To prepare for the worst as a dive boat catches fire and sinks off the california coast. There were 35 people on board. 8 bodies have been found. Bells toll. And secrets of the second world war. How coded bbc broadcasts aided the resistance and confused the enemy. Trade tensions have trumps fresh tariffs put china on the warpath . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the Programme Facebook may hide its likes feature to reduce stress. The idea is to keep secret the number of likes other peoples posts receive. What do you think . Is your Mental Health impacted by social media . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The british Prime Ministerfaces a showdown with Parliament Later after promising to push for a snap general election if rebel mps succeed in a bid to stop a no deal brexit. Borisjohnson said he didnt want an election, but progress with the eu would be impossible if they won. Government sources suggest a possible poll could take place in mid october. Jonathan blake has the latest. Welcome back to westminster. Mps return from their summer break today toa raging return from their summer break today to a raging debate about brexit. Yesterday the Prime Minister states with a warning to those trying to block a no deal exit, they could force him to go to the polls. Let oui force him to go to the polls. Let our negotiators to get on with their work. Without an election, without an election, i dont want an election, you dont want an election. Tory mps entertained in the garden of number ten now know that if they join the garden of number ten now know that if theyjoin with opposition parties this week and attempts to ta ke parties this week and attempts to take control of what happens in the house of commons, the government will push for an early election. Two thirds of mps would need to back that, meaning labours position is crucial. Their leader sounds keen. When the election comes, i am ready for it, you are ready for it, we will take the message out there and above all, we will win for the future of this country we will bring about that sense of justice and equality that is what our movement was founded to achieve but last night, and other senior labour figure said the party would not support an election before the brexit deadline of october the 31st. What the conversations i have had in Parliament Today means is that we would not support the vote, the two thirds majority that Boris Johnson needs, the 434 mps that he needs to vote for a general election to dissolve parliament, under the fixed term parliament, he will not get up majority. The summer is officially over here now and time is short for all sides to make their next move and perhaps just days for Big Decisions to be made. 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 countrys 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. Its 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 terrifying picture. Please, pray for us. Pray for abaco, please, im begging you. My babys only four months old, so please pray for us. The roof of the apartment block of the mother who took this video had been ripped off. She was clinging to the side of the building with her baby as she broadcast this. Some people, the water just took them. There has as yet been no update on her safety and no official figure for casualties. That is the water hitting my front window, which is extremely high. The place is completely flooded out. Thats my kitchen window, that water is hitting. And that has to be a minimum of about 20 feet off the ground. Among those helplessly watching the waters rise the minister of agriculture, michael pintard, who filmed this. Aid agencies estimate that up to 13,000 homes could have been destroyed as the catastrophic storm moves through the bahamas, at some point, the eye of the hurricane staying in the one spot. It could be days until help reaches many and as well as fears about lives lost and those injured, there are concerns that food and clean Drinking Water will be hard to come by. This is now the fourth year in a row in which there has been a category 5 hurricane in the atlantic, a record in the modern era, with experts attributing the increased frequency of these weather events to climate change. And dorian now heads towards florida, with projections this storm could remain hurricane strength for much of the week. Hurricane dorian is just 100 Hurricane Dorian isjust 100 miles away Hurricane Dorian isjust100 miles away from here and stayed emergency has been clad declared notjust in this state but other areas as well as the us mainland now braces itself or the impact of this record breaking storm. A limit ball, bbc news, on the east coast of florida. Aleem maqbool. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. The United States and the taliban say theyve reached a Draft Agreement under which more than 5,000 american troops would leave afghanistan. The us envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said the deal still needed president trumps approval. As the details emerged, a taliban car bomb killed at least five people in kabul. Officials in texas say a gunman who killed seven people on saturday contacted the police and the fbi shortly before his attack. Seth aaron ator had been sacked on the morning of the mass shooting. An fbi agent said the gunman made rambling statements in a phone call to a tip off line. Two russian couples who risked losing their children for taking them to an unauthorised rally in moscow have won a reprieve in court. Prosecutors had threatened to take the children