this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: britain's home secretary resigns amid claims she misled parliament over targets for removing illegal immigrants. protesters show their support for armenia's main opposition leader days before a new prime minister will be chosen. finding a different route into europe — the migrants travelling from turkey looking for safe passage and a new life. the world's largest retailer looks to offload control of asda here in the uk in move that could create the country's biggest supermarket chain. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport.

also in the programme: the movie avengers: infinity war has made history with a $630 million global opening weekend take, so we are asking you about the power of the franchise. is this hollywood running out of ideas and killing creativity? or are you a big fan of the franchise? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. after weeks of pressure over the government's treatment of immigrants from the caribbean, britain's home secretary amber rudd has resigned. the resignation came after documents leaked in the media showed that ms rudd set a target to increase the number of deportations, despite her denials. amber rudd's departure is a major blow to the prime minister, theresa may, who has to maintain a delicate balance over brexit in her deeply divided cabinet. ian watson has the details.

warning home secretary. good morning. the most of the past week mmfifigfl‘emflt pféhfifigtfi . . , ‘rudd mmfifigfl‘emflt pféhfifigtfi . . , ‘ rudd has been under pressure. amber rudd has been under pressure. while he resign over windrush? late last night, she did just that. in a letter to the prime minister, she says she: thatis that is why she is going. it was the windrush scandal that marked the beginning of the end to the home secretary, days of damning headlines about the treatment of legal migrants. but on wednesday, mps on the home affairs committee asked amber rudd about targets for removing illegal migrants. these words would end her cabinet career. we don't have targets for removals. she later said there had been local operational targets that she had not known about and apologised. but on friday the guardian obtained a memo

copied to the home secretary referring directly to national targets. she said she had not seen it but in her resignation letter she admitted: in response, the prime minister said she was sorry that amber rudd was resigning but in your address to the house of commons on the illegal immigration, answer questions put in good faith. but critics say the resignation should have come sooner, and labour now wants theresa may herself to address mps and answer questions on immigration. what are the implications of the resignation? particularly for brexit, in a few minutes. —— particularly for brexit? we'lll discuss that in a few minutes.

protesters in armenia have demonstrated their support for the country's main opposition leader two days before politicians in the country choose a new interim prime minister. former leader serzh sargsyan, who became prime minister earlier this month after serving a decade as president, resigned a week ago after days of mass protests. andrew plant reports. marches on the streets of armenia's capital city, one of many in recent days as the country's parliament prepares to choose a new premier. in the centre here, the opposition leader, nikol pashinyan, drumming up support to become the country's next prime minister. the former leader, serzh sargsyan, resigned last week after protests across the country in the capital, yerevan, the cities of gyumri, vanadzor and the town of ijevan. president for ten years, he then merged into the position of prime minister after armenians voted in a referendum to switch from a presidential

to a parliamentary system. critics accuse him of clinging on to power, against the will of the armenian people. armenia's economy has suffered in recent decades, its people complaining of corruption and poverty and nepotism in its ruling party. the former soviet republic now seeing many move abroad to find work. translation: we have 50 hectares here and 70 people used to work here. now everyone's going abroad to work. the majority of them, 80%, go to russia. now the ruling republican party has said it won't field a candidate when politicians choose a new leader on tuesday. meanwhile, supporters of the opposition candidate hope this show of force will help propel him to power. andrew plant, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. china's foreign minister, wang yi, is to visit north korea this week

following the landmark summit between the leaders of the two koreas on friday. diplomatic activity has intensified following a change of tone from the north korean leader kim jong—un, and talk of denuclearisation on the korean peninsula. he's expected to meet president trump in the coming weeks. un officials investigating the rohingya refugee crisis are travelling to myanmar to meet its leader, aung san suu kyi. they're hoping to secure guarantees to allow rohingyas who've fled the country to return home safely. more than 700,000 members of the muslim minority group have crossed the border to bangladesh since last august, when a campaign of violence against them escalated. a group of migrants known as ‘the caravan‘ has reached the united states after travelling through mexico from central america. around 400 hondurans, guatemalans and salvadorans have angered president trump during their month—long journey across mexico. he repeatedly called

