hello. thousands of people are being evacuated from five tower blocks in north london, so that urgent fire safety work can be carried out. the buildings in camden have the same type of cladding that contributed to a huge blaze last week at grenfell tower. at least 79 people are known to be dead or missing after the blaze and authorities are now looking at criminal offences including manslaughter. tom symonds reports. there was no warning, just a request. we need you to move out because we can't be sure you are safe. i just don't want to go now. i feel bad to just suddenly i have to leave my flat. tonight, camden council's mobilising its staff, block booking hotels, opening a rest centre in an attempt to find somewhere to sleep, for 4000 people. individuals have been told to leave for their own safety and it's down to them to make the decision. in the aftermath of the grenfell tower the cladding on these towers

had already been ruled unsafe, but on top of that residents raised concerns about other issues, including fire doors and gas pipes. camden felt it had to act. any area which wasn't completely up to the best standards was a deep concern, given the combination, and that was the message from the fire services today. the issue was the combination of the two factors and that's why we've taken the action we've taken the night. the shadow of the worst fire in decades now looms large over social housing. grenfell tower was destroyed from the bottom to the top. the fire started in a kitchen on the lower floor. now police have confirmed what eyewitnesses said, the origin of the inferno was a hotpoint fridge, like this one, in that kitchen. flames escaped through a window and began to race up and across the outside of the building. which is why the focus right from the start has been on what was added to the tower during its refurbishment. aluminium cladding and foam insulation and right from the start,

police wanted to know how fire resistant was it. preliminary tests on the insulation samples collected from grenfell tower show that they combusted soon after the test started. the initial tests on the cladding tiles also failed the safety tests. such are our safety concerns on the outcome of those tests we have shared our data with the department for communities and local government. the cladding and installation simply should not have burned so quickly. instead of a fire which devoured the tower, it should have been contained, like this fire, in camden, five years ago. this tower is now being evacuated. so the police tests have thrown up a string of questions. how did it spread? the materials used are under suspicion, but was the design of the refurbishment also to blame? did the work, completed last year,

breach building regulations? and are the laws governing building standards clear enough and tough enough? this is a criminal investigation. police are seizing documents from the companies that managed and refurbished grenfell tower. and they will consider potential criminal charges, breaches of health and safety, or even corporate manslaughter, though that is difficult to prove. for several decades now, councils have been putting up cladding to improve the look and insulation of their ageing tower blocks. now, in what amounts to a crisis for that strategy, some of it is being taken down. in islington, initially for testing, but next week, for good. i mean, everyone in the block is saying if you live in a tower block especially, you are thinking oh my god, it could have been us. especially now they've said it's in our cladding, we are thinking oh my god. i'm quite tearful, actually. so far it's affecting high—rise residents in nine council areas. in wandsworth, where this

fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers. but there is grim, unfinished business back at grenfell tower. everyone has been accounted for in this flat, but the police need help to be sure they've identified all the victims. their message today, if you know someone who was there, for whatever reason, we need to know. the white house says president trump is not planning to fire robert mueller, the head of the inquiry into possible collusion between the trump election campaign and russia. mr trump's spokesman sean spicer said the president had the authority to dismiss mr mueller, but had no intention of doing so. he was speaking after mr trump questioned mr mueller‘s impartiality in a television interview. he is very, very good friends with james comey which is very bothersome but he is also, we will have to see. we will have to see in terms...

