hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2pm... all change at the home office, as sajid javid takes over, following the resignation of amber rudd. 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 of fairness that they deserve. amber rudd quit after admitting she inadvertently misled parliament on targets for deportations. sainsbury‘s promises lower prices if it's proposed merger with asda gets the go—ahead. the latin american migrants president trump says are a threat to the united states, protesting at the us border. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — withjohn watson. in a big week for liverpool, jurgen klopp‘s will be without his assistant? that's right, just two days before they play their champions league semifinal second leg. news of a notable absentee from the dugout.

thank you very much. sarah has all the weather — treacherous conditions in places... absolutely, mateen. some heavy rain and strong winds in the south of england, some disruptive weather around for the rest of the day. a day of contrast. i will bring you more in about half an hour. thanks sarah. also coming up — fears of the collapse of a huge antarctic glacier. scientists say it could cause a substantial rise in global sea levels. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. sajid javid is the new home secretary, following amber rudd's resignation. his first task will be answering an urgent question in the commons this afternoon on the issue that helped lead to his predecessor's demise — the windrush migrant scandal. mrjavid, who was communities

secretary, is the son of a pakistani bus driver and said — only yesterday — that the windrush scandal was personal for him because he and his family could have faced threats of deportation. amber rudd resigned last night saying she had "inadvertently misled" mps over targets for removing illegal immigrants. ourfirst report is from our political correspondent, chris mason. meet the new home secretary. will you be able to get a grip on the home office? this is sajid javid, with a smile and a newjob. one of the biggest in government. a few minutes later, around the corner, the home office, a bedraggled collection of rather damp reporters awaited his arrival. a few minutes after that, well, he drives straight past them. but, once inside his new office, his first public reflections on his newjob. 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. i think that is what people want to see and it will be my most urgent task. amber rudd had weathered a fortnight of increasingly awkward questions about the windrush saga, but it was this moment last wednesday about deporting illegal immigrants that really put the skids under her. targets for removals, when were they set? we don't have targets for removals. the thing is, there were, and that wasn't the end of it. more paperwork from inside the home office was to emerge, too. this morning, her predecessor and boss pointedly defended having targets. when i was home secretary, yes, there were targets, in terms of removing people from the country who are here illegally. this is important. if you talk to members of the public, they want to ensure that we are dealing with people who are here illegally.

like amber rudd, sajid javid supported remain in the eu referendum, albeit with considerably less gusto, so his appointment goes some way to maintain a very delicate balance of brexit sensibilities amongst government top figures. he's also the very first home secretary from an ethnic minority background and has been particularly outspoken on the windrush saga, saying in a newspaper interviewjust yesterday that it could have been my mum, it could have been my dad, it could have been me. i'll have confidence, if he makes it very, very clear that he will deal with the issues that amber rudd failed to deal with, that he will deal with the issue of the hostile environment created by her and her predecessor as home secretary, and now the prime minister, and that he will guarantee, absolutely, security and safety for the windrush generation, who have contributed so much to our country. the promotion of sajid javid left a vacancy for a housing and local governance secretary,

filled by this man, james brokenshire. and the international development secretary penny mortons, taking on amber rudd's former responsibilities as minister for women and equality. the focus today is on this man, and the department behind him. yes, a promotion, butajob that for so, so many, has proved to be a poisoned chalice. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. on arriving at the home office this morning, sajid javid affirmed that his most urgent task was to help the windrush generation. but he also faces other challenges such as planning a post—brexit immigration system, and a spike in violent crime. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. he may not have been responsible for it, but the new home secretary's priority will be to deal with the fallout of the windrush crisis. a hotline has been set up

to fast—track cases and the government has promised to waive fees for citizenship and language tests. nick broderick came to britain from jamaica as a baby in 1962. he's spent the last four years fighting for his right to stay in the uk, and believes amber rudd's resignation is an opportunity to get things right. if she had stayed, it would have been hell for her. many people would not be satisfied, from what she was overseeing. so probably, in the long run, it is probably a good thing that she went. a new face, a new way of doing things, let's start again and do it properly this time. let's have some organisation in the department. but immigration policy is a delicate balancing act. the government's overall aim remains the same, to bring net migration down to the tens of thousands. it is currently more than double that figure. britain's departure from the eu will give the government greater control over the number of european migrants coming to the uk. the home office is drawing up new immigration rules. the proposals will be published later this year. the home office are

hopelessly understaffed. no wonder they produce these rather hasty decisions. they don't have time to look into the background. for years and years, this government and previous governments, they have not realised the scale of the task. and they have not financed it. immigration is the area to new home secretary will have to focus on. but this department has a habit of throwing up other problems that haven't been planned for. then there are unexpected events, like security scares, terror attacks and crime waves that can knock home office policy off course. sajid javid takes over at a time when serious violent crimes recorded by the police is on the increase. knife crime has risen by more than a fifth in a year. cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level since 2009, and there are signs that burglaries and car crime are up, too. it is putting more strain on police forces, with officer numbers depleted.

the new home secretary will have to address that issue when he delivers his first big speech to the police federation in three weeks‘ time. let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young. sajid javid will be where you are this afternoon very shortly to a nswer this afternoon very shortly to answer an urgent question. yes, he is having to get straight into it, only appointed a couple of hours ago, he spoke on the phone to theresa may this morning, was said to be very pleased about the appointment in downing street in return, saying he had proven himself around the cabinet table and experienced cabinet minister who had proven his determination to get across some difficult issues, which they hope will stand him in good stead in this notoriously difficult apartment. so at 3:30pm he will come to give an update about the windrush candle, as amber rudd herself referred to it. not long for him to have to get across all of this. he will bring a personal element to it.

at the weekend he talked about watching the cases of those wrongly caught up and threatened with deportation in some cases, losing their jobs, deportation in some cases, losing theirjobs, the deportation in some cases, losing their jobs, the rights deportation in some cases, losing theirjobs, the rights to nhs treatment in others. he said he looked at that as the son of immigrants who had come from pakistan in the 1960s, and he thought i could be my mum, my dad, it could even be me. there is a personal side for all of this for sajid javid. james brokenshire has replaced sajid javid in local government and communities and housing, and in about 20 minutes' time he will have to field questions on house of commons, so both of these two cabinet ministers in new jobs having to get their feet under the table pretty quickly. where does this leave the balance of opinion regarding brexit then within the cabinet? this is really crucial, because there is a brexit subcommittee, as it is known, a pared down version with some cabinet

ministers who attend, but they are having all the detailed and very difficult discussions going on about the brexit negotiations, and only this week on wednesday they will have a discussion about the future of the customs union. the government is proposing at least even macro options on that. now, amber rudd was very much relieved the face of the remain campaign during the referendum. she has very strong views about the european union, she used to speak out about that. now she has gone to be replaced by sajid javid. although he was on the remain side of the ottoman, that surprise some people, he has always been pretty sceptical about the european union and there are some tory mps who don't think that is a like—for—like replacement, they certainly don't think he will be speaking out in the same way amber rudd did, and only last week sajid javid tweeted about the customs union, saying britain has to leave it, it is part of the eu, britain has to be able to sign its own trade agreements. so there is some concern amongst conservative mps on that side of the argument and others

wondering what amber rudd will do on the backbenches, will she be critical of the government and its sta nce critical of the government and its stance on brexit? will she even consider voting against the government on crucial issues such as the customs union? we will have to wait and see. on thursday, the local elections, how much of a test might all of what we have seen beef of the government? it is not the best of the run ups, depends how people vote in local elections, whether they ca re in local elections, whether they care more about the potholes, the council tax, their bin collections, than they do about the kind of thing going on here. certainly the conservatives are downplaying expectations, particularly in london where they are concerned that they may even lose control of some councils. but all of that of course adding to the problems for theresa may. thank you very much. vicki young with the latest from westminster. and stay with us, because that urgent question on the windrush scandal will be at 3.30pm in the house of commons,

we're told mrjavid will be at the despatch box to answer it, and we'll bring that to you live. other news now — sainsbury‘s has agreed terms to merge with asda. combined, the two supermarkets would represent almost a third of the uk grocery market. sainsbury‘s says it would mean lowering prices on key items by around 10% — and has promised the deal would not lead to store closures or job losses. emma simpson reports. it isa it is a deal that will reshape retail. these two chains, bigger is better. this is a very competitive market and customers have more choice than ever and this is a response to that and we are creating a dynamic new player. that will mean we can bring the businesses together and offer huge benefits to our customers through for instance lowering prices. we would aim to reduce everyday items by 10% by improving quality, improving rangers. the two brands will remain,

but they are different. asda cheater and cheerful with big stores mainly in the north. sainsbury‘s is more upmarket, and mainly in the south. combine the two, and you get 2800 stores. there will be 330,000 employees, and sales of £51 billion a year. sainsbury's and asda have been under significant pressure, changes in the market, rapid growth of the discounters, people shifting their purchases to online as well, also causing problems for profitability. byjoining also causing problems for profitability. by joining forces what they are hoping to do is become a lot more powerful when it comes to buying. in keighley, west yorkshire, asda and sainsbury's are side by side. they insist there will be no store closes with this deal. shoppers seem unsure how it might work. hopefully they will offer the same prices, if not then we will probably look elsewhere, if it goes up probably look elsewhere, if it goes up in price. i think it is a bit strange actually, because they are

at completely different ends of the market and i just at completely different ends of the market and ijust wonder which way they will go. but this tie-up is about more than just groceries. like asda, sainsbury's has a big non—food business. it recently bought argos, a chain that is strong online. argos stores, now in sainsbury's supermarkets like this one, would be rolled out across asda stores as well, creating a powerfulforce in clothing, toys and household items. but this proposal is likely to face heavy scrutiny by the competition authorities. farc in to combine together to have too much market power —— if they are seen to combine together. they may require a bit of restructuring in orderfor together. they may require a bit of restructuring in order for the deal to go through. joining sainsbury's and asda is a bold gamble, to secure long—term survival in a fast changing world of retail. but there isa changing world of retail. but there is a way to go before this tie—up

gets the go—ahead. emma simpson, bbc news. gary carter is the national officer for asda at the gmb union — and hejoins us from central london. gary, thank you forjoining us. what other questions you will have for the supermarket? i think we will have lots of questions for the supermarkets. our members have been busy coming back to us, feeding back to us through social media, through e—mails, through lots of calls, asking for us to have urgent talks with asda, to put questions about job security, pay, you know, the jubilation of roles. you know, we've got asda stores, distribution, head office, those are duplicated across the asda and sainsbury's operations. so lots of questions. we've been asking for urgent meetings with asda. this has come out of the blue for our members, and it was something that on saturday. we

didn't have any knowledge of this. we had had conversations with asda last week, but this, totally shocked, and our members, lots of feelings, lots of anger, lots of worries and anxiousness so there are of questions we need to put to tap one. so how valuable are the assurances by sainsbury's at the moment that stores and jobs will be protected ? moment that stores and jobs will be protected? those assurances have been made, and made nationwide, through the media. we will be looking for guarantees, assurances, from asda and sainsbury's that that will be the case. but as we know, are members, consumers will know where there is an acquisitions, where there is an acquisitions, where there is an acquisitions, where there are mergers, there are oftenjob where there are mergers, there are often job losses. so we will have to see what happens. the competitions and markets agency will be involved.

they will have their opinions. this isa they will have their opinions. this is a proposal. it could be a long drawn—out process. we could have lots of people worried and anxious for a long time. thank you for talking to us. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd. sainsbury's promises lower prices if its proposed merger with asda gets the go—ahead. during a visit to both sides of the irish border, the eu's chief brexit negotiator denies claims he's been aggressive towards northern ireland's unionists. in a moment... we will be live in ramsgate, where three people had to be rescued after being swept off the pier by a huge wave. and in sport, just two days before the second leg of their champions league semifinal, liverpool have announced jurgen klopp's assistant will be stepping away from his duties with the first tea m away from his duties with the first team until the end of the season.

rugby league's zak hardaker will be free to return to the sport in november after receiving a backdated 14 november after receiving a backdated 1a month ban for failing november after receiving a backdated 1a month ban forfailing a drugs test, with wigan expecting to secure his services. china's ding junhui boxes placed in the quarterfinals following the resumption of his second—round with anthony mcgill in sheffield at the crucible to progress 13 frames to four at the world snooker championship. i will be back at around half past with all of those stories. don't forget — you can let us know what you think, tweet us using the hashtag #afternoonlive. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. @martinebbc the european union's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier is visiting ireland for talks on how to prevent a hard border after britain leaves the eu.

