let me ask you for your reaction to priti patel's resignation? i think it was inevitable. bvious to everyone that she was not long for the cabinet, as it were. your newspaper had claimed that ms patel had actually told theresa may about some of these meetings in israel, including the meetings in israel, including the meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. meeting with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu. that has meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that has been specifically denied by number ten. do you stand by that? we had to mac resources , do you stand by that? we had to mac resources, i had too much resources contact me who both had the same story. —— we had two sources. that was that at a meeting held between priti patel and the prime minister before the un general assembly in september, one of the things they discussed was the idea that priti patel had herself earlier discussed with benjamin neta nyahu. patel had herself earlier discussed with benjamin netanyahu. the meeting between them came up, as it were, in that meeting. so the prime minister

priti patel, do you think she should resign? o 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 an error ofjudgment, but she has been a good secretary of state. this evening, priti patel was being driven to westminster to the learn her fate. she has apologised for her behaviour, but her apparent lack of candour about her holiday in israel may mean she is coming to the end of the ministerial road. james landale, bbc news. our chief political correspondent vicki young has been following today's developments and joins us now from westminster. it has been a strange day. people following her through the airport and finally she has arrived at downing street and it is rumoured that the prime minister is not there yet. you might have thought given t

0r anything she can do to avoid sacking priti patel? or would she want to avoid sacking her? idea that priti patel in her face—to—face meeting with theresa may earlier on in the week didn't front up, she wasn't entirely upfront with what had happened on that trip to israel. however, there is no a different version of events. this is stephen pollard, a very highly respected journalist, intimating that somebody was in downing street did no more of the details. i don't know what the hail is going on at the moment. that is not an issue. the problem is, it feels as though nobody in downing street knows what is going on. that should concern us all. from the prime minister's point of view, that isa prime minister's point of view, that is a dreadful situation. they need to get their stories sorted. i still think it seems likely, based on all the mood music that has played out over the past few hours, and since last night, that priti patel will be on her way out because she hadn't, apparently, told everything about what was going on. at the moment, i would wait to see until she gets b

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

i think thatis will replace priti patel.nk that is also significant when it comes to theresa may trying to manage the best of a bad situation because obviously they are now a brexiteer down. she has a already faced criticism that the cabinet is too many remainers. is mentioned that they need to replace priti patel with a brexit supporter to keep that balance and keep that gender balance. not to mention colour balance. the guardian is calling this turmoil. touching on the point of the difficulty of trying to replace her while keeping a delicate balance intact. the whole thing is really catastrophic. i am a labour peer but as a woman i feel sorry for this woman who is com pletely sorry for this woman who is completely caught up in what is really the endgame of her government. it is playing out day after day, more bad news, more bad news. she keeps going because she has a great sense of duty and rectitude. i see that when she goes to church every day there is always a picture of her coming out of church. she doesn't need prayer

frankly nobody knows more what priti patel or borisjohnson frankly nobody knows more what priti patel or boris johnson need frankly nobody knows more what priti patel or borisjohnson need to do frankly nobody knows more what priti patel or boris johnson need to do to be sacked. this week has been extraordinary. she has scheduled meetings without telling the foreign office or the ambassador in israel, or indeed the prime minister has gone leaving her in the dark when she met netanyahu last week. it extraordinary that this has happened, and she lied about it initially to the papers before finally admitting that she has had these meetings. and now we discover that a lobbyist was also present in these meetings. the point i would like to make is that both the blunders of patel and borisjohnson, ifi blunders of patel and borisjohnson, if i may bring him into the equation, are to do with the middle east at a time when the region is on the brink of a showdown perhaps between saudi arabia and iran is not an outright war. as you can find out from the financial times story here. let me get to th

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 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

the international development secretary, priti patel, stepped down last night after more questions weresed about her unauthorised meetings with israeli politicians. ms patel was a prominent brexit supporter, and the prime minister is facing calls to replace her with someone who also backs leaving the eu. labour are demanding to know what the foreign office knew about priti patel‘s meetings with israeli politicians. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at downing street. pressure on the prime minister from all directions, can she emerge from this with a semblance of authority and a sense of stability in government? i would say that people inside downing street are not getting too excited about this. that point is that they have dealt with this, the resignation has happened, there is not much prospect of a widespread reshuffle, that is not what theresa may is planning. this is going to be more of a one in one out. the question is whether the balance of the cabinet when it comes to brexit is maintained, because priti patel was a very staunch brexiteers, she had a high profile r

