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this is bbc news. the headlines at five: the government says 27 high—rise blocks of flats in 15 local authorities in england have failed fire—cladding safety tests. four buildings in north london were evacuated last night by the authorities for "urgent fire safety works". and they identified a number of issues in the blocks around the installation, around gas pipes going into flats, and in fire doors and the message to me was that the combination of the flammable external cladding and these issues inside the block meant that the building wasn't safe. we are making sure the authority has the ability to do what is necessary to ensure that people have somewhere to ensure that people have somewhere to stay and that the work is done so that tower blocs will become safer than to in the future. some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. leave, pack a bag.
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i said, for how long? they said just for a couple of days. i said, what if we don't leave? and they said, well, we will have the police around to forcibly remove you from your flat. also in the next hour: a cyber attack at westminster. house of commons authorities say they‘ re investigating attempts to hack mps' and peers' email accounts. labour leaderjeremy corbyn takes to the stage at the glastonbury festival. he urges them to make a difference, saying he was inspired by the number of young people who got into politics for the first time. the wonderful campaign that i was involved with, so proud to lead, brought a lot of people back into politics because they believed there was something on offer them. all blacks defend their record against the british and irish lions, beating their visitors 30—15 in their first head to head of the three test series. good afternoon and
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welcome to bbc news. 27 high—rise buildings across 15 local authorities have failed safety tests ordered in response to the grenfell tower block fire. hundreds of buildings, including hospitals and schools, are still being examined. in north london, around 3000 people have been put in temporary accommodation afterfour towers blocks, which have cladding similar to grenfell, were declared unsafe. the blocks, which were evacuated last night, are on the chalcots estate in camden and contain more 700 flats. residents living in the taplow, burnham, bray and dorney towers were evacuated after the fire service said
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the safety of residents in the blocks could not be guaranteed. people in 83 flats refused to leave their homes and are still inside. the prime minister says the government is helping the council do what is necessary to ensure those evacuated have somewhere to stay. 0ur correspondent keith doyle has this report. why were we all ordered to be evacuated at half past eight at night? after a night of destruction and little sleep, residents came face—to—face with the leader of camden council. —— night of disruption. i am so absolutely stressed. why were hotels not looked at before we were all evacuated ? i've sat in a chair over here since nine o'clock last night. i'm 72 years old. i suffer with emphysema. now i'm being told they can't rehouse me because i've got a dog. what do they want me to do with my dog?
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put it to sleep? last night the council took the decision based on fire service advice that the 4,000 people living in the chalcots estate should be moved. some stayed in this centre on air beds, others were sent to hotels and some decided to stay put. i really cried last night, i'm choked up now, it's dreadful. why did it make you so upset? they are saying we have got to get out, the council officials came to the door, banging on the door, "get out, get out". but the chap round the hallway said, "no, she's not going, she's getting on for 80 and can't go anywhere, she's got a cat". the cladding here is similar to that which was on the grenfell tower, and the council says that, along with other fire safety factors, meant four of the blocks were not safe. an unprecedented situation. 4000 people in those blocks
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and the council staff and volunteers have been working through the night and we have identified hotel accommodation and temporary housing and we're working with other boroughs. and people here are moving out slowly and we're having those conversations, but of course people are tired and they have had a terrible night. we want to get people into secure accommodation as quickly as possible. the grenfell tower fire has changed the perception of the risk of fire in tower blocks. urgent checks are being carried out on 600 blocks nationwide. the government says cladding on 27 blocks in 15 local authority areas has failed fire safety checks. the government is working with those local authorities affected by this issue to ensure they are able to do what is necessary on the ground, to reassure people about the safety of their blocks. the drastic action taken by camden council has caused huge disruption for thousands of people. with other buildings failing fire safety checks, many more could face similar uncertainty.
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0ur reporter, amy cole is in north london. another night away from home for those residents that were evacuated. it isa those residents that were evacuated. it is a really difficult situation here. over the course of this afternoon, there has been a steady strea m afternoon, there has been a steady stream of people that have been coming in and out of the leisure centre behind me, registering themselves and trying to find out information from camden council. but many have told the bbc that they are angry and frustrated after being woken at two to three o'clock this morning, being told to pack their bags and evacuate their flats. they have wondered why this could not have wondered why this could not have been done this morning and why they were not given more time. camden council said that fire officers said they could not guarantee the safety of residents overnight. it has meant that around
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a hundred people have spent the night in the leisure centre on air beds. 83 households, we have been told, have refused to leave and joining me now is a person who is refusing to go from his flat from the 12th floor. why are you not going? i have lived here by whole life, links to the university and my workplace are incredibly conveniently placed there. the meat to be told i'm being displaced with certain area as croydon, it isjust ludicrous. i do not understand how that would make sense for any dignified human being to move someone away from dignified human being to move someone away from the comfort zone, move someone away from the comfort zone, move them away from their families and our homes and everything that they are used to describe the sake ofa snap they are used to describe the sake of a snap decision made by the government which is just to make them look like they are doing something, under my assumption. the g re nfell tower was something, under my assumption. the grenfell tower was so severe. can you not see why the council would wa nt to ta ke you not see why the council would want to take these measures to keep you and many others like you save?
