priti patel, who... supported the eurosceptic referendum party beforejoining a new and different generation of young conservatives. elected in 2010, she rose swiftly to become the first british indian cabinet minister, an international development secretary promising to reform britain's aid budget, a leading light of the pro—brexit leave campaign. but tonight, she's out of office, a second cabinet minister to resign from this fragile government in less than a week. james landale, bbc news. the head of nhs england has thrown down the gauntlet to the government ahead of the budget in a fortnight. simon stephens says the nhs should get the money it was promised during the eu referendum. without more funding he predicts that by 2021 one in ten of us will be on a waiting list for an operation and the nhs will be forced to turn back a decade of progress. 0ur health editor hugh pym has more. waiting lists are a key nhs benchmark. ten years ago there were over 4 million people waiting for routine surgery in engl

put out on monday, that priti patel put out on monday, that priti patel put out on monday, that supposedlying she had held in israel, the thing that has basically done for her now was that another two meetings have emerged that were not on that list. now my sources, and since i published a story i have had a third source come to me and say this is exactly correct, that priti patel, according to my three sources, did tell number ten on monday about at least one of those meetings, a meeting with a senior official from the israeli foreign office, but that's number ten asked her not to put that in the list. i don't know what the reason for not putting it in the list was, one source said to me it was to avoid embarrassing the foreign office. i don't know why it would embarrass the foreign office, iam not would embarrass the foreign office, i am not making accusations or speculating as to the reasons behind this, but i am saying that my sources remain very clear and adamant. i went back to two of the sources after the statement from number ten rejecting my views to say let's be doubly clear, am

so why did priti patel act as she did? didn't realise what she was doing was wrong. others say she doesn't like officialdom and has a history of doing things without telling civil servants. others suspect she was pursuing her own private foreign—policy. politics is not a game... all this matters not just because there is a risk of policy confusion but because government is based on cabinet responsibility, the idea that the men and women around this table speak as one and are accountable to parliament and the public as one. tonight, her ministerial colleagues were hardly rushing to her defence. quick question? priti patel, do you think she should resign? i'm going to leave it or not to the prime minister, thank you very much. but some allies did come to her aid. priti should not resign, she has clearly been foolish, she is a workaholic, she should have had officials with her, they would have briefed her, they would have reported back and made sure that the foreign office knew what was happening. she didn't do that, it was a

boris and pretty patel were leading members of the brexit campaign battle priti patel. putting that aside for the time being, you referred to the inside page, "patel led lobby group chief sit in on secret israel talks". she has been accused of breaching the ministerial code on several occasions now. this was lord pollock, honorary friends of the conservative friends of israel, who set up 12 meetings for the international the relevant secretary during her family holiday. that would have been quite a family holiday with 12 meetings! one wonders how long the holiday was. less time for the beach! not much time for those very nice beaches in israel but anyway, there it is. as far as boris is concerned... this is to do with the fact he had to go before the commons today after he spoke last week in front of a committee of mps with reference to nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe who is currently in prison in iran.” nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe who is currently in prison in iran. i was thinking, if i said to you, what are the attributes that a foreign secretary, the successors to lord palme

‘ israel... straight, patel quits over israel... it isa straight, patel quits over israel...t is a good story, i don't know how it reads in newcastle, doncaster and bradford. i don't know if they are as absurdist with this kind of story as absurdist with this kind of story as we are. but we all love the parliamentary roundabout. it is a catastrophic story full theresa may and the government. the interesting assessment of all the damage being done is interesting because it never mentions boris. and boris is culpable of an equally damaging piece of behaviour. because he made the comments about the woman being held in iran. he made a very serious gaffe, she could be held for another five years. that is an outrage. and it doesn't mention that, and that is just another part of theresa may's crisis. all the papers are full of these pictures of a chastened priti patel leaving. but she was able to resign rather than be sacked as many had been expecting. it was a breaking story all afternoon to the extent that people were watching online the flight coming across europe and then camera

so why did priti patel act that she did?believe she simply didn't realise what she was doing was wrong. others say she doesn't like officialdom and has a history of doing things without telling civil servants. other suspect she was pursuing her own private foreign—policy. suspect she was pursuing her own private foreign-policy. politics is not a private foreign-policy. politics is nota game... private foreign-policy. politics is not a game... all this matters not just because there is a risk of policy confusion but because government is based on cabinet responsibility, the idea that the men and women around this table speak as one and are accountable to parliament and the public as one. tonight, who ministerial colleagues we re tonight, who ministerial colleagues were hardly rushing to her defence. quick question? priti patel, do you think she should resign? i'm going to leave it or not to the prime minister, thank you very much. but some allies did come to her aid. priti should not resign, she has clearly been foolish, she

