the british foreign secretary has urged the trump administration not to walk away from the iran nuclear agreement. writing in the new york times, borisjohnson said historic evidence of an iranian secret project to develop nuclear weapons underscored the importance of the deal, and shouldn't scupper it. pakistan's interior minister has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. a gunman fired at ahsan iqbal as he left a rally in punjab province. he was hit in the right shoulder. he was immediately taken to hospital. his son has told local media that his condition isn't life—threatening. the former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson remains in intensive care in hospital here in the uk after undergoing emergency surgery for a bleed on the brain. a club statement on saturday said the operation had gone very well, but there has been no update on his condition. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme.

coming up: the health secretary says a computerfailure meant half a million women didn't get screened for breast cancer. tragically, there are likely to be some people in this group who would have been alive today if the failure had not happened. more defeats in the lords on brexit. peers say the government is behaving like a dictatorship. to act in such a manner would be to impose ministerial restrictions on parliament by coercion. and what's eating jamie oliver? right now, with statistics, not having it. but first, women in england between the ages of 50 and 70 are supposed to be screened

for breast cancer every three years. but the health secretary told mps there'd been a "serious failure" in the cancer screening programme. as a result of this, between 2009 and the start of 2018, an estimated 450,000 women, aged between 68 and a 71, were not invited to their final breast screening. at this stage, it is unclear whether any delay in diagnosis will have resulted in any avoidable harm or death. the health secretary said he'd ordered an independent review to understand the full impact. there may be between 135 and 270 women who had their lives shortened as a result. i am advised that it is unlikely to be more than this range, and may be considerably less. however, tragically, there are likely to be some people in this group who would have been alive today if the failure had not happened. jeremy hunt said the women affected who were still alive would be

contacted by letter. there may be some who received a letter having had a recent terminal diagnosis. for them and others, it is incredibly upsetting to note that you did not receive an invitation for screening at the correct time and totally devastating to hear of you may have lost or be about to lose a loved one because of administrative incompetence. so on behalf of the government, public health england and the nhs, i apologize wholeheartedly and unreservedly for the suffering caused. labour's shadow health secretary was one of several mps concerned about the extra resources the nhs would now need to deal with the backlog in screening. can he assure us that the nhs will have the staff to carry out this extra work? and can i suggest to him, ever so gently, that if the nhs does need extra international staff, he will ensure that the home office does not block their visas?

those women now need a consistent, high—quality evidence based guidance so they can make an informed choice now as to whether they go forward to take up the offer of the screening at this stage. the snp‘s health spokesperson is a breast surgeon. this issue is horrendous for women involved, but it will create anxiety for women who are simply not aware if they are involved and will be part of the draw. that is a challenge to try and reassure them. for far too many women in this country, where they live currently determines whether they live or die. so will he put in the additional resources that are needed to make sure that all women can get the screening they need when they need it? the first 65,000 letters are going out this week. what strikes me, mr speaker, is why are the letters not going out this afternoon to all 309,000? why are we having to wait until the end of may to put at rest these women and their families' minds? it's a very reasonable question to ask. i want to reassure that we are sending these letters out as quickly as we possibly can.

jeremy hunt. it's been a bumpy week for theresa may on the brexit front. the government's now notched up ten defeats in the house of lords on the eu withdrawal bill. that's the legislation to incorporate eu law into uk law. on monday, peers backed a proposal to give parliament a final say on what happens if there's no deal with the european union. the change would remove the prime minister's power to take the uk out of the eu if parliament voted down a final deal. the amendment was put forward by a former conservative cabinet minister. to act in such a manner, would be to impose ministerial restrictions on parliament by coercion. it would be, an example if i may say, of an elective dictatorship of a particularly flagrant kind. so determined are its members

to thwart the will of the british people to leave the european union, they wish to pervert a constitutional crisis, but that is the apparent in the outcome to which this new clause opens the door. 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. 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. leaving the european union without a clear and detailed agreement on the future relationship will be a disaster for our economy, our foreign policy, our relationship with ireland, and our internaland external security. this amendment guards against that unfortunate outcome. my lords, if we pass this amendment and if we pass some of the others

on the order paper today, i fear that we should be getting too big for our constitutional boots, and many of our countrymen feel the same. it would, i suggest, not be meaningful to vote either for to exit on the deal if we think it is a poor deal or else to crash out on no deal, ie, even worse terms. this is not 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. and when it came to the vote, the government was defeated by 335 votes to 244, a majority of 91. on wednesday, ministers were defeated again, this time on a cross—party amendment designed to prevent theresa may striking any brexit deal which isn't compatible with the good friday agreement