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

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

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

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

separate sources is that there was a meeting before the un general assembly in september, between priti patel which they discussed some of priti patel‘s ideas for sharing aid with israel. at that meeting, priti patel talked about having had a meeting with benjamin neta nyahu, the israeli prime minister. and before that, on the 22nd of august, the middle east minister was in israel on an official visit, had a meeting with a senior member of benjamin netanyahu's private office. at that meeting, the transcript apparently shows that the official from the israeli prime minister's office told mr burt that the israeli prime minister had, just hours before, had a very constructive meeting with priti patel. so those are two meetings, one of which meant the foreign office was aware of the meeting with netanyahu and the second one in spetember, before the un general assembly, which shows the prime minister was aware of the meeting with netanyahu. now, number 10 are denying that's the case. they would, wouldn't they? and do you have any idea, according to your sources, why this wasn't raised, as we under

earlier, we were told priti patel has broken the rules and deserves to be sacked.ublic interests to respect the roles we have. we've all been elected by the public. the secretary of state needs to conduct herself or hisself in such a way that the public can trust us and know when we're out doing business for them on behalf of the country, we do it with them in mind. not with ourselves in mind. yes, we are now going through some serious negotiations, especially around brexit. we have international eyes on us, watching us, they expect the cabinet to conduct themselves in a way. at this point of time, the prime minister's been undermined. she's taking far too long to respond to this inappropriate unacceptable behave your. the sooner she gets rid of priti patel it will put her in good stand with the public. at the moment, she's showing she's too weak to do so. do you you have sympathy for pretty pattal. she was on holiday and went the extra mile working on holiday? it is not about sympathy. it is about making sure nobody can questions your motives. i'm the shadow secre

priti patel, do you think she should resign? 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 make sure that the foreign office knew what was happening. she didn't do that, it was an airofjudgment, happening. she didn't do that, it was an air ofjudgment, but she has beena was an air ofjudgment, but she has been a good secretary of state. this evening, priti patel was being german to westminster to the learn her vote. she has apologised for her behaviour, but her apparent lack of candour about her holiday in israel may mean she is coming to the end of the ministerial road. james landale, bbc news. joining me from downing street is our political editor, laura kuenssberg. laura, whether priti patel goes not we will know soon enough, but all of this is pretty damaging for the prime minister. well, george, cert

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

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

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

the prime minister theresa may wanted to be rid of priti patel, a cabinet colleague, who'd failed to f her freelance meddling in middle east politics whilst she was supposedly on a family holiday. unfortunately, miss patel, whojust 48 hours before had been given a dressing down and told she could stay in herjob but who now faced more damaging revelations, was 6,500 miles away, in uganda. she was ordered back to london. it took many hours before her plane touched down, she was whisked to downing street, in through the back door of number ten, the prime minister's office, and then out of government altogether. iain, what had she done wrong? and what do you think the way that this has been handled tells us about the state of play in the british government? the priti patel story at least shows that britain is a world leader in producing files. leader in producing farse. people will remember fawlty towers... this is the government equivalent. she had been effectively freelancing in foreign policy terms, and why she had felt able to do that is very revealing about what is wrong with the sta

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 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

some mps say that in normal times, with a strong prime minister with a healthy majority, priti patel ese are anything but normal times. the prime minister's spokesman says she still has full confidence in ms patel, but labour sensed blood and are bombarding miss patel with questions, that soon she will have to answer in person. james landale, bbc news. that is a summary of 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 an

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

some mps say that in normal times, with a strong prime minister with a healthy majority, priti patel these are anything but normal times. the prime minister's spokesman says she still has full confidence in ms patel, but labour sensed blood and are bombarding miss patel with questions, that soon she will have to answer in person. hello, i'm holly hamilton, and this is sport 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—competi

all the papers are full of these pictures of a chastened priti patel leaving.

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

some mps say in normal times, with a strong prime minister, with a healthy majority, priti patel wouldnce in miss patel, but labour sense blood and are bombarding miss patel with questions that soon she will have to answer in person. james landale, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster. controversy surrounding two cabinet ministers today — 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 se