on mexico to stop them before they reached the us. some 200 people are now attempting to claim asylum at the border near san diego in california. over the weekend, we've had details of two big mergers. the us retail giant walmart is in talks to ceded control of its uk unit asda as part of a tie—up with supermarket chain sainsbury‘s. —— the us retail giant walmart is in talks to cede control of its uk unit asda as part of a tie—up with supermarket chain sainsbury‘s. meanwhile, t—mobile in the us is buying up its rival sprint for $26bn. joseph sternberg is the europe editorial—page editor at the wall streetjournal and hejoins me now. good to see you. you are going to be busy. let's talk about asda,

sainsbury, what will this look like? we are expecting an announcement at around seven o'clock uk time. we are expecting an announcement at around seven o'clock uk timelj think the big story is in industry, seen a lot of cross pressure because the grocery and other lines that they sell are exposed to price movement as a result of the falling pound over the past couple of years and trying to figure out what is the right organisation to the industry that companies can continue making healthy profit when customers want lower prices but a lot of the cost of going up. in terms of other supermarkets will work in the future we are obviously waiting for the details but it is thought that sainsbury and asda will remain their own brands, as it were, but in terms of the business side of it, behind it, walmart will have a small stake in the newlyformed company? my sense is the brand appeals to segments of the market and it can continue but i think there is a lot of logic in terms of for example sainsbury

having more expertise at a lot of the online retail than asda does right now and if that is the direction of the future then certainly asda needs to invest in that. and t-mobile and sprint, similar pressures? about cost pressure and having to invest in future technologies like five g, which they are currently struggling to do, you know, when they rely so heavily on discounting to attract those customers. -- sg. heavily on discounting to attract those customers. -- 56. what is it look like in the future, will they be regulatory issues and the kind of thing to overcome? it will be a regulatory tests, washington has not known what to think about the mergers and it is a test to the trump administration who has not had to deal with a deal quite like this although there have been hostile to some other tech related tieups over the past year. —— they have been. but will be as big a question as the business merits. thank you, joseph, who will be back later but on both

of those stories, we will have further analysis in business briefing coming up in 20 minutes. migrants seeking to enter the european union from turkey are increasingly switching to a new route. since march this year, more than 4000 have crossed at the country's northern border with greece. that makes it busier than the sea route to the greek islands, which was curtailed in 2016 following an eu—turkey deal. 0ur correspondent james reynolds reports from the river evros along the border. the evros river marks the border between greece and turkey. the stories of this migration brutt are buried in these, the river channels win out explore. we soon pass the remains of the knees. win out explore. we soon pass the remains of the kneeslj win out explore. we soon pass the remains of the knees. i have only found personal belongings like bags oi’ found personal belongings like bags or objects but many friends of mine have even found dead people. another fisherman tells us privately that he

doesn't even bother to report the bodies he sees floating by. but migrants keep coming. when one migration route through europe shuts down, another like this one tends to reopen. the crossings but the migrants use further up the river may be narrow but they can be extremely dangerous. the new surge of migrants includes a number of turkey citizens. these men we meet on the main road last they are fleeing political persecution at home. at a greek processing centre, one home. at a greek processing centre, u home. at a greek processing centre, one group of young men show us how they made it. they were lucky. they paddled across the river in daylight. but at the start of april, this couple from iraq tried to cross at night. with their four —year—old son commits. he was swept away. --

ahmed. translation: we need to find his body to find what happened to him. but at the regent 's main the pathologist tells us it doesn't have the boy's body. have you seen dogma? no, no. we haven't seen. at the moment i haven't. so that means that it may be difficult to make it is very difficult because maybe it is deepin very difficult because maybe it is deep in the river evros, we don't know. maybe we will find after two oi’ know. maybe we will find after two or three months. by contrast, another four —year—old's iraqi or three months. by contrast, anotherfour —year—old's iraqi boy called ahmed crossed safely with his pa rents. called ahmed crossed safely with his parents. when you crossed, when you finished the boat, and you stood on the land, how did you feel? good! very, very good. yes. ahmed's pa rents very, very good. yes. ahmed's pa re nts ha d very, very good. yes. ahmed's parents had the hospitalfor the very, very good. yes. ahmed's parents had the hospital for the of his sister. the family has already chosen a name — it means new life.

stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: the russian ship that some are calling a ‘nuclear titanic‘ sets sail on its maiden voyage. nothing, it seems, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. it was only when radioactive levels started to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration.

this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they have taken the capital, which they have fighting for for so long. it was seven o'clock in the morning on the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. you‘re watching the briefing. our headlines: protesters have been showing their support for armenia‘s main opposition leader, days before a new prime minister will be chosen. our top story: the british home secretary, amber rudd, has resigned after weeks of pressure over the government‘s treatment of long—term migrants from the caribbean. let‘s stay with that now. with me is vicky pryce

from the centre for economics and business research. did to see you this morning. thank you for coming in. it happened last night, the resignation of amber rudd, she says she inadvertently misled mps over targets for removing illegal immigrants. this is another crisis for theresa may. absolutely. the pressure has been coming, it has been on the front page news for so many days now that the outcome was inevitable. it leaves the prime minister with a real problem because of course she has a tight balancing act to perform, keeping remainers bands brexiters have been a cabinet, which will be a factor in who she replaces amber rudd with. there are negotiations going on right now in the position of the uk is evidently we can. amber rudd was seen as a rising star within the conservative party, a strong remainer, but let‘s

not forget, the position of home secretary, an enormously important job within the cabinet and government. yes, a huge job in a very complete. home secretary is generally don‘t seem to do particularly well, except for theresa may. now she is the prime minister. so it is quite unusual. a bit of it poisoned chalice, frank lee. the question is, who wants to ta ke lee. the question is, who wants to take it on right now? what is happening right now of course is that michel barnier, the chief negotiator on behalf of the eu, is visiting the republic of ireland to discuss the northern irish border. that is a very important issue being debated right now. there was supposed to have been a meeting this wednesday which amber rudd would have been very important in, to discuss what to do with the customs union. but also, they were going to discuss whether to give any privileged status to eu citizens in the future. it is very important, and right now the home office is an com plete and right now the home office is an complete mess. so who is likely to

replace her, do you think?” complete mess. so who is likely to replace her, do you think? i really couldn‘t say. there may be some reshuffling that takes place, maybe somebody else within the cabinet will take it on. it is such an important position. whoever gets it, whether it is a remainer brexiter, they will have a lot of influence on theresa may, so maybe the balance will change slightly. —— remainer or brexiter. what does this tell us about her leadership? theresa may and her government, again, the opposition and others will say this shows weakness, great weakness. she has gone through a number of ministers in the last few months. a number of them have been remainers, which makes life considerably difficult. if you look at the negotiating stance so far and ask the public what they think, and we have had opinion polls done on this, their faith have had opinion polls done on this, theirfaith in terms have had opinion polls done on this, their faith in terms of the negotiating stance we have taken has been very significant. right now there is a majority saying that we are not doing it right. we have delivered there. thank you for your

time and your thoughts. —— we have to do leave it there. we have more analysis and discussion of that on our website. to take a look if you want more details on the resignation of amber rudd. here‘s our briefing on some of the key events happening later. first up in ramallah in the west bank, the palestinian national council will meet for the first time in nearly a decade to elect a new leadership. the composition of the new executive could give a strong indication on a future successor to 83—year—old president mahmoud abbas. then we head to washington where us president donald trump is hosting nigerian president muhammadu buhari. earlier this year mr trump reportedly dismissed some african nations using vulgar language. he‘s always denied making the comment. and a little later in melbourne a magistrate will deliver a decision on whether australia‘s most senior catholic, cardinal george pell will stand trial on historic sexual offence charges. pell is the vatican‘s third—highest ranking official. he denies all charges. now it‘s time to get all the latest

