In other news Hurricane Dorian devastates parts of the bahamas. The countrys Prime Minister calls it an historic tragedy. And scientists warn that the massive ice sheet covering greenland may have melted by a record amount this year. Borisjohnson has suffered a heavy defeat in his first house of commons vote as british Prime Minister. Mps approved a motion to take control of parliamentary time to try to block a no deal brexit by 328 301, a majority of 27. Mrjohnson immediately confirmed that he would push for an early general election, something opposition parties say they would not support. 21 conservatives who rebelled against the government are facing expulsion from the party, including a number of former cabinet ministers. Gareth barlow has the latest. Earlier they would have heard. It was a day of epic political importance the last chance for opponents of no deal, even brexit itself to stop the government from leaving the eu without an agreement. Outside parliament, protesters made their voices heard. Stop the coup inside parliament, the government defended its approach. This government is absolutely committed to delivering brexit on the 31st of october. We must deliver the largest democratic mandate in the nations history. But critics, some from within the governments own party were less than impressed with the Prime Ministers determination to leave on october the 31st with or without a deal. The Prime Minister is much in the position of someone standing on one side of a canyon, shouting to people on the other side of the canyon that if they do not do as he wishes, he will throw himself into the abyss. Laughter. There were moments of drama when a conservative mp defected and left government without a majority. And, as the debate rumbled on, there were moments to find dull. The leader of the house has been spread across three seats, lying out as if that was something very boring for him to listen to tonight. And then the moment opposition parties and rebels in the ruling conservatives had been hoping for, the announcement the government had been defeated and parliement was edging closer to preventing no deal. The ayes to the right, 328, the noes to the left, 301, so the ayes have it at the ayes have it. In response, the Prime Minister sacked mps who voted against him and declared the government was ready to call for a general election. And if mps vote tomorrow to stop negotiations and to compel another pointless delay to brexit, potentially for years, then that would be the only way to resolve this. Opposition parties are wazry of a general election, but they now have the power to take control of parliament on wednesday, and potentially force the Prime Minister to ask the eu for an extension to negotiations. In the 1960s, the then british Prime Minister, harold wilson, declared a week is a long time in politics. Today, in 2019, theres another long day ahead. Gareth barlow, bbc news. Christian fraser has been following events at westminster, he spoke to our Political Correspondent rob watson. Where does this leave us tonight . Where does it leave brexit . I have two big takeaways from this, two big political takeaways. This is a big defeat for borisjohnson, his main pledge was im going to get britain out of the eu, do or die. Its hard to see how he does that. I think it also means that an end to the brexit crisis is uncertain as ever, i mean, how do they get out . Will there be a general election . If so, under what conditions and when . So momentous, but in many ways left us all as unclear and as uncertain as before. If you were to look at one of the themes throughout the day, you had Philip Hammond this morning incandescent that he was being threatened expulsion from the party, philip leed crossing the chamber, removing Boris Johnsons slim majority, this was a battle today for the very heart of the conservative party. Absolutely. The uncertainty about brexit first, the second, the quasi revolution in british politics caused by brexit continuing. And in the conservative party, you have people until recently considered the absolute sort of core, the reasonable, sensible establishment of the conservative party, now rebel suspended including, Goodness Sake winston churchill, the grandson of winston churchill, the legendary wartime leader. And really, in many ways you would save this is sort of a perfect storm for britain, what i mean by that . Not only do you have this astonishing challenge of brexit, the biggest peacetime challenge the country has faced since 1945, extricating itself from the european union, you have a divided country but you also have this, notjust in the conservative party, but in the main opposition labor party, the sense that the two main parties control of them has gone to people who, for actually, for decades have been on the fringe of british politics. In the case of the conservative party, committed euro sceptics and in the case of the opposition labour party, people on the far left, so these sorts of broad church parties has been scrambled by the quasi revolutionary action of brexit and that is where we are, profound uncertainty. So what could the vote mean for the uks planned departure from the eu . Our deputy political editor, john pienaar has been looking at the possible implications. People