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want to take these measures to keep you and many others like you save ?|j completely understand. the way that it was done, the process that is being run out now, it is not the right way to do it. they could've worked systematically. i do not understand why all of them have to be locked down. you can't how many people live under, —— you count. i thousand plus people in their homes being moved out, taken where? how does it make you feel that some of that cladding might not be fire reta rda nt? that cladding might not be fire retardant? it worries me. i think there could be measures that could be put place where people do not have to be taken out of their homes for such a prolonged period of time ortaken for such a prolonged period of time or taken out of their homes without any notice. the only time i heard about this going on was through the bbc news. i saw it on tv at am. the council did not inform you personally? we had a few letters. we understand that the cladding may be faulty, etc, we are doing our best. we had no indication that we would
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be getting moved out of our homes and being displaced for x amount of time. i have heard two to four weeks, i have also had two months. time. i have heard two to four weeks, i have also had two monthslj do not know what to believe. you are distressed, upset and angry. do you think the residents feel the same, the once refusing to leave? the ones that have decided to leave are angry and distress. the ones who are staying want to make a point. we cannotjust be staying want to make a point. we cannot just be moved staying want to make a point. we cannotjust be moved when someone decides for us to be moved. there had to be in order and process that like this to happen. we do not live in the third world country, this is london. think should not happen here. they should not be displayed ona here. they should not be displayed on a mass scale. a very advanced ten nationally, economic country to be moved in a manner like this. thank you forjoining me. he is refusing to go. there are people who have got pets and they have said they do not want to be separated from them that the our spca has stepped in and is offering
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some shelter to some of the pets as well, trying to make the best of what is a very complex, very difficult situation here. amy, thank you very much. earlier my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to the leader of camden council georgia gould and asked her how many residents had refused to leave the tower blocks. my last briefing was that 83 households wanted to stay, obviously we are knocking on doors with the fire services, having conversations with those residents at the moment. so that is a moving picture. how many of those households, how many of those people do you think you will be able to persuade to move today? look, it was a really deeply distressing night. i got the news from the fire services that their belief was that the block was not safe to stay in at 5pm. we had to act incredibly swiftly to move people out of those blocks. people were, you know, having their doors knocked on late into the night. 0bviously people were distressed. we needed to give them that accurate
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information at the time, but i think, in the morning, having the fire service with us, having those conversations, we will be able to persuade people to move. because those blocks are not safe. if people still don't want to move and if they leave their flats to go to work, to go shopping, would you then be in a position of saying to them that you won't allow them or you can't allow them to re—enter the building. what we are saying to anyone who wants to go back into the building to get possessions is that they can go in, get their possessions but they will have to leave the building in half an hour and be accompanied by the fire services. so specifically the people who have refused to leave at this point, if they left for whatever reason, would they be allowed to re—enter? i think the same would apply. they would have half an hour to go in and get their belongings. and i understand more than 100 people spent the night here at the leisure centre behind us. what efforts are going on now, i know some people have already been found hotel accommodation, what efforts are going on now to find accommodation for these 100 or so
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people? yeah, it's just an unprecedented situation. we had 4000 people in those blocks. council staff, volunteers have all been working through the night, we have identified hotel accommodation, we have identified temporary housing. we are working with other boroughs and people here are moving out slowly, we are having those conversations, but, of course, people are tired, people have had a terrible night. we just want to get people into secure accommodation as quickly as possible. that is the leader of camden council, georgia gould there. parliament has been hit by a cyber—security attack — house of commons authorities say they are investigating unauthorised attempts to access mps and peers' email accounts. mps were told about the attack on friday night. international trade secretary liam fox said that people need to make sure they use strong passwords. we know that there are regular attacks by hackers attempting to get passwords. we have seen reports in the last few days of even cabinet
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ministers' password being for sale online. we know that our public services are attacked so it is not at all surprising that there should be an attempt to hack into parliamentary e—mails so it is a warning to everybody, whether they are in parliament or elsewhere, that they need to do everything possible to maintain their own cyber security, including having complex and therefore safer codewords. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is with me. what do we know about this attack? at this stage, not that much. we are told that parliamentary authorities we re told that parliamentary authorities were made aware of this cyber attack yesterday, so on friday. we now know that a number of mps do not have access to their e—mail account remotely. but a house of commons spokesperson i spoke to were stressing that that was not in itself as a result of the cyber attack, actually that was the steps that would being taken to protect the parliamentary cyber estate. so
