this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11. will you be able to get a grip on the home office? the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd. she stepped down last night — saying she'd inadvertently misled mps over targets for the deportation of illegal immigrants. the eu's brexit negotiator is in ireland for visits on both sides of the border — amid dup claims that he's not "an honest broker". more than 20 people have been killed and dozens injured, in two explosions in the afghan capital, kabul. also this hour — a group of central american migrants who've angered president trump as they made their way through mexico, have reached the us border. president trump has been making it clear that he regards this caravan of migrants as a threat, as a serious problem

for the united states. and more than a month's rain forecast in one day — distinctly unseasonal weather hits parts of southern and eastern england. good morning. it is monday the 30th of april. welcome to bbc newsroom live. in the last hour, the prime minister has appointed sajid javid as the new home secretary, following amber rudd's resignation late last night following the windrush scandal. mrjavid is the son of a pakistani bus driver, his family came to the uk in the 1960s. he's had six governmentjobs in the past six years, including housing, business and culture secretary.

he backed remain in the eu referendum campaign. ms rudd quit because she said she inadvertently misled mps over targets for the deportation of illegal immigrants. in her resignation letter, she said she took "full responsibility" for the fact she was not aware of "information provided to office which makes mention of targets". in labour's deputy leader, tom watson tweeted "i see amber rudd is carrying the can for the person originally responsible for this scandal — theresa may." the party has called on the prime minister to make a commons statement. our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. he is now dry and inside! a busy morning. theresa may moving quickly to replace amber ruud, after she contacted the prime minister last night to say that she could not go on because her officials had turned up

on because her officials had turned up documents which referred to targets, something amber ruud had explicitly denied when she appeared before the home affairs select 20. the replacement, sajid javid, an interesting replacement, the first member of an ethnic minority to take of the major role of home secretary, and also somebody who has in the past few days spoken about the windrush scandal and said that his family could have been caught up in that scandal, because his father came here from pakistan and worked asa came here from pakistan and worked as a bus driver. i suspect the hope in downing street is that it will convey a in downing street is that it will c0 nvey a m essa g e in downing street is that it will convey a message to windrush families that this is someone who understands their predicament, understands their predicament, understands their predicament, understands the difficulties that they face, and will be responsive to they face, and will be responsive to the sorts of issues they have had to address. on the brexit front, there has been a lot of speculation about whether amber ruud's departure might u nsettle whether amber ruud's departure might unsettle the delicate brexit balance

in the cabinet. sajid javid was a remainer during the referendum, but he was a pretty lukewarm remainer, as far as he was a pretty lukewarm remainer, as farasi he was a pretty lukewarm remainer, as far as i can recall. he is a remainer, theresa may did not go for something like michael gove, which would have been seen as a wheel tilts towards a hard brexit. here's another remainer voice that will be joining the brexit subcommittee. task number 11! sajid javid will be just to take the heat out of row, to get at off the front pages, because it has dominated politics here for the past fortnight since we have that first apology by amber ruud and house of commons. that will be mission number one four sajid javid. cool things down, defuse, get at off the front pages. longer term, he has to come up with an alternative to freedom of movement. what will be oui’ freedom of movement. what will be our immigration policy after brexit? that is absolutely central to the

whole brexit negotiations. he has immediate challenges and he has longer term, very significant tasks to live up to. norman, what can the new home secretary expected in his inboxin new home secretary expected in his inbox in the meantime? of course, there are so many things, notjust windrush, but a whole load of pressing issues that are going to make that a very big job? it is a massivejob. mr make that a very big job? it is a massive job. mr whitelaw, make that a very big job? it is a massivejob. mr whitelaw, when he became home secretary, margaret thatcher referred to it as a poisoned chalice was the home office is the big beast of government. it cove rs so is the big beast of government. it covers so many different critical areas of domestic policy, notjust immigration, but critical issues like policing, terrorism. it is an absolutely massive beast of a department, which might explain why amber ruud became a cropper. she was told about the targets, but she

didn't seem to clock the blizzard of document scanning her way. sajid javid has got experience. he has been culture secretary and business secretary, he is now communities secretary. he has worked in the treasury as financial secretary and economic secretary. he comes to it with a lot of whitehall experience. that will certainly be a help for him. there is no getting away from it, the home office is such a huge department, there is a view that something is always happening on your brief, whether it is knife crime, terrorist incidents or immigration figures. you name it. he will have to get on top of that. i suspect theresa may's first demand would be to get a grip of it, get a grip of the situation. he will very quickly have to try to get up to speed on this brief, get across all of these areas. as i say, crucially, ta ke of these areas. as i say, crucially, take this out of the headlines. thank you very much for now. let's return to the heart of the

issue, the challenges faced by windrush migrants. sarah o'connor has lived in the uk for 51 years — arriving from jamaica when she was six—years—old. she has faced problems with her immigration status as a result of the windrush scandal, and has been unable to work or claim benefits — leaving her reliant on family and friends. give us a sense of the problems you have had? it started last year, i had worked for a company for 16 yea rs. u nfortu nately, had worked for a company for 16 years. unfortunately, ilost had worked for a company for 16 years. unfortunately, i lost myjob. i tried to get another one. i had no luck. i decided, for the time being, to claim benefits. i went to benefits, and i got told, sorry, you are an immigrant, you haven't got your nationalisation, you haven't got a british passport. so, without that, it just caused got a british passport. so, without that, itjust caused me a lot of anxiety, depression, sleepless nights. i was petrified of when that

knock was going to come to get deported. did they make it clear that the ultimate result was that you might have to leave? the ultimate result, without british nationalisation, i am ultimate result, without british nationalisation, iam not ultimate result, without british nationalisation, i am not a british citizen. well, hold on a minute, i have lived over here for 51 years, i have lived over here for 51 years, i have worked for 30 years, i have paid tax and national insurance. because i have lost myjob, you are telling me you can't help me, i am not legal? it hit me, but i didn't show it until i got home and broke down. so, every knock i was scared, have i been reported as an illegal immigrant, ami have i been reported as an illegal immigrant, am i going to get sent to a country i don't know? i was educated over year, married over here, i had my children over here. i

have always thought of myself as british. nothing else. to me, jamaica, yes, iwas british. nothing else. to me, jamaica, yes, i was born there, but thatis jamaica, yes, i was born there, but that is a foreign country to me now. you were featured in some of the guardian's original coverage of all of this. as be at some point you became this aware that it wasn't just a problem for you, it was a wider problem? i didn't realise, it was my eldest daughter that got in touch with the guardian. they got in touch with the guardian. they got in touch with the guardian. they got in touch with me, and it wasn't until then that i realised there are so many people going through the same situation as i am, or even worse. it is not just situation as i am, or even worse. it is notjust the windrush children, oi’ is notjust the windrush children, or immigrants, that i am fighting for. iam or immigrants, that i am fighting for. i am fighting for the british citizen, their wives, people that have been bored of —— who have been born over here, they got a british passport, but because it wasn't

stamped right, you can't get back into the country. how unfair is that? this is a fight for you, you wa nt to that? this is a fight for you, you want to help others. amber rudd went last night, sajid javid has been confirmed as the new home secretary. how does that make you feel this morning, more positive that something will be done? no, to be honest. it is a situation that has been going on for many years, and nobody sat up and went, ok, we are responsible, we will take the blame. amber rudd was on about everybody getting nationalisation, we don't have to take the uk test, compensation. but what compensation do you put on the hardship people have gone through, the families? for most people, if it wasn't for their families, they would be like the rest, homeless, nowhere. it is like you're making and everybody police.

you need this document, you need that document. years ago, your national insurance, driving licence, that was good enough. it proved the way british citizen. now, nothing. it is like you are in a hostile country, and it never used to be like that. why do you think it changed? well, i think everything has gone digital. for some reason, a lot of paperwork has either been mislaid, destroyed. it is causing the british citizen a lot of hardship. not everybody can keep paperwork for so many years. to me, it is ever since everything went computerised. before, everything was filed, you could get your hands on it because it used to be in the archives. but it is not, everything is on computing now, that is where

the problems stem. i would like to think the new mp is going to carry on what they say they are going to do, and give us or nationalisation, that we don't have to take that route. not everybody has a british passport, not everybody wants to go outside the country. well, we hope you will keep in touch and we can revisit this. we wish you well as you try to get it and —— untext. norman smith can talk about war of the politics of this. diane abbott called for amber rudd to go. she has gone. diane abbottjoins me now. is this the end of the matter, you wa nted this the end of the matter, you wanted her to go, she's gone? no, this isjust the beginning. there is still a lot of questions to be answered, we don't know how many

people were deported, we don't know how many windrush people are currently detained. we want to know the details the compensation. a lot more has to happen before we get justice. you have said all roads lead to theresa may. in what way? because many of the aspects of the hostile environment were put into place and the theresa may. noticeably, her 2014 immigration act, which removed the protection on commonwealth citizens that stopped them being deported. so, how do you hold this prime minister to account, do you have a way of challenging her? we are looking for the home affairs select committee to hold an inquiry into how the windrush scandal came about. rest assured, just as i continually challenged amber rudd on this, the labour party