there has been no obstruction, there has been no collusion, there has been leaking by james comey but there has been no collusion, no obstruction and virtually everybody agrees to that. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. saudi arabia says it has foiled a terrorist plan targeting the grand mosque in the city of mecca. a suicide bomber blew himself up after security forces cornered him in a residential building. the building collapsed injuring ii people, including police officers. muslim pilgrims from around the world have gathered in mecca for the end of ramadan. five people have died after being electrocuted at a water park in turkey. the first three victims were children swimming in a pool. the park owner and his son died when they tried to rescue them, a sixth person was injured and two people received shocks. tropical storm cindy has left a trail of destruction in parts

of the us. in alabama four people were injured after tornadoes flattened a number of buildings. roofs were torn off and vehicles turned over. in nebraska, two doomsday military planes, designed to withstand the heat from a nuclear blast, were grounded after being damaged by a tornado. the colombian president, juan manuel santos, says the farc rebel group will finish disarming later on friday, another landmark in the peace process. there's no confirmation yet from the un, which is supervising the disarmament process. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: calling time on climate change. arnold schwarzenegger and french president emmanuel macron forge a new friendship. eu leaders have responded coolly to theresa may's opening move in the brexit negotiations

and her offer to protect the rights of eu citizens in the uk after brexit. the president of the european council, donald tusk, described the offer as "below expectations", while the german chancellor, angela merkel, said it didn't represent a breakthrough. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports from brussels. goodbye to the flag, goodbye to this town. a year ago today, britain decided this place would be written out of our future. but what the picture outside will look like for millions who've made their lives around the continent is now starting to become clear. we've set out what i believe is a serious offer, a fair offer, that will give the reassurance to eu citizens living in the uk. 0ne—to—one attempts to sell her plans. but citizens who've lived in the uk for five years can remain for good. and until we leave the union, others could come.

but her eu rivals have plenty of questions. what about spaniards now in the uk with family abroad, or anyone else? is the cut—off date when the brexit process started, or the moment when we actually leave? not until monday will ministers at home be ready to give those answers. are you getting a clear idea of the kind of brexit that the uk government wants? no. translation: it's vague. we want to be sure the rights of citizens are protected. that's important for us. there are a lot of our citizens who are not covered with mrs may's proposal. she might not have gone far enough here, but for many at home is theresa may's plan tough enough? it gives those three million eu citizens in the uk certainty about the future of their lives, and we want the same certainty for the more than one million uk citizens who are living in the european union. you've always said voters gave politicians a clear instruction to control immigration. but under your plans, for nearly another two years, as many europeans as they like can

still come to live in the uk. for many voters, do you think that will really sound like taking back control? what voters voted for when they voted to leave the european union was to ensure that outside the european union, the united kingdom could establish our own rules on migration, on movement of people from the eu into the uk. away from home, there's relief that at last the uk's putting things on the table. but for europe's new power couple... translation: it's a good beginning, but not a breakthrough. we've understood the uk doesn't want to give eu citizens full rights. they, just as they left together, will decide together with the rest of the eu how they feel about that. my first impression is that the uk's offer is below our expectations

and that it risks worsening the situation of citizens. reservations shared by the opposition, who, in contrast, their leader is loving his time in the sun. we should not be negotiating about this. what we should be doing is unilaterally saying, as labour has said from day one after the referendum, that all eu nationals should be given permanent residence rights. concerns over these proposals reflects theresa may's three—way bind. a united opposing front here in brussels, clashing expectations among the public at home, and at her back inside her own party, different strands of thinking and demands. and even a leader at the peak of their powers would struggle to deal with all that. reporter: prime minister, did your proposals go far enough? relieved perhaps to be leaving, but relieved perhaps too to have been away from hostility at home. but governing is doing, notjust fending off enemies. theresa may, at least today, has been doing that. laura kuenssberg,

bbc news, brussels. police have charged darren 0sborne with terrorism—related murder and attempted murder, after the attack at a mosque in finsbury park in north london in the early hours of monday morning. one man died at the scene and nine other people were taken to hospital. the 47—year—old from cardiff appeared in court this afternoon, and was remanded in custody. 0ur correspondent daniel sandford reports. darren 0sborne being driven off to prison after his first court appearance this afternoon. he's accused of the murder and attempted murder of a group of muslims leaving prayers. in the dock, with a detective on either side, he'd confirmed that he was 47 years old and said he has no address. he appeared to have a black eye. the prosecution said it was their case that darren 0sborne was motivated by extreme political views and a personal hatred of muslims. they said he had acted

