Brexit: Government to demand early general election

In this special edition, Newshour is live from outside Parliament on the last day before a five-week suspension. Prime minister Boris Johnson will ask MPs for the second time to back an early general election but opposition parties are set to reject this request.

Also in the programme: Eight days have passed since Hurricane Dorian hit The Bahamas and hundreds of people are still missing; and North Korea is willing to restart talks with the US this month on de-nuclearisation.