08/06/2014 BBC Weekend News

Labour is accusing the Home Secretary of breaking the

ministerial code, in the row about alleged Islamic extremism

Theresa May faces questions about the release of a private letter she

wrote, criticising the Department of Education.

Tonight, Ofsted is preparing to publish reports on the schools in

Birmingham at the centre of claims of an Islamist plot.

The former head of the army in Egypt, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi,

has been sworn in as the country's new President.

And England's footballers touch down in Rio,

Labour's accusing the Home Secretary Theresa May of breaking the

ministerial code, over her row with a Conservative Cabinet colleague.

The Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said Mrs May had to explain

her actions in the argument over alleged Islamic extremism

in schools. Tonight, the regulator Ofsted is preparing to

publish reports into 21 schools in Birmingham where - it's claimed -

Our political correspondent, Alex Forsyth, sent this report.

Two senior Ministers, two Conservatives and a split at the

heart of Government. Another senior Tory did his best today to play down

the scale of the rift between his colleagues. There's been a

disciplinary matter within the Government, which the Prime Minister

has dealt with in a very firm, clear way. There will be discipline in the

Government. The main thing, as you said at the beginning of the

programme, is the issue itself, it is tackling extremism in schools.

It's led to another day of negative headlines in a row over alleged

Islamic extremism in schools. The argument became public with a

briefing to a newspaper from the Education Secretary, followed by

retaliation from the Home Secretary's camp. Her Labour

opposite number wants to know about the role of Theresa May herself. We

so far have heard nothing from the Home Secretary, even though it looks

clear that she has breached the Ministerial Code by writing and

authorising the publication of this letter. The Prime Minister's

responsible for enforcing the Ministerial Code. He needs to act.

More than 20 schools in Birmingham have been investigated over the

allegations of a hardline Muslim plot to influence how they are run.

The results of inspection reports on the schools will be published

tomorrow. Politically, Theresa May will be feeling glum, having lost

one of her closest advisors. Michael Gove escapes with making an apology.

Tomorrow, he could suffer more embarrassment when he faces MPs.

Iain Watson is with me now. Labour is accusing Theresa May of breaking

the Ministerial Code, potentially how much trouble could she be in as

a result? What is interesting is we heard Michael Gove is facing MPs

tomorrow. He has had to give a humiliating apology to the Prime

Minister for his role in the row. He has a chance to redeem himself by

clearing out five or six schools that were guilty of extremism when

Ofsted reports tomorrow. Labour are keen to keep Theresa May in the

firing line. They say that is the bigger prize. She wrote a letter to

Michael Gove. It highlighted the differences over extremism. That

letter stayed in the Home Office website for four days. The

Ministerial Code says that Ministers are required to keep the privacy of

their opinions they express in Cabinet, including in

correspondence, that privacy must be maintained. They are suggesting that

Theresa May didn't keep her views in confidence. She herself is going to

be facing MPs on Tuesday. It is likely there will be pressure for

her to say something sooner than that. The Prime Minister will see

both Michael Gove and Theresa May tomorrow. So what Labour want to do

is keep the pressure up on both of them. Thank you.

The new President of Egypt has been sworn in,

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who's the former army chief,

won 97% of the vote but the turnout was less than 50%.

He's the second President to take office in two years, and inherits a

divided nation and a crippled economy, as Orla Guerin reports.

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi arrived under tight security.

He's already been the target of two assassination attempts.

He took the Oath of Office almost a year after

ousting Egypt's first freely-elected President, Mohamed Morsi.

Presiding officials said today that was not a coup,

The new President has been embraced by leaders from

He needs their cash for his crumbling economy.

They need him to keep a tight grip on the Arab world's

President Sisi said this was a unique moment in Egypt's history,

the first peaceful democratic transfer of power.

But his election victory was flawed according to some international

observers because of a climate of fear and repression.

Downtown in Tahrir Square, supporters were giving thanks

TRANSLATION: Sisi, you are a Lord. You are good and respectable.

Supporters gathered here hope this is the beginning of a new era.

They believe that Sisi can deliver stability and growth

after years of turmoil. They see him as their saviour.

Experts worn that all this adulation could fade fast if he can't deliver.

And there are real concerns about what direction he will take.

Opponents believe Egypt's latest military strong man will follow

the well-trodden path of authoritarian rule.

A farmer is critically ill in hospital,

after an accident in County Antrim which killed his eight-year-old son.

Robert Christie, who's 52, and his son also called Robert,

were overcome by poisonous fumes as they were mixing slurry

Tens of thousands of Sikhs have been marching through

central London to commemorate the storming of their holiest shrine by

They've also been demanding that the deaths of thousands of Sikhs in

rioting back in 1984 at the hands of Hindus be recognised as genocide

following what they say was India's failure to prevent the killings.

British police officers are preparing to search two new areas

of the town in Portugal, where Madeleine McCann went missing

seven years ago. They've spent the last week searching wasteland,

close to the apartment where the three year old vanished and will

Sunday mass in Praia da Luz, at the church where the McCanns prayed

And just up the hill, on 15 acres of scrubland,

They have now been hunting for seven days,

Dozens of officers working long hours in the dusty Algarve heat,

but so far, we understand nothing of significance has been found.

This man was a senior detective in the Portuguese police.

He says it was Scotland Yard officers who requested

the search and they are now under enormous pressure to discover what

TRANSLATION: If they don't find anything, we would feel sorry about

that, but there will be a feeling in Portugal that it was the British

who asked for this search and if they don't get results here,

there could be a sense that all this has been for nothing.

But the BBC understands several suspects who live here are likely to

be questioned about Madeleine's disappearance very soon.

In the next few days, officers will move on and begin searching

As summer gets under way here, people are constantly reminded of

In tennis, Andy Murray has appointed the former women's world number one

The Wimbledon champion has been without a full-time coach since

Ivan Lendl left in March, after a successful two-year partnership.

The England football squad has arrived in Rio de Janiero,

with just under a week to acclimatise for their opening

The manager Roy Hodson is upbeat, saying team spirit was "very good".

Our sports correspondent, Nathalie Pirks, reports.

Every four years the routine is the same, blinking into the morning sun,

the men tasked with carrying a nation's hopes finally enter the

World Cup straight. This time, there is a calm about England. Despite

some challenges in last night's final warm-up, they have come away

from the training camp with one injury, to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Their manager says they are ready. The most important thing was that we

are here, all in one piece and that the mood and our attitude, our

optimism hasn't been dented at all. So, now it's talking over and

playing begins for real. The security presence is high. The

government is taking no chances. The England team are making their way to

their hotel in Rio where the FA hope it will be the perfect balance of

privacy and stimulation. The military were out in force for the

team's arrival at the Royal Tulip Hotel. England fans' former

reputations preceding them. Hotel. England fans' former

ones that have arrived, it was a journey worth making. The World Cup,

Brazil, nothing better than coming out here. It is the dream. I have

always wanted to go to a World Cup. As soon as it was in Brazil, you

have to do it. Players were quickly out on to their balconies to soak up

the view their five-star hotel affords them. To their left, the

less glamorous part of Rio, the biggest slum, perched on the

mountainside. To their right, there's this. As England's aim is to

be good tourists, this beach seems the perfect place for the players

and coaches to take a stroll over the coming days and who knows,

perhaps acquire some new amigos along the way!

That's it for now. There's more throughout the evening