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in the last hour, downing street has confirmed that amber rudd has resigned. the home secretary was due to make a statement in parliament tomorrow and was under growing pressure to quit over the windrush scandal. she has faced intense criticism over the existence of home office removals targets and her knowledge of them. iainjoins me now. a political correspondent. they have been trying to avoid this for days. what was the straw that broke the camel's bacca 7 what was the straw that broke the camel's bacca? when it came down to it, the first draw was laid down back at the home affairs select committee on wednesday when amber rudd was asked about removal targets for in illegal migrants. she said there were not any. she then had to clarify. subsequently a memo appeared in the guardian newspaper that talked about targets, but she said she had not seen it. the straws

we re said she had not seen it. the straws were beginning to pile up. what pushed it this evening was that she had found inside the home office, or her staff had, further memos and documents that also mentioned migration and removal targets. whether or not she had seen the documents, she took the view, as i understand it, that she ought to have seen as secretary. the labour charge that she was knowingly misleading mps and should resign, she would deny that. the second line of attack they had on her, if you do not know what is going on in your own department you should go anyway, in the end, she took a similar view, she thought she should have known about these and she probably should go and it was better to go tonight than to the house of commons tomorrow and the pressure from the other side. clearly they have claimed a political skull. she is doing as much again tonight to try to minimise the political damage. undoubtably, as you say, downing street would have preferred her to stay until these new documents emerged there was the assumption she

could ‘s day. emerged there was the assumption she could 's day. the prime minister said she had full secretary b home secretary. did she have no point at this point? -- in the home secretary. she did not always use that language. i don't think they can say they encourage resignations, but you could say that she did not wa nt ever but you could say that she did not want ever right to go. she thought she was a good minister and doing good work. she thought she could get on top of the windrush scandal and would not want to lose an important voice in her practice committee, the inner cabinet that discusses really the most important issues of the day, how are we to leave the european union. it is a loss of a voice in that in a court. she did not want to go, but she would have felt she had a watch on because the home office and the home secretary need to have credibility when they are dealing with especially sensitive issues such as immigration. and if she found

documents that might have suggested she would have known about a policy she would have known about a policy she denies, then that loss of credibility would have made a position is impossible in any case. at these problems of credibility not just does, but once for the home office itself? —— are these? were at the leaks office itself? —— are these? were at the lea ks coming office itself? —— are these? were at the leaks coming from, for a start? we don't know whether these are motivated to target the home secretary or an attempt to try to expose government policy. there are certainly some discontent among civil servants over the tightening up civil servants over the tightening up of the so—called hostile environment policy where people were not simply encouraging a greater level of illegal immigrants that should be here, but the many documents from people who might not happen, who illegal migrants. i imagined the guardian newspaper no rather better than we do. clearly, i think the worry for the people around the home secretary would have been quite simply this, if she

herself had identified some documents that talked about migration targets, how long before somebody in the home office would talk about them as well and leaked into the newspaper? so rather than a political death by a thousand cuts, rather to go off the front foot at this state. i imagine she will be loyal to be prime minister. there will be important votes on the european union. amber rudd may have a different view to some of her collea g u es a different view to some of her colleagues in cabinet. that will become apparent in the coming weeks. another reason why the prime minister would rather have had hurt inside. she is now outside the tent. she will be on the backbenches. how awkward customer she will be there will be one of the questions. awkward customer she will be there will be one of the questionsm depends entirely on how she wants to play things. she may decide it is a job to try to bring the different factions of the party together as the prime minister has been trying to do, she may have ambitions down the line. certainly tonight the

conservative rebel on issues such as the customs union has welcomed the departure from the cabinet of amber rudd, she is a big campaign on the remain so during the referendum. there will be hopeful some of the. other colleagues she had, she will perhapsjoin them other colleagues she had, she will perhaps join them in crucial votes, perhaps join them in crucial votes, perhaps keeping us closer to the european union. having a big figure like that, a recently departed minister, is big for the prime minister. we have no evidence that is what amber rudd plans to do. be prime minister, she knows how urgent and serious the job of the home secretary is, she will want to be replacing amber rudd as soon as possible, what are the choices? she will be replacing her tomorrow as far as will be replacing her tomorrow as farasi will be replacing her tomorrow as faras i am will be replacing her tomorrow as far as i am aware. we don't know yet, we of the prime minister dat will be. you get somebody in normal times you he think is well qualified for thejob. the times you he think is well qualified for the job. the difficulty now is

