let's cross straight to our home editor mark easton who joins me now. nd lots of movement at the home office. what is your overall take about the change in home secretarys, james cleverly now moves from the home office.— from the home office. hereafter the home office — from the home office. hereafter the home office making _ from the home office. hereafter the home office making clear— from the home office. hereafter the home office making clear it - from the home office. hereafter the home office making clear it would . from the home office. hereafter the | home office making clear it would be his own style, he wasn't going to be led by the rhetoric we had been getting from suella braverman, but he does have a bulging in tray. it starts almost as soon as he walks in the door. he will be briefed by m15 on the top secret things home secretaries are supposed to know about, he will be meeting all of the staff and officials inside the department. but after that he will have to go straight down to business because downing street has made it clear they want t

home editor mark easton. _ problem on his hands.hands. home editor mark easton, thank you. _ inflation has fallen sharply to its lowest level in two years. official figures show the rate at which prices are rising was 4.6% in the year to october. in november last year it was 10.7%. after that the prime minister pledged to halve the rate and rishi sunak says today's figure means he has delivered on his pledge. labour say it's not the time for the government to be "popping champagne corks." 0ur chief economics correspondent dharshini david has more. it's the very factor that turned up the heat on inflation, wholesale gas prices, which caused it to drop last month after a cut in the domestic energy price cap. news to warm the chancellor's heart. there's lots more work to do. we still have to bring inflation down to its target level of 2%. but now we are beginning to win the battle against inflation. we can move to the next part of our economic plan, which is the long term growth of the british economy. here at the treasury, they'll be

mark easton our home editor with his take — cameron.h his take on the _ cameron. mark easton our home editor with his take on the challenges - with his take on the challenges facing britain's new home secretary, james cleverly. james cleverly was in the foreign office until this morning and now the new foreign secretary is, as we have been reporting all morning, david cameron, the former british prime minister. there has been some reaction to his appointment. let's listen to transport secretary mark harper. i listen to transport secretary mark harer. ., , listen to transport secretary mark harer. ., ., �*, harper. i was in david cameron's government. _ harper. i was in david cameron's government. i— harper. i was in david cameron's government, i was _ harper. i was in david cameron's government, i was his _ harper. i was in david cameron's government, i was his chief - harper. i was in david cameron's. government, i was his chief whip. harper. i was in david cameron's - government, i was his chief whip. he is a fantastic team player, th

we�*ll speak to our health correspondent nick triggle, but first let�*s speak to our home editor mark eastonthe general election likely within a year, the tories have put crime and punishment at the heart of their policy agenda. more whole life or death of her murderous, more jail time for sex offenders and rapists. they will force convicts to be in the docks when victim statements are read in court. none of these ideas are new, there is very little in the way of new detail. we don�*t know how much is really going to change or how much they are going to cost. what we do know is that there are record numbers of people already locked up in england and wales, sentences have never been longer. the jails are overcrowded, staff are dealing with record levels of self—harm, rising violence. actually being tough on crime is easy to say but there are always practical, social and economic consequences. nick, help very much a focus of the agenda as well?— agenda as well? yes, it is. legislation _ agenda as well? yes, it is. legislation has _ agenda as well? yes, it is. legislation has been - agenda as w

mark easton reports.or long—term migration to the uk, and the number that raised eyebrows is the revised net migration figure for 2022, a record. 745,000 more people came to the uk than less, far higher than previously thought. now, the equivalent figure for the year tojune this year is 672,000, suggesting that net migration may now be on a downward trajectory. let's look in a bit more detail at who the immigrants are. now, the figures suggest 1.2 million people came to britain for more than 12 months. roughly a third of those were higher skilled workers and their families, and one in three of those were coming to work in the nhs and in social care. the countries providing the most workers were india, nigeria and zimbabwe. now, the uk also welcomed — down the bottom — 410,000 students, another third. the remainder here, a range of people — dependants, humanitarian visas and so on. we also got another set of immigration figures from the home office today, and they show that in the year to september, 45,000

