pursued nuclear weapons. tehran dismissed the claims as a childish stunt saying they were just a rehash of old allegations. it's less than two week's until president trump decides whether to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. a court in australia has ruled that cardinal george pell will stand trial on at least one sexual assault charge. australia's most senior catholic and one of the most powerful officials in the vatican has denied all charges against him. dozens of people have been killed in a series of attacks across afghanistan, including a number of journalists. bbc reporter ahmad shah is among the dead. he was just 29 years old. monday is believed to be the deadliest day for afghanistan's media since the fall of the taliban now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in

parliament. the main news from westminster, the new home secretary, sajid javid, pledges to do whatever it takes to help the windrush generation. 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. labour's diane abbott issues a challenge to sajid javid. abbott issues a challenge to sajid javid. he will bejudged not abbott issues a challenge to sajid javid. he will be judged not on the state m e nts javid. he will be judged not on the statements he makes this afternoon, he will bejudged

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. also on the program: another government defeat on the eu withdrawal bill. some peers stand accused of trying to destroy brexit. and that, my lords, is not a matter of principle but a matter of abuse of principle but a matter of abuse of privileged. a direct attempt not to secure the best for britain, but to secure the best for britain, but to have brexit driven onto the rocks. but first, theresa may has been rejigging her cabinet following the departure of amber rudd. miss rudd resigned as home secretary on sunday, saying she had inadvertently misled the home affairs committee last week about immigration targets. the prime minister appointed sajid javid as home secretary at around 10am on monday. six hours later, he was in the commons answering an urgent question about the windrush generation, who arrived in post—war britain from the caribbean and had

the right to remain in the uk, but following a recent rule change, thousands have been denied services and threatened with deportation because they lack documents proving their legal status. mr speaker, i'm honoured to have been asked early 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 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. he told mps that, like the windrush generation, his parents came to the uk in the nineteen sixties. 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. that's why i am so uncle, or even me. that's why i am so personally committed to... and invested to resolving the difficulties faced by the people of the windrush generation who have built their lives here and committed, contributed so much. the urgent question was instigated by diane abbott. is he aware of how ashamed many british people are by the windrush candle, how frightened and angry the windrush generation and angry the windrush generation and their families are and how the scandal has resonated around the commonwealth? he talks about the windrush. .. commonwealth? he talks about the windrush... windrush generation getting the legal status they deserve. actually, they were always british, they were always british citizens. the windrush generation

was my parents' generation. i believe, and most british people believe, and most british people believe, that they have been treated appallingly and he will be judged not on the statements he makes this afternoon, he will be judged not on the statements he makes this afternoon, he will bejudged on not on the statements he makes this afternoon, he will be judged on what he does to put the situation right and getjustice he does to put the situation right and get justice for the he does to put the situation right and getjustice for the wind rushed generation. the home secretary told diane abbott that he's angry too. like i'm also a second—generation migrant andl like i'm also a second—generation migrant and i know she shares that angerand she migrant and i know she shares that anger and she should respect that other people do, she doesn't have a monopoly on that. i welcome the home secretary to his place and congratulate him on his appointment, i think it's only right to acknowledge the fact he's a first person from a black or ethnic minority background to hold the office of secretary of state for new department. i also wish to acknowledge his predecessor has done the right thing in resigning as home

secretary given the circumstances in which she found herself. it's been her predecessor's misfortune to have per side of a mess which was of the prime minister's making. how many people is his department aware of that have been wrongly deported or detained and omits the discussions that the home office would scrap the net removal target that's been at the heart of this argument, would he fiow the heart of this argument, would he now committed to removing it? i'm not currently aware of any case of wrongful deportation. he talked about the so—called hostile environment, let me say first of all the phrase hostile is a phrase that i'm not going to use. it's a compliant environment, i don't like the phrase hostile, the terminology i think is incorrect and i think it isa i think is incorrect and i think it is a phrase that is unhelpful and it doesn't represent our values as a country to use that phrase. it's about a compliant environment. like

