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this is bbc news. the headlines at 103m: cladding on 3a tower blocks in 17 council areas in england has failed fire safety tests, the government says. so far, every sample has failed the tests. hundreds of residents in camden have spent a second night away from their homes after four buildings were evacuated over safety concerns. but some residents are refusing to leave. the discoveries they've made now, with any of the problems of the building, at the same i've been living with the three years. i have felt safe in that time and i don't see anything has changed. more than 120 people are feared to have been killed when a lorry transporting oil burst into flames in pakistan's punjab province. the government says prices for goods such as sugar and bananas won't rise after brexit, as many countries will still have duty—free access to the uk. glastonbury gets up for a third and final day of performances, with ed sheeran providing the grand finale on the main stage this evening.
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good morning and welcome to bbc news. every sample of cladding from high—rise buildings in england has so far failed to meet fire safety standards, according to the government. the samples examined have been taken from 3a blocks of flats in 17 local authority areas. cladding from up to 600 blocks across the country is being tested in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy. in north london, residents have spent a second night in temporary accommodation after camden council evacuated four high rise blocks because of fire safety concerns. this morning the council released a statement, saying it had worked through the night to secure accommodation for those affected. nick quraishi reports.
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testing around the clock. the government says as many as 600 high—rise blocks will need to be checked for fire safety. councils are being urged to prioritise buildings they're most worried about. so far, 3a samples of cladding examined across 17 councils in england haven't met the required standards, a 100% failure rate. the councils include manchester, hounslow and plymouth. fire authorities are also having to examine exposed pipes, cable ducts, escape routes and fire doors. it's a huge undertaking and it's not just residential blocks. checks are taking place in scores of nhs buildings, like hull royal infirmary. ministers say a failed test doesn't necessarily mean a building has to be evacuated, but in north london hundreds of people are spending a second night in temporary accommodation. camden council says it was left with no choice because of multiple
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fire safety failures. some, though, still don't want to go. 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, she can't go anywhere, she's got a cat." by night, the pockets of resistance against evacuation are evident. nick quraishi, bbc news. our correspondent catriona renton is in camden in north london. that is right. you will see, it's quite a different picture here to what we've seen over the last 36 hours or so. pretty calm here now. the confusion really reigned over the first wee while has now died down. the majority of people are coming here nowjust to get further information, people that have registered. we are still seeing one oi’ registered. we are still seeing one
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or two people coming along this morning to register with the council, to trying get temporary accommodation. the council have released a statement saying they've made nearly 200 offers of accommodation to residents and most of these have been accepted. they have said they work through the night and will continue today to secure further accommodation for people. we heard funding continues to be made available to ensure that those currently in temporary accommodation have the essentials that they need. that's referring to £100 payment per household which is available here at the residence centre for those who have evacuated and another thing we are hearing is the spawning council staff are still conducting further doorknocking, to ask those people who have remained in their flats to leave. we hear about 20 households a done so, they have stayed in their flats. the council say they want them to leave,
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they want them to leave to be able to get on with the work they need to do to make these flats fit for purpose. they say there are legal routes they can go down to force people to leave, but they do want to do that. i am joined by one of the residents from the blocks beside me. you have moved out. tell me about the first couple of nights for you, where were you on what happened? the first couple of nights for you, where were you on what happened ?|j decided where were you on what happened?” decided to remain in my flat, purely because i had nowhere to go. friends, family, nobody has any space. so i decided to stay in my flat. did you spend the night in the rescue centre here the first night? i was tempted to but i decided to stay in my flat like many other residents. tell me how it felt. you said you had very little time to pack bags, it has not difficult for you. you now have secure temporary accommodation? that is right. i was given some accommodation at midnight la st given some accommodation at midnight last night. i am yet to receive a
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phone call to go and collect the keys, go and look at the property and go on from that. you told me earlier about what it's like packing, how it feels. tell me, did you manage to get some stuff together you can take with you when you do move on? yet, just been stuffing my bags and trying to see what i can tidy around the house. leaving for long periods of time and you haven't tidied the house, especially stuff in the fridge. tell me about the atmosphere among the other residents, people you know, your neighbours? you have grown up in this area, this is some way you've always known. how are people feeling? the same, everyone is angry. they hope that something is going to be done about this after this is all cleared. this is going to be, from what the council say, 2-4 to be, from what the council say, 2—4 weeks you out of your home and in temporary accommodation, are you prepared for that? i don't think any residents believe 2—4 weeks, they think it will go on for longer. is