earlier i spoke to our home editor, mark easton, to discuss that further. home editor, mark easton, tourther. james cleverly famously — that further. james cleverly famously love _ that further. james cleverly famously love being - that further. james cleverly | famously love being foreign secretary. it was suggested as a death that might be the defence secretary as he has a military background, and apparently let it be known that you will see nail marks on the floor in my office if you try to move me. i don't know quite what james cleverly�*s attitude will be to taking on the huge and very complicated brief at the home office. it is complicated right now. he is immediately coming in to the arguments about the relationship between the home secretary and the police, the metropolitan police, the manner in which they have been policing protests in london. the government has made it clear that there will be interested in trying to give the police more powers to arrest people more quickly who are involved in hate crimes on marches, so that is something that will come pretty fast at him, as

mark easton, bbc news.ine. it says the tablets were found in a makeshift factory and are probably being sold on the dark web. nitazine emerged as a problem in the uk earlier this year. nitazenes were first developed in the 1950s as a pain—killing medication, but are so potent and addictive, they have never been approved for medical or therapeutic use. 11 people have been charged. in india, rescue efforts to retrieve 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel have stopped for the evening. the workers have spent 12 days underground. engineers have managed to reach them, delivering food, water, air and electricity. late on wednesday, the operation slowed after a drilling machine encountered a steel structure it could not cut through. the men appear to be in good health. ambulances and specially—fitted stretchers are on standby in preparation for their rescue. our south asia correspondent samira hussain is at the scene with the latest. in the last 24 hours, rescue workers here have made very little progress.

our home editor mark easton reports.ary has barely got through the door of his office but james cleverly faces the real threat that within 48 hours of his arrival, the centrepiece of his department's illegal migration policy will be in tatters. i had a very good conversation with the prime minister, who's made it very clear that he wants us to deliver on our promises to stop the boats. thank you. with the prime minister's demands still ringing in his ears, civil servants will have briefed him on his narrowing options, should tomorrow morning's supreme courtjudgement be that sending asylum seekers to rwanda is unlawful. the government believes that by swiftly relocating cross—channel arrivals to east africa, the business model of the people smuggling gangs will be fatally damaged. 615 arrived on the kent coast on sunday alone. there is a serious and pressing need to take effective steps that will act as a deterrent. the government wants the supreme court justices to overturn the appeal court's conclusion that genuine refu

mark easton, bbc news. the judge at his civil fraud trial in new york. the former president is accused of inflating the value of his properties in order to secure favourable loans. the judge told him to stop treating his court appearance like a political rally. it is just one of several legal battles mr trump is facing. here's our north america editor sarah smith. how did it go? i think it went very well. after a chaotic day in court, donald trump headed straight for the cameras, insisting he is being hounded for purely political reasons. everything we did was absolutely right. to think that we are being sued and spending all this time and money, and people are being killed all over the world, that this country could stop. with inflation and all of the other problem is that this country has, problems that this country has, i think it's a disgrace. he claims the new york attorney general who brought the charges against him is a racist who wants to stop him becoming president again. i will not be bullied. i w

mark easton, bbc news.onal events — the macy's parade in new york. taking centre stage, as ever, will be huge balloons of cartoon characters, filled with helium, as they float down the streets and avenues of manhattan. technical teams spent the night inflating them and making sure they couldn't fly away. we'll bring you the best of the parade later today, here on bbc news. and also in five minutes when we look at all the business stories and of course we will unpack the autumn statement, reaction to that. we are also looking at the business of thanksgiving outside the us. it is big business elsewhere so i'll be back with all that and more injust a moment. don't go anywhere. hello. we're all under the influence of mild atlantic air at the moment. so temperatures were higher on wednesday than they were tuesday. around the moray firth, actually, we had 15 degrees celsius, well above average. but it's all about to change. by the end of the day ahead, the cold air�*s established across northern scotland, and acr