it's one of the most difficult and sensitive issues in the brexit negotiations. the leader of democratic unionist party — arlene foster — says mr barnier does not understand the realities of the situation. here's our ireland correspondent, emma va rdy. the road to brexit has taken many twists and turns, but how to avoid a ha rd twists and turns, but how to avoid a hard border is the one in during obstacle. the eu has so far rejected the uk's proposals for the irish border. today, another show of unity from michel barnier and the irish prime minister. their message, that the british garment has to come up with new ideas. we all believe that the best outcome, both for our wider trading concerns and specifically for the border, would be a very close relationship between the uk and the eu after that leaves. but we

recognise in order for that to and the eu after that leaves. but we recognise in orderfor that to be achieved, the united kingdom's approach to negotiations will need to change in some way. refusing to budge over the border isn't about punishing the uk, said mr barnier, in response to criticism from northern ireland's unionist party, the dup. there is no spirit of revenge , no the dup. there is no spirit of revenge, no spirit of punishment. let me repeat that i profoundly regret the brexit, for many reasons, andl regret the brexit, for many reasons, and i am never aggressive. the uk hopes to agree a close trading partnership with the eu, which it believes it would mean there would believes it would mean there would be no need for customs checks on the irish border after brexit. but michel barnier‘s preferred backstop option of keeping northern ireland in the customs union while the rest of the uk leaves continues to infuriate unionists. i don't think he does understand the wider

unionist culture of northern ireland. he is hearing a very strong message from the republic of ireland's government, he is hearing it from sinn fein. we have tried to get him to understand the unionist people of northern ireland's position but he has not responded to that and i am disappointed about that. a solution to the border must be found byjune according to the eu, so it can be presented at the next leaders summit to be completed in october. without that, the uk could be in danger of crashing out was no agreement and no transition period to smooth the way. on the face of it, the eu and uk remained blocked over the irish border, but sources inside —— remain deadlocked, but sources inside part of the bbc they remain convinced they will get their proposals through. michel barnier will be visiting business leaders over the next two days, both north and south, people's whose livelihoods may well depend on what is finally agreed. three people have been rescued from the sea off ramsgate

in kent after apparently being swept off the pier by a large wave. the incident was reported around 10.30 this morning. our correspondent simonjones is at the scene for us. conditions have been really quite remarkable today from simon? really grim weather conditions, really strong winds and it has been torrential rain throughout much of the day. the emergency services in advance want people to stay away from the coastline, but this morning at around from the coastline, but this morning ataround 10:30am, from the coastline, but this morning at around 10:30am, three people were swept into the sea from a peer because of the last wave, we are told. fortunately, where we are, where they were swept into the water is right by the lifeboat station. so they were able to launch extremely quickly, and the three people were pulled out of the water. i understand one of those people is in a very serious condition, and has been flown by air ambulance to hospital. we are waiting for a

condition update on the other two people, but it certainly has been a very busy morning, because after that the lifeboat was again called out to a kite surfer, who was thought to be in difficulty of the christie in ramsgate. he, though, managed to get back to shore off his own steam. and notjust on the coast where people are having difficulties, simon? no, it has been very grim throughout the south—east of england, and there have been a number of people who have been rescued from their cars. for example near herne bay in kent. there was a man who had to be rescued after a car fell onto his tree. man who had to be rescued after a carfell onto his tree. the emergency services had to cut the roof off his car. there was also a family who got stuck in water, two aduu family who got stuck in water, two adult and their baby. the fire service had to use water rescue equipment to get them to safety, to pull the car to safety. and there have been a number of trees down throughout the area, and the warning is this bad weather in the south—east and east of england is likely to last for the rest of today. throughout much of the rest

of the country though, the scene is pretty normal and they will be wondering what all the fuss is about. thank you berry much, simon jones in ramsgate. there are dozens of flood alerts and warnings in the east and south—east of england. right across from southhampton to kent, and up the east coast as far as newcastle, as the bad weather continues. ahead of thursday's local council elections, the bbc news channel will be looking at a number of key issues in six cities. almost 11,500 seats on 150 councils are up to grabs — including in sheffield, where there has been a fierce battle over tree felling. let's cross to bbc sheffield's political correspondent liz roberts. trees are a very emotive issue for a lot of people. they are indeed. welcome to south yorkshire, it is a bit chilly here, it is an area politically dominated by the labour party, and here in sheffield the city council has a third of its seats up for grabs. that is known as

the green city, mainly for reasons you can see behind me, the many parks that are home to around 11.5 million trees here. but that is not those trees people are worried about, it is the ones like the ones behind me here, the street trees. there were around 36,000 of them in sheffield. 6000 or more of those have already been felled. why? well, ta ke have already been felled. why? well, take a look at the roads. this is what comes down to, as well as the green city, we were known as the pothole city. so five or six years ago the city council signed a contract with a company to resurface the roads and the pavements, and as pa rt the roads and the pavements, and as part of that contract, it meant that trees that were dead, diseased, dying, dangerous or discriminant, they were pushing up the pavements, encroaching into the roads, those trees were earmarked to be felled and replaced. now that hasn't gone down too well with some of the residents, and we have seen a lot of protest that have made international headlines. people have been coming out into the street at three or four

o'clock in the morning to guard their trees against the felling teams. the company has had to hire contractors themselves, security staff to protect their workers. police have been on the scene, sometimes 30 officers at a time around one tree. that has led to arrests, not just of around one tree. that has led to arrests, notjust of local residents, but last year a green party city councillor was arrested. she was released without charge. but theissueis she was released without charge. but the issue is whether this issue is going to have a big impact on the local election results here. it might surprise you to hear that the a nswer to might surprise you to hear that the answer to that is probably not a great deal. the labour leader of the council has said they are likely to lose votes because of this issue, but she thinks that those weren't necessarily translate into losing counsellors, and that is because this issue is quite localised to particular wards. and in some of those wards, they already have opposition councillors, so labour are fairly confident that, across the board, they will still keep

their control, and i think the opposition will be thinking that evenif opposition will be thinking that even if they can't topple labour, they will be just hoping to cut back labour's domination on the city council here. but that is not the only election in sheffield, across the whole of south yorkshire, sheffield, rotherham, barnsley and doncaster will be voting for the first time for a sheffield city region mayor. this is supposed to be akin to those we have seen in manchester and liverpool, only when our mayor takes office on friday they won't have any extra powers and they won't have any extra powers and they won't have any extra powers and they won't have a salary. that's because the four labour leaders across south yorkshire have not yet agreed on a devolution deal. so that mayor's job agreed on a devolution deal. so that mayor'sjob on day agreed on a devolution deal. so that mayor's job on day one will be to get those four leaders around a table and get that devolution deal done so we can start pulling those powers and that money into this region from government. thank you very much indeed, liz roberts in sheffield. and you can find out much more about those elections on the bbc news website — the details are on the screen. time for a look at the weather. sarah keith—lucas has joined

sarah keith—lucas hasjoined us. some very dangerous conditions, particularly in the south—east of england? yes, big contrasts across the country. the some people's quiet day with sunshine, this is lowestoft. we have accommodation of really heavy rain, strong winds, and also high spring tides, that is leading to some coastal overtopping, big waves around the coast for instance. look at all that persistent rain we have sitting across the region. it is really the south—east of england, from kent through essex, suffolk and norfolk, and the rainfall amounts, around 60 to 70 millimetres. that is about a month's worth of rainfall falling in just 2a hours. these are some of the wind gusts, more than 50 mph gusts around the coast. that combination of strong winds, northerly winds as well, but also those high spring tides we have got. these are some of the times of next high water across the times of next high water across the region and it is the accommodation of high tides and

strong winds causing the pretty dangerous conditions out there. it is going to be improving though. at the moment we have the heavy rain, the moment we have the heavy rain, the strong winds causing some traffic disruption, and seems like this elsewhere across the country. we have some sunshine towards the north and the west of the country at the moment, and if we look at the satellite image, pinzi those mixed fortu nes satellite image, pinzi those mixed fortunes out there. clear skies for much of scotland, northern ireland as well, england and wales sitting underneath that cloud. particularly towards the south and the east we have the heavy rain and the strong winds, but that area of low pressure should ease away towards the east, so things will improve and dry up as we head through the course of tonight. with the clear skies and the lighter winds, we are into quite a chilly night tonight. in rose spots of scotland, we could see —60 breeds or so. further south we are likely to see a touch of frost first thing tuesday morning, gardeners ta ke thing tuesday morning, gardeners take note, a nippy start of the day. with that ridge of high pressure, a much improved a is the low pressure close away from eastern england. another front works in from the west

late in the day, so there will be some rain from northern ireland, parts of scotland and western fringes of england and wales later on. for many eastern areas, a much better day, sunny spells and the temperatures will pick up compared to recent days. 1h temperatures will pick up compared to recent days. 1a or 15 degrees in the east. where you are stuck with the east. where you are stuck with the cloud and rain, more like ten and 11 further west. on into wednesday, this front works its way further south and east across the country. i think we will have a speu country. i think we will have a spell of fairly wet weather across much of england and wales for a time on wednesday, quite breezy too. that will be followed by sunshine and a fuse scattered showers heading in from the west. temperatures still not doing great for the time of year, around nine to 12 degrees during the middle part of the week, but then things set to change as we look towards the end of the week. things will dry out, that rain easing away, the winds will fall lighter and it will be warming up, just in time for that all—important bank holiday weekend. 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 crisis. 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 that they deserve. 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 or job losses. scores of latin american migrants travelling to seek asylum in the united states have been protesting after being stopped at the us border. president trump has said they are a threat to us safety. sport now withjohn watson.

in a big week for liverpool, jurgen klopp will be without his assistant? two days before the second leg of the champions league against roma hears without his right—hand man, who is stepping away from first—team duties until the end of the season. they have worked together for 17 yea rs they have worked together for 17 years and enjoyed huge success at borussia dortmund and liverpool. it had been reported they had fallen out but the club confirmed he is still an employee and remains as his assistant and he is taking time away for personal reasons. a notable loss ahead of that game to come this week. and a former liverpool player could be in line to take over at rangers? steven gerrard, former liverpool captain, is being lined up to take

over as the boss at rangers and he is in charge of the liverpool under 18. a significant change in job description and job role. talks are ongoing. alan shearer said taking thejob would be ongoing. alan shearer said taking the job would be a no—brainer. pundits have warned stephen gerard he has been set up against a celtic side dominating scottish trouble at the moment. celtic won a seventh consecutive scottish title. it means that steven gerrard could face up to brendan rodgers next season if he ta kes brendan rodgers next season if he takes over the role. celtic wrap the title up with a 5—0 victory over rangers yesterday that they could also win back—to—back trebles. while he is happy with the performance, brendan rodgers says he has already thinking ahead to next season. brendan rodgers says he has already thinking ahead to next seasonm was very emotional, the games, against rangers and celtic. i was very pleased with that, the cameras, and controlling the game, as well as

the intensity. we will improve again next year, we have to. this group of players has been outstanding over the last couple of seasons. there is still a lot of work for us to do now is something that we will hopefully do over the summer. rugby and zach hardacre will be free to return to the sport after a backdated 1a hardacre will be free to return to the sport after a backdated14 month ban forfailing the sport after a backdated14 month ban for failing a the sport after a backdated14 month ban forfailing a drugs the sport after a backdated14 month ban for failing a drugs test. he tested positive for cocaine in september last year. dave woods told me he could have been out for longer. the initial expectation was that might be a two year ban so he'll be relieved it is only 1a months. it was a shock to the rugby league world cup he was banned, suspended initially, forfailing a test for cocaine in september last year. at the time he was very apologetic and put out a statement saying it was an enormous error of judgment. castleford sacked him in february of this year and said they

would not be having him back. he will effectively be cleared for the start of next season. his legal team has put out a statement saying drug use was never to do with performance enhancement. he is only 27 years of age, a former man of steel and very bright talent but he will sign for wigan for the 2019 season and beyond. he missed out on england's world cup and will be hoping to re—establish themselves as an england international as well. to the world snooker championship and ding is in the quarterfinals after beating anthony mcgill. he needed just a single frame to progress through. he wasted no time in seeing of anthony mcgill, who stayed firmly in his chair in the opening game of

the session. here is the favourite to win the title. ronnie o'sullivan is that of the tournament. let's bring you live pictures from the crucible in sheffield. ricky walden up crucible in sheffield. ricky walden up againstjudd trump. trump is leading 11—9. he needs two more friends to progress through to the quarterfinals and join ding junghui. for now, back to you. let's ta ke let's take you to the house of commons. the new secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, james brokenshire, is taking questions now in the house of commons. he was only appointed a short while ago. here's taking questions about homes and lack of them for people who cannot afford them. two honourable members from right across this house, particularly new

members. and you're what a sad loss he is. in response to the question by the honourable lady, i would point to the fact of the £9 billion i have highlighted and also the fact that, in 2016/ 41,530 affordable housing homes were completed, 27% higher than the previous year. i underline the commitments of my predecessor whom i pay tribute to for his work and how we will continue that focus on building homes for the future, building homes and raising those aspirations and affordable homes within that. thank you. that was a big side from someone, you. that was a big side from someone, wasn't it? james brokenshire i up on his feet in the house of commons a few hours after he was appointed to that new role

following the departure to the home office by sergei javad after amber rudd stood down. ——javid. let's bring you some breaking news from israel. benjamin netanyahu is due to give a speech disclosing dramatic news about iran at eight o'clock local time, around six o'clock local time, around six o'clock here, according to his radio media reports this afternoon. they are saying that benjamin netanyahu will address the iran nuclear deal rather than the overnight strike that took place on syria. he is due to give the speech from the military complex in tel aviv. there has been a huge amount of concern for israel over the nuclear deal that was brokered with the to a great deal of fa nfa re

brokered with the to a great deal of fanfare from other parts of the international community. given the history between israel and the uranium attitude towards the really state there is a great deal of concern about how reliable that nuclear deal is. so, dramatic news about the iranians nuclear deal tonight from tel aviv. we will hopefully bring you that around the time it breaks. let's look further now into sajid javid's appointment as home secretary. he says his first task will be to deal with the windrush controversy. the departure of amber rudd from the cabinet comes just three months after theresa may had a major reshuffle. with me is the author, richard kelly, who interviewed civil servants and politicians as research for his third book "the knives" — a novel about an embattled home secretary in a conservative government. it could not have picked a better topic for publication at the moment. —— you could not have picked. what was the background of was happening in the home office? i had begun thinking about the novel when new labour was in government and i did a