is going to hold theresa may to account. to be clear, some of the policies you identified, the documentation which immigrants now have to present if they want to get a bank account, or rent a flat, is labour committing to do away with all of that? we are looking to look at the entire immigration system and make it much fairer and coherent. many of the things that theresa may introduced were actually unfair, did not succeed even in their own terms. so, we want fair rules and reasonable management of migration, not a toxic, hostile environment policy which didn't even work on its owi'i policy which didn't even work on its own terms. people will be listening closely. are you saying and a labour government, those sorts of tests, the criteria immigrants have to meet, that would be got rid of?“ you are going to test whether people are eligible, say, for health care,

you have to construct what you do in such a way that it doesn't lead to random testing of people that you think might be immigrants. more generally, we can't have a situation where teachers, doctors, nurses, landlords, become immigration office rs landlords, become immigration officers on wheels. we have to look ata fairand officers on wheels. we have to look at a fair and much more effective system. briefly come on sajid javid, the new home secretary, do you welcome his appointment? well, we willjudge him by what he does, in particular what he does to clear up the windrush scandal. but you have to say, it is something that you're going to have two children of immigrants facing each other across the dispatch box. he has shown an awareness of the problem, he did an interview last week saying, look, i could have been caught the windrush scandal, me or my family, because my father came here to work as a bus

driver from pakistan? yes, he has shown some of that, but we will judge him on what he actually does to clear up the windrush scandal. thank you very much, i am sure that number 10 will be hoping that sajid javid will put this one to bed, but my sense is that there is a long way to go in this row of the windrush families and the new approach to immigration, whether there is a change to the approach after amber rudd said she was going to get rid of all targets. norman, thank you very much indeed. sainsbury‘s has confirmed plans to merge with asda. combined, the two supermarkets would represent almost a third of the uk grocery market. the merger will have to be approved by the competition and markets authority, but the boss of sainsbury‘s, mike coupe, said the deal would benefit both staff and consumers. we will not close any stores as a result of this transaction. the nature of the uk market is incredibly competitive. customers have a huge amount of choice and they exercise that choice. we believe that by bringing these businesses together we can lower

prices, offer better ranges for our customers, as well as making sure we doa customers, as well as making sure we do a greatjob of creating opportunities for our colleagues in both businesses. we think it is a great deal, all round. we can speak to the retail analyst richard perks from mintel. thank you for being with us. what is at play here? it is putting together the second and third largest retailers in this country. the thing that really worries me about it is that really worries me about it is that they are so different. they are polar opposites in the market. the trouble is, if you try to bring them together, and you try to make savings, you risk undermining both. when we talk about bringing them together, this is not going to be a question of we see a new supermarket called asbury‘s, it is a change in the back room ? called asbury‘s, it is a change in the back room? they say that the businesses will remain absolutely separate, asda will keep its base in

leeds, sainsbury‘s in london, and they will be operated independently. i think they have got to be if they are going to work in the longer term. they will be looking to make savings. for instance, there will be looking to negotiate with suppliers. the cost savings that they expect to be able to make, it rests on having the lowest price for the two companies at the moment. we know that has to go through the regulator. do you think it will pass muster? i think it probably will, yes. certainly, sainsbury‘s is going to have to convince them that they will remain independent. i think it has a good chance of being able to do that. there are some presidents, because we have the tesco broker merger recently. i think it will. if they are not upset by the competitive issues, then i don't think there will be any store disposals asked for. looking ahead

for people that are going to be the shoppers in the next couple of yea rs, shoppers in the next couple of years, what, if anything, will they see change, but because of this merger and what it says more widely about where supermarkets are heading? supermarkets heading? well, a big problem is that they are losing market share. i don't think that this deal will do much to change that. it is the superstores themselves, in competition with convenience stores and the hard discounters that are losing market share. yes, there may be some lower prices. but the buying power of asda, plus sainsbury‘s combined, it is not really that different from the buying power of tesco. it is going to remain a competitive industry. 0k, richard perks, thank you very much for giving your analysis. before we look at brexit, we want to return to the issue of the change of personnel at the home office. we have just been hearing from the new

home secretary, sajid javid. first, it isa home secretary, sajid javid. first, it is a huge privilege to be asked by the foreign minister to become the next home secretary. my first priority is to make sure that the home office always does all it can to keep british people safe. that is a huge responsibility, something i ta ke a huge responsibility, something i take very, very seriously. the most urgent task i have is to help those british citizens that came from the caribbean, the windrush generation, and make sure that they are all treated with the decency and fairness that they deserve. i think thatis fairness that they deserve. i think that is what people want to see. that will be my most urgent task. also, i will help the home office everyday to deal with its major tasks of tackling crime, including serious crime, fighting terrorism and extremism, and dealing with illegal immigration. in doing that, lam illegal immigration. in doing that, i am really privileged to have a fantastic group of people here, the staff here, and together we will work to make our country even stronger. are you going to have a

new strategy? is it the end of the hostile environment? is it the end of the net migration targets? will have a strategy in place at the something of the previous home secretary set out last week when she made a statement to parliament, making sure that we have an immigration policy that is fair, it treats people with respect and with decency. that will be one of my most urgent tasks, to we look carefully at the policy and make sure that it achievesjust that at the policy and make sure that it achieves just that effect. you at the policy and make sure that it achievesjust that effect. you are the first bame holder of one of the great offices of state. what do think your parents would have imagined when they came to this country? for anybody to see their child grow up and become a home secretary, i think all parents would be really pleased with that. my parents came to a great country in the 605, they came from pakistan to help build this country. for them to 5ee help build this country. for them to see one of their sons ri5e help build this country. for them to see one of their sons rise to this great office of state, i am sure they would be very proud. i haven't called my mum, that i will do that

when you give me a moment. thank you. sajid javid outlining his priorities as he steps into the shoes of amber rudd, who resigned last night. michel barnier has urged rapid agreement byjune on the scope of any british alignment with the single market. he said there should be safety controls to protect the european trading block. he is on a two—day visit to ireland and northern ireland, where the irish border is among the most thorny issues facing brexit negotiations. our ireland correspondent chris page is in dundalk in southern ireland near the border with northern ireland. this is a major moment for the irish gutman. michel barnier has begun his visit to both sides of the border, really, here in dundalk he is at a conference hosted by the irish prime minister, leo varadkar. all of the

talk is about that issue that has become the central one in the negotiations, how you avoid new controls on the land border between northern ireland and the irish republic. all sides agree that is the aim. what they don't agree on is how they can achieve that aim. they say, first and foremost, they would wa nt say, first and foremost, they would want a free trade agreement. if that doesn't work, the british government says they want some sort of specific solution from northern ireland, perhaps involving technology, goods crossing the border being electronically monitored. but where the real controversy is at the moment is over what would be, in effect, option c, a backstop. the eu says it would basically mean northern ireland following a lot of european union rules. that would be the way you can avoid any new checks on the border. the british government say they are not happy with that. the party which is propping up the conservative minority government and parliament, the democratic unionist party, northern ireland's biggest party, say day, as unionists, would not go along with anything that would mean

there is the potential for there to be some kind of border, effectively, down the irish sea, something separating northern ireland, economic and even politically from the rest of the uk. in a sign of how tensions he been rising about this, just as michel barnier was arriving, the dup leader arlene foster, not for the first time, strongly criticised his approach to the negotiations. what i would like to 5ee negotiations. what i would like to see from the european union and from ireland is a willingness to work with their neighbours and to make a pragmatic judgment in relation with their neighbours and to make a pragmaticjudgment in relation to the5e pragmaticjudgment in relation to these matters. are you suggesting they are not willing to work with you at the moment? certainly, they have become very aggressive. some of the other things on the european union, there is an article in the iri5h union, there is an article in the irish independent today which is very aggressive in its tone. there are very aggressive in its tone. there a re two very aggressive in its tone. there are twojuri5diction5 on very aggressive in its tone. there are two juri5diction5 on the island of ireland. we are part of the united kingdom. they have to respect that constitutional reality. so, robust words from arlene foster. just about an hour ago michel barnier held a news conference in

dundalk. unsurprisingly, arlene foster's comments were put to him. he said he did not regard his stance at all as being aggressive. this is what he had to say. i am not ready to engage in any kind of polemic5 with mrs foster or anybody else. i have never been aggre55ive, from day one of this negotiation, never. there is no 5pirit one of this negotiation, never. there is no spirit of revenge. no 5pirit there is no spirit of revenge. no spirit of punishment. let me repeat that, i profoundly regret brexit, for many reasons. and i have never been aggre55ive. for many reasons. and i have never been aggressive. alongside mr michel barnier, leo varadkar said been aggressive. alongside mr michel barnier, leo varadkarsaid he been aggressive. alongside mr michel barnier, leo varadkar said he would like to see negotiations going forward. at least 25 people have been killed in two explosions in the afghan capital,

kabul. the blasts occurred 15 minutes apart in the same location. eightjournalists, including afp news agency's chief photographer in the city , were killed. officials say four police officers are also among the dead. our correspondent shoaib sharifi is in kabul. what more can you tell us about this awful attack? rachel, within seven daysin awful attack? rachel, within seven days in the capital kabul this is the second deadliest attack that kabul is experiencing. about 8am local time, in the work and school rush hour, in an area between nato hq and the secret service agency, it isa hq and the secret service agency, it is a very condensed residential area. the first attacker detonated his explosives, apparently, on a motorbike. when the emergency

