this is bbc news. the headlines at 4:00 — the bbc understands cladding and insulation used in at least 60 tower blocks will be deemed to have failed a new fire safety test. the chancellor, philip hammond, says there should be a transitional period of up to three years after brexit, to avoid a so—called "cliff edge". the us senate has rejected plans to repeal president obama's flagship health care reforms, delivering a major blow to president trump. one person has been killed and several injured in a knife attack at a supermarket in hamburg. police say the most it is not clear. —— the motive is not clear. also in the next hour — we're on patrol with the royal air force. four raf typhoon jet fighters have been deployed to romania as part of a nato mission to patrol the black sea region. three new crewmembers will launch towards the international space station shortly, and we'll be live at lift—off. good afternoon, and

welcome to bbc news. the bbc understands officials believe at least 60 buildings will be deemed to have failed an official fire safety test, in which insulation and cladding, of the type fitted to grenfell tower, were analysed together for the first time. so far, just nine of the buildings which failed have been identified. they're in salford in greater manchester, where the local council is asking for help from central government to meet the cost of replacements. our correspondent frankie mccamley reports. as those affected by the fire at grenfell tower wait to find out how and why the fire spread, across the country, others are anxiously waiting to find out if their homes are at risk, too. but for many, it's not good news. the bbc understands officials believe at least 60 tower blocks have failed a new fire safety test. including nine in salford,

where the removal of cladding began weeks ago. the thought of it not being safe and you're sleeping in bed of a nighttime, do you know, it's bad, isn't it? really bad. they should take the lot off. i don't care how much money it costs them. it's not money, it's people's lives. i think we're sitting on a tinderbox. costs to remove and replace cladding are expected to run into tens of millions of pounds. the concern now is who will pick up the bill. local authorities, housing associations, some of them have reserves. all of them have access to borrowing capacity and if there are any authorities that have difficulties, we will ensure that we make additional capacity available to them so that they can get the cash they need to do any urgent and necessary work. in the first round of tests, cladding from every building failed, but critics said this wasn't realistic. experts are now carrying out new, more thorough tests, like these, combining

cladding and insulation to find out which materials are dangerous when put together, like they were on g re nfell tower. yesterday, the metropolitan police said there were reasonable grounds to suspect that the company that managed grenfell tower and kensington & chelsea council may have committed corporate manslaughter. it's very, very important that we now have a proper inquiry that finds out what happened, why that fire spread, whether the materials are the right materials, and i and my colleagues will support that public inquiry. more than six weeks on, there's no escaping what happened here and with reverberations being felt across the country, there's clearly a lot of work to be done to ensure a tragedy like this never happens again. our correspondent, tom burridge, is in west london. tom, just to be doubly clear, this is a different type of test to the

initial test. what is different about these tests? the earlier tests were smaller in scale and they were on small samples of just scale and they were on small samples ofjust cladding, similarflooding to that used on grenfell tower. with a polyethylene or plastic collar, which is combustible. all of those tests failed, and that has been used on around 200 high—rise buildings around the country. —— polyethylene oi’ around the country. —— polyethylene or plastic core. these tests are now larger in scale, and are not only an cladding but cladding in conjunction with insulation. the first set of tests, six in total, relates to a similar type of cladding used on g re nfell tower, similar type of cladding used on grenfell tower, used in conjunction with a similar type of insulation.

asa with a similar type of insulation. as a whole, we understand that that combination has failed this test. is it important to point out to people that the foam on those towers in salford is of a slightly foam in that tower behind you? we are not even 100% sure that the exact type of cladding is exactly the same as on grenfell tower. we will get that kind of detail from the public enquiry, from the police investigation possibly as well. there are varying degrees of combustibility, even if you take into account the general type of cladding with its polyethylene kora. you can add fire retardants into that. —— polyethylene core. if you have a raw type of polyethylene, it is much cheaper, but much more combustible. the same goes for insulation, in that you can have a lot of different types of

insulation, some are more combustible than others, and the price varies. what is crucial about this is that the government is trying to establish, by testing six different combinations of insulation, with different types of cladding, with varying degrees of combustibility, which combinations are safe, and therefore which can be used going forward. and also which buildings around the country, high—rise buildings like those in sa lfo rd , high—rise buildings like those in salford, need to have material is removed. and that comes at a cost. thanks, tom. we are open to speak to labour's shadow housing secretary, john healey, in the next hour. —— we are hoping. the chancellor, philip hammond, has said there is broad acceptance in the cabinet that there should be a transition period of up to three years after britain leaves the eu, but that it should be finished before the next general election, which is scheduled for 2022. the chancellor said a failure to implement a transition deal would sow chaos for business. our political correspondent,

leila nathoo, has the latest. philip hammond is a key remainer among the cabinet, and he has always been one of the main proponents of a transitional arrangement to soften the landing, if you like, into our relationship with the eu. we have also heard from key brexiteers, like liam fox and michael gove, also warming to this idea as the practical, pragmatic way forward. today, philip hammond made it clear that he thought a transitional deal would have to be over by 2022, when the next general election is scheduled to be. that seems to be the consensus, the compromise, emerging within the cabinet, but philip hammond has said, actually, on the day that we leave the eu, you might find that actually things look very similar, but clear that this should be a time limited transitional period. so there is a general view that any transitional period would have to be finished by the time