mark easton reporting. rances read is at the israeli embassy, where the protest is finishing. good to get on the programme. darkness falling, as mark said at the end of his package. what is the situation on the ground right now where you are?— situation on the ground right now where ou are? ., , , ,, where you are? yeah, mostly everyone has now disbursed. _ where you are? yeah, mostly everyone has now disbursed. i _ where you are? yeah, mostly everyone has now disbursed. i can _ where you are? yeah, mostly everyone has now disbursed. i can see _ has now disbursed. i can see behind me at the moment we have quite a big police presence at the moment, so we did just see a big group of police come down the road here in front of the embassy, they were wearing helmets and protective gear and they have now gone back up the route where the demonstrators came from in the first place. the vast majority of demonstrators, i have to say, have now dispersed. there are still a few people here who police are speaking to at t

the home editor mark easton has more.ment ministers were encouraging people to stay away, this afternoon's pro—palestinian march brought more than 300,000 people onto the streets of central london — easily the largest protest since the current israel—gaza conflict began. it's 11:00. "it's11," says one demonstrator, as groups marked the armistice with a two—minute silence. quite a number of protesters were wearing poppies. it's an important day to remember those who died, but amongst them were 10,000 palestinians whojoined the british army. the atmosphere as the rally began was relaxed and good—natured, but from early in the day, police have been concerned about what they categorised as a right—wing counter protest. there were scuffles a short distance from the cenotaph. 300,000 to a00,000, maybe more. the met commissioner, sir mark rowley, paid a visit to his command team as riot squads in the field worked to keep the two protest groups apart. here in the met police's operations centre, officers are monitoring every aspec

mark easton, bbc news. the other main story tonight.r has suffered a major rebellion over his stance on the israel—gaza war this evening, with 56 of his mps voting for an immediate ceasefire. ten mps, including eight shadow minsters, either resigned or were sacked from the shadow front bench after they backed an snp motion calling for a ceasefire. 0ur political correspondent hannah miller is in westminster. how damaging is this for sir keir? this looks to be the worst rebellion that keir starmer has faced since becoming labour leader. these are not all people from the left wing of the labour party, some of them certainly would not have been fans ofjeremy corbyn. de have been a talks to try to bring some of these mps on side but ultimately, many of them are responding to pressure from their constituents on what is proving to be a very divisive issue among potential labour voters. ceasefire now! the calls are getting louder. both outside parliament, and in. every minute, every hour, every day we wait is another orphan, another grieving mo

mark easton reporting.me or talk to our our news correspondent frances read is at the american embassy, where the protest is finishing. what is the picture now? very much auieter what is the picture now? very much quieterthan — what is the picture now? very much quieter than it _ what is the picture now? very much quieter than it was _ what is the picture now? very much quieter than it was earlier. - what is the picture now? very much quieter than it was earlier. pretty i quieter than it was earlier. pretty much dispersed. the police presence pretty much gone as far as i can see, there were more policejust after around five o�*clock, if you remember that was a time the protesters had been told to be disbursed by, there was a hard out on that, police were insistent that five o�*clock was a time when everyone should be gone from this area, now they have open the road here. the police that were lining between about five o�*clock to half past six have disappeared now, and life is getting back to normal pretty m

mark easton, bbc news.ed as home secretary last week, said the pressure on public services from migration is unsustainable, and that the government must "act now" to cut the numbers coming to the uk. since 2010 it has been conservative governments in power, setting targets for migration, and delivering brexit. our political editor chris mason has spent the day in windsor in berkshire talking to a group of conservative activists about their party s record on the issue. coffee and a chat. i'm with a collection of conservative party members, and one big topic. let's talk about legal migration. is it too high? i think potentially it probably is a touch too high, although these people have been vetted, they've come in through the front door. and dealing with the local businesses in maidenhead and windsor, there is definitely a gap, and definitely a need for people in hospitality and other businesses. i personally would love to see - the number come down altogether. even though you're a recent migrant yourself? y