services arrived in 15 minutes, along with journalists and the police, the other attacker, a p pa re ntly police, the other attacker, apparently posing as a journalist, broke into the crowd ofjournalists and the police, detonating his explosives. it was very sad, this day, and it is seen as the deadliest attack for afghan journalists, to day, and it is seen as the deadliest attack for afghanjournalists, to be killed in a serious attack. very worrying, particularly because the attacker directly approached a crowd of journalists and attacker directly approached a crowd ofjournalists and detonated his explosives. 0k, thank you very much for the update. ahead of thursday's local council elections, the bbc news channel will be looking at a number of key issues in six cities. in norwich, the city hall is up for grabs. let's cross to bbc look east's political correspondent, andrew sinclair. yes, outside london, there are many places that elections are not taking places that elections are not taking place this year. where they are, you getan place this year. where they are, you get an interesting point to the

standing of the main parties. in east anglia, the politics are very much dominated by the conservatives. they run most of the councils in east anglia and norfolk. given the size of their majorities, they will continue to do so after thursday. there are exceptions. in norwich, the city council is run by labour. it has quite a strong showing. it is looking to tighten its grip here, after thursday, mainly at the expense of the green party. they are the main opposition here. in recent yea rs, the main opposition here. in recent years, they have started to lose ground in elections, mainly because labour has moved to the left. the labour has moved to the left. the labour strategy, notjust labour has moved to the left. the labour strategy, not just here labour has moved to the left. the labour strategy, notjust here in norfolk but across east anglia, it is to concentrate on the urban areas where it already runs the councils, places like norwich, ipswich, cambridge, harlow, stevenage, really trying to strengthen its grip in these areas. on the doorsteps, labour is talking a lot about austerity, which it says is going down well with voters. it is also talking a lot about what it says is

an increase in low—level anti—social behaviour. here in norfolk, the force has written the got rid of all of its community support officers. it has replaced some of them with real police officers, but there has been a net loss. labour says on the estates, people are starting to notice this. for the conservatives, the main challengers to win what few councils it doesn't already control. there is a big battle in peterborough, where it only needs one seat to gain overall control, basildon, it needs three. colchester, there is a big battle going on as well. the conservative main pitch out here in the local elections, it is that conservative council to cut council tax, even though most of them have put it up this year. the conservatives also talking a lot about infrastructure, a very big issue in this part of the world. newbridge is planned for great yarmouth, also for ipswich, the conservatives say it will make a difference. the opposition parties say there are other spending priorities. one other big factor in this part of the world, what will happen to the ukip vote? they used

to be very big in east anglia. last year they got wiped out in the cou nty year they got wiped out in the county council elections. will that happen again? if it does, where will the vote go? interesting stuff. thank you very much. and you can find out much more about those elections on the bbc news website — the details are on the screen. the bbc has waived the tv licence fee for communities wanting to watch prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. it means street parties and other special events can screen the wedding live without buying a licence. usually a premises must be covered by a tv licence for showing live tv or iplayer, but this can be waived in exceptional circumstances. you would not want to be getting married today, i am sure some people are but it's a bit wet. that contrasts at the moment, some

of us it is wet but for many of us it is dry at the moment. even some sunshine out there, northern and western pa rt of sunshine out there, northern and western part of the uk, for example this is cornwall at the moment, lovely blue skies. towards the south—east of england it is cloudy and wet and windy as well, quite disruptive for some day for the beach, not in suffolk. the rest of us beach, not in suffolk. the rest of us will continue with the rain across the south—east, 50—55 mph, further north and west it is dry and bright, sunshine scotland for northern ireland, northern parts of england, temperatures up 9—14 but with the cloud wind and rain in the south east more like 5—7. overnight tonight rain affecting the far north of norfolk otherwise clear skies, chile into tuesday morning with a touch of frost particularly in northern parts. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: the prime minister has

appointed sajid javid — the former communities secretary — as the new home secretary. he says his top priority is to deal with the fall—out from the windrush fiasco. the most urgent task i have is to help those british citizens that came from the caribbean, the so—called windrush generation, and make sure they are all treated with decency and fairness that they deserve. that is what people want to see and it will be my most urgent task. his appointment follows amber rudd's resignation after she said she ‘inadvertently mis—led' mps over immigration targets for illegal immigrants. sainsbury‘s has confirmed plans to merge with asda. the supermarkets say prices would fall if the proposals go through — but the deal would not lead to store closures orjob losses in shops. the eu's chief brexit negotiator has denied claims that he has approached talks with a ‘spirit of revenge'. at the start of his two—day visit to ireland, michel barnier denied claims by the dup's arlene foster

that he has been ‘aggressive' in negotiations. in a moment... we bring you an exclusive undercover investigation into nigeria's illegal trade in codeine cough syrup. before that lets get the latest sports news. the celtic manager brendan rodgers says his team all how to improve next season if they want to continue their dominance in scottish football, the won the southern league title with a 5—0 victory over rangers yesterday. they can also win back—to—back trebles if they beat motherwell and the scottish cup final. now brendan rodgers is happy but already thinking ahead. final. now brendan rodgers is happy but already thinking aheadm final. now brendan rodgers is happy but already thinking ahead. it was an emotional game, these games a lwa ys an emotional game, these games always are, so i was very pleased

with the calmness and controlling the game. as well as the intensity. we will improve again next year, we have two. this group of players have been outstanding over these last couple of seasons but there's still aof couple of seasons but there's still a of work for us to do and that's something we will hopefully do over the summer. steven gerrard could face his former liverpool manager if he is appointed as the new boss of rangers. he is currently in charge of the liverpool under 18's with talks ongoing, alan shearer said taking thejob talks ongoing, alan shearer said taking the job would be a no—brainer but others have warned steven gerrard he will be setting himself up gerrard he will be setting himself up againsta gerrard he will be setting himself up against a separate site dominating scottish football. just two days before the second leg of their champions league semifinal, jurgen klopp's assistant will be stepping away from his duties until the end of the season. they have worked together for 17 years, it's been reported the pair had fallen out but the club have confirmed he is still an employee and is taking

time away for personal reasons. manchester city have history on their sites after winning 4—1 at west ham, here are the main records they have a chance of breaking. records always sooner or later will be broken but the guys you're going to break that record, they have to play good and fight a lot. but we will play this season, almost all games was fantastic. an unusually warm welcome for arsene wenger as he took his side to old trafford for the last time. sir alex ferguson putting old rivalries aside. no room

for sentiment on the pitch however as marouane fellaini scored in stoppage time to give united a 2—1 win but arsene wenger clearly enjoyed the occasion. it was a very nice gesture. i would like to thank them, it's very nice, very classy. big battles here but good things sometimes in life it finishes well. manchester city women are out of the champions league after losing to leon mac in the second leg of their semifinal. it was lucy bronze who scored the winner for the french side who are going for the third straight title. chelsea are also out after losing to wolfsburg. plenty of drama in the azerbaijan grand prix as lewis hamilton won his first race of the season. he was down in third when the two red bull drivers crashed into each other. then the sebastian vettel made a mistake and va ltteri sebastian vettel made a mistake and valtteri bottas, hamilton's

team—mate, got a puncture in the closing stages allowing hamilton to capitalise. he is now top of the drivers championship. chris adcock and gabby adcock are european badminton champions for the second yearin badminton champions for the second year ina badminton champions for the second year in a row. they beat the danish pair2—1. year in a row. they beat the danish pair 2—1. they year in a row. they beat the danish pair2—1. they are year in a row. they beat the danish pair 2—1. they are the first english duel and 32 years to retain a european title. that's all the sport for now, more later on. let's get more now on the appointment of the new home secretary, sajid javid, following amber rudd's resignation last night. my my first priority is to make sure the home office does all it can to keep british people safe, that's a huge responsibility and something i ta ke very huge responsibility and something i take very seriously. the most urgent task i have is to help those british

citizens that came from the caribbean, the so—called windrush generation, and make sure they are all treated with the decency and fairness they deserve. i think that's what people want to see and it will be my most urgent task. also i will help the home office everyday to deal with its major tasks of tackling crime including serious crime, fighting terrorism and extremism and dealing with illegal immigration and in doing that i am privileged to have a fantastic group of people here, staff here together who will work to make our country even stronger. you have a new strategy, is at an end to the hostile environment and net migration targets? we will have a strategy in place which does something the previous home secretary set out when she made a statement to parliament about making sure we have an immigration policy which is fair, which treat people with respect and decency and that will be one of my most urgent tasks to make sure we look carefully at

the policy and make sure it achieves just that, fairness. new are the first do you think your parents would have imagined this? for anyone to see their child grow up and become home secretary, i think all pa rents would become home secretary, i think all parents would be pleased with that and my parents, they came to our great country in the 60s to help build this country, to see one of their children rise to this great office of state i am sure they will be very pleased, i have not called my mum yet but i will when you give mea my mum yet but i will when you give me a moment! she is probably still waiting! the home office is seen as one of the most challenging cabinet posts, and sajid javid will be confronted by a series of policy questions in his new role. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford is with me. we heard some of the things which might be in his inbox but that's just the tip of the iceberg? kilmer

