amber ruddis staff were non—uk nationals. amber rudd is very liberal on immigration.m the top, from theresa may, and amber rudd is taking the heat for it. if amber rudd also taking the heat for divisions or uncertainty in the civil service? we have been hearing questions raised this evening about where the leaks are coming from the troubled amber rudd of the past two days and led to the resignation. quite possibly. there is also a brexit angle. she was a very cliett remainer. we have seen, again, in the last week, the struggle in the cabinet over the customs union, customs partnership, ha rd customs union, customs partnership, hard brexit, soft brexit, she has been causing a bit of trouble for the prime minister with a talk on maybe we actually will stay in the customs union. her role as a very prominent remainer who is now the highs, if you don't count theresa may, the highest—ranking remain in the cabinet, she is obviously taking a lot of people about as well from people in the cabinet who perhaps had a heart of view of brexit. so you have got to think that everythi

i was very surprised that amber rudd feels her position is untenable. surprised that amber rudd feelser position is untenablei surprised that amber rudd feels her position is untenable. i think perhaps they had got over the worst of the windrush situation in that they were setting the special body and that issue had lost its potency to some extent. the trouble was, all these argument is about targets last week, this is what has caused the damage to amber rudd, it was a sort of secondary blow and this is the knockout blow. and is there any underlying change in the political weather over this issue? it was interesting vince cable, the liberal democrat, this morning on the television show is kind of saying that the public are ahead of the politicians on this? what the treatment of the windrush generation should be? most people in this country were appalled frankly by the way the windrush generation was dealt with. it is one thing to deal with an illegal immigrant which you think is a genuinely illegal immigrant, andi think is a genuinely illegal immigrant, and i think most people in this

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amber rudd.cquitted herself extremely well that night because she was in an extremely difficult position, there were four or five left—wing parties versus her and ukip, and she acquitted herself very well and i was impressed by that. she is a talented politician. i'm not to say whether she will come back or not,... but it is no bar to coming back? looking at decades of government ministers, the kind of episode we have seen over the last few days is not the end of somebody‘s career necessarily. few days is not the end of somebody's career necessarily. no, and especially as it's still not clear what she has done wrong and whether what she has done wrong was a terrible offence or not will stop david blunkett came back. another troubled home secretary. peter mandelson was there twice, three times, sorry, iforgot. one thing we have not discussed in all of this yet is whether the home office is fit for purpose and manageable at the scale it is by one individual taking responsibility. john reid thought

not amber rudd. amber rudd was very clear about the reasons why she has resigned. need that people see foreign government to deal with illegal immigration. that is exactly what we're doing. now, we have seen the windrush generation been caught up the windrush generation been caught up in the windrush generation been caught upina the windrush generation been caught up in a way that was not, that has caused anxiety among their generation. that is why we have set up generation. that is why we have set upa unit generation. that is why we have set up a unit which is helping those people. which is helping those people. which is helping those people to get the documents that they need. they are british, they are part of us. but we deal with that. we make sure that people are given the reassurance that they need but we make sure that they are dealing with illegal immigration. the prime minister acknowledging that when she was home secretary. yes, there were targets. there will be there is a question why shouldn't therefore say to amber rutledge initially denied that there

have to stop and amber rudd accepts responsibilitym the apologies have to stop and amber rudd accepts it has clearly been a difficult week for the home secretary, that is something of an understatement, but in the series of tweets yesterday it was clear that amber rudd has taken the view that she should stay. she is dating her heels in and tackling head—on and she is staying in the job for now, and as long she has the support of the prime minister, cabinet ministers and conservative mps, she will remain there for no. but as we have seen, the windrush scandal and the government's handling of it has led to almost daily revelations which has caused problems for the home secretary, and there may well be more to come. a woman police officer has been sexually assaulted whilst detaining a man in sheffield in the early hours of yesterday morning. officers were responding to a report of an attempted rape on scotland street, when it's alleged a man struck the officers with a wooden signboard and sexually assaulted one of them. the man was arrested on suspicion of attempted rape, assault, sexual

rudd took up home office, before amber rudd took up her position there?our has suggested in recent days that amber rudd was somehow protect in her as a human shield. but of course was denied by the government but now, amber rudd has gone from thatjob, it may well be that the opposition party tries to point the criticism over this whole issue more pointedly at the prime minister herself. that is laura kuenssberg, our political editor, giving us the analysis on the resignation of amber rudd. so much more detail on that story at six o'clock on breakfast. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the british home secretary amber rudd has resigned after weeks of pressure over the government's treatment of long—term migrants from the caribbean. protesters have been showing their support for armenia's main opposition leader, days before a new prime minister will be chosen. china's foreign minister, wang yi, is to visit north korea this week, following the landmark summit between the leaders of north and south koreas on friday. the world's largest