that everything is seen through the prism of brexit and that might determine her choice. were she to move the chancellor into that position, it would seem like a demotion, that could be difficult. sajid javid, he has been talking about how he might want to get on top of the windrush crisis. again, he voted to remain. but a little bit more reluctantly than amber rudd. if you move someone in more reluctantly than amber rudd. if you move someone in there like micheal gove, does that give someone like him notjust leadership ambitions again, but does that shift the balance at the top of government towards those who are in favour of not just brexit, but towards those who are in favour of notjust brexit, but moving further away from the european union and amber rudd would have done. these considerations will be in the prime minister's might. difficult calculations for her. thank you very much. amber rudd herself, a very significant figure in the government. a very significant figure in the conservative party.

our political correspondent alex forsyth has more on tonight's resignation. it was the windrush scandal that marked the start of the end for the home secretary. days of damning headlines about the treatment of migrant who lived and worked in britain for decades. when will the government get a grip on the windrush crisis? good morning. amber rudd under increasing pressure for her handling of the start. home secretary, will you resign over windrush? but in the end, it wasn't windrush? but in the end, it wasn't windrush directly that led to her downfall. on wednesday, mps quizzed amber rudd about the governor's wider approach to immigration. a key focus, its try to get immigration numbers down and illegal migrants out. and that's when the home secretary said this. targets for removals, when were they set? we don't have targets for removals. she was summoned to clarify in the house

of commons. she had met and there we re of commons. she had met and there were local targets, but claimed she hadn't known. there are some officers which are working with them, unfortunately i was not aware of them. and i want to be aware of them, which is why i am now putting in place different measures to ensure that happens. then today another revelation. the guardian obtained a memo dated last year copied to the home secretary and her senior team referring directly to national targets. and that prompted amber rudd's resignation tonight. for someone tipped as a potential leader, it's a brutal comedown. since entering parliament in 2010, amber rudd has risen through the ra nks amber rudd has risen through the ranks to the cabinet, where she has been a crucial support to theresa may. she even stood in for the prime minister during last you's election debates. the fact is we are to concentrate our resources on the people who need it most. her feisty exchanges during the eu referendum later to be seen as a competent

performer and as someone who campaigned against brexit she was a vital voice in cabinet for mps who backed remain. her departure is a loss to them. it is damning to her leadership dream. and it leaves the prime minister very exposed in downing street. alex forsyth, bbc news, was mr. more analysis now. joining me now is rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at cityam. thanks for talking to us. good evening. are you one of those who say this is inevitable or are you surprised tonight quiz are a amsa prize night. having seen the document from the guardian this evening i thought there was no way she could have held on —— are you surprised tonight?” she could have held on —— are you surprised tonight? i am surprised tonight. it is not good for anyone, really. labour had claimed a political scalp and you had the council elections coming up this

week. it is a massive headache for theresa may. one, because it was a problem primarily of her making when she was home secretary, but two, because who will replace amber rudd as home secretary? there are not very many options. just expand for us very many options. just expand for us your thinking on why this was a problem of the prime minister's making when she was home secretary does not explain for us. it is the scandal over the windrush generation thatis scandal over the windrush generation that is coming to light. and the hostile environment towards immigrants, supposedly illegal immigrants, supposedly illegal immigrants, but all immigrants which was a policy when theresa may was home secretary in public she has not really ta ke n home secretary in public she has not really taken responsibility for with people being denied treatment and facing deportations when they actually had a legal right to be here. that wasn't anything to do with amber rudd at all. it led to wait wider conversation about how the home office deals with migrants, particularly illegal ones. the

pressure amber rudd has been under. the conservative party conference a year and the conservative party conference a yearand a the conservative party conference a year and a half ago when she came out with some policy about making businesses publish how many of their staff were non—uk nationals. amber ruddis staff were non—uk nationals. amber rudd is very liberal on immigration. this is clearly something coming from the top, from theresa may, and amber rudd is taking the heat for it. if amber rudd also taking the heat for divisions or uncertainty in the civil service? we have been hearing questions raised this evening about where the leaks are coming from the troubled amber rudd of the past two days and led to the resignation. quite possibly. there is also a brexit angle. she was a very cliett remainer. we have seen, again, in the last week, the struggle in the cabinet over the customs union, customs partnership, ha rd customs union, customs partnership, hard brexit, soft brexit, she has been causing a bit of trouble for the prime minister with a talk on