lot of research. in the time i did that the government change. people think thejob at that the government change. people think the job at the home secretary isa think the job at the home secretary is a poisoned chalice. theresa may last five years in the job. every morning i was waking up and thinking, what is theresa may thinking, what is theresa may thinking today? how much experience to have at writing political novels question might you have to know what you are talking about. people will just say that you are not inventive. i wrote a book called crusaders, about the new labour dawn and the politics of it. i was very concerned. we live in an anti—politics era in many ways. they are all human beings. thejob of a novelist is empathy. what would it be like to wake up every morning with that kind of thing? and huge responsibilities that go with it and

things that crop up out of nowhere. there are three big challenges in thejob. the first there are three big challenges in the job. the first is that all of the job. the first is that all of the things we deal with as home borders, police, anti—terrorist, they are hot topics. the public has an appealing about how it should be carried out. they all know how dashes and think they know how it should be sorted out. customers do not want you to succeed. people in the country illegally, plotting terror acts, they don't want the home secretary to do very well. the third thing is the problem has come out of the sky. the job of the home secretary, more than any other quick you get missiles flying out of the blue foot you do not know when. how keen were civil servants, politicians and former home secretary is to talk to you? everybody likes to tell a story. everything was done afterwards. it

is even better with fiction. in nonfiction subjects may fear something will be printed that they might recognise. i was looking. it and things i could empathise with. you got quite a lot of fantastic quotes from household names in the world of politics. in particular, alanjohnson, world of politics. in particular, alan johnson, ex—home secretary. world of politics. in particular, alanjohnson, ex—home secretary. a cracking read. i can testify to its authenticity. we are wondering whether any of his stories are in there. the new political thriller says, amber rudd home secretary, now former home secretary. the knives are always out for you, as they say in thejob. are always out for you, as they say in the job. one thing you are always out for you, as they say in thejob. one thing you can be sure when you get the job is in the end your portrait will go on the wall in the home office, saying, it is over. it is one of the great offices of state. no matter how

willing the volunteers are. they are thejura ball willing the volunteers are. they are the jura ball and impressive willing the volunteers are. they are thejura ball and impressive people like gladstone and churchill. it is almost a challenge that are worthy politician wants to set themselves. they cannot begin, as much as they think they can, they cannot begin to understand what the real grind will be. we will all be reading it with a great deal of interest. thank you very much. scores of latin american migrants travelling to seek asylum in the united states have been stopped at the border. the group set off from southern mexico just over a month ago — president trump has said they are a threat to us safety. if they make it across the border, they're likely to face many months in detention while their cases are considered by the courts. james cook in on the mexican side of the border and sent us this report. they came to the border on the beach to drown out the words of donald trump. supporters of the migrant caravan insisting on compassion,

not hostility, at the sea—washed gates of the world's most powerful nation. well, these people have gathered both on the american side of the border and here, on the mexican side. and they've come to stand, they say, in solidarity with the migrants who have been making their way up through mexico for the past month, and who, very soon, face the decision as to whether to claim asylum in the united states. theirjourney through mexico has been arduous, and such a long journey, more than a month on the rails and on the roads. they say they're escaping persecution in central america. this mother says she fled guatemala with her two—year—old son because she feared the boy's father was going to kill him. translation: it was hard. we suffered on the way.

we came across good people, and bad people. thank god we're here. many people supported us, have helped us. but it hurts to leave my country. translation: we had to bury some of our relatives before we left. my father was one of them. he was tortured. many people think we left because we are criminals. we're not criminals. we're people living in fear in our countries. all we want is a place where our children can run free. are you watching that mess that's going on right now with the caravan coming up? president trump says the caravan is linked to crime and drugs, and must be stopped.

and if we don't get border security, we'll have no choice. we'll close down the country. because we need border security. defiant, desperate, they pushed on anyway. but at the border they were told there was no room to process their claims. and so, this day on the road ended like so many others, with nothing more than american dreams. james cook, bbc news, on the us—mexico border. in a moment the business news with jamie robertson. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd sainsbury's promises lower prices if it's proposed merger with asda gets the go—ahead. during a visit to both sides of the irish border, the eu's chief brexit negotiator denies claims he's been aggressive towards northern ireland's unionists here's your business headlines on afternoon live.

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". another big merger in the us. the 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. butjust like sainsbury's and asda here, the competition authorities will be looking closely at it. tsb‘s troubles seem to be never—ending. frustrated customers are still being locked out of their accounts, as the bank's it fiasco

enters a second week. the bank has said it is "working around the clock" to fix the problems. the debacle began when tsb shut down services for two days from the evening of friday, 20 april to move customer data to a new it system. supermarket mergers first please. they're going to keep their names. we don't know what the actual holding company will be but it will still be sainsbury's and it will still be sainsbury's and it will still be sainsbury's and it will still be as that. they say they will not close stores or get rid of people in the stores. the big savings will probably come outside stores in the logistics, the warehouse, the. however, once the

competition regulators get hold of it, i think they will probably tell them to get hold of some stores. if you have a town with a sainsbury's and an asda, it seems an obvious thing, not much competition. they will force them to sell one of them. i think, just before we move onto the next question, this is quite important. we have talked a lot in past about aldi and lidl, i think what they are thinking about moore is amazon. they are thinking about the eventual threat that will come from amazon. it is such a big beast. it is not in the grocery market yet. this is why sainsbury's is thinking about the acquisition strategy. it has argos and it has asda. it is about economy is of scale to compete

with amazon. here's natalie berg, retail analyst at nbk retail — not very realistic. asda and sainsbury's have gone into this deal knowing there will be a significant numberof knowing there will be a significant number of store disposals if they get the green light from the cma. i do not think that is necessarily a bad thing. shopping habits are changing profoundly as more people shop online. so, from that point of view, i think the deal, in some ways, it is an omission of the oversupply of space we have on the high street. i completely forgot we talked to her earlier that year reminded me. another big merger deal, bigger probably this time, going on in the us. this is team mobile —— t mobile and sprint. those

are the two companies who have been talking together. the companies are actually in the united states. they come together to create a company with about 130 million that is not a million customers. again it is economies of scale to try to take on the competition. we can go tojoe miller and talk to him about this. the competition authorities could be pretty tough on this, couldn't they? they have already been quite tough on this. in 2014, this very deal was announced, or put forward, and it was quashed by the obama administration over competition concerns, particularly that going from four competitors in the space to three competitors would drive up costs for consumers. in fact, they

perhaps were vindicated because in the years since sky costs for consumers have gone down and down in the us, at least when it comes to mobile phone contracts. sprint and t mobile would argue it is about 56, the next generation of wireless collectivity. the us desperately needs investment in that area. t mobile and sprint are too small to do that is either too small to do that on their own buzz about is their pitch to the justice department and the in washington. we will leave it there. the markets. there we go, carpetright. they are in a voluntary arrangement. that means that is where they are basically trying to

get protection from creditors in order to restructure. that is what they are doing at the moment. they said they would make a loss of 9 million at the moment. people feel they are managing to sort out their business. there are bad figures coming out and that is why the figures are down. overall the market has not moved much. the pound against the dollar is pretty much unchanged. not a huge amount of excitement on the market. it is only monday. anything can happen. 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. professor duncan wingham, the chief executive of the uk natural environment research council, explained. it's the largest glacier in the west antarctic ice sheet. it is 70 kilometres across and hundreds of kilometres

long and it discharges approximately a quarter of all of the ice coming out of the western antarctic ice sheet into the southern ocean. we've known for about 20 years that the ice is becoming thinner. we had data from satellites for quite a long time. 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 to look underneath it to find out what's happening so we can better predict what will happen in future. 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 our activities there, and on the us side as well. we are trying to discover what is causing the retreat. is it solely due to the influence of warm water from the ocean

melting or are things happening underneath it caused by melting underneath the glacier 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. time for a look at the weather. it is certainly a day of big contrasts in the weather across the united kingdom. low pressure is bringing wet and windy weather in the south east. heavy rain and strong winds. through today that is likely to cause some disruption to

travel. the potentialfor likely to cause some disruption to travel. the potential for localised flooding in the south—east of england and east anglia. a different picture further west. look at the sunshine and the blue skies in north wales. contrasts around. that is shown on the satellite image. we have a big swell of cloud sitting in southern and south—eastern parts. clearer skies and sunny spells. that is how we looked as he had towards the end of the day. late sunshine in scotland, northern ireland and into wales will stop some of the gusts of wind reaching around 50, 50 five miles an hour particularly around the coast with dixie, 70 millimetres of rain possible. certainly enough to cause a chance of localised flooding. mostly it is dry and clear this evening and overnight. the next area of rain is approaching from the west. in between the two bands of rain it is a chilly night. a bit

colder in a few spots in the north. we have a ridge of high pressure for a time as we head on into tonight and into tuesday. the higher pressure means an improved day compared with what we have seen today in the south—east of england. sunny spells from any central and eastern parts. the cloud increases from the west and we will see the next front bringing rain to scotland and western parts of england and wales later in the day. temperatures will not be as cold as in recent days. tuesday night into wednesday, the weather front will continue its progression slowly eased across the country. it should clear off towards the eased on wednesday morning. sunny spells and just one or two showers in scotland and northern ireland. temperatures between nine and 12 for most of us. it looks like the weather will slowly improved towards the end of the week and bank

holiday weekend and warm up a touch as well. goodbye. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 3pm — all change at the home office as sajid javid takes over following the resignation of amber rudd. 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 of fairness that they deserve. amber rudd quit after admitting she inadvertently misled parliament on targets for deportations. sainsbury's promises lower prices if its proposed merger with asda gets the go—ahead. the latin american migrants president trump says are a threat to the united states, protesting at the us border. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. john, jurgen klopp going it alone into a big week for liverpool. he

will, just two days before liverpool's champions league semifinal second leg against roma, news of a notable absentee from the dugout. thank you very much. we will get a full update just after half past three. sarah keith—lucas has all the weather. we have some heavy rain and some strong winds across the south—east of the uk, causing some disruption around today that a brighter spells further north west, so certainly a day of contrast. but i will bring you more in about half an hour. also coming up — fears of the collapse of a huge antarctic glacier. scientists say it could cause a substantial rise in global sea levels. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. sajid javid is the new home secretary, following amber rudd's resignation. his first task will be answering an urgent question in the commons this afternoon on the issue that helped lead to his

predecessors demise — the windrush migrant scandal. mrjavid, who was communities secretary, is the son a pakistani bus driver and said — only yesterday — that the windrush scandal was personal for him because he and his family could have faced threats of deportation. amber rudd resigned last night saying she had "inadvertently misled" mps over targets for removing illegal immigrants. ourfirst report is from our political correspondent, chris mason. meet the new home secretary. will you be able to get a grip on the home office? this is sajid javid, with a smile and a newjob. one of the biggest in government. a few minutes later, around the corner, the home office, a bedraggled collection of rather damp reporters awaited his arrival. a few minutes after that, well, he drives straight past them. but, once inside his new office, his first public reflections on his newjob. 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. i think that is what people want to see and it will be my most urgent task. amber rudd had weathered a fortnight of increasingly awkward questions about the windrush saga, but it was this moment last wednesday about deporting illegal immigrants that really put the skids under her. targets for removals, when were they set? we don't have targets for removals. the thing is, there were, and that wasn't the end of it. more paperwork from inside the home office was to emerge, too. this morning, her predecessor, and boss, pointedly defended having targets. when i was home secretary, yes, there were targets, in terms of removing people from the country who are here illegally. this is important. if you talk to members of the public, they want to ensure that we are dealing with people

who are here illegally. like amber rudd, sajid javid supported remain in the eu referendum, albeit with considerably less gusto, so his appointment goes some way to maintain a very delicate balance of brexit sensibilities amongst government top figures. he's also the very first home secretary from an ethnic minority background, and has been particularly outspoken on the windrush saga, saying in a newspaper interviewjust yesterday that it could have been my mum, it could have been my dad, it could have been me. i'll have confidence, if he makes it very, very clear that he will deal with the issues that amber rudd failed to deal with, that he will deal with the issue of the hostile environment created by her and her predecessor as home secretary, and now the prime minister, and that he will guarantee, absolutely, security and safety for the windrush generation, who have contributed so much to our country. the promotion of sajid javid left a vacancy for a housing and local

governance secretary, filled by this man, james brokenshire. and the international development secretary penny mortons, taking on amber rudd's former responsibilities as minister for women and equality. but the focus today is on this man, and the department behind him. yes, a promotion, butajob that for so, so many, has proved to be a poisoned chalice. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. on arriving at the home office this morning, sajid javid affirmed that his most urgent task was to help the windrush generation. but he also faces other challenges, such as planning a post—brexit immigration system, and a spike in violent crime. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. he may not have been responsible for it, but the new home secretary's priority will be to deal with the fallout of

the windrush crisis. a hotline has been set up to fast—track cases and the government has promised to waive fees for citizenship and language tests. nick broderick came to britain from jamaica as a baby in 1962. he's spent the last four years fighting for his right to stay in the uk, and believes amber rudd's resignation is an opportunity to get things right. if she had stayed, it would have been hell for her. many people would not be satisfied, from what she was overseeing. so probably, in the long run, it is probably a good thing that she went. a new face, a new way of doing things, let's start again and do it properly this time. let's have some organisation in the department. but immigration policy is a delicate balancing act. the government's overall aim remains the same, to bring net migration down to the tens of thousands. it is currently more than double that figure. britain's departure from the eu will give the government greater control over the number of european migrants coming to the uk. the home office is drawing up new immigration rules.