the headlines at eleven: an apology from the home secretary amber ride after a leaked document suggests she may have known about immigration removal targets. a historic meeting between the leaders of north and south korea as they promise complete denuclearisation. as a symbol of unity, the men planted a tree using soil from both the north and south. the british economy grew at its slowest rate for more than five years — in the first three months of the year. his royal highness prince louis of cambridge — the new royal baby, fifth in line to the throne is named. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary amber rudd has apologised for not being aware of specific targets for the removal of illegal immigrants. in a series of tweets, she said that she did not see a leaked document, reported by the guardian, which detailed a target for the number of deportations in the year 2017—18. she says: our political correspondent, jonathan blake is at westminster. the pressure has been on amber road for deck —— days and days now, is it credible that she did not know about the deportation

-- will amber rudd. with it? hopefully by working across party, i‘m trying to work with people in the conservative party and labour party in the wider national interest, hopefully they will deal with it that way. vince cable, you‘ve been in government, what is it like? 0bviously you‘ve been in government, what is it like? obviously you have so much to look at, to be a cross, give us an idea about the kind of pressure you are under. there is enormous pressure. i happened to be head of a very big department, we had seven or eight ministers at anyone point in time, enormous numbers of quangos that you‘re theoretically responsible for, but the crucial thing is you have to get your department on side, they have to believe in what you‘re doing, you have to stick up for them when they make mistakes and they‘ll stick up for you. what‘s happened in this case is the ministers, the home secretary, lost the confidence of their own department because they blamed them for the things that were going wrong and that‘s so

is amber rudd out of the woods? have been lining up burn it ministers have been lining up to defend her. saying in her opinion she is the right person for thejob. she is in a difficult spot but she should stay and fight on. on this crucial issue of the memo which the guardian newspaper reported on yesterday sent to the home secretary, copy down with a number of senior officials and advisers, amber rudd has treated as you have seenin amber rudd has treated as you have seen in that report, saying she has not seen it and she has many documents sent to her and her office. michael gove has meant talking about as a minister himself saying that if a document should be placed in front of the home secretary and it isn't, then that is reg retta ble. secretary and it isn't, then that is regrettable. but in his mind at least the home secretary is right to stay and ourjob and he says she is the right person to do it. the home secretary has apologised saying that of course she should have seen it. but she cannot be held accountab

amber rudd says in a letter to the prime minister, ifeel amber rudd says in a letter to the prime ministershe means obviously to resign, because i inadvertently misled the home affa i rs inadvertently misled the home affairs select committee over targets for removal of illegal immigrants. i should targets for removal of illegal immigrants. ishould have targets for removal of illegal immigrants. i should have been aware of this and i take full responsibility for the fact that i was not. now, is that the principles —— principled stand you want in a british government minister or is that a lack of kuske and, and inexperience issue? it is difficult to reflect on it so many days after the mistake. she is doing the right thing, procedurally. if you mislead a committee. she is not quite admitting that she did know that the home office had targets. she presumably want to admit that now, because she is not home secretary any more so does not matter. but she plainly... she says she inadvertently misled. plainly... she says she inadvertently misledlj plainly... she says she inadvertently misled. i th

rudd took up charge there before amber rudd took upa charge there before amber rudd took up a positionme minister herself, theresa may. labour rojas suggested in recent days that amber rudd was somehow protecting the as human shields that was denied by the government. but now amber rudd has gone from thatjob it may well be that the opposition parties tried to point the criticism over this whole issue more pointedly at the prime minister herself. lots more reaction on our website. rohingya refugees in bangladesh have been holding protests demanding justice and the right to return to myanmar. they're appealing to un ambassadors visiting refugee camps in cox's bazar, which currently hold nearly 700,000 rohingyas who've fled from violence in myanmar. the delegation from the un's security council is also due to meet myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi and senior officials in the burmese army. the bbc‘s nick beake is in yangon. the most pressing priority for the international community is the plight of those rohingyan families in the camps in bangladesh and representatives from the un security