i am story is not about priti patel, anyway. lam not story is not about priti patel, anyway.eds to answer. a straightforward denial is exactly what you would expect, but it doesn't answer the questions. stephen pollard there from the jewish chronicle and isabella hardman and sam coates for us at westminster. thank you very much all of you for your time today. the head of the nhs in england is challenging the government to find an extra £350 million for the health service every week, as promised during the eu referendum campaign. simon stevens used the controversial claims used by vote leave to put the case for more money in a speech at the nhs providers conference. in his keynote address, he also warned that operation waiting list could reach to their highest levels ever. with me now is phillippa hentsch — head of analysis from nhs providers. she is in our burning studio. tell us the first of all about that analysis on waiting lists. she is an error of birmingham studio. analysis on waiting lists. she is an error of birmingham studiom analysis on waiting lists. she is an erro

do we know where priti patel is?e saw her get into the ministerial car at the airport after landing, we do not know where she is now, i would landing, we do not know where she is now, iwould imagine landing, we do not know where she is now, i would imagine she may go back to her government department, the department for international development but we know she is due to meet the prime minister face—to—face at some stage later on and probably early this evening. i think the issue of course is what has come to light since she had that last face—to—face meeting with the prime minister. it now seems there may have been other meetings, at least one in september with an israeli official which she did not come clean about. but there has been some toing and froing to with some reports on allegations in thejewish chronicle and they say they have this from independent sources, they said downing street told priti patel not to include one of the meeting in september on the list because it would embarrass the foreign office. now

priti patel, who...uth, priti patel supported the eurosceptic referendum party before joining a new and different generation of young conservatives. elected in 2010, she rose swiftly to become the first british indian cabinet minister, an international developer and secretary promising to reform britain's aid budget, a leading light of the pro—brexit leave campaign. but tonight, she's out of office, a second cabinet minister to resign from this fragile government in less than a week. landale, bbc news. let's talk to our political editor laura kuenssberg. with priti patel‘s departure today, that's two cabinet ministers gone in a week. where does this leave theresa may? it feels like a political lifetime doesn't it? it's exactly seven days ago tonight we were talking about michael fallon being forced to resign for very different reasons. these are two major figures in the cabinet, disappeared from around theresa may's top table in one week. theresa may's top table in one week. there is still a question abo

priti patel is a big supporter of brexit.gan with priti patel holding meetings with senior israeli officials during what was supposed to be a summer holiday — and we were told by downing street that she hadn't told the prime minister. that breaks the ministerial code. then we had an apology from priti patel. it seems theresa may accepted. then last night we found out there were more meetings. that was from a report in the sun newspaper. and it said that the pm had not been told. now while this is playing out, ms patel is in east africa. she was supposed to be heading to uganda — but instead was told to get on a plane back home from nairobi. that wasn't a good sign. that plane took off earlier. people quickly started following it on the website flight radar. at one point more than 22,000 users are currently tracking flight #k0100 en route to london. are you ready for the next twist? while the minister is in the air, thejewish chronicle runs a story claiming number ten had known about some of these meetings and told priti patel

is this situation so different from that of priti patel?t the foreign policy of the country needs a foreign secretary who projects authority and commands respect. a foreign secretary who projects authority and commands respectm is not his first gaffe, is it? it isn't and at the moment, boris johnson thomas rawls his talents, has not succeeded in convincing people he is a serious heavyweight foreign secretary with authority and thatis foreign secretary with authority and that is a real problem. what impact is that having on how britain is viewed in other parts of the welcome if you take his remarks in conjunction with what priti patel bid? looking back at the last few weeks, in european capitals of other way, it looks chaotic, confused and drifting, at a time when there are massive issues of brexit, no clear line from the cabinet about the future relationship with the eu, and also a whole series of major international crises and britain is not being a real player in that. is it going to be extremely difficult for the prime minister, do you t