from the bbc sports centre. hello. this is your monday sports briefing. lots of good stuff coming up. we look ahead to the play—offs in the nba as the celtic take on the sixes. can tottenham hotspur move closer to champions live football next season? and will show you how farcan next season? and will show you how far can will go to watch his team play, even if he has been banned from watching them. the nba play—offs continue later on monday. the boston celtic ‘s take on the philadelphia 76ers in the eastern conference semifinals. the two tea ms eastern conference semifinals. the two teams out of play—off meetings between, boston has the upper hand, 8-4. between, boston has the upper hand, 8—4. just two days ago the celtics

eats the milwaukee bucks in game seven to book their place in the last format. in contrast the sixers have been for nearly a week after beating the miami heat in just five games. philadelphia have the hottest tea m games. philadelphia have the hottest team in the lead lately, winning 20 of their last 21 games. —— league. while in the english premier league, totte n ha m while in the english premier league, tottenham will be looking to cement their place in the uefa champions league next season as they take on watford later on monday. they are currently fourth in the table. a victory would see spurs go five points clear of fifth placed chelsea. barcelona have one la liga with four games to spare after winning 4—2 on sunday. philippe cate na winning 4—2 on sunday. philippe catena opened the scoring for the cata la n catena opened the scoring for the catalan giants are only needed one point to clinch the title. surprise to size —— surprise surprise, it turned into the lionel messi show, who helped himself to is 46 career hat—trick for club and country. despite a deportivo fightback that

saw them make it to happen to after an hour, in the end, lionel messi‘s last delivered a 25th la liga title while ensuring deportivo‘s relegation from the spanish top—flight. arsene wenger‘s final trip to old trafford as arsenal manager ended in defeat after marouane fellaini‘s injury time header gave united all three points in the english premier league. arsene wenger had joked before the match that he‘ll waste at a great reception at old trafford, referring to his long—standing rivalry with manchester united. but he was awesome aisles with former united boss sir alex ferguson. paul pogba opened the scoring for his first goal in four league games. henry makkah terrier then equalise for arsenal before half—time before marouane fellaini popped up to snatch the win for united and ensure champions the football next season. king of clay rafael nadal continues to do what he does best, winning. the world number one adding an 11th barcelona open title courtesy of a straight sets victory over a greek

teenager. it is a 77th overall title ofa teenager. it is a 77th overall title of a lustrous career or the spaniard. harsh on the greeks, who had a good run to his maiden final. at the difference inexperience levels was monumental. this was rather‘s 114 to a final. all over in a flash. the dahl imperious on his way to a 6—1, 6—2 victory. he now has 19 wins on the bounce. an incredible 46 consecutive —— consecutive on clay. now, here is what has caught our eye on social media. to what heights would you go to in order to watch your team play? a football fan banned from a stadium in turkey rented a crane to watch a match on saturday. the video was uploaded to social media, showing the supporter cheering for the team up in the crane. according to local media, the man has a year—long stadium ban.

let‘s not dwell on that. at least the third and, let‘s be honest, probably quite wealthy fan was treated to a goal fest. in the final margin was 5—0. and you can get all the latest sports news on our website. but from me, mike edwards, and the rest of the bbc sports team, thatis and the rest of the bbc sports team, that is your monday sports briefing. its critics have called it a "floating chernobyl" and a "nuclear titanic." what‘s said to be the world‘s first floating nuclear power plant has set sail on its maiden sea voyage from st petersburg in russia. the company behind the project insists the ship is safe and will provide much needed energy to remote areas. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. you wouldn‘t exactly call it pretty, but this ship may well turn out to be revolutionary. the akademik lomonosov is a floating nuclear power station designed to operate in russia‘s promote arctic north—east. they say the reactor on board can generate enough energy for a town

