jonathan blake at the liberal democrats already conference in bournemouth. —— party conference. the former prime minister david cameron has accused boris johnson and michael gove of trashing his government, with what he describes as their appalling behaviour during the brexit referendum. in his first major interview since leaving downing street three years ago, mr cameron told the times newspaper that the result of the referendum left him feeling depressed, and that he worries about it every day. our political correspondent chris mason's report contains flash photography. it's 2015. the smiles of victory... are you glad to have won at last? david cameron wins the election for the conservatives, in which he promised an eu referendum. a year later, the smiles have gone. he backed remain in the referendum and lost, and resigned. i love this country, and ifeel honoured to have served it. and i will do everything i can in future to help this great country succeed. thank you very much. and now, for the first time since, he's talking about it. in his memoirs, the former prime minister

jonathan blake, bbc news, bournemouth. police in hong kong have used water cannon and tear gas against protesters throwing petrol bombs and bricks. the violence broke out after thousands of pro—democracy demonstrators marched in defiance of a police ban. the protests have intensified despite the scrapping of a controversial bill which could have seen hong kong citizens being extradited to mainland china as nick beake reports. how much longer can this go on? violence the authorities just can't extinguish. hardcore pro—democracy activists are not backing down, in what is a chinese city, even setting alight the police's latest weapon to try to wash away this protest movement. the police have decided enough is enough. they're making use of water cannon as well as the tear gas. it's worked for a time, but we've just seen that this hard core of protesters just keep on coming back. because this is now the sunday afternoon past—time for the radical youth of hong kong. some say it's gone too far. hitting the economy and frigh

our uk political correspondent jonathan blake reports. amber rudd has served at the heart of government. she campaigned to remain in the eu referendum and was home secretary under theresa may. she survived the clear out of like—minded colleagues when boris johnson became prime minister and was made work and pensions secretary. among others, almost all brexiteers. just this week, amber rudd expressed concern about the prime minister's strategy of throwing mps out of the party for voting against the government. i think we have some very valued colleagues, who have made a very different choice. in her letter to the prime minister, amber rudd said resigning was a difficult decision but wrote, "i do not believe that leaving with a deal is the government's main objective. the government is expending a lot of energy", she wrote, "to prepare for no deal but i have not seen the same level of intensity going into our talks with the european union, who have asked us to present alternative arrangements to the irish backstop." i knew and i accept th

jonathan blake in manchester, think you very much. jeremy corbyn has said that, if labour is elected, it will scrap the government's flagship welfare system, universal credit. mr corbyn, who has been giving a speech in chingford, described the benefit as "cruel and inhumane" — and outlined his party's approach. there is a number of things we will do, leading up to scrapping universal credit, in its entirety. cheering. but first of all, we will end the capability for work assessment tests that go on and are so brutal to people in their lives and have led, tragically, to some people taking their own lives and committing suicide, because they cannot see any way forward. as a constituency mp, i sit with people going through the pain of being told they're capable for work, when they are clearly not. jeremy corbyn speaking earlier in chingford. leading democrats in congress have made their first demand for documents in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been ordered to hand over ukraine�

jonathan blake in bournemouth, thank you. asjonathan was saying... and we'll be going back to bournemouth later in this half hour when the party leader jo swinson will be answering questions fro the audience — stay with us for that. david cameron has accused prime minister borisjohnson of not believing in brexit when hejoined the leave campaign in the run up to the referendum. an an extract from the former prime minister's memoir, published in the sunday times, says mrjohnson backed leave "because it would help his political career". here's our political correspondent peter saull. johnson: how do you do? cameron: are we going to do blue team? do you want to go in goal or upfront? i'll go here. they once stood side by side. two men with similar backgrounds, both in high office, playing for the same team. that was until the eu referendum. as his memoirs serialised in the sunday times testify, the then—prime minister tried to persuade his old chum to back remain. david cameron writes this, "the conclusion i am left with is he risked an outcome he di

we are envious of jonathan blake deadline. it is indeed. we are envious ofjonathan blake down by the seaside, i know he is working very hard. the liberal democrat leaderjo swinson has reitterated her belief that ‘there is no good brexit deal‘. she was speaking to the bbc as delegates at the party's annual conference in bournemouth prepare to consider a motion to revoke article 50 if the lib dems win a general election. let's go live to our political correspondent jonathan blake who's at the conference. you have got a lovely, lovely morning for it. i bet you can't tear yourself away from that view to go into the conference timber but you will have two. what chances is the sport going to get through today? —— vote. it is highly likely lib dems members will overwhelmingly support jo swinson to make the brexit policy unequivocal. she wants to go into a general election campaign, promise if the lib dems were to win a majority and be able to form a government, that they would revoke article 50 thereby cancelling brexit straightaway withou