the proposals will be published later this year. the home office are hopelessly understaffed. no wonder they produce these rather hasty decisions. they don't have time to look into the background. for years and years, this government and previous governments, they have not realised the scale of the task, and they have not financed it. immigration is the area the new home secretary will have to focus on. but this department has a habit of throwing up other problems that haven't been planned for. then there are unexpected events, like security scares, terror attacks and crime waves that can knock home office policy off course. sajid javid takes over at a time when serious violent crimes recorded by the police is on the increase. knife crime has risen by more than a fifth in a year. cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level since 2009, and there are signs that burglaries and car crime are up, too. it is putting more strain on police forces, with officer numbers depleted. the new home secretary will have

to address that issue when he delivers his first big speech to the police federation in three weeks' time. danny shaw, bbc news. let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young, just a few hours after taking office we are expecting sajid javid in the house of commons answering an urgent question. james brokenshire who has taken overfrom question. james brokenshire who has taken over from sajid javid question. james brokenshire who has taken overfrom sajid javid on housing. let's discuss the repercussions of all of this, amber rudd's resignation, i am joined by former cabinet minister and former home office minister, damian green. do you think amber rudd was right to resign? it is not about the policy itself, is it? amber did do the

right thing, when she discovered she had inadvertently misled a select committee, then that was the right thing to do. i'm sure people will respect her for that, as well as for her very considerable record as home secretary. i very much hope that she will have more to give in government, i am absolutely certain she has a lot more to give to public life in this country. alli some people could still become fused as to whether there are targets are not. there are senior officials in the home office who were saying on the home office who were saying on the same day as amber rudd that actually there weren't any targets. ina weird actually there weren't any targets. in a weird way, it depends what you mean by target. a summary had asked mean by target. a summary had asked me when i was immigration minister dear have a target about removals, i would have said absolutely we want to do more, we are not doing enough, but that doesn't mean we set a specific number, because to some extent that depends on how we for you discover to be here with no right to be here. the failure here has been the failure to dusting which between those who have got no right to be here, where absolutely

we should continue trying to remove them, and those who have every right to be here because they have been here 50 years, they were invited here 50 years, they were invited here by this country. obviously the windrush generation people should not be treated in this way. that is what has got to be sorted out by the home office, not dancing on the head ofa pin home office, not dancing on the head of a pin over what makes a target or not. sajid javid will be the man who has to deal with all of this. what do you think his priority will be now, and do you think he will be on a collision course with theresa may about the hostile environment approach to illegal immigration?” think his first priority will be to sort out the windrush problem, people who are left in the system uncertain, that is an absolute priority. beyond that, i think the key for sajid javid, as for any home secretary, will be to strike the right balance, where we get our fair share if not more than our fair share if not more than our fair share of the brightest and best people around the world attracted to this country, whether as students or

workers, but at the same time stopping people just overstaying after their visas have run out or getting here illegally in the first place. that is a permanently difficult balance to strike. but thatis difficult balance to strike. but that is the challenge that faces any new home secretary. are you worried about that, given that we have heard the nhs recently complaining doctors from india had not been allowed in because they have not been allowed to get visas. has it gone too far, we will end up with public service is not able to be properly managed? that is why you need to strike the balance, and to see in this case how many nurses we need from abroad. at the same time particularly in the private sector where firms will say we need these workers, it is possible that the fact that we have had access, unlimited access for what to this country is relatively cheap labour, from eastern europe is relatively cheap labour, from eastern europe for years, may have discouraged countries from investing in new capital equivalent and may

have contributed to the low productivity growth, one of the big problems facing the chancellor. so there is not a simple answer to this. you have got to, as i say, strike the right balance, looking at both the economic considerations and the social considerations, so you do have a sustainable level of immigration, both in terms of the economy and public services, but also in terms of the capacity of housing and schools and so on to cope with rising numbers. labour are turning theirfire on cope with rising numbers. labour are turning their fire on theresa may herself, saying that she was the architect of the windrush gamble, and it is her who is to blame for all of this. that is ridiculous, pate and the ridiculous, because the whole idea of in this raised the hostile environment of actually trying to discourage people who are here illegally from staying here illegally is not only perfectly sensible, it was actually a policy pursued the last few years of the previously the government, when successive home secretaries realised things had gone out of control and they were tried to pull it back under control. this was one of the

things they try to do. as i say, the problem is not that idea. the problem is not that idea. the problem is not that idea. the problem is it then applied to people who have got every right to be here. that is where the issue is with the windrush people, and absolutely that needs to be solved. damian green, thank you to imagine deed. we will hear from the new home secretary in just over an hour or so. thank you, vicki young at westminster. we are expecting sajid javid to take an urgent question come on now he has been appointed as the home secretary. that will be sometime after 4pm, we are told, in the house of commons. we will keep an eye on it and take you there when he appears. other news now. sainsbury's has agreed terms to merge with asda. combined, the two supermarkets would represent almost a third of the uk grocery market. sainsbury's says it would mean lowering prices on key items by around 10% — and has promised the deal would not lead to store closures or job losses.

emma simpson reports. it is a deal that will reshape retail. for these two chains, bigger is better. this is a very competitive market, and customers have more choice than ever, and this is a response to that, and we are creating a dynamic new player. that will mean we can bring the businesses together and offer huge benefits to our customers, through, for instance, lowering prices. so we would aim to reduce everyday items by 10% by improving quality, improving rangers. the two brands will remain, but they are different. asda, cheaper and cheerful with big stores mainly in the north. sainsbury's is more upmarket, and mainly in the south. combine the two, and you get 2,800 stores. there will be 330,000 employees, and sales of £51 billion a year. sainsbury's and asda have been under significant pressure, big structural changes in the market, rapid growth of the discounters,

people shifting their purchases to online as well, also causing problems for profitability. byjoining forces, what they are hoping to do is become a lot more powerful when it comes to buying. in keighley, west yorkshire, asda and sainsbury's are side by side. they insist there will be no store closures with this deal. shoppers seem unsure how it might work. hopefully they will offer the same prices, if not then we will probably look elsewhere, if it goes up in price. i think it is a bit strange actually, because they are at completely different ends of the market and ijust wonder which way they will go. but this tie—up is about more than just groceries. like asda, sainsbury's has a big non—food business. it recently bought argos, a chain that is strong online. argos stores, now in sainsbury's supermarkets like this one, would be rolled out across asda stores as well, creating a powerfulforce in clothing, toys and household items. but this proposal is likely to face heavy scrutiny

by the competition authorities. if they are seen to combine together to have too much market power in a certain area, they may require a bit of restructuring in order for the deal to go through. joining sainsbury's and asda is a bold gamble, to secure long—term survival in a fast changing world of retail. but there is a way to go before this tie—up gets the go—ahead. emma simpson, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd. sainsbury's promises lower prices if it's proposed merger with asda gets the go—ahead. during a visit to both sides of the irish border, the eu's chief brexit negotiator denies claims he's been aggressive towards northern ireland's unionists. in a moment we'll be live

in hull, one of the cities we're focussing on ahead of thursday's local elections. in sport, just two days before the second leg of their champions league semifinal, liverpool have announced jurgen klopp's assistant ilkka burak will be stepping away from his duties until the end of the season. sarkar china's ding junhui hooks his place in the quarterfinals following the resumption of his second—round match with anthony mcgill at the crucible in sheffield, to progress 13—4—macro at the world snooker championship. -- 13 at the world snooker championship. —— 13 frames to four. migrants trying to enter the european union from turkey are switching to a new route. since march this year, more than 4,000 have crossed into the eu at turkey's northern border with greece. that means it's now busier than the sea route to the greek islands, which was curtailed two years

ago following a deal between the eu and turkey. our correspondent james reynolds reports from the greek side of the border. 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're 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, a couple from iraq tried to cross with their four—year—old son, achmed. he was swept away. we need to find his body in order to know for sure 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, we haven't. you haven't?

that means that it might be very difficult for his family? it's very difficult, maybe deep in the river levels, we don't know. maybe we will find after two or three months? by contrast, another four—year—old iraqi boy called achmed crossed safely with his parents. when you crossed, when you finished the boat, and you stood on the land, how did you feel? oh, good. very, very good. yes. achmed's parents now head off to hospital for the birth of his sister. the family has already chosen a name, meaning new life. james reynolds, bbc news come on the greece turkey border. two bomb attacks in the afghan capital kabul have killed at least 25 people, including eightjournalists.

nearly 50 were injured. officials say the first attack was carried out by a suicide bomber on a motorbike. soon after, a second explosion took place besidejournalists who had gathered to report the first blast. in kandahar — 11 children died when a nato convoy was targeted close to their school. a bbc reporter has also died in a separate attack in khost province. ahmad shah was 29 and had been working for the bbc afghan service for more than a year. the director of the bbc world service said it was a devastating loss, and the corporation is doing all it can to support his family. one person is in a critical condition and seven more are being treated in hospital after a bus crash in glasgow. the single decker bus overturned at about seven o'clock last night, on a slip road near the clyde tunnel. bus operator first glasgow say the cause of accident is still unclear. the european union's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier is visiting ireland for talks on how to prevent a hard border after britain leaves the eu. it's one of the most difficult and sensitive issues in the brexit negotiations.

the leader democratic unionist party — arlene foster — says mr barnier does not understand the realities of the situation. here's our ireland correspondent, emma va rdy. the road to brexit has taken many twists and turns, but how to avoid a hard border is the one enduring obstacle. the eu has so far rejected the uk's proposals for the irish border. today, another show of unity from michel barnier and the irish prime minister. their message, that the british government has to come up with new ideas. we all believe that the best outcome, both for our wider trading concerns, and specifically for the border, would be a very close relationship between the uk and the eu after that leaves. but we recognise in order for that to be achieved, the united kingdom's approach to negotiations will need

to change in some way. refusing to budge over the border isn't about punishing the uk, said mr barnier, in response to criticism from northern ireland's unionist party, the dup. there is no spirit of revenge, no spirit of punishment. let me repeat that i profoundly regret the brexit, for many reasons, and i am never aggressive. the uk hopes to agree a close trading partnership with the eu, which it believes would mean there would be no need for customs checks on the irish border after brexit. but michel barnier‘s preferred backstop option of keeping northern ireland in the customs union while the rest of the uk leaves continues to infuriate unionists. i don't think he does understand the wider unionist culture of northern ireland. he is hearing a very strong message from the republic of ireland's government, he is hearing it from sinn fein. we have tried to get him to understand the unionist people

of northern ireland's position but he has not responded to that and i am disappointed about that. a solution to the border must be found byjune, according to the eu, so it can be presented at the next leaders' summit to stay on track for the withdrawal agreement to be completed in october. without that, the uk could be in danger of crashing out was no agreement and no transition period to smooth the way. on the face of it, the eu and uk remained deadlocked over the irish border, but sources inside the british government have told the bbc they remain convinced they will get their proposals through. michel barnier will be visiting business leaders over the next two days, both north and south, people's whose livelihoods may well depend on what is finally agreed. emma vardy, bbc news, dundalk. if

you lined that have come out from michel barnier‘s visit, he has been urging a rapid agreement byjune on the nature of the irish border in the nature of the irish border in the future. he says he has no intention of questioning the uk's constitutional order, but is seeking practical solutions to a conflict problem. he goes onto say that the uk's decision to leave the single market and the customs union create a risk the hard border will return. this is why it is necessary have a self standing, backstop solution. as we know, the dup are concerned that michel barnier doesn't really understand the complexities of the relationship between northern ireland and the republic. asked if mr barnier‘s visit to ireland was helpful, the prime minister's spokesman has said it is a matter for michel barnier where he chooses to spend his money mornings. more on that visit throughout the day. ahead of thursday's local council elections, the bbc news channel will be looking at a number of key issues in six cities.

almost four and a half thousand seats on 150 councils are up to grabs — including in hull. let's cross to bbc yorkshire and lincolnshire's political editor, tim iredale, who is in hull. well, it is all to play for here on thursday, because for the first time ina long, thursday, because for the first time in a long, long time, every single counsellor will face re—election in hull. it is an all—out contest, because of boundary changes, and it means that 57 seats in total will be up means that 57 seats in total will be upforgrabs means that 57 seats in total will be up for grabs here. now i think it is fairto up for grabs here. now i think it is fair to say up for grabs here. now i think it is fairto say in up for grabs here. now i think it is fair to say in recent times, politics has not been the main topic of conversation in this city. it has all been about culture. hull still basking in the afterglow of its big year of being 2017 uk city of culture. in fact, year of being 2017 uk city of culture. infact, it year of being 2017 uk city of culture. in fact, it is a city title still held until the baton passes to

coventry in 2021. no doubt, hull has had a lot of investment since then. the debate for local politicians is just how many people have benefited from that investment? bearing in my, there are still a number of big issues here, involving empty shops, rough sleeping, anti—social behaviour, and bearing in mind hull isa behaviour, and bearing in mind hull is a low income city. wages here are not high, and the council, like many other authorities, are facing a big challenge over how to pay the social care. so you would imagine that all thoseissues care. so you would imagine that all those issues at stake, people would be falling over themselves to go to their local polling station? not so. in recent years, turnout in hull has been very low, so i have been asking some voters in the city whether they will other turning up to vote on thursday? it is important for young people. it is our future at the end of the day. i am a university student, so it matters, really.

