minister in a week. international development secretary, priti patel, resigns after a series of unauthorised meetings with israeli ministers. she'd been summoned back from a government trip abroad to number 10 to explain herself. the foreign secretary paid tribute to her. it's been a real pleasure working with her, and i'm sure she's got a great future ahead of her. tonight labour called on the prime minister to get control of her chaotic cabinet. also tonight: the head of nhs england says without more money one in ten of us will be on a waiting list by 2021. the mother of a teenager accuses the actor kevin spacey of sexually assaulting her son last year. to kevin spacey i want to say this: shame on you for what you did to my son. pro—independence demonstrators in catalonia bring parts of spain's rail and road network to a standstill. and the louvre comes to the middle east in a new billion pound museum in abu dhabi.

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, england's women say they're aiming for revenge ahead of their crucial ashes test with australia overnight. good evening. after a day of high political drama, a second cabinet minister has been forced to quit inside a week. today it was the turn of the international development secretary priti patel — made to rush back this afternoon from a government visit to africa and then summoned to number 10. the reason — a series of highly sensitive and unauthorised meetings with israeli ministers that she had failed to mention to the foreign office. she offered theresa may a fulsome apology. labour accused her of misleading the public.

our diplomatic correspondent james landale broke the story of ms patel‘s secret meetings. his report contains flashing images. priti patel arriving at the back to downing street tonight. a short walk before a mighty fall. and then after a brief meeting with the prime minister she was out, out of office for the secret meetings she held while on holiday in israel, putting ona while on holiday in israel, putting on a brave face for a remarkable act of political self harm. in the ritual exchange of letters, the now former international development secretary admitted that her actions fell below the standards of transparency and openness that i have promoted and advocated. i offer a fulsome apology to you and the government. theresa may told miss patel, when we met on monday i was glad to accept your apology. but now that further details have come to

light, it is right you have decided to resign. the man whose department she fails to call before she went to israel was the foreign secretary, borisjohnson. israel was the foreign secretary, boris johnson. well i just want to save priti patel has been a very good colleague and friend for a long time, and a first—class secretary of state for international development, it's been a real pleasure working with her and i'm sure she's got a great future ahead, thank you very much. earlier, miss patel arrived back from a visit to africa, enjoying the queue busting perks of ministerial office for the last time. summoned back more than 4000 miles for her lack of candour with downing street over the full extent of her secret diplomacy with israel that some felt broke ministerial rules. it all began when miss patel went on holiday to israel in august. i heard rumours of what she got up to, check them out, then last friday i reported she had held a number of

meetings with ministers, officials and charities without telling the foreign office, as would be expected. that afternoon miss patel challenged my report, telling the guardian boris johnson did challenged my report, telling the guardian borisjohnson did know about the meetings. 0n guardian borisjohnson did know about the meetings. on thursday it emerged she had been summoned to downing street to be reprimanded by the prime minister and reminded of the prime minister and reminded of the ministerial rules. miss patel issued a statement apologising, admitting there had been 12 secret meetings including one with israel's prime minister. downing street hoped that would be that. then on tuesday i reported that after the trip miss patel suggested using british aid money to help the israeli army in its humanitarian work in the occupied golan heights. that afternoon miss patel left for africa as downing street admitted it hadn't known about the plan to help the israeli army. then this morning it emerged miss patel had had two further meetings with senior israelis in september. again, without telling civil servants.

after a ll without telling civil servants. after all this, it was no surprise she was ordered back to london. there were also reports miss patel had taken the controversial step of visiting an israeli army field hospital in the golan heights, an area britain doesn't officially consider part of israel. why did priti patel act like she did? some mps say she didn't realise it was wrong. 0thers mps say she didn't realise it was wrong. others say she has a history of doing things without telling civil servants. 0thers suspect she was pursuing her own private foreign policy. at westminster, labour said there were still questions about what the foreign office knew and when. it's clear that the minister priti patel broke the code of conduct, it's been clear all along, she should have gone immediately. instead the prime minister prevaricated, allowed a kind of soap opera to run all week, finally scuttling off to africa and being dragged back. priti patel, who... in