mark easton, thank you.right outside some of gaza city's major hospitals, including the largest, shifa. israel says these are places where hamas is hiding. the purple areas here show where the idf troops are — they've encircled gaza city now. and have a look at this footage taken from inside the al—rantisi children's hospital in gaza city. you can clearly see the tank in the narrow street right outside the hospital. people there have been told that if they're not medical staff or patients they must leave. that's because israel says hamas are in tunnels beneath the hospital, which hamas denies. there's fighting around three other hospitals close—by. there's been at least one attack near the al—shifa hospital. the palestine red crescent says israeli snipers have fired at al-quds hospital — those inside say it's surrounded. and the indonesian hospital has been damaged as well. with the very latest here's lucy williamson. and there are distressing images in her piece. gaza's hospitals are seen by locals as place

mark easton, bbc news. let's get the latest from chris mason at westminster.the prime minister really rescue it?— water or can the prime minister really rescue it? right now it's an almiah really rescue it? right now it's an almighty mess — really rescue it? right now it's an almighty mess and _ really rescue it? right now it's an almighty mess and today - really rescue it? right now it's an almighty mess and today is - really rescue it? right now it's an almighty mess and today is a - almighty mess and today is a reminder of two fundamentals. one, the division of power within our democracy. the power of the courts and the rule of law and then the power of parliament, those who make the law and the tensions that can exist between the two. and then there is another fundamental comedy challenge for so many richer countries about how they deal with this contemporary looming question around international migration. and it is clearly difficult to come up with workable answers. but the critique that is made of the government, both by former members of it as well as

our home editor mark easton is here with more details. mark.ure i think most people will be looking at and the one that will raise eyebrows is the right advised net migration figure for 2022. 745,000 more people came to the uk than left, helping push the population of england and wales up at its fastest rate since the baby boom of the early 1960s. now, the latest net migration figure for the year tojune this year is 672,000. down a bit from what we now think happened last year and it looks like net migration is maybe on a downward trajectory. who is coming? well, among the 1.2 million people who came into britain for more than 12 months, roughly 375,000 were workers and theirfamilies, one in three of whom were coming to fill vacancies in the nhs and social care system. 410,000 were students and their dependents. the home secretary james cleverly has described these as "positive changes", "testament to both our world—leading university sector and our ability to use our immigration system to prioritise the skills we need". a very different tone f

i'm joined now by our home editor mark easton. mark, what you make of this appointment?ery controversial brief at the moment, isn't it? . , , controversial brief at the moment, isn'tlt , , ., ., _ isn't it? james cleverly famously love being _ isn't it? james cleverly famously love being foreign _ isn't it? james cleverly famously love being foreign secretary, - isn't it? james cleverly famously love being foreign secretary, he| isn't it? james cleverly famously - love being foreign secretary, he was suggested as someone who might be a defence secretary, he has a military background, and apparently let it be known that you will see nail marks on the parquet floor in my office if you try to move me. i don't quite know what james cleverly�*s attitude is going to be to taking on the huge and very complicated brief at the home office. it is complicated right now. he is coming in to the arguments about the relationships between the home secretary and metropolitan police, the manner in which they have been policing protests in london. the government has made it clear that they

let's talk to mark easton was with me now. what are the police saying? armistice weekend _ are the police saying? this is the armistice weekend with - are the police saying? this is the i armistice weekend with remembrance sunday and there is a pro—palestinian march planned for saturday. the organisers have been in discussion with the police, the march will start well after the 11 o'clock two minutes of silence and it will be a mile and a half away from the cenotaph in whitehall. the police have been unsure about whether they can do anything that the politicians have demanded, but they have asked the home secretary for permission to ban the march. the police guidance is banning is only justifiable in extreme circumstances where there is a real threat of serious public disorder. i don't think the metropolitan police is convinced of that. instead we have the police effectively pleading with the police effectively pleading with the protesters, they say please, we ask you to urgently reconsider, it is not appropriate to hold any protests in london this weeke