of the day. i am a university student, so it matters, reallym you ask any of them anything, like our local one, nobody ever does anything. they get in on promises, but they don't do what they promise, at the end of the day. they all say things, and they don't come through with it, do they, really? said he was still vote? i am going to vote anyway. but you're not sure it will do any good? every little helps! yes, as for the political make—up of hull, labour will be defending a sizeable majority here on thursday. labour has been the dominant party in hull for quite some time. as recently as 2011, the liberal democrats held the city. they are confident of certainly making a comeback and winning seats at labour's expense. the big question is what impact brexit will have on the local elections here. go back to the local elections here. go back to the 2016 referendum, two thirds of voters in hull voted to leave the

european union, surprising, many people would say, for a port city with links to europe. so brexit jobs, a lot of issues at stake in this great city. it is fair to say that politics is rarely dull in hull. nice catchphrase, tim! 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 licence fee for any groups planning to watch the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle in windsor on the 19th of may. the dispensation means live coverage will be allowed at special events and parties in town halls and community centres — without organisers having to buy a tv licence. time for a look at the weather forecast now with sarah. a day of contrast out there, while many of us see the sunshine and some dry weather too, low pressure bringing wet and windy weather to

the south—east of england and east anglia. here we could see some disruption duties accommodation of heavy rain, strong winds and high tides around the coasts as well. the worst of the wind and rain across east anglia and the south—east will ease away towards the east through this evening and tonight. elsewhere, largely dry weather continues, clear skies for many of us, so it will be quite a chilly night ahead, particularly for rural parts of scotla nd particularly for rural parts of scotland where we could see temperatures as low as minus six degrees. across the south, a touch of frost likely first thing tuesday morning. a much improved data parts of east anglia the south—east, any of east anglia the south—east, any of that lingering rain clears away through the morning, then say spells are many, but cloud and rain moving in from the west later on, so some rainton in from the west later on, so some ra i nton western in from the west later on, so some rainton western scotland, northern ireland and western parts of inman and wales. further east, not as cold as recent days, highs of 14 or 15 degrees. 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 crisis. 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 of fairness that they deserve. mrjavid's appointment follows amber rudd's resignation after she acknowledged she had ‘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 or job losses. scores of latin american migrants travelling to seek asylum in the united states have been

protesting after being stopped at the us border. president trump has said they are a threat to us safety. sport now withjohn watson. in a big week for liverpool, jurgen klopp's going to be without his assistant? yes, just two days before the second leg of their champions league semi—final with roma, jurgen klopp will be without his right hand man zeljko buvac who's stepping away from first team duties until the end of the season. now, klopp and buvac have worked together for 17 years, having enjoyed success together at borussia dortmund and more lately at liverpool with their march to the semi finals. it had been reported that the pair had fallen out, but the club have confirmed that he's still an employee and is taking time away for personal reasons. but a notable loss and a man who carries a certain amount of influence in that liverpool team ahead of that semi final second leg. and a former liverpool player could be in line for the top job at rangers? yes, something of a

surprise, perhaps. steven gerrard, the club's former captain is being lined up to take over as the manager of rangers. he's currently in charge of the liverpool under—18s, with talks on—going. alan shearer said taking the job would be a "no brainer" but other former players and pundits have warned gerrard he'd be setting himself up against a celtic side dominating scottish football. tottenham will continue their push for champions league football when they play watford later. just two points separate chelsea in fifth from spurs who occupy the final spot, and according to manager pochettino, having lost two of their last three games, including their fa cup semi final to manchester united,

they must maintain their focus with four league games to play. we are very focused, to stay in the top four, that is massive for us. i'm very happy in the last you days with the way we are training. i know of our qualities and how the team moves on and changes. they came with the right energy and attitude. rugby league's zak hardaker will be free to return to the sport in november, after receiveing a backdated 14 month ban for failing a drugs test. the former castleford full back tested positive for cocaine in september last year. the bbc‘s rugby league reporter dave woods told me he could have been out for longer the initial expectation was that it might be a two year ban so he'll be relieved it is only 14 months. it was a shock to the rugby league world when he was banned, suspended initially, for failing a test for cocaine in september last year. at the time he was very apologetic and put out a statement

saying it was an enormous error ofjudgment. castleford sacked him in february of this year and said they would not be having him back. he will effectively be cleared to play again for the start of next season. his legal team has put out a statement saying the drug use was never to do with performance enhancement. and that the tribunal commended him for being utterly frank. he is only 27 years of age, a former man of steel and very bright talent. he will probably sign for wigan for the 2019 season and beyond. he missed out on england's world cup and will be hoping to re—establish themselves as an england international as well. to the snooker world championship now and judd trump has booked his place in the next round after a 13—9 victory over ricky waldon.

the world number four mounted a remarkable comeback winning five frames in a row to avoid an upset against a player ranked 27th in the world. trump will now take on four time champion john higgins in the quarterfinals. ding junhiui is into the quarter finals after beating anthoiny mcgill13—4. ding led by 12 frames to 4 overnight which meant he needed just one frame to progress to the last eight when play got underway at lunchtime. he wasted no time in seeing off anthony mcgill in the opening frame of the session, a man who is now favourite to win the title with defending champion mark selby and ronnie o'sullivan out of the tournament. that's all the sport for now. less than twenty four hours after amber rudd resigned, sajid javid replaces her at the despatch box in the next hour to take an urgent question on the windrush controversy. let's go back to our chief political correspondent vicki young who's following developments at westminster. yes, he will be straight into it, a

few hours after being appointed he was telephoned by the prime minister, given thejob, and then he will have to be on his feet responding to an urgent question from labour about the issue, the ongoing issue about the windrush generation and how it happened that they got caught up wrongly, sometimes being threatened with deportation. what is his immediate task? to make sure he is properly briefed and can answer the questions, if amber rudd's experience was anything to go by, but more seriously he needs to find a way out of the windrush problem and he needs to stop worrying about the impact on eu citizens, 3 million of whom will have to change their status, and he also needs to look at theissue status, and he also needs to look at the issue of knife crime which has rocketed in recent months and the lack of funding for the police. a

very wide agenda. amber rudd is not the first home secretary to run into problems and several have come a cropper in that apartment. is there a fundamental problem with the home office and are you concerned? you talk about the eu citizens who will have to get their paperwork in order, can be home office cope? anyone in the home office is in a very highly charged environment, and what we have learned from windrush, for a small number of people who did not have adequate documentation, this is a concern for eu citizens, because the 3 million eu citizens, some of whom will have arrived 20—30 years ago when they achieved indefinite leave to retain their status and for which there are no longer papers available, they will have to approve they are eu citizens who arrived in many years ago and

thatis who arrived in many years ago and that is going to present a goddess. the home office have not been able to handle that with relation to windrush —— that is going to present difficulties. the problem for amber rudd was the thing about targets, especially for illegal immigrant is, what is the position of the liberal democrats? boris johnson what is the position of the liberal democrats? borisjohnson has suggested an amnesty. do you think there should be no targets? we have always wanted a fair system which recognised those who are entitled to be here from the outset, as is the case with windrush citizens can about the government has a role to play in terms of dealing with illegal ignorance —— but the government has a role to play in terms of dealing with illegal immigrants. but the government had a hostile approach to immigration which meant that in terms of the

documentation that was provided by some people, they were going to be vulnerable to some of the measures we have seen and that was illustrated by when theresa may rolled out those bands saying go home —— those bands. which i'm pleased to say it was the liberal democrats ministers in government who stop that from happening. but some of these are illegal immigrants and that is what has been targeted, and that is what has been targeted, and so there is an element of fairness about it? clearly we have to have an immigration policy and a policy that deals with people who are not here the jet at but we have seen are not here the jet at but we have seen and the public have acknowledged that if you adopt an aggressive stance which takes abbey starting point that someone is not entitled to stay here —— who are not here legitimately. if you have that, you can end up with the situation with windrush the man we don't want that. —— and we don't want that. we

are a country that wants to acknowledge the windrush generation and also the more recent arrivals from the eu. there is a vote in the house of lords later, about trying to stop the idea that there is going to stop the idea that there is going to be take the deal or there is no deal, what is the thinking? the thinking behind it, parliament is entitled and parliamentarians in the lords and commons are entitled to a meaningful vote, that the prime minister, present us with two options, one of which is perhaps a bad deal she has secured and the other is no deal at all which we believe would be even worse for the country. what we want is the prime minister giving other options, so a meaningful vote could require the government to go back and negotiate some more with the eu but from our perspective what we would also want is one of those options being to stay in the eu. tom brake, thanks

for joining stay in the eu. tom brake, thanks forjoining us. an important vote in the house of lords but before that the house of lords but before that the new home secretary will be on his feet in about half an hour in the house of commons. thanks for joining us. earlier i spoke to the author richard kelly, who interviewed civil servants and politicians as research for his book "the knives" — a novel about an embattled home secretary in a conservative government. he told us what he learned. people think that the job of the home secretary is a poisoned chalice, theresa may lasted five yea rs chalice, theresa may lasted five years in thejob, and every morning asi years in thejob, and every morning as i was was searching i was thinking what is she thinking today? —— as thinking what is she thinking today? ——as| thinking what is she thinking today? —— as i was researching. thinking what is she thinking today? -- as i was researching. you have got to have a lot of knowledge when you are writing a political novel otherwise people will say you are not authentic. i read one novel which was about the new labour era and the dawn of it. —— i wrote. and

i was buried concerned, what got me going is that we live in a era of anti—politics with strong public cynicism, but they are all human beings, and my job cynicism, but they are all human beings, and myjob as an author is empathy, what is it like to wake up every morning with that kind of in trade. and the huge responsibilities and the problems that come out of nowhere. yes, all the things you are dealing with as home secretary, borders and police and anti—terrorist they are hot button topics and every member of the public has an opinion about how it should be carried out. they'll think they know how it should be sorted out. some of the people you are dealing with, though what you do is exceed, people in the country illegally —— don't want you to succeed. they don't want the home secretary to do very well, and the third thing is the problems that come out with —— of the blue,

missiles coming out of the clear blue. how keen were civil servants and politicians and former home secretary is to talk to you? everyone likes to tell their story if it is unattributed, so everything was done in that way. that is even better with fiction. in nonfiction, subjects might fear something will be printed in a form they recognised but i was a thing. is i could empathise with, things that could be traced back. reports from the front line —— but i was looking for things i could empathise with. you have some great quotes from some household names in the world of politics. allan johnston, former home secretary, he said is a cracking read —— alanjohnson. and there is a quote from amber rudd, as

well. the knives are always out for you in thisjob well. the knives are always out for you in this job and the one thing you in this job and the one thing you can be sure is that in the end your portrait will go on the wall, saying, it is over. it is one of the great offices of state, you one how willing the volunteers are? great offices of state, you one how willing the volunteers are ?m great offices of state, you one how willing the volunteers are? it has attracted durable and impressive people, gladstone and churchill, for example. it is a challenge that they we re example. it is a challenge that they were the politician would like to set themselves, but they can't begin... as much as they think they might know, they can't begin to estimate what the real grind is going to be. richard kelly, the author of the knives. in a moment the business news with jamie robertson. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd. during a visit to both sides of the irish border, the eu's chief brexit negotiator denies claims he's been aggressive towards northern

ireland's unionists. at least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured, in two explosions in the afghan capital, kabul. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. could we soon see a new number1 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". another big merger — in the us. the telecoms giant t—mobile has agreed to buy its rival sprint in a £18.9bn 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. butjust like sainsbury's and asda here, the competition authorities will be looking closely at it. tsb‘s troubles seem to be never—ending. frustrated customers are still being locked

out of their accounts — as the bank's it fiasco enters a second week. the bank has said it is "working around the clock" to fix the problems. the debacle began when tsb shut down services for two days from the evening of friday, 20 april to move customer data to a new it system. a merger between sainsbury's and asda — wil it really happen? they will have to look at this, they will be looking at small areas where it is sainsbury's and asda just up against each other, but when you look at this as i hold, you are not just looking at the big five companies like tesco, lidl and the others, but also you have got to

look at the newcomers into the market, like amazon. but looking at what is action going to happen with the supermarkets themselves come up the supermarkets themselves come up the competition and markets authority might well tell them to ta ke authority might well tell them to take out some of these competing supermarkets. but that could lead to job losses. there are two opinions, many people say they will have two get rid of people because they will be overlap, but the other side says that there won't be overlap some aware be getting rid of anybody. we have a recording from different people here, an independent analyst, and then the boss of sainsbury's. both of them have gone into this deal with a very strong realisation that there will be a significant numberof that there will be a significant number of store disposals if they are to get the green light from the cma, but i don't think that is

necessarily a bad thing. we have an oversupply of retail space and shove it habits —— shopping habits are changing radically, sol it habits —— shopping habits are changing radically, so i think the deal is in some ways an admission of the oversupply of space we have on the oversupply of space we have on the high street. i stand by the statement, we were close any stores asa statement, we were 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 they exercise that choice. we believe by bringing these businesses together we can lower prices and offer better ranges for our customers as well as making sure that we do a great job creating opportunities for our colleagues in both businesses, so we think this is a great deal all round. will this be good for the suppliers? joining us now is craig beaumont, head of external affairs, at the federation of small businesses. often it is thought the bigger the

supermarket are, the more the suppliers are squeezed. that is right. when you combine sainsbury's and asda you create two massive conglomerates at the top of the sector that a home or them 50% of it —— that own more than. we see this with late payments, and the bigger the customer, the bigger buying power they have and that can be used to put pressure on a small supply and that is where you see the worst practices emerge. can you do anything about it? we start off with pushing asda and sainsbury's to, with a positive statement about how they will look after their small suppliers —— to come outwith. we need to make sure that in the media and elsewhere, that people, society, don't want small businesses squeezed just because these larger businesses merge. the cma, will they look at

your side of the business? they look at the customer side are providing choice for the customers, but do they look at the suppliers perspective? they do, we have spoken to them already, and they have said this is on their radar to the gap for potential investigation. we want the investigation to be as big as possible, looking at the merger but also the market, as well, and your reporter was right to point out they are changes in competition, and disruption is not a bad thing, but the reaction is to make it a better business and not about squeezing small people who have less choice to be able to cope without them. craig, thanks forjoining us. problems for the suppliers for super markets. we will see you in an hour. scores of latin american migrants travelling to seek asylum in the united states have been stopped at the border. the group set off from southern

mexico just over a month ago — president trump has said they are a threat to us safety. if they make it across the border, they're likely to face many months in detention while their cases are considered by the courts. james cook in on the mexican side of the border and sent us this report. they came to the border on the beach to drown out the words of donald trump. supporters of the migrant caravan insisting on compassion, not hostility, at the sea—washed gates of the world's most powerful nation. well, these people have gathered both on the american side of the border and here, on the mexican side. and they've come to stand, they say, in solidarity with the migrants who have been making their way up through mexico for the past month, and who, very soon, face the decision as to whether to claim asylum in the united states. theirjourney through mexico has been arduous, and such a long journey,

more than a month on the rails and on the roads. they say they're escaping persecution in central america. this mother says she fled guatemala with her two—year—old son because she feared the boy's father was going to kill him. translation: it was hard. we suffered on the way. we came across good people, and bad people. thank god we're here. many people supported us, have helped us. but it hurts to leave my country. translation: we had to bury some of our relatives before we left. my father was one of them. he was tortured. many people think we left because we are criminals. we're not criminals.