he was seeing his most urgent task is to tackle windrush, that this is most urgent task today and the next thing will come along very quickly. this is a department that last year had to deal with four big terrorist attacks in a single year, it had to deal with the salisbury attack this year, it is dealing with immigration which is the thing which led to the downfall of amber rudd but coming further down the track is brexit, they have to set up a new border system for the aftermath even with the transition period still to come and violent crime taking up sharply at the moment causing all sorts of worries across the board. sajid javid montand keep people safe but there will not be enough hours in there will not be enough hours in the day for him to keep across all the day for him to keep across all the detail and the secret to being home secretary is to somehow managed to keep there are things home have

to keep there are things home have to spend a lot of time doing which are simple administrative tasks of thinking should this person have their phone tapped, should this person? it's a massivejob. their phone tapped, should this person? it's a massive job. given the number of elements which make up the number of elements which make up the home office we've seen in the past various home secretary is having the idea of giving things up differently? the labour party had sex home secretaries in 13 years so the conservative government have done well toll may have two. in the middle of the chaos the labour party experienced in the home office, john riegger eventually split the department and prisons were put into a separate department the idea being the home secretary could have more time to focus on terrorism which was a major concern at the time. i cannot see how you would further split up the department as it is, i

think sajid javid will have to deal with it in front of him. the main thing they are worrying about at the moment will not be the main thing which grips him in a few months' time but what he does have coming down the track very fast is the government ‘s counterterrorism strategy which is supposed to be imminentand is strategy which is supposed to be imminent and is their response to the failures which led to the intelligence failures which led to some of the attacks last year getting through. he will have to get to grips with that as well as worrying about the windrush generation. it will come at him very fast. and brexit and the issue of who can stay and how long, we don't have time to do with old bat but it gives us a good sense, thank you very much daniel. the snp home affairs spokeswoman, joanna cherry, joins me from westminster. give us some reaction to all of this morning ‘s events, a lot of pressure on amber rudd, we have seen that change of personnel, how do you feel? it was inevitable amber rudd

had to resign given she herself admitted she misled the house, the home affairs committee albeit as she says inadvertently. but i would like to pay tribute to amber rudd on a personal level, i think she showed great courage and strength of character when she stepped in for theresa may when the leaders debates during last year ‘s general election. this goes to the core of the problem for amber rudd which was she was a prisoner of theresa may's toxic immigration policies and was effectively used as a human shield by theresa may on more than one occasion. it's no surprise theresa may has moved so quickly to make sure she's got another human shield in place at the home office but i congratulate sajid javid on his appointment. it's excellent to see the first black and arty ethnic home secretary the united kingdom. but the government needs more than a change in secretary of state, it

need a root and branch change in its approach to immigration policy. livestock about that, a lot of criticism from labour about the whole issue, the idea of removal targets for illegal immigrants, where does the snp stand on the issue of targets? the snp has consistently opposed the tories toxic immigration policy, unlike the labour party who in significant numbers voted for the 2014 immigration act with gordon brown ‘s talk of britishjobs immigration act with gordon brown ‘s talk of british jobs for british workers labour are not wholly without blame in the creation of the toxic environment we have. we have consistently said in the snp that the net migration targets put in place by theresa may were unobtainable and more importantly not evidenced —based and we have opposed the hostile environment. we have led the charge in opposing

immigration detention which other countries in the eu get by without needing. what we need to understand is this windrush scandal is not an accident, it's not a mistake, it's an inevitable consequence of theresa may's costello environment and her unobtainable net migration targets. i think home office officials have found themselves in positions to go after soft targets such as the windrush generation, people entitled to be in the country so they could be got rid of to achieve the targets which by the way she has yet to achieve you draw the distinction as many people have wanted to do quite rightly with soft targets, people who have every right to be here, but to return to my point on people who are proven illegal immigrants what with the snp policy be? there is evidence that the public feel strongly that people who have no right to be here need to be dealt

with any timely manner? they must be dealt with in a fair and just fashion but the real difficulty here is the distinction between legal and illegal immigrants become elided in orderfor illegal immigrants become elided in order for theresa may to achieve her unobtainable targets. the policy on immigration has been built on ideology rather than evidence. as the director of the cbi said last week we need an immigration policy based on people rather than numbers andi based on people rather than numbers and i would very much in doors that approach. i sit on the extent the european union select committee and we have heard considerable evidence over the last couple of years about the benefits that immigration brings to the british economy. very little evidence about the death benefits. thank you very much for your time. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation

of amber rudd. she stepped down last night — saying she'd inadvertently misled mps over targets for the deportation of illegal immigrants. the eu's brexit negotiator is in ireland for visits on both sides of the border — amid dup claims that he's not "an honest broker". in the business news. could we soon see a new number one in the supermarket world? sainsbury‘s has confirmed plans to merge with asda. the two would form the uk's biggest supermarket, with the new company representing nearly £1 in every £3 spent on groceries. the competition and markets authority has said the merger is "likely to be subject to review". us telecoms giant t—mobile has agreed to buy its rival sprint in a £18.9 billion deal. the merger of america's third and fourth largest mobile carriers is designed to create a more

competitive firm with about 130 million customers. but is expected to attract attention from regulators over its potential impact on customer prices. labour says it would cap the total amount anyone could pay in bank overdraft fees or interest repayments — in a bid to save the 2.7 million people who are stuck with permanent overdrafts, the equivalent of £86 each per year. the treasury said it had already tightened the rules to protect debtors and cracked down on payday loans. the face of the uk's grocery market could be about to change forever after sainsburys confirmed it wants to merge with asda. the new deal would mean the two grocers would merge into one big company, but maintain the separate brands and stores. asda owner walmart will gain a minority stake in the new company and it will receive almost £3 billion in cash for the deal. the combined group will have 2,800

stores and will make up more than 31% of the total grocery market in the uk — slightly ahead of the current leader — tesco. and in trading this morning, sainsbury shares soared 16% speaking to the bbc the boss of sainsbury‘s, mike coupe, confirmed there will be no store closures as part of the deal. i stand by our statement. we will not cause any stores as result of this transaction. the nature of the uk market is incredibly competitive and customers have a huge amount of choice and the exercise that choice and we believe by bringing these businesses together we can lower prices and offer better ranges were customers as well as making sure we doa customers as well as making sure we do a greatjob of creating opportunities for our colleagues in both businesses so we think it's a great deal all round. joining us now is natalie berg,

retail analyst at nbk retail. how realistic is it to say they will not cause any stores? unfortunately not cause any stores? unfortunately not very realistic, i think both companies have gone into this business knowing there will be a significant number of store close all is if the get the green light. we have an oversupply of retail space, shopping habits are changing as more people shop online and at discounters. from that point of view i think the deal is in some ways an admission of this oversupply of space we have on the high street. what do you think consumers will experience of the deal goes through? iimagine in experience of the deal goes through? i imagine in the first year or so customers will not see much difference? short-term there would be many visible changes for the

customer, sainsbury this morning was very keen to announce they will be reducing prices by 10% and you have to remember that the very reason behind the deal. it's all about scale and survival. supermarket profit margins have been falling in recent yea rs, profit margins have been falling in recent years, the result of rising costs, inflation in particular, and of course increased competition from those alternative formats like the discounters and increasingly amazon and online retail so it's been a challenge for supermarkets and now we are having to consolidate in order to future proof businesses. that is the pressure defending against discounters and the likes of amazon, they have talked about savings from synergy from the two companies making a good fit, and also the ability to negotiate with suppliers which quickly translated means this could squeeze suppliers harder than they are being squeezed at the moment and that won't go down well with the market in the uk which

is already feeling pretty tight. absolutely, to stay competitive with discounters and continue offering low prices there will be a squeeze on suppliers. they have said they work with thousands of suppliers but there is about 100 suppliers to account for 85% of the products on the shelves. we are looking at big multi—node shall —— multinational companies. the plus side is they will get additional volume through selling through sainsbury‘s and asda but the flip side is the pressure on price. if we are getting suppliers supplying sainsbury and asda at the same price what does it mean if you go shopping in the same time and the supermarkets are next door and you're buying the same product, will they be the same price? it sounds again massive headache for the competition watchdog. absolutely. they will be working on a local basis rather than national market

share so it goes without saying some of those stores, lots of those stores will in fact have to close. i think longer term we could see as the asda brand disappearing from the high street. it is struggling to compete with discounters, if you wa nt low compete with discounters, if you want low braces you go to aldi are level, if you want convenient she go to amazon. i don't think there is a place for asda on the high street so longer term they could see it disappear. good to get your views, thank you. this tells us that shareholders think the deal is a good fit and it's likely to be given the go—ahead. they think asda and sainsbury ‘s could make a good fit together. the tesco share price understandably down on the day and

the london market keeping its head above water. that is a round—up of the business from me. a group of migrants has reached the united states after travelling through mexico from central america in a caravan disparaged by the us president donald trump. some 200 people have arrived at the border near san diego — but organisers say the us authorities are refusing to process their asylum claims. our north america correspondent james cook sent this report from the us—mexico border. we are looking through the fence on the border between mexico and united states. we are looking through into america, where some people have gathered in support of the caravan of refugees who have made their way up through mexico, from central america, mostly from honduras, guatemala, and el salvador. people have gathered here, this is the mexican side of the border. there's a lot of supporters with them here as well. this is the very end of the fence that borders the united states and mexico.