we get to the date set for the next general election, june 2022. it might be a shorter period, it depends on the technical requirements to put in place customs and immigration arrangements and so on, and of course, this is all subject to negotiation with the european union. but the overriding concern as we leave the eu, and the job will be done on the 29th of march 2019, we need to go through this process in a way that avoids destructive cliff edges for businesses and for individual citizens. —— disruptive cliff edges. liam fox will be watching this very carefully, the international trade secretary. he is off around the world at the moment, laying the groundwork for these trade deals, but he cannot do anything until march 2019. will he be able to do something in that three—year interim period ? this is where the

differences still lie. what exactly will this transitional period look like? what will be the terms of that relationship with the eu? will we be able to do our own trade deals during this time? will there still be time during that transitional period to negotiate our future relationship with the eu? there are various sticking points still there about the idea of a transitional deal. what will be the role for the european court ofjustice? in philip hammond's version of this transitional deal, things in 2019, at the end of march, when brexit actually happens, will look very similar for quite a while. there will be a gradual move into this new relationship with the eu. but for many brexiteers, having even a temporary relationship with the eu that looks very much like the one we have now, may not be acceptable. so there is plenty to still be worked out in the cabinet about the nature of this transitional deal, and

remember, this has to be negotiated with the eu as well. let's speak to the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable. he's in our birmingham studio. there are practical reasons the government says we need this treaty is anderson. —— transition. will this provide the soft landing for business? i don't think so, but it is an improvement. it is a belief that the chancellor and the business secretary seem to be exerting themselves. it is my understanding that, what is potentially an offer, we actually stay within the european union effectively for three years, fully observing all the bills, the court ofjustice fully observing all the bills, the court of justice and fully observing all the bills, the court ofjustice and all the rest of it. but of course, we are not in it, so we it. but of course, we are not in it, so we have no influence over the way the rules are cast. i think there is an enormous amount of confusion still in government about this

transitional period, the immigration minister seems to think it involves control over freedom of movement. minister seems to think it involves control overfreedom of movement. i think other members of the government accept they will not be able to do that. i think it is very unlikely that liam fox will be able to go around signing up his trade agreements. we will effectively be in the european union, but not participating in its decision—making. you are a member... you remember of the british house of commons. is it not right that doctor fox goes around the world making those agreements? this agreement has to be agreed with the rest of the european union, and my understanding is that they will agree to it on the basis that we remain compliant with the rules in the meantime, but i am not the negotiator. i am just tried to get some clarity because there is com plete to get some clarity because there is complete confusion within the government about what they are trying to do. i know, but there is some confusion on the part of those who supported brexit that there are ministers and the opposition, shadow ministers and the opposition, shadow ministers and the opposition, shadow

ministers and shuttle politicians who ought not trying to but innovative solutions to brexit, trying to put obstacles in the way of the government. and at the end of the day, we are all on the same side. it is sensible to raise legitimate concerns. it is precisely because of legitimate concerns about falling over a cliff that the chancellor and others have had to organise themselves to push forward this, most proposal. i think we may well find that this transitional period is simply kicking the camera down the road, not solving the problem. —— kicking the can. we have no idea what relationship is going to exist at the end of it, and if it involves is leaving the single market and the customs union, all of the problems will still exert themselves, just three years later on. what would your solution beta the problem arising this afternoon on the issue of the border between the north and the south in ireland? the taoiseach is saying that he wa nts the taoiseach is saying that he wants the border somewhere in the irish sea. he does not want a hard

order between the north and south. is there some solution we could find? -- is there some solution we could find? —— a hard border. is there some solution we could find? —— a hard borderlj is there some solution we could find? -- a hard border. i would rather start from somewhere else, but given that we are starting where we are, and that brexit is going to involve a border, it seems to me much more sensible that it has around the island of ireland. the worst possible outcome is that we create a physical border in northern ireland. it is not without problems, if you put the border round the island, rather than between north and south. a lot of unionists in northern ireland will not like that, because it takes us closer to irish unification, but it may be the only sensible practical outcome. thanks for your time, so vince cable in birmingham. ourtop for your time, so vince cable in birmingham. our top story, for your time, so vince cable in birmingham. ourtop story, grenfell tower, be able to speak to labour's shadow housing minister, john healey. we are still waiting for some of the details, but we know

that the second round of testing has identified problems. what do you make of what you are hearing? 60 tests, when there are 4000 tower blocks across the country. the landlords who want to be able to reassure the residents that the blocks are safe still cannot get other types of cladding tested, and government ministers still cannot say which tower blocks are safe or u nsafe. say which tower blocks are safe or unsafe. so we have hundreds of thousands of residents in these tower blocks still in the dark about whether they cancel easier night. —— can sleep easier at night. the testing programme has been slow and confused, and government ministers have never got a grip on this crisis, they really must do now. just a few months since the grenfell tower tragedy, we have just just a few months since the grenfell tower tragedy, we havejust heard that are all manners of commendation of insulation and cladding and ways to stop fires breaking out in these