in the campaign. have a live page including a report we have a live page including a report from mark eastono an asylum seeker who says they feel relieved and i hope the next stage will be more positive, things are going to be better. that is one of the asylum seekers involved in this case in the supreme court. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. for some of us, today has brought yet more rain, but for others, a bit of a break in the action. some clear skies. we've seen a bit of sunshine in the north of scotland. also some sunny skies further south across the uk. this lump of cloud will change that with some outbreaks of rain pushing into southern areas for tomorrow, including in west sussex, where today brought largely sunny skies overhead. some rain to take us into the first part of the evening across central and southern parts of scotland and into northern england and cloud gathering across the south west of england and the channel islands ahead of our next rain—bearing weather system. it will start to turn wet here as we head through the evening and tonight, whi

as i was just saying, we are joined by our home editor mark easton.sion on the very controversial rwanda policy. if there is one regret for suella braverman, because i think she has manufactured the situation where her sacking had become inevitable, her regret will be not to be imposed on wednesday. if the government won in the supreme court, she said back in october, i'd love to have a front page of the telegraph with a plane taking off to rwanda, my dream, my obsession. she is somebody who has nailed her colours to the rwanda policy mast, and i think it would be a disappointment for her that she is not in post. a hugely important day for the government. if they win that will be evidence that their policy is the right one and the best one to deal with the small boats crisis. where they to lose, which would take us into different political territory, suella braverman is well known to be somebody who thinks the uk should leave

mark easton, bbc news. let's get more now on the israel—hamas war.spital in what the military says is a "targeted" operation searching for hamas infrastructure and weapons. bbc verify has been looking at what we know about the scale of the israeli operation on al—shifa hospital. here's our special correspondent caroline hawley. al—shifa is the main hospital in the gaza strip, a huge complex with specialist departments. its emergency department had onlyjust been upgraded, with the red cross, which was involved in the work, saying it would support dedicated health workers to save lives for years to come. but al—shifa is fast becoming a symbol of this war, with all its suffering, claims and counterclaims and a microcosm of how it's being waged. bbc verify has been looking at satellite imagery showing how israeli forces have been closing in on the hospital. this is from saturday, 11th. you can see them down here, about 600 meters away. then this is from yesterday. here's the hospital, up here and down there are israeli troops, only about 300 meters away.

the interviewer mark easton asked a question at the end and i_ easton asked a question at the end and — and i responded, probably shouldn't have done. around essentially the vulnerable. and i said, partly because _ vulnerable. and i said, partly because of course it was in all the meetings, — because of course it was in all the meetings, it was in the media, self—evidently there was this massive _ self—evidently there was this massive evidence in the rate so it was pretty— massive evidence in the rate so it was pretty inevitable that we would want to _ was pretty inevitable that we would want to protect the most vulnerable. he used _ want to protect the most vulnerable. he used the phrase cocooning because it was— he used the phrase cocooning because it was used _ he used the phrase cocooning because it was used in the literature and i think— it was used in the literature and i think he — it was used in the literature and i think he asked me the question about three times, which had been a warning — three times, which had been a warning sign. 0n the third time i said we — warning sign

announcements with our health editor hugh pym, climate editorjustin rowlatt, and first, our home editor mark easton year, the conservatives have put crime and punishment at the heart of their policy agenda. more whole life orders for murderers, more jail time for sexual offenders and rapists, measures to force convicts to appear in the dock to hear victim statements and sentencing remarks. many of these measures are not new. there is very little in the way of new detail. we don't know how much they will actually change things, or how much they will actually cost. what we do know is that prisons in england and way is have more inmates than ever before and overcrowding is a huge problem. —— england and way is. it is easy to say you want to be tough on crime, but there are social and economic consequences you also have to recognise. the main health announcement was a plan to legislate for measures already flagged up aimed at curbing smoking by future generations. the idea is that the legal age for selling tobacco products and cigarettes, currently 18, will be raised by one year every year from 2027. t