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angry. everyone is really, really angry. everyone is really, really angry. we had some construction work has started on one of the blocks, one of the blocks that wasn't evacuated, that didn't have to be evacuated, that didn't have to be evacuated in the end. are you seeing signs of working your block? not at the moment. they are still getting people out, asking people to leave. like i said, many have remained and we will see what happens to them. you have accepted the offer now with temporary accommodations you are one who will be moving on. do you understand why other people don't wa nt to understand why other people don't want to move on and see this as an overreaction? of course, how do you leave your home behind not knowing what will happen when you come back? i have just accepted i had to accept it. i have no choice. ifi i have just accepted i had to accept it. i have no choice. if i don't acce pt it. i have no choice. if i don't accept it, legal action will be taken against me. i don't know... thank you very much indeed for talking to us. as we heard, there have been a range of emotions here. people feeling frustrated, stressed.
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we have seen a lot of people passing through this rescue centre and being taken to temporary accommodation. 0thers staying with family and friends. definitely a feeling now that some of the initial uncertainty is over but as you had there, people asking questions about how long they will be out of their homes and what will be out of their homes and what will happen next stop right thank you very much. sadiq khan has been giving his reaction to the news that every sample of cladding from a high—rise buildings in the city has so high—rise buildings in the city has so farfailed. across london i know there are seven councils who have given cladding to be tested, which have all failed. the issue isn't just be tested, which have all failed. the issue isn'tjust the cladding that how it's been installed. and fire doors not closing properly, whether it's the structure not being properly built, other changes made, it can't be right in 2017, there are
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londoners sleeping in death traps. that's quite crucial the government support needed to make these tower blocks as safe as they can be. lots of people right now in camden who are out of their homes, sleeping on floors. do you think camden council are handling this very well?” floors. do you think camden council are handling this very well? i was in close contact with the council on wednesday, thursday and friday. i think they have done the right thing. you have to err on the side of caution. you can't play russian roulette with people's safety. they have received the advice from the experts, acted on the advice and i am hoping because the council speedily... the government have said they are committed to helping councils who need help. as soon as possible the repair work is being made so residents can go back to their homes. 0bviously made so residents can go back to their homes. obviously it is terribly inconvenient and a huge nuisance for these families to have to be moved, but the council has
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done the right thing. it can't be acceptable. if the council knows the building is unsafe, to allow people to occupy this building. it is 2017, how can this have happened, isn't this neglect from councils?” how can this have happened, isn't this neglect from councils? i have said for a while, those who say health and safety is a nuisance, those who say regulations are a bad thing, those who complain about too much red tape... the reason why we have health and safety, regulations and red tape is to make sure the rules are obeyed and the right sorts of rules that. i'm afraid one of the reasons why i said this fire was preve nta ble reasons why i said this fire was preventable is because for too long corners have been cut. for too long in the interests of saving money i think things that could have been done haven't been. 0ne think things that could have been done haven't been. one of the things we need is to learn that from the fire and the public inquiry, what we're doing to make sure our buildings are safe as they can be. clearly they are not. when we talk
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about health and safety we recognise that these regulations are therefore a good reason. the merit london's sadiq khan talking a little earlier. just looking at a statement that has come in from the local government association... they are adding that they acknowledge this is clearly an unsettling time for communities whose cladding samples have already come back as combustible or who are awaiting test results. they say, we have been assured that tests on cladding samples are being processed, so result should be back quickly. they are also talking about what happens where cladding fails the test. it will not necessarily mean moving residents from tower blocks, which echoes what has happened in camden in north london. there, they say the decision to evacuate was made on fire inspectors concerned about other fire concerns together with the cladding. they conclude for those areas still waiting for areas of tests on