you would assume listening to it that amber ruddis assume listening to it that amber rudd is agonner. this is the fourth or even fifth time she's had to apologise to mps in the last fortnight, today having to correct what she told them yesterday about these targets for removing illegal immigrants and even now there is ambiguity about those targets. amber rudd says they are local targets for internal office use but acknowledges they could have been used inappropriately to incentivise removals. she was also unable to say when the home office was first alerted to the whole windrush scandal. she said yesterday she had only found out in the past three or four months and yet it has since emerged the government in barbados informed the government back in 2016. she was unable to answer questions again about whether anyone has been deported as a result of the scandal, and yet i doubt that amber ruddis scandal, and yet i doubt that amber rudd is going to be forced to walk the plank. we've heard from downing street expressing full confidence in amber rudd, tory mps lining up en masse to support

secretary amber rudd. arm of the home office has been using local targets for internal performance management. these were not published targets against which performance was assessed. but, if they were used inappropriately, then i am clear that this will have to change. but labour says the home secretary's performance has passed the point of no return. when lord carrington resigned over the falklands, he said it was a matter of honour. isn't it time that the home secretary considered her honour, and resigned? i say, with all conscience, is she really the right person to lead this office of state? but the government side is still on her side. she has the total support of this side of the house. the total support of this side of the house, in trying to resolve a very difficult, very difficult legacy issue. most people in the real world, outside of the labour party, the snp and the metropolitan london elite in the media believe that the government don't do enough to remove illegal immigrants from this country

amber rudd is on her fourth apology about this scandal.es a point when the apologies have to stop and amber rudd accepts responsibility. i'm joined now by the conservative commentator, alex deane. in terms of this story, it has dragged on. it was first about windrush and the treatment of those people coming in the 50s and 60s, and then documentation on those facing deportation and know their targets. where do you think the problem for the government lies in terms of going on? the two stories have been pushed together. government would have an easier time of dealing with them separately, especially windrush. it is decades old and rooted in history of those people coming to this country many decades ago. both parties presided over that. being criticised for details by diane abbott, irony is dead when diane abbott gets to talk about that. the home secretary should have seen this memo. there is a difference between something you could and should have seen but didn't get a chance to see. it is the sort of human error that eve ryo ne the sort of

and that prompted amber rudd's resignation tonight.or someone tipped as a potential leader, it's a brutal comedown. since entering parliament in 2010, amber rudd has risen through the ranks to the cabinet, where she's been a crucial support to theresa may. she even stood in for the prime minister during last year's election debates. the fact is we are to concentrate our resources on the people who need it most. her feisty exchanges during the eu referendum lead her to be seen as a competent performer and as someone who campaigned against brexit, she was a vital voice in cabinet for mps who backed remain. her departure is a loss to them. it's damning to her leadership dream. and it leaves the prime minister very exposed in downing street. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. with more analysis of what this means for the british government, here's our political editor laura kuennsberg. a big moment for any government to lose their home secretary, after all it's one of the big offices of state, but in these peculiar times its leaving a mo

that is a matter for amber rudd. that they could get this through. that is a matterfor amber rudd. guarantees for pensioners in our country, who have always been british citizens, and deserve a government who bring forward legislation to enshrine their rights once and for all. i do not think they are playing politics. if you think about those people who have been imprisoned in their own countries, people who have been trapped abroad, unable to return for children's weddings, unable to take up children's weddings, unable to take up employment that they had, people unable to get cancer treatments — frankly, there's nothing more serious in any country than imprisoning people who should never have been imprisoned. if that is something that shouldn't be taken up, idon't something that shouldn't be taken up, i don't know what is. this letter has been signed by six parties, including conservatives. i think it is cross—party now, that we have action. real action, think it is cross—party now, that we have action. realaction, on think it is cross—party now, that we have action. real action,

amber rudd's calculation wants to fight on and clear up the mess.oing on in her mind is she has accepted a lot of the theresa may agender for immigration, which i imagine personally, she is not comfortable with. but the reason for that, going forward and negotiating immigration for brexit, she would like to get the student numbers out of the net migration target. theresa may, i have been speaking to people in the last 48 hours who know theresa may's mind and they are scathing about amber rudd's handling of the home office. they say theresa may had an iron grip. her chief of staff is worth criticised for being control freaks, but she made sure these things didn't happen and they have happened under amber rudd. but the raw calculation for the prime minister, if amber rudd goes, that leaves theresa may very exposed. we will wait until monday. well, we did invite the home office to join us tonight, but nobody was available. i'm joined, though, from salford by labour's shadow immigration minister, afzal khan. thank you forjoining us. what do you make of