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the parliamentary cyber estate. so the reason mps and some lords do not have access to their e—mail is because of protection and measures that are being put in place by the parliamentary authorities. i have spoken to a number of mps, i've been in contact with a few too. some have said they have not got access, either though have said they have access to their e—mail accounts. i know that mps have been sent m essa 9 es know that mps have been sent messages saying the authorities are investigating a side of the giddy incidents, they said they are going to making some emergency changes to the it network which may cause some disruption. we request that you remind extra vigilant while we investigate this. so clearly this situation is being investigated but is rather ongoing. we do not yet know how serious this is. we heard liam fox, the trade secretary, saying he was not surprised that there had been an attack on parliament. we know that in the past the nhs has been victim to a cyber attack. so he was saying you have
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got to have stronger passwords. that was what he said was the people need to be doing inside parliament and outside two. we will leave it there for now. thank you very much. festivalgoers agosta bray well into the second day of the festival, where katy perry is set to top the bill tonight. amongst the biggest names in music, jeremy corbyn also took to be staged this afternoon to address the crowd. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba heard the speech and joins us now from the festival. jeremy corbyn went down very well. he drewa jeremy corbyn went down very well. he drew a large number to the stage. 0ne he drew a large number to the stage. one of the biggest crowds we have seen. one of the biggest crowds we have seen. he spoke about the positive spirit and how it could be applied to the greater good across the uk. that politics that got
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out of the box is not going back in any box because we are there demanding and achieving something very different in our society and in our lives. there's a number of things that are very simple, very basic questions we should ask ourselves. is it right that so many people in our country have no home to live in and only a street to sleep on? is it right that so many people are frightened of where they live at the moment, having seen the horrors of what happened in grenfell tower? is it right that so many people live in such poverty in a society surrounded by such riches? no, it obviously is not. and is it right that european nationals living in this country making their contribution to our society, working and our hospitals, schools and universities don't know
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if they are going to be allowed to remain here? i say they all must stay and they all must be part our world and part of our community. that was jeremy corbyn speaking earlier on the made period state. —— pyramid stage. so many big names performing at glastonbury today. liam gallagher later on. that is what is going on at glastonbury. the headlines on bbc news: the government has said that 27 high—rise blocks of flats in 15 local authorities have failed by a cladding safety test. a cyber attack at westminster. the house of commons authorities say they are investigating attempts to
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hack mps and peers e—mail accounts. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has allegedly got a great crowds to make allegedly got a great crowds to make a difference saying he was inspired by the number of young people who got involved in politics for the first time. the city of mosul will be liberated from so called islamic state militants within days, according to iraq's prime minister. around 400 is fighters are surrounded in the centre of the country's second largest city. our correspondent 0rla guerin has been to the front—line in mosul‘s old city, along with cameraman nicholas hameon and producer firle davies. her report contains images some may find distressing. a journey to the front line, our windscreen a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort from iraq's elite counterterrorism force. snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier,
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being rushed away as we arrived. and families fleeing, too. 0n foot. escaping hunger and fear, and a beloved city robbed of life. no food, no water. this is the old city area, it is really the heart of the battle. and when you look around here you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been. the damage is immense in every direction. the narrow streets a tight squeeze as troops close in on the last pockets of is resistance. we were told the militants were just 300 metres away. some on the receiving end of an iraqi missile strike. the extremists are now facing defeat here but it has taken three
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years to get this far. and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul and the unity of iraq. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul. at least five bodies have been recovered after a huge rescue operation has took place in south—west china. where more than a hundred people are feared to have been buried by a landslide. the search is taking place in a mountainous area of sichuan province, close to tibet, after the side of a mountain collapsed following heavy rain. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. chinese rescue teams have been digging through mounds of rubble in the village searching for survivors. more than 40 homes were buried when the top of the mountain collapsed causing a major landslide in this remote part of western sichuan province. working in constant rain,
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and with roads covered by mud and rocks, the rescue effort has been difficult. and yet local officials say some survivors have been pulled out and taken to hospital. they say this has included a couple and also a baby. translation: at around five o'clock the baby cried so i changed the nappies and then i heard a loud noise. i went to the front door but was hit by wind and water and stones came flying that pinned me to the ground. my wife and i slowly got up, held the baby and escaped. hundreds of rescuers have been deployed and once the road was cleared, heavy digging equipment could be brought in. but it has also been a case of using much more basic methods and sometimes even bare hands to try and clear the debris. the mountains are prone to deadly landslides and earthquakes. meaning emergency teams
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in the area are used to dealing with these types of disasters. recent heavy downpours are thought to have contributed to the instability which triggered part of a mountain to fall down onto the village below. the murdered mpjo cox will be remembered in parliament with a coat of arms. it was unveiled by her husband and two children, who contributed to its design. it bears the motto ‘more in common', taken from her maiden speech in the commons. the leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom has said it would be helpful if broadcasters "were willing to be a bit patriotic" with regards to brexit. she made the comment while being questioned by newsnight‘s emily maitlis about the uk's position in talks with the eu. we had various different eu politicians, the elected politicians