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specifically aluminium cladding, prepare contingency plans so they can take any measures needed quickly, if that situation should change. that is what the lga are saying this morning. to political matters now. david davis has said eu nationals in the uk will not become second—class citizens after brexit. speaking to the bbc mr davies has also said he is pretty sure that he could negotiate a good deal to leave the european union, something that road will —— that would require a transitional arrangement for a couple of years. our political correspondent is with me. a little more on what david davis has been saying. trade is his main focus. he wa nts to saying. trade is his main focus. he wants to develop a trade deal with the european union. those opening negotiations we saw on monday of last week, didn't manage to get that to be the first thing the eu was talking about. instead, the focus
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very much on the divorce settlement and the situation for european citizens. that the main focus at the moment. in terms of what david davis said about the trade issue to date he said he's pretty sure but not 100% sure he will be able to get the kind of trade deal that he wants. that is something that will be of concern to those looking for there to bea concern to those looking for there to be a good trade deal. another focus of his is about the european court ofjustice. he is saying that will be the big fight for britain. that they want to be able to have british courts deciding things and having some kind of international arbitrator instead of having the european court of justice arbitrator instead of having the european court ofjustice involved. that is an issue of contention with the european commission, that wants to have the european court of justice involved. this other key issue around eu citizens. labour has criticised theresa may's, the other day, where she was talking about the plans for eu citizens, that basically you would have to be here five years in order to qualify for the government is talking about in
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terms of getting those equal rights to british citizens, but the reality is, as david davis said today, those people would not be allowed to vote. there certainly seems to be a disparity between what european citizens living here and british citizens living here and british citizens would actually get. david davis making the point today that as far as he is concerned, those european citizens would not be second—class citizens here in britain. we have said explicitly will not be any earlier than the triggering of article 50, because i think that is fair. you could have said june 23 last year when the referendum decision was taken, but there were a lot of people who didn't think we would carry through with it. we take the article 50 date as the minimum and the maximum is the last day. we will discuss with them what we think is the fairest and best way. we have said explicitly, this is something we wa nt explicitly, this is something we want to talk over with you. not that we haven't got a view but we want to talk it over with you. other areas
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as well, quite small ones, but other areas where there are differences. the main thrust of this as it gives an undertaking to all 3 million people in this country today that they will have rights effectively british citizenship rights, the same rights as british citizens. the reason we cast it that way is because there were a lot of stories coming back, particularly from central europe, where people said they would be made second—class citizens. no, that was the point, absolutely the point. quite a lot of talk in the sunday papers today about conservative leadership issues. did david davis have anything to say on that? his approach is very much at the moment that he of the government, of ministers is to support the prime minister and not indulge in any kind of leadership attempt. he thinks if we went down the route of a leadership attempt at the moment, that would be bad for the brexit negotiations. what is also interesting is i suppose the a cce pta nce interesting is i suppose the acceptance from david davis that he was one of those who encourage the prime minister to go for that general election, which ended up in a result that the conservatives have not planned. he said he hadn't apologised to her for that but that
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certainly didn't think that the election campaign had worked. ended up election campaign had worked. ended up with the result that the conservatives had hoped would not be resold, but as a result... he hadn't accept it had given them a week in tandem that negotiation, but a different hand, perhaps putting a positive spin on a negative story. thank you very much for that. a cyber attack on the parliamentary computer system appears to have been contained according to government sources. officials at the houses of parliament said there had been a "determined" attempt by hackers to identify weak passwords for email accounts used by mps, peers and their staff. conservative mp andrew bridgen has raised concerns that it could leave people open to blackmail. the national cyber security centre is now investigating what happened. it has just 15 am. it hasjust 15 am. —— 8:15am. the headlines on bbc news:
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cladding on 3a tower blocks in 17 council areas in england has failed fire safety tests, the government says. so far, every sample has failed the tests. the government plans to examine cladding from up to 600 blocks. hundreds of residents in camden have spent a second night away from their homes after four buildings were evacuated over safety concerns. but some residents are refusing to leave. more than 120 people are feared to have been killed when a lorry transporting oil burst into flames in pakistan's punjab province. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. thank you. after that defeat to the all blacks yesterday, warren gatland has made some changes. george north and jonathan joseph named in has made some changes. george north and jonathanjoseph named in the starting 15 against the hurricanes in wellington. rory best returns as captain — he was skipper for their best win on the tour so far — that was against the chiefs last week.