jonathan blake, speaking earlier. even before this latest blow, borisjohnson was under increasing pressure to make it clear that he'd abide by legislation requiring him to seek a further brexit extension if there's no deal with the eu. a group of conservative mps are preparing legal action if the prime minister refuses to carry out the instruction, which is expected to become law on monday. duncan kennedy reports. another stand—off in westminster. protest and counterprotest today. over the prime minister's plans to suspend parliament and mps‘ attempts to delay to brexit. borisjohnson has spent the week in campaign mode. preparing for an election he wants but opposition parties won't allow. many of that opinion will say content. content. to the contrary, not content. the contents have it. but parliament has now passed a bill compelling the prime minister to ask for a delay of a new deal can't be reached. the law means borisjohnson has until the 19th of october to get a deal with brussels. if not, he must write and

jonathan blake in bournemouth, thank you. david cameron has accused prime minister borisjohnson of not believing in brexit when hejoined the leave campaign in the run—up to the referendum. an an extract from the former prime minister's memoir, published in the sunday times, says mrjohnson backed leave "because it would help his political career". here's our political correspondent peter saull. they once stood side by side. two men with similar backgrounds, both in high office, playing for the same team. that was until the eu referendum. as his men was serialised in the sunday times testified, the then prime minister tried to persuade his old chum to back remain. david cameron writes this, the condition i am left with is he wrist an outcome he did not believe in because it would help his political career. you could not accuse us of being anti—european. you could not accuse us of being anti-european. they have long been questions about what motivated the poster boy of brexit. but is he a real believer in the cause? his cabi

conservative jonathan blake is in manchester. party representat gathering conservative party representatives gathering for their annual conference. he will be booking open return tickets with the potential problems waiting at westminster next week? certainly, they will have an eye on events down there in london with parliament continuing, unusually, while the conservative party conference is held appear in manchester because earlier this week, mps refused to vote in favour ofa week, mps refused to vote in favour of a recess which would normally be the case. these are unusual times, and as you suggest, the government will be perhaps on notice to send people back down to london. because as we have been hearing, the opposition parties are talking up the possibility of a vote of no confidence in the government, which could then allowjeremy corbyn to form a temporary government and then trigger a general election. potentially securing a further delay to brexit in the meantime. the trouble is, even though the snp sound like they are up

jonathan blake, bbc news. let's look ahead to the next few days and weeks — and what might be in store. tomorrow, the government will make a second attempt to call a general election but that requires the support of two—thirds of mps and is expected to fail. the government is then expected to suspend parliament for five weeks. 0n the 17th of october there's the key eu summit in brussels, where the government says it hopes to agree a brexit deal and leave on the 31st of october. but if there's no agreement, then by the 19th of october the new legal deadline imposed on boris johnson because of the law pushed through by mps comes into force. it requires the prime minister to either persuade mps to agree to leave with no deal at the end of october, which is highly unlikely, or it says he must ask the eu to delay brexit — something he's insisted he will never do. today, the foreign secretary dominic raab said the government was scrutinising the new law in the hope of finding a loophole. we're always going to

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in manchester. thousands of people took part in a march protesting about the prime minister # brexit agenda outside of the conference. let's hearfrom lindsay smith. the first of two protest marches through manchester city centre has just finished and as you say, thousands of people have, for this march. greater manchester police say they expected 100,000 protesters and that they were well placed to manage such a scale of protest. indeed, we've seen coaches arrive from across the country today and greater manchester police are being assisted by forces from across the country. now, borisjohnson is not unfamiliar with protests at the moment that these have been timed to coincide perfectly with the conservative party conference which is happening here in the city of manchester today and certainly as the protesters passed the conference venue, they slowed down and tried to make their voices heard. now, this first march has been organised by

