tulip siddiq has resigned from the government, after she was named an investigation into

claims of family embezzlement up claims of family embezzlement up to 5.9 billion from infrastructure spending in bangladesh. the labour mp for hampstead and highgate referred herself to the prime minister's standards advisor but insisted that she had done nothing wrong. she said that while she was found not to have breached the ministerial code, it is clear that continuing in her role as economic secretary to the treasury is likely to be a distraction from the work of the government. this is her resignation letter. the communications between number ten and the prime minister and minister, that has been carried out, she has resigned and because the conservatives have been for that, and the conservative leader demanding that the prime minister and the conservative leader demanding that the prime minister and the conservative leader demanding that the prime minister. the

pressure telling and the minister now resigning from the treasury in the last little while. more reaction to that in the next few minutes. now two events in los angeles. the wildfires has dominated for around a week now with those firefighters are battling with those blazes and three blazes they are still having to cope with, they were worried about the wind speed picking up today and tomorrow, with red warnings in place. those warnings keep being repeated by officials on the ground. we can get the latest now with our reporter on the ground will grant.

as the wildfires in los angeles enter their second week, they keep burning, and the stories of destroyed lives stack up. amid the ruins of his block, michael soto was incredibly fortunate. his home survived while his neighbours were left with nothing. now, he stands guard to protect what he still has from looters, patrolling a devastated neighbourhood. i moved to this area, you know, for my kids — to have a better upbringing for them and for them to have a better future. it was a beautiful community, you know, it was mixed, it was nice. everyone, you know, looked at each other, waved and all that, you know. so it was just nice. i wanted my kids to have a better future for themselves. but, yeah, i... it looks like we're going to have to start all over again and rebuild, come stronger. the affluent suburb of brentwood has so far avoided being razed to the ground with the same destructive force. but with the santa ana winds still a majorfactor, the residents aren't out

of the woods yet. as the blaze swept through here, the crews faced a huge task in trying to contain it. the aim now is to protect these vulnerable homes and communities that lie below the line — in essence, to make sure there are no smouldering embers that could kick up into the winds and spark fresh fires. meanwhile, help has arrived from across the border. dozens of mexican firefighters are in la to help contain the fires and carry out the grim task of search and recovery of the victims. as neighbours, mexico and california haven't always had the smoothest of relationships. but like all good friends, they simply turn up in the hour of greatest need. translation: historically, . mexico has been a government and people of great solidarity, and this is a moment to build closer ties and to show that no border can separate us. when it comes to humanitarian assistance, there are no borders, and we are prepared to stay for as long as we're needed to help the american people.

with nine people charged over looting, there's real nervousness among evacuated homeowners. so much so, the national guard has now been deployed, setting up a command centre on the beach front. this has been the toughest week which many in los angeles can remember. the scenes of destruction are nothing short of apocalyptic. and even once the blazes are finally all contained, then the long and painful journey to rebuild begins. will grant, bbc news, los angeles. there's a warning today that the use of drones to deliver drugs and weapons into two of england's highest security prisons has now become a national security threat. the prisons watchdog says drone supplies to inmates at manchester and long lartin are now so regular, that guns could be smuggled in. the two jails hold some of the most dangerous men in the country — including terrorists, murderers and bosses of organised crime. dominic casciani reports. a drone over manchester, a video showing how easy it was to get over the walls

of the city's jail. this social media clip one of many bragging about deliveries by air to prisoners. this is the scale of the threat now identified at one of england's highest security prisons. the delivery of drugs and contraband by drone are now a massive problem forjails — this footage showing how gangs fly them right up to cell windows. two reports today reveal how the devices are destabilising two prisons holding some of the most dangerous men in the uk — murderers, gang bosses and terrorism offenders. at hmp manchester, the prisons watchdog says the airspace has been ceded to organised crime gangs. knives are being flown in because of broken cctv and failed netting. prisoners have been breaking £5,000 windows to receive deliveries faster than they can be replaced. hmp long lartin in worcestershire holds some

of the uk's most dangerous terrorism offenders, yet its bosses are similarly struggling with drones dropping camouflaged contraband into the grounds. how is the prisoner coordinating this? they must be communicating with someone. yeah, so they're on... they're on the phone. the watchdog says the drones are driving an illicit economy of drugs, mobile phones and weapons — undermining safety and work to rehabilitate offenders. this is a threat to national security. the potential for serious weapons to be able to get into our prisons in increasing numbers means that there is a risk, particularly with these cat a prisons — particularly with some of the riskiest men in the country, who are either connected to organised crime gangs or they are terrorists or terrorist affiliated. the watchdog says manchester prison is dealing with the continuous arrival of illicit items by drones. 0ne local worker we spoke to here, who didn't want to appear on camera, said that's been his experience.