in my also have an immigrant background, i'm not a second—generation but a first—generation immigrant and the fa ct first—generation immigrant and the fact that we're both sitting on these benches is a testament to how open and welcoming our country, and in fact our party is, to us. he said he is the son of an immigrant, i am too, but what is he actually going too, but what is he actually going to change and do differently from his two predecessors? all the warm words are great but what's he going to do differently to stop this happening again? mr speaker, can i just say with respect to the order, i've only had about seven hours in this department and if he gives me a little more time i will set out what i'm going to do. the new home secretary, sajid javid. now, the government has suffered more defeats in the lords of the brexit, with peers backing a proposal giving parliament the final say on what happens if there is no deal with the european union. the change to the eu withdrawal bill

would remove theresa may pass power to pull the uk out of the eu if parliament down a final deal. the amendment was put forward by a former conservative cabinet minister who said parliament, not ministers, must determine the future of the country. u nless country. unless parliament insists, parliament will not have a genuine, meaningful vote. my meaningful vote. my lords, ina meaningful vote. my lords, in a parliamentary democracy, this is not regaining control. to act in such a manner would be to impose ministerial decisions on parliament by coercion. it would be an example, if i may say it, ofan it would be an example, if i may say it, of an elective dictatorship of a particularly flagrant kind. so determined are its movers to thwart the will of the british people to leave the european union that they wish to provoke a

constitutional crisis, but that is the perilous outcome to which this new clause opens the door. leaving the eu without a clear and detailed agreement on the future of the relationship would be a disaster for our economy, foreign policy, relationship with ireland and internal and external security. this amendment guards against that unfortunate outcome. there are those in this house, decent people, principled people who hate the idea of leaving the eu and i understand those feelings. there are also those in this house who have vowed to do everything they possibly can to destroy brexit, and that, my lords, is not a matter of principle but a matter of abuse of privilege. a direct attempt not to secure the best for britain, but to have brexit driven onto the rocks. this, my lords, is a wreckers' amendment and i wish it ill. this

amendment and i wish it ill. this amendment will give the mps in the other place and this house the power to stand up to do the right thing for the country. the noble lord lord howard talks about a constitutional crisis, well, what constitution do we have where a government bullies parliament and says, take it or leave it? it is parliament that should be supreme in the best interests of the people and the country. it is no part of this government... of this house's responsibility to seek to manipulate the house of commons and manipulate the house of commons and manipulate the government, to seek to choreograph future proceedings in the house of commons and certainly i'io the house of commons and certainly no part of our responsibilities effectively to pull the rug from under the government. my lords, effectively to pull the rug from underthe government. my lords, if we pass pass this amendment and if we pass pass this amendment and if we pass pass some of the others on the order paper today, i fear we will be getting too big for our constitutional boots and many of our countrymen feel the same. this is

not about frustrating brexit, this is not about overturning the referendum, this is merely about fulfilling the role that we have, which is to ask the other place to reconsider, to ask the other place to ensure there is a meaningful vote on whatever it is that the government manages to negotiate, and it is not intended to undermine the negotiations. the votes in both houses must offer a reasonable choice. it would, i suggest, houses must offer a reasonable choice. it would, isuggest, not houses must offer a reasonable choice. it would, i suggest, not be meaningful to vote either to exit on the deal, if we think it is a poor deal, or else to crash out on no deal, or else to crash out on no deal, i.e. even worse terms. let me be very clear, this is not an innocuous, measured amendment. it contains a innocuous, measured amendment. it containsa numberof innocuous, measured amendment. it contains a number of constitutional, practical, legal and political difficulties, all of which we should be seeking to avoid if we are to leave the eu with the best deal

possible, which is what the government wants to achieve.“ parliament rejects this agreement, is the only alternative the government offering leaving with no agreement at all? if parliament rejects the agreement, there's nothing for us to legislate further oi'i. nothing for us to legislate further on. of course, the article 50 process that parliament voted for will kick in and we will leave on the 31st of march, 2019. lord callinan urged peers to reject the amendment but lord hailsham's proposal was supported by 335 votes to 224, a majority of 91. later, the government said it would seek to overturn the change when the eu withdrawal bill returns to the commons. the day in the commons chamber began ona the day in the commons chamber began on a sombre note with the speaker john bercow paying tribute to his predecessor, lord martin of springburn, who died on sunday after a short illness. micheal martin joined the commons as a labour mp in

