking a new deal brexited to the fury of many tory mps. i think we saw last night white the prime minister has been right to call for a general election. we've done so for the very good reason we need to find ways to make sure the country can't move forward, deliver brexit and move on, parliament has twice ducked that challenge, it's highly regrettable and the public can read into that what they want. this morning the chief strategist at number ten dominic cummings had a dig at what he called rich remainers. going to watch people who are not rich remainers. will britain leave the eu on time? sure. pitting brexit supporters against parliament are part of number ten strategy but by limiting the number of days mps have to sit

meanwhile, the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, announced he'll be stepping down from hisole by the 31st october. also on the programme. the peace talks are off. president trump cancels a secret meeting with the taliban but it's the invite to camp david which has lawmakers from both parties crying foul. there's nothing left say survivors left homeless, as hurricane dorian leaves a trail of death and destruction in the bahamas. hello and welcome. i'm christian fraser in westminster, michelle fleury is in washington. this british parliament has sat for more days in one session, than any other since the english civil war over 300 years ago. but borisjohnson‘s decisison to bring it to a close tonight, proroguing it as it is known, is not without controversy. the current brexit deadline looms just 52 days away and after parliament is suspended this evening, the house will not sit again forfive weeks. one of the last pieces of legislation to get royal assent today was the backbench bill, approved last week, which will force the prime minsiter to request another brexit extension.

i was speaker of the house of commons john bercow announcing his resignation last night we will look back on the man who kept order in a drought this parliament also coming up a german jihadi right now trapped in a kurdish refugee camp our nation's obliged to take back adults who have joined a foreign terrorist organization to explore the issue and in soccer germany get the result that they were looking for the men's team edged out northern ireland to go to the top of the group in euro qualifiers the hard part to know when to push them back on track after friday's defeat by the dutch. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the british parliament has again voted against holding a snap general election prime minister boris johnson requesting one for october 15th but the opposition labor party refusing to back the proposal unless johnson agrees to seek a delay to the u.k.'s exit from the european union now amid this crisis johnson has ordered parliament into recess the chamber will only reconvene about 2 weeks before the october 31st deadline. which is not the lection bid last week bori

in his statement, mr bercow warned: "we degrade this parliament at our peril."s list — which every departing prime minister has the option to draw up. ms may opted to include two advisers who resigned in the wake of the 2017 general election where the conservatives lost their majority. buzzfeed news takes a look at the latest involving google — 50 attorney generals in the us are planning to launch an antitrust investigation into the tech giant's use of data. the daily mail has the latest on the uk health secretary's promise to end the pills crisis in the uk. and finally, should the next james bond be a woman? former 007 pierce brosnan says yes. but not everyone agrees with him. so let's begin. with me is geraint anderson, a former analyst in the city of london and author of ‘city boy'.

butjohn bercow is now underfire from october.is now under fire from the business secretary. andrea leadsom says that by allowing mps to use a procedure to trigger emergency debate as a means of taking over the timetable, he has permitted a flagrant abuse of parliamentary process. in the mail on sunday, she writes... the speaker is an mp who stands in general elections but is usually unopposed by the major political parties. andrea leadsom is warning that the conservatives will defy convention and field a candidate in his constituency of buckingham in the next boat. there is no love lost between these two. he was alleged to have labelled her stupid last year, although he said he muttered the words to talk about how the government had scheduled commons business. he is yet to comment on the latest developments. conditions in the bahamas are "rapidly deteriorating", six days after hurricane dorian ripped through the islands — according to the un's world food programme. tens of thousands of people are homeless and many are now despera

and then of a dramatic announcement the speaker of parliament john bercow has announced that he will stand down within weeks the prime minister barged johnson his way from western to waddle this has been going on he's been holding back the talks with his irish counterpart leo broad in dublin the 2 leaders are hoping to resolve the impasse over what will happen at the irish border if and when the u.k. leaves an even thing union so let's hear from the silly. i am ready to listen to any constructive ways in which we can achieve our goals and resolve the current impasse the what we cannot do it will not do and i know you understand this is a greets the replacement of the legal guarantee with a promise thank you i've looked carefully at no deal i've assessed its consequences both for our country and yours and yes of course we could do it the u.k. could certainly get through it but to be in no doubt that outcome would be a failure of state craft food which we would all be responsible and so. far as johnson speaking that dublin so a busy day in the u.k. let's go to the capital to london whe

so there have been a lot of praise in this house of commons right now for that man on screen john bercow the speaker of the house who has announced he will be stepping down lawrence sleazy. joining us from outside westminster to tell us. why how does this happen is it expected how does that play into the the bigger picture. what. he's been doing if only 10 years and he's and he's and he said he'd step down in the summer apparently but he's now saying is a step down at 731st which is the date that is going to happen and you know since since the circus bill is epic glory rolls rolled into town burke has become something of an international celebrity really the world's been looking for the gold and all the comings and goings inside parliament is only a short man but has this enormous voice which he projects at all the m.p.'s and the holders of the wealth fund funds the whole thing quite transfixing the think but in his remarks when he announced his resignation he did really cut to the hearts of what the problem is about those that those people who supports it's say look it was it was a popu