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saying it was a good start. of course it is very early days. it has been a year... it would be helpful... it would be helpful if broadcasters would be patriotic. the country made a decision... unpatriotic? are you accusing me of being unpatriotic for questioning how negotiations are going? we all need to pull together as a country. we made a decision one year ago today to leave the european union. the outgoing leader of the liberal democrats, tim farron, has described andrea leadsom's remarks as "a sinister threat to the free media" — and said she should apologise. let's get more now on the evacuation of thousands of residents from four tower blocks in north london. 0ne concern for some of those having to leave is what happens to their pets. joe clarke from islington council and zenon brown from the rspca told my colleague annita mcveigh
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that they're offering support to all that need it. the main goal this morning is to reassure people, to let them know that it's a very emotive issue, they don't want to be separated from their pets. as much as possible we're trying to keep pets and owners together. but we're also offering help and support in areas where that can't be facilitated. what we're also doing is encouraging anybody who has got any concerns for their pets to come down and speak to us and we will do all we can to help and accommodate those arrangements. how difficult has it been to find enough pet friendly accommodation for people? it's always hard to find accommodation, especially on a weekend like this, but we are working really closely with animal health to find those spaces when needed. i know the local borough is working really really hard to let or help the people take their pets with them to the hotels and places like that, where possible. but if needed, if we really need to, the back—up is here and we will find
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spaces where possible. so what are the options, if you can't find somewhere for a person to keep their pet with them, what are the options? at the moment we've got temporary holding facilities within the london borough of islington that we can use. what we would then do is call on a number of local welfare groups that have been in contact. using the rspca, in partnership with them, and we will be looking to relocate to animal welfare centres. we've also been approached by a number of organisations who have offered volunteering and fostering support and temporary homes for pets if needed and required. and so the pet owners you have been talking to, clearly this is already a stressful situation, potentially being separated from their much loved pet, itjust adds to that, doesn't it? yes, very distressing for these people. whatjoe and i are trying to do here is meet people on their way to the registration and stop them and ask if they need help. and if so, we will try to help them.
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we will bring them back later. if they haven't been able to find accommodation themselves we will try and help them, but a lot of people do not want to be separated from their pets, understandably. it's quite a combination of organisations here today helping out, whether it's yourselves or the red cross or other voluntary organisations, it's really been a big team effort, hasn't it? absolutely. and we need to be able to work as a team. because it's a difficult thing to facilitate, there are logistics we need to put in place and it really is all about the partnership working and the help and support we've got. it's been tremendous on this. have you found that generally people have managed to stay pretty calm with you? are they feeling very stressed? are they trying to keep it in perspective given the dreadful events at grenfell? yeah, with us ourselves, they've been pretty calm. emotional, very emotional, more than anything. we're clearly not part of the main registration part of it. but what i would do, i would plead with people, if you haven't registered yet, especially people with animals,
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we really need you to register because we've only got a certain picture of those who are in need with their animals. we really need people to register so we get the bigger picture of how many we might then need to be helping over the coming days. that was the latest on the events at the towers in north london, concerning people worried about their pets following the evacuation. just to remind you that if you have been following the story, concerning that house of commons cyber hack. that lockdown that mps have been commenting about on twitter is not to do with the hack but more a protective measure that authorities at the house of commons have put into place. sports now. an exciting day. everyone very excited about the by. everyone very excited about the rugby. it has been formula i
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semi—catherine. not bad for lewis hamilton. the british and irish lions have lost. they have no excuse about the 30 points to 15 defeat. it means the all blacks continued their unbeaten run at eden park that stretches back to 1994. to become a line is one of sport greater purposes, i start of the test series is where rugby meets riches. but overcoming the intimidation almost brought the line is the perfect start. elliott daily close but just pushed is the perfect start. elliott daily close butjust pushed out in time. the british may have invented this game but new zealand have made it their own. lightning attacks part of their own. lightning attacks part of their make up, try is part of the routine. the all blacks have not lost on the screen in 23 years. to
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break them down requires something special but the lines were embarking ona special but the lines were embarking on a move to remember. sean touching down for one of the great lion tries. at half—time, a game on. but news reason “— tries. at half—time, a game on. but news reason —— new zealand's great strength is their resilience. the fast feet of a 20—year—old. in auckland, the strength of the all blacks laid bare. to win this series will be the lines' greatest task. those things are all fixable. the all blacks have thrown champagne by all blacks have thrown champagne rugby and there is stuff over the place. very direct upfront so we need to make sure that we are better in those areas in terms of combating them the next week. scotla nd them the next week. scotland and ireland have wrapped up their summer tours. gregor tampered raised his first defeat. ireland completed a series whitewash in japan with a 35 — 13 win in tokyo.