the couple married when amber was 19 and josh was 21. almost immediately, they left their friends and family in tulsa behind. >> he had enlisted in the air force. we flew off to alaska where he was stationed. >> amber says the marriage quickly deteriorated. josh started changing, getting very angry very quickly, and it just kind of escalated. nobody can understand what it was like to be married to him. i loved him so much, but he was a jerk. >> josh was soon honorably discharged from the air force on an unrelated matter. amber was nearly seven months pregnant when the couple moved back to tulsa. >> my mom had an apartment at the university club towers that she had rented out and said we could go stay there. we were on the 25th floor, i mean, we were just arguing in the living room, and you know when you argue, you get closer and closer and closer and josh put his hands out onto my shoulders and i just -- i mean, i'm pregnant, i have a huge belly, i mean if you're going put your hands on me while i have a huge stomach, what's -- what's go

there will be intriguing to see whether amber rudd decides tojoin be intriguing to see whether amberas 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 javi

amber rudd has been under pressure. while he resign over windrush?a letter to the prime minister, she says she: thatis that is why she is going. it was the windrush scandal that marked the beginning of the end to the home secretary, days of damning headlines about the treatment of legal migrants. but on wednesday, mps on the home affairs committee asked amber rudd about targets for removing illegal migrants. these words would end her cabinet career. we don't have targets for removals. she later said there had been local operational targets that she had not known about and apologised. but on friday the guardian obtained a memo copied to the home secretary referring directly to national targets. she said she had not seen it but in her resignation letter she admitted: in response, the prime minister said she was sorry that amber rudd was resigning but in your address to the house of commons on the illegal immigration, answer questions put in good faith. but critics say the resignation should have come sooner, and labour now wants theresa may herself to

senior tories say amber rudd should not suffer the same fate.etains the absolute support of the party, the absolute support and the prime minister has made that quite plain. but to suggest that in some way this is a resigning matter isjust rubbish, it's not. no, i think what matters is that amber rudd is allowed to get on and fix this, get on and do what she knows to be right for the windrush generation, and to very much get on with bringing confidence back to the immigration system, and i'm absolutely confident that she is the right person to do that. so amber rudd fights on, but one friend of the prime minister expressed astonishment that no alarm bells appeared to ring in the home office during the five months that the guardian reported on the treatment of the windrush generation. in her time, theresa may famously ran the home office with an iron grip, this tory told me. but when there was a bushfire, her team would get out the fire extinguishers. for now, amber rudd appears safe and is protecting theresa may — unless any more damaging inform

and indeed support from amber rudd. right, amber rudd sent out at saying that it was outstanding debut. so strong support from her. his predecessor who will clearly be bruised after this. i'm sure she is quite cross with her officials, whether or not she is crossed with number ten or not, i'm sure we will not know for a long time. it was a really brutal fall for amber rudd, who was one of the most senior members of the government. tipped as a future leader. all of that, has had a real battering over the last few days. ben stay with us because... parliament has been preoccupied with another issue today with the government's brexit plans suffering another overwhelming defeat in the house of lords. let's listen in as peers voted by a majority of 90 to give parliament a decisive say on the outcome of the negotiations with the eu, if there isn't a deal. my my lords could that have voted, contends 335 not contents, 244. so the contents have it. well, there we have an overwhelming defeat. just explain the significance of this.

shouldn't you be taking personal responsibility, not amber rudd?tile environment". amber rudd was very clear about the reasons why she has resigned. that was because of information that she give to the house of commons that was not correct. if you look at what we're doing as a government and have been doing over the years as a government, what we're doing is responding to a need that people see for government to deal with illegal immigration. the new home secretary's first day as an mp was only in 2010. it really is like being at school again on the first day. made a minister then promoted to the cabinet by david cameron. but, as business secretary, he faced calls to quit... ..when the indian—owned tata steel company was up for sale. and while in charge of housing, he's been under pressure over the promises made after the grenfell fire. labour warns the appointment will be meaningless unless there's a change in how the office works. i look forward to the new home secretary showing some interest and some determination to ensure the home office works

amber rudd there. be sacked. that is usually different in politics? not always, and you have seen politics? not always, and you have seen amber rudd this morning having to admit that her claim yesterday that there were no targets for removals was wrong, today she has had to admit that there were targets, although she says that they we re targets, although she says that they were used for internal means, and not to drive immigration. she did appear to be unaware that some officers did have these targets, and she said of offices had used them as pa rt she said of offices had used them as part of the removals process, that would be using them inappropriately. in terms of her position, however, i'm not at all sure that she will be for the chop, because obviously we have heard number 10 saying this morning the prime minister has full confidence in amber rudd, looking at the reaction of tory mps, overwhelmingly in fact universally supportive of amber rudd, rowing in behind her, and listening to amber rudd he