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and gatland believes all their problems from the first test can be sorted out for the next two. for me, those things can all be fixed. the all blacks haven't played champagne rugby and throwing the ball all over the place. in fairness to them, they were very direct up front, so we need to make sure we are better in those areas, in terms of combating them for next week. england's cricketers are regrouping after defeat in the opening match of the women's world cup. in the opening match, they lost by 35 runs against india in derby. it would have been a record—breaking victory if they'd made their target of 282 — but they fell short, as our sports correspondentjoe wilson reports. think globally, what women's cricket needs is to motivate interest in india. derby's welcome perhaps made the point about the size of the indian market. locally, well, perhaps decent crowd expected early england wickets, instead they saw one of the most exciting young talents in world cricket enjoying herself. smriti mandhana made 90 in a style to light up any occasion. supported by her teammates and also by dropped england catches. this one was beyond beaumont on the boundary but fast bowler katherine brunt had been blunted. india made 281.
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whenever england seemed to be getting close in the chase, runouts held them back, that was captain heather knight gone. fran wilson played the innings of her career so far, 81 and england hoping. guess what, she was run out. replays revealing her bat wasn't grounded. in the end england finished 35 runs short, their preparation had seemed strong, i wondered if on this big occasion some of the players might have frozen. we didn't start the way we wanted to which meant we were always struggling uphill, but it's something we will have to look at. i don't think it was anything to do with freezing, we didn't quite bowl the way we wanted to and india really put the pressure back on us. a significant and even historic result in women's cricket but it doesn't mean england are out. remember, initially all the eight teams play each other in a round robin stage and england will expect to win their next match in leicester against pakistan on tuesday.
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mind you, they expected to win their opening match here against india. lewis hamilton said the pressure was "amazing", after he produced what he called a "beautiful lap" to take pole for this afternoon's azerbaijan grand prix. when qualifying was held up by a crash, the drivers only had time for one flying lap at the end of the session — and hamilton went almost half a second quicker than his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas. it was all or nothing. but the lap just got better and better throughout. i saw valtteri just ahead, i knew he was doing a good lap, but i came across and i knew coming down to the last corner, please be enough. i'm ecstatic. the race starts at two o'clock. sir ben ainslie says he has some difficult phone calls to make, after his team failed to qualify for the america's cup final. they were comprehensively beaten by team new zealand in bermuda
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and he's is planning some changes, but he's not giving up. i used to think being an olympic sailor was hard work, but it's nothing compare to with this. but i've loved every minute of it. it's been a huge, huge challenge. really proud of the team we've developed andi proud of the team we've developed and i want to be a big part of that in the future, and yes, i will keep running the team and i'm determined that we will get the america's cup home. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will have more in the next hour. thank you. pakistan government officials say at least 100 people are reported to have been killed and dozens more badly injured when a lorry transporting oil burst into flames in punjab. police said a crowd had gathered to collect fuel leaking from the vehicle which had overturned on the main highway from the city of bahawalpur.
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0ur correspondent secunder kermani sent this update from karachi. the latest figures we are hearing, in terms of the death toll, is 123 people who have been killed, over 140 who have been injured. the authorities say they do expect that death toll could increase as the day goes on. in terms of what happened, we understand that an oil tanker was travelling between the cities of karachi and lahore right across pakistan, and in the early hours of the morning, around 5 or 6 o'clock local time here in pakistan, the lorry overturned. or was making a sharp turn. but after it overturned, fuel leaked out and local people began to come to the scene, carrying smalljerry cans or kitchen bowls even, to try and collect the fuel and take it back home. some eyewitnesses say that some of the local people who were there were smoking cigarettes, although that's not confirmed. what we do know is whilst
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there were a couple of hundred people at the scene collecting fuel, an explosion occurred.
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