or which would create a hard border between northern ireland and the republic. the amendment was carried by 67 votes. new week, new home secretary. on monday morning, we learned that sajid javid would be taking over after amber rudd's dramatic departure the night before. her resignation, of course, came in the wake of the windrush episode. and her successor was anxious to strike a new tone when he faced the commons. mr speaker, i am honored 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 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. so at prime minister's questions, there was no amber rudd squashed

on the front bench. she was three rows behind. this was the reaction as she rose to ask her first question from the backbenches. speaker: amber rudd. jeering can i take the opportunity to congratulate my right honourable friend for his appointment? theresa may said she was grateful for the opportunity to pay tribute and it was the issue of immigration that the labour leader addressed. did the prime minister feel the slightest pang of guilt when the home secretary was forced to resign due to the failures of her predecessor? my right honourable friend, the home secretary, will address this later today. we all share the ambition to make sure we do right by members of the windrush generation. that is why he will be announcing a package of measures to bring transparency on this issue,

to make sure the house is informed, to reassure members of this house, but more importantly, to reassure those people who have been directly affected. it is easy to change your secretary of state, she does it regularly. you need to change your policies. an hour and a half later, an entire debate about the windrush generation began. labour were demanding that the government provide the home affairs committee with all the papers concerning the windrush cases. and it was a bad—tempered afternoon. do members opposite understand how voting against this motion will look to the commonwealth and how it will look to the windrush generation here? the new home secretary described labour's request for all the windrush papers as a massive fishing expedition. it was... disproportionate and distracting. it would take help in a capacity away from where it is needed by reassigning more than 100 officials, and that would of course create significant cost for taxpayers. let freedom reign!

it will only reign in this country turns back from the path it's on, ends the compliant environment in which i know my place and starts along a humane path, that at its heart, has human rights! when it came to the vote, the government won comfortably by 316 votes to 221, a majority of 95. the chief executive of sainsbury‘s, mike coupe, said a deal to merge his supermarket chain with asda would not lead to shop closures orjob losses in stores. but the commons seemed sceptical. together, the two companies would have 2800 stores, and their combined share of the market would represent £1 pound in every £3 spent on groceries. the business minister said he'd been given assurances from both chief

executives, but could they be trusted? this question was typical. although they say today there are no job losses, my concern is, once all this is forgotten about in a year or so's time, that then suddenly hundreds ofjobs will be lost, notjust in the stores but in logistics and distribution centres and so on. please do not view this as a merger. it is not a merger, it is a takeover by sainsbury's. having got that off his chest, mark menzies lobbied for another type of employee. please focus, particularly on the jobs in distribution centres. many of them are in working areas of the country and it's the distribution centres that will be hammered a year or two years down the line if this measure goes ahead. supermarkets are powerful, as employers and along their supply chain. they must not be allowed to abuse that power. just so we are clear, mr speaker, suppliers will be squeezed, head offices will stay open and stores like that that in flynt will have an asda next to a sainsbury's will have both be open in two years' time. is that what the minister is saying from the companies today? if they believe it is

anti—competitive and will lead to a worse deal for the consumer for those two supermarkets to stay open. and they have concerns about that, then they will force the sale to a competitor. the business minister, andrew griffiths. and now for a look at some of the other news from westminster in brief. a senior barrister has condemned the system for disclosing evidence in criminal cases in england and wales. before a trial, police and prosecutors are required to hand over relevant material to the other side. thejustice committee is looking into the system after recent high profile cases where defendants facing rape allegations had the charges against them dropped when critical material emerged at the last minute. the recent highly publicized cases have all come to light because of the work of the independent barristers at the last minute.

and we consider that if the situation is not remedied, is getting very close to cracking. it was vital to collect and pass on as much evidence as possible, and younger clients had not so much a digitalfootprint as a digital crater. some of these kids on their phones, their phone will tell you what time they woke up because they have an alarm app. it will tell you what they had for breakfast because they have a health app. it says what they put on, where they went, what time they got there, potentially how fast they drove, where the parked, what they had for lunch. if they got out in a bar, which might be relevant to some allegations we have seen in the press, their taxi app may show what time they left. the rating in that taxi app might tell you if they were drunk or sick in the back. all information you can see that might be relevant to different types of defending.

from one tiny phone in your pocket, if you print out all the information from all of those apps, that needs money and resources, it need human beings to go through it. sajid javid wasn't the only minister starting a newjob this week. his old office at the housing department was taken over by the former northern ireland secretary james brokenshire. he didn't have much settling in time. literally within hours of his appointment, he was at the despatch box. in some ways the local government is in the blood with me, as my father was a former chief executive of a local council and so, some of the debates about the counsellors were ones that i had as a boy, believe it or not. the bank that once liked to say yes has very much been saying no. nearly 2 million tsb customers had trouble using the bank's services, online and in branches, since the company's attempt to move data between systems. tsb executives were given a rough ride by the treasury committee. i keep being told it's a kind of problem that every bank has. i've been on this committee a long time. that compares with it, are you going to lose either of those?