we're people living in fear in our countries. all we want is a place where our children can run free. are you watching that mess that's going on right now with the caravan coming up? president trump says the caravan is linked to crime and drugs, and must be stopped. and if we don't get border security, we'll have no choice. we'll close down the country. because we need border security. defiant, desperate, they pushed on anyway. but at the border they were told there was no room to process their claims. and so, this day on the road ended like so many others, with nothing more than american dreams. james cook, bbc news, on the us—mexico border. 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. professor duncan wingham, the chief executive of the uk natural environment research council, explained. it's the largest glacier in the west antarctic ice sheet. it's 70 kilometres across and hundreds of kilometres long and it discharges approximately a quarter of all of the ice coming out of the western antarctic ice sheet into the southern ocean. we've known for about 20 years that the ice is becoming thinner. we had data from satellites for quite a long time. 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 to look underneath it to find out what's happening so we can better predict what will happen in future. 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 our activities there, and on the us side as well. we are trying to discover what is causing the retreat. is it solely due to the influence of warm water from the ocean melting or are things happening underneath it caused by melting underneath the glacier 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 a busy afternoon in the houses of

parliament, this is what is happening in the house of lords, the government's mein brexit legislation has returned to the upper house. —— maine. —— main. they are discussing whether the uk can exit eu without the deal. and we also waiting to hear from the new home secretary sajid javid who was appointed a few hours ago following the resignation of amber rudd over the windrush crisis. he will be answering an urgent question very shortly. we are told it will be after four o'clock. we will have a look when he steps time for a look at the weather. a day of contrast out there, while many of us see the sunshine and some

dry weather too, low pressure bringing wet and windy weather to the south—east of england and east anglia. here we could see some disruption due to the mix of heavy rain, strong winds and high tides around the coasts as well. the worst of the wind and rain across east anglia and the south—east will ease away towards the east through this evening and tonight. elsewhere, largely dry weather continues, clear skies for many of us, so it will be quite a chilly night ahead, particularly for rural parts of scotland where we could see temperatures as low as minus six degrees. across the south, a touch of frost likely first thing tuesday morning. a much improved day for parts of east anglia the south—east, any of that lingering rain clears away through the morning, then sunny spells for many, but cloud and rain moving in from the west later on, so some rain in western scotland, northern ireland and western parts of england and wales.

further east, not as cold as recent days, highs of 14 or 15 hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 4pm — all change at the home office as sajid javid takes over following the resignation of amber rudd. 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 that they deserve. amber rudd quit after admitting she inadvertently misled parliament sainsbury's promises lower prices if it's proposed merger with asda gets the go—ahead. the latin american migrants president trump says are a threat to the united states, protesting at the us border. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. what have you got for us, john

watson? two days away from that champions league semifinal second leg, liverpool and jurgen klopp in particular will be without his assistant who are stepping away from duties for the rest of the season. sarah keith—lucas, pretty grim conditions with the weather. that's right, martine, some heavy winds and heavy rain. for some of us sunny and dry weather. i will bring you more in about half an hour. thanks sarah. also coming up — fears of the collapse of an antarctic glacier the size of britain, which scientists say could cause a substantial rise in global sea levels. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm martine croxall.

sajid javid is the new home secretary, following amber rudd's resignation. his first task will be answering an urgent question in the commons this afternoon on the issue that helped lead to his predecessors demise — the windrush migrant scandal. mrjavid, who was communities secretary, is the son a pakistani bus driver and said — only yesterday — that the windrush scandal was personal for him because he and his family could have faced threats of deportation. amber rudd resigned last night saying she had "inadvertently misled" mps over targets for removing illegal immigrants. ourfirst report is from our political correspondent, chris mason. meet the new home secretary. will you be able to get a grip on the home office? this is sajid javid, with a smile and a newjob. one of the biggest in government. a few minutes later, around the corner, the home office, a bedraggled collection of rather damp reporters awaited his arrival. a few minutes after that, well, he drives straight past them. but, once inside his new office, his first public reflections on his newjob.

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. i think that is what people want to see and it will be my most urgent task. amber rudd had weathered a fortnight of increasingly awkward questions about the windrush saga, but it was this moment last wednesday about deporting illegal immigrants that really put the skids under her. targets for removals, when were they set? we don't have targets for removals. the thing is, there were, and that wasn't the end of it. more paperwork from inside the home office was to emerge, too. this morning, her predecessor, and boss, pointedly defended having targets. when i was home secretary, yes, there were targets, in terms of removing people from the country who are here illegally.

this is important. if you talk to members of the public, they want to ensure that we are dealing with people who are here illegally. like amber rudd, sajid javid supported remain in the eu referendum, albeit with considerably less gusto, so his appointment goes some way to maintain a very delicate balance of brexit sensibilities amongst government top figures. he's also the very first home secretary from an ethnic minority background, and has been particularly outspoken on the windrush saga, saying in a newspaper interviewjust yesterday that it could have been my mum, it could have been my dad, it could have been me. i'll have confidence, if he makes it very, very clear that he will deal with the issues that amber rudd failed to deal with, that he will deal with the issue of the hostile environment created by her and her predecessor as home secretary, and now the prime minister, and that he will guarantee, absolutely, security and safety for the windrush generation, who have contributed

so much to our country. the promotion of sajid javid left a vacancy for a housing and local governance secretary, filled by this man, james brokenshire. and the international development secretary penny mortons, taking on amber rudd's former responsibilities as minister for women and equalities. but the focus today is on this man, and the department behind him. yes, a promotion, butajob that for so, so many, has proved to be a poisoned chalice. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. on arriving at the home office this morning, sajid javid affirmed his most urgent task was to help the windrush generation, but he also faces other challenges, such as planning a post brexit immigration system and a spike in violent crime. danny shaw reports. he may not have been responsible

for it, but the new home secretary's priority will be to deal with the fallout of the windrush crisis. a hotline has been set up to fast—track cases and the government has promised to waive fees for citizenship and language tests. nick broderick came to britain from jamaica as a baby in 1962. he's spent the last four years fighting for his right to stay in the uk, and believes amber rudd's resignation is an opportunity to get things right. if she had stayed, it would have been hell for her. many people would not be satisfied, from what she was overseeing. so probably, in the long run, it is probably a good thing that she went. a new face, a new way of doing things, let's start again and do it properly this time. let's have some organisation in the department. but immigration policy is a delicate balancing act. the government's overall aim remains the same, to bring net migration down to the tens of thousands. it is currently more than double that figure. britain's departure from the eu

will give the government greater control over the number of european migrants coming to the uk. the home office is drawing up new immigration rules. the proposals will be published later this year. the home office are hopelessly understaffed. no wonder they produce these rather hasty decisions. they don't have time to look into the background. for years and years, this government and previous governments, they have not realised the scale of the task, and they haven't financed it. immigration is the area the new home secretary will have to focus on. but this department has a habit of throwing up other problems that haven't been planned for. then there are unexpected events, like security scares, terror attacks and crime waves that can knock home office policy off course. sajid javid takes over at a time when serious violent crimes recorded by the police is on the increase. knife crime has risen by more than a fifth in a year. cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level since 2009, and there are signs that

burglaries and car crime are up, too. it is putting more strain on police forces, with officer numbers depleted. the new home secretary will have to address that issue when he delivers his first big speech to the police federation in three weeks' time. danny shaw, bbc news. let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young. within a few hours of taking up the role, mrjavid faces an urgent question in the commons. yes, any minute now. he was telephoned by the prime minister about nine o'clock this morning and after thejob prime minister about nine o'clock this morning and after the job of home secretary. he was said to be very pleased by the appointment, and then almost immediately he will have to come and start answering questions about that windrush candle. so not much time at all to prepare and get his feet under the table. but he has said he wants to

sort it out. he clearly does see it asa sort it out. he clearly does see it as a priority. there are people who are hoping he will bring compassion to this whole area of immigration, his own parents came from pakistan in the 1960s, and at the weekend in an interview, he said when he looked at what was happening to some of these people, and said he looked and thought this could be my mum, it could be my dad, it could be me. really following on from amber rudd saying the home office needed to have more of a human touch really, and not just a have more of a human touch really, and notjust a thing about numbers all the paperwork, to think about the people, he has obviously suggested he will carry on in that vein. james brokenshire i taking up the post that's sergi javid has left of course. where does this change in personnel leave the mix of opinion on brexit? i think it is quite interesting how amber rudd was very much, remain side of the argument, we saw her standing in for theresa may during the election and during the referendum she took a very prominent role. they have a brexit

subcommittee, which is actually going to meet on wednesday to discuss the ongoing issue about a customs union, what kind of ll” 777.7777: &%mez§ see ‘ rudd :, of the outspoken. .. ., , of'comes outspoken. ., , of'comes to lutspeken .. ., , of ' comes to staying m. .. ., , of ' comes to staying close ., . of ' comes to staying close to = when it comes to staying close to the european union after brexit. now the european union after brexit. now the question is, her voice will be gone from the cabinet, what will she do with that voice on the backbenches? there are a group of mainly ex—ministers who sit on the back row in the house of commons, who have all suggested they might rebel against the government in crucial votes coming up. there will be intriguing to see whether amber rudd decides tojoin be intriguing to see whether amber rudd decides to join them or not. but there are lots of conservatives who are very unhappy about her departure from the home office. they feel she has been let down by the department. some said to me they felt that actually number ten had not done enough to protect her, and they really see it as a great loss from the government. others of

course, including the opposition, said she had to go, though they are now turning their sights on to theresa may, saying she was the architect of all the things that have led to what has gone wrong, particularly with the windrush scandal. and of course the local elections on thursday. people will be wondering what impact all of these machinations regarding the windrush issue will have on the outcome there. it is never easy to know whether people vote in local elections according to local issues, such as bin collections are potholes or their local library or their council tax, or whether they do look at the national picture, and really, for both parties, the two main parties, labour and the conservatives, it has not been the ideal run—up to those elections. jeremy corbyn has been mired in lots of anti—semitism allegations, and now theresa may losing another cabinet minister. neither have had the best of preparations for those local elections on thursday. thank you, vicki young, with the latest

from westminster. as dickie mentioned, we are expecting for the next few minutes for the new home secretary sajid javid to come into the house of commons to answer an urgent question about windrush. we will keep an eye on that and bring it here as soon as possible. he said it here as soon as possible. he said it isa it here as soon as possible. he said it is a very personal issue for him, and he has spoken out about it, as the son of a pakistani striver, he felt the threat of deportation could have happened to him or his family at any have happened to him or his family atany time have happened to him or his family at any time in the past. sainsbury's says it would mean lowering prices on key items bite & and has promised the deal would not lead to store closures orjob losses. emma simpson reports. it is a deal that will reshape retail. for these two chains, bigger is better. this is a very competitive market, and customers have more choice than ever, and this is a response to that, and we are creating

a dynamic new player. that will mean we can bring the businesses together and offer huge benefits to our customers, through, for instance, lowering prices. so we would aim to reduce everyday items by 10% by improving quality, improving rangers. quality, improving ranges. the two brands will remain, but they are different. asda, cheaper and cheerful with big stores mainly in the north. sainsbury's is more upmarket, and mainly in the south. combine the two, and you get 2,800 stores. there will be 330,000 employees, and sales of £51 billion a year. sainsbury's and asda have been under significant pressure, big structural changes in the market, rapid growth of the discounters, people shifting their purchases to online as well, also causing problems for profitability. byjoining forces, what they are hoping to do is become a lot more powerful when it comes to buying. in keighley, west yorkshire, asda and sainsbury's are side by side.