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

the replacement for priti patel will walk up the street then.gerous to predict what might happen, especially given last week after sir michael fallon‘s resignation, nobody saw that coming, that gavin williamson, the chief whip would move into that role. but i think a lot of the money is on penny mordred. she is a minister of state at the moment in the department for work and pensions. she has been armed forces minister. she was, like priti patel, on the leave side of the campaign when it came to the referendum and recruiting her would keep the gender balance in the cabinet and that all—important brexit balance, if you want to call it that. that is the expectation. we won't know for sure until the person walks up the street but i think the pressure, the calls there were from some do have a bold, wider reshuffle by theresa may, to maybe bring in some younger talent and new mps, thatis some younger talent and new mps, that is very unlikely to happen. this will be pretty limited after a very damaging week for the prime minister, i think shejust very

in the letter from priti patel, in the letterfrom priti patel, it is clear she acknowledges what sheher actions we re has done wrong, saving her actions were meant with the best of intentions, but fell below the standards of transparency and openness which she says she promotes and advocates. so she offered a fulsome apology to the prime minister and the government, and offered her resignation. i guess, having had so long to think about it on the aeroplane, maybe that is what she had decided to do. what is interesting is the response from theresa may, in which she talks about the uk and israel being close allies, but pointing out that work has to be done formally, that there are ways of doing this. that is why you have a system in place, that is why you have the civil service, that is why meetings like this are documented, so that they are transparent and everybody knows who is lobbying cabinet ministers, who they are giving access to. and interestingly, she says, "i accept your apology and i welcome your clarification about your trip to israel over the summer. now that further detai

overseas aid minister priti patel resigned wednesday. she stepped down after unauthorized meetings in israel, and is the second and latest cabinet members to before stop by scandals that have rocked the government of theresa may. it's go to benedict in london. this is the latest scandal. this one almost came -- became a national sport with thousands of people following what happened. >> yes, what you are referring to there is the 25,000 people that tracked by a particularar website, flights across the world -- the flights of priti patel, the ex-secretary who was in africa on official business, who had only gone there 24 hours before. she was summoned by her boss, theresa may for her second dressing down, and this time, effectively, although she thegned after 25 minutes, prprime minister was sacked, tod to quit the government. that is because priti patel was in israel on holiday, allegedly, but it turns out had 12 or more meetings with israeli officials, among whom, the prime minister, benjamin in yahoo!, and did not -- benjamin netanyahu

calls for a full inquiry after cabinet minister priti patel

she is carrying out a delicate balancing act as she decides who will replace priti patel as internationalopment secretary. ms patel is a prominent brexit supporter, and the prime minister is facing calls to replace her with someone who also backs leaving the eu. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier reports from westminster. cleaning up after a chaotic week. notjust one but two cabinet ministers gone within days. no pressure on the prime minister to get her government back on track. how damaging is all this for the government? as the rest of a cabinet like the brexit secretary and fresh faces like the new chief whip try to get on with theirjobs. but in the end priti patel had to go. after 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 o

priti patel was on holiday in israel but took two days out to have these meetings.y, there were no civil servants or diplomats present but she was accompanied by somebody who is the president of the conservative friends of israel, represents one side of the argument in the region. now obviously what some mps have said is is this a breach of the ministerial code of conduct? you can't have a perceived conflict of interest between your private interests and your public interests. now this morning downing street was asked about this and said, this was asked about this and said, this was a private holiday and there is no investigation going on. but this morning both the labour party and the liberal democrats have now formally called for the cabinet 0ffice formally called for the cabinet office to conduct an investigation into these meetings, to find out what happened, urging the prime minister to do that because this isn't the prime minister's gift, one bit of support, though, from boris johnson this morning, the foreign secretary has felt the need to tweet in support of

the international development secretary, priti patel, has apologised after admitting meeting the israelither senior figures during an unofficial visit to israel this summer. the bbc revealed on friday that ms patel had held a series of undisclosed meetings during her holiday in august. let's cross to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale in the newsroom. how unusual is it to be in this position? just wondering what downing street and whitehall make of what priti patel was up to. it's extremely unusual. on official business, politicians bring civil serva nts business, politicians bring civil servants with them and they tell the foreign office. they don't have secret meetings, i2 foreign office. they don't have secret meetings, 12 separate meeting she had, including one with the head of the government in israel. it is very unusual. it matters because there is a risk of policy, fusion and mix—up. there are also clear rules about this. the ministerial code of conduct says that ministers must avoid perceived conflicts of interests between their personal business and their public duty. l

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

she replaces priti patel who resigned last night over undeclared meetings with israeli officials.carwynjones, has defended his handling of the misconduct allegations against carl sargeant, the labour politician who's thought to have taken his own life. the actor kevin spacey is being edited out of a completed film after a string of sexual harassment allegations against him. his scenes in ‘all the money in the world' will be re—shot with another actor. hello will kick-off in belfast fast approaching. two—and—a—half hours away. northern ireland haven't been toa away. northern ireland haven't been to a world cup since 1986. they have a real chance to get one foot into russia 2018. michael o'neill's side face switzerland. they made it to the euros in france when they reached the knockout stage. if they get past the swiss over two legs it will be the first time they have qualified for back—to—back major tournaments. the second leg is in basel on sunday. the players have done fantastically so the players have done fantastically so far to get to this point. at the end of the day, you kno