and are bombarding miss patel with questions, that soon she will have to answer in person. the news. newsday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news, it is time for newsnight. government 2017? anotherfine mess... 0r two. the government's coping, or striving to cope, with one mishap after another. is it really capable of driving the country into a new brexit era? we'll analyse two separate controversies involving cabinet ministers. the foreign secretary and the development secretary. i think the problem is you've now got five cabinet ministers, the former defence secretary, the current defence secretary, the foreign secretary, the development secretary and the first secretary, all now mired in serious controversies of one form or another. and in each case, the prime minister unable to get a grip on it and unable to provide the sense of direction. we'll be asking if yet another minister could be gone by the morning. and we'll ask if the government can get itself back on track. also tonight, prince charles lobbied for a change in carbon trading rules — without pointing out t

well, priti patel is sacked.ngs not to embarrass the foreign and commonwealth office? bearing that new information in mind if the meetings were minuted and if somebody from the — if somebody was there to record what was discussed then we would know whether or not it was the truth. at this point there has not been an investigation and because there hasn‘t been an investigation we don‘t know who to believe. what sort of investigation do you want? to make sure that any secretary of state, wherever they 90, secretary of state, wherever they go, they have an aide with them that is able to record what happened, there needs to be a list of meetings which are available for anyone to see and at this point in time that wasn‘t the case. what we found out is after the fact what happened. we still don‘t know what was discussed. so what the jewish chronicle still don‘t know what was discussed. so what thejewish chronicle have said, no one can dispute that because at this point in time we don‘t know what was discussed because a

and are bombarding miss patel with questions, that soon she will have to answer in person.t today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: kenyan olympic gold medallist jemima sumgong is banned forfour years after failing a drugs test. goalkeeping legend iker casilla pips cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi to win the prestigious golden foot award. and from one legend to another — sir viv richards tells us how the cricketing community has come together to help areas affected by hurricane irma. hello, wherever you're watching around the world. welcome to sport today. our top story: olympic gold medallistjemima sumgong has been banned for four years after testing positive for doping. last year, she won the london marathon and the olympic title but in february she failed an out—of—competition doping test. the ban means she'll be unable to defend her title in toyko at the next 0lympics. 0ur athletics reporter ed harry has more. after finishing second at the boston marathon in 2012, he she was facing a two—year ban. the iaaf intervened in that case and said t

ordered back from africa by the prime minister — priti patel looks set to be sacked, after a series ofnsanctioned meetings with israeli politicians. pressure has been growing on the international development secretary since it was revealed she had a number of unsanctioned meetings in israel while on holiday. it is up to the prime minister what she does. she is already tightening the ministerial code even further. she is already tightening the ministerial code even further. she's due to land in london in a couple of hours‘ time. we'll have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime: the boss of nhs england says the health service should get the cash boost it was promised during the eu referendum. the nhs was not on the ballot paper, but it was on the ballot boss. vote leave for a better funded health service, £350 million a week. a woman goes on trial charged with murdering her ex—boyfriend. he ended his own life in a euthanasia clinic, following a suspected acid attack. president trump arrives in china, where he will call on the chinese leader, xijinping, to put pressure on north

frankly nobody knows more what priti patel or borisjohnson frankly nobody knows more what priti patelhat priti patel or borisjohnson need to do frankly nobody knows more what priti patel or boris johnson need to do to be sacked. this

if reported in the israeli newspapers ms patel when to the go lands heights.nised by the british government. this is the problem here. the transparency, the idea she is giving access to people without any officials there. what are they talking about? is she discussing british foreign policy because she isa british foreign policy because she is a cabinet minister in this is all the reason she is in trouble. it does seem tonight as if priti patel‘s cabinet career could be coming to an end. certainly downing street don't seem to have done anything to dampen down the growing speculation she's going to be sacked. it is hard now to see how they could back away and keep her in they could back away and keep her in the post? unless she does have a very good reason has of as to why she didn't tell theresa may on monday about the details of at least one other meeting. it is possible, a lot of people pointing out priti patel‘s a very robust and forceful politician. if she does have a defence, she will be giving that to theresa may right now. i don't think many people thin