they insist there will be no store closures with this deal. shoppers seemed unsure how it might work. hopefully they will offer the same prices, if not then we will probably look elsewhere, if it goes up in price. i think it is a bit strange actually, because they are at completely different ends of the market and ijust wonder which way they will go. but this tie—up is about more than just groceries. like asda, sainsbury's has a big non—food business. it recently bought argos, a chain that is strong online. argos stores, now in sainsbury's supermarkets like this one, would be rolled out across asda stores as well, creating a powerfulforce in clothing, toys and household items. but this proposal is likely to face heavy scrutiny by the competition authorities. if they are seen to combine together to have too much market power in a certain area, they may require a bit of restructuring in order for the deal to go through. joining sainsbury's and asda

is a bold gamble, to secure long—term survival in a fast changing world of retail. but there is a way to go before this tie—up gets the go—ahead. emma simpson, bbc news. gary carter is the national officer for asda at the gmb union — he told me, staff at asda had many concerns aboutjob security and pay in connection with the proposed merger of the two companies. i think we will have a lot of questions from the supermarkets. our members have been busy coming back to us, feeding back to us through social media, e—mails, through lots of calls, asking for us to have urgent back talks with asda, to put

questions ofjob security, pay, you know, the duplication of roles. we have asda stores, distribution, head office, those are duplicated across the asda and sainsbury's operation, so lots of questions, we have been asking for urgent meetings with asda. this has come out of the blue for our members, and we have had conversations with asda last week, we didn't have knowledge of this, but this totally shocked, and our members, lots of feelings, lots of angen members, lots of feelings, lots of anger, lots of worries and anxiousness. so there are lots of questions we need to put to asda. so how valuable are the assurances by sainsbury's that stores and jobs will be protected ? sainsbury's that stores and jobs will be protected? those assurances have been made, and made nationwide, through the media. we will be

looking for guarantees and assurances from asda and sainsbury's that that will be the case. but as we know, and our members, consumers will know, where there is acquisition is, where there are mergers, they're oftenjob acquisition is, where there are mergers, they're often job losses, so, you know, we will have to see what happens. the competitions and markets agency will be involved. they will have their opinions. this isa they will have their opinions. this is a proposal, it could be a long, drawn—out process. we could have lots of people worried and anxious for a long period of time. gary carter from the gmb union. gary carterfrom the gmb union. some breaking news to bring you from switzerland, where we are told four skiers have died after being caught ina storm. skiers have died after being caught in a storm. police in the valet ca nton in a storm. police in the valet ca nto n have in a storm. police in the valet canton have said four skiers died on monday and five others are in a critical condition, after they were forced to spend the night out in the

open. 14 skiers in total were caught. four died, five in a critical condition. no further details about their nationalities. we will bring it to you when we get it. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd sainsbury's promises lower prices if it's proposed merger with asda gets the go—ahead. during a visit to both sides of the irish border, the eu's chief brexit negotiator denies claims he's been aggressive towards northern ireland's unionists. and in sport, just two days before the second leg of their champions league semifinal, liverpool have announcedjurgen league semifinal, liverpool have announced jurgen klopp's assistant will be stepping away from his duties until the end of the season. rugby league's zak hardaker will be free to return to the sport in november having received a backdated 14 month ban, with wigan expected to

secure his services after being sacked by castleford earlier this year. judd trump wins five friends and to beat ricky walden. he will playjohn higgins in the quarterfinals. i will be back at around half past with more on those stories. on a day of violence in afghanistan, the bbc has announced that one of our own reporters ahmad shah has we will come back to that. straight to the urgent question from the home secretary. like to make a statement on the government's handling of the windrush crisis. secretary sajid javid. mr speaker, i mrspeaker, iam mr speaker, iam honoured mr speaker, i am honoured to have been asked only this morning to become home secretary. i want to start by making a pledge, a pledge

to those from the windrush generation who have been in this country for decades, and yet have struggled to navigate through the immigration system. this never should have been the case, and i will do whatever it takes to put it right. learning about the difficulties windrush migrants have faced over the years has impacted me greatly. particularly because i myself and a second generation migrant. like the caribbean windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the commonwealth in the 19605. country from the commonwealth in the 1960s. they too came to how rebuild this country, and offer all that they had. so when i heard that people who are long—standing pillars from their community were being impacted for simply not having the right documents to prove their legal status in the uk, i thought that it could be my mum, my brother, my

uncle, or even me. that's why i am so personally committed and invested in resolving the difficulties faced by the people of the windrush generation. people who have built their lives here and contributed so much. i know that my predecessor, the right honourable memberfor hastings and right, felt chris tremlett about this too. mr speaker, allow me to take the opportunity to pay tribute to her hard work, her integrity, and all that she has done and will continue to do in public service, and i wish her all the very best. i will build on the decisive action that she has already taken. a dedicated task force was set up to handle these cases. over 500 appointments have been scheduled, and over 100 people have already had their cases processed, and now have their cases processed, and now have the necessary documents. and we will continue to resolve these cases as a

matter of urgency. we have made clear that a commonwealth citizen who has remained in the uk since 1973 will be eligible to get the legal status that they deserve, british citizenship. this will be free of charge, and i will bring forward the necessary secondary legislation. we have also been clear that a new compensation scheme will be put in place for those whose lives have been disrupted. we intend to consult on the scope of the scheme, and we will appoint an independent person to oversee it. i hope i can count on the support of all honourable members to make this happen as soon as possible. so i wa nt to happen as soon as possible. so i want to end by making one thing crystal clear: we will do right by the windrush generation. diane abbott. i would like to begin by congratulating the home secretary on his new position, occupying one of

the great offices of state. i would also like to thank the home secretary for coming to the house to a nswer secretary for coming to the house to answer this urgent question on what must have been quite a busy morning. is he aware how ashamed many british people are about the windrush scandal written mark how frightened and angry the windrush generation and angry the windrush generation and their families are, and angry the windrush generation and theirfamilies are, and how the scandal has resonated around the commonwealth? he talks about the windrush generation getting the legal status they deserve. actually, they were always british, they were a lwa ys they were always british, they were always british citizens. is he aware that this is notjust a matterfor the windrush generation and commonwealth citizens from the caribbean? the same plight that befell the windrush generation could also have commonwealth citizens who came here from south asia and west

africa. so what steps does he intend to ta ke africa. so what steps does he intend to take in order to protect later cohorts of commonwealth citizens from the indignity that the windrush generation has had to suffer? he will be aware it was the prime minister as home secretary who introduce the 20 14th minister as home secretary who introduce the 2014th immigration act, which removed from commonwealth citizens the protection from deportation may have. the new home secretary has been part of the task force, was he aware of the problems caused to commonwealth citizens? was he aware of the warnings from an internal impact assessment? was he aware of of his own government that the cost and risk engaged in the hostile environment actually outweighed the benefits? so at the very least, will the new home secretary committed to reinstating the protection for commonwealth citizens that was removed by the current prime minister in 2014? can

he say what progress has been made in identifying windrush people who have been reported, detained or improperly refused rhian chick? we will want to know more very soon on the question of compensation and its levels. and let me finally say this to the home secretary. the windrush generation was my parents is my generation. i believe, and most british people believe, that they have been treated appallingly. and he will bejudged have been treated appallingly. and he will be judged not on the state m e nts he will be judged not on the statements he makes this afternoon. he will bejudged on statements he makes this afternoon. he will be judged on what he does to put the situation right and get justice for the windrush generation. first, mr speaker, can i thank the right honourable lady for her kind remarks at the start. and she asked was i aware or remarks at the start. and she asked was i aware or members remarks at the start. and she asked was i aware or members of the house, they aware more generallyjust how angry semi—people from the windrush

generation are? of course we are aware processor was aware, the prime minister is aware, that is why they have rightly issued apologies for the treatment of some members of our generation, and i am angry too. i have shared with herjust a moment ago in my remarks at the startjust how angry i am, and for the reasons that i was angry. and, like her, i am alsoa that i was angry. and, like her, i am also a second—generation migrant, andi am also a second—generation migrant, and i know that she shares that anger and she shows respect that other people do, she does not have a monopoly on that. player—macro mr speaker, the right honourable lady also asked my aware that it could impact, the same issues covered, and i stress could, impact other immigrants, people like my own parents, and people from that

generation, perhaps people from south asia. i am aware that could be the case. and it is something i intend to look at very carefully, and right now, right here and now, though, most of the cases that have come up, all the cases, are to do with the windrush generation, from people that settled in the caribbean region, that is why that is rightly the focus. then the right honourable lady also asked about and talked about she claims that protections that were removed in 2014. i have to tell her, no such protections have been removed. people who arrived before 1973, they have the absolute right to be here, and that has not changed. the right honourable lady also asked me about whether i am aware of anyone that may have been wrongly deported. i am not currently aware of anyone wrongly deported,

but i will stress there is intensive work going on, going back many yea rs, work going on, going back many years, looking at many individuals, going on right now in the department. so i will keep the house updated on that very important issue. lastly, the honourable lady, she closed her remarks by a mining eve ryo ne she closed her remarks by a mining everyone rightly so that her parents we re everyone rightly so that her parents were members of the windrush generation. my parents were also pa rt generation. my parents were also part of that generation of migrants that came to that country in the —— this country in the 1960s and i hope she will work together with the government to help these people. thank you. mr iain duncan smith. mr speaker, notwithstanding my sadness at my right honourable friend's predecessor's departure, may i unreservedly welcomed my right honourable friend to his new position as home secretary? and may i also say that he is absolutely right to have divided the subject clearly. for those who are wrongly

and were wrongly taken up in the drive to get those who are illegally here out of the country, they should have their rights restored, and they should be dealt with appropriately and helped accordingly. what does he not also agree with me, in the middle of this, it is also right to pursue those who are illegally here for very good reasons? well, actually, many of them are abused by people who trafficked them over here. the cockle pickers in morecambe bay and many others are the result of illegal migration, which is not cleared up. will he therefore give his determination to both sort out the windrush generation and help them, but also to continue to make sure illegal migrants are taken away? mr speaker, cani migrants are taken away? mr speaker, can i first welcomed the warm remarks from my right honourable friend, and i do very much agree with him that our first priority is to help the members of the windrush

generation that have been affected, but also to remind people there is also a separate issue around illegal immigration, and everyone in the country expects us to deal with that. you're joanna country expects us to deal with that. you'rejoanna cherry. country expects us to deal with that. you're joanna cherry. mr speaker, i welcome the home secretary to his place and congratulate him on his appointment. it is only right to acknowledge she is the first person from a black and minority ethnic background to hold the office. i want to acknowledge his predecessor has done the right thing in resigning as home secretary, given the circumstances in which she found herself. it has been his predecessor's misfortune to have presided over a mess which was of the prime minister's making. whilst i have my differences with amber rudd i wish all the best for the future. a change of personnel at the future. a change of personnel at the home office will not address the underlying causes of the windrush

scandal. what has happened to the windrush generation is not an accident or a mistake, windrush generation is not an accident ora mistake, or windrush generation is not an accident or a mistake, or the work of overzealous home office officials, in fact it is the direct result of the unrealistic net migration target set by the prime minister when she was home secretary and the hostile environment created on her watch. it is the prime minister who has created the fundamental reasons for the windrush scandal and if the policies which she put in place are not changed by the new home secretary we will have more disgraceful instances of maltreatment of people with every right to be in the uk. eu nationals especially are concerned about what awaits them after brexit, for the final words of assurance nevertheless. —— fine. will the home secretary commit to a root and branch review of the immigration

policies which have led to this disaster and will he commit to an evidence —based immigration policy which in the words of the director—general of the cbi puts people before numbers and works to benefit the economy and society? will unadkat the concerns of eu nationals living in the uk and will a look at the case for devolution of powers over immigration to the scottish parliament in recognition of scotland's demographic needs? —— will he looked at. i hope i can be permitted gently to point out that today she nearly doubled her time allocation. she did not get paid by the minute! i remember one distinguished lawyer in the last parliament who had been paid by the word, i rather fancy. parliament who had been paid by the word, i ratherfancy. secretary parliament who had been paid by the word, i rather fancy. secretary of state. thanks for the kind remarks

made about my predecessor, and she asks a number of questions. she said it is not just asks a number of questions. she said it is notjust about asks a number of questions. she said it is not just about a asks a number of questions. she said it is notjust about a personal change, and of course it isn't, it is about action and having the right policies and that is what she will be seeing from my department. she also spoke about what kind of immigration policy chip would like to see and what i commit suicide —— she also spoke about what colin immigration policy she would like to see and i commit to a fair and humane policy, all those people who wa nt to humane policy, all those people who want to come and contribute to our great country, but also at the same time can stand the size of the on illegal immigration. —— clamps down on illegal immigration. he will receive a very strong support from this side of the house in his new job in which i'm sure he will find

stimulating and challenging in equal measure. can he give more detail about the progress of the special task force set up within the home office to deal with the windrush problems because clearly it will be the best way to remove the worry and anxiety that simony people are facing, the faster that task force can get on with its job and make sure that people are getting the rights they have always deserved. on the task force, the task force was set up on the 17th of april and it has already looked at a number of cases and received 6000 calls of which some 2500 roughly fall into the category of the windrush generation. by all being dealt with by an experienced case officer in a sympathetic way. over 5000 bombs

have been scheduled -- 5000 —— 5000 appointments have been scheduled and 100 cases have already been successfully dealt with. we all agree that the windrush families have been shamefully treated as has been said, but is he also concerned that given the number of home office decisions that were got wrong on these windrush cases, about the wider culture of disbelief and whether a net migration target is distorting decisions and whether the lack of checks and balances in the system to prevent injustices? will he also look again at reinstating independent appeals and legal aid to prevent injustice in future because this isn't just about a prevent injustice in future because this isn'tjust about a fair immigration system, is also about the kind of fair country we all want

to be. can i thank the right honourable lady for her remarks and i look forward to working with her and the work she does as the chair of the select committee and the scrutiny she will continue to provide. she has asked a number of questions and i will take that away if she will allow, and think about that bit more, but around targets, there were some internal migration targets and i have asked to see what they were before i take a further view on them. sir peter bottomley. cani view on them. sir peter bottomley. can i say that if he does as well in this as he does on leasehold in his previousjob this as he does on leasehold in his previous job everyone will be grateful. people of my generation who might have been the windrush generation, if they had been on the electoral roll for 30—40 years, it should be up to someone to prove

that they were not here by right and there should be no case of trying to prove where they were 30 years ago. they were here and they are british and they should be accepted as such. thank you feel remarks. he will no —— thank you for your remarks. i know home secretary is similar to housing secretary but it is home secretary! he is right to point that out, though, what the task force is doing is making the process of helping some evil finds the right documentation a lot more quickly —— helping some people find the right documentation. taking into account the evidence that has been put in front of them. can i add my welcome to the home secretary in his important role and can i ask if he will help clear up the question about who knew what and when about

windrush deportations, by publishing in the house of commons library the report prepared by the foreign secretary, the former foreign secretary, the former foreign secretary, in 2016, the following meetings he had with caribbean ministers because apparently they we re ministers because apparently they were copied to the prime minister and the home secretary at the time. i will consider the request. sir roger gale. you have made it clear that he shares the desire of his predecessors to resolve this issue as swiftly as possible. would he agree with the windrush constituent who spoke on radio kent this morning and indicated that while he was going to find it difficult to provide the necessary documentation, he also recognised that as a legal migrant he wished to control illegal immigration into this country?”