1979, representing a constituency in glasgow. he served as commons speakerfrom glasgow. he served as commons speaker from 2000—2009. he then resigned in the wake of the mps expenses scandal. john bercow recorded lord martin's personal kindness to him. order, order. the house will have been as sad eyes i was to learn of the death of my predecessor as speaker, micheal martin, latterly lord martin of springburn. martin was a decent public spirited man who had a real concern for members, their staff and the staff of this house. he was a fine campaignerand a the staff of this house. he was a fine campaigner and a man both passionate about and proud of his roots. he also had, as many members can roots. he also had, as many members ca n testify, roots. he also had, as many members can testify, a great sense of humour. ona can testify, a great sense of humour. on a personal level, he was

a lwa ys humour. on a personal level, he was always very kind to me and i feel sure my experience was mirrored in the experience of very large numbers of colleagues across the house. i still remembered to this day the lovely and generous letter of congratulations he sent to me after my election as speaker. my deepest sympathies go out to mary, to his children, and to their grandchildren. colleagues, there will be a fuller opportunity tomorrow for members of this house tomorrow for members of this house to pay tribute to micheal martin. you are watching monday in parliament with me, christina cooper. coming up, james brokenshire tells mps is on familiar territory in his new role. some of the debate about local councils were once i had asa about local councils were once i had as a boy, believe it or not. it is still going on. but first, the chief executive of

sainsbury‘s, mike cooper, has said a deal to merge his supermarket chain with asda would not lead to shop closes orjob with asda would not lead to shop closes or job losses with asda would not lead to shop closes orjob losses in stores. the deal would need approval from the condition and markets authority, or cma. in the commons, mps demanded assurances that the interests of consumers, employees, and suppliers would be redacted. given that in 2003 when the morrison merger occurred, the cmp insisted that 53 stores were offloaded, how can mr cooper ensure the minister in that way and what did he say about that. i think the honourable lady for that question. the reassurance as i was given this morning was that first of all they would be no store closures. secondly, they reassured me that both head offices of both sainsbury's and asda would remain open. i think these are both very positive things. please do not view this as a merger. it is not a

merger. it is a takeover by sainsbury's in return for 42% of walmart stock. that is where it is. so let us stop using false terminology to describe what is actually happening. he will understand that this is a, he may not believe it is to be a merger, but any legal definitions this is a merger that will be considered by the conditions and markets authority. —— competitions. clearly there will be changes in the business in the way it is run in order to make it efficient and to keep it running well into the future. the assurances that sainsbury's and asda have given us is that they will continue to run it as two separate businesses. although they say today there are no job losses, my concern is that once this is all forgotten about, in a year or so, then suddenly hundreds ofjobs will be lost. notjust in the stores but in the logistics centres and so on and so forth. supermarkets are

powerful. as employers and along the supply chain. they must not be allowed to abuse that power. does the minister understand that this may be part of employees over an announcement that came out of the blue? and will he acted to ensure that the guarantees given by the two supermarkets about which he has waxed lyrical today are notjust supermarkets about which he has waxed lyrical today are not just day one guarantees, but can be counted upon by workers in the years to come? just so i am clear, mr speaker, employers will be squeezed, head offices will stay open, and stores in some places will have a sainsbury's x2 announced. —— next two and asda. let me just reiterate. stores in the centre, that will be explored as part of the face to investigation of the panel. they will consider the impact of the merger on individual towns. if they