maybe we actually will stay in the customs union. her role as a very prominent remainer who is now the highs, if you don't count theresa may, the highest—ranking remain in the cabinet, she is obviously taking a lot of people about as well from people in the cabinet who perhaps had a heart of view of brexit. so you have got to think that everything that goes on in the cabinet and westminster at the moment, even if it is not exclusively about brexit, that is the underlying tension. thank you for joining the underlying tension. thank you forjoining us. with me now are the chief political commentator of the independent, john rentoul and the economist ruth lea. john, that sense that there may be many games afoot and beneath them all is brexit. i am not sure how true that is. i am still reeling in shock. the more i think about it though, this is to do with amber rudd's inexperience. she has only been an mp for six years. she has been an mp for six years. she has been promoted to one of the highest

offices in the land. has not had much expressive running a department. therefore, when she made a mistake in front of the committee on wednesday, she wasn't adept enough at dealing with it, reversing out of it, and she just managed to make it worse with every subsequent statement that she made. and they think that is really what is happening here. ithink think that is really what is happening here. i think theresa may can deal with the brexit balance in the cabinet. that is just a matter of counting. the one thing that amber rudd was very good at, she was not good at running a department, it now turns out, but she was a very good campaigner and a punchy communicate. i suppose she can still be used in that role. she can. at the danger is that she becomes a spokesperson for the soft brexit is on the backbenches. spokesperson for the soft brexit is on the backbencheslj spokesperson for the soft brexit is on the backbenches. i think there are on the backbenches. i think there a re two on the backbenches. i think there are two problems with it. picking up from whatjohn has said. she did not seem on from whatjohn has said. she did not seem on top of the department's

policy was a target, was in our target, what was it, the new? week we got further information. second thing was she was the home secretary presiding of the home office, which i thought dealt with the windrush generation extraordinarily ineptly and insensitively. it is one thing to have a standard illegal immigrant, somebody who sort of snuckin immigrant, somebody who sort of snuck in the back of a lorry coming through kent, who has been the bop a couple of weeks, and another kaesler something coming the 1960s all whatever. you would have heard what was said about that, that the hostile environment was a left over from the time of theresa may as home secretary. it was. ithink from the time of theresa may as home secretary. it was. i think the language is unfortunate. this is a time when cameron was trying to position himself as tough on this and turned on this. you know how cameron love positioning in his politics. the language was not a clever. the truth is i think most british people would expect some control over illegal immigrants,

overgenuine control over illegal immigrants, over genuine illegal immigrants. so i like to repeat a point, i think the big blunder of the home office was sochi distin was clearly between them and the windrush generation. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: amber rudd resigns as home secretary in the wake of the windsrush migration scandal. she had been under pressure to quit after facing criticism over the existence of home office removals targets and her knowledge of them. north korea's leader promises to close its main nuclear test site, and invites the world to watch, according to south korea. police in south wales arrest an 18—year—old man after a car collided with a group of people outside a popular clubbing area in newport. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's james pearce. good evening. celtic are celebrating winning a seventh successive scottish premiership title and they did it in style

by thrashing their rivals rangers 5—0. it was one way traffic, and could easily have ended up being an even bigger margin of victory. all the goals came in the first 53 minutes. brendan rodgers' side are now looking to make history by winning back to back trebles. they will do that if they beat motherwell in the scottish cup final. manchester city have taken their premier league goal tally for the season to 102, just one short of chelsea's record, after winning 4—1 at west ham. it's a result that leaves the hammers just three points clear of the relegation zone. in the day's other match marouane fellaini scored an injury time winner as manchester united won 2—1 at home to arsenal. it was arsene wenger‘s final visit to old trafford as arsenal manager, and his former rival sir alex ferguson made a special presentation to him on the pitch before the match. manchester city's have been knocked out of the women's champions league in the semi—finals by lyon. they lost 1—0 on aggregate. having kept a clean sheet in the home first leg, city were hopeful of causing an upset, but the tie was settled