that's the pacific ocean, there. and what's been happening as they have been travelling up here for some time. people have been travelling up from central america for more than a month, they have been walking at times, there have been on trains, they have been on buses. they have now reached the point where they have to make a decision. and it's not an easy decision, because gaining asylum in the united states, which is what many of these people say they are entitled to, and say they want to do, is very difficult. the president, president trump, has been making it clear that he regards this caravan of migrants as a threat, as a serious problem for the united states. he has ordered the people on the border not to look sympathetically on their cases, in essence. look sympathetica in

on their cases, in essence. |towards the moment across the uk, towards northern and western if"; its blue bela—there £154 geese-z as? ié; el“; skies and 3122—932"? 2154 2525.2'2-2 224; “32 !—.e;-2 skies and sunshine, 55555—5552”? 52-554 5552—5‘5'2-2 25545 “52 !—5!5-2 skies and sunshine, look at this cracking view in the highlands at the moment. not so much like that towards the south—east where with strong winds there have been consequences with trees in kent, a lot of rainfall around as well. that rainfall and strong winds associated with this area of low pressure which will stick around for the whole day, it's going to remain very cloudy and wet down towards the south—east. further north and west the sunshine continues. into the afternoon gusts of 50-55 continues. into the afternoon gusts of 50—55 mph on the coast and with higher tides later on becoming some coastal overtopping but with all the rain and potentially up to about 60— something millimetres there is the risk of flooding. sunshine across south—west england and west wales northern england and scotland and northern england and scotland and northern ireland as you saw from the weather watcher in the highlands

barely a cloud in the sky in the north—west. temperatures 10—14, in the south—east more like 5—7. through tonight the rain will gradually clear from the south—east lingering perhaps on the north norfolk coastline, elsewhere with clear skies temperatures will be getting down to freezing across northern areas, even below in aberdeen. frost around first thing tomorrow morning but for many of us are glorious start, cloud increasing from the west and a few showers ahead of what will be a heavy band of rain moving its way in from the west, maximum temperatures, big difference in the south—east, 15 with dry and bright weather. that band of rain will move between east and it will give many of us wet weather overnight into wednesday, it will still be there across central and eastern areas gradually it will

clear and there will be brighter skies developing across western areas but there could be one to heavy showers. temperatures again nothing write home about, more positive news in terms of temperature is going on to the end of the week those temperatures will start to rise, 18 degrees in london on friday for example. this is bbc news — and these are the top stories developing at 12:00. the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd, amid the windrush scandal. the most urgent task i have is to help those british citizens that came from the caribbean. the so—called windrush generation, and to make sure that they will treat with the decency and the furnace that they deserve. sainsbury‘s and asda confirm merger plans — pledging to cut prices but notjobs. the eu's brexit negotiator

is in ireland for visits on both sides of the border — as the dup claims he's not "an honest broker". at least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured, in two explosions in the afghan capital, kabul. also this hour, the antarctic glacier the size of britain. scientists fear the thwaites glacier could collapse within decases — causing a rapid rise in global sea levels. and more than a month's rain forecast in one day — distinctly unseasonal weather hits parts of southern and eastern england. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the prime minister has

appointed sajid javid as the new home secretary, after amber rudd's resignation late last night following the windrush scandal. he's the first person from an ethnic minority background to be appointed to the key government post. mrjavid is the son of a pakistani bus driver, whose family came to the uk in the 1960s. he's had six governmentjobs in the past six years — including housing, business and culture secretary and he backed remain in the eu referendum campaign. in an interview this weekend, he explained why the plight of the windrush people was close to his heart. he said. "when i heard about the windrush issue i thought that could be my mum, it could be my dad, it could be my uncle, it could be me." the new home secretary has been giving his reaction to his appointment, this morning. my my first priority is to make sure

the home office always does all it can to keep british people say. that isa can to keep british people say. that is a huge responsibility, something i take very, very seriously. the urgent task they have to help those british citizens that came from the caribbean. the so—called windrush generation. and to make sure they are all treated with the decency and fairness that they deserve. i think that's what people want to see and it will be my most urgent task. also, i will help the home office every day to deal with its major tasks of tackling crime including serious crime, fighting terrorism and extremism and giving with a legal immigration. and in that i'm really privileged to have a fantastic group of people here, the staff here and together we will work to make our country even stronger. at the end of the hostile we will have a strategy in place that the previous home secretary is set out last week which made a statement to

parliament about making sure that we have an immigration policy that is fair, it treats people with respect and decency. and that'll be one of my most urgent tasks to make sure that we look carefully at the policy and make sure that it's achieved just that, fairness. you are the first bame holder of the great offices of state. what would your parents are imagined when they first came to this country? for anyone to see their child grow up and become home secretary i think all parents would be really pleased with that. and my pa rents, be really pleased with that. and my parents, they came to our great country in the 60s, they came from pakistan to help build this country. i think for them to see one of their sons rise to this great office of state i'm sure they will be very proud. they haven't called my mum yet and i will do that later than you give me a moment. our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. maybe his mum is in watching the

telly so she knows the good news now. certainly his background, i imagine downing street will help reassure some of the families caught up reassure some of the families caught up in the whole windrush saga because of is the first member of ethnic minorities hold any of the major offices of state. a real landmark moment. quite apart from the windrush scandal. a significant that he has spoken out publicly about his fears that his family had been caught up in the crisis. that people hope will give a more empathetic, understanding approach to the sort of difficulties many, many windrush families have faced. in terms of the other delicate issues, namely brexit, amber rudd is leading remain there. he is a remain too. he has always been a little bit more cautious but the brexit balance remains in tact within the cabinet.

that's too wooden part of mrs mays thinking. there are things you look good experience. someone who can manage the vast beast that is the home office. an absolutely colossal department. sajid javid comes to the brief of women of a lot of experience. yasmin culture secretary, business secretary, communities secretary. his work to the treasury so easy to managing in whitehall machine. let's have a look at what the prime minister said about this appointment during a visit to the school and the north—east. first of all, i was very sorry when amber rudd spoke to yesterday and said that she had decided to resign. i think she can look back with pride in hertime as i think she can look back with pride in her time as home secretary. if you look at some of the issues she has dealt with, respond to terrorist attacks, keeping us safe, the work that shift on domestic violence on modern slavery and also the wishes of the internet companies, which is also about keeping people safe. and i think through all of that she has

conducted herself with integrity, with compassion and with selflessness. but did you know about the targets and shouldn't you be taking some personal responsibility for this? first of all, when i was home secretary, yes, there were targets in terms of removing people from the country who were here illegally. this is important. i think if you look, talk to members of the public they want to ensure that dealing with people who are here illegally. nothing is only five knotsjust with people who are here illegally. nothing is only five knots just on hard—working taxpayers, those have come here legally, who are actually contributing to a society that those who are here illegally are not able to carry on being here. that is what the government is doing. dealing with illegal immigration is very important. should you be taking personal responsibility? not amber rudd. amber rudd was very clear about the

reasons why she has resigned. that is because of information that she gave to the house of commons. that was not collect. if you look at what we're doing as a government and had been doing over the years as a government, what we're doing is responding to the need that people see foreign government to deal with illegal immigration. that is exactly what we're doing. now, we have seen the windrush generation been caught up the windrush generation been caught up in the windrush generation been caught upina the windrush generation been caught up in a way that was not, that has caused anxiety among their generation. that is why we have set up generation. that is why we have set upa unit generation. that is why we have set up a unit which is helping those people. which is helping those people. which is helping those people to get the documents that they need. they are british, they are part of us. but we deal with that. we make sure that people are given the reassurance that they need but we make sure that they are dealing with illegal immigration. the prime minister acknowledging that when she was home secretary. yes, there were targets. there will

be there is a question why shouldn't therefore say to amber rutledge initially denied that there were targets, by the way, targets. there will be continued pressure i'm sure of from labour who said they believed all roads lead to the prime minister when it comes to the hostile environment strategy and the crisis facing wind rush families. have a listen to diane abbott. this isjust the beginning. we don't know how many people were deported. we don't know how many windrush generation people are currently detained. we don't have the details about compensation. there was a lot more has to happen before we get justice. and you have said all roads to theresa may. in what way? because many of the aspects of the hostile environment we re aspects of the hostile environment were put into place under theresa may. noticeably higher 2004

immigration act which removed the protection on commonwealth citizens that stopped them being deported. sajid javid said he would carry through some of the changes outlined by amber rudd in response to the crisis. presumably that would mean setting up a compensation scheme for windrush families, ensuring that those in caribbean islands at the moment can come home that there will be no fees and those sort of changes will be implemented. interesting to see whether he feel the need to engage in any other changes. amber rudd talks about getting rid of all targets. i presume sajid javid will stick to that but one of the challenges he will face is putting his own mark on immigration policy and above all, formulating what the country's immigration policy is going to be after we leave the eu. thank you very much indeed. we spoke earlier to sarah o'connor, who has lived in the uk for 51 years — arriving from jamaica when she was six—years—old.