buildings. —— all manners of combination. there is no one size fits all solution. we were told by the prime minister the week after the prime minister the week after the grenfell tower fire, when she launched this programme, the government could test over 100 buildings per day. there are complex combinations, which is partly what makes it inexplicable why the government spent the first few weeks on the testing one component of one type of cladding. at least these tests are testing what they should have done from the start, a system of cladding with installation, —— insulation, but other types of cladding cannot be tested. my big concern is that residents in the tower blocks, 60 out of 4000 tower blocks, simply do not have the reassurance from government or the confidence that if things need to be done to the tower block to make them safe, that they will be. it is easy

to politicise this issue, but there will be some frustration among the surviving grenfell tower residents, that this sort of testing regime was not in place before. many of these buildings tested complied with buildings tested complied with building regulations, so it is not entirely this government that is to blame for this testing machine, is it? this testing programme is the government's testing programme post g re nfell tower. government's testing programme post grenfell tower. but these have been approved, before building regulations. it was very clear format years ago in the coroner's report after the last fatal tower block fire. —— four years ago. it needs to be reviewed, the government promised to do that more than four yea rs promised to do that more than four years ago, and still has not started. so after this report today, thatis started. so after this report today, that is the first thing we need to do. the second thing is the need to make clear and public which of the tower blocks that have failed the

tests, so that residents in the them know where they stand and can see the action taken to make them safe again. thirdly, they really do have to be clear with councils and housing associations that if workers needed to read clad these tower blocks, or other fire needed to read clad these tower blocks, or otherfire prevention measures to make them safe, the government will fund that where it is needed, and they have still got that every political issue. —— work is needed to reclad. they have not ducked it, because sajid javid has written a letter, saying it is up to be councils to paying for it. they have ducked out of any responsibility to pay for it, saying that councils and housing associations have to pay for it. it is if you're going to be driven to the point of bankruptcy that. to talk about government putting some support in. this is clearly a failure of the system across the board, not just a

failure of the system across the board, notjust a local problem, but a national one. it is the government's responsibility to help sort it out, in particular so that hundreds of thousands of residents in the tower blocks around the country, not just the in the tower blocks around the country, notjust the ones in the 60 that may have failed this new type of tests, know where they stand and know that the action needed to make them safe will be taken. just a quick 1—2 finish, there will obviously be a focus on the tower blocks from local councils, but a lot of these tower blocks will be under the supervision of private landlords, who might not be in a rush to replace the cladding. what needs to happen to make sure that they do it in a timely fashion? we simply do not know who are the landlords in these tower blocks, which is exactly why today, when this information is released, the tower blocks that have failed, and the landlords sponsor will, need to be named. —— landlords responsible. the residents are told that duty and

responsibility for governments to make that clear, and this is really is not good enough if the government tries to withhold that information from residents. john healey, we are grateful for your time this afternoon. john healey, the shadow housing minister. it's 4:19. the headlines on bbc news — the bbc understands cladding and insulation used in at least 60 tower blocks will be deemed to have failed a new fire safety test. the chancellor, philip hammond, says there should be a transitional period of up to three years after brexit, to avoid a so—called "cliff edge". the us senate has rejected plans to repeal president obama's flagship health care reforms, delivering a major blow to president trump. and in sport, ben stokes brings up his century with the second of three sixes in a row at the oval, but then out for 112 after helping england to 350 all out in the first innings against south africa. south africa are currently 22—1 in reply. carl frampton has apologised

to his fans after failing to make the wait for his world title decider against andres gutierrez in belfast tomorrow. and using bolt could reconsider his decision to retire from athletics after next week's world championship ‘s, according to his rival. more on those stories in around ten minutes time. pakistan's prime minister, nawaz sharif, has resigned, after being disqualified from office by the supreme court, over corruption allegations. revelations about his family's lavish lifestyle stem from documents known as the panama papers, which were leaked last year. the papers focus on his children's links to luxury apartments in london's mayfair. our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani reports on the political uncertainty. for opponents of the pakistani prime minister, today's court decision is a huge and unprecedented victory for accountability in a country where politicians often have a reputation for corruption.

