tulip siddiq's aunt, sheikh hasina, was the prime minister of bangladesh for some time until last yearlly amid big protests across bangladesh, and she fled. tulip siddiq's mother is her sister. tulip siddiq has been close to sheikh hasina, been photographed with her various times, while obviously being a uk citizen and, since 2015, a uk mp. what happened just before christmas was that a bangladeshi state institution announced that it was investigating sheikh hasina, but also various members of her family — including tulip siddiq — over corruption allegations initially raised by sheikh hasina's political opponents. nevertheless, even if it was raised by her political opponents in bangladesh, it is quite something for tulip siddiq, who is not only a labour mp, but also a government minister in the uk to be under investigation by another country's authorities. the story is just getting more and more complex. brilliant journalist and friend of mine, gabriel pogrund, from the sunday times, is in dhaka at the moment. 0n the front page of the sunday times today, he's interviewed the man who i

tulip siddiq's aunt, sheikh hasina, was the prime minister of bangladesh for some time until last yearamid big protests across bangladesh, and she fled. tulip siddiq's mother is her sister, and, um tulip siddiq has been close to sheikh hasina, been photographed with her various times, while obviously being a uk citizen and, since 2015, a uk mp. and what happened just before christmas was that a bangladeshi state institution announced that it was investigating, sheikh hasina, but also various members of her family, including tulip siddiq, over corruption allegations initially raised by sheikh hasina's political opponents. nevertheless, even if it was raised by her political opponents in bangladesh, it is quite something for tulip siddiq, who is not only a labour mp but also a government minister in the uk, to be under investigation by another country's authorities. the story is just getting more and more complex. brilliant journalist and friend of mine, gabriel pogrund from the sunday times, is in dhaka at the moment on the front page of the sunday times today. he's interviewed the man

in 2013, sheikh hasina signed a deal for a new nuclear power plant with vladimir putin. in a personal capacity. the nuclear plant is now built. but bangladesh's anti—corruption commission is investigating claims tulip siddiq helped broker that deal and £1 billion was siphoned off into private hands. she denies it, and the allegations were first raised by one of her aunt's political rivals. yet it's notjust buildings in bangladesh that have prompted questions here, but property in london too. tulip siddiq seems to have lived in various homes in the capital that are or were owned by people with links to her aunt, including a flat in this block which saadiq was gifted before she was an mp, by a businessman who the financial times says has links to sheikh hasina. labour sources say it would be wrong to link tulip siddiq to the political associations of others. there's a lot of unanswered questions here, notjust for the minister in question, the city minister, who's also meant to be the government's anti—corruption minister, but also for keir starmer, who's put her in this po

many of the allegations relate to the fact tulip siddiq's aunt is sheikh hasina, who fled bangladeshaugust, after a long and controversial time as its leader. today, tulip siddiq conceded to what some in government always thought was inevitable. in her resignation letter, she wrote, "that while the ministerial adviser has confirmed i have not breached "the ministerial code, it is clear that continuing "in my role as economic secretary to the treasury is likely to be "a distraction from the work of government." sir laurie magnus, the standards watchdog, had concluded in his report, "it is regrettable that siddiq was not more alert to the potential to the independent adviser, as she has now done. many of the allegations relate to the fact tulip siddiq's aunt is sheikh hasina, who fled bangladesh last august, after a long and controversial time as its leader. today, tulip siddiq conceded to what some in government always thought was inevitable. in her resignation letter, she wrote, "that while the ministerial adviser has confirmed i have not breached "the ministerial code, it is clear t

many of the allegations the fact tulip siddiq's aunt is sheikh hasina who fled bangladesh last augustiddiq conceded to what some in government thought was inevitable. in her resignation letter, she wrote while the ministerial adviser has confirmed i have not breached the code, it is clear that continuing in my role as economic secretary to the treasury is likely to be a distraction from the work of government. sir laurie magnus the standards watchdog had concluded in his report it is regrettable that she was not more alert to the potential risks to her and the government, arising from her close family's associate with bangladesh, i would not advice this should be taken as a breach of the code, but you will want top consider her ongoing to consider her ongoing responsibilities, in the light of this... there are still unanswered questions, the national crime agency has the ability to look into unexplained wealth, there are things called unexplained wealth orders and i think this merits further investigation by an organisation like the national crime agency, to get to the truth. tulip si