she has faced problems with her immigration status as a result of the windrush scandal, and has been unable to work or claim benefits — leaving her reliant on family and friends. she told us about her experience. i had worked for a company for 16 yea rs. u nfortu nately, i had worked for a company for 16 years. unfortunately, ilost i had worked for a company for 16 years. unfortunately, i lost myjob and try to get another one. and no luck. i decided for the time being to claim benefits. went to benefits and got told, sorry, you are an immigrant because you have not got your nationalisation. you haven't got a british passport. so without that it just got a british passport. so without that itjust calls me a lot of anxiety. depression, sleepless nights, because i was petrified. of when that was going to come for me to get deported. did they make it clear that the

ultimate result was that you might have to leave? the ultimate result, without british nationalisation, i'm not a british citizen. well, hold on a minute. i've lived over here for 51 years, i've lived over here for 51 years, i've worked 30 odd years, picnic tax, pitman national insurance and because i've lost myjob you're telling me, sorry, you can't help me. i'm not legal. and for me it hit me. i'm not legal. and for me it hit me but i did not show it until i got home and broke down. so every knock i was scared. have been reported, am i going to get deported back to a country. i don't know any more. i was educated over here, married over here, have my children over here. and i thought, i've always thought much of myself as british, nothing

else. to me, jamaica, yes, iwas born there. that's a foreign country to me now. sainsbury‘s has confirmed plans to merge with asda. combined, the two supermarkets would represent almost a third of the uk grocery market. the merger will have to be approved by the competition and markets authority, but the boss of sainsbury‘s, mike coupe, said the deal would benefit both staff and consumers. we will not close any stores as a result of this transaction and the nature of the uk market is incredibly competitive and customers have a huge amount of choice. and the exercise that choice. and we believe by bringing these businesses together we can lower prices and offer better ranges for customers as well as making sure that we do a greatjob of creating opportunities for our colleagues in both businesses. so we think it is a great deal all round. i'm joined by our business presenter. he says it is a great deal. what is

it all about? competition. competition is obviously the most important thing. the beetle the big supermarkets have been pressurised particularly by aldi and liddell. at the back of their mind there is ams on as well. there is online retail, which hasn't yet taken a massive hold on the markets but i think they feel they need the economies of scale to be able to take on this thread as it ratchets up. i think the idea that there's going to be job losses, i think in the stores, which is what he said, it is unlikely. no store closures. they may forced to buy the regulators to actually close stores or sell those stores on. but the job losses and the savings and the reason why they going to be able to perhaps bring down prices is because they will be cutting costs back at the warehouse is, cutting costs in terms of the logistics. in terms of the way they

buy things like that. that is where the savings will come. that is why he said he can bring down prices by as much as 10%. assuming this goes through the regulator will advise on this first, assuming it does go through what would consumers on the high street see? i think the way they made played in the long—term, this goes ahead and may not. if it goes ahead, it would bea may not. if it goes ahead, it would be a slight drifting apart of asda and sainsbury‘s plans. as i can focus more on perhaps geographically in the north and sainsbury‘s in the southin in the north and sainsbury‘s in the south in terms of their market, sainsbury‘s competing more directly with waitrose and asda more able to compete directly with aldi and the

discount supermarkets. that is the way they may go. i think one interesting thing to say is about what will happen to suppliers. there was a lot of concern from the federation of small businesses that suppliers will get pressured and squeezed even more because this company is even bigger. i actually think probably not. how much more can they get squeezed? just because, if you are a big player in the market, you can squeeze those small suppliers an enormous amount. just because you got a little bit bigger doesn't necessarily mean you can squeeze them even more. i don't think the situation is going to change for the supplies. the savings will come because of the synergies between the two in terms of savings in warehouses and all the logistics behind the scenes. we'll be speaking to some of the gmb unionjust a we'll be speaking to some of the gmb union just a little we'll be speaking to some of the gmb unionjust a little bit later. thank you. the headlines on bbc newsroom live.

the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd she stepped down last night — saying she'd inadvertently misled mps over targets for the deportation of illegal immigrants. sainsbury‘s and asda confirm merger plans — promising to cut prices but notjobs. time for the sports news now. we can cross to the sports centre. let's start for the celtic manager brendan rodgers has said his team will have to improve next season if they want to continue that era of dominance in scottish football. they won their seventh league title with five nil victory over city rivals rangers. and they can win back—to—back troubles that they beat motherwell in the scottish cup final. now, rodgers happy but he does say that he is already thinking

ahead. what i was really pleased with, it is really emotional games, the rangers and celtic games. i was very, very pleased, with the calmness and controlling the game as well as that intensity. will improve the game next year. we have two. this group of players have been absolutely outstanding. if these last couple of seasons. there still a lot of work for us to do and that is something that we will hopefully do over the summer. next season steven gerard could be facing his former liverpool manager if he is appointed as the new boss of rangers. he is currently in charge of the liverpool under 18 ‘s with talks ongoing. alan shearer said taking the job would be a no—brainer. but other former players and pundits have warned him he would be setting himself up against a celtic side dominating scottish football. with just two days to go into the second leg of their champions league semifinal, liverpool have announced that the

assistant will be stepping away from his duties until the end of the season. they work together for 17 yea rs. season. they work together for 17 years. it had been reported that the pair have all at the club have confirmed that he is still and is taking time away for personal reasons. the premier league champions manchester city have history on their sites after winning 4-1 at history on their sites after winning 4—1 at west ham on sunday. they are the main records that they have a good chance of breaking the season. these four golds yesterday took their toes all to 102, just one short of chelsea's record. they are closing in on most points in wins in the season also marked out by chelsea. as well as united's winning margin set 18 years ago. sooner or later iraqi about the guys who want to break that record, they have to play good and fight a lot. but we will play this season and almost all games fantastic. that is

your sport for now. chief eu brexit negotiator michel barnier has urged rapid agreement byjune on the scope of any british alignment with the single market. he said there should be "safety co ntrols" to protect the european trading bloc. he expressed confidence that a deal could be reached to avoid a hard border — but warned of the need to be prepared for all options. our ireland correspondent chris page is in the republic of ireland's border town dundalk. yes. rising stakes and rising tensions as michel barnier has begun his visit. he is going to both sides of the irish border over the next few days. he has begun hearing the irish republic at a conference hosted by the irish government. now, what all sides agree on on the

border issue and the brexiteer negotiations is that there shouldn't be any new controls on the land from here but there is disagreement on how you achieve that. in particular, the controversy what has become known as the backstop option. in other words, if the issue cannot be resolved through a big free trade agreement or some sort of specific solution involving technology then northern ireland should continue to follow european union rules and that is how you avoid tax on the border. it is an agreed there should be a backstop but they disagree with the eu as to how far that the eu has proposed that northern ireland should, in effect, remains in the customs union and the single market but britain has said that isn't at all acceptable. unionists in northern ireland are deeply unhappy about this particular northern ireland's biggest reader, the dup, the democratic unionists. the dup leader, arlene foster, not the first time has been very strongly critical

of mr barnier‘s bridge. here's what she has been telling our political editor. what i would like to see from the european union and indeed from the european union and indeed from ireland is a willingness to work with our neighbours and make a pragmaticjudgment work with our neighbours and make a pragmatic judgment in relation work with our neighbours and make a pragmaticjudgment in relation to these matters. you suggesting they're not willing to work with you at the moment? they become very aggressive. there was an article in the irish independent today which is very aggressive in its tone. you know, there are two jurisdictions on the island of ireland. we are part of the united kingdom. they have to respect that constitutional reality. arlene foster there. michel barnier has been holding a news conference here this morning. you wouldn't expect him to agree what you have to say that he certainly did not. i'm not ready to engage in any kind of polemics with mrs foster. i have

never been aggressive since day one of this negotiation, never. there is no spirit of revenge. let me repeat that i profoundly regret brexit, for many reasons. and i've never been aggressive. speaking alongside michel barnier is convince the irish prime minister said there had been meaningful progress on the border issue by the next eu summit injune and he said that if that did not happen then the prospect of reaching an overall withdrawal agreement by the time of their eu summit in october would be at risk. so the pressure really growing over this issue of the irish border which is now at the heart of the brexiteer negotiations. at least 25 people have been killed in two explosions in the afghan capital, kabul. the blasts occurred 15 minutes apart in the same location. eightjournalists reporting on the first explosion — were killed in the second attack. officials say four police officers are also among the dead. our correspondent shoaib

sharifi is in kabul and a little earlier sent this update. seven days in the capital of couple. this is the second deadliest attack that kabul is experiencing. around 8am local time in the work and school rush hour in an area between. as it is a condensed residential area the first attack detonated explosives in when emergency services had arrived, within 15 minutes, the journalist and the police, the other attacker a p pa re ntly police, the other attacker apparently posing as a journalist, broke into the crowd ofjournalists and the police, detonating his explosives. it was very sad day for