take overfrom priti patel, ithink deliberating over who should take overfrom priti patel, i think shemely well respected, who has a long experience of working in this kind of field. but he is very much a remainer. even as somebody who voted brexit i think it's important she focuses on the job and getting the right person into place. you'll have seen some of the headlines today on news websites on the front of the papers suggesting the government could colla pse suggesting the government could collapse in the short term, are those over the top or is there a realistic fear? there is a bit of a feeding frenzy at the moment. i worked for the conservative party during quite a lot of the major government and there were issues, crises that happened week on week almost. and yet that government served a—5 years and was only deposed at a general election in 1997, the first rumblings that things were wrong were very soon afterjohn major was elected back in 1992. whilst i don't think this is a great prognosis, the reality is that this could carry on for some time. the thinking seems to be from th

ordered back from africa by the prime minister — the international development secretary priti patel set to be sacked after a series of meetings with israeli politicians. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, good afternoon, this is bbc news. the very latest from the bbc sports centre. it's been announced that both england and germany will wear poppies on black armbands when they meet for a friendly at wembley on friday. fifa changed their rules last month to allow players to wear poppies as an act of remembrance — provided the opposing team agree to it. the home nations were all fined for wearing poppies last year, but now fifa has decided they are not political symbols. it's also been confirmed that video assistant refereeing will be used at the game, for the first time at an official match in the uk. the uk anti—doping agency fear they could be bankrupted by an ongoing case against former heavyweight champion tyson fury. there are concerns that if he wins his legal battle, he may sue uka

dirt priti patel issue is different. —— the pretty patel issue. —— priti patel issue.. she said she will be the strong supporter of the prime minister going forward. the prime minister is faced with a choice to make now this morning which she needs to work out who to replace priti patel with. you say this is a normal problem. it seems like two out of two cabinet ministers don't know how to judge their own behaviour. but keep this in context. michael fallon resigned in the midst of what was rocking every single party. an abuse of power. you see resignations, departures, sadly you have seen a death in wales as a result of this. all of that is what he resigned about. it was about things that happened many years ago. it wasn't to do with theresa may's cabinet or anyissues to do with theresa may's cabinet or any issues around that. quite the opposite. let's not get this as though it is aligning to separate issues together. this issue is about, and it happens time and again, somebody gets it wrong and has to go because they made a set of errors which are themselves in breach

it isa straight, patel quits over israel...w how it reads in newcastle, doncaster and bradford. i don't know if they are as absurdist with this kind of story as absurdist with this kind of story as we are. but we all love the parliamentary roundabout. it is a catastrophic story full theresa may and the government. the interesting assessment of all the damage being done is interesting because it never mentions boris. and boris is culpable of an equally damaging piece of behaviour. because he made the comments about the woman being held in iran. he made a very serious gaffe, she could be held for another five years. that is an outrage. and it doesn't mention that, and that is just another part of theresa may's crisis. all the papers are full of these pictures of a chastened priti patel leaving.

priti patel arrived at the back door of downing street her government career hanging by a thread the international development secretary was hold back from an official trip to africa to face her boss prime minister to resign may moments later patel resigned she was forced to apologize on monday after holding twelve secret meetings with this radio officials including prime minister benyamin netanyahu all while she was meant to be on a family holiday to israel in august it also emerged she discussed giving some of britain's aid budget to the israeli army to help wounded syrians being treated in the israeli occupied golan heights a wednesday it surfaced patel had visited in this raid a field hospital in the area despite protocol against british officials traveling there the u.k. doesn't officially recognize israel's presence in the territory land seized from syria in the one nine hundred sixty seven war for the revelations followed including details of more undisclosed meetings between patel and two israeli officials in september the al-jazeera investigation the lobby recently revealed

and are bombarding miss patel with questions that soon she will have to answer in person.another difficult day for theresa may and her government? certainly, sophie. these are stormy days for theresa may‘s government as they are for the rest of westminster. as one former tory minister said very tartly today — if these circumstances were normal then borisjohnson would be out on his earand borisjohnson would be out on his ear and priti patel would have quit. these aren‘t normal times. the government is divided, particularly over brexit. the conservatives don‘t have a majority, of course in the house of commons and the defence secretary, michael fallon quit last week. the government are reluctant to lose another cabinet minister so soon. to lose another cabinet minister so soon. priti patel was called in to see theresa may yesterday, was given a real dressing down, but she stays in herjob for now. i should say that this evening there are rumours circulating around westminster very strongly she could be in real trouble this evening. she is currently on a trip to africa, but th