into care prompting a public outcry. Judges warned the couples not to take their children to protests again. Eight people are now confirmed to have died in a fire on a diving boat off the coast of southern calfornia. Thirty nine people were on board the vessel five have been rescued. The Authorities Say hopes are fading for the missing people. Peter bowes reports from los angeles. A fierce fire in the middle of the night. The coastguard was alerted to the inferno by and mayday call. The 33 passengers on board were sleeping ona 33 passengers on board were sleeping on a lower deck. Private boats operated by members of the public with a first on the scene and helped to rescue five crew members. They we re to rescue five crew members. They were on the boats bridge when the fire broke out. The charter that vessel conception was being used by scuba divers. Three three day trip started on saturday. The vessel will is well known in the area and is compliant with safety requirements was not the crew members were brought to shore and are being interviewed by investigators but it is not clear what was happening in the minutes before the fire broke out and whether the boat experienced any mechanical problems. This is probably the worst Case Scenario you could possibly have. You have a vessel that is on the open sea that is in the middle of the night, 330 in the morning, vires discourage of any ship fire is the scourge of any ship fire is the scourge of any ship fire is the scourge of any ship and everybody was at a asleep at this time and the sleeping compartment was at the bottom part of the ship so they would have been sound asleep when the fire started. Just metres from the harbour at sa nta just metres from the harbour at santa cruz island, the boat was anchored for the night. Initially there were hopes the passengers could have swum to safety but the chances of finding anyone alive are waning. This is not a day we wanted to wa ke waning. This is not a day we wanted to wake up to four labour day and it isa to wake up to four labour day and it is a very tragic event and we will search all the way through the night, into the morning, that i think we should all be prepared to move into the worst outcome. The area known as the Channel Islands to the north of los angeles is a popular destination for water sports and fishing crews. This disaster has shocked the Seaside Community and raises questions about boating safety at the height of the summer season. Hong kongs beleaguered chief executive, carrie lam, has insisted that shes never contemplated resigning, despite months of political unrest in the territory. Her comments follow the release of a recording of her saying if she had a choice she would quit. But speaking in the last few hours, ms lam, expressed her annoyance at the leak. Throughout this period, that is from the very beginning until now, i have never, i have never tended a resignation to the central peoples government. I have not even contemplated to discuss a resignation with the central peoples government was not the choice of not resigning is my own choice. That is the story troubling markets of course and the other is this. People with bloomberg are saying that trade talks schedule for september may not necessarily take place between china and the us because beijing is not happy at all about the fact that the us followed through with the increase on tariffs of chinese goods going into the us. Dr stephanie hare, independent analyst, joins me now. It would seem that trump followed through with the tariffs. Now there is no clear answer on what the way forward is between the two . And on the weekend we heard that china might not retaliate. There was discussion that they would change tactics. Every time the United States has improved tariffs, china has responded in kind. Because of the imbalance in the trade deficits, the imbalance in the trade deficits, the United States has a lot more ru nway the United States has a lot more runway and can impose tariffs for far longer than china can because it imports more so eventually china will run out of that is an option and it may have to start flexing other levers. To be fair, the ta riffs other levers. To be fair, the tariffs that were imposed on september the first were a lot less than the original threat from the us and the threat from the us is more will be put on chinese goods towards the end of december. This giving the us consumer time to buy all these things and time for thanksgiving, for christmas, without tariffs. Actually, it is the us consumer that will fill it now. It is the us consumer. Us farmers are taking a real hit right now. President trump needs to combat his balance his aggressive stance towards china and go back to his constituents with an a nswer go back to his constituents with an answer as he faces re election next year. Is so much to discuss and Financial Markets are very focused on that story. Stay with us on the briefing. Why science needs women. A Nobel Prize Winner hopes to inspire a generation and close the gender gap. She received a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor and the dying in indias slums. The head of the Catholic Church said Mother Teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. We have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. Parents are waiting and wives are waiting. Hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. Britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. An Early Morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. Youre watching the briefing. Our