her aunt, sheikh hasina, is the former bangladeshi prime minister, and is being investigated over claimsiq said she had done nothing wrong but the issue risked becoming a distraction for the government. the government has banned the import of cattle, pigs and sheep from germany, after a case of foot and mouth disease was detected in berlin. there are no cases of the disease in the uk, but the chief vet said "robust contingency plans" were being put in place to protect farmers and food security. the princess of wales has revealed she is in remission from cancer after making an emotional return to the london hospital where she received treatment. after visiting the royal marsden hospital, kate whose husband prince william is first in line to the throne spoke of her "relief" and said she remained i. "focused on recovery . you're live with bbc news. breaking news from south korea. investigators have arrested the acting chief of the presidential security service for blocking their attempts to arrest the impeached president. these are the live pictures from outside the presidential residence w

tulip siddiq has denied wrongdoing over her use of london properties linked to allies of her aunt, sheikh hasinat year. but speaking to laura kuensberg, science secretary peter kyle said she should keep herjob until an investigation was carried out. here's our political correspondent, tom symonds with more. well, this has been going on for a long time. tulip siddiq faced a run of stories alleging that she effectively used properties obtained by herfamily, possibly as a result — and i say possibly as a result — of corruption in bangladesh. her aunt was the former premier of bangladesh and was deposed last year as a result of a corruption scandal. today, kemi badenoch, the conservative leader, has said it's time for keir starmer to sack tulip siddiq. he says that she has become a distraction for a government which should be looking at the problems of this country and that the pm not sacking her, makes it clear he's not as bothered by integrity as he claims. so cue peter kyle, who arrived on the laura kuenssberg programme this morning. he was asked what should happen given that siddiq has herself s

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her aunt, sheikh hasina, is the former bangladeshi prime minister, and is being investigated over claimsad done nothing wrong, but the issue risked becoming a distraction for the government. the government has banned the import of cattle, pigs and sheep from germany after a case of foot and mouth disease was detected in berlin. there are no cases of the disease in the uk, but the chief vet said "robust contingency plans" were being put in place to protect farmers and food security. the princess of wales has revealed she is in remission from cancer after making an emotional return to the london hospital where she received treatment. after visiting the royal marsden hospital, catherine — whose husband prince william is first in line to the throne — spoke of her "relief" and said she remained "focused on recovery." you're live with bbc news. firefighters in los angeles are braced for the return of strong winds of up to 100km/h on tuesday evening as they continue to battle fires that are still of control. exactly a week after the first fire, at least 12,000 homes and buildings have been dest

over her family's financial interests after the downfall of her aunt, is premised of bangladesh, sheikh hasinaion today is all down to the findings of laurie magnus, the independent adviser on ministerial standards. he looked at two broad areas, firstly properties gifted to tulip siddiq and her sister buy, it was reported, allies of her aunt. and secondly tulip siddiq's links to her prime minister aunt, there was a famous visit to moscow alongside vladimir putin back in 2013 before she was elected to parliament. crucially, laurie magnus found no wrongdoing by tulip siddiq, he actually said her financial assets derived from legitimate means. but if you look at the letter to the prime ministerfrom laurie magnus, we can see that tulip siddiq ran into trouble in a key part of the ministerial code, which calls on ministers to ensure there is no conflict of interest or perceived conflict of interest or perceived conflict of interest or perceived conflict of interest between their public duties in the private interests. let'sjust public duties in the private interests. let's just look at the final pa

alert to the potential reputational risks of ties to her aunt, bangladesh's deposed former pm, sheikh hasinaat gifted to siddiq by an ally of her aunt and an infrastructure deal signed with vladimir putin. she has denied any wrongdoing. sadiq and starmer remain constituency neighbours and, we're told, friends. but with two corruption investigations in bangladesh ongoing, they are unlikely to be ministerial colleagues again any time soon. joe pike, bbc news, westminster. our chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us now from central lobby. henry, awkward questions for the prime minister over the now former economic secretary to the treasury. as you had, this is a story about tulip siddiq's family ties to a former prime minister of bangladesh. what i think we saw in the house of commons today is a reminder of the different close ties that tulip siddiq has to the current prime minister of the uk. he has doesn't go in for political friends but to the extent he does, he and ten, there are close. they came into parliament in the same year representing neighbouring constituencies. you cou