her youth, priti patel supported the eurosceptic referendum party before joining a new and different generation of young conservatives. elected in 2010, she rose swiftly to become the first british indian cabinet minister, an international developer and secretary promising to reform britain's aid budget, a leading light of the pro—brexit leave campaign. but tonight, she's out of office, a second cabinet minister to resign from this fragile government in less than a week. landale, bbc news. let's talk to our political editor laura kuenssberg. with priti patel‘s departure today, that's two cabinet ministers gone in a week. where does this leave theresa may? it feels like a political lifetime doesn't it? it's exactly seven days ago tonight we were talking about michael fallon being forced to resign for very different reasons. these are two major figures in the cabinet, disappeared from around

theresa may's top table in one week. theresa may's top table in one week. there is still a question about what other of her close colleagues, damian green. the essential deputy at number two, who is under investigation for things he denies but things he may have done wrong in the past. how to clean up this mess? we expect not until tomorrow morning will there be a replacement for priti patel. theresa may has to consider, does she put somebody into thatjobjust consider, does she put somebody into that job just because of consider, does she put somebody into thatjob just because of their qualifications and experience? 0r does she try, more than anything else, to preserve the very delicate balance in the cabinet between those who are due to leave the european union and those who argued to stay? some people might listen to that and think, why are we still banging on about that after all this time? why does it still matter? it still matters in terms of the personnel at the top, because that is the great unresolved argument that runs from top to bottom in the tory party. the cabinet was put together in the current formulation very carefully

to try to preserve that political balance. but i think more than anything else, after what has at times felt like a chaotic week, theresa may needs pretty sharpish to try and show a steady hand. it's not so try and show a steady hand. it's not so long ago she was arguing she would be the strong and stable prime minister against the opposition putting forward the proposition of a coalition of chaos. well, even those who agree with her inside the tory party might agree right now the chaos has been in downing street. laura kuenssberg, thank you. the head of nhs england has thrown down the gauntlet to the government ahead of the budget in a fortnight. simon stevens says the nhs should get the money it was promised during the eu referendum. without more funding he predicts that by 2021 one in ten of us will be on a waiting list for an operation and the nhs will be forced to turn back a decade of progress. 0ur health editor hugh pym has more. waiting lists are a key nhs benchmark. ten years ago there were over

4 million people waiting for routine surgery in england. that fell to around 2.5 million, but, in the past few years, it's crept back to the 4 million mark. now the head of the nhs is warning it could hit 5 million. it was an extraordinary intervention from a senior public official head of a budget. 0n the current funding outlook, the nhs waiting list will grow to 5 million people by 2021. that's an extra million people on the waiting list — one in ten of us waiting for an operation, the highest number ever. in essence, nhs england is warning that the problem starts as soon as next year, if there isn't new money allocated in the budget. that means waiting lists rising more rapidly and, in effect, a national policy to ration

non—urgent care needing to be introduced. rose is one patient who thinks the nhs needs a rapid financial boost. she believes she's missing out on the specialist care she needs for her ms. you call to make an appointment and they make you wait two or three weeks. then, you when you get in there, they're very busy, and theyjust say, "well, actually, at this point you should just call physio, and maybe they can help you strengthen your core muscles." and i can't get through to physio, they don't answer their phone, they don't answer e—mails. remember this? the vote leave battle bus and the claim that brexit would mean £350 million a week more for the nhs. that was quoted by simon stevens as part of his pitch for more money. trust in democratic politics will not be strengthened if anyone now tries to argue, "you voted brexit partly for a betterfunded health service, but precisely because of brexit you now can't have one." the health secretary said it was a vote leave, not a government pledge, but any brexit dividend should help the nhs. if we end up having less pressure on public finances, because of the fact that we are not

making net contributions to the eu, then i believe that the nhs should be the first port of call. any budget funding increase for health in england would automatically mean more money for scotland, wales and northern ireland. it's now down to the chancellor and whether he believes the claims of simon stevens. hugh pym, bbc news. the mother of a teenager has publicly accused the hollywood actor and theatre director kevin spacey of sexually assaulting her son last year. the us news presenter heather unruh told a press conference that mr spacey had plied her son with alcohol and assaulted him in a bar. it's another allegation added to a growing list against mr spacey. and the actors union equity has told the bbc that the problems of sexual harassment are endemic in the industry at all levels. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. injuly 2016, actor kevin spacey