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. before we go, let's take it that lives seen in beijing. we've been watching events unfold as china celebrates the 70 and ——'s 70th anniversary of the founding of china. it's a monday morning in china. it's a monday morning in china and they've been having a bit ofa china and they've been having a bit of a military parade. we had been watching that feed but unfortunately it's gone but that feed was of china's celebration of the founding of the people's republic of china. 70 years, there is going to be a lot more, a big military parade happening on tuesday as well. apparently, china is going to hold one of the biggest ever military parades on tuesday so we will bring you all of that as it continues to happen. don't forget, our top you all of that as it continues to happen. don't forget, ourtop story this hour. we been hearing the democrats in the united states congress are saying impeachment hearings against donald trump could be held in the coming week. that is key, those events will continue to ta ke key, those events will continue to

our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. amber rudd has served at the heart of government. she campaigned to remain in the eu referendum and was home secretary under theresa may. she survived the clear out of like—minded colleagues when boris johnson became prime minister and was made work and pensions secretary. among others, almost all brexiteers. just this week, amber rudd expressed concern about the prime minister's strategy of throwing mps out of the party for voting against the government. i think we have some very valued colleagues, who have made a very different choice. in her letter to the prime minister, amber rudd said resigning was a difficult decision but wrote, "i do not believe that leaving with a deal is the government's main objective. the government is expending a lot of energy", she wrote, "to prepare for no deal but i have not seen the same level of intensity going into our talks with the european union, who have asked us to present alternative arrangements to the irish backstop." i knew and i accept th

our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. pro—europe and proud, the liberal democrats are clear they want to stop brexit. the question for members here this weekend is how. so far, it‘s been all about another referendum. but the party leader wants to go further and campaign to pull the plug on leaving the eu if it wins a general election. the policy that we are debating at conference today is very clear. if the liberal democrats at the next election win a majority, if people put into government as a majority government the "stop brexit party", then, stopping brexit is exactly what people will get. yes, we will revoke article 50. it‘s an easy sell to most members here who see stopping brexit as their mission. we will put an end there and then to the brexit nightmare that is dragging the whole country down, and tearing us apart. but there is some uneasiness at overturning the result of a referendum without putting the question to the public again. if we end up in a coalition — it could happen — we aren't going to be p

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. politicians in the uk are being forced to get ready for anything. how prepared are businesses for the various scenarios? something we will discuss and unpack in business briefing later. hurricane dorian, one of the most powerful atlantic storms on record, has come to a virtual halt over the bahamas. five people are known to have died so far and the country's prime minister has called it an historic tragedy. reports suggest that whole communities have vanished under the impact of the storm in the abaco islands. it's expected to hit the eastern seaboard of the us at some point. aleem maqbool reports from florida. overnight, life was changed in abaco in the bahamas by the strongest storm ever recorded there. large areas of these low—lying islands were totally submerged. winds reaching more than 160 miles an hour with ocean surges recorded up to 23 feet high. the scraps of footage posted online as the hurricane barrelled through, before power and communications went down, painting a ter

jonathan blake, bbc news, bournemouth. meanwhile, the former prime minister david cameron has accused borisjohnson of only supporting brexit to further his political career. in the latest extracts from his memoirs, he said mrjohnson did not actually believe in brexit. here's our political correspondent chris mason. these two used to be on the same side. we're going to do blue team. do you want to go in goal or up front? i'll go here. but now borisjohnson‘s attempts to deliver brexit as prime minister come with a running commentary about his character from david cameron. mr cameron, who led the remain campaign, has some scores to settle with mrjohnson, the leading light of leave. in his memoirs, serialised in the sunday times, david cameron writes... you could not accuse us of being anti—european! but mr cameron is accusing him of a loose affiliation with the truth and questionable motives for endorsing leave. nonsense, say his supporters. remain would have been the easier career choice, so borisjohnson led the campaign

j0nathan blake reports. jonathan blake reports. you can't miss the message that conservatives want to hammer home here. "get brexit done" might be a simple slogan but the reality has been far from easy for the prime minister so far, and he's arrived here facing questions about how he's tried to argue his case. accusations that his language has got out of hand. he should be ashamed, say labour, but borisjohnson says all sides need to pause for breath. well, i certainly think everybody should calm down. including you? i think i've been the model of restraint. my use of the word "humbug" was in the context of people trying to prevent me, us, from using the word "surrender". my intention was to... so you can say sorry for the misunderstanding at least? i can certainly say sorry for the misunderstanding, absolutely. whatever words he uses from the moment he stepped foot in manchester, borisjohnson‘s message won't change, that brexit should happen by the end of october, come what may, and it's in the country's interests to make sure of

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we speak to a former ukrainian prosecutor about impeachment hearings against donald trump, which could be held this week. —— also on the programme: disturbing evidence of suffering and abuse in british puppy farms, is uncovered in a bbc investigation. in all russia's turmoil it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people had feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world. but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right winger, ariel sharon, visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites. an idea that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celeb

jonathan blake, bbc news. scientists in the uk are attempting to find out how bacteria, viruses and fungi known as microbes keep us healthy. not much is known about they work, but with the help of hundreds of new mothers and their babies, researchers are hoping to answer that question. richard westcott reports. bacteria, viruses, even fungi. we are a full of them. you might think they make you ill but they make you healthy, too. if you look at what human beings are actually made up of, we are more bacteria than we are human being and most of it is concentrated in our guts. scientists are now looking at how that directly affects our health. things like what we are allergic to, and whether we have asthma. they've launched a study to try to understand this link between the cocktail of microbes in our gut and our well—being, and they are specifically looking at babies. what's interesting is even though we do live for a long time as humans, we actually get our adult—like microbial community by the time we are t