by a wonder goal by former city player lucy bronze. an equaliser would still have seen city through on the away goals rule, but they never really created any significant chances. lyon dominated throughout and city leave the competiton at the semi—final stage for the second consecutive season. chelsea ladies too were knocked out after losing 5—1 on aggregate to wolfsburg. the german side beat chelsea 2—0 this afternoon. so wolfsburg will face lyon in the final in kiev. lewis hamilton has won his first grand prix of the the formula 1 season, but he needed a lot of luck to do it in baku. it was an action packed and at times chaotic azerbaijan grand prix. both red bulls collided with each other. hamilton's team—mate valtteri bottas was on course to win but he suffered a puncture opening the way for hamilton to take the checkered flag. it takes hamilton to the top of the drivers championship standings. that's all the sport for now.

more now on the resignation of the home secretary amber rudd. with more analysis of what this means for the government, here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the timing is a surprise. in recent days we've seen both number ten and the home office really try to keep amber rudd in her position. there was a lot of sympathy for her inside the conservative party of canada and they tried on various defences of they tried on various defences of the mistakes that she said in her own words she had made, but it seems in the last few hours it had reached a tipping point, and the decision was that it was time for her to leave rather than for her to try and stay on and stymie the damage, much of which has been done. what now of the government and an

apartment she has just left? it's a big moment for any department to lose its home secretary, which is after a ll to lose its home secretary, which is after all one of the great offices of state, but in these peculiar times, it is an even more uncertain path of action. amber rudd's action will upset the delicate balance in the cabinet over brexit. everytime theresa may has moved ministers around, there has always been the calculation, who was on the remaining side of the referendum and who was on the brexit side. amber rudd was a powerful remain voice in the cabinet. her departure will upset that balance and put a very seniorfigure on the upset that balance and put a very senior figure on the backbenches who was on that side of the argument. and the second very important factor here is, while amber rudd was in place at the home office, she was answering the mistakes that were made over the windrush generation and this recent confusion over immigration, but who was in charge before the home office, before amber rudd took up her position? well, the

prime minister, herself, of course, theresa may. labour has suggested in recent days amber rudd was protecting her as a human shield. that was denied by the government, but now amber rudd has gone from thatjob, it may be that opposition parties try to point to criticism over this whole issue more pointedly at the prime minister herself. on the line is anne mcelvoy from the economist. what is your take on the evening's events ? what is your take on the evening's events? well, i think this is the outcome that nobody wanted in the government. certainly not amber rudd, who until this point had been enjoying her tenure as home secretary. i think that the argument about what was and what was not a target, what the home office were doing in recreating a so—called soft

style environment for immigration at that level, left her very exposed. i think she's done the right thing. she has done the principled thing. i think she will be shocked to find out how badly her own department has handled this, but ultimately she is in charge. she should have been got rid of earlier. and the question earlier about how these documents have been leaking from the home office — do you think there are questions for civil servants to a nswer questions for civil servants to answer here? there are always questions for civil servants when there are leaks. i should think that's a reasonable assumption. yes, it has obviously become one of those issues which has split government. people are so unhappy about a policy that the leak becomes more likely. that's the problem, not the leak in

some ways. there was that civil servant — when the case is strong enough, but strangely enough it's going to come out. in fairness, i don't think i've been hearing a lot from these ministers. you know, the right to take out civil servants and shoot them, metaphorically. i think to that extent also they have a case to that extent also they have a case to answer. this was a policy that was put in place over time, it wasn't just one was put in place over time, it wasn'tjust one careless text or tweet or comment. it was clearly something where the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing in the department. and do you think, going back to what we heard laura say a moment ago about the suggestion that, without the home secretary there, the prime minister herself is exposed on the windrush scandal? yes, i do think she has

been exposed, both on the windrush scandal, and of course she is the former home secretary, but as a human shield, because theresa may knows the department inside out, but she boasted quite a lot that she was a very long serving home secretary, and if she was to make a case for theresa may's political survival, you would say she survived longer than anyone else, certainly longer than anyone else, certainly longer than anyone else, certainly longer than an riley. but yes, i think it is more exposed, and the thought that crossed my mind, just the burdens of dealing with this government and the outcome of brexit and those tensions. but amber rudd is yet another handpick minister that theresa may place great faith m, that theresa may place great faith in, and forsome that theresa may place great faith in, and for some reason beyond her control she has gone down, and this government looks increasingly beaten by these multiple resignations. this has been an extraordinary year. you