deliberately to kill, maim, injure and terrify as many people as he could. the attack, in which a hired white van drove into worshippers leaving prayers, happened in the very early hours of monday morning. nine people were taken to hospital, and 51—year—old makram ali died at the scene from multiple injuries. this diverse community has shown commendable restraint and self—control. today, in his mosque, friday prayers were full as they remembered makram ali, and the three people still in hospital, two of whom are in a critical condition. this is bbc news. the headlines: 4000 residents from five london tower blocks are being evacuated over safety concerns, following last week's devastating grenfell tower

fire. and theresa may is in brussels, where she has told her other eu citizens that the uk falls below expectations. qatar says the list of demands presented by four arab states imposing a boycott on it is not " reasonable and actionable". saudi arabia, egypt, the united arab emirates and bahrain want the qataris to close a turkish military base and reduce ties to iran along with shutting the aljazeera news network. aaron david miller has advised six us secretaries of state on middle east policy. he is currently a vice president at the woodrow wilson centre for scholars in washington. thank you. what do you think about america's role in reaching where we are the moment? has donald trump in are the moment? has donald trump in a sense fostered these deadlines? well, i think the reality is that

the saudis have been looking for an opportunity to reduce if not eliminate qatar's independent foreign policy. they will choose their own allies and adverse areas. this is a 20 year dispute or more. they took advantage of the president's trip. the trumpadministration‘s obsession with saudi arabia, to make it the key linchpin of its policy and destroying isis, holding back imran aza m destroying isis, holding back imran azam ab even delivering is really palestinian peace. the president's trip he clearly viewed as an extraordinary demonstration of the closeness of this relationship, after difficulty is during the 0bama ina after difficulty is during the 0bama in a straight. all of these things i believe convinced the saudis that now is the time to act and the americans would have their back if they did act. we've got 13 demands

that have been made, a ten day deadline. how do you see this playing out over the ten day period? pa rt playing out over the ten day period? part of the problem is to use rex tillerson‘s words that these demands are not reasonable or actionable. i suppose as an opening position you could argue that this is the first for a into negotiations. but the reality is the demands are so comprehensive and providing such little opportunity for any middle ground, and they are —— i doubt whether we will see resolution to this crisis any time soon. the qataris are small, wealthy and now have additional support from the turks, the iranians and as you know we recently concluded the sale of f155 we recently concluded the sale of fiss to the qataris and the us is determined to maintain our strategically important airbase.

they have cards to play and i suspect they are in no hurry. the price of this sea and land blockade may be painful but the qataris will find other ways to find imports delivered and i expect they will have time and space to allow this crisis to play out. there was talk that the americans could move their best to saudi arabia. you don't see that happening? too expensive and time consuming. and i think that would clearly put the us at the mercy of saudi arabia. i mean, this is one thing that we are going to have to deal with. we have a divided administration. president for any number of reasons is determined to have the saudis back and yet at the same time the state department and defence department understand the longer this goes on the prospects of creating a functional and unified

golf alignment, mobilised in the service of american interests, grows wea ker every service of american interests, grows weaker every day. and to stay up today with the international reaction to the sanctions qatar faces — visit our website bbc.com/news. we'll have the latest updates, and analysis from our correspondents. a former loyalist paramilitary commander has pleaded guilty to 200 terrorism offences, including five murders. gary haggarty admitted the crimes as part of a deal to give evidence against other senior members of the ulster volunteer force. he's due to be sentenced in september. from belfast crown court, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. during the troubles, the uvf took more lives than any other loyalist paramilitary organisation. it killed more than 500 people. one of its commanders was this man, gary haggarty. he's pleaded guilty to 200 offences. the prosecution case document runs