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. chris masonjoins me now. away from the politics of rights that at the moment, first of all, tell us about those allegations that borisjohnson is tell us about those allegations that boris johnson is facing. yes, so as we we re boris johnson is facing. yes, so as we were hearing there, there have been allegations relating to a woman that he was associated with during his time as mayor of london. in addition to that today, charlotte edwards are columns for the sunday times and her first column for the newspaper today made an allegation that 20 years ago, when mrjohnson was the editor of the spectator magazine and she was a young journalist, they were at a lunch in which they were sat together and mr johnson, she alleges, had put his hand on her thigh, high up her leg. tonight, downing street and said that that allegation is untrue. but charlotte edwards said in response that that must mean that she has a better memory than mrjohnson. into the mix on this story, matt hancock, who is the health secretary, said to

jonathan blake, thank you. jeremy corbyn says a future labour government would scrap universal credit, which merges six benefits into one payment. he also said labour would immediately cut the wait faced by claimants, from five weeks, to two. the stress involved in universal credit, and the cost of its administration, is massive. so what we're saying is — and the two—child policy, and the capability for work assessment test, and treat the people with decency. —— and. leading democrats in congress have made their first demand for documents in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been ordered to hand over ukraine—related material within a week. the us special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, has resigned. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. god bless you, mr president! donald trump is defiant and lashing out on his preferred medium, twitter. taking aim at the man who will play a key role in his impeachment hearings, the democratic chairman

jonathan blake, bbc news, bournemouth. police in hong kong have used water cannon and tear gas against protesters throwing petrol bombs and bricks near government offices. thousands of pro—democracy campaigners marched in defiance of a police ban on rallies — this the 15th consecutive weekend of protests. there was also a demonstration outside the british consulate, as nick beake reports. wright we have now seen 99 days of this. violence the authorities just can't extinguish. hardcore pro—democracy activists are not backing down, in what is a chinese city, even setting alight the police's latest weapon to try to wash away this protest movement. the police have decided enough is enough. they're making use of water cannon as well as the tear gas. it's worked for a time, but we've just seen that this hard core of protesters just keep on coming back. because this is how the sunday afternoons now unfold in hong kong. a radical element on the attack. but some say it's gone too far, hitting the economy and frightening off t

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. the pace and gravity of events here in mass minster is monumental and dizzying —— westminster. so what has been the european reaction? our europe editor, katya adler is in brussels. this idea of banning a no—deal brexit is sort of bittersweet for the eu because really you cannot ban a no—deal brexit, the only way you can avoid a no—deal brexit is to make a deal with the european union. and if we think back when in the brexit negotiations when theresa may was prime minister, there was a point where the eu was really begging, crossing its fingers, praying for parliament to take control over the brexit process. but actually, what parliament showed itself to be very good at is deciding what it didn't want from brexit, not uniting around what it did. and when the eu looks at the so—called rebel alliance now it can see yes, they are united about wanting to avoid a no—deal brexit, they are very divided about what kind of brexit, if any, they do want. so you see here in the eu t

jonathan blake in bournemouth, thank you. david cameron has accused prime minister borisjohnson of not believing in brexit when hejoined the leave campaign in the run up to the referendum. an an extract from the former prime minister's memoir, published in the sunday times, says mrjohnson backed leave "because it would help his political career". here's our political correspondent peter saull. johnson: how do you do? cameron: are we going to do blue team? do you want to go in goal or upfront? i'll go here. they once stood side by side. two men with similar backgrounds, both in high office, playing for the same team. that was until the eu referendum. as his memoirs serialised in the sunday times testify, the then—prime minister tried to persuade his old chum to back remain. david cameron writes this, "the conclusion i am left with is he risked an outcome he did not believe in because it would help his political career." you could not accuse us of being anti—european. nor little englanders. there have long been questions ab