no. we are here and we're going to fix this. can ijust very quickly... let mejust, mention this bonus. is he going to lose his bonus because of this? i was going to offer paul the opportunity to say, which he has, that he is not going to be taking the bonus for this integration. do not underestimate the scale and concern, with which costumers are watching this, and are now worrying that it could happen to them. and that is an unacceptable to happen in banking in the 21st century. heathrow airport has been condemned for its treatment of disabled passengers. the bbcjournalist frank gardner received an apology from the airport after he was stranded on a plane for nearly two hours in march. staff had apparently lost his wheelchair. labour weren't impressed with the government's talk of improvement programmes. surely there's just

lots of good words here. you don't need innovative solutions, or great essays of good work, you need resources. this is heathrow penny—pinching. what is the government going to do to force heathrow to put the right resources in? mps paid tribute to the former commons speaker, michael martin, who has died at the age of 72. lord martin, politician, trade unionist, public servant, born on 3rd ofjuly, 1945 and died at the age of 72. 0n the 29th of april. we salute yourjourney from poverty, to the speakers chair. from anderston to westminster. may he rest in peace. on tuesday, the government changed its mind and said it wouldn't oppose a move to force british 0verseas territories to have greater financial transparency in tax affairs, so averting a potential defeat in the commons. the measure would require tax havens like the cayman islands and the british virgin islands to introduce a register revealing the beneficial owners of assets held in thosejurisdictions.

the government accepted an amendment to the sanctions and anti—money laundering bill. we've listened to the strength of feeling in this house on this issue. and accept that it is, without a doubt, the majority of you of this house, that the overseas territories should have public registers. money—laundering through london is estimated by the national crime agency at £90 billion, and this is facilitated by the secret ownership of companies allowed in tax havens. we need transparency so we can minimise the abuse, be it tax evasion, tax avoidance, or the laundering of criminal money, which is becoming more and more of a feature in these jurisdictions, and one we have our own house in order, does she agree with me, that we can then campaign internationally and to close down all tax havens? the amendment was brought by a labour former chair of the public accounts committee.

she said the measure... will transform the landscape that allows, whether it's a tax avoider or tax evader, a kleptocrat, a criminal, gangs involved in organised crimes, money launderers, or those wanting to fun terrorism. 0ne conservative said britain has promised it wouldn't legislate without consent from the cayman islands. by this measure today, we are breaking that promise to them. and it is beneath the dignity of this parliament to do away with that promise and that pledge of good faith. another veteran tory disagreed. it's open to the cayman islands government to consider the matter and act on his own accord. given the steer this house is giving to it. the areas we have intervened are moral issues. but i can't think of another issue which is more moral than trying to intervene to prevent that the traffic in corrupt money and elicit finance across this part of the world. dame margaret hodge. the speaker, john bercow, has come under the spotlight this week amid bullying allegations.

the former parliamentary official david lea key, who used to be black rod, said he had witnessed unreasonable behaviour and claimed mr bercow created a climate of fear and intimidation. earlier in the week, the bbc‘s newsnight programme broadcast allegations from a former private secretary, angus sinclair, who claimed he was on the receiving end of angry outbursts, mimicry and obscene language from mr bercow. a spokesman for the speaker strenuously denied the allegations. the matter was raised by a conservative mp. can i ask whether you will be making a personal statement, given your involvement in these allegations and that they are further allegations which, potentially have the effect of undermining the reputation of this house? i have made a public statement. to which i have nothing to add. john bercow.

now, defeats in the lords weren't the only brexit—shaped problems for the prime minister. at a crunch meeting, senior ministers failed to reach a consensus on customs arrangements. they were trying to agree on a new model to replace the uk's membership of the customs union. one of the government's preferred options, a "customs partnership", has faced heavy criticism from brexiteers. a succession of senior ministers challenged theresa may over this plan in wednesday's meeting. the prime minister has asked officials to draw up " revised proposals". it was against that background that the brexit secretary stood up at the despatch box to answer mps' questions. the customs union, he said, was a complex and important issue. it will affect the future of our country generations into the future. it has the direct effect on the sensitive issue of northern ireland, and the peace process there which we are committed to protect under the costs. and so, there is no surprise that it will take some time to absolutely nail down this policy. the government's own analysis shows that, if we leave the customs union, unemployment in the northeast will go up to 200,000. so why did the secretary of state