headlines Boris Johnson is facing a showdown with mps opposed to a no deal brexit. A snap general election could be held as early as mid october. Hurricane dorian has claimed at least five lives in the bahamas with 13,000 homes destroyed or damaged. Women make up less than a third of all scientists working today, but elizabeth blackburn, a nobel laureate, wants young women to persist. Confidence and asking for help, she says, are the two ways to get over the gender gap and increase the place of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. I really have a message to women in science, which is keep persisting. This is worth it. Being a woman in science, there is the reality that it is different, because we have grown up it is different, because we have grown up in a culture where being a woman is different from being a man. Women bring different Life Experiences to science. That enriches the way you can approach really complex problems. Believe me, biology gives you lots of marvellously complex problems. If i looked back and said what would i have done differently, i thought you had to be tough and do it alone, and i think perhaps i made it more difficult that way. It is ok to ask questions, and you dont look as if you are weak. I felt i had to prove myself. Luckily, the process of proving myself involved doing something that i loved doing. Ifelt that i would be taken more seriously in my science. I see that women starting early in their careers find it very daunting. I think it needs to be remembered that science needs women, and it is true. Dont be put off by what seems to be the many difficulties, but go for it. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Im mark edwards, here is your tuesday sports briefing. Us open defending champion naomi osaka has been knocked out of the tournament after a straight sets defeat to Belinda Bencic in the last 16. Its her third defeat to the 13th seed this year, and a loss that means the 21 year old will lose her world number one ranking, with Ashleigh Barty of australia returning to top spot. The Us Anti Doping Agency has withdrawn its case against the fastest man in the world this year, sprinter christian coleman. The 23 year old had been charged with missing three drugs tests and was facing an automatic one year ban. Usada said it had withdrawn the charge after receiving guidance from the world anti doping agency. Coleman is now free to compete at the world athletics championships, beginning in doha at the end of the month. The transfer window is firmly shut across the big leagues in europe and there were some big transfer deadline day movers and shakers. Mauro icardi is off to psg on loan while triple Champions League winner keylor navas also moves across to the french capital from real madrid with world cup winner alphones areole moving the other way. Elsewhere arsenals Henrikh Mkhitaryan is heading for roma on a season long loan deal. The italian club will pay a fee and the players wages, but there is no option or obligation to buy the armenia international, so he could find himself back in london next season. West ham strikerjavier hernandez is heading to spain, hes completed a move to sevilla on a three year deal. The Mexico International scored 17 goals in 63 games for the london club. Roger federer will play in a record extending 56th grand slam quarter final later when he faces grigor dimitrov. The five time champion needed just 78 minutes to beat david goffin in straight sets. Federer, now 38, is clearly still hungry to break yet more records. Its definitely very special to be playing for these records. It is a nice feeling, the initial goal was to try to make it this far. So yes, i think to try to make it this far. So yes, ithinki to try to make it this far. So yes, i think i use it at the right times for motivation, i guess. Sri lanka play new zealand later in their second of three t20s. The black caps have a 1 0 lead after beating the hosts by 5 wickets on sunday. Sri lanka skipper Lasith Malinga took two wickets, making him the highest wicket taker in the shortest format of the game. It wasnt enough to clinch victory though as new zealand chased down 174 with three balls to spare. Romelu lukaku says we are going backwards on racism, after he was subjected to abuse while playing for his new club, inter milan. In a post on instagram, lu ka ku says we shouldnt accept any form of discrimination that will put our game in shame. He also hit out at football federations and social media platforms, saying they need to work harder to stamp out online abuse. Lukaku scored the winning goal in their 2 1 win against cagliari on sunday, but was targeted with monkey chants from sections of the crowd. You can get all the latest sports news at our website. Thats bbc. Com sport. From me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. 80 years ago today, britain and france went to war with nazi germany. The conflict was fought of many fronts, including across the airwaves. Now, new details are being released on how bbc news bulletins were used to send secret messages. The archive recordings also reveal how the chimes of big ben were sometimes replaced with a recording to confuse german bombers. David sillito has more. This is the bbc home enforcers programme. Here is the news. The sound of big and and the bbc news live from london. A service that links the world by radio. However, during the second world war, big and wasnt always live. The bbc has just released archive recordings from people from the second world war, who reveal that, for instance, big ben was sometimes a recording. Why . Well, if you are listening and you could hear german bombers above, it might help them target their bombs. So someone was always waiting with a record, just in case. Here you can see some of the bomb damage. Historian david hendy has been going through this archive material and he is particularly interested in what was happening in poland. 