believe it is anti—competitive and will lead to a worse deal for the consumerfor will lead to a worse deal for the consumer for those two supermarkets to stay open, one being asda, one being sainsbury's, and they have concerns about that, then they will force the sale to a competitor. where there is a wider market place where we have, as the honourable member earlier in the hutu, a huge number of supermarkets, it may well be that there is no impact on the town —— alluded to earlier. it is a case—by—case basis. town —— alluded to earlier. it is a case-by-case basis. the business minister, andrew griffiths. the international development secretary has been updating mps about the situation in this area. on the 21st of april international chemical weapons inspectors were allowed to visit the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack unit doom. it was a use of chemical weapons that prompted the uk to take

place in airstrikes in syria —— douma. this syrian regime appears to have no intention of ending the suffering of its own people, despite the opposition placing the conditions on peace negotiations. the barbaric attack in douma on innocent civilians, including young children, was yet another example of the regime's disregard for its responsibility to protect civilians. i welcome, of course, that the uk pledge last week £250 million of new funding to help syria. mr speaker, it can sound like a loss, but the truth is that last week's pledging co nfe re nce truth is that last week's pledging conference in brussels raised under half of the $9 billion needed. it is also less than raised at a similar co nfe re nce also less than raised at a similar conference this time last year. indeed, mark work, the un's emergency relief co—ordinator, has warned that we have a $5 billion

shortfall, and the un will now have to make hard choices. the last chapter of the history of syria's destruction has already been written, that is the complete annihilation of idlib vaea barrel bombs delivered by assad. backed up by the equally murderous russians. what can you do to avoid tens of thousands of additional debts? idlib, and there are some other areas we think will be next hit, we have done a tremendous amount to forward would deploy equipment to try and protect individuals. we have, everything ranging from sandbags to personal protection equipment. he will understand that in some areas access is extremely difficult. and there are enormous numbers of people. our priority is to try and protect those individuals who can protect others. the church of england bishop has said that the two child limit on benefits could

discourage parents from taking up work opportunities. the new benefit rules mean universal credit and child tax credit are paid only for the first two children in a family, and not for any subsequent children. u nless and not for any subsequent children. unless there are so that special circumstances. the rule applies to children born since april last you. the issue came up at the house of lords question time. my lords, welfare reform was predicated on the principle that work should pay. but that principle is being undermined, not least by the two child limit. in future, a family with three aw four, three or more children seeking to avoid the by moving into work will find themselves subject to the two child limit instead. they could end up child limit instead. they could end up losing out by going to work. what assessment has the government made of the impacts of this perverse incentive? my lords, iwould

of the impacts of this perverse incentive? my lords, i would not call it a perverse incentive. our reforms of support for children make sure people on benefits and those supporting themselves solely through work at the same choices, including whether or not they can afford to have another child. so our policy is about fairness and incentivising work. and, of course, child tax credits would available before 2003 and no matter how me children someone might have, they continued to be paid child benefit for each and every child. a labour peer referred to the limit on welfare that families can receive, known as the benefit. could be noble lady, the benefit. could be noble lady, the minister, explained what purpose is achieved with this measure which is achieved with this measure which is designed to get people into paid work on a lone parents of infants, who are not required to seek paid work, because of their caring responsibilities, thereby causing, any words of a high courtjudge,

real to no good purpose? any words of a high courtjudge, realto no good purpose? my any words of a high courtjudge, real to no good purpose? my lords, any words of a high courtjudge, realto no good purpose? my lords, i beg to differ with the noble baroness. i would beg to differ with the noble baroness. iwould not beg to differ with the noble baroness. i would not call it imposing. i would call is empowering. our research shows the best way to lift children out of poverty is supporting parents into work. record numbers of lone parents are now working. 1.2 million with1 million fewer people living in absolute poverty, compared to 2010 will stop including 300,000 children. we know that 75% of children. we know that 75% of children in poverty leiva poverty altogether when their move into full employment. -- leiva poverty. we end with another change to the cabinet lineup. write his appointment as home secretary, stepping into that role now is james brokenshire. mr brokenshire resigned from the government in january to

