:00:20. > :00:24.The former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says
:00:25. > :00:27.he resigned from the Government because he felt welfare policy
:00:28. > :00:30.was heading in a direction that divides society rather
:00:31. > :00:38.Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, Mr Duncan Smith said
:00:39. > :00:40.although he had supported a consultation on changes to some
:00:41. > :00:43.disability benefits, he had come under massive pressure
:00:44. > :00:45.to deliver savings ahead of last week's Budget.
:00:46. > :00:52.Here's our political correspondent Alan Soady.
:00:53. > :00:56.A former Conservative Party leader and now ex-cabinet minister
:00:57. > :00:58.about to go on live TV with explosive accusations
:00:59. > :01:12.I am concerned that this Government, that I want to succeed, is not able
:01:13. > :01:15.to do the kind of thing is that it should because it has become too
:01:16. > :01:20.focused narrowly getting the deficit down without being able to say where
:01:21. > :01:23.that should fall other than simply on those who I think progressively
:01:24. > :01:29.can less afford to have that fall on them. It was George Osborne's
:01:30. > :01:32.priorities in Wednesday's Budget that pushed him. Iain Duncan Smith
:01:33. > :01:38.had signed off on money-saving changes to disability benefits but
:01:39. > :01:43.he said we did not know it would be alongside tax breaks for the
:01:44. > :01:46.wealthy. Juxtaposed as it came through in the Budget was deeply
:01:47. > :01:50.unfair and it was perceived to be unfair. That unfairness is damaging
:01:51. > :01:54.to the Government, to the party and to the public. He said he was then
:01:55. > :01:59.dismayed by the reports that the Government was thinking of undoing
:02:00. > :02:03.the policy. It is a very peculiar way to try and set policy against
:02:04. > :02:07.immediate agenda where you start Friday morning absolutely apparently
:02:08. > :02:10.saying to everybody you must go out and defend it, then by Friday
:02:11. > :02:23.evening you are drifting away from it
:02:24. > :02:27.and then later on Friday evening you say you have kicked it into the long
:02:28. > :02:29.grass. Overhauling the benefits system has been one of the
:02:30. > :02:31.Government's flagship policies. George Osborne then set a welfare
:02:32. > :02:34.limit on spending. I progressively got more and more depressed about
:02:35. > :02:36.the idea that we were running to an arbitrary Budget agenda which had a
:02:37. > :02:39.welfare cap in it. I am resigning because I want my Government to
:02:40. > :02:41.think again about this and get back to that position that I believe in,
:02:42. > :02:44.which is about being one nation. Iain Duncan Smith is on the other
:02:45. > :02:48.side of the EU referendum debate to David Cameron and George Osborne but
:02:49. > :02:53.he denies that is behind his resignation. Could there be any
:02:54. > :03:15.other reason? These are series of body blows to the Chancellor.
:03:16. > :03:19.Can I put it to you that you don't like him and he doesn't like you and
:03:20. > :03:22.this has been simmering for years. There are people saying this is the
:03:23. > :03:25.beginning of a coup against George Osborne and David Cameron. It wasn't
:03:26. > :03:26.personal, he said, but his attack on George Osborne's and the
:03:27. > :03:29.Government's priorities was savage. I care for one thing and one thing
:03:30. > :03:32.only. It is the people that don't get the choices that my children get
:03:33. > :03:35.our left behind. I do not want them to be left behind. Everything I do
:03:36. > :03:38.has been about that. It is not easy. It is painful to resign, I don't
:03:39. > :03:41.want to resign, but I am resigning because I think this is the only way
:03:42. > :03:44.I can do this. Because what is happening at the moment is immoral?
:03:45. > :03:47.I think it is in danger of drifting in a direction that divides society
:03:48. > :03:54.rather than unites it and I think that is not fair. Downing Street
:03:55. > :03:56.rejects its accusations and says it is improving opportunities for all
:03:57. > :04:00.while protecting the vulnerable. But for a politician who once described
:04:01. > :04:01.himself as a quiet man, Iain Duncan Smith is doing anything but going
:04:02. > :04:10.quietly. Alan Soady joins me in the studio.
