Aid agencies say the situation is desperate. Good evening. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no dael departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in Boris Johnsons cabinet, she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal. But since then, shed seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. 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 its not that, its
Not only the lawful thing to do, i think it is the responsible thing to do. As borisjohnsons key advisers met today, ministers are looking for a way around the no deal law that enters into force tomorrow. Brace for a two day pilots strike affecting up to 300,000 British Airways passengers. After an attack in kabul, President Trump cancels the peace deal agreed in principle with the taliban. Joy for australia. They have retained the ashes after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old trafford. And we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katherine forster, journalist at the sunday times, and joe twyman, director at deltapoll. Government ministers are insisting that their brexit plans remain in place despite stinging criticism from their former collegue amber rudd, who has resigned her cabinet post. She said today that the vast majority of brexit focused work was going towards no deal, while there were no formal negotiations with brussel
We meet the south koreans defying age with dance. Good morning. It is 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 00pm in washington, where the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says that afghan peace talks are on hold. Earlier, President Trump tweeted that a secret meeting with taliban leaders at camp david had been cancelled. The taliban has condemned the decision and warned that america has the most to lose. It is a sudden halt after nine rounds of talks to try and end nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan. 0ur chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here, a romanian, ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The president vented his fury on twitter. There is not a day without violence. Taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood last week, 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 b
Instagram and twitter. Thank you for watching and we will see you soon. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. Our headlines today a call for schools in england to open at evenings and weekends. The childrens commissioner says theyll be safe spaces to keep pupils away from gangs and violence. Hundreds of people could be trapped as floodwaters rise after Hurricane Dorian lashes North Carolina. Mps from across the political divide are ready to go to court to force the Prime Minister to seek a delay to brexit. Good morning. Late wickets leave england in trouble in the fourth ashes test. Theyre still nearly 300 runs behind australia, so face a battle to save the match and the series. Ahead of tonights strictly launch, saffron barker and i check out fellow dancer will bayleys moves as the Paralympic Champion prepares for the european para table tennis championships. Good morning. Theres lots of dry, settled weather through the weekend. Just the odd isolated s
Ahead of tonights strictly launch, saffron barker and i check out fellow dancer will bayleys moves, as the Paralympic Champion prepares for the european para table tennis championships. Good morning. Lots of dry, settled weather through the weekend. Just the odd isolated shower but with Clear Conditions by day, chilly conditions by night. All of the details coming up shortly. Good morning, its saturday the 7th of september. Our top story schools should stay open at evenings, weekends and holidays to help protect pupils from crime and gangs, according to the childrens commissioner for england. Anne longfield said children no longer feel safe on the streets, and that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could offer a safe space. Jane Frances Kelly reports. The school bell marks the end of the day but the childrens commissioner for england would prefer it if people stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home childrens commissionerfor straight home childrens c