but a much worse one for priti patel, we gather, this evening.ulation about her future. that's right. she is still the international developer and secretary. she recently arrived in the next few hours to africa for a long planned trip. but some very, very serious questions are being asked in the heart of government about priti patel and what actually she declared for this trip to israel. and priti patel will be very, very lucky if she is still in the gambit micro by the end of this week. i think the thinking is —— if she is still in the cabinet. if new details emerged about this visit, perhaps elements of this trip that she didn't declare fully to the prime minister, i think she will no longer be a member of the cabinet. that information has not yet been presented, it is not yet there are, as i understand it, at the highest levels of government. but they are thinking that if there is more information that wasn't the clare... can use tag a cabinet minister whilst they are overseas on official business, what happens? —— can you sack a cabinet minis

why are boris johnson and priti patel in those positions? they are brexit loyalists. in negotiations, if people are deluded, it has affected everything. i concede the situation is sub optimal, that is a polite way of putting it, but i think something really interesting is happening here. it is chaotic but how could it be otherwise if effectively the dominant worldview of the british ruling elite or most of it, the governing elite of the last 40, 50 years about britain operates, its relationship with the eu and people is leaving the eu, not leaving europe, it is geographically impossible to do that, thank goodness. in those circumstances its ruling elite's worldview rejected by the majority of british voters who want self—government. in those circumstances of course it produces turmoil. britain is having to rethink its place in the world. you are conflicting two things. you are conflating brexit, the actual technical aspect of it with the chaos that has ensued. the fact that i is that brexit hangs over british politics and drugs if does not mean brexit is wrong. itjust

i didn't report on the priti patel story. moment. to the european leadership expect a change of government in the uk or is that brinkmanship. the problem is that she is very weak. she either should show strength... i think it is too late to show strength. she's lost that. it is in the interests of the tory party to have her there, they like to be weak until they get rid of her. the tory party and a lot of brexiteers, and i speak as someone who voted for brexit, there's a lot of dilution here, the tory party can't decide who replaces her... she is sticking with that, despite not wanting to do it. the phrase was, holding on to nurse forfear of someone was. “ worse. i don't think it can be borisjohnson, this mess with iran vindicates the claims made by michael gove lost it when he said mrjohnson didn't concentrate on the details and could not be trusted with highest office. this seems to vindicate him. just to clarify. he said that the woman who was being held, whose family say she was on holiday at the time, she is gotjoint cit

a report in the jewish chronicle claimed the british government knew about patel's meetings and that she was instructed not to declare them to avoid embarrassing the foreign office downing street says the claims are false the departure of priti patel now leaves to resume a with one less ally in government patel head back to reason may in her bid to become prime minister she's also a firm euro skeptic a keen breaks it without her to reason may could struggle to deliver on her key breaks it promises without any strong central control people are just making policy on the hay and departments and it seems very clear that cabinet responsibility has it to some extent broken down and unless steps are taken to restore it she's in government but not in power at london's madame tussauds a serene looking waxwork of the prime minister's receiving final touches the real mrs may's battling multiple crises several of her cabinet ministers have been embroiled in sexual harassment scandals and the foreign minister boris johnson is under fire for misleading comments the could extend the chain will turn

minister priti patel was a mist opportunity for prime minister theresa may, i'm joined by ian martin, columnist for the times of london,, who is his column to clear out the old lags and bring some fresh talent into her government, agnes poirier who endeavours to explain brexit to the folks back home, nazarene malik, sudanese journalist and reader of the rooms for us on the saudi political mask, and jeffrey coffman, the north american broadcaster who will bring an american perspective. a warm welcome to all of you. last saturday will live long in the memory of saudis and of those who observe the country. a day of high drama began with the resignation of lebanon's prime minister, not in beirut, his own country's capital, but in riyadh. some suggested he had been summoned to the kingdom and ordered to resign after the saudis found out he'd met a representative of the supreme leader of iran, saudi arabia's regional rival. that same evening, the saudis shot down a missile fired by houthi rebels from yemen, a reminder of a far less successful bit of foreign meddling where saudi intervention

the pressure grows on priti patel. just days after the international development secretary was forced to apologise over secret meetings in israel, downing street is examining new claims about her trips overseas. good morning, it is wednesday 8 november. also this morning: prince charles‘s finances face scrutiny following fresh revelations in the paradise papers. the prince's advisors deny suggestions of a conflict of interest. on his trip to south korea, president trump warns the north it is time to come to the table and make a deal. the weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer. they are putting your regime in grave danger. two of the big six energy companies are looking to merge. i'm taking a look at what that will mean for their millions of customers. in sport: andy murray targets a return to competitive tennis next year. the former world number one has been out of action with a hip injury, but faced roger federer in a charity match in glasgow last night. carol has the weather. good morning. it is a cold st