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confirmation then of those results for the home nations. australia is well beating italy there, 27 — 40. the host england have been beaten by india in the women's world cup in derby. indian's batters in england and imposing 282 when. england needing the highest run chase in the history if they were to win. their reply started somewhat. ryan wilson smashed 81 injust reply started somewhat. ryan wilson smashed 81 in just 75 balls to give them a sniff of victory. the victory and in india's impressive work in the field paid too strong. england's next they play pakistan in leicester on tuesday. this is what you were looking forward to. lewis hamilton's hopes of closing the gap in the championship have been given a boost after he claimed pole for tomorrow's grand prix. he's a good the 60s this
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position of his career by meeting his mercedes team—mate by almost half a second. championship leader sebastian better with more than a second off the pace in fourth place. johann sarco edged out mark marquez to claim his place for the grand prix. the first frenchman years to claim the top spot. britain's scott reading recovered from a crash. this is it here to finish in fifth while compatriots families and bradley smith will start from eighth, tenth and 20 respectively. sixth tour victory over his opponent. he only had to serve broken once in the tournament so far. rogers vedrine looked in fine form
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ahead of wimbledon. he came through ahead of wimbledon. he came through a tough test against the russian in the semifinals of the open in germany. federer 164, the semifinals of the open in germany. federer164, 7—6. she has reached the final of the ecole classic in birmingham. 0nly her second tournament since her playing hand with badly injured in a knife attack six months ago. she went through when her payment was forced to retire. she were played ashley party of australia in the final. there was no royal winner in the hardwicke stakes at ascot as the queen's horse dartmouth was beaten by the 9—2 shot idaho. her majesty‘s horse was in the lead going into the final stages of the race, but was overtaken in the final furlong by idaho, ridden by seamie heffernan. idaho is trained by aiden 0'brien — that win ensures he finishes as champion trainer for the week at royal ascot for the eighth time.
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it has been a dry saturday for many, but also breezy. ed davey area of low pressure from mid—june pushing into the north of scotland. it is bringing bands of rain further south the moment into lewis, also across the moment into lewis, also across the northern highlands, 0rkney and shetland. windy into the night. elsewhere a few late showers and parts of southern england and wales, they will depart and it will be dry during the night, and by donna to be some patchy rain and drizzle. i'll start for england and wales, fresher for scotland and northern ireland, and still breezy. the area of low pressure not moving away in a hurry. it will bring windy weather to north—east scotland and some blustery condition to north—east england to start sunday. while we still have bands of showers, 0rkney, shetland and into the central swathe of west of scotland either side of that there will be sunshine around first thing. after a largely dry
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afternoon in northern ireland, most bases will avoid showers. right start in the north of england but there will be blustery weather. the 62 side words will see lots more cloud to start the day, patchy rain and drizzle. east anglian the south—east should start the day dry and patchy rain and drizzle should work its way east through the morning. for many across wales, midlands and southern england and will be cloudier than today. a few brea ks will be cloudier than today. a few breaks and some sunshine but always a chance of seeing some rain. into the afternoon in the east midlands and east anglian the south—east the odd shower. most places down a degree or two on today. scotland and northern ireland feeling fresher, and for those at glastonbury through the morning, the greatest chance of rain or drizzle before skies brightened and then small chances of showers to end the festival. monday looks 0k showers to end the festival. monday looks ok for most, i dry day for central and eastern areas will stop
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feeling warm and the sunshine. rain to finish the day in northern ireland, and that rain spills eastwards to take its way through tuesday. more of that next week. spells of rain, breezy at times, and while there will be some sunshine, cloudy for most of the time. good afternoon. 27 high rise buildings around the country have failed fire safety tests on their external cladding according to the latest government figures. thousands of buildings, including some schools and hospitals, are now being checked following the grenfell tower disaster. camden council in north london has defended its decision to evacuate four tower blocks at extremely short notice, moving hundreds of people into emergency accommodation. 0ur correspondent richard lister reports. why was we all ordered to evacuate
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at half—past eight at night? temperatures were running high today. the leader of the council took the brunt of the frustration from people evacuated overnight.|j am from people evacuated overnight.” am told they cannot rehouse me because i have a dog. a hotel place was fine for this woman and her dog, but there are thousands of others of people and pets facing weeks of uncertainty. more than 100 spent the night at this leisure centre. the cladding at four of these blogs is similarto cladding at four of these blogs is similar to that on grenfell tower, but it was issues with gas pipes and fire doors that made the fire service demand an evacuation. they said there was nothing we could do to guarantee residents' safety that night. and in that situation given the circumstances wherein, i thought we had to act swiftly. peter bertram who is 94 had to leave the flat he has had for almost 50 years.”