sexually assaulted my son. the tears of a mother in boston today, revealing what she claimed happened to her son. the victim, my son, was a starstruck straight 18—year—old young man, who had no idea that the famous actor was an alleged sexual predator or that he was about to become his next victim. journalist heather unruh‘s tweet about kevin spacey last month triggered all the allegations against him. today, she went public and the police are now investigating. to kevin spacey, i want to say this — the one—time barman met kevin spacey

in london in 2007, when he alleges the actor groped him. kevin spacey sat down on the sofa next to me, asked if that was my girlfriend, then reached over, grabbed... he then describes a sexually explicit action and words. a couple of weeks after the party at his place, he was in the bar, reached forward, grabbed my waistband and said something to the effect of, "i can make it up to you," or, "let me make it up to you." so i went back upstairs, i was standing behind the bar thinking, "what the helljust happened again?" i was in work so i couldn't make a scene about it. and told him in no uncertain terms where he could go. the bbc also spoke to an american film—maker who didn't want to be fully identified. in the 1990s, he was a junior crew member on a film kevin spacey directed. he claims the actor sexually

harassed him, something he mentioned to another man working on the film. he said, "you too, huh?" and i was like, "what do you mean, ‘you too'? what do you mean?" and he goes, "he was touching you and flirting with you?" i said, "yeah, it was awful!" and he said, "yeah, he did that to me." in the first week we were all out at a bar, and he grabbed my butt, and i turned round, and i said to him, "kevin, if you ever do that again, i will kick your ass, so leave me alone." in the uk, the actors‘ union says sexual harassment in the industry is endemic. i think it was every the place you could imagine in our industry. every woman i have spoken to, female actor i've spoken to, can tell you a story, absolutely. and many, many of the men, both straight and gay, can also tell you stories. can those at the old vic theatre, where kevin spacey worked for 11 years, really have been in the dark? the theatre initially said it had

no complaints against him, but it has now appointed external advisers to investigate. kevin spacey has not responded to any of the latest allegations. previously, he said he needed to examine his own behaviour. lucy manning, bbc news. the family of carl sargeant — the former welsh government minister who's thought to have taken his own life yesterday — have said he was denied common courtesy and natural justice. mr sargeant had been sacked after he faced allegations of sexual harassment. sian lloyd is in cardiff. this is clearly extremely harrowing for the family and has shaken the welsh assembly. indeed, and business at the welsh assembly has been suspended for the week as a mark of respect to carl sargeant. assembly members paid tribute and have left messages on a book of condolence. amongst this great sense of sorrow, we are also feeling the anchor of the family

today, because they released a series of letters sent by carl sa rg ea nt‘s series of letters sent by carl sargeant‘s solicitor to the head of disputes that the labour party and they show before his death, carl sa rg ea nt they show before his death, carl sargeant had they show before his death, carl sargea nt had knowledge they show before his death, carl sargeant had knowledge of a broad area of the allegations made against him, they fell into the category of unwarranted attention, inappropriate attention or grouping. but he was distressed he could not defend himself because he did not have the details and there were warnings of his mental welfare and allegations the minister carwynjones was prejudicing the investigation because of comments to the media. they said the procedure was followed a spokesperson for carwyn jones they said the procedure was followed a spokesperson for carwynjones said he is upset by the death of his friend but there are many questions and this is the biggest challenge ca rwyn and this is the biggest challenge carwyn jones has faced and this is the biggest challenge carwynjones has faced during his time in charge tomorrow he will be here to face members of welsh labour party. president trump has arrived

in the chinese capital beijing on the latest stop of his twelve—day tour of asia. he was given the most lavish of welcomes at one of the country's most important historic sites — the forbidden city — by president xijinping, in what's being described by chinese officials as a state visit—plus. this report from our china editor, carrie gracie, contains flashing images. the forbidden city. today's tour guide to the home of emperors — the president of china. his tourist — the other most powerful leader in the world. all smiles, despite the threat of nuclear crisis. president trump had come from south korea, where he told the national assembly that north korea was a hell, and china should not be helping it. we call on every nation, including china and russia, to fully implement un security council resolutions, downgrade diplomatic relations with the regime and sever all ties of trade and technology.