pressure is mounting on the treasury secretary, priti patel.prime minister involve serious breaches of the ministerial code. 0ur diplomatic correspondent reports. it began with some holiday photos from israel. not of priti patel seeing the sights, but having coffee with a politician and visiting a charity, just two of 12 meetings she had without telling the foreign office. her most important engagement was with israel's prime minister, something theresa may knew nothing about when she welcomed benjamin netanyahu to downing street last week. this afternoon, labour summoned the international development secretary to the commons to explain herself. she's at a meeting. speaker: minister of state alistair burt. but it turned out she was on her way to africa, leaving her deputy in charge. and she's presently — she's presently in the air. laughter. he said that ms patel had not harmed britain's interests, but made clear that ministers should tell the foreign office about their trips. you would, of course, let the foreign office know in advance, which

patel now leaves to resume a with one less ally in government patel had backed to reserve may in her bid to become prime minister she's also a firm euro skeptic a keen breaks it without her to reason may could struggle to deliver on her key breaks it promises without any strong central control people are just making policy on the hoof and departments and it seems very clear that cabinet responsibility has it to some extent broken down and unless steps are taken to restore it she's in government but not in power. at london's madame tussauds a serene looking waxwork of the prime minister's receiving final touches the real mrs may's battling multiple crises several of her cabinet ministers have been embroiled in sexual harassment scandals and the foreign minister boris johnson is under fire for misleading comments that could extend the jail term of a british citizen imprisoned in. patel's downfall divert some attention away from johnson but many are wondering how long to reason may keep a brave face need bark out zero london don't forget patel is the second british minister to step down

pressure had been building on priti patel since the emergence last friday of her undisclosed meetingsday in israel. but was some of that pressure imposed in an unwarranted way by the media, particularly the bbc, which broke the story? yes, according to andy ramsbottom, who asked: and keith brown thought: the long predicted end came for priti patel after her hastily arranged journey home from africa, monitored at one point by 22,000 people on a flight tracking website, as shown on the bbc news channel. that prompted ian miller to tweet: while a user called kubrick's lens cap thought: when the soon—to—be ex—international development secretary reached heathrow airport, the coverage switched from flight tracker to helicopter camera, and the complaints continued. here's roy ramm: it was a huge information dump, the leak of over 13 million documents, worked on for a year by almost 100 different media organisations. a lot of work clearly went into the so—called paradise papers, and despite it being a busy news week as well, the bbc gave the story a lot of airtime. tonight on panorama,... it

priti patel has apologised. government thinks a line has been drawn under it, today, labour are calling for an investigation into pretty tent, if that doesn't happen they think she should do the decent thing and go. stay with us, here is the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg. the latest in a line of bad days. a week ago, her defence minister michael fallon resigned over allegations of inappropriate past behaviour towards women. and this week, one of her closest allies, first secretary of state damian green is battling claims that pornography was found on his parliamentary computer during a police investigation in 2008. priti patel, if that doesn't happen they think she should do the decent thing and go. stay with us, here is the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg. he denies that. that story has been developing today?” think the situation with the sleaze allegations around westminster, are they are just another thing that theresa may is having to deal with, at the moment. if you lock at her position wi

political pressure on mrs patel remains. and there will be a debate on her behaviour in the house of commons later today. caroline lucas is in westminsterfor us. caroline lucas is in westminsterfor us. pretty patel is —— what questions do you think she needs to answer? the questions have just been put, and alistair burt was there asking —— and sewing on how the half. i think there was a strong sense that she should have postponed her trip to africa, she should have been there to answer for herself. it was not a very edifying sight seeing another minister having to defend the indefensible. she has broken the ministerial code, embarrassed the prime minister extraordinarily by not telling her about a meeting with the prime minister of israel before the prime minister of israel before the prime minister herself was meeting with him. she has had any number of meetings that were only —— we are onlyjust now catching up with, without having any officials there, and she is proposing to use british aid money to give to the israeli arm