earlier, jonathan blake told me what we can expect from parliament next week. on monday as it stands, parliament is due to be suspended or prorogued at the end of business on that day. that is after the decision, the controversial decision, you will remember, from a week or so ago, where the queen gave her approval to the prime minister's request to suspend or prorogue parliament for that. for that slightly extended period in september through to mid october. that is when mps were due to ta ke october. that is when mps were due to take a break anyway but they have no say over the dates now or the length of the break, where they otherwise would have done so. there isa gap otherwise would have done so. there is a gap between monday and thursday where the government can decide when parliament is suspended. so you now have the situation where the prior minister is bound by law as soon as the bill, requiring an extension to the bill, requiring an extension to the article 50 process if a new deal can't be reached, becomes law. —— the prime minister is bound by la

our political correspondent jonathan blake is in manchester. events in westminster overshadowing the start of the conference lots of anger on all sides of the house of commons and a former cabinet minister accusing his downing street minister of inciting violence. and there is that potential police investigation, an unwelcome distraction for boris johnson at the start of the conservative conference. he will seek to shift the discussion with some pretty clear messaging, as you can probably see, getting brexit done and focusing on public services. the conservatives domestic agenda. we have had a string of announcements on policies from reducing carbon emissions, to improving animal welfare measures, to efforts to guarantee funding for organisations relying on money from the eu after brexit. it is very much an election message, but that seems still out of reach for boris johnson, with the opposition parties not yet ready to go for that vote of confidence which could trigger a general election. and the brexit deal he needs as well seeminglyjust out

jonathan blake, bbc news, bournemouth. police in hong kong have used water canon and tear gas against protesters throwing petrol bombs and bricks. the violence broke out after thousands of pro—democracy demonstrators marched in defiance of a police ban. the protests have intensified despite the scrapping of a controversial bill which could have seen hong kong citizens being extradited to mainland china as nick beake reports. how much longer can this go on? violence the authorities just can't extinguish. hardcore pro—democracy activists are not backing down, in what is a chinese city, even setting alight the police‘s latest weapon to try to wash away this protest movement. the police have decided enough is enough. they're making use of water cannon as well as the tear gas. it's worked for a time, but we've just seen that this hard core of protesters just keep on coming back. because this is now the sunday afternoon past—time for the radical youth of hong kong. some say it's gone too far. hitting the economy and frig

jonathan blake, bbc news, bournemouth. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster lynn faulds—wood and the political commentator giles kenningham. the eu has warned of a "real threat" to security in the middle east after yesterday's drone attacks on two major saudi oilfacilities. earlier today, the foreign secretary, dominic raab, condemned the incident as a "reckless attempt to damage regional security and disrupt global oil supplies." the houthis — the rebel group the saudis have been fighing in yemen — say they carried out the bombings. but the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has blamed the houthis' backers, iran — a claim angrily rejected by officials in tehran. nina nanji reports. an increasingly bitter war of words between iran and the united states over who is to blame for the attacks on the heart of saudi arabia's economy. the saudis say half of their oil producti

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in manchester. are pretty turbulent week for the prime minister, but he is sounding pretty defiant. prime minister is -- borisjohnson is a prime minister under pressure, but not here. this conference is like a warm bath for borisjohnson. they conference is like a warm bath for boris johnson. they love him conference is like a warm bath for borisjohnson. they love him here. here's the conference darling, ever more so here's the conference darling, ever more so since he became the do or die brexit prime minister. but whatever happens here doesn't really in brexitland, in the brexit drama. they are key players are the courts, the eu and parliament, and that is why significantly boris johnson addressed some of his most important remarks today to rebel mps back at westminster, saying, don't think i can't get round your pesky bit of legislation designed to stop me from leaving without an agreement on the sist leaving without an agreement on t

that was sam gyimah speaking to jonathan blake. matthew goodwin is a political analyst and commentator. he told me the defection of sam gyimah comes at an important time for the party. well, potentially, this is very significant for the liberal democrats. they have some real momentum. they are polling strongly in the national polls, getting back to where they were during cleggmania in 2010, and they are really bearing down not only on the labour party, because they are pulling nearly one in three remainers away from the two big parties. they are also bearing down now on the conservative party. they are second to the conservatives in nearly 30 constituencies. so potentially this is a party that could have a real impact at what happens at this next election. 10 swinson said at the conference this isa swinson said at the conference this is a good time to join the lib swinson said at the conference this is a good time tojoin the lib dems. how many more defections do you think we might see? well, i think thatis think we might see? well,

jonathan blake reporting. even before this latest blow, borisjohnson was under increasing pressure to make it clear that he'd abide by legislation requiring him to seek a further brexit extension if there's no deal with the eu. a group of conservative mps are preparing legal action if the prime minister refuses to carry out the instruction, which is expected to become law on monday. duncan kennedy reports. another stand—off in westminster. protest and counter—protest today over the prime minister's plans to suspend parliament and mps‘ attempts to force a delay to brexit. borisjohnson has spent the week in campaign mode, preparing for an election he wants but opposition parties won't allow. many of that opinion will say "content." all: content. to the contrary, "not content." silence the contents have it. but parliament has now passed a bill compelling the prime minister to ask for a delay if a new deal can't be reached. the law means borisjohnson has until the 19th of october to get a deal with brussels.