but in the 19505, chinese fought and died alongside north koreans and against the united states. china still commemorates its war dead and sees north korea as a strategic buffer. yes, it backs us sanctions, but no, it won't let its communist ally fall. china has already done its most — i would not use the term best — but its most it can to leverage pyongyang. because when you push too far, the chinese ultimate concern is kind of a regime instability. so china's game plan is to charm the us president and distract from his grievances on north korea and unfair trade. the chinese have thousands of years of experience in flattering foreigners and they are good at it.

they are very good at it. china cannot bully the united states. the united states cannot bully china. but we have to stand up for ourselves and say to xi directly — without twitter and tweets, and so forth — you can't go any farther. trump and xi, two strong men with self—belief. but that's where the similarity ends. this is trump's guide — the art of the deal. it says you cannot be imaginative if you have too much structure. but this is the art of war. essential reading for chinese statesmen. it says know your enemy, know yourself. the supreme victory is to subdue your foe without a fight. in chinese opera, not everyone can be a winner. us superpower, chinese rising power. the real business starts now. carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing. in the next few hours we will see

the two presidents discussed north korea and oversee the signing of billions of dollars worth of business for american companies in aircraft, energy and food, but there is more money going in the opposite direction and american companies complain imported chinese markets are still closed, including banking and technology, to them. the underlying problem for the us is president trump still does not have a clear china strategy, while china under president xi has a 30 year plan and growing sense of destiny and confidence about becoming a superpower. thank you. the worsening plight of the homeless in england has been revealed in a new report by the charity shelter. it says the number of people rough sleeping, staying in hostels or temporary accommodation is more than quarter of a million. since 2010, the number of people sleeping on the streets in england alone has increased by 134%.

and more than 100,000 children in england are living with theirfamilies in temporary accommodation. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been to one industrial estate in london that is now housing dozens of families. in the world's sixth richest nation, increasingly, people cannot afford a home. in newham in east london, one in every 25 people is homeless, according to today's report. rising levels of rough—sleeping are the most obvious sign. but homelessness is not always apparent. this is the willow lane trading estate in south london. it's busy and noisy — and home to dozens of young families. they live here, connect house, a former office block — scores of families sent by nearby councils. for victoria and her daughter daisy, this cramped room is home. do you want some soup, darling? they've been here since april — seven months of sheer hell. all i have to do to

electrocute myself here is turn the tap on fully. the water comes out and drips everywhere, all over electrical stuff. they became homeless when their landlord sold their property and they could not find another home. i have malnutrition. and it's a struggle. i need to eat protein. and i need an oven. they do have a microwave. but it's no substitute for home cooking and quite dangerous to use. it's heartbreaking. i have never seen her so sad in her entire life. sometimes if she's really tired, i lift her legs into bed and tuck her in. this building is a damning indictment of britain's housing crisis. more than 80 families, easily more than a hundred children, are living here, and each family is paying hundreds of pounds each week to live in a converted office. the landlord here gets almost £1 million a year in housing benefit.

they say they have costs such as maintenance and that no—one is forced to stay here. but still, some are desperate to leave. was he able to breathe on his own? no. angellie facey shows me the prized photos of her son kilani. he died, aged 40 days, of several complications. among his mum's regrets is that the ambulance couldn't find this obscure office block when her labour started, forcing her to have the child in the car park. when i came back from the hospital, when i came back to the estate, i still saw all the blood on the floor. every time i come here, i just feel so weird at being here, you know. sometimes i think i've seen my little one in the bed next to me, cos i was meant to to bring him home to this address. following our enquiries, angellie says has been offered a move. but her room will be quickly filled — the councils who send people here say they've few other options.