:04:11. > :04:13.What do you make of this? This was a blistering attack. The Government
:04:14. > :04:18.was shot by his resignation and the ferocity of his letter on Friday
:04:19. > :04:23.evening. Today this was not just about his objection to one change to
:04:24. > :04:25.disability benefit. He was questioning the fundamental
:04:26. > :04:29.principles underpinning this Government. Really the question of
:04:30. > :04:32.whose side are they on and going further than that and suggesting
:04:33. > :04:37.that in his view the party leadership is on the wrong side, and
:04:38. > :04:41.so much of that was aimed specifically, personally at the
:04:42. > :04:45.Chancellor, George Osborne. Many in the Conservative Party will see that
:04:46. > :04:49.that may well damage George Osborne's prospect of ever
:04:50. > :04:58.potentially taking over from David Cameron as Prime Minister. This
:04:59. > :05:00.whole affair since his resignation is causing bitter divisions within
:05:01. > :05:02.the Conservative Party between those who think he is taking a principled
:05:03. > :05:05.stand, and those who despite his denials today feel sure that this is
:05:06. > :05:06.connected to trying to further his cause in the campaign to leave the
:05:07. > :05:11.EU. Thank you. The European Union's new rules
:05:12. > :05:13.for migrants crossing from Turkey From today, all migrants who don't
:05:14. > :05:18.prove a case for asylum in Europe can expect to be sent
:05:19. > :05:19.back to Turkey. But the rule hasn't stopped migrants
:05:20. > :05:22.from attempting the trip Shortly after dawn,
:05:23. > :05:26.our correspondent James Reynolds met one boat as it reached
:05:27. > :05:33.the Greek island of Lesbos. It is just after dawn
:05:34. > :05:36.here on the island of Lesbos and these are some of the first
:05:37. > :05:39.migrants to arrive on these shores following the introduction
:05:40. > :05:44.of the new system. They came on this
:05:45. > :05:47.boat, this little one They were met by volunteers
:05:48. > :05:54.and they are now being kept warm on the beach here,
:05:55. > :05:56.provided with blankets The volunteers are making
:05:57. > :06:03.sure that they are OK. It looked like their
:06:04. > :06:05.condition was fine But these migrants now face
:06:06. > :06:19.an uncertain fate here in Europe. Unlike everyone who arrived up till
:06:20. > :06:21.yesterday at midnight, these people don't
:06:22. > :06:23.know whether or not The terms of the new deal mean that
:06:24. > :06:28.everyone you see here will have to go for an individual interview,
:06:29. > :06:30.an individual hearing, If they are turned down,
:06:31. > :06:37.they will get an appeal, and they may in just
:06:38. > :06:40.two weeks' time be told by Europe to get on a boat
:06:41. > :06:43.and to head back across these waters A bus carrying foreign students has
:06:44. > :06:57.crashed in Spain killing at least 14 The passengers were returning
:06:58. > :07:01.from a bonfire festival in Valencia when the bus overturned
:07:02. > :07:03.on a motorway. The students on board were studying
:07:04. > :07:08.at Barcelona University as part The nationalities of those killed
:07:09. > :07:14.has not been confirmed. President Obama will arrive in Cuba
:07:15. > :07:17.this evening for what will be the first visit to the island
:07:18. > :07:20.by a serving US President The trip has taken months
:07:21. > :07:25.of negotiation after President Obama and his Cuban counterpart
:07:26. > :07:28.Raul Castro decided to reinstate Our correspondent
:07:29. > :07:44.Will Grant is in Havana. In the year or so since President
:07:45. > :07:47.Obama and Raul Castro decided to reinstate diplomatic ties, I have
:07:48. > :07:51.covered the length and breadth of this island. People here keep saying
:07:52. > :07:55.the same thing to me. They never thought they would live to see the
:07:56. > :07:58.day. Today they really will see history in the making. A
:07:59. > :08:08.presidential visit to consign the Cold War to the past.
:08:09. > :08:10.It might be known as America's pastime but President Obama
:08:11. > :08:12.will find Cubans just as passionate about baseball.
:08:13. > :08:16.While in Havana, he would do well to come down to 12th Street to watch
:08:17. > :08:17.the island's young talent play a few innings.
:08:18. > :08:20.These children know there is an important visitor in town
:08:21. > :08:23.but have little idea of just how historic his trip is.
:08:24. > :08:24.Not since 1928 when Calvin Coolidge visited
:08:25. > :08:27.the island has a sitting US President come to Cuba.
:08:28. > :08:28.In those days relations were close, too close
:08:29. > :08:37.After Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries took power,
:08:38. > :08:40.there followed five decades of Cold War hostility including
:08:41. > :08:42.the failed invasion of the Bay of Pigs.
:08:43. > :08:44.But President Obama and Raul Castro have
:08:45. > :08:46.reset the relationship, re-establishing diplomatic ties
:08:47. > :08:51.and lifting trade and travel restrictions.
:08:52. > :08:54.The White House says President Obama will hold talks with dissidents
:08:55. > :08:57.and won't avoid the question of human rights while in Cuba.
:08:58. > :09:03.The Cubans say he can raise whatever issues he likes.
:09:04. > :09:07.Cuba of course is open to discuss and
:09:08. > :09:10.exchange views with the United States about every issue
:09:11. > :09:11.including human rights, democracy, whatever.
:09:12. > :09:15.But Cuba has been very clear in saying
:09:16. > :09:20.that those issues are not for negotiation so matters that
:09:21. > :09:21.are internal decisions and the sovereignty
:09:22. > :09:25.of the Cuban Government, the Cuban people, will not be
:09:26. > :09:32.This trip will be a big test for the new
:09:33. > :09:35.friendship with some tough questions on the table but most Cubans just
:09:36. > :09:38.want to thank President Obama for turning the page on the past.
:09:39. > :09:41.The Australian Grand Prix, the first of the season,
:09:42. > :09:43.has been won by Mercedes' Nico Rosberg.
:09:44. > :09:47.A dramatic race saw Fernando Alonso involved in this huge crash.
:09:48. > :09:50.Remarkably the McLaren driver was able to walk away unscathed.
:09:51. > :09:53.Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton finished second
:09:54. > :10:02.The next news on BBC One is at 18:15.