the community. it is seen as the most deadly attack for journalists to have been killed in a single attack and very worrying particularly as the attacker directly approached the crowd of journalists and detonated his explosives. journalists and detonated his explosives. ahead of thursday's local council elections, the bbc news channel will be looking at a number of key issues in six cities. in norwich, the city hall is up for grabs. let's cross to bbc look east's political correspondent, andrew sinclair. good afternoon from a very blustery norwich. this is actually the quiet yearfor norwich. this is actually the quiet year for local elections. many places won't vote on them. but whether taken place to get a very interesting idea of how the main parties are doing. particularly labour because labour got a lot to prove this year. you will remember they surprise a lot of people by doing so well in the general

election last year. labour now wants to show that that was not a one—off. as it is building support, particularly in areas like conservative dominated east anglia where it has always struggled. does not expect to gain control of any new councils in this part of the world on thursday. it will be watching very closely the results from places like here in norwich. here in knowledge it already runs the city council. the main opposition of the greens, the liberal democrats have three seats. the conservatives don't have any but labour's in mr pick—up more seats here on thursday to show that it is really building that support. that is the policy in other urban areas in this area were labour already ru ns in this area were labour already runs councils. they should like basildon, cambridge, harlow. this may message on the doorstep, very old—fashioned one. may message on the doorstep, very old —fashioned one. anti—austerity, anti—tory cuts. it says that is playing well with voters. the conservatives want to prove they are so dominant in this part of the world. the doorstep they are not

talking about national issues, they're not talking about brexit windrush. they're talking about very local issues. they're talking about how conservative councils can be run very efficiently and save people money. they say conservative councils often keep council tax low although they have had to put up council tax in many places this year. the conductors are also talking a lot about infrastructure. there are a lot of schemes, transport schemes in housing schemes which the conservatives say will improve things in this region over the opposition parties say there are other spending priorities. main targets for the conservatives in the east, peterborough, they only need one seat to gain full control of the council. basildon where the three seats. colchester is another big battle ground as well. one other very interesting aspect of this part of the world, what will happen to the ukip vote? ukip has been very notable in these for the past few yea rs. at notable in these for the past few years. at one stage they had more than 100 local councillors but that support are starting to fall away. in great yarmouth just on the road

half of uk's councillors recently defected to the tories. the big question on thursday, what will ukip was like voters do? and you can find out much more about those elections on the bbc news website — the details are on the screen. the bbc has waived the tv licence fee for communities wanting to watch prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. it means street parties and other special events can screen the wedding live without buying a licence. usually a premises must be covered by a licence for showing live tv or iplayer, but this can be waived in exceptional circumstances let's get a look at the rather mixed bag that is the weather, with sarah. it is certainly a mixed bag out there today. a big contrast in the

weather. low pressure towards the south—east, bringing some really wet and windy weather. for many of some sunshine around but a few are stuck across parts of south—east england and east anglia, that combination of heavy rain and strong winds is causing a little bit of travel disruption. you could see localised flooding with gusts of wind up to 55 mph and a monthworth of rainfall falling across parts of east anglia. elsewhere, not a bad day. temperature is still on cool side for this time of year. the worst of the wet and windy weather should clear across the south—east. clear and dry conditions for many of us. minus six degrees or so. tomorrow will be much improved day. a return to sunshine. more cloud and rain working into the west. latest headlines. the prime minister

has appointed sajid javid as the new home secretary. theresa may said there were targets for removing illegal immigrants when she was home secretary and argued the public want the government to feel with people who are here illegally. i think it is only fair, not just who are here illegally. i think it is only fair, notjust on hard—working taxpayers, is only fair, notjust on ha rd—working taxpayers, and is only fair, notjust on hard—working taxpayers, and those people who have come here legally. who are actually contributing to our society, those who are here illegally are not able to carry on being here. that is what the government is doing. his appointment follows amber rudd's resignation after she said she "inadvertently mis—led" mps over immigration targets for illegal immigrants. sainsbury‘s has confirmed plans to merge with asda. the supermarkets say prices would fall if the proposals go through but the deal would not lead to store closures orjob losses in shops. the eu's chief brexit negotiator has denied claims that he has approached talks with a "spirit of revenge". at the start of his two—day visit

to ireland, michel barnier denied claims by the dup's arlene foster that he has been "aggressive" in negotiations. a huge antarctic glacier, which could collapse within decades and cause a substantial rise in global sea levels, is to be studied by british and us research teams. scientists are being deployed to investigate what is causing the ice to thin. but it's a major undertaking as the nearest base is around a thousand miles away. (00v) joining me now from cambridge is professor duncan wingham, the chief executive of the uk natural environment research council. the plus zero —— glacier in

question, tell us about it. it is 70 kilometres across and hundreds of kilometres across and hundreds of kilometres long and it discharges approximately a quarter of all of theice approximately a quarter of all of the ice coming out of the western antarctic ice sheet into the southern ocean. the concern is... go ahead. the concern is that it is getting smaller and therefore a sea levels may rise as it melts. that's right. we have known for about 20 yea rs right. we have known for about 20 years that the ice is finding there. —— becoming thinner. we don't know why and how it will evolve in the decades to come and so this project between ourselves and the us is aimed at getting people into the glacier and underneath it is to find out what is happening so we can

better predict what will happen in future. around 100 scientists are involved and it will be quite an undertaking. we believe it is probably the biggest single expedition that has been mounted in antarctica for 80 years. it will be quite a step up in terms of the magnitude of activities there, and on the us side as well. what specifically will you be trying to discover and do you suspect it is going to be bad news? well, we are trying to discover what is causing the retreat. is it solely due to the influence of warm water from the ocean or are things happening underneath it caused by melting underneath it caused by melting underneath causing it to accelerate melting? is it likely to be bad news? we do not know. i can't tell

you today. it could be bad news or it could be rather better news. that is why we are putting all of this effort into antarctica to find out. and the issue if you find it is becoming thinner at a faster rate, is rising sea levels. what potential implications? predictions of rising sea levels due to other processes resulting from global warming range, as all predictions do, from quite small numbers, 27 centimetres in the next century, to larger ones about the one metre range. the uncertainty in antarctica could add another one metre on top. while it is much less certain than other predictions of sea—level rise due to thermal expansion, the amount of water

concerned is very large. a final thought. as you say, you don't know what you're going to find but if the news is not great, are there things we can think about doing or will this be an issue that has been initiated many years ago with policies we have undertaken? well, we haven't undertaken policies for many years around sea—level rise, and the thames barrier is an example. but we hope to be able to inform government and policy makers generally as to what kind of infrastructure they need to think about now in order to put off events that may happen in 50 years' time. thank you for your time. let's go back to the resignation of amber rudd. sajid javad appointed this morning. we have heard from the

leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn, speaking in south london. she had to resign because what she was telling us was not accurate and not correct and she had to go as a result of that. sajid javid is the new home secretary. they have confidence in him being able to sort out the current mess? i'll have confidence in a few makes it very clear that he will deal with the issues amber rudd failed to deal with and the issue of the hostile environment created by her and her predecessor, as home secretary, now the prime minister, and that he will guarantee absolutely security, safety for the windrush generation who have contributed so much to our country and have been put through the most appalling trauma. theresa may has been described as the architect of the hostile environment. what should she be thinking about going forward now she has lost the home secretary? she

should reflect on the hostile environment she created as home secretary, and the fact she dismissed warnings given to her by diane abbott and others during the debates about the 2014 act in which they said this will affect the windrush generation, these are people who work in our schools, hospitals, transport, universities, engineering, all people who have made incredible contributions to the country. how do you think they feel having lost homes, jobs, and in some cases been wrongly removed from the country? some people might say that the conservatives and home office we re the conservatives and home office were responding to people's concerns about immigration and cracking down on illegal migrants. they should have thought about it and looked into it more. you can make popular state m e nts into it more. you can make popular statements and make a statement to create a hostile environment, and

innocent people get swept up and put through the most terrible trauma, so i think they should reflect on what happens in parliamentary debates when legitimate concerns are raised about upcoming legislation. we learn by listening. what needs to happen at the home office? they are in the middle of importing policies the conservatives put in place but there seems to be considerable confusion about how many people may have suffered erroneously as a result of this. i really getting enough information to know what is going on at the home office? i don't think anyone is getting the right information from the home office. they often lose files, don't know the number of people involved, cases often go on for years and years, they outsource applications for refugees and others to other companies and agencies. it is deeply unsatisfactory. surely we need something that is publicly run and

accountable and i'll look forward to the new home secretary showing some interest and determination to ensure the home office works efficiently and effectively because at the moment it doesn't. theresa may described as architect of the situation. it is not something a prime minister ‘s gone to stand down over but should further action be taken or are you happy that amber rudd accepted responsibility for giving out erroneous information? she has been a human shield of theresa may, and she now has questions to answer now that amber ruddis questions to answer now that amber rudd is gone. questions about what she did as home secretary and what she did as home secretary and what she said. she presided over the creation of a hostile environment. she sent those advert vans around.