to around 12,000 pages, covering 16 violent years from 1991. two of the five men who haggarty has admitted murdering were gary convie and eamon fox. the catholic workmen were shot dead at a building site 23 years ago. haggarty was an informer for the security forces at the time. eamon fox's son believes his father's death was preventable. i don't care about the uvf. they'll meet their maker some day. but it's the police, the people who are in authority to protect and serve, they didn't protect my family. they didn't protect this man's family or this man's family. haggarty had a double life as an agent of the state and as a chief in a sectarian gang. he was from north belfast, where his group had a particularly murderous reputation. so this investigation into the uvf is set to go on to another level. in 2010, gary haggarty signed an agreement in which he offered to give evidence in court against other paramilitary leaders in exchange for a shorter

sentence for his own crimes. he's the most senior loyalist ever to turn supergrass. it's understood up to 15 uvf members could be charged if prosecutors accept that the former commander's evidence is credible. the police intelligence officers who had contact with haggarty could also be brought to court. it is the examination of their conduct and their directions and their criminal liability which will now fall to be assessed. the detective who's leading the current inquiry says today was a breakthrough. this allows us now to move forward to the next phase of the investigation, where it is my intention and my hope that we will bring others who are responsible for those crimes before the courts as well. there'll be more waiting for the relatives of uvf victims. for now gary haggarty is in solitary confinement in high security prison. in court appearances in the future he may be in the witness box, not the dock.

chris page, bbc news, belfast. a report into a murder carried out by a psychiatric patient has severely criticised the nhs and the metropolitan police. nicola edgington attacked a woman with a butchers knife in bexleyheath in south—east london in 2011. 0n the day of the killing, she had begged the police for help, and told hospital staff that she needed to be sectioned because she felt like killing someone. but she was allowed to walk free out of a mental health unit unsupervised. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan has the details. nicola edgington fleeing a crime scene having just brutally murdered an innocent woman. hearing police sirens, she hides, but officers arrive quickly and the mentally ill woman is arrested hours after telling police and medics that she fears she'll kill someone. nicola edgington had killed before. five years earlier, she had been convicted of the manslaughter of her own mother, but had been released.

her victim in 2011 was sally hodkin, a 58—year—old mother and grandmother. today her son told me her death was entirely preventible. it was one mistake after another. it was one mistake after another and should she have been out, well, she killed my mum so i'll let everyone decide whether or not they think it was appropriate for her to be out. nicola edgington was released from this secure unit run by 0xleas mental health trust in 2009, just three years after being given an indefinite sentence for killing her mother. today's report commissioned by nhs england found the trust staff were too willing to believe edgington who was fixated on being discharged. they didn't take seriously warnings from her sister and brother that she was still potentially dangerous and on the day of the murder, they failed to stop her leaving their hospital despite edgington being clearly unwell. they're responsible for her being on the street. they're responsible for her being released after three years

after killing her own mother and they‘ re responsible to the public to make sure that people like this are looked after and safeguarded and we don't believe that has been done. the metropolitan police also failed to stop nicola edgington on the day she killed. today's report says the murder could have been prevented if they had sectioned her after she repeatedly called 999 seeking help. in a statement today the 0xleas mental health trust reiterated that apology to sally hodkin's family for their failures and say that several changes have been made as a result of her death. nicola edgington has is now serving a 37—year prison sentence and is one of 13 patients who have gone on to kill after being released from the care of 0xleas mental health trust in the past 12 years. sally hodkin's family says it's impossible to quantify the void created by a wholly avoidable death. michael buchanan, bbc news. arnold schwarzenegger has warned