today, nawar sharif resigned after the highest court disqualified him from office. a panel of five judges unanimously decided he had not been honest when explaining his and his family's financial dealings to a corruption inquiry. the supreme court has led from the front. and democracy will strengthen. democracy will evolve in pakistan and we will be able to establish a new pakistan. the allegations against sharif revolve around four luxury central london flats. the documents from the panama paper leaks revealed were linked to a number of his children. the pakistani supreme court has been trying to establish where the money came from to buy them. the prime minister's daughter, widely seen as his political successor, as well as her father, will now face further inquiries by the national anticorruption body. no prime minister in pakistan has ever completed

a full term in office. sharif served twice in the ‘90s, but was overthrown in a military coup. some of his supporters have claimed the allegations against him now are an attempt by the country's powerful army to oust him again. his family have always denied any wrongdoing and outside the court, some of his ministers remained defiant. translation: no matter who becomes the prime minister, the prime minister in the hearts of the pakistani people will always be nawaz sharif. the ruling party will now have to nominate a new leader, but with elections due to take place by the middle of next year, the country is facing real uncertainty. one person has died and others have

been injured in hamburg, according to german police. a man attacked with a knife attack choppers with a supermarket. an arrest has been made, but police say the motive for the attack is not yet clear. there are some reports that it may have been someone who had been involved ina been someone who had been involved in a robbery, who then went into the supermarket. we are now going to speak to a british expat who are i am told lives 50 metres from the supermarket. i was going out to look at what was happening, but also the excuse that i could pop into the supermarket and get a few things we needed at exactly that supermarket. what do you know of what happened? we have just seen some pictures of the street. what took place inside? i have spoken to a few people. i was only five or ten men as after the event, so i did not speak to —— did

not see it myself. i heard there was a knife attacker. i did not hear anything about a robbery. from what i have heard, a couple of people... one person was knifed in the back, sunday outside got knifed. and then the guy run away. —— somebody outside. i have heard from a couple of people that he was stopped by a passer—by. it is quite shocking. of people that he was stopped by a passer-by. it is quite shocking. we are seeing pictures of armed police, so the german police not taking any chances with this. they be one person killed and three injured, is what we are hearing. was the attack on his own, do we know? our room is on his own, do we know? our room is on the street, another person is being looked for by police. —— there are rumours on the street. there was such a police presence for one person, we could not understand why. we assume there are certain police

guidelines they have to follow, so robber by a lot of it is just procedure. but to be honest, some people... it isjust procedure. but to be honest, some people... it is just a case of rumours, and it is difficult to know who to believe. most people on the street were saying it was one person, but i think it is probably just rumour—mongering because the police presence is so massive. thanks very much for that update. in a major blow to president trump, the us senate has failed, for a third time, to repeal president obama's healthcare reforms. in a dramatic late—night sitting, three republicans voted against the proposed legislation. among the three was veteran senatorjohn mccain. he broke off brain cancer treatment to attend the session, and his "no" vote proved decisive, as richard lister reports. breaking news — a massive blow to the republican plan to repeal the affordable care act... americans are waking up to the news that obamacare lives on and seems, for now, unassailable. president obama's affordable

care act required nearly all americans to buy health insurance and required insurers to cover eve ryo ne . republicans condemned it. momentum is building for the repeal of the health care bill... too invasive, too expensive, they said. for seven years, they've demanded it be replaced. but they can't agree on how, and with a single vote margin on last night's repeal bill, all eyes were on one man. mr mccain... the self—styled maverick republican cast his vote with a thumbs down to gasps in the chamber. and that killed the bill. cheering for obamacare supporters, this was a real victory. further repeal efforts seem unlikely for now. this is clearly a disappointing moment, from sky rocketing costs to plummeting choices and collapsing markets,

our constituents have suffered through an awful lot under obamacare. this repeal bill was highly controversial. it would have abolished the legal mandate to buy insurance, but increased the number of uninsured people by 15 million and increased some premiums by 20%. democrats said it was time for a new approach. every place in every corner of the country, where we go, the number one thing we are asked, and i know this because i've talked to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, is, "can't you guys work together?" let's give it a shot. this is a test of donald trump's presidency, too. "let obamacare implode," he tweeted. senator mccain was cheered outside congress but he's left his party chaos and his president humiliated, unable to overturn barack obama's health care legacy. yes we did! president trump's new communications

director has become involved in an extraordinary public feud with two senior colleagues, less than a week into the job. anthony scaramucci has launched a scathing attack on both the white house chief of staff, reince priebus, and mr trump's chief strategist, steve bannon. laura bicker reports on this, the latest episode in the white house saga. president trump's west wing is at war with itself. the appointment of the flashy financier, anthony scaramucci, as the new director of communications has prompted a bitter battle to win the ear of the president. mr scaramucci has indirectly accused his colleague, the white house chief of staff reince priebus, of leaking information about the administration. he called a us network show to say that only mr trump could judge whether the tense relationship between the two was repairable. we have had differences. when i said we were brothers from the podium, that is

because we are rough on each other. some brothers are like cain and abel. other brothers can fight with each other and get along. i don't know whether this is repairable or not, that will be up to the president. in an extraordinary phone call with a reporter from the new yorker, mr scaramucci described mr priebus as a paranoid schizophrenic. he also talked personally about mr trump's chief strategist, steve bannon. on twitter he said he would refrain from using "colourful language", but would not give up the passionate fight for donald trump's agenda. mr scaramucci has been in the west wing just one week, and appears to have spent more time launching personal attacks than pushing the president's policies. he may also be forcing the chief of staff, and a key republican establishment figure, out the door. when the communications director