of up to 100,000 people, but environmental groups have voiced concerns that this floating power plant could become a floating disaster, something strongly denied by the people who built it. translation: this floating power unit has all the best characteristics we have amassed at our regular nuclear plants. it has protection against all natural impacts, including man—made problems. voice-over: chernobyl was one of the first soviet reactors of its kind to be built and now it is the site of the soviet union's first nuclear accident. the russian authorities know too well what can happen when the pursuit of nuclear energy goes terribly wrong. the chernobyl disaster, which took place in what is now

in neighbouring ukraine, was one of the worst such events in history. critics fear there is now the potential something similar could happen at sea. the akademik lomonosov was slowly towed out of port, heading to murmansk were it will be fuelled with nuclear material. this ship is expected to go into full operation sometime next year. the business briefing is coming up. we will discuss some of the big business stories of the day, including sainsbury is and asda coming together. we also ask for your opinion on the massive docs office hit that hits the movie screens over the weekend. avengers: infinity war is going to break the global opening weekend record. we hear from global opening weekend record. we hearfrom hamish, global opening weekend record. we hear from hamish, who global opening weekend record. we hearfrom hamish, who says hollywood has run out of ideas you sick and it is just becoming has run out of ideas you sick and it isjust becoming more has run out of ideas you sick and it is just becoming more obvious to people now. others are fairly positive as about this. your comments you can‘t wait to see the

film. i will see you in a moment of this briefing. —— for business briefing. hello again. the weather still not looking great. we had some heavy rain, strong gale force winds around the east coast, all of which will conspire to make it feel particular cold. normally at this time of year across south—east england we will see high temperatures 15. under this persistent area of rain there will be large stretches of the day across east anglia and south—east finland we re east anglia and south—east finland were temperature struggle to get much past four degrees. there will be some strong winds as well. you can see the pressure gradient tightening ahead of this area of low pressure. high pressure still holding on across the north—west of the country. it is here that we have seen the country. it is here that we have seen the clearer skies overnight. a frost setting in, so it will be a cold start to the day. the frost is not just cold start to the day. the frost is notjust in the countryside but also wind some of our towns as well. at least that means there is plenty of

sunshine across northern and western areas to start the day. further east you can see this band of rain making inroads across east anglia and south—east england. along with that, strong gale force winds around the east coast will make it feel very cold and that rain band is set in for the whole of the day. temperatures will be struggling. could be about 25— 35mm is of rain. localised flooding is a possibility. it will stay cloudy across the west. those temperatures will really struggle. elsewhere, where the sunshine does come out we will see temperatures pushing into double figures, one or two showers in scotla nd figures, one or two showers in scotland once again. weather charts on tuesday, low pressure moving away into the north sea. we will get a speu into the north sea. we will get a spell of sunshine as pressure builds for a spell of sunshine as pressure builds fora time, spell of sunshine as pressure builds for a time, ahead of the next atla ntic for a time, ahead of the next atlantic weather system that will push a band of rain into northern ireland. the rain is quite heavy here and will get into scotland as well. a bit lighter further south across wales and south—west england, nevertheless, a damp and into the day. that rain continues its journey

east overnight. it could be quite slow to clear from east cannington but we will eventually get there. most of us will enjoy a better day with some sunshine. there will be a number of heavy showers working into north—western parts of the country. these are likely to be thundery at times. from that, after an unsettled and for some of us cold start to the new week, things will improve. it will certainly get a good deal warmer as we head towards friday and mcswegan. —— and next weekend. this is business briefing. i‘m sally bundock. the world‘s largest retailer looks to offload control of asda here in the uk in a move that could create the country‘s biggest supermarket chain. after years of courtship, america‘s third and fourth biggest mobile phone companies are finally walking down the aisle in a $26 billion deal. and on the markets in asia, japan and china are closed today for a public holiday as investors continue to digest the ongoing earnings news and north korea‘s denuclearisation pledge.