jonathan blake, bbc news. among the other brexit—related developments today — the business secretary andrea leadsom says the conservatives will field a candidate against the commons speaker john bercow, at the next election. traditionally, the major parties don't contest the speaker's seat — but mr bercow has angered some ministers by the way he's handled the recent brexit debates. the french foreign minister jean—yves le drian said today that france couldn't agree to another brexit extension, as he wasn't willing to go through the same process every three months. and therese coffey, the former environment minister, is to be amber rudd's replacement as work and pensions secretary. she backed remain during the eu referendum. we'll hear from our deputy political editorjohn pienaar in a moment but first a look ahead to what is expected to happen in the next few days. tomorrow, the mps' bill forcing borisjohnson to ask for a brexit extension in order to avoid no deal is set to become law. and the governmen

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in manchester. as many questions as answers in the conference coming up this week, not least how much time will be spent in manchester and how much time will be spent in westminster? that's right. we know that mps refused to grant the recess, the normal break in parliament that you have the party conferences. it happens every other year, they have not done it this time. the conservatives were determined to go ahead with us, partly because there are a lot of businesses here, the money has been sheued businesses here, the money has been shelled out and they want to carry on as usual. but there is chat here about having to go back to westminster at some point. this possibility of a vote in no confidence in the government, perhaps it is slightly going away. there is concern in the opposition parties that it simply won't work. partly because, even if they can win a vote of no—confidence in boris johnson, you have to find someone who can

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in manchester. we vicki young, is in manchester. had heard from don within we had heard from dominic raab within the last hour. a busy start to the session at the party conference this afternoon? the conservative party conference is not like the others, in the sense that there is no policy made here. so i think for those reasons, it is not as raucous as the liberal democrat oi’ as raucous as the liberal democrat or labour conferences. it is a succession of very, very carefully choreographed speeches and panels we re choreographed speeches and panels were some questions are asked. but they are not particularly challenging. so we have had some speeches today from party chairman and the foreign secretary, dominic raab. but the theme of the conference is very clear, get brexit done, saying they want to be able to deliver with a dealer without and then move on and i think we're to hear that now time and time again. there is also a lot of

jonathan blake, bbc news. let's look ahead to the next few days — and weeks — and what might be in store. tomorrow, the government will make a second attempt to call a general election — but that requires the support of two—thirds of mps and is expected to fail. the government is then expected to suspend parliament for five weeks. 0n the 17th of october there's the key eu in summit in brussels — where the government says it hopes to agree a brexit deal and leave on the 31st of october. but if there's no agreement, then by the 19th of october the new legal deadline imposed on borisjohnson because of the law pushed through by mps comes into force. it requires the prime minister to either persuade mps to agree to leave with no deal at the end of october — which is highly unlikely. or it says he must ask the eu to delay brexit — something he's insisted he will never do. today, the foreign secretary dominic raab said the government was scrutinising the new law — in the hope of finding a loophole. we

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. our chief political correspondent vicki young has been at the conference in manchester. it is very clear what the message here is that the conservative party conference started with borisjohnson this morning and then reiterated in the conference call time and time again on the banners and posters all around here "get brexit done", that has been the message from the prime minister who says he wants to get a deal with brussels but would be willing to leave without a deal and of course thatis leave without a deal and of course that is the controversy within the party. we have seen several conservative mps booted out of the port of entry party. some of them are turning up here to put their message across that they are simple trying to stop no deal but the party knows that it has to really get that issue sorted in some way before they can talk about other things such as health spending and spending on education, spending on extra police officers. they want to talk about that as well this w