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amber rudd has been told by downing street to resist pressure to resign.being used to protect her predecessor of the home office. none other than the prime minister herself, but there could be another reason. because every week, in there, an inner group of cabinet ministers meet to thrash out the policy on brexit. if amber rudd goes, the balance of forces between those who voted to leave the eu and those who, like her, voted to remain, could be disrupted at a potentially crucial time. so far, amber rudd may be using up as many political lives as this creature. number 10 do not want to show her the door — but tomorrow, the home secretary will have to convince mps that she's on top of herjob. ianjoined me ian joined me here ianjoined me here in the studio ian joined me here in the studio for more analysis on what looks set to bea more analysis on what looks set to be a difficult case for amber rudd to the commons tomorrow. i think the case she will make will be twofold, i think first you will show humility, say she should have known about other things she cl

silence at first on the home 0ffice, then a series of tweets from amber rudd.n, she wasn‘t aware of targets, she should have been, and she was sorry. she promised a statement in parliament on monday. the home secretary has apologised, saying that of course she should have seen it. but she can‘t be held accountable or responsible for a document she didn‘t see and for decisions she didn‘t take. cabinet colleagues have backed amber rudd and the prime minister has said she has full confidence in the home secretary, but there is no letup in the pressure for her to go. i think she‘s in a very difficult position. i think she‘s hanging by a thread. 0n the one hand, there may be more to come out, but what we do know is that no one will take this government seriously on the windrush scandal until amber rudd offers her resignation. amber rudd has faced serious accusations which in different political times might have prompted a resignation. but for her to go with leave theresa may further exposed to criticism of her record as home secretary. and with challenges in parliam

pressure mounts on amber rudd over the windrush scandal. i have never agreed that there should be specific removal targets and i would never support a policy that puts targets the head of people. that gives you no confidence, because they start saying, there aren't targets, then they say that they are fully charge of the situation, then go on to say that they don't know what is going on. violent crime rose by more than 20% in england and wales last year. after 20 years of decline, burglaries and car crime are on the increase. more than a0 companies have signed up to a pact to cut plastic pollution over the next seven years. a new pitch for wembley. it's thought fulham owner shahid khan is offering £800 million for the stadium. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. with the aid is to hugh. yes, good afternoon, simon. we will have much more on that with a wembley. where will that money go? it could be that grassroots and participation football are the real beneficiaries of any deal shouldn't go ahead. much more a little bit later. thank

let's start with your take on the resignation of amber rudd, which is all over the front pages in thek. it happened late last night. she has gone. i think the immediate reason for this is the question about what she knew about some of these targets for deportations in these targets for deportations in the home office. i would say i think thatis the home office. i would say i think that is a resigned a ball offence. i think the politics of this scandal is interesting. it suggests that politicians were wrong to think that the public is only interested in a very crude numerical target for immigration, in these recent years, but actually, the public has a more nuanced view of immigration, with regards to deportation in net migration, and having a policy which is only a number might not be responding to political demand. is only a number might not be responding to political demandm would seem the issue for her, she saysin would seem the issue for her, she says in her letter, "i inadvertently misled mps when it comes to this issue of targets for deportations". she has been given a grilling

he said amber rudd had inherited a failing policy and made it worse.ical editor laura kuenssberg has more. home secretary, will you resign over windrush? who knew and when? the home secretary, number 10, everyone round here says that they're sorry now. but how did the windrush scandal slip the government's notice? her department is taking most of the strain. i bitterly, deeply regret i didn't see it as more than individual cases that had gone wrong that needed addressing. i didn't see it as a systemic issue until very recently. but does she think as many in westminster do that the problems are a by—product of the government's overall approach? home secretary, do you agree that the net migration target has distorted the decision—making and led us to many of these problems? i do not think that has anything to do with it. have you asked the prime minister to get rid of the net migration targets? i have not discussed that with the prime minister. i will not be drawn any further on private conversations i might have with the prime minister. you said when in

and did he say amber rudd should go? they established that he meant ever read.e minister herself said that she wasn't trying to blame anybody, although our government has done nothing but over the last week to point the finger at officials. —— all the hard government. saying the previous labour government was to blame and what it was really striking, which is why we won with a story today, this angle on amber rudd at the home affairs select committee asked several times effectively to pin the blame on her predecessor will stop john woodcock, we mentioned earlier. he asked repeatedly whether she would take this possibility for the change in policies and tone at the home office they came in when she came in in 2016. orwas home office they came in when she came in in 2016. or was she inheriting toxic policies described byjeremy inheriting toxic policies described by jeremy corbyn and inheriting toxic policies described byjeremy corbyn and making the worse. she repeatedly, it was no answer really. she said i can't really answer that and give you an answer. clearly,