often see parliament as the place our politicians play political games. Well, forget that. Tonight, tomorrow, its a fight thatll will shape british politics and all our future for years, maybe generations. A battle between parties, within parties, and no neutrals. Not even the speaker, john bercow, whos made it his mission to see the commons, not just the government, has a say and get its way, even if that means rewriting the rules that hes there to referee. So tonights big vote is about giving mps, and later peers, the chance to pass a law to block a no deal brexit and force borisjohnsons government to seek and accept another delay to brexit, past october the 31st, maybe until next january. Hes warned conservatives who rebel and vote for that that theyd be kicked out of the parliamentary party, banned from standing as tory candidates. A purge is what its being called, and the pms counter move . The huge gamble of trying to call a snap election maybe as soon as october the iath, on a choice he believes hed win for brexit, with or without an eu deal, or against. But would the commons allow a snap election on borisjohnsons terms . Could mps stop it happening . Because many would try. Well, a lot depends onjeremy corbyn. Hes been saying almost daily, bring on the election. But many on labours side have been insisting that stopping a no deal brexit must come first, before an election, before a new referendum that some of them want. But either way, it takes two thirds of the commons, 434 mps, to agree an early election. Mr corbyns opposition could stop it going ahead, unless the government finds another way. So, what about the eu . Whatll they make of it . Well, the next eu Leaders Summit is on october the 17th. Whod be there for britain if a snap election comes first . A labour pm offering another referendum, or a re elected tory with a new mandate, wanting a better deal or to leave without one . If theres no election, well, theres still no clear sign of eu leaders like president macron of france or Angela Merkel of germany dropping their demand that the eu Single Market must be protected, as they see it, after brexit. The Prime Ministers been described as bringing new focus, new determination to brexit. Hard to disagree with that. Though hes also accelerated britains Journey Towards new risks critics say new dangers and whatever happens, towards political splits and public recriminations of a kind that no one has seen before. Lets have a look at the reaction in some european capitals. Our europe editor, katya adler is in brussels. Ive been speaking to eu diplomats tonight, i mean, the reaction to the government doing defeated, the idea of banning a no deal brexit is sort of bittersweet for the eu being defeated, because you cant really ban a no deal brexit. The anyway to 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 didnt want to 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 theres a feeling that a general election or another brexit extension, theyve been around this block before and they will hear the Prime Minister tonight saying hes going to come to brussels now in mid october at the eu leaderss summit and get a new deal. But the European Commission today was very clear and scathing about the Prime Ministers comments, those in that negotiations with the eu are going swimmingly. Their main reaction is to say that more or less, they are going to republish their no deal brexit and this is a message for borisjohnson to say yes, we know you want to avoid a new deal, but we wont avoid it at any cost. Were not scared, we think theyre prepared and the eu may be not as good a wordsmith is the Prime Minister sometimes is, that is their way of trying to say bring it on. Hurricane dorian is now moving up the east coast of the United States, after having remained almost stationary over the bahamas for several days, causing devastation. At least seven people have been killed in the bahamas but the full scale of the disaster is still unknown. Dorian has now weakened to category 2, but the north west islands continue to endure heavy rain, high winds and storm surges. Our north america correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports. It is staggering to think that this record breaking hurricane has barely moved. Please pray for us. These videos were the last posted by a mother named gertha joseph, as she sheltered with her baby at the very beginning of dorians assault on the bahamas, and give a sense of the conditions under which people were trying to ride out the storm. The roofs shaking and the roofs leaking. So we just pray the roof dont come off, because thats all we have right now. We have nowhere to go. Young and old congregating in the sturdiest building around, though even that had sustained damage. When the power went down, the online posts stopped, and people have since faced long, terrifying hours of fierce winds, intense rainfall and massive ocean surges. We are in the midst of a historic tragedy in parts of northern bahamas. Our mission and focus now is search, rescue and recovery. I ask for your prayers, for those in affected areas and for our first responders. Because the hurricane is moving so slowly, it could still be a long time before help can get anywhere near the areas of grand bahama