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. to the conference hall now and vicki young who is therefore the snow. a very unusual set of circumstances in which the conference is meeting. what has been the reaction to the prime minister's interview today?” think the whole theme here is pretty clear. there are banners everywhere saying get brexit done. and you can hear the prime minister reallyjust repeating that over and over again today in that interview, saying he felt the only way forward for the country's well—being, he was saying, was to make sure brexit is delivered. for him, that means delivering on 31st october, yet made it very clear she will leave with oui’ it very clear she will leave with our without a deal. the big question, and he was asked many, many times, and people are talking about this, is how can he say he is going to deliver brexit when of course the house of commons has passed that bill which says he has to ask for a delay to brexit, if there is no deal in place. now, he was asked several times how he

jonathan blake, thank you. oil production in saudi arabia has been severely disrupted by drone attacks on two major oil facilities run by state—owned company aramco. houthi rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for the attacks which caused huge fires. the rebels, backed by iran, are fighting against a saudi—led military coalition. facebook has removed a conservative party advert which misrepresented a bbc news story. the ad featured the bbc logo with a headline saying, "£11; billion cash boost for schools." however, the original story on the bbc website quoted a much lower amount — ofjust over £7 billion. african leaders and thousands of others have gathered for the funeral of former zimbabwean president, robert mugabe. however, the 60,000 capacity stadium was only a quarter full. the 95—year—old was in power for almost a0 years — before being ousted in the 2017 coup — after years of violence, economic chaos and corruption. our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports from the capital

thank you to jonathan blake in bournemouth. we will talk to you later. just to say, jo swinson is taking questions and a nswe rs swinson is taking questions and answers from party members and we will have that live on the bbc news channel from around ten past 2pm. the headlines on bbc news... david cameron accuses borisjohnson of only backing leave in order to further his own political career. the liberal democrat leader jo swinson reiterates her belief that "there is no good brexit deal" as party members consider a conference motion to revoke article 50 if the lib dems win a general election. iran dismisses accusations made by the us, that it was responsible for two drone attacks, that have crippled saudi oil production. sport now, full round up, from the bbc sport centre. we have the final test in the ashes taking place although we already know the ashes are going back to australia but still worth a fight. england will tell you at great length that levelling the series would be a great fillet. —— a great fillip. england now all out on 329. jack lea

jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. our chief political correspondent vicki young sent us this update from the conference in manchester: it is very clear what the message is at the conservative party conference. starting with borisjohnson this morning and then reiterated in the conference hall time and time again. it is on the banners, the posters all around here. get brexit done. that has been the message from the prime minister. he of course says he wants to get a deal with brussels but would be willing to leave without a deal as well and of course that is the controversy within the party. we have seen several conservative mps are booted out of the parliamentary party. now, some of them are turning up here to put their message across, that they are simply trying to stop no deal, but the party knows it has to really get that issue sorted in some way before it can go on to talk about other things, such as health spending and spending on education, spending on extra police officers. they want to talk about that as well t

thank you for stop jonathan blake at westminster. the brexit secretary, steve barclay, is meeting the european union's chief negotiatior, michel barnier, in brussels today, amid growing pessimism in the eu about the possibility of a deal. last night, mr barnier told senior diplomats he was still waiting for workable proposals on managing the border between northern ireland and the republic. our europe correspondent, kevin connolly, is in brussels. what is the mood ahead of these talks in brussels? i better begin with the spoiler alert here. it's very possible that there will be no more definitive clarity on exactly how this is all going to work out by the end of today any more than there was at the start of today. you know, people note that the talk in london that the negotiations are continuing at pace. they hear the talk of cautious optimism. that is simply not reflected here. the word here is that the uk is still to come up with clear proposals that would replace the irish backstop that would do everything that the irish backstop

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. let's get the latest now from our political correspondent, ben wright, whojoins us now here in westminster. a few technical gremlins to start with today, but we are up and running! the whole of the programme is coming live from here today. it is coming live from here today. it is another one of those days where there is so much to talk about, so many questions, that we will try to find answers to today. we will try to get as many as we can. good morning. let's get the latest from ben wright, our political correspondent. there is a sense of — dan and i have been sitting here at westminster several times, but today is different. we are going to break new levels of political drama, and i think the next 48 hours will determine so much. the future of this government, potentially the future of brexit, and wejust potentially the future of brexit, and we just don't know how it will play out. the first thing we will be looking for today is what happens in the big vote later. whether mps, led

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. there is so much to sort out and so many questions to get through this morning. let's have a look now at how the process could play out. today, mps will take control of commons business to debate and vote on a bill which would delay brexit until the end of january. afterwards, borisjohnson will table a motion calling for a general election. he needs two thirds of mps on board to trigger an early election. tomorrow, the anti no deal bill will move to the house of lords, if it succeeds in the commons. parliament is not due to sit on friday, but mps could decide it should, to help rush the bill through. and if it passes, the bill could be given royal assent by the queen and become law on monday the 9th of september. let's speak now to our political correspondent, iain watson. good morning to you. my main concern is to keep my guest dry. i am appreciative that you are here. for we talk about what happens next, let's discuss last night. some people say that this is unprecedented and we hav