let's move on to this story, the uk press is focused on priti patel — and other day, another crisis,aph. talking about the fact she has lost two cabinet ministers in a week, damian green as the other. give me your ta ke green as the other. give me your take on theresa may's challenges she is facing right now. sorry, michael fallon, i got that wrong. we have michael fallon and now in of a week we now have priti patel, and there is an investigation going on into damian green, and more recently was that boris johnson had damian green, and more recently was that borisjohnson had made some comments which are also being investigated around this iranian situation with the journalist. it is a major destabilising issue for the government. the brexiters saw her as an issue. what will priti patel‘s replacement look like? and the issues with the budget due in 13 days. she cannot afford this continued political distraction. they can't afford it. but it is happening. it is happening. there is a need to focus on the big issues of the day. she needs to nip this in the day. she needs to nip this in t

when priti patel came home she asked her officials to look at it. her position? she is under political pressure, no doubt about that. labour have called on her to resign. i think the prime minister will be keen for her not to resign for a variety of reasons. they lost a cabinet minister, the defence secretary, michael fallon, last week over the harassment scandal. i think she would be very loath to lose another cabinet minister so quickly. if she loses priti patel the cabinet becomes unbalanced in terms of the brexit debate. she's a strong supporter of brexit. i think they will do everything they possibly can to make sure she stays in post. but she is under pressure. james landale. legislation setting out how britain could trade with the rest of the world after leaving the eu — is also due to be published today. the government says the brexit trade bill will include provisions for the uk to implement existing eu trade agreements, as well as powers to ensure british companies can continue to access government contracts in other countries. the bill is

the british government loses its second cabinet minister in a week — priti patel quits over unauthorisedngs in israel. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: second day of thick grey smog in the indian capital force the closure of all delhi's schools. the louvre comes to the middle east. the french president opens a new museum in abu dhabi. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 9am in singapore and also in beijing, where president trump is beginning the second day of his visit to china. xijinping laid out the reddest of red carpet is. the two men appeared to be getting on well. mr trump even shed a video of his daughter speaking mandarin. outrider editor has more. the forbidden city. today's tour guide to the home of emperors — the president of china. his tourist — the other most powerful leader in the world. all smiles, despite the threat of nuclear crisis. president trump had come from south korea, where he told the national assembly that north korea was a hell, and china should not be helping it. we call on every nation,

britain's international development secretary, priti patel, has resigned, the second cabinet ministeraid that her actions were meant with the best of intentions. the actor and director kevin spacey is facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct. the us journalist heather unruh has told reporters that her son was sexually assaulted by mr spacey last year. the hollywood star has not responded to any of the allegations. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, we're talking emojis with weather stations,

britain's international development secretary, priti patel, has resigned, the second cabinet ministerd that her actions were meant with the best of intentions. the actor and director kevin spacey is facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct. the us journalist heather unruh has told reporters that her son was sexually assaulted by mr spacey last year. now it's time for hardtalk.

and this lunchtime the international development secretary priti patel is also under pressure, as questionsn parliament about her meetings in israel. also this lunchtime: donald trump has urged north korea to "come to the table" and discuss giving up its nuclear weapons. the united states stands prepared to defend itself and its allies, using the full range of our unmatched military capabilities, if need be. the tax affairs of british crown dependencies and overseas territories are coming under scrutiny, after the leak of confidential documents known as the paradise papers. and the apes rescued from the illegal pet trade. conservationists celebrate the first baby born in the wild. coming up in the sport on bbc news: david moyes will take training for the first time as west ham boss, as work begins to keep them in the premier league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the foreign office says that boris johnson could have been clearer in his comments over a british woman in prison in iran. borisjohnson has spoken to his iranianp counterpart on the phone and says he will now vi

penny mordaunt has been appointed as the new international development secretary, she replaces priti patel who resigned last night over undeclared meetings with israeli officials. i'm looking forward to working with the team here to continue building a more prosperous, more safe world for us all, and really giving the british public pride in what we do. the first minister of wales, carwynjones defends his handling of misconduct allegations against carl sargeant. the labour politician is thought to have taken his own life. figures from the home office reveal children as young as 9 are among the thousands being referred to the government's anti—radicalisation programme. and in the next hour, left on the cutting room floor. kevin spacey is edited out of a new film after a string of sexual harassment allegations against him. we are talking to edward st albert about his new novel, dunbar, the story of a media mogul whose life becomes a retelling of the tragedy of king lear. coming up, on meet the author. —— king lear. welcome to bbc news. good evening. for the second time in a week theresa may