argue against the customs partnership yesterday afternoon? and what is he going to say to the 160,000 people who lose their jobs? two points. first, she is presuming what my argument is going to be when the minutes are not published. and secondly, that was not what she referred to is not government policy, or indeed governemnt estimates. 0ne snp mp reflected on the resignation of the home secretary amber rudd. every 42 days, this government loses a cabinet secretary, and the secretary stays at 61. good odds i think, if you ask me. the eventual cabinet, and the prime minister is to seek a custom arrangement in the eu, worth using? i'm not sure whether it's constitutionally right

to discuss my resignation. its simple, and i don't take it to be imminent, i should say that. david davis. now there was a familiar face on the committee corridor. george osborne. it is good to be back. a warm welcome for the man who's now editor of the london evening standard, to a session on "education in the north". as chancellor, george osborne helped drive the so—called northern powerhouse agenda. he said schools in northern england were not getting the attention they deserved. in my experience of policymaking in lots of areas, if you really throw effort and attention and reform at a problem, it can be solved. well, george osborne was somewhat outshone on the committee corridor by the appearance of not one, but two celebrity chefs! jamie oliver and hugh fearnley—whittingstall gave evidence to an inquiry into childhood obesity by the health committee. jamie oliver told mps that it's "wrong" to blatantly marketjunk food to children.

but it wasn't all bad news. take the new sugar tax. what we've seen, even our first week, is to out of three soft drinks companies reduce and reformulate. look supermarkets in my area have somehow started an initiative to where children can have fruit when they come into the store. british children and children on the planet are not put on the earth to eat burgers and nuggets, it is not genetic. fruit sales are gently on the up in the uk, vegetable sales are declining. and that is a very serious worry. we have to look at how we did kids eating more vegetables. jamie oliver said it wasn't enough to stop the advertising ofjunk food to children before 6pm. what about during programmes like itv‘s the x factor? 1.2m kids last week, right? and if they watch a whole season of that, that is a junk food movie. that they're going to consume. is it ok to blatantly marketjunk food to our children? right now, with statistics, not having it. time now for a look at what's been

happening in the wider world of politics this week. with our countdown, here's duncan smith. let's start with a quiz, what is baroness‘ favourite colour? i even have a turqoise coffee cup that i use every morning, an eco coffee cup in turquoise blue, and it saves me 25 p. four. who's laughing now? high five in brussels between commisoner president jean—claude, and nigel farage. a gift from french president macron to the us. but days after being planted, the tree has gone. it's in quarantine. macron then went to australia, where his normally excellent command of english, briefly faltered. i wanted to thank you and your delicious wife.

and, strike a power pose. the new home secretary, sajid javid followed some notable conservative party figures. and that's all we've got time for. is this right? monday's a bank holiday, so i'll be back on tuesday at 11pm on bbc parliament. i'm giving up with this. but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. sunday was a pretty glorious day to much of the country, a top of 26.3 celsius. we saw plenty of blue sky, although a lot of cloud in western scotland.

we are likely to break records for bank holiday monday, this was the last record set back in 1999. several places will be that today and one or two places could make it to 28 celsius and that could be the north and the west of london. we start the morning off on a fairly fresh note across eastern areas, but lots of sunshine across most areas with northern ireland and southern scotland. always more cloud, west of scotland is that weather front getting a bit cooler as well. those temperatures in the mid—20s celsius. as we head into monday night it looks like it will be another dry and clear one, some changes at the west and outbreaks of rain, so here it will be fairly mild and a bit full and a clear skies. the pressure pattern for tuesday, low pressure moving in off the atlantic introducing slightly cooler air like this weather front. for tuesday itself it will be quite a cloudy, wet and breezy day for northern ireland, pushing into scotland and also western parts of england and into wales as well. could see a few heavy showers, maybe some thunderstorms,

here it will be another hot and sunny day. further north and west it will be cooler temperatures returning closer to seasonal. as we had to wednesday, another area of low pressure moving in off the atlantic on this one more energy off it with more active weather fronts. it means we are starting off on a fine note for much of the country on wednesday. this weather system starts pushing into northern ireland, scotland and into north—west england and wales and heavy rain. maybe thundery. further east, we will do pretty well again, with temperatures reaching 21 degrees with sunshine. as we move into thursday, a bridge of high—pressure, but it will feel full and fresher and fairly brisk westerly wind, a few showers especially across western hills and western wales as well. some good spells of sunshine. not a bad looking day for thursday, temperatures cooler from around 13—17 celsius. the general trend is that it will cool down, back in the air and a normal with sunshine and showers. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani. our top stories: the diplomatic push is on. britain's foreign secretary urges president trump not to abandon

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