do wonder who would put their heads over the parapet for this kind of job. thank you so much. let's leave that news for the moment and turn to the foreign news. north korea has vowed to close its nuclear test site within weeks, and allow experts from the south and the united states to watch it being dismantled. the news came from the office of the south korean president moon jae—in, and follows his historic summit on friday with the north's leader, kim jong—un. from seoul, laura bicker reports. from this momentous show of unity comes an apparent display of sincerity. president moon is making his conversation with kim jong—un public, and it seems the north korean leader is willing to go further than simply stepping over the border. he has pledged to close an atomic test site, in front of witnesses. the site is where all six nuclear tests were carried out. south korean officials said mr kim promised to close it by may,

and let experts and the media watch. a welcome development, but the us is being cautious. we use the word "irreversible" with great intention, and we're going to require those steps that demonstrate that denuclearisation is going to be achieved. we are not going to take promises, we are not going to take words, we are going to look for actions and deeds, and, until such time, the president has made it incredibly clear we will keep the pressure campaign in place until we achieve that. it does all sound rather familiar. in 2008, north korea blew up this cooling tower, but continued to build weapons in secret. however, the south korean government believes it is time to place some trust in the north. trust is two—directional, ok? you build trust, in the process of implementing agreements. kim jong—un is also turning back time. literally.

in 2015, he changed pyongyang's clocks, and since then they've been half an hour behind seoul. korea will become one time zone once again. and it does seem that some in the south are reassessing their view of kim jong—un. translation: i used to think of north korea negatively, but now, little by little, i realise we are one people, and i am touched by it. translation: this time, kim jong—un speaks with conviction. i think that is why this time will be different. kim jong—un seems to be saying all the right things, and changing the clocks is a good sign of unity. he's also said through the south koreans that his missiles pose no threat to the us, or to them, but it kind of misses the point. the us doesn't want him to have those weapons in the first place. south koreans have to wait and see if the us president can do

a deal on denuclearisation. history has taught them to be wary of the north, but there's hope, here, that this could be the start of a new era. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. now it's time for the weather. we are looking at some cold weather to start the working week across parts of east anglia and parts of south—east england as well. this what's on the weather menu for some of us. strong winds, could reach gale force around some of our eastern coastal areas. heavy rain, and all of this could conspire to make it feel cold. normally across south—eastern england we would see temperatures getting up to around 15. however, underneath this persistent area of rain, for much of the day, we could look at temperatures struggling towards 1a degrees, so a big day for the

umbrellas, although they could be blown inside out, because this area of low pressure is moving northwards. the isobars are squeezing together and that combination will bring strong winds. the rain beginning to arrive across east anglia and the south—east of england, whereas further north and west, we have the clearing skies and patches of frost forming, and sam frost is even likely in some of our towns and cities across the north and west of the uk, so it will be a chilly one. looking at the weather to start the day, the further east we go across east anglia and south—east england, the rain gets heavier and the winds get stronger and stronger, so it's really this eastern area that will see the worst of the weather. 25 to 35mm is of rain, enough to cause some localised surface flooding, and those temperatures will really struggle. still, where we see some sunshine across western areas, still likely to see one or two showers in scotland. a nice area of low pressure moving into the north sea

fairly quickly on tuesday morning, and that will leave some brighter weather with sunshine. and, england and wales, just for a time, because we got the nest at atlantic system moving in, bringing more wet weather, this time to northern ireland, getting into western england, scotland and wales through the afternoon. through tuesday night, that area of rain continuing its journey eastwards. quite slow to clear away from east anglia and south—east england. it will be followed by sunshine across much of the country that there will be heavy showers working into north—western areas. could be thundery. temperatures on the cool side for this time of year. however, after a relatively grim start of the working week for some of us, at least the weather is set to cheer up. most of us weather is set to cheer up. most of us will have the weather improving with some sunshine coming through towards friday the weekend, and those temperatures listing quite nicely as well,