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent jessica parker is at westminster. jessica, let's focus on what the snp have been saying today. nicola sturgeon, their leader, suggesting they may be able to supportjeremy corbyn as a caretaker prime minister. all this week since parliament returned the snp appear to be gently opening the door to the idea of some sort of caretaker government in order to secure two things. an extension to brexit, a delay beyond october the 31st, and a snap election. more explicit suggestions today from the likes of ian blackford, the snp leader westminster, and nicola sturgeon in hollywood, as to whether they would putjeremy corbyn in downing street in order to make that happen. let's listen to what nicola sturgeon has been saying. i'm not pushing jeremy corbyn as interim prime minister or anybody else as interim prime minister, i'm no great fan ofjeremy corbyn. my point is the opposition needs to act to get boris johnson, the most disreputable prime minister in my lifetime,

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. in a moment, we'll talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith, but let's go over again in a bit more detail what's expected to happen today. mps return to the commons this afternoon after summer recess — they'll request an urgent debate on taking control of the agenda in order to stop a no—deal brexit. a vote on that is expected probably late tonight. if it passes, the bill would be able to be put forward for debate, but the prime minister is expected pretty quickly to table a motion to hold a snap general election, which can only happen if it's backed by at least two thirds of mps in a commons vote. if they vote in favour of the motion, the country would be expected to go to the polls on monday, 14th october. with me now is our political editor, norman smith. at the start of this chain of events is this vote to block a no—deal brexit. is there enough support to get that through? it may be very close, but most people think the rebels will win, they have the numbers, an

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. joining me now from westminster is lord young, the former conservative cabinet minister and government chief whip, do you think the prime minister's position is tenable? if he does a number of things. first, he has to rebuild trust with parliament, which is severely bruised at the moment, andi is severely bruised at the moment, and i think he can do that as long as the current mood of the house of commons is there. jacob rees—mogg needs to go. no leader of the house should ever have agreed to this prorogation first or second, he needs to rebuild a unity in the party, restore the whip to the 21 who lost it and, at some point, bring back some of the very able people who left the government in july and subsequent months. thirdly, i think he's got to stop talking about leaving on october the 31st come what may. if there is no deal, he can't leave on october the 31st. also, i think, he can't leave on october the 31st. also, ithink, a he can't leave on october the 31st. also, i think, a l

our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. another jonathan blake reports. stand—off in westminster. protest another stand—off in westminster. protest a nd cou nterprotest another stand—off in westminster. protest and counterprotest today. over the prime minister's plans to suspend parliament and mps‘s attempt to force a delay to brexit. boris johnson has spent the week in campaign mode. preparing for an election he wants by opposition parties won't allow, before an extension to brexit is a secure, something he is adamant he won't ask for. i'd rather be dead in a ditch. as many of that opinion is content. to the contrary, not content. the contents have it. parliament has 110w the contents have it. parliament has now passed a bill compelling the prime minster to ask for a delay, if a new deal cannot be reached. the law means boris johnson a new deal cannot be reached. the law means borisjohnson has until october 19 to get a new deal with brussels. if not he must write and request more time till at least january 31. yest

jonathan blake, bbc news. let‘s look ahead to the next few days — and weeks — and what might be in store: tomorrow, the government will make a second attempt to call a general election — but that requires the support of two—thirds of mps and is expected to fail. the government is then expected to suspend parliament for five weeks. on the 17th of october there‘s the key eu in summit in brussels — where the government says it hopes to agree a brexit deal and leave on the 31st of october. but if there‘s no agreement, then by the 19th of october the new legal deadline imposed on borisjohnson because of the law pushed through by mps comes into force. it requires the prime minister to either persuade mps to agree to leave with no—deal at the end of october — which is highly unlikely — or it says he must ask the eu to delay brexit — something he‘s insisted he will never do. today, the foreign secretary dominic raab said the government was scrutinising the new law — in the hope of finding a

jonathan blake there. jeremy corbyn has said that if labour is elected it will scrap the government's flagship welfare system, universal credit. during a rally held in chingford, mr corbyn described the benefit as "cruel and inhumane" and an "unmitigated disaster." leading democrats in congress have made their first demand for documents in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been ordered to hand over ukraine—related material within a week. the us special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, has resigned. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. god bless you, mr president! donald trump is defiant and lashing out on his preferred medium, twitter. taking aim at the man who will play a key role in his impeachment hearings, the democratic chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. of him, the president said... the whistle—blower, who revealed details of his telephone conversation with ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskiy, mr trump