becomes the story himself, he is doing something wrong. this is a showman president who may appreciate the fact that anthony scaramucci is a straight shooter. one thing you don't do when it comes to trump's administration is overshadowed the main star, and he may have done that on this occasion. the whistling it really quiet this morning, we have had nothing with regards to this row. as you heard in that clip, the president may decide whether this relationship between reince priebus and anthony scaramucci is repairable. —— the west wing is really quiet this morning. we have eyes trained on that white house wondering who will survive. meanwhile we have the story of the health care bill which has failed again in the senate. we should remind people the republicans have controlled both the white house, the house and the senate, so they should be able to get this through but they can't. i was thinking aboutjohn mccain who comes back to play this

crucial role. he is the man that if you months ago donald trump says, you months ago donald trump says, you know what, when he was talking about his vietnam background, i like my heroes not to get captured. revenge is sweet, isn't it? senator john mccain took his time with that boat. it was a moment of high drama under the dome of capitol hill. he slowly walks up to give it, he stands in front of the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, and he casts his vote: no. a deciding vote, and one which is republican party had appealed to him to come back to get. this is a man who just last week was diagnosed with brain cancer, and here he is, making it deciding vote against his party. it is a brave move, a bold move, and as you saw in that film a little earlier, he was loudly applauded for read by many of those who want to keep current health care measures. but his party is now in disarray. how do they pick up these

pieces, how do they get over the bruising of last night and perhaps move forward with health care? well, the house speaker paul ryan has been speaking this morning and he says he is disappointed and frustrated, he has urged his colleagues not to give up, chuck schumer who is the senate leaderfor the up, chuck schumer who is the senate leader for the democrats up, chuck schumer who is the senate leaderfor the democrats has also praised john mccain for his courage. he has also said to republicans, change it, improve it, don't destroy our health care system. the importance of this cannot be undermined. this should have been the first piece of major legislation that donald trump could get through. it has not got through. it has failed at its third attempt. it leaves them with an embarrassment and a real problem going forward. very interesting, good to see you. thanks for being with us from washington. a line of breaking news now. yesterday was the 64th anniversary of the end of the korean war, and there were concerns that

maybe north korea was planning to fire another missile. we are getting news from tokyo that in fact a projectile appeared to be fired at midnightjapan time on friday. this is coming from japan's public broadcaster nhk, and again that missile landed as several others have done in the exclusive economic zone, just off the coast of japan. i'm also looking at confirmation from the pentagon here. they say they detected what they assessed to bea they detected what they assessed to be a ballistic missile launch from north korea. senior generals within the united states yesterday saying that time was running out for north korea, of course they want a diplomatic solution but this continue of firing of missiles really pushing the americans. it will be interesting to see what reaction we get from that. we will maybe bring you more than the next half—hour. in the meantime, let's get some weather from nick miller.

not very good news, it's lousy this weekend isn't it? apologies for that. we will see if we can get nick's microphone fixed. in the meantime... the headlines at 4.30pm: ministers are promising there will be no shortage of money for safety works on buildings like grenfell tower, where more than 80 people died last month. officials believe at least 60 structures have failed a fire safety test on both insulation and cladding. one person has been killed and several reported to have been injured in a knife attack at a supermarket in hamburg. the attacker is now in police custody. the chancellor, philip hammond, has said a transitional deal after britain leaves the eu could take up to three years —

but it would be completed before the next election injune 2022. some big hitting in the cricket this afternoon. let's go to the sports centre. a brilliant century from ben stokes has put england on top on day two of the third test against south africa at the oval. the durham all—rounder came to the crease last night and was eventually out in the last half hour having made 112. stokes hit three sixes in succession as he passed three figures and his innings helped england to 353 all out. earlier alastair cook fell for 88 while debutant toby roland—jones made a handy 25. so a good day for england so far, dean elgar gone for eight and heino kuhn for 15 in reply, south africa are ‘27 for 2‘ just after tea. carl frampton has failed to make

the weight for his fight with mexico's andres gutierrez... which will no longer serve as a wbc featherweight eliminator for the northern irish boxer. the former two weight world champion came in one pound overweight at nine stone one pound... so he won't face wbc champion gary russelljr. as a mandatory title challenger should he win in belfast. it's six months since frampton's first professional defeat to leo santa cruz in las vegas. usain bolt‘s career in athletics could go on and on according to his long time rivaljustin gatlin. the american won 100 metres gold at the athens olympics in 2004 and is still going at the age of 35. he thinks bolt might reconsider his decision to quit after next week's world championships in london, should he miss competing at the top level. the special thing about him is not just such a predominant figure who will make a void in our sport, but it's going to be filled by such young athletes, athletes who are there now i'm on to make a name for

themselves. he has the opportunity to coming back. once he leaves, he can still come back. he can have a year of rest and say, you know what, i love tracks so much i can't leave this soon. you think you might do that? why not? he has a rock star mentality. he can travel the world, have fun, party in different places and come back and say i want to take the serious one more time. celtic have been fined just over £20,000 for crowd offences during their champions league qualifying round match against northern ireland champions linfield. uefa imposed the fine upon celtic for a banner portraying a figure in paramilitary uniform and also for fans blocking stairways. england manager mark sampson seems to have started a war of words