that have been affected. There are fears many may not have survived the night. The bbcs Gary Odonoghue is in Daytona Beach, florida, and descibed the weather there. It has been pretty windy here today. Weve had some rain, some pretty squally rain at times here today. As you say, its still south of where we are, sort of 50, 100 miles offshore. Were expecting it to hit Daytona Beach perhaps late morning, around lunchtime tomorrow. But it will still be mainly offshore, in terms of those Hurricane Force winds. There is of course concern about storm surge, potentially 3 5 feet along the coast, and also rainfall, 3 6 inches potentially. There are still evacuation orders in place, of course, in a lot of the coastal counties, and some curfews still in place. Most people have heeded those, by the look of it, although the place is not deserted by any means. A lot of boarded up businesses and houses, sure, but there are still people out and about on the roads, and there are still some stores open. The president has just said that he thinks that florida will escape the worst of it, but we should still be on our guard in this part of the world, he says. And hes also, laura, offering a lot of support, he says, to the people of the bahamas, the pentagon today offering things like helicopters, boats, and help like that when the government down there gets a chance to move in and do some of the rescue work, there will be a huge task in places like grand bahama. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come we return to one of greenlands fastest shrinking glaciers, to see how rising temperatures have seen the massive ice sheet melt by a record amount. 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. This is bbc news, the latest headlines opposition and rebel conservative mps in britain deal a major blow to the Prime Minister borisjohnson. They will now be able to try and block a no deal brexit. Protestors celebrated outside the commons, as Boris Johnson indicated the result makes a general election more likely. A un report says the United States, britain, and france could be complicit in war crimes in yemen by arming and providing intelligence and Logistics Support to the saudi led coalition. The report says serious Human Rights Violations are being committed with impunity by all sides in yemens brutal conflict, and has identified 164 individuals who may be responsible for international crimes. Sarah leah whitson is the executive director the middle east division of Human Rights Watch and she told us that some parts of the un report are surprising. I think there is nothing quite surprising in terms of their actual findings and very serious violations of international law, war crimes in terms of the manner in which this war has been fought. What i think is surprising is the panel of experts decision to actually list 160 names and annexed them in court, a senior Government Official of all of them, including saudi arabia, the uae, the Yemeni Government as well as some of the other armed groups involved, and we know that from that list of 164 names, they submitted a secret list of those they believe to be most complicit in the abuses. So basically we know that those who the un is now identifying as doing war crimes, among those in the list directly included in that report. That is not typicalfor a un report. As you say, that list is secret. What nationalities would you expect to see among there and what roles would they have been carrying out . We know exactly what the nationalities are and who is on the list of 164 in the appendix attached and their names, and they are all Government Officials, military officials from saudi arabia, uae, the Yemeni Government, the Southern Forces as well as some armed groups aligned with the uae and the south. I assume the vast majority if not all of these are yemeni and saudi and emirati nationals, but it may well be that in this so called secret list that has been submitted there are other nationals from the militaries of these countries, in the case of uae may include british or australian nationals. I doubt that, having seen the list attached, as far as i can see only names that appear to be emirati or saudi or yemeni, but we dont know for sure. If we turn to Something Else that the report said, that the United States, britain and france could be complicit in war crimes. That is an incredibly strong statement, isnt it . It is a statement that we at Human Rights Watch have been making for the past five years and repeatedly warned the United States in particular that because it is in conflict, because it does more than just providing arms to saudi arabia and the uae, but also providing military assistance by way of targeting assistance, refuelling support and other intelligence gathering, that they are actually, by law, complicit in this coalition. Lets get some of the days other news. The Us Coast Guard says none of the 34 passengers survived a fire that sunk a dive boat off californias santa cruz island. All but one of the six crew managed to escape byjumping off the vessel. Members of italys populist five Star Movement have overwhelmingly approved the formation of a Coalition Government with the Centre Left Democratic party. The leader of five star, luigi di maio, said it signalled tha