this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 2pm. labour's david lammy leads 200 mps who've signed a letter calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close north korea's nuclear test site next month — and has invited the world to watch. in northern ireland, police have taken two wanted men back into custody after they were found tied up on a bench in a county armagh village. also in the next hour — under attack from rising sea temperatures and pollution. australia is promising to spend 290 million pounds to help restore and protect the great barrier reef. celtic win the scottish premiership with a thumping 5—0 win over old rivals rangers and at 2.30pm the week in parliament looks at the increasing pressure facing home secretary amber rudd over her handling of immigration good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. the former immigration minister, brandon lewis, is supporting a claim by the home secretary that she didn't know about home office targets for removing illegal immigrants. amber rudd told a commons committee earlier this week that she wasn't aware of the targets, then on friday said she hadn't seen an email lastjune which gave details about the policy. she has resisted growing calls for her to resign. our political correspondent peter saull reports. another day, another government minister leaping to the defence of the embattled home secretary. amber rudd denies reading a memo about the deportations of illegal immigrants.

that memo was addressed to the then immigration minister. it was a memo to me. do you remember reading it? yes, i do actually. brandon lewis went on to say that he and amber rudd discussed an ambition rather than a target to increase the numbers. i was working through on a weekly basis to make sure that we were doing everything that we could, working with the police, working with local government, making sure that we were doing all we could to help vulnerable people, to crack down on criminals and to remove more people who were here illegally. yes, i did talk to the home secretary about that and the overall work that we were doing and the overall ambition to see an increase in numbers. last week, amber rudd told a commons committee that there were no targets at the home office. we do not have targets for removals. brandon lewis says she was being asked about regionalised internal targets that she wasn't aware of. the chair of that committee, yvette cooper, has tweeted that that is clearly not true. meanwhile, more than 200 mps have signed a letter calling for assurances given to the windrush generation to be written into law.

we have had a lot of nice words from the dispatch box but it means nothing if there aren't rights enshrined, in legislation and the best way to do that is with a quick statutory instrument in parliament. so people know what compensation they are getting, they know what the burden of proof is and they know that they won't be deported. the empire windrush... the windrush scandal has prodded some awkward questions for the conservative government. but a former liberal democrat minister thinks all the main parties share some responsibility. goes back to new labour, i think the working assumption that successive governments have made is that the public out there are pretty bigoted and they have got to be given red meat in the form of these very restrictive measures and it has done a lot of harm. i think the interesting thing about windrush, is that perhaps for the first time the public opinion has been ahead of the politicians in seeing that there is a terrible injustice. the home secretary has apologised several times in recent days, for the moment she appears safe in herjob. there will be more

contrition when she returns to address the commons tomorrow. the north korean leader kimjong—un is reported to be promising to dismantle his country's nuclear test site next month — with international experts invited to ensure "tra nsparency". kimjong unis said to have made the promise during friday's historic meeting with the south korean president, moonjae—in. from seoul, laura bicker, reports. as they celebrate their past, south koreans are trying to envisage a different future. there once threatening neighbour is now promising peace. but can kimjong—un be trusted? i used to think that north korea negatively. little by little i realise that we are one people and i am touched by it. our country is the only divided country

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