with is french counterpart ahead of the quarterfinal meeting at euro 2017. sampson said olivier echouafnee was "wet behind the ears" in terms of tournament football and that his record in tournaments was much better... the frenchman says england ‘won't want to face' his team, especially since they've beaten england in the last three tournaments... anything we want to do, we want to be pushed. that's why it's so difficult to manage this lot. anything you do well, they want to do more. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. israeli sources say a palestinian has been shot dead after an attempted attack on israelis in the west bank — amid tensions surrounding a holy site injerusalem. israel has banned men under 50 from attending friday muslim prayers at the haram al sharif or temple mount, saying there was a danger of unrest. yesterday more than a hundred people were injured after clashes between israeli security forces and palestinians.

this week israel removed controversial security measures at the site. earlier our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, was at the site. right now, it's nearly time for the main weekly muslim prayers. but israel has banned men aged under 50 from entering al—aqsa mosque. it says the protests are planned. here at this gate, people's ids are being checked, only the older men, women and children are being allowed through. and so those remaining worshippers had stayed out on the tarmac, with their preference. we have seen this a lot recently. two weeks ago, two israeli policemen we re weeks ago, two israeli policemen were shot dead at one of the entrances to the al—aqsa mosque compound. when israel allowed the mosque to reopen, it had put new security measures in place. palestinians were then refusing to

enter in protest. they saw that israel was trying to extend its controls over this holy site which is both the third most sacred place for muslims and the most sacred place forjewish people who call it temple mount. israel denied it was doing that, but in the past few days we have seen new metal detectors, new railings all taken away. here you can really see how the access restrictions and the tensions remain. let's take you like to baikonur in kazakhstan where american randy bresnik of nasa, italian paolo nespoli of european space agency and sergey ryazanskiy of the russian space agency roscosmos are blasting off on soyuz ms—05 rocket in the latest mission to the international space station. they are the latest astronauts to join the space station, take off, or blast off we should say, is in just under one minute time. let's have a listen in and see what is going

on... audio sequence initiated, vehicle now an internal power. much command has been initiated. the rocket engines are firing. power is going to start ramping up. turbo pumps at flight speed and liftoff. sergey was an ski, randy bresnik rocketing away onto the international space station. you can see the very bright first aid engines cutting across the night sky there in kazakhstan. getting reports that everything is running normally and normally for the first age. good first aid performance so far... that looks to

be growing pretty well and the time of the launch is critical because around now, the international space station is passing over the north—east border of kazakhstan. about 1100 miles above the rocket. the timing is critical because they can probably fast track approach the space station if they had missed that window, then it would have taken that window, then it would have ta ke n two that window, then it would have taken two days. they will get their justis taken two days. they will get their just is the space station comes into sunlight. that is important for the very simple reason that the astronauts on board needs to be able to see the spacecraft arrived. those three that are already on the space station of course will be helping with the docking procedure. as it gets there, which will be in around six hours' time, they will bring it into the space station. eventually there will be six people on board there will be six people on board the space station, and they are joining through people already there. nasa ‘s astronaut peggy winston and jack fisher and the cosmonaut theodore. always good to

see a rocket taking off, isn't it? that is the scene in kazakhstan. let's turn our attention to matters here. a 47—year—old man— nicholas allen — who stalked his ex—partner so extensively that she was driven to kill herself has been sentenced today for manslaughter. in what is thought to be the first case of its kind, prosecutors said justene reece took her own life as a ‘direct result‘ of allen's actions. it isa it is a tragic case that goes back to the summer of 2015 when the two began a relationship. within months, justin rees found that alan was a controlling individual. we sometimes would not let her leave their house, he used to follow her on social media sites, sent her text messages and she eventually left him, when to stay in a refuge in another part of

the country and he still tried to follow her tracer, conductor, when she returned to stafford where they lived, he again got back in touch with her and this went on to such an extent that she became very ill. she became depressed, she basically stayed at home. her condition deteriorated and in february she was found hanged in her home and left a note saying that she could not fight... she had run out of fight. asa fight... she had run out of fight. as a result, nicholas allen was prosecuted for manslaughter. so the case was that his actions had directly caused her to take her own life. he pleaded guilty to that of friends and today he has been sentenced to ten years in prison. that is a legal first. in sentenced to ten years in prison. that is a legalfirst. in previous cases, they have not been able to prove the link? i do not think there has been another case in which

someone's actions have been proven to have caused them to kill themselves. cases of manslaughter normally are revolving around someone hitting someone or throwing something at someone, not intending to do them serious harm, and that person dies as a result. that is the kind of case you often get. but here you have a case where you can't actually relates a direct physical action but because of these months of coercive and controlling, manipulative behaviour, which led to her becoming so depressed and suicidal that she took her own life, he has admitted a count of manslaughter. he also admitted stalking her and coercing and controlling behaviour. in total he will spend ten years in prison with five an extended license. thejudge at stafford crown court said it is not suggested that you intended at any time that she should die, but clearly you intended that she should