cabinet colleagues rally round home secretary amber rudd. office targets for deporting illegal immigrants. and in sport: liverpool were held to a goalless draw by stoke city, who remain in the relegation zone, three points adrift of safety with just two games of the season remaining. liverpool failed to score at anfield in the league for the first time in nine games. in the scottish premiership, hamilton academical beat bottom—of—the table ross county 2—0, as they aim to stay in the top flight. ferrari's sebastian vettel will be on pole for tomorrow's azerbaijan grand prix, with lewis hamilton's mercedes starting in second plcae. i'll be back with more on those stories. details are noble stories on the bbc sport website. donald trump has praised yesterday's meeting between the leaders of north and south korea. in a tweet, the us president wrote... our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who's in seoul, said the summit has been also welcomed by the south korean media. given those extraordinary scenes at the summit yesterday, it is no surpri

the home secretary amber rudd.l the reasons why there has been this spate of killings in the capital and amber rudd on the defences about the numbers of uppies on the beat. she points to important evidence, when knife crime was at its highest, you had the highest amount of police office rs had the highest amount of police officers on the street so there isn't that correlation. obviously, she is on the defensive as people have been critical about cuts and if something bad happens in a certain area, it will be an obvious go to. the home office is laying out several different things they will put in place. i am disappointed that we haven't seen any mention of drug reform here. the reoffending rate for young people when they get out of prison is very high in the uk and many of the reasons they are locked up many of the reasons they are locked up has to do with drugs. usually non—violent crime, as rated to drugs, so if they are serious about tackling this issue, and it does seem tackling this issue, and it does seem the

amber rudd cannot be the right person to clear up this mess.ess until there was so much publicity in the newspapers. and the fact she doesn't seem to know whether she has targets or not just reinforces the understanding that she's just not the right person. amber rudd has said targets were only used to assess internal performance but now it's her own performance that's under scrutiny. iain watson, bbc news. more than 30,000 people took to the streets of the northern spanish city of pamplona to protest after a court acquited five men of raping a teenager at the annual bull—running festival — convicting them of sexual abuse instead. it's the third straight day of demonstrations. sophie long reports. tens of thousands of people, one message. it's not sexual abuse, it's rape. this is the third day people have filled the streets of pamplona and other cities across spain after a court acquitted five men gang rape. their 18—year—old victim had been at pamplona's bull running festival when they surrounded her and made her have sex with them. they used

cabinet colleagues rally round home secretary amber rudd.office targets for deporting illegal immigrants. and in sport... liverpool were held to a goalless draw with stoke city, who remained in the relegation zone with just two games remaining. hamilton academical beat ross county as the interstate in the top flight. and sebastian vettel will be on pole for ferrari for the azerbaijani government pre—. lewis hamilton will start in second place. i will be back with the details on those stories at around 5:30pm. president trump has said he'll continue to apply pressure on north korea to try and rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons. following the summit between north and south korea, mr trump said he would forge a deal with the north if it were possible when he hold talks with kimjong—un, in the coming weeks. media outlets in north korea have called yesterday's meeting historic. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who's in seoul, said the event has been also welcomed by the south korean media. given those extraordinary scenes at the summit

no, there is significant pressure on amber rudd tonight.xtended now to much wider questions about the government's overall approach to immigration and, crucially, the systems in place in the home office and amber rudd's management of those. 0n and amber rudd's management of those. on wednesday amber rudd told mps, there are no targets in place for the deportation of illegal immigrants. then yesterday she was forced to go to the house of commons to clarify, saying their local targets in place, but she wasn't aware of them. then today the guardian newspaper obtained this memo, which was written injune of last year. it was copied into amber rudd and her senior team and clearly referred to those targets set on a national level. that prompted fresh calls for the home secretary's resignation, not least from labour, who suggested she had misled parliament. we had several hours of silence after that from the home 0ffice. silence after that from the home office. in the last half an hour or soa office. in the last half an hour or so a series of tweet