he says he sees the drones hovering here on this road, and then they're up over this wall within seconds, delivering their contraband, and then they're away. anonymous social media posts shot from inside manchester prison taunt the authorities, but ministers say they're already acting on an urgent alert from the watchdog. they say that new cctv and netting is being installed and they're pledging to end a crisis they say they inherited. dominic casciani, bbc news. now to the resignation of tulip siddiq. we can go back to westminster. we will go through the letters that have been exchanged between the former minister and number ten in a moment but reminded viewers trying to get up to speed on this story what the controversy has been around tulip siddiq? this has been rumbling for

several weeks led by journalists investigating her past property history and her links to her aunt who was the deposed former premier of bangladesh, the post last year, amid a corruption scandal. because we can't choose our family but the allegation is that tulip siddiq, the treasury minister, who has a responsibility for financial propriety within the markets, that she had somehow benefited from the impropriety of against her aunt in bangladesh, and it focused on several properties in the uk she had lived in that were given to her and her sister, so those with the allegations, and she referred herself to the prime minister's standards adviser and he had been investigating, and now she has resigned following that investigation but says that

investigation but says that investigation found that she had done nothing wrong. how difficult is _ had done nothing wrong. how difficult is this _ had done nothing wrong. how difficult is this for _ had done nothing wrong. how difficult is this for keir - difficult is this for keir starmer and downing street? they have been dogged with those questions around the economy and now this has flared up economy and now this has flared up and ultimately led to resignation.— up and ultimately led to resianation. , ., ., resignation. the distraction of the allegation _ resignation. the distraction of the allegation being _ resignation. the distraction of the allegation being made - the allegation being made against a minister is a problem for the government, and we have seen so great, the most senior adviser go, because of that, and we have seen the transport secretary go as well —— sue gray. now tulip siddiq. i should tell you about the letters number ten has published in the last 20 minutes, and tulip siddiq said in her letter it is clear that continuing her role as the economic secretary to the treasury is likely to be a distraction in the work of the government, and the prime minister said in response that he wanted to thank tulip siddiq for her commitment as economic

secretary and for self referring herself to the independent adviser on standards and cooperating with the establishment of fax, that she decided to go to avoid distracting the work of the government in delivering the agenda for change as he says, and both tulip siddiq and the prime minister say the standards adviser found nothing wrong, so what of the standards adviser say? this is sir laurie magnus, he said he had not found any evidence of impropriety is relating to properties or ownership of those properties in relation to tulip siddiq's family, and she and her husband did not get anything through anything apart from legitimate means. the standards adviser said it was regrettable that tulip siddiq had not considered strongly

enough that she might be seen as breaking the ministerial code and the standard adviser advises the prime minister, that the prime minister want to consider tulip siddiq's responsibilities in light of that but of course she has now resigned. that but of course she has now resiuned. that but of course she has now resigned-— resigned. the conservatives callinu resigned. the conservatives calling on — resigned. the conservatives calling on keir— resigned. the conservatives calling on keir starmer- resigned. the conservatives calling on keir starmer to i calling on keir starmer to actually sack the minister of course. ., , �* course. that is right. at the weekend — course. that is right. at the weekend kemi _ course. that is right. at the weekend kemi badenoch i course. that is right. at the i weekend kemi badenoch said course. that is right. at the - weekend kemi badenoch said the prime minister should sack tulip siddiq and she will now be claiming a victory here, and within a matter of days that has happened. there is an element here which was a brewing financial investigation in bangladesh that were starting to name tulip siddiq as that investigation gathered pace, but this comes back down

to the problem that if you are trying to do very difficult things as this government is doing, with the cost of borrowing, and the risk that the chancellor rachel reeves who was in the house of commons today, defending her economic record, so you can't have distractions like a minister accused of may be benefiting from corruption in another country, so maybe inevitably she has gone.— she has gone. thanks for “oininu she has gone. thanks for joining us- _ she has gone. thanks for joining us. we _ she has gone. thanks for joining us. we will - she has gone. thanks for joining us. we will have i she has gone. thanks for- joining us. we will have more on that story on the programme in the next little while. stay with us here on bbc news.

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