mark easton, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.s. nhs england is promising cervical cancer will be eliminated by 2040 thanks to improved rates of vaccination and screening. currently, around 2,600 women a year in england are diagnosed with cervical cancer. along with breast cancer, this is one of the most common cancers in women under 44. sir keir starmer will attempt to put labour's position on the israel—hamas conflict to a vote on wednesday, in a bid to maintain party unity. so far, dozens of labour mps have defied their leader to call for a ceasefire and 19 members of the frontbench have also publicly diverged from their party's official position. the welsh rugby union says to be "truly sorry" after an independent review found that some aspects of its culture were sexist, misogynistic, racist, homophobic and not properly challenged. some employees described the environment as toxic, you're live with bbc news. fears continue to mount of a possible volcanic eruption in iceland. there was an immediate evacuation issued on tuesday

mark easton, bbc news.ction in the netherlands. his freedom party campaigned to stop all immigration in to the country. mr wilders is now looking for partners to form a coalition government — because the dutch have proportional representation, and while his party got the largest vote, it can't form a government alone. anna holligan sent this report. a radicalfar right populist propelled into the spotlight. geert wilder's win was unexpected and unprecedented. after last night's cheers, cheering after last night's cheers, it was champagne and cake for breakfast. inside the freedom party parliamentary headquarters, geert wilders made a toast to the 2.3 million people who voted for him. mr wilders has promised to close the borders and stop what he's called a tsunami of migration. this is a politician who has spent more than two decades on the fringes of dutch politics. now the voters have decided he can no longer be kept out in the cold. i think it's good. yeah, the netherlands need a change. many people are ve

mark easton has the details.igure, as you say, for 2022. 745,000 more people came to the uk than left, and that's helping push the population of england and wales up at its fastest rate since the baby boom of the early 1960s. now, the latest net migration for the year tojune this year is 672,000, down a bit from what we now think happened last year. and it looks like net migration may be on a downward trajectory. so who's coming? well, among the 1.2 million people who came into britain for more than 12 months, roughly 375,000 were workers and theirfamilies, one in three of whom were coming to fill vacancies in the nhs and social care system. and 410,000 were students and their dependents. and interestingly, the home secretary james cleverly has described these as positive changes, testament to both our world—leading university sector and our ability to use our immigrationsystem to prioritise the skills we need — a very different tone from his predecessor, suella braverman. now, we also got another set of immigrat

our home editor mark easton reports.on the streets of london, calling for a ceasefire in gaza, as well as a much smaller counter protest involving around 1000 far right activists. despite the huge numbers, so far, only seven people are known to have been charged with any offence. 175—year—old man has pleaded guilty to criminal damage after terrain red paint onto the gates of the israeli embassy. john harvey will be sentenced later. —— after throwing red paint. government ministers have suggested police should have been quicker to identify and arrest anyone on the main march chanting or exhibiting material which was anti—semitic or racist. i think it's incredibly important that where people have breached the law, going out carrying banners with swastikas on them, for example, shouting "from the river to the sea", which is clearly an anti—semitic trope, that they arrest people and that they prosecute. from the river to the sea! palestine will be free! the _ palestine will be free! the phrase _ palestine will be free! the p

ok, mark easton, our home editor, i'm sure we will speak to you again throughout the course of the morning thank you very much. well, it wasjust but for the moment, thank you very much. well, it was just over a year orso much. well, it was just over a year or so that suella braverman was reappointed home secretary by rishi sunak. he became prime minister a year ago, just over. she hasn'tjust left thejob of year ago, just over. she hasn'tjust left the job of home secretary, one of the great offices of state, but she's also left the government altogether. my colleague, helen catt takes a look at her political career. she's the daughter of migrants who put taking a tough line on immigration at the centre of her agenda as home secretary. suella braverman inherited the government's flagship policy of sending illegal arrivals to rwanda but it's one she wholeheartedly embraced. she was also a leading voice, pushing for curbs on all migration and was prepared to say bluntly what she believed. where individuals are being persecuted, it is right that we offer sanctuary. but we will not be able to su