brokenshire resigned from the government injanuary to have treatment for lung cancer. there wasn't much time for mr brokenshire to settle into his new role. the first item on the commons agenda was question time on housing, communities, and local government. cani communities, and local government. can i warmly welcomed the new housing secretary? is good to see him back. he has got a big job do and we on this side wish him all the best in doing this. but can i say, the honourable member for best in doing this. but can i say, the honourable memberfor bath is quite right to highlight labour's analysis of his predecessor's pathetic surrender of housing cash to the chancellor. and it shows his real challenge as secretary of state, which is the huge cast in housing investment from £4 billion in 2010 to less than half £1 billion now. and the huge fall in genuinely affordable homes to rent. halaufia separate state, will hit list makers modest commitment that while is housing secretary, he will build

more new social rented homes than we lose? can i thank the right honourable gentleman for his warm welcome to me, to my place. as he will know, it has certainly been a challenging personal few months for me, and therefore why i am so delighted to have been given this new responsibility on such an important policy issue, as he rightly points out. although i would point into the fact that this government is investing £9 billion in relation to affordable homes, with the additional £2 billion which was added last year. i would also draw his attention to the fact that there have been more affordable homes delivered in the last seven years and then in the last seven years and then in the last seven years of the last labour government. and it is i think that focus that we will continue to have on, yes, building those new homes and building those new homes and building more affordable homes too. he revealed that local government was a subject close to home. in some

ways, local government is in the blood with me. my father was a former chief executive of a local council. so some of the debate about local councils were once i had as a boy, believe it or not. —— were ones. mealtimes would have been enormous fun. james brokenshire unfamiliar territory with his new job. —— on familiar. that is it for money in parliament. mandy baker will be with you for the rest of the week. but for me, goodbye. but for me, goodbye. good morning. a bank holiday weekend fast approaching, and what we want is blue sky and sunshine, perhaps even the thought of heading

down to the beach. well, we did have beautiful weather out to the west as you can see from this weather watcher picture here in east lothian. on the kent coast, not the greatest of days. 50mph winds and heavy, persistent rain. in fact, some areas of kent on monday saw over a month's worth of rain. it was miserable along the coast of essex, sussex, and kent, wasn't it? i can offer you something better through today. in actualfact, the rain is clearing away and underneath those clear skies it's going to be a chilly start to tuesday morning. that's certainly worth bearing in mind if you're up and off early. temperatures will fall below freezing in the far north—west under the clear skies. but it will certainly be a drier start. for much of central and eastern england. under this little influence of high pressure, well, things will stay quite quiet before this next weather front arrives. it is going to move into western areas as we go through the day, so get out and enjoy the weather first thing. it will be a better day in eastern scotland and central and eastern england. clouding over a little into the afternoon, but feeling much better.

the winds strengthening on west—facing coasts and we'll see rain by the end of the afternoon, some of it heavy in the north—west. highest values, 9—15. tuesday into wednesday, the weather front will continue to go steadily east bringing rain with it as well. a wet start for much of england and wales. the rain slowly easing, but not clearing eastern england through much of the day. behind it, the winds will swing round to a north—westerly. there will be some sunshine, but quite chilly for this time of year. 8—12 at the very best. but as we move out of wednesday into thursday, it looks like we'll start to see an area of high pressure building from the south—west. it may well bring a little bit of cloud and showery rain into northern ireland and scotland for a time on thursday. cloudy skies generally on thursday. but predominantly dry for many, with highest values of 11—16. as we move out of thursday into friday, the high

continues to build. the wind direction swings around to a south—westerly, dragging milderair up from the south. all of this bodes well for the start of the bank holiday weekend. if you have got plans, you may even be able to head to the beach, dare i say it, because we're likely to see temperatures peaking in the low 20s. it'll be dry, settled and sunny for most of us. in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: iran dismisses assertions it's been lying about a secret nuclear weapons programme. israel's prime minister claims he has proof. incriminating presentations, incriminating blueprints, incriminating photos, incriminating videos and more. one of the most senior figures in the roman catholic church will stand trial over at least two historical allegations

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