suffer serious psychological harm. he went on to say, she committed suicide as a direct result of your sustained and determined criminal actions. an imported case. thank you for coming in to tell us about it. raf fighterjets are playing a key role in a nato air policing mission in eastern europe. four typhoon aircraft from coningsby inlincolnshire have been based in romania since april. they're patrolling skies around the black sea amid tensions with russia. there have been increased fears of russian aggression since the crimea peninsula was annexed by moscow in 2014. almost 150 raf personnel have been deployed to the region. from romania, phillip norton reports. jet engines. a daily sight and sound at an airfield close to the black sea. raf typhoon fighter jets, armed and ready for a day policing the skies of eastern europe. just 250 miles away, more than 400 russian military aircraft have been amassed in crimea.

working alongside the romanian air force, the raf‘s role in this nato mission codenamed operation biloxi is to reassure the people who live here. this really is nato showing we are a force to be reckoned with. we are here to reassure, to deter, that is ourjob. we are peaceful, but we are secure in the skies. i have royal air force controllers working with remaining controllers in a bunker near bucharest. if they see something on the radar, they will task us to scramble and we will go on intercept and find out what that aircraft this. this operation is taking place 24 hours a day, seven days a week. typhoons are flying every single day, as part of this policing operation. more than 140 airmen and women from medics to communications are here in support. there is no air power without ground power. it is true, there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes to make sure that the squadron can do

what they need to do when they need to do it. you get a feeling inside that you've done something towards the wider world. normally when you are sat behind a desk you don't see much of the outside world. here you hear the typhoons going off, and you have helped them taking off the ground, you get a feeling inside, a happy feeling. the possible threat the pilots could face is real. earlier this week a typhoon was scrambled to intercept two russian bombers, flying over the black sea. it's a busy part of the world, in security and military terms. it's common knowledge the russians are being very assertive, particularly in this part of crimea and the ukraine which is only 250 miles away. there's a lot of activity out there, hence in part our presence here to bolster the collective security. this five—month mission will be taken over by the canadian air force in september. but it's likely the raf will be back here next year. philip norton, bbc news.

we have been talking about a second regime of testing done on having after the grenfell tower instant, we have been speaking to our correspondence today about some of that testing and how many buildings might be affected. we have been reporting may be 60 tower blocks at the moment may not be safe. they're cladding will have to be removed. we have been waiting for a government review to be announced, and we have just got some details on that. we are being told an independent review of building regulations and fire safety has been announced by the government today, it's going to look at the regulatory system around the design and construction of buildings in relation to fire safety. it will also look at compliance and enforcement issues and international experience, and regulations and how they can... would relate to what

happened grenfell tower. the chair of this independent review will be damejudith of this independent review will be dame judith hackett who of this independent review will be damejudith hackett who is chair of ees, the manufacturers organisation. there are some comments here from sajid javid, the secretary of state who says it is clear we need to urgently look at building regulations and fire safety. the independent review will ensure we can independent review will ensure we ca n swiftly independent review will ensure we can swiftly make any necessary improvements, the government is determined to make sure we learn the lessons and as part of this review, damejudith lessons and as part of this review, dame judith will consult the buildings regulations advisory committee which advises the government on construction and the housing industry. so a new independent review of building regulations and fire safety, but what is missing from what i'm reading here at least our figures of how many buildings in the country are affected. we know nine of them are affected. we know nine of them are in salford, at least 60 nationwide. salford council already removing some cladding where there

is cladding and phone together, highly combustible. —— cladding and phone. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, time for a look at the big business stories of the week, and joe lynam is here to take us through them. growth figures for the us were a tad disappointing. yes, the annualised q2 figure was 2.6% — we had been told by the experts it would be 2.7%. that is an annualised number. you have to work it back together quarterly figure of 0.4%. it is still decent growth but i suppose they had hoped for a bit more. it is twice as fast as the british economy is growing, in the second quarter. staying in the us, there's major news for the tobacco industry? yes the fda is proposing to tell cigarette companies to cut nicotine levels to make them non—addictive. this has had a major impact on tobacco firms.

bat shares down 10%. altria, makers of marlboro in the usa are down 11%. finally — ppi claims have surged in the first half of this year? it is time running out to make a ppi claim? yes. summer 2019 is the cut—off point. people knowing the window is about to close are rushing in their claims. yesterday we heard from lloyds, today we heard from ba rclays. lloyds, today we heard from barclays. they said they will set aside hundreds of millions of pounds more than they had originally planned for ppi. the number at the moment is around £40 billion set aside. paid out thus far by british banks to those mis—sold payment

protection insurance. let's go to the shares centre. cani can i go back to those growths are figures from the states, a tad disappointing or roughly what you had expected? i think slightly disappointing. still, us gdp growth is better than most other parts of the world. the disappointing thing here is if you look at the unemployment levels. very low unemployment levels. very low unemployment levels. very low unemployment levels in the us but it's not really feeding through to much higher gdp growth. you have to begin to wonder why that is. we are looking at wage growth in the states which seems to be fairly in the nextel. then other gdp data such as inflation which has been fairly flat. —— wage growth seems to be fairly anaemic. there is some concern going forward, you wonder what the federal reserve is going to do. they have been in the painting interest rates will rise but the pace of that may slow a little. this is why we saw the us

