Joy for australia theyve retained the ashes after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old trafford. Good evening. Government ministers have dismissed the accusation of a former senior colleague that too little effort is going into securing a new Brexit Agreement with the eu. Amber rudd who resigned from the cabinet last night said today that the vast majority of brexit focused work was going towards no deal and that there were no formal negotiations with brussels. Shes also called the expulsion of 21 conservative mps opposed to no deal an assault on decency and democracy. The chancellor, sajid javid, says the government hasnt given up on a deal and is sticking to plans to leave at the end of october, come what may. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. From cabinet minister to backbench mp overnight, amber rudd walked out of government no longer believing the Prime Ministers priority was to get a new brexit deal. This morning im joined by the now former work and pensions secretary amber rudd. This morning she explained she could see little evidence of efforts to reach an agreement with eu. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine, you might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50 50 in terms of work, but it isnt that, its about 80, 90 of government time going into preparing for no deal and the absence of actually trying to work to get a deal which is what has driven 21 of my colleagues to rebel and i need to join them. Expelling those mps that voted against the government was an act of political vandalism. The former work and pensions secretary had written in her letter of resignation. I know i could not carry on in the conservative party at such a high level and see 21 of my colleagues, who are good, moderate people, who also want a deal, excluded from it. And ijust needed to move and stand by them. Will brexit ever happen . The chancellor said he was sad at what happened, but defended the Prime Ministers strategy and hit back at amber rudds claimed the government wasnt trying in earnest to get a new brexit deal. I am absolutely clear that we are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew, to get a deal, and that the Prime Minister is personally putting in all of the significant effort you would expect from a leader to get this deal done. In brussels this week, the uks top official having regular meetings. By the eus chief negotiator reportedly described talks as in paralysis. Downing street said negotiations have been constructive, but acknowledged the two sides are still far apart. The Prime Minister has been in Campaign Mode this week for the election he wants to avoid asking for a brexit delay. 0pposition parties say not until leaving without a deal is ruled out. I dont trust him an inch, i dont think anyone does. Weve got a Prime Minister now who is saying he wont even abide by the law. The law ive never heard that before. We are in a situation now where no one can trust while he is in place what might happen. Keeping away from the cameras at the governments countryside retreat, the Prime Minister met his closest advisers, perhaps plotting his next move. The promise is still to deliver brexit by the end of october. The unanswered question how . Jonathan blake, bbc news. Lets look ahead to the next few days and weeks and what might be in store. Tomorrow, the government will make a second attempt to call a general election but that requires the support of two thirds of mps and is expected to fail. The government is then expected to suspend parliament for five weeks. 0n the 17th of october theres the key eu in summit in brussels where the government says it hopes to agree a brexit deal and leave on the 31st of october. But if theres no agreement, then by the 19th of october the new legal deadline imposed on borisjohnson because of the law pushed through by mps comes into force. It requires the Prime Minister to either persuade mps to agree to leave with no deal at the end of october which is highly unlikely. Or it says he must ask the eu to delay brexit something hes insisted he will never do. Today, the foreign secretary dominic raab said the government was scrutinising the new law in the hope of finding a loophole. We are always going to behave as a government but we are going to test the requirements. That is not only the requirements. That is not only the lovely thing to do but the responsible thing to do. Are lawful. Lets go back tojonathan whos is in downing street. Does it look like the government is going to try and get around the law . I think thats the indication from dominic raab. Although government ministers have said that the government will abide by the rule of law and not seek to break it, its clear that they will try to find a way around it. Perhaps not surprising because the governments strategy has been, sends morris out and became Prime Minister, to deliver brexit by the 31st of 0ctober, come what may, do or die. The legal gauntlet thrown down by opposition parties in the form of a bill forcing the perimeter to ask for a delay if you think to no deal by that summit in mid october will not change the game plan here in downing street. How exactly do anything to do it, well, i think will have to wait to see because thatis will have to wait to see because that is a question that everyone is asking at the moment. Legal advice, im sure, it being taken. Premise that has been at his countryside retreat today discussing what his next move would be, whether anything will change in the days ahead before parliament is due to be suspended, by thursday at the latest, we will just have to see. I think the message to mps who are