migrant he wished to control illegal immigration into this country? i did not hear that interview this morning that you refer to, but the way he has explained it, i would very much agree with that analysis. hilary benn. given the comments that the home secretary made over the weekend and repeated about how he felt regarding the treatment of the windrush generation, is he able to give an assurance to the 3 million eu citizens who have also been legally living here, in some cases for many years, that none of them will go through the same experience as they apply for settled status just because they are not able to provide all of the documentation that the home office requests of them? i can tell you that i don't wa nt them? i can tell you that i don't want any person that is legally settle here whether they are from europe or any other part of the world, to go to the same experience.

will my right honourable friend give attention to bring in secondary and also primary legislation, as soon as possible, to deem that all those who are caught up in this tv regrettable omission which has built up over decades of time, will get the same legal status as those who benefited from the provisions of the immigration act 1971 whilst at the same time controlling all illegal immigration? i thank you for those comments and i refer you to the fact i would what is necessary to help and that means considering all options if necessary. can i press the secretary of state again on legal aid. at the very moment that people who had a perfect right to be in his country were facing a hostile

state and the means by which they could have secured advice and advocacy and representation was removed from them, could you make sure that nobody now facing a similar situation will be denied the opportunity to get such advice and help? i've listened very carefully to what you have said and she makes a very important point about legal aid and when and where it can be provided and that is why thejustice secretary is conducting a review of legal aid and a consultation is open and she should input into it. anna soubry. can i congratulate my right honourable friend on his appointment and pay handsome tribute to his predecessor. mr speaker, the windrush scandal should not take us by surprise, it is the natural consequence of a system that has as its default position is an assumption that you are here illegally and the onus is upon the

applicant to prove that they are here legally. that is the problem. we have a default position that you have to prove that you say who you are and you have the right to be here, and i'm afraid we have an attitude too often in offices as a result of policy, a default position that the computer says no. will he give an undertaking to have a radical re—hall of these policies so that we shift the onus back on the state to prove that you don't have a right to be here? what i can commit to her, we need to make sure that when dealing with enquiries from the public, and when the immigration system behaves more humanely... in a

more fair sense, and also takes into account what i would call the obvious facts rather than just calling for a piece of paper to prove everything and i will be looking at it very carefully. it is not as you said that this could be happening to members wider than the windrush generation, it is happening. it is happening because of the hostile environment and the cuts to his department. can you tell me family people have been wrongfully deported or detained —— how many people. we were told the home office was going to scrap the net removal target, will he commit to removing it? if you have any cases of other people affected that he thinks we might not be aware, please make me aware of them. he

askedif please make me aware of them. he asked if i'm aware of any cases of wrongful deportation and i'm not currently aware of any cases of wrongful deportation. he talked about the so—called hostile environment. first of all, the phrase hostile is one i'm not going to use, it is a compliant environment and i don't like the phrase hostile, so i think the terminology is incorrect and it is a phrase which is unhelpful and it doesn't represent our values as a country. it is about a compliant environment and it is right that we have one and it is a process which was begun under previous government and has continued but it is right that we make a distinction between those who are here legally and those who are illegal. thank you very much. may i congratulate the secretary of state but share my

regret that we have lost the member for hastings, a parliamentarian of the highest calibre. given the devastating impact on the windrush generation of getting the policy wrong, will the secretary of state commit to not making these mistakes with eu citizens on whose skills we also rely? and that we welcome the skills of these people now and in the future. i can tell you, i very much agree on the contribution that eu citizens have been making for many decades to our country and that is why i'm committed that we follow through on our commitment so far that those who want to stay can stay and that we make that as easy as possible and we celebrate their contributions. caroline lucas. the

secretary of state pledges a fair and humane immigration policy. will he put those words interaction by ending the practice of brutal mass deportations by charter flight? ending the practice of brutal mass deportations by charterflight? —— into action. given the home office's or history of decision—making and it's almost impossible for people to appealfrom it's almost impossible for people to appeal from abroad, does it's almost impossible for people to appealfrom abroad, does he agree that this practice should end? what icommit to that this practice should end? what i commit to is making sure that all —— at all times our immigration policy is right and fair and if the honourable lady wants to write to me about what she thinks should be done i will look at it. i congratulate my right honourable friend on his new job although i wish the second sciences have been different. —— the circumstances. we need a new

immigration policy for after brexit and can! immigration policy for after brexit and can i urge him to put his own stamp on that policy. we want to see the policy of the home secretary, one of the four great offices of state, and if that means retiring some legacy policies, so be it. having worked with me in a previous department, you will know that every department, you will know that every department i've worked in, i'm a lwa ys department i've worked in, i'm always putting on my own stamp. there is no question that the commitment to get net migration down by tens of thousands led to the hostile environment, affecting the windrush people. the prime minister committed the government to that again at the last election and it

seems inconceivable you would make a policy statement and then pay no attention to how the policy is delivered. i don't expect him to have the details, but can he put a copy in the library of the occasions when that has been on the agenda, when that has been on the agenda, when his department has met with the prime minister to discuss how to deliver reducing an migration to the tens of thousands. i would be happy to write to the honourable gentleman. philip davies. can i congratulate my right honourable friend on his newjob and he's like to focus his attention on writing the wrong that has happened to the windrush generation and the terrible way that some of them have been treated. i can't think of anyone better to do thejob treated. i can't think of anyone better to do the job than him, but will he also used this issue is not asa will he also used this issue is not as a trojan horse to go soft on illegal immigration, and can i said to him, that when people have gone

through the process and the court system and are found to have no reason to be here, they should be a target for removing those people from the country and the target should be 100% —— there it should. anyone who doesn't think that in this house is out of touch with the vast majority of people in this country. you rightly said that we should focus on the immediate issue of helping those of the windrush generation in every way, we share that determination, but he has also rightly pointed out that helping those people that are here legally and helping them in every way we can is perfectly consistent with making sure that we have a compliant environment that makes sure that eve ryo ne environment that makes sure that everyone has to abide by the same rules on immigration. the home secretary has a golden opportunity to turn the page on a toxic debate around immigration this country, so dump the net migration target, why

don't we focus more on how we better integrate immigrants who come to this country rather than attack them? i'm also the son of an immigrant, but what is the actual going to change and do differently from his predecessors? the warm words are great but what will he do differently to stop this happening ain? differently to stop this happening again? can ijust say differently to stop this happening again? can i just say with differently to stop this happening again? can ijust say with respect, i've only had about seven hours in this apartment and he gives me more timei this apartment and he gives me more time i will set out what i'm going to do. —— department. time i will set out what i'm going to do. -- department. i congratulate my right honourable friend on the coming the first muslim home secretary. can i pay to be his predecessor, as well. while sorting out this mess, we need to remember that it was in no small part the last labour government's open doors policy that many of us warned at the

time would trigger a huge problems for those who had come here happily and settled here as citizens and so it has come to pass and would also agree that this party should not ta ke agree that this party should not take any agree that this party should not ta ke a ny lectures agree that this party should not take any lectures from the party opposite. after giving the first and second female prime ministers and now our first muslim home secretary. as always, i very much agree. kate hoey. can i said to him, he will get the support of this house if he can sort out the terrible legacy of the windrush situation by car also look at the needy gritty of the immigration department —— but can he also looked at. and the way that all of us get so fed up and our constituents get fed up with, lost passports and lost letters, just incompetence, and it is that kind of

detail, things will improve if he can geta detail, things will improve if he can get a grip of them. you are quite right to point out the importance of looking at the detail and she liked all members, we all have our surgeries, our constituents should not have to come to us with issues like that and they should be dealt with properly and fairly through the system i will be the king at this very closely. james morris. -- looking at. would he agree with me that he needs to use his competence and managerial skill to get a grip on the detail of this windrush situation and to resolve it quickly but at the same time to also develop and make sure that we maintaina develop and make sure that we maintain a focus on controlling illegal immigration into this control —— country as we move towards brexit. once again you point

out the very important distinction which must not be lost between legal migration and illegal migration. jim shannon. can i thank the minister for his statement for the what steps will you be taking to reassure migrants from other parts of the commonwealth and will the minister proactively make time available to assist them with any problems they are expressing? that is a very good point about other members of the commonwealth which i referred to a moment ago, and i want to make sure that we are looking at that carefully a nd that we are looking at that carefully and where they are affected, if we need to take further steps... you know the task force that we have set up for the windrush generation and i won't hesitate to ta ke generation and i won't hesitate to take any further steps that will help. i welcome the secretary of state to his new role and like him i have an immigrant background. i am a

first—generation immigrant, and the fa ct we first—generation immigrant, and the fact we are sitting on these pages isa fact we are sitting on these pages is a testimony to how welcoming our country and party is. the secretary of state would have been overseeing plans this year took an array the 70th anniversary of the empire windrush arriving in the uk —— overseeing plans this year to commemorate. is there any opportunities for cross departmental working to make sure this does not get missed again? you are quite right to point out that there is a huge amount to celebrate about the windrush generation with the 70th anniversary of the windrush arriving, this june, and anniversary of the windrush arriving, thisjune, and there is a lot of work that by previous department has done on that and i hope to work closely with them to make sure that we do the very best celebration we can to show people

from that generation exactly what they mean to this country and how we respect everything they have done for us. i well, respect everything they have done for us. iwell, him respect everything they have done for us. i well, him to his role and i recognise his achievement as the first british asian to be appointed to one of the four great offices of state —— welcome him. on the 17th of april i asked a question to his predecessor requesting the number of windrush citizens who had been denied or charged for nhs citizen. the answer was supposed to come to mea the answer was supposed to come to me a week ago but it hasn't arrived. canifind me a week ago but it hasn't arrived. can i find out how many? and what is he going to do about it? can i thank you few opening remarks, but also i don't have the information you have requested. i'm sorry she has received the reply to her name date andi

received the reply to her name date and i will look into that when i go back to office. marcus jones. having worked closely with him i know that he will do a diligent and good job. i welcome his statement and he is right, the windrush generation have every right to be here legally, they are british citizens and my constituents expect that everything that can be done will be done to make sure that we normalise their legal position and my constituents also expect this government to tackle illegal immigration. i would be grateful if you can give them reassurance on both aspects.” be grateful if you can give them reassurance on both aspects. i can give your constituents assurance on both of those issues and we want to do everything we can and go much further if we have two to help in

every way with the problems that members of the windrush generation are facing and at the same time we will maintain our policies around illegal migration because that is what the british public wish to see. alan brown. the new home secretary doesn't like to —— the phrase hostile environment by that came from his boss and the prime minister. she introduced the go home vans. and she also created the hostile environment to this government, when will she take personal copper bullet for the windrush generation —— personal copper ability for the hostile affect the won —— personal cob chilly we are going to leave the

house of commons. —— studio: the urgent question was posed by diane abbott. very strong comments from all sides in the house of commons. coverage continues on the bbc parliament channel. the house of lords are voting on a central plank of the brexit strategy from the government. we can now listen to this. we understand the content is have it. it was a cross—party proposal removing trees pay -- theresa may's para to lift the it isa it is a government defeat on this amendment that some peers were not happy with because it would allow

parliament to decide the neck steps —— next steps. some peers argued that the peers were trying to tie the hands of the house of commons but the memo had the backing of labour and significant support from conservative peers. they will be much more coverage of this on bbc news at five o'clock —— there will. today at five, a new home secretary to replace amber rudd, who admitted misleading mps on immigration targets. sajid javid said he would review immigration policy to make sure it was fair for people of the windrush generation and others who settled in the uk. so when i heard that people who were long—standing pillars of their community were being impacted for simply not having the right documents to prove their legal

status in the uk, i thought that it could be my mum, my brother, my uncle or even me. and from the prime minister today, a defence of the controversial policies she put in place when she was home secretary. i think, if you look, talk to members of the public,