has story, the speaker of the house of commonsjohn bercow has confirmed he will stand down by the endr and won't stand as an mp at the next election. his time in the chair has at times been highly controversial. john pienaar reports. the referee who became a player, loving every minute as much as many conservatives hated him for siding with the commons against a no—deal brexit. march on our way. speaker! today, he told them he'd planned his own exit in his own time, on brexit day. not much warmth on the tory side but it was his moment, as he thanked colleagues, friends... and above all, my wife sally, and our three children, 0liver, freddie, and jemima. cheers. john bercow‘s supporters saw him as defender of the commons, champion of mps, though he sometimes put them in their place. i don't require any comment or signalling from the honourable gentleman. i'm giving a ruling. the honourable gentleman will listen to it and he can like it or lump it. be quiet. if you can't be quiet, get out. you're adding nothing. you're subtracting a lot. it's rude, it's stupid, it's pompous, and it need

commons speakerjohn bercow warns borisjohnson that ignoring a law, designed to stop a no—deal brexit,s a non—starter. the only form of brexit which we will have, whenever that might be, will be a brexit that the house of commons has explicitly endorsed. the dup denies newspaper reports that the party has agreed to a compromise, which would see northern ireland abide by some european rules after brexit. the number of people killed by a partner or relative is at its highest level for at least five years. police at heathrow airport arrest two men they suspect were trying to fly a drone into the airfield. the singer lily allen says her record company failed to take action after hearing allegations that she had been sexually assaulted. clashes over healthcare, but unity on gun control, democrat presidential hopefuls battle it out in their race for the presidential nomination. and coming up: the hunt for dangerous dryers. despite a recall by the manufacturer whirlpool, it's feared hundreds of thousands of fire—prone machines may remain in uk homes. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom li

there is no love lost between mrs leadsom and mr bercow.abelled her "stupid", although he said he muttered the word to describe how he felt about the way the government had scheduled commons business. he is yet to comment on the latest criticisms. simon jones, bbc news. the labour mp, john mann says he's stepping down after 18 years in parliament, and has launched a strong attack onjeremy corbyn. in an interview with the sunday times, he accused the labour leader of giving the "green light" to anti—semites in the party. he'll take up the full—time post as the government's anti—semitism tsar. delays are expected on british airways flights later today ahead of a pilots' strike which is due to begin at midnight. the dispute is over pay and conditions. most ba flights taking off from the uk on monday and tuesday have been cancelled. our business correspondent katie prescott has the details. for the first time in the company's history, british airways pilots are refusing to fly. the pilots' union says they accepted pay freezes when ba made losse

the resignation of house of commons speakerjohn bercow leads many of them. been pieced together by a rock sample found off the coast of mexico. it shows the force was equivalent to 10 billion hiroshima bombs. the guardian claims the lib dem leaderjo swinson is ready to officially call for article 50 to be revoked. and the daily mail leads on one of our other main stories, the figures out today which show one in four adults has been given potentially addictive pills over the past year. there's also a picture from last night's downton abbey film premiere. steph has been talking to two of the stars, lady mary and lord grantham. shall we talk about blue whales? a p pa re ntly shall we talk about blue whales? apparently whales are deepening in picture across the planet and scientists are uncertain about the cause. they suspect humans could be involved. they are some of the loudest creatures and the males seeing and it can generate a sound that can travel more than 600 miles underwater like a large ship, and in the times they are wondering why it has changed so mu

there has been calls forjohn bercow to chairan enquiry there has been calls forjohn bercow to chair an enquiry into keeping mps safe, because parliament can't continue when people are being threatened in this way. in terms of the numbers, the number of abusive tweets directed at mps has more than doubled from just over 31,000 in january to 73,000 injune. so this is real in terms of the abuse that is real in terms of the abuse that is being levelled across the board. yes. but the pm says mps must control their tempers, and yet we are seeing a control their tempers, and yet we are seeing a very control their tempers, and yet we are seeing a very defiant pm himself. i mean, his own language, he is talking about the outrage mob, about selective, confess that anger. summoned when it needs to be. i mean, this is doing nothing to temper the debate. and surely, i understand what you are saying about the prefrontal cortex. it is a clever strategy. but ultimately the priority surely, at this stage, has got to be some form of deal. so that's what he's obviously trying, 01’ that's what he's obviou