preparing a legal challenges of the Prime Minister try to get around that law, the central clause in the bill which forces him to ask for a brexit extension, the message in government coming a response that today seems to be, we will see you in court. How likely is it that we will see more people stepping down . After amber rudd dramatically resigned last night, there was perhaps an expectation that others who shared her concerns in government would follow suit. But it seems like the premise that has managed to stave off any further ministerial walk outs for the time being, the likes of matt hancock, health secretary, format remains a pot that has made it clear that he is going nowhere. Nicky moderne appears to be staying. Robert buckland, the justice secretary, tweeting today that he has confidence in the Prime Ministers strategy and has been reassured about the government but my invitation to follow the rule of law. It does not seem it any more ministerial resignations are imminent. In terms of what downing street is next moves are, will have to see, as they were that those who do have an uneasiness in government, stay put or decide that they cannot continue to serve. President trump has called off peace negotiations with the taliban after they admitted being behind an attack in afghanistan that killed an american soldier. The taliban condemned the decision to withdraw from talks that come after 18 years of war warning america would lose the most. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports from the afghan capital, kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here and ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood, too, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of qatar, and the taliban almost hit the diplomatic jackpot a trip to camp david to talk to President Trump, his classic high stakes summitry. But now, its off. A taliban spokesman sent us their response. A few days ago, the Peace Agreement was concluded with the us negotiation team, and it was initialed by heads of both negotiation teams. That tweet by President Donald Trump is astonishing, and i think it harms his reputation. A Peace Process that may have consequences. The Afghan Government the taliban still refuse to talk to welcome the move. I think it was the right move at the right time, and a genuine reflection of the concerns that not only the afghan people, but many in dc, raised of the threats, of the consequences of any deal that could be harmful to all of us. Was it this one terrible attack in kabul which provoked President Trumps dramatic move . Or was it the rising chorus of anger and anxiety, in kabul and in washington, over peace talks which only seemed to bring more war . Many fear taliban at the table dont speak for fighters on the ground. Until they put down their guns, their commitment to peace wont be clear. Lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis is in washington for us. As is often the way, President Trump has taken to social media, what has he been saying about his decision . He has been saying that this is all down to this attack last thursday near the American Embassy in kabul which killed an American Service man. He says that, basically, that is proof that the taliban is not negotiating in good faith. But the very fa ct negotiating in good faith. But the very fact that this secret meeting was due to take place today at the president ial retreat, camp david, has come as a surprise and i would say a shock to many people here. Not least because this taliban is the same group that has been taking many American Service men and womens lives over the last 18 years during fighting in afghanistan. Many people have said it is almost unprecedented for them to be invited onto american soil, let alone to be invited to sit down with the president at camp david. Republicans have also expressed dismay about this, not just the democrats to stop the Republican House member, liz cheney, whose father is dick cheney, Vice President under george w bush, tweeted that no member of the taliban should set foot layer, referring to camp david, ever. A erm and Illinois Republican echoed that statement, saying that the taliban should never be allowed in the United States. Meanwhile, a democratic senator said that this was another example of President Trump are treating Foreign Policy at the same way that he would treat a game show. But President Trump made all sorts of promises about afghanistan, didnt he . He made a promise to withdraw a sizeable number of us troops that are still there, he actually wanted to get them out by now but the generals are basically convinced him to maintain the presence until this sort of Peace Agreement had been signed off on. Now it has on hold, although the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been doing the rounds of the us talk shows this morning, saying that these peace negotiations are off for these peace negotiations are off for the time being. He said that the us is still working on making a deal that will pave the way for the withdrawal of some us troops. Time is running out for President Trump to make good on his promise before the election which is next november. It does sound like they will be leaving the door open though. We can discuss this in more detail now with michael kugelman, an afghanistan expert at the Wilson Centre in washington. Thank you forjoining us. How far have the socks gone . These talks gone . One surprising thing is that these talks got further than i have ever got before. The two sides were oii ever got before. The two sides were on the cusp of a deal, it was at the point where the chief negotiator shooters was essentially