here's our home editor mark easton.ople in england and has increased in one year by the equivalent of the population of sheffield, and a bit more. official estimates suggest the total last year was 60.2 million, an extra 578,000 people. they bounced and bounced until they could bounce no more. that means the population is increasing at its fastest rate since the baby boom of the early �*60s, when births far outstripped deaths. now the difference between the two is negligible. the main driver today is immigration. today we got updated figures for long—term migration to the uk and the number that raised eyebrows is the revised net migration figure for 2022, a record 745,000 more people came to the uk than left, far higher than previously thought. now, the equivalent figure for the year tojune this year is 672,000, suggesting that net migration may now be on a downward trajectory. let's look in a bit more detail at who the immigrants are. the figures suggest 1.2 million people came into britain for more than 12 months. rou

here's our home editor, mark easton.ator, as groups marked the armistice with a two—minute silence. quite a number of protesters were wearing poppies.

.— our home editor mark easton is here. for the new home secretary, this will be a busy week? week?— will be a busy week? a bulging intro. wednesday _ will be a busy week? a bulging intro. wednesday is _ will be a busy week? a bulging intro. wednesday is the - will be a busy week? a bulging intro. wednesday is the rewind adjustment at the supreme court, the centrepiece of their policy to stop the boats. we will get a ruling on that. probably top of the pile, it will be the legacy over the row over the pro—palestinian processed we saw on saturday. downing street is understood to want him to immediately review police powers to ban such lodges and easier to arrest people to glorify terrorism. but this is not going to be straightforward. lowering the bar on when to ban protests will almost certainly lead to an immediate legal challenge, because there will be lawyers who claim it breaches a fundamental human right, the right to freedom of assembly and expression, as set out in the european convention of human rights and enshrined in uk law. on arrests, i think senior officers will

mark easton, and home affairs chris pond.ve some reaction from steve barclay who has moved from the health brief, he is no longer secretary of state for health, he has moved to be environment secretary. he has said he is delighted to be appointed in that role and he will be working to back british farming and fishing, champion rural communities, protect the environment. as an mp for a rural area he says i know how important these issues aren't too many people up—and—down the country. as we said earlier david cameron has been getting down to work in his new role as foreign secretary. he met india's foreign minister sj schenker who was due to meetjames india's foreign minister sj schenker who was due to meet james cleverly until earlier today. we are joined by our diplomatic correspondent james landale to discuss that and the rest of the news of today in more detail. straight to work for mr cameron. , , ., cameron. these meetings are constantly _ cameron. these meetings are constantly scheduled - cameron. these meetings are con

mark easton, bbc news.ow to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman, who is at downing street this morning. whatever the court decides today there are big implications for the government?— there are big implications for the government? there are big implications for the covernment? ~' ., ., , government? like london buses, big olitical government? like london buses, big political days — government? like london buses, big political days in _ government? like london buses, big political days in westminster - government? like london buses, big political days in westminster seem . political days in westminster seem to come in threes. on monday we had the reshuffle and the extraordinary resurrection of david cameron. yesterday, a full attack from suella braverman on the man she had called boss until the day before. and today the government's key immigration policy lies in the balance. we will find out from the supreme court this morning, a short walk away from here, whether planes can take off for rwanda

here's our home editor, mark easton. the armistice with a two—minute silence. quite a number of protesters were wearing poppies.

mark easton, bbc news.have announced that they will reunite for a tour following an 11—year break. the shows will dedicated to their former band—mate sarah harding,?who died of breast cancer in 2021. the group has confirmed they'll perform all the hits, but have no plans to record new music without sarah. 17 minutes past six. matt has got the weather. and a rather remarkable image. what is it? ,., ., ., , image. what is it? ., what is it? good morning. it is a moon bolt- _ what is it? good morning. it is a moon bolt. it _ what is it? good morning. it is a moon bolt. it was _ what is it? good morning. it is a moon bolt. it was captured - what is it? good morning. it is a moon bolt. it was captured in i moon bolt. it was captured in scotland. it is the same as a rainbow what you need a very bright moon to have the light strong enough to reflect off some of the shower clouds passing by, producing this spectacular shot. what you will notice across the highlands and islands this morning is how windy it is but ho