dollar falling off slightly on the back of today's news. stay with the states and move to cigarettes. the fda's pretty sudden announcement in the last few minutes or so saying that they are going to seriously look at making normal cigarettes or combustible cigarettes nonaddictive. that's going to be pretty damaging to those cigarette companies who depend on that? if you take addiction away, are smokers going to come back? that's the key driverfor these cigarette companies profitability is. people coming back, wanting their fix and spending huge amounts on tobacco. i fear —— our fear for the huge amounts on tobacco. i fear —— ourfearfor the long time huge amounts on tobacco. i fear —— our fear for the long time was that emerging countries where reduce smoking restrictions like we have in europe and parts of the us as well. that has not happened. it seems to be developed markets were taking it further. the key question is if other jurisdictions such as further. the key question is if otherjurisdictions such as in europe or the uk followed the americans, that's going to be a huge negative for the tobacco companies.

very quick question on ppi. were you surprised that a surge of 32% in ppi claims at barclays in the last six months? has the spin around six yea rs months? has the spin around six years but much it's been around for a long time. in some ways it was expected. there is this deadline coming through. in 2019. let's look at lloyd's members, the 2016, i don't think they really are jimmy did a lot or set aside a lot for ppi claims. it was only expected they would be increasing as ppi figures, which they did this time around. but hopefully what lloyds have suggested is that this ppi should see them through until 2019. i guess that maybe we are seeing the beginning of the end of the surge in ppi claims. let's not forget there are plenty of other issues in the financial sector. think very much. let's replace your distinguished features with the markets! you can

see they are down 6.8%, british tobacco. i'm just trying to get my head around a lot of news coming out on the independent review that i told you about, that will be called into building regulations and fire safety after the grenfell tower incident. i said they did not have any figures on how many buildings had failed this combination of tests, well i do have some figures now. 82 buildings we are told have a similar combination to the test materials that have failed the governments new bya that have failed the governments new by a test for cladding. 47 of them are in local authority housing associations. 80 to have a combination of the cladding was the installation, 47 in local authority control. the report says the government, the report was commissioned, one of the series. it is pretty complex, there are various

combinations of two types of installation at the cladding but they are confident that two installation of materials used in the testing were a problem. those nine tower blocks in salford seem to have that combination. we will bring you more that with jane hill, coming up, but first let's get the weather. we have sunshine and showers for scotla nd we have sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland, plenty of rain around in england. in fa ct plenty of rain around in england. in fact some soaking rain across a large part of wales now. difficult driving conditions in parts of north—west england as well. already into that rain, cloud extending further east. taking that rain across more of northern england now over the next few hours. this is how it pans out going into this evening. very wet and wales, becoming wet across northern england and through the night all of this rain sinking

south—eastwards, clearing all but kent. the brisk wind and showers continue to roll into the northern and western scotland. and parts of northern ireland. elsewhere it becomes clearer and drier, after quite windy weather it will ease a bit later. overnight temperatures of around ten to 15 degrees. onto saturday morning and it gets close to low pressure in northern scotland, around that's still a flow of showers coming into the north—west, scattered elsewhere. a few into northern ireland and england. for many though, for northern ireland and the crossing in wales. quite promising. dry with some sunshine around 15 to 17 degrees. close to the south coast of england, here we have cloud. the threat of some outbreaks of rain that they become more significant in saturday's weather story later in the day. many, dried. scattered showers in scotland, most frequent the northwest, one or two for northern ireland, one or two popping up northern ireland, one or two popping up in england and the midlands. here comes the rain back into summoning undoes the rainbows on. that lifts northwards. if you are dry, you if you see sunshine for any period of

time you will be warmer. 20 to maybe 22 degrees. we are going to see some rain moving back across tomorrow, though it may clear later. quite a bit of rain for a time before it turns more shaurya into the evening. this is the main band of rain. still some uncertainty about how much of northern england will see that rain, but still quite wet for parts of england and wales on saturday evening. on sunday, there is low pressure out towards the north—west of the uk, are bands of showers. many starting fine, quite promising on sunday morning but that's not going to last. the showers start to move from west and east across the day. the start of the weekend shaping up on the cool side. it will be breezy, we have seen showers and spells of rain, also some dry and sunny moments as well. as ever, there is a forecast for where you are or where you are going for the weekend available online into the app. today at five — an independent

review of building regulations and fire safety has been announced by the government in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster. 82 buildings are found to have a similar combination to test materials that have failed the government's new fire tests for cladding. we will have the latest on those tests and that announcement. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: another blow for donald trump as the us senate fails, at 5: for a third time, to overturn president obama's health care policy. rubbish piles up on the streets of birmingham as workers step up their industrial action — collections have already been