i have never seen staggering apology from amber rudd. i have never seen a staggering apology from amber a british government minister apologises for the failings of the department in the failings of the department in the same way. describing a appalling actions, individuals too concerned of policy. there is a great timeline in the guardian in which they say 7am, one government minister says we need to do better and for 57 and other government in it is interviews who suggest some people were deported and spent 3:54 pm, and write the home secretary saying i'm sorry. clearly this was moving very fast. —— amber rudd, the home secretary. this has gained cross— party secretary. this has gained cross—party support. secretary. this has gained cross-party support. it is all about timing with these apologies or announcements. this commonwealth event is going on right now in london in westminster. we have leaders of the commonwealth in london hearing about initiatives and new ideas. they were getting angry about this and wanted to meet the government and originally the government and originally th

shouldn't you be taking personal responsibility, not amber rudd?tile environment". amber rudd was very clear about the reasons why she has resigned. that was because of information that she gave to the house of commons that was not correct. if you look at what we're doing as a government, and have been doing over the years as a government, what we are doing is responding to a need that people see for a government to deal with illegal immigration. the new home secretary's first day as an mp was only in 2010. well, it really is like being at school again, on the first day. made a minister then promoted to the cabinet by david cameron. but, as business secretary, he faced calls to quit when the indian—owned tata steel company was up for sale. and, while in charge of housing, he has been under pressure over the promises made after the grenfell fire. labour warns the appointment will be meaningless unless there is a change in how the office works. i look forward to the new home secretary showing some interest and some determination to ensure the home of

she says: four days there have been calls for amber rudd to resign, as our political editorjonathan amber as our political editor jonathan blake explains, those are not going away. her shadow on the labour frontbench diane abbott has said that amber rudd is hanging by a thread, as a shield for the prime minister. she says that she failed to read crucial documents and again called for amber rudd, the home secretary, to resign. diane abbott hinting at the political dimension here which is definitely at play in this, i think, amber rudd's predecessor at the home office was theresa may as home secretary. she was in office there during a lot of the time we have seen under scrutiny in terms of the changes that she pushed through to immigration policy, and how that may have led to legal immigrants from caribbean countries, the so—called windrush generation, being wrongly challenged and asked to prove their status. amber rudd has tonight signalled her intention to ride out this storm, face up to her responsibility and admit she did not see this document and was not aware of the targets that were

i'm so why on earth is amber rudd still in a job?had vital work to do and that the prime minister retained confidence in her. certainly it would upset the delicate balance in the cabinet between those ministers who backed brexit and those who, like 0bama voted to remain in the european union if she were to resign. —— those who, like her. she is in effect being used as a human shield to protect her predecessor in the home office. the prime minister herself. amber rudd cannot be the right person to clear up this mess. she didn't realise there was a mess until there was so much publicity in the newspapers. and the fact she doesn't seem to know whether she has targets or not just doesn't seem to know whether she has targets or notjust reinforces the understanding that she's just not the right person. amber rudd has said targets were only used to assess internal performance but now it's her own performance that under scrutiny. iain watson, bbc news. 0nto sport: and the former world number one ronnie 0'sullivan has been knocked out of the

amber rudd cannot be the right person to clear up this mess.so much publicity in the newspapers. and the fact she doesn't seem to know whether she has targets or not just reinforces the understanding that she's just not the right person. amber rudd has said targets were only used to assess internal performance but now it's her own performance that's under scrutiny. iain watson, bbc news. parole board decisions in england and wales could be challenged more easily, under new proposals. a review was set—up after the parole board approved the release of the serial sex—offender, john worboys — a decision that was later overturned. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. still behind bars, john worboys, the man known as the black cab rapist. his victims had to go to court to appeal against the parole board decision to let him out ofjail. they didn't even know why the 60 year old prisoner had been approved for release until the legal action began. the case exposed flaws in the parole system and ministers are now trying to address them. they

amber rudd had thejoy of has it? no, that's right.rudd had the joy of coming to a press gallery lunch in front of journalists in westminster to make a speech and answer questions. she said there are other places she would rather have been. she acknowledged it had been difficult shech wanted to make changes in the home office and committed to staying in the home office. she asked whether she had considered resigning, whether she offered her resignation to the prime minister. she didn't answer that in a straight way. he she talked about being committed to staying and sorting out the windrush fiasco, as she called it. she said she felt the pain of the people going through all of that. on this slightly separate issue of these targets that yesterday she didn't seem to know anything about. the regional targets for the deportation of illegal immigrants, it's pretty clear they are going to go. she said she had not cleared those and going forward they wouldn't be there. 0k. not cleared those and going forward they wouldn't be there. ok. you me