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who is 94 had to leave the flat he has had for almost 50 years. i feel sorry for people a lot worse than me, especially with children. but with just got to carry on. there are at least 80 flats where residents are refusing to leave.” at least 80 flats where residents are refusing to leave. i nearly cried last night. the council officials came to the door, banging on the door, get out! chapter in a hallway said she is not going. she is getting on for 80, she can't go anywhere, she's got a cat. work is underway to fix the faults, but it will take weeks to complete. the residents of this tower block feel themselves to be in limbo, unsure of just how dangerous this building is, and how long they might be precluded from their homes. in some cases it is possible to take mitigating action and the fire service are content that the blocks are safe. in others it has been necessary for people to move out on a temporary basis, and that is what happened in camden last night. most living in
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these blogs have been back enough to getan these blogs have been back enough to get an extended stay somewhere else, even as other residents argue there is no need to leave. local authorities across the uk are working urgently to identify other buildings at risk. fire safety officers are carrying out inspections with suspect cladding sent for independent testing. the government has promised to meet the costs but some councils are warning they need more help, as duncan kennedy reports. no amount of days that pass can ease the heart of loss felt by those left bereft at the grenfell tower fire. in silence and unity, volunteers and families of some of those who died gathered today near the tower to reflect. not since the second world war have so many buildings been subject to checks in the aftermath of the single fire. 27 blocks have now failed safety inspections across 15 councils. warming says the
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government must help a four. retrofitting of sprinklers should be one of our responses here, and when your chief fire officer of the region tells you that, as the leader of the city you have to start listening to that. we looked at the figures and it comes out around £31 million. manchester, plymouth, hounslow and portsmouth and many others are also facing huge bills. the government insists it will help ona the government insists it will help on a case—by—case basis. the government insists it will help on a case-by-case basis. if they need financial support, not all of them will, but if they need financial support we will work with them to make sure they have the resources they need to do this necessary work. that will not be put at risk. the grenfell tower was reflected today at glastonbury, wherejeremy reflected today at glastonbury, where jeremy corbyn reflected today at glastonbury, wherejeremy corbyn appeared on the pyramid stage pressing for what he calls a national government response. is it right that summoning people are frightened of where they live at the horrors of what happened
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as grenfell tower? away from the crowd, in west london, the fire continues to draw people to reflect on the disaster and the difficulties being felt. and what all this means is that in the ten days since grenfell, the lives of literally thousands and thousands of people have been affected. and with more testing and and fire doors and pipes and other buildings still to come, those numbers will almost certainly increase. as the czechs continue, resources everywhere a re increase. as the czechs continue, resources everywhere are being put under huge pressure. the one capacity there is no shortage of his sympathy. a cyber attack on the houses of parliament has targeted the email accounts of some mps and members of the house of lords. the parliamentary authorities said unauthorised attempts had been made to access some accounts, and measures had been taken to secure the system. trading standards officers
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are investigating claims that the car hire company, europcar, has been deliberately over—charging some customers for repairs. the offices of the firm in leicester were raided yesterday after a number of complaints from customers. iraq's prime minister has said the city of mosul will be liberated from so called islamic state militants within days. around 400 is fighters are surrounded in the centre of the country's second largest city. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin, along with her team nicholas ham—eon and firle davies, have been to the front line in mosul‘s old city — their report contains images you may find distressing. a journey to the front line, our windscreen a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort from iraq's elite counterterrorism force. snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier, being rushed away as we arrived.
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and families fleeing, too. 0n foot. escaping hunger and fear, and a beloved city robbed of life. no food, no water. most are dead. this is the old city area, it is really the heart of the battle. and when you look around here you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been. the damage is immense in every direction. the narrow streets a tight squeeze as troops close in on the last pockets of is resistance. we were told the militants were just 300 metres away. some on the receiving end of an iraqi missile strike. the extremists are now facing defeat here but it has taken three years to get this far.