that tackling global warming must not be seen as a political issue. the actor said that everyone breathed the same air — and it shouldn't be a question of right versus left. he met french president emmanuel macron — who will later give a speech proposing a global environment pact. laura westbrook reports. i'm here with president macron, we're talking about environmental issues and a green future. we will deliver together to make the planet great again. an undisguised dig at the man who pulled america out of the paris climate deal. the former california governor met with french president emmanuel macron, who will later announce a proposal for a global environment pact. mr schwarzenegger, who has publicly sparred with donald trump, says tackling global warming must not be a political issue. this is not the right versus the left because there is no liberal air or conservative air. we all breathe the same air. in the mediterranean, a research crew has made

a surprising discovery. they've found the rising temperature and acidity of waters here is faster and greater than anywhere else on the planet. that means species such as oysters are at risk of extinction. they say the cause is man—made climate change. what's happening here and in coastal areas around the world is year by year, bit by bit, the level of the sea is rising. it's why scientists say climate change is making a real impact and why many are worried about the us pulling out of the paris accord. president trump says it's about us jobs but renewables like solar and wind are outcompeting coal on price and creating three times morejobs. donald trump may have fulfilled his promise, but america first might mean america alone, leaving a gap for other countries to take the lead.

only a few hours to go before the first test match between the british and irish lions and new zealand in auckland. the bookies make the all blacks firm favourites for the game, but many analysts think it will be tight — with the set piece being a key battleground area. the all blacks also have a formidable record at eden park and haven't lost there in over 20 years. gavin hastings is a former lions captain who took on new zealand in 1993 and says the world champions will be hard to beat. new zealand has not lost a test match since 1994 and even way back in 1959 when we last warm in a test match at eden park so that shows the enormity of the challenge that awaits us this afternoon. that's a good warmup and they are coming to the ball nicely. i think they are.

absolutely. six matches and five against quality opposition. losses have been narrow. the feeling is that these are probably the two best sides. as a result, thousands of british and irish lions supporters in auckland, it is lunchtime here in auckland and i am right down in the main shopping street of queen street and all you can see are hundreds and hundreds of british and lions supporters. there is huge anticipation leading into the night ‘s game. many believe that set plays will be crucial to any chance they may have. do you agree with mark i think they've established dominance

up think they've established dominance up front and that has allowed them to keep the opposition on the back foot. it is not often the new zealand all blacks are on the back foot but from the point of view of a supporter of the british lions, the ball will be slightly were and if they can get the dominance up front, they can get the dominance up front, they have been bought in the selection in the back and if they are able to take their chances, who knows, they might just are able to take their chances, who knows, they mightjust pull off a historic victory certainly something that i am happy to witness and hope that i am happy to witness and hope that that may be the case. there's no heat wave on offer this weekend and for most of us it's actually going to be fairly cool. a little bit of rain in the forecast as well but not too much. there's a lot of cloud rolling across the uk right now, this is a weather front that's bringing spits and spots of rain.

to the north of it, fairly chilly, so first things that of a morning temperatures around ten. to the south of that it is warm, 17 in norwich, around 16, 15 or 16 there counties. looks fairly cloudy across most of the uk first thing in the morning, bit of a breeze out there, the wind will be strongest in north—western scotland, gusts up to gale force wind so fairly chilly with showers, the best of the weather across east anglia and the south—east, 23. another blustery day across scotland on sunday with a few showers. 0verall across the uk the sunshine will come out so not a bad day but i think feeling relatively fresh. whatever you're doing, have a great weekend. this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of people are being evacuated from five tower blocks in north london, so that urgent safety firework can be carried out. the buildings in camden had the same type of cladding that contributed to it in blaze last week at grenfell tower. europe's most senior official has

criticised the uk's offer to eu nationals after brexit, claiming it could "worsen the situation" for them. european council president donald tusk said the plan was "below expectations" and german chancellor angela merkel said there had been "no breakthrough". qatar's neighbours have called for the closure of aljazeera, as the gulf's political crisis escalates. the broadcaster says it's a bid to silence freedom of expression. the white house says the tension between qatar and other gulf nations is a family issue which should be resolved locally. in about ten minutes we'll have this week's edition of newswatch. but now on bbc news, click.