and that prompted amber rudd's resignation tonight. for someone tipped as a potential leader, it's a brutal comedown. to theresa may. year's election debates. on the people that need it most. who backed remain. her departure is a loss to them. and it leaves the prime minister very exposed in downing street. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. government, here's our political editor laura kuennsberg. it is, after all, one of the great offices of state. path of action. in the cabinet over brexit. who's inside and who was on the outside in brexit. amber rudd was a powerful voice inside the cabinet. on the backbenches who was on that side of the argument. up her position there? the prime minister herself, theresa may. was denied by the government. whole issue more pointedly at the prime minister herself. from the caribbean. between north and south korea. of the korean peninsula. have reported could be held either in singapore or mongolia. what he called "starry—eyed" about what the meeting may yield. hopeful that we can get a real breakth

cabinet colleagues rally round home secretary amber rudd.e which detailed home office targets for deporting illegal immigrants. parole board decisions in england and wales could be challenged more easily, under new proposals. a review was set up after after the parole board approved the release of the serial sex offender, john worboys — a decision that was later overturned. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. still behind bars, john worboys, the man known as the black cab rapist. his victims had to go to court to appeal against the parole board decision to let him out ofjail. they didn't even know why the 60—year—old prisoner had been approved for release until the legal action began. the case exposed flaws in the parole system and ministers are now trying to address them. they're planning a series of reforms to the parole board to make it more transparent. a summary of the reasons for parole decisions will be sent to victims and in some cases to other people who request it. a scheme to keep victims informed about their cases

telegraph, amber rudd on the break after a deportation memo leaked.a memo that talked about deportation targets, that she denied she knew existed and that they were going to be scrapped and she had to apologise again this evening, not sure that made it into the front pages because she tweeted late this evening saying she tweeted late this evening saying she would stay on in herjob and that she was sorry she did not knew know about it. what will be going on in the home office in number ten? she is probably unsettled at the moment for theresa may, if she was to sack her it would trigger a whole reshuffle in the cabinet. she will go if she has had enough but clearly the home office has been a political graveyard for many cabinet ministers andi graveyard for many cabinet ministers and i always thought theresa may did well to survive in there for a long time without any scandals. also what is happening here is an absence of other news going on apart from brexit. there is not really domestic agenda and this is filling the void so agenda and this is filling

plus she's got amber rudd... yes, there is an amber rudd dimension.d dimension, and she is the home secretary, and she is on the brink. so all of the scales is going on —— this chaos is going on, with the government supposedly delivering this reverend and result as best they can. but that isn't the times top story, because they are suggesting that putin is behind jeremy corbyn. the establishment of 6000 twitter accounts supporting corbynite that were active in the run—up to the snap election. even on the day of polling, they were trying to influence, to get the vote out for labour. ending out diverse messages, leaping on any opportunity to show mrs may in a bad light. this is an extraordinary story, because it's... is an extraordinary story, because it's. .. the sunday is an extraordinary story, because it's... the sunday times has gone through a load of accounts. this would take a great deal of time to be able to get this story to the point where you could publish it, and establish that these were twitter accounts set up by russian bodies, either the

amber rudd admits she should have known about targets for deporting illegal immigrants. the home secretary denies reading a memo sent to her office telling her about them. labour says she should resign. good morning, it's saturday, 28 april. also this morning: victims of crime will be able to challenge the release of prisoners more easily, under sweeping changes to the parole system. friends for now — a new era for peace between north and south korea, but president trump warns the us will maintain pressure until the north gets rid of its nuclear weapons. in sport, the race to the premier league will go down to the wire after fulham beat sunderland to move to second in the championship. premier league relegations could also be confirmed today with west bromich albion on the brink. everybody in this boat except you is paddling at the same time as everybody else! it's not all plain sailing as i try my hand at dragon racing — one of the fastest growing participation sports in the world. and matt has the weather. good morning, across parts of central england it stays cloudy,

why on earth is amber is still in her job? or take. why on earth is amber is still in herjob?ear to her that she still had vital work to do and that the prime minister still had confidence in her. but it's upsetting the delicate balance, and to those who like her voted to remain in the european union. if she we re remain in the european union. if she were to resign. critics say she is still there because she is in effect being used as a human shield to protect her predecessor in a home office. the prime minister herself. she cannot be the right person to clear up this mess. she was not even aware there was a mass until it was published in the newspapers. and the fa ct published in the newspapers. and the fact that she does not seem to know that she has targets are not, just reinforces the understanding that she isjust reinforces the understanding that she is just not the right person. she has said targets were only used to assess internal performance. but now it is her own performance that is under scrutiny. the headlines on bbc news: asda and sainsbury‘s are in advanced talks