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and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul and the unity of iraq. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul. in china more than 120 people are missing after a massive landslide in the far west of the country. it happened in a village in sichuan province after the side of a mountain collapsed following days of heavy rain. five bodies have been pulled from the rubble so far. president xi has urged rescue workers to spare no effort in their search for survivors. rugby now, and the british and irish lions rose to the challenge, but the all blacks were imperious in the first test in auckland — new zealand won by 30 points to 15, continuing their 23—year unbeaten run at eden park. our sports correspondent katie gornall was there. they are a team carrying the hopes
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for nations on their shoulders. the lions might be guests in new zealand, but they don't intend to leave empty—handed. recent results have given these vans genuine hope, but no one thinks it will be easy. many will remember the 2005 series in new zealand, is whitewash the lions would rather forget. in new zealand, is whitewash the lions would ratherforget. 0nce again this was a tale of underdogs, and fancied by most everyone at the start of the tour, taking on a fearsome machine. the linesman a ferocious start but faced attacks from every angle. a forward on the wing? this is new zealand and this is total rugby. but liam williams was too fast and too good. one of the great lions test tries finished i sean 0'brien, but created by many. the all blacks then
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ran through the defence as few teams can. the lions were forced to admire new zealand's best at their best. m ista kes new zealand's best at their best. mistakes crept in. this 20—year—old was not even born the last time new zealand lost at eden park, at this rate that might never zealand lost at eden park, at this rate that might never change. zealand lost at eden park, at this rate that might never change. they did not play champagne rugby, but in fairness they were very direct up front, angry to make sure we are better in those areas in terms of combating them for next week. they are dying but not out, although right now the north— south divide and rugby seems wider than ever. i will be back with it leaked news at10:20 p.m., but i will be back with it leaked news at 10:20 p.m., but right now it is time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? very interesting bunch this week.
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we have in this corner of the world, a very impressive japanese anime. transformers: the last knight, the saga rumbles on. and hampstead, a film which does exactly what it says on the tin. so, in this corner of the world, a war movie with a difference? interesting. it is an anime based on a manga of the same name. it goes from the ‘30s to the mid—40s. a young girl, when she gets to the age of 18, marries someone she has barely met before. she goes to live in a different home and start a new life of which she makes the most, but meanwhile the spectre of war is looming in the background. but normal life carries on. here is a clip. they speak japanese. thunder rumbles.
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what is impressive about this is that, like a film like grave of the fireflies, it talks about dark subject matter, with an innocence and universality that a live—action movie could not do. we saw from that clip the cloud moving towards hiroshima. and our heroine is an artist, and at certain moments in the movie she looks up and sees explosions in the sky as explosions of paint. there are moments when the narrative deals with very dark stuff you would get in a war movie, but it does so by the animation unravelling and becoming drawings and becoming fragments of animation, and by looking at global events and tragedies through the eyes of a particular character, it manages to watch as if from a distance or slightly sculptured, without ever looking away from harsh realities. this opens on wednesday, and if you would like a film like your name, which was a big hit,
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and returning to cinemas soon, this is well worth checking out. it has won numerous awards and it is easy to see why it has. a real integrity to it. the triumph is it approaches difficult subject matter in a way that, to me, seems universal. and it does that thing that animation can do that a live—action film can't do, to look at the world in a different way, to make us see events in a different and personal way. i liked it very much and you will too. thank you. and transformers: the last knight — i suspect you don't like it as much and i suspect i won't either. let's talk about it. it is one of the least offensive of the transformers movies. the latest michael bay smash. it looks back to the past to arthurian legend and wibbles around in stonehenge and looks for mysticism and outer space and interplanetary conspiracy. it is transformers meets monty python and spinal tap, but without the jokes. anthony hopkins is in it and laughing all the way to the bank. he's a kind of eccentric
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aristocrat who has a butler who is like c3p0 from star wars. he believes the only way to save the planet is to bring together a historian and mark wahlberg's junkyard king to save the world, and frankly on the evidence of the film it is not that worth saving. 0n the plus side, there are less leering shots with the camera looking up the skirts of its performers than we have had in previous michael bay movies. his pornographic sensibility is toned down slightly. the plot makes no sense whatsoever, despite endless scenes of people explaining the plot to each other, and indeed pointing at things happening on screen and telling us what we are looking at. it is massively incoherent and staggeringly dull. and it is a whoppingly overlong, but in terms of the rest of the transformers movies it is less offensive. i was not offended, i was just bored. it was like being shouted to sleep. did you fall asleep?
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no, myjob is to stay awake. believe me, there were many moments in which i was going, you have to stay awake. something interesting might happen. no, it's ok, it is not going to. got it. now, hampstead, a romcom for the older audience? you saw the poster. that tells you everything you need to know, as does the title. thinking about hampstead, the heath, expensive properties and some artisan residence. 0ver there is highgate cemetery and a pond... at the centre of it, brendan gleeson is a beardy wild man living in a shack he's built on the heath under the radar. he is under threat of eviction from property developers, and diane keaton is the recently widowed hampstead resident who tries to help him save his shack and gets very little thanks for her work. here is a clip. may i ask you something? sure. it's about what happened the other day, and those people — they really wanted to help you and i do too. i don't need any help.