she sent those advert vans around. she needs to ensure the compensation is put in place for the windrush generation, recognition is in place, and anyone wrongly deported is allowed to come back at public cost. the prime minister spoke earlier about amber rudd's resignation. the prime minister spoke earlier about amber rudd's resignationlj was about amber rudd's resignation.” was very about amber rudd's resignation.” was very sorry when she decided to resign. i think she can look back with pride on her time at home —— as home secretary. the work she has a non—domestic violence, modern slavery, and with their internet companies, which is also about keeping people safe. through all of that she has conducted herself with integrity, compassion and

selflessness. did you know about the targets and shouldn't you take some responsibility? when i was home secretary there were targets in terms of removing people from the country who were here illegally. this is important. i think if you look and talk to members of the public, they want to ensure we are dealing with people who are here illegally. i think it is only fair and not just illegally. i think it is only fair and notjust on hard—working taxpayers that those who are here illegally are not able to carry on being here. that's what the government are doing. dealing with illegal immigration is important. but this is your hostile environment so shouldn't you take responsibility? amber rudd was clear about the reasons why she resigned, because of information she gave to

the house of commons which was not correct. if you look at what we are doing and have been doing over the yea rs doing and have been doing over the years as doing and have been doing over the yea rs as a doing and have been doing over the years as a government, we are responding to the need that people see for governments to deal with illegal immigration. that is what we are doing. we have seen the windrush generation being caught up in a way that has cost anxiety in that generation and that is why we set up a unit helping those people to get documents that they need. they are british, they are part of us. but we make sure people are given the reassurance we need but we also need to ensure we are dealing with illegal emigration. speaking at the home office this morning, sajid javid spoke about his plans for the department. my first priority is to make sure

that the home office always does all it can to keep british people safe. that is a huge responsibility, something i take very, very seriously. the most urgent task i have is to help those british citizens that came from the caribbean, the windrush generation, and make sure that they are all treated with the decency and fairness that they deserve. i think that is what people want to see. that will be my most urgent task. also, i will help the home office everyday to deal with its major tasks of tackling crime, including serious crime, fighting terrorism and extremism, and dealing with illegal immigration. in doing that, i am really privileged to have a fantastic group of people here, the staff here, and together we will work to make our country even stronger. are you going to have a new strategy? is it the end of the hostile environment? net migration targets? will have a strategy in place at the something of the previous home secretary set out last week when she made a statement to parliament, making sure that we have an immigration policy that is fair, it treats people

with respect and with decency. that will be one of my most urgent tasks, to we look carefully at the policy and make sure that it achieves just that effect. you are the first bame holder of one of the great offices of state. do think your parents would have imagined that when they came to this country? for anybody to see their child grow up and become a home secretary, i think all parents would be really pleased with that. my parents came to a great country in the 605, they came from pakistan to help build this country. for them to see one of their sons rise to this great office of state, i am sure they would be very proud. i haven't called my mum, that i will do that when you give me a moment. we are hearing from margate coast

guard ramsgate rnli and southeast ambulance and kent police that there has been an incident in ramsgate. ramsgate coast guard dealing with an incident where three people have fallen off the pier into the sea. all three people have been recovered from the water. they are in the care of the ambulance service. information suggests that just before 10:30am the coast guard got a report that three people were in distress in the water off ramsgate pier. it was believed all three were washed off by a large wave. numerous rescue services on the scene, coast guard, rnli, ambulance and police. the reports suggest all three people are safely in the care of ambulance service. potentiallyjust going to

show the strength of the wind and the adverse weather in the south and south—east. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd. she stepped down last night, saying she'd inadvertently misled mps over targets for the deportation of illegal immigrants. the eu's chief brexit negotiator denies claims he's been aggressive towards northern ireland's unionists. a vigil has been held in canada for the ten people — eight of them women — who were killed last week by a man who drove a van into pedestrians on a busy toronto street. it's emerged that the oldest victims were women aged 94, 83 and 80. the police are investigating whether the driver was frustrated in his relationships with women. 25,000 people attended the memorial. russell trott reports. singing.

a fitting multi—denominational hymn for a city where half... singing. we cannot change the past but we can and must change the future. each of us needs to move from judgment towards understanding of others, to seeing that although we all appear different essentially we all appear different essentially we are all the same. those who died,

eight women and two men, were aged between 22 and 94. among them a single mother, university science student, a father visiting his son, a chef and an elderly star trek fan. afan a chef and an elderly star trek fan. a fan mounted the pavement at speed knocking down all in its path, at least 16 people were also injured. the suspect has been charged with ten counts of murder. —— the suspect alek minassian. the virtual also remembered the victims of similar attacks in london, paris and berlin. a fittingly

international message from a cosmopolitan city. migrants seeking to enter the european union from turkey are, it seems, increasingly switching to a new route. since march this year, more than 4000 have crossed into greece over turkey's northern border. that makes it busier than the sea route to the greek islands, which was made much harder to use after the eu agreed a deal with turkey two years ago. our correspondent james reynolds reports from the river evros, which marks the border between turkey and greece. the evros river marks the border between greece and turkey. the stories of this migration route are buried in these, the river channels we now explore. we soon pass the remains of dinghies. translation: i have only 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 that the migrants use further up this river may be very narrow but they can be extremely dangerous. the new surge of migrants includes a number of turkish citizens. these men we meet on the main road tell us they are fleeing political persecution at 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 ahmed. he was swept away. "we need to find his body in order

to know for sure to find what happened to him," his parents tell me. but at the region's main morgue, the pathologist tells us that he doesn't have the boy's body. have you seen...? no, no. we have no child. you have no children at the moment? no, no. at the moment i haven't, yes. so that means that it might be difficult for his family... ? maybe it is very difficult because maybe it's on the turkish side. maybe its deep in the river evros. we don't know. maybe we will find after two, three months. by contrast, another four—year—old iraqi boy 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? 0h! good! very, very good, yes. ahmed's parents now head off to hospital for the of birth of his sister. the family has already

chosen a name. it means new life. nigeria is in the grip of a wave of drug misuse, linked to a cough syrup. the substance, which can only be obtained legally through prescription, contains codeine, which can have effects similar to morphine. in an exclusive undercover investigation, bbc africa eye has uncovered links between an illicit trade in the controlled substance, and some parts of nigeria's pharmaceutical industry. ruona meyer reports. in the back streets of northern nigeria, this scene is distressingly common. young people drinking cough syrup with codeine. according to the nigerian government, 3 million bottles are being drunk every single day and that figure is just for two of nigeria's northern states. the sweet strawberry taste makes

you high and get you hooked. addiction to this powerful opioid has reached unprecedented proportions across the country. this is a serious issue. it is biting everybody, it is going from one home to another. if you think you are safe, you are not safe. overuse of codeine affects the brain and can lead to insanity. and this is the result. a government rehab centre where addicts are chained for fear of violence. some, just 16 years old, with a clear message to other young people. the national drug law and enforcement

agency are out on the street every week but believe the only capture 10% of syrup on the streets. this is the front line against war on syrup. this is how serious taking codeine is. in a five—month undercover investigation, posing as unscrupulous business people wanting to buy cough syrup without papers, we captured scenes of illegal deals. like this one at a bioraj factory, one of the main manufacturers of cough syrup in nigeria. individuals willing to sell codeine products onto the black market. bioraj told us that the company does not sell

codeine illegally and mr al monsuru left them in 2016. both baba ibeji and mr al monsuru deny wrongdoing. and while these corrupt individuals are free to do business, it is nigeria's young people who are the most damaged in this ever expanding crisis. in a moment the news at one. first the weather. big contrasts and the weather across the uk. wet and windy weather in south—east. heavy rain and strong winds. through today that will cause some disruption to travel but

potential for some localised flooding in the south—east and east anglia. further west, sunshine and blue skies. we have this big swirl of cloud associated with low pressure sitting in southern and south—eastern parts but further west, clear skies. that is how things work in the end of the day. clear skies and late sunshine across parts of scotland, northern ireland and into wales. some of the gust of wind reaching around 50—55 mph, particularly around the coast. 60—70 millimetres of rain possible tonight. localised flooding a possibility in the south—east. the rain eventually clearing off from the east overnight. the next rain coming from the west but in between it isa coming from the west but in between it is a chilly night. temperatures between freezing and four degrees. a

bit colder in the north because we have a ridge of high pressure into tuesday. that means an improved today tomorrow compared to today in the south—east. sunny spells for central and eastern parts. the cloud increasing from the west and the next front brings rain to western scotland, northern ireland and western parts of england and wales. but it will not be as cold as recent days. tuesday night into wednesday, the weather front moves east across the weather front moves east across the country. a spell of rain for much of england and wales during wednesday morning. it should clear to the east. an improvement for the west later on wednesday. sunny spells and 12 showers for scotland and northern ireland. it looks like the weather will slowly improved towards the end of the week and the bank holiday weekend. sajid javid is named as the new home secretary, after the resignation of amber rudd.

mrjavid takes over a home office struggling to deal with the fallout of the windrush scandal. the most urgent task i have is to help those british citizens that came from the caribbean, the so—called windrush generation, and make sure that they are all treated with the decency and fairness that they deserve. amber rudd resigned last night after misleading parliament on targets for deportations. amber rudd was very clear about the reasons why she has resigned. that was because of information that she gave to the house of commons that was not correct. if you look at what we're doing at a government, and have been doing over the years as a government, what we are doing is responding to the need that people see for a government to deal