80 years after the nazi invasion, we now know the bbc was using music at the end of the news to send secret messages to the resistance. The bulletins that were broadcast to poland were made to run deliberately short by a minute or so. Then, a secret messengerfrom minute or so. Then, a secret messenger from the exiled polish government, would deliver to the bbc under the code name peter peterkin, a record that should be played in that spare minute or so. The choice of music would send a message to resista nce of music would send a message to resistance groups in poland. Getting the bbc to play the right song at the bbc to play the right song at the right time was the job of a man called alex sutherland, because sometimes a record was scratched, and the bbc would want to substitute another tune. The recorded programmes assistance would look at these, and they would see if something would make a better broadcast. So you would be playing a band and the wrong bridge would get blown up in. Even Alexandra Palace had a wartime role, used to interfere with navigation assistance of german bombers. All this was top at the time, but years later, new insights are being revealed about the role the broadcasting industry played. We have been talking to you this morning, many of you have been in touch about facebooks idea of making it secret how many likes people get for their posts, so others cant see it, thinking it will improve Mental Health. Asking for your opinion on this, one person says she deleted social media a year ago and her Mental Health has thrived. Another says, iam ago and her Mental Health has thrived. Another says, i am the 72nd person to like this tweet, it is not affecting my Mental Health in any way. I dont see why my Mental Health should be impacted by facebook. We will talk more about this later in the programme. Stay with us. Hello. Theres a trend to something cooler for all of us in the week ahead. Still not much rain across parts of east and south east england and barely a cloud in the sky in sevenoaks on monday afternoon. For others, weve had more cloud and outbreaks of rain, some of which has been heavy, especially in scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of Northern England. More rain in the forecast on tuesday. But in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined to southern scotland, Northern England, quite light and patchy but some mist and fog developing along western coasts. We start tuesday with some spells of sunshine for central, southern and Eastern England. Also for the Northern Isles and Channel Islands, which will hang on to that sunshine in the afternoon. Cloud building north and west, bringing rain into Northern Ireland, northern and western scotland. Likely to be heavy in places. Maybe a bit patchier in southern scotland, Northern England and parts of wales and dry in central, southern and Eastern England with temperatures up to 22 celsius, just 14 15 where we had the cloud and rain in scotland. Eastwards on tuesday evening and this rain sliding south and east along england and wales, some of which could be heavy. Clearer skies developing behind and a fairly mild start for most with temperatures in double figures. Weve still got this band of rain to deal with first thing on wednesday morning, soon pulling away from east anglia and south east england. Sunshine developing behind. Notice how the isobars start to squeeze themselves together. A much windier day on wednesday, particularly for northern and western coasts. The rain out of the way for east anglia and south east england with sunshine behind. Showers soon developing, though, in Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England, merging to give a longer spell of rain in places, and some showers pushing down to wales and south west england. Much windier day with gales developing in the western isles. Add the strength of the wind to temperatures ofjust 12 celsius, really a chilly day in parts of scotland, with temperatures getting up to 20 or 21. Further south and east, it will feel cooler given the strength of the wind. Now, all these fronts start to pull away eastwards as we go into thursday. The isobars becoming a bit further spaced apart, so the winds will fall lighter. Still showers and longer spells of rain to deal with, particularly for northern and western scotland. A few may filter into the far north of england. For Northern Ireland, england and wales, thursday will be a day of sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud. Fairly brisk breeze, not as windy as wednesday, and a cooler feel. This continues into friday and the weekend. Temperatures not much higher than 18 or 19 celsius. Still some outbreaks of rain at times the further north and west you are, but drier further south and east. For the latest on Hurricane Dorian, youll find all the details on our website. This is the Business Briefing. Im sally bundock. Braced for brexit are businesses prepared for leaving the eu . Oz uncertainty how gloomy consumers and the trade war have knocked the stuffing out of australias economy. And on the markets the trade spat between the us and china is dominating, it was a labour day break last week for american investors