so as we heard earlier, john bercow says he's standing down

well john bercow the speaker of parliament opened proceedings about half an hour ago and he started with a matter of record what he said that the would probation should be expunged from parliamentary records but now. what's put down in the history books as happens between september the 9th which is the last day they sat and today when they came back was the parliament was adjourned this is because the seat dream court ruled that prorogue ation was unlawful and it never actually happened it's a strange situation that this rewriting of the book should be taking place but that is the procedure that john bercow said should happen and we then had the 1st of the urgent questions we're expecting today many many of them will come as the day progresses we think this one came from joanna cherry a scottish national party m.p. who was involved in the legal case against the government's and she was asking geoffrey cox the attorney general about the advice given to the queen the monarch on probation and he had a number of things to say about it he said that the government's legal case which sets out i

call themselves a ripple alliance put an application to the speaker of the house of commons john bercow for a special debate accompanied later tonight by a vote if it's approved by mr bercow that would decide whether to hand the business of parliament away from the government tomorrow to backbench m.p.'s allowing them to begin the process of tabling and passing legislation that would block a no deal breakers on october 31st when it sought likely mr bercow will accede to that and if so in that photo later well all eyes will be on the numbers it's expected to be extremely close and relying on a number of conservative party m.p.'s to break ranks ranks and vote against their own government if it's to succeed but the rebel alliance believe they say that they have the numbers to win. and exacerbated you would say john is there by the fact that one of the conservative. defected to the liberal democrats so they don't actually have a majority in parliament anymore so if it all happens and the government loses this vote then what. yes that's right boris johnson is now the head of a minority gover

resign with just hours to go before parliament shuts down for 5 weeks house of commons speaker john bercow a key figure in the backseat drama took the opportunity to announce his resignation . we grade this parliament. and our peril here. these has be the greatest privilege on all of my professional life thank you limited ability from the conservatives he believes he's being biased against them but even he cannot distract from the fact that the prime minister has just full 2 days to come up with a new bridge to deal with a deal that brussels is yet to see charlie and how does the man didn't. make it take you live now to our series china hall he's outside parliament in westminster say where jonah just a couple of hours left of this current parliamentary session and then parliament itself has shot for 5 weeks at such a crucial time. more than a couple of hours i fear for list it could be a very late night and yes it is quite astonishing that at this as many m.p.'s have pointed out a moment of national crisis m.p.'s are being sent away rather than as some have suggested sitting day and night

that has to be confirmed by john bercow. parliamenttime, when comes back, what does it do? does it hold a vote of no-confidence and what will that mean for brexit? will we get a general election? has we look k at the law that been passed, boris johnson has said he wants britain t to leave the e eu by the 31st of october. since then, it has been this deal passed by conservative mps and opposition mps that oblige him if no deal has passed through the u.k. parliament, it obliges him to go to brussels and ask for an extension. will he try and defy the law? to johnn cross now bercow in london. the judgment is unanimous. it is unambiguous. unqualified. is as you all know, that judgment prorogation of parliament was unlawful. unlawful because it prevented or frustrated parliament in the duties andf its core it did so as a crucial time for our country. parliament is in a position to scrutinize the executive, to hold ministers to account, and to legislate if it chooses. in light of that explicit judgment, i have instructed the house authorities to prepare, not for the recall, the pr

sojohn bercow 50 john bercow there, sojohn bercow there, the house of commons speaker, just saying thatmmons speaker, just saying that the judgment of the supreme court judge uses —— justices, they said unqualified, john bercow welcome that, he has spoke to the house authorities so that comments will sit from 11:30am tomorrow. there will be no prime minister never my questions but plenty of scope for urgent questions. one imagines mps from all parties will be preparing to reconvene at parliament tomorrow. 11:30am is the time they have been told that session will sit. if you arejust told that session will sit. if you are just joining told that session will sit. if you arejustjoining us, we have got an extraordinaryjudgment here arejustjoining us, we have got an extraordinary judgment here from arejustjoining us, we have got an extraordinaryjudgment here from the supreme court, that borisjohnson did act unlawfully. we have a couple of mps to talk so quickly about that. what is your reaction, ben. unprecedented in our history, deliberately breaking the law, not just misleading the queen. h

s within the next few hours while the speaker of parliament john bercow says the session started the session by saying he wants to rewrite the books in response to the supreme court's ruling or a challenge explains he said the words prove gratian should be from a parliamentary record that now. what is put down in the history books as happened between september the 9th which is the last day they sat and today when they came back was the parliament was adjourned this is because the supreme court ruled that probably rotation was unlawful and it never actually happened it's a strange situation that this rewriting of the book should be taking place but that is the procedure that john bercow said should happen u.s. president donald trump has reacted with fury to house speaker nancy pelosi is announced means of a formal impeachment inquiry and he called the move which hunter garbage they accused him of seeking political help from his ukrainian counterpart to investigate presidential hopeful joe biden rescue and relief efforts are underway in pakistan administered kashmir after 5.8 magnitude