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of course you do. we all need help. i didn't ask for any. well, what do you mean? look, i'm no—one's charity case, 0k? i'm a man who lives as he chooses to, and i'm not going to any court or any hearing either. no—one is taking my home from me! 0k, all right, mr angry. 0k, listen, there's no reason to wake the dead here — none. the dead make more sense to me. oh, my god. ok, that's enough. i don't know... how can you expect anyone to put up with all this nonsense? all right, i'm sorry, i'm sorry. i was wrong. well, i don't know. no, i'm sorry. i really am. it won't happen again. here is the thing with this film, i like both of those performers and you would have to be pretty hard—hearted to get annoyed with the movie, although i have read some reviews that took up against it. it is basically... you know the movie you think it is? it is exactly that movie.
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in the back of it there is a true story, isn't there? there really was a guy who had a shack and had to fight a legal battle, although i have to say this film's relationship with reality is inspired by that true story, but passing at the very best. compared to this, notting hill, the richard curtis movie, looks like a hard—hitting, tough and gritty film about urban grime. 0r truly madly deeply suddenly looks like a scary gothic horror movie in comparison. it is about as twee as it's possible for a movie to be. it does the things you expect this kind of movie to do. i did not dislike it because i like those two performers. i like the characters. ilike... despite the fact i don't believe in any of it at all, it is a film which is best summed up as perfect wednesday afternoon viewing, which will go down well with a cup of tea and a biscuit, and that is the kind of movie it is. and it is supposed to be a romcom — is it romantic and funny?
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it is romantic and i laughed a couple of times. a lot of the scenes in hampstead, you watch, thinking, you could not afford to get a cup of tea there, you couldn't get a parking space there. there is no way that would happen! now, best out at the moment. by the time it gets dark, you will have to search this movie out because it is a limited release and an extraordinary thai movie by anocha suwichakornpong. it starts off as a film about an atrocity in the mid—1970s and somebody trying to make a film about this. and what happens as it becomes a much more amorphous study of the relationship between memory and history, and the inability of cinema to capture history perfectly. it is a film which takes in the whole history of cinema right back to melies and forward to digital technology. it is witty and moving and it is strange.
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it keeps looping back on itself and is clearly a film which cannot be described in terms of plot, but if you like the films of, say, apichatpong weerasethakul, which i know you do, it is well worth seeking out. but it is a very small release and you will need to seek it out, but i was knocked out by it. i went in with no knowledge of it at all and, although i did not understand a lot of it, it was really fascinating. i really enjoyed it. it is called by the time it gets dark. and best dvd is a movie you have talked a lot about. you and you will talk again, so that is fine. here's the thing with moonlight, you cannot say too many times how good it is. it was a major award winner. when first seen, it was considered to be an arthouse movie with limited appeal, but i think it is beautifully directed and fantastically played, story of a life in three separate chapters, and it does everything that you want cinema to do. it tells a story that makes you feel involved in the characters,
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even if your life is nothing like theirs at all. it is compassionate and humane and thrilling in terms of its cinematic construction. and i confess i have seen it four times now, and i will probably go back and watch it again. wow. i have seen it once. but you loved it? i did love it. see it again, you will love it even more. 0k, fine. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching. goodbye. some of you finish the day with some sunshine, still cloudy for others
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and some spots of rain still around and some spots of rain still around a few showers in the south of the country and bands of showers sweeping across northern scotland. it has been blustery with wins in the brisk side still tonight. gale —force the brisk side still tonight. gale—force across the highlands, 0rkney and shetland. elsewhere the wins will be right about it will bring rain to the west after a dry night. temperatures in the teens across england and wales but a much more cloudy day. brightening up with northern england at some patchy. scotla nd northern england at some patchy. scotland and northern ireland were some blustery rain but patches of sunshine. eastern areas will be dry. clear whether in northern england in the afternoon. after patchy rain and drizzle in wales, central and southern parts of england through the morning, only a few showers in the morning, only a few showers in the afternoon. into next week, after some sunshine on monday the rugby wetter and breezy weather around. not a huge right of sunshine either. this is bbc news.
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the headlines at six: the government says 27 high—rise blocks of flats in 15 local authorities in england have failed fire—cladding safety tests. four buildings in north london were evacuated last night by the authorities for "urgent fire safety works". they said there was nothing we could do to guarantee resident safety that night. in that situation, given the second we are in i thought we had to act swiftly. we are making sure the authority has the ability to do what is necessary to ensure that people have somewhere to stay and that the work is done so that tower blocks will become safe for them to return in the future.
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