government minister, amber rudd, has resigned, accusing the prime minister of an assault on decency and democracy in his handling of brexit. it follows boris johnson s decision to expel 21 mps who have refused to back a no deal brexit, including two former finance ministers. ms rudd said she couldn t stand by while good, loyal, moderate conservatives are expelled from the party. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. amber rudd has served at the heart of government. she campaigned to remain in the eu referendum and was home secretary under theresa may. she survived the clear out of like minded colleagues when boris johnson became prime minister, and was made work and pensions secretary. among others, almost all brexiteers. just this week, amber rudd expressed concern about the prime minister s strategy of throwing mps out of the party for voting against the government. i think we have some very valued colleagues who have made a very different choice. in her lette
the canadian teenager bianca andreescu beats serena williams to win the us open women s singles title. a senior british government minister, amber rudd, has resigned, accusing the prime minister of an assault on decency and democracy in his handling of brexit. it follows boris johnson s decision to expel 21 mps who have refused to back a no deal brexit, including two former finance ministers. ms rudd said she couldn t stand by while good, loyal, moderate conservatives are expelled from the party . our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. amber rudd has served at the heart of government. she campaigned to remain in the eu referendum and was home secretary under theresa may. she survived the clear out of like minded colleagues when borisjohnson became prime minister, and was made work and pensions secretary, among others, almost all brexiteers. just this week, amber rudd expressed concern about the prime minister s strategy of throwing mps out of the party for votin
president trump has cancelled peace talks with the taliban after a deadly attack in kabul, revealing that he d been due to hold a secret meeting with leaders of the group at camp david on sunday. a us envoy to afghanistan had reached a draft peace deal hello and welcome to bbc news. with the militant group last week. a senior british government minister, amber rudd, has resigned, accusing the prime minister of an assault the canadian teenager bianca andreescu has beaten on decency and democracy serena williams to win the us open in his handling of brexit. women s singles title. it follows boris johnson s decision the 19 year old won her maiden to expel 21 mps who have refused grand slam title after beating williams 6 3, 7 5. to back a so called no deal she becomes canada s first brexit, including two formerfinance ministers. grand slam champion. ms rudd said she couldn t stand by while good, loyal, moderate conservatives are expelled from the party . our political correspond
we are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew to get a deal, and coming up: it s been a summer of astonishing moments for england, but australia secure the ashes at old trafford with with one more test to play. hello and welcome to world news today. president trump has called off peace negotiations with the taliban, after they admitted being behind an attack in afghanistan that killed a us soldier. the taliban condemned the decision to withdraw from the talks to end 18 years of war, warning that the us would ‘lose the most‘. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. a busy kabul junction. the attack said to have changed president trump s 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. they ve been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of q