ministers say they're determined to end all homelessness, though no—one expects it to happen any time soon. michael buchanan, bbc news. across the spanish region of catalonia, thousands of protesters have blocked roads and train lines over the continued imprisonment of the region's separatist leaders. it comes as the spanish foreign minister suggested that catalonia could have a legal referendum on independence following last month's disputed one — but only if the necessary constitutional changes are approved by the rest of spain. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee reports. it the streets of catalonia tonight. after a day where separatist supporters have controlled the rhythm of the traffic, blocking every major route across the region. and the railways, too. in madrid, i met spain's foreign minister, who recently claimed it was fake news to suggest there was police violence against voters during last month's

banned independence referendum. now he seems to have softened his position. i'm sorry if some of them got injured, but this was not... i don't think it was a disproportionate use of force. i am not denying that there were some ugly images that we would not like to see repeated, but by all means, and with all due respect, this was no bloody sunday. you think it might be a better system to actually have a referendum to change the constitution for the spanish people? we have created a committee in the parliament to explore the possibility of amending the constitution. i think we are ready. we acknowledge that there is a political situation that deserves to be looked at. but, in any case, it is clear a decision will have be taken by all spaniards. this proposal from the spanish government appears to offer an olive branch to separatist supporters, but it means that 47 million people across spain will decide whether to legally make it possible or not to have the right

to self—determination, and, if so, once again it will be down to the entire spanish population to decide if they want to see independence. i think catalonia have to decide the referendum, not spain. spain does not have anything to say. a new constitution may be a good thing for catalonia. maybe. it was only days ago separatist ministers were declaring independence here in the catalan parliament. their seats are empty now. some are in prison, or on the run. there are more in court tomorrow. gavin lee, bbc news, barcelona. relatives of those who died in the enniskillen bombing have been gathering in the town to mark the 30th anniversary of the explosion. the ira attack was one of the most notorious of the troubles, 12 people lost their lives in the bombing that took place at the town's cenotaph during a remembrance sunday ceremony. 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler reports. exactly 30 years ago today, people gathered in enniskillen for an act of remembrance.

in 1987, the service was held to honour those who died during two world wars. today's ceremony was to remember those murdered as they stood in tribute here at the town cenotaph. wesley armstrong. each of the 12 names was read out. bertha armstrong. all victims of an ira attack that stood out as shocking even amid the series of shootings and bombings all too simply known as northern ireland's troubles. bodies were left buried in rubble after the explosion. the dead left lying alongside the dozens injured. the loss is just so terrible. and someone just said to me, the grief is the price of love. and i never thought of that until i heard that. and it truly is. during today's service,

a solo was sung by a girl who never had the chance to know her grandparents because of the bombing. a message was read from the queen, in which she talked of the irreplaceable loss suffered by each of the families. they will gather again here in this town this weekend, as is still traditional on remembrance sunday. the restaurant owner, cookery writer and chef antonio carluccio has died at the age of 80. dubbed the godfather of italian gastronomy, he was known for his popular television programmes, more than 20 cookbooks and the chain of restaurants he co—founded. he summed up his approach in the motto — minimum of fuss, maximum of flavour. the world —famous name of the louvre now has a second home in the middle east.

the louvre abu dhabi has been formally opened, which allows the loan of the name for 30 years. the new museum will show hundreds of works from every culture and era, half on loan from france's most prestigious museum collections. they are housed beneath a spectacular domed roof — designed to allow the desert sun to filter through. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been to see it. the hit and miss architecture of abu dhabi's recently built high—rise skyline, which sits alongside the impressive sheikh zayed grand mosque, perhaps the emirate's most famous landmark. well, it was, but now there's this, the brand—new louvre abu dhabi with its 180 metres, 7.5 tonne domed roof, designed along with the 55 individual buildings its bands, individual buildings it spans, by the prize—winning french architect jean nouvel. i wanted also, when you look at the building, that you understand it is a spiritual building.

the symbol of spirituality here is the cupola. for me, it is cosmographic. it is kind of a sky under the sky. and when you have the light through, because i perforated this dome, i thought that we could play with the movement of the sun and the ray of light has to go through eight layers and, of course, with the movement of the sun, one spot disappears. but at the same time, two others appear. the project is a collaboration between abu dhabi and the louvre in paris, which is being paid around 1 billion euros for lending its name, expertise and collection to the new museum. masterpieces such as leonardo da vinci's la belle ferronier sit alongside works lent by other french institutions.