trying to get buy in from kabul and others in washington. We had never got to the point where we were in the last few days, that was a lot more incredible that President Trump decided to call off talks, at least for now, not permanently. How hopeful are you that they will start up again, and why . At the end of the day, both the us and the taliban have a similar go, to make a plan for withdrawal of us forces so i do think eventually there will be a deal. Trump has been a very clear about how he wants to get out of afghanistan, i think you would like to make some sort of announcement will before the us president ial election of bringing troops home. The taliban has said for so long that they want us troops out. That indicates to me that they two sides will come together, clearly, a major blow has been dealt to this negotiation process. However, give it a bit of time, as you indicated, Administration Officials in washington have suggested that there are plans to set up new meetings, even now. I think it will happen, i think what happened here is that the Trump Administration was uncomfortable with this deal, it has not became very uncomfortable, thinking they we re very uncomfortable, thinking they were not enough assurances that the taliban would lay down arms after signing this deal. We are only a few days away from the anniversary of 9 11, a lot of people will be quite rightly remembering those who died in those atrocities. For many people, it was an abhorrent idea to have the taliban at camp david, why would President Trump want such a thing to take place . In my view, this idea of the taliban coming to talk to is about in trump . A wheelhouse. It would have been dramatic, a lot of pageantry, photo ops, media attention, much like a reality tv show. I do think the timing of it is what have been so tasteless, we are coming up to the anniversary of the 9 11 attacks, carried out by a group sheltered by the taliban. I think i would have beena the taliban. I think i would have been a dreadful idea, in that regard, its probably a good think this is not happening, that the taliban will not be coming here. Setting that aside, as trump says it, it would not have been the taliban leadership but also the afg ha n taliban leadership but also the afghan president. He would have been at camp david two, they would have been separate meetings between him and the taliban with the us. That would have been significant given that the taliban have repeatedly refused to be in negotiations with the Afghan Government until they have a deal with the us. I think thatis have a deal with the us. I think that is a key factor, the taliban would have been uncomfortable with a participating in this kind of meeting at camp david, so long as the afghan president was there. Whats the minimum that the great states needs from a deal with the taliban . Thats hard to say. First, it was an taliban . Thats hard to say. First, it was an assurance taliban . Thats hard to say. First, it was an Assurance Company tell about that it would not provide any space to International Terrorist groups like alqaeda and isis. I think that has changed, the expectations of the us have changed, i think they will us for more from the taliban. When negotiations resume, new us will want some kind of clear indication that the taliban will be willing to lay down arms, even temporarily, before there is a withdrawal deal, it should go deal, between the us and the taliban. I think the Us Government would also like to see some sort of assurance from the taliban that it will formally negotiate with the Afghan Government,. The problem here is that there is no way to measure that, at the way to trust that the taliban with the taliban would do those things even if the us gets those things even if the us gets those assurances. This is really a very complicated process, and when the talks do resume, its going to bea the talks do resume, its going to be a very long process to get to any type of resolution. Thank you for joining us. Conditions in the bahamas are said to be rapidly deteriorating, six days after Hurricane Dorian ripped through the islands. Tens of thousands of people are homeless many are desperate to flee the destruction in the abaco islands and grand bahama. Cruise liners, private planes and helicopters are being used to help those still trapped. Officials believe hundreds of bodies are yet to be found in areas flattened by the storm. Joining me now is Luis David Rodriguez from medical aid organisation, direct relief. Theyve been providing vital medical supplies to people on the island. Tell us about the scale of this operation is under way . As you properly have an idea, the devastation in the bahamas here is huge. There only a few builders standing in the abaco, people are being evacuated but they have nothing left, you can only imagine what they are going through. There is definitely medical aid coming in, supplies and whatever people, but still, people are getting desperate because of the horrendous situation. People are remarkably resilient, arent they . Even in the worst of times, to what extent are you saying that in the bahamas . Im actually from porto rico, so i could see the resilience of the bahamian people. At such difficult times, they are showing resiliency, showing that they are uniting. They are just hoping for what the future can bring, hopefully something positive to their lives, because right now they were going through a very tough times. Conditions are deteriorating, people obviously need shelter, food, clea n people obviously need shelter, food, clean water, but is that dirty water that carries him at risk, isnt it . What are you doing to try