a report in the jewish chronicle claimed the british government knew about patel's meetings and that she was instructed not to declare them to avoid embarrassing the foreign office downing street says the claims are false the departure of priti patel now leaves to resume a with one less ally in government patel head back to reason may in her bid to become prime minister she's also a firm euro skeptic a key. without her to reason may could struggle to deliver on her key breaks it promises without any strong central control people are just making policy on the head and departments and it seems very clear that cabinet responsibility has it to some extent broken down and unless steps are taken to restore it she's in government but not in power at london's madame tussauds a serene looking waxwork of the prime minister's receiving final touches the real mrs may's battling multiple crises several of her cabinet ministers have been embroiled in sexual harassment scandals and the foreign minister boris johnson is under fire for misleading comments they could extend the jail term of a british

but in the end priti patel had to go. admitting she had failed to tell the prime minister about all of her secret meetings with israeli politicians. in her resignation letter at the now former international the belmont secretary admitted her actions fell below the standards of transparency and openness that i had promoted and advocated. i offer a fulsome apology to you and the government. theresa may told priti patel that when we met on monday i was glad to accept your apology but now that further details have come to light it's right that you have decided to resign. the cabinet had been carefully balanced over brexit, some wa nt carefully balanced over brexit, some want another league supporter to fill the post. we have a delicate balance in that we are all for brexit, the whole cabinet is set on the path to leave but she will not wa nt to the path to leave but she will not want to change the balance for example, i would want to change the balance for example, iwould be want to change the balance for example, i would be

priti patel did not.hese meetings there were no civil servants but there were no civil servants but there was a pro israel conservative lobbyist. this matter is not because there is the matter of policy confusion but it matters because there is a risk that ms patel broke there is a risk that ms patel broke the ministerial code of conduct which says there should be no perceived risk between mps and their private interests. ms patel apologised, labour says she should resign. 0ne minister said she was toast. downing street would be hoping this disclosure and apology would be enough for her to survive. party leaders are meeting theresa may following the allegations of sexual misconduct in parliament. the prime minister has called for a "new culture of respect", saying people should know their complaints will be investigated properly. several conservative and labour mps have been accused of inappropriate behaviour. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg contains some flashing images. something

priti patel has already had toissue options.atel has already had to issue in inverted commas clarifications. she has already had to apologise. she has already received a formal rep pra manned from the prime minister. what more can mrs may do but sack her. yes, it's bad, but believe you met can mrs may do but sack her. yes, it's bad, but believe you me t could possibly be even worse if she did nothing. thank you, norman. thank you very much. more reaction on that story at 9.15am. annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. donald trump has arrived in beijing as he continues his tour of asia. the american president took a tour of the forbidden city in the capital alongside his chinese counterpart, xijinping. mr trump is expected to ask china to cut its financial links with north korea. speaking in south korea earlier, mr trump urged all countries to join forces to isolate pyongyang, saying the world could not tolerate a rogue nation that threatened nuclear devastation. the weapons you are ac

under normal circumstances priti patel would be under huge pressure to resign.nment as it is at the moment and with the destruction of the harassment scandals, number ten will be hoping that this policy of disclosure and apology will be enough for priti patel to survive for now. james landale, our diplomatic correspondent. james landale, our diplomatic correspondent. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories. the family of a british—iranian woman being held in prison in iran have accused borisjohnson of making comments that could increase her sentence. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was said by the foreign secretary to be "teaching peoplejournalism", but the iranian authorities said this was the same as spreading propaganda. mrjohnson is to call iran's foreign minister to clarify his comments. the foreign office says ian squire, a british man kidnapped in nigeria last month, has been killed. mr squire was working for a christian medical charity, helping people in a rural community. three others have been released. 2017 is likely to be one of the three warm

tonight, the international development secretary, priti patel, is also under pressure.ighten the ministers' code of conduct, after she held meetings with the israeli prime minister, and other officials, without informing the foreign office. priti patel was on holiday at the time, and after the trip, she suggested some of britain's aid budget should be given to the israeli army to support its humanitarian operations. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. holiday snaps of a different kind. when priti patel travelled to israel for a break in august, she did notjust see the sights — she also visited politicians and charities, 12 in all, without telling the foreign office. the most important meeting was with the israeli prime minister, something theresa may knew nothing about when she met benjamin netanyahu in downing street last week. critics accuse her of breaching ministerial rules. former diplomats are astonished. i think it's simply common sense